The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 03, 1896, Image 2
The First Bolt.
Tiae Prohibitionists and Ailied
Cranks Wind Up in a Row
at Pittsburg.
The Minority Walk Out and Nomi?
nate an Independent Ticket.
PITTSBURG, Maj 28 -Ooe cf the
first acts of the Prohibition convention
when it reassembled in exposition hali
this morning, was to send a telegram
of sympathy tc the mayor of St. Louie.
The womeo were given a hearing
in favor of woman sufirage and other
reforms advocated by the women's
Christian Temperance union. A com?
mittee of five ladies was appoioted to
consider these requests aod report OD
them. Dr. J. K. Funk, of New York,
chairman of the committee on platform,
theo reported the platform as agreed
upon by the majority of the committee.
The first six planks, denunciatory of
the liquor traffic and proposing straight
out prohibition, he said, had been unan- j
imously adopted. The seventh
plank, which declared that no citizens J
should b? denied the riirbt to vote oo j
account of sex, he Raid, had been i
adopted by only a small majority.
Wheo Gov. St. John rose to present
the mioority report, he was received
with loud applause from the broad
guage faction, which increased as be
read the mioority money plank, as fol?
lows :
Resolved, That all money be issued i
by the government oDly and without
the intervention of any private citizeo,
corporation or banking institution, it
should be based upon thc wealth, sta?
bility and integrity of the nation, and
be a fail legal tender for all debts, pub?
lic and private and should be of suf?
ficient volume to meet the demands of
the legitimate interests in this coun?
try and for the purpose of honestly
liquidating all our outstanding obliga
tioos payable io c&io. We demand the
free and unlimited coinage of silver and ?
gold at a ratio of 16 to 1, without con- ?
salting any other uatioo.
On the motion to make these recom-j
mendatiocs, pars cf the majority report, I
the fight began.
indiana delegates demaoded that the i
vote be taken by a call of States, and
New Yotk and Pennsylvania delegates
to a sufficient number seconded this
motion. The vote was theo taken on a
motioo to table Governor St. -John's
proposition, and resulted as fellows:'
Yeas 310 ; noes 492, so tb-e convention !
refused to table the motion to make the j
mioority rupert a part of the majority J
report. The previous question was
Jthen ordered, and Gov. St. John was
recognized to close the debate amid a
scene of much excitement He explain?
ed that making the mioority report, j
part of the majority did cot make the
recommendation ot that committee part
of the platform, each plank could be
voted upon separately. The first five
plaoks relating to prohibit ?ry legisla?
tion for the suppression of the liquor
traffic were read and unanimously
adopted. Ao ioeffectual effort was
made to table the sixth plaok, calling
npoo the charches to support the pro?
hibition ticket at the polis Wheo the
woman's safir a ga plaok was reached, a
hot debate arose. Without disposiog
of it, & recess was taken at 12 20 until
. 2 30 p. m.
At the afternoon session, the conven* I
tion proceeded to the immediate coo-1
sideratioo of the free silver plaok.
Atter three hours hot debate, the free j
silver plank was defeated by a vote of |
387 ayes to 427 ooes
The chair declared the free silver |
resolution lost and the convention pro
ceeded to the coosideration of other j
parts of the platform, against which ?
there was oo stroDg oppositi->i:. Uu- :
before much progress had been mad*. ;
Mr Patton, of Illinois, upset the whole ;
course of proceeding aod precipita.ed :
a lively debate by opposiog the non- ;
sectariao school resolutioo as being the
work of the American Protective !
Union, and he appealed to the conven- !
tion not to adopt anything which would !
prevent their enlisting all good citizens
to assist them in fighting against the j
rum power. He proposed a substitute '
flatform which omitted motioo of every |
subject (woiaao suffrage iocluded) ex-1
cept. prohibifioo.
Gov. St. John, his voice showing !
great emotion, rose and said as the sin
gie plank men had been successful and j
had induced the convention to dodge I
the greatest question of the day, tbe
silver question, he was it favor of turo- I
ing over the whole organizatioo to them, I
and if they must have a single plaok I
platform, he was iuclioed to thiok this
was as good ooe as could be bad. j
Meantime, Mrs. Heleo Gougar aod j
other prominent womao suffragists, j
manifesting great excitment, denian- j
ded recognition to denounce "those l
cowardly mea."
Chairman Stewart, addressing Mrs. j
Gougar, warmly reminded her that there I
were 800 other delegates io the conven- j
tion besides herself.
Io a sceoe of iutense confusion, the ?
previous question was ordered by a ris- j
iog vote and Mr. Patton's substitute I
was declared adopted and thus became 1
the sole platform of the party.
Mr. St. John came foward, and j
changing his recently expressed opinion j
that Mr. Patton's siogle plank platform
was the best that could be under the
circumstances, moved to recoosider the j
vote by which it had been adopted.
The narrow "gauge meo" at ooce1
moved to lay this motion oo the table
and by a rising vote, in which every-1
: body seemed ?o be standing up for bo
sides of the question at the same tim
: the motion to table the reconsiderado
i was declared adopted A recess w
taken at 6:45 until S p. m and t
. ' broad gauge" men immediately we
into caucus to consider their furtn
plans. About 300 delegate* at rend
j the *'brjad guage" caucus, includii
60 women,
i As soon as the night session of t!
I convention was called to order, the rc
I was called for nomination? tor Preside
and vice president of the United Statt
Joshua Levering of Maryland w
nominated by acclamation for Presiden
The name of es-Governor Hughes
I Arizona was proposed, but it. receive
no second and was withdrawn
Soon after ll p. m.. when the D
tional committee fuod. headed by
number of $500 checks from Ne
York delegates were pouring in,
tramping dowD the aisle to the left i
the chair, announced the departure i
the free silver, woman suffrage, Po;
ulistand "bolters," about 200 in nun
ber, who had secured a hall and wei
preparing to hold a meeting elsewher
and very material'y disturbed the pro
ceedings of the convention. At thi
moment. Mrs. Boole of New York, o
behalf of the Woman's Christian Tea
perance union, obtained permission t
offer a resolution and moved the inset
rion in the platform of the woman'
suffrage plank, which had been stricke
out by the substitute '
Mrs. Boole subsequently changed th
form of her resolution, making it impl
a declaratory resolution and not a par
of the platform and io this shape i
was accepted by the chairman cf th
committee on resolutions and adopted
Hale Johnson of Illinois was thai
Dominated for vice presidenrjand th
convention at 12:30 a m. (May 29th
adjourned sine die.
The bolting delegates who withdrew
from the Prohibition convention, heh
a meeting and organized the "Nationa
Party'' with "Home Hule'' as tbei;
motto. A platform was adopted em
bodying the miuority report, which wa!
submitted by the Prohibition broac
guage faction but rejected by the con?
vention. C. E. Bently of Xebraski
was nominated for Presided and J. II
Southgate of North Carolina for vice
president. A national committee with
B. M Logan of Ohio for chairman wai
organized.
The Story of the Storm.
rn)
Not One, but Turee, Writh?
ing, Furious Funnels.
St. Louis, May 28 -The history of
the storm movement last night is
quickly told The day was an op
pres8ive one in the city There was
no wind and the people suffered from
the heat About 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, the entire western horizon
was banked with clouds These
were piled one upon the other with
carling edges yellow in tinge ; a
light wind sprung up, and a sudden
darkness came upon the city This
darkness increased until the storm
broke. It gave the first alarm
to the thousands of people in the
streets, at the pleasure parks, in the
light craft on the Mississippi <>r at
work in the great mercantile establish?
ments. There seemed to be three
separa?.e cyclones. They came from
the northwest, the west and the south?
west. When they reached the Mis
sissippi river they had become one
It was a quarter of 5 when the storm
broke, its descent was so sudden
that the fleeing women and children
were caught in the streets and hurled
to destruction or buried under falling
walls
Before the mass of clouds in the
west hanging over the villages of
of Clayton, Fernridge, Eden and
Central, gave vent to thir frightful
contents, funnels shot out from them
Some of these seemed lo be projected
ii.io the air, others leaped to the
ratib, tsvisting and turning. Light
tiing played about them and there
was a marvelous electrical displa}'.
Then came the outburst Three of the
funnels approached St Louis with a
wind that was traveling at the rate
of SU miles an hour.
So destructable was the cyclone
and 60 irresistable and so much great- i
er in magnitude than any the country j
has ever previously known of, that ?
some of the staunchest business
blocks weu?t down before it. Iron i
beams were torn from their fasten
inga blocks away as if they were |
feathers. Roofs, braced and held to
their positions by every device known j
to the best builders of auy day, were
torn off as if held only by threads
Telegraph poles fell in long rows, not
coming down one by one, but in
groups ot a dozen or more at a
time.
The east end of the Eads bridge*
one of the most solid and finest
bridges in the world, was destroyed.
Other great bridges spanning the
Mississippi were all injured. Scores ?
of persons were drowned, or, after j
being killed on the land, blown into !
the water.
Steamers were blown high on the j
banks and others were turned around. |
Still others, after being torn lrom !
their moorings, disappeared and have ?
not been heard of. As a rule, the j
simaller craft were sunk. Not while i
within the city limits did the funnels j
rise and fall from the ground, as is :
usually the case in cyclones *iu small !
places. There was no rebounding.
Consequently, whatever was in the
path of the wind was either destroy?
ed or badly injuried. And this de- .
struction was done within an hour, j
The South Not Awake.
The Southern States Exposi?
tion Formally Called 02'.
AUGUSTA, May 28.-The proposed
Southern %States exposition is aban?
doned, because the South did not re?
spond in accordance with the terms of
the agreement entered into at Chicago
-thar nine States should he represent?
ed. South Carolina, Georgia aud Ala?
bama would have been ready iii rime
Maryland applied for space. The
Southern railway, the Mobile and Ohio
and other roads had also applied for
space. These roads would have secured
exhibits from half a dozen more States,
but this would not have been a com?
pliance with the agreement.
The depressed condition of business,
rendered it impossible to secure favor?
able action in the Virginias, North
r* '
Carolina, Florida, Mississippi and other
States.
Under the circumstances, the South
ern^advisory broad which met in this
city, declared the exposition off. The
chairman has authorized the following
announcement, which will be received
with regret by the friends of Southern
development, who appreciate th^ gene?
rous offer made by Chicago and who
believe in cultivating trade relations
between the citizens of the South and
the northwest.
The advisory board of the Southern
States exposition company met in
Augusta this morning and declared the I
proposed exposition off, for the reason !
that a. sufficient oumber of States had |
Bot responded in accordance with the
agreement entered into in Chicago in j
February last. This is to he regretted j
because of the liberal offer made by !
Chicago, and the great opportunity j
which the exposition would present to j
advertise the South. The advisory j
board feels that the provisional commit- j
tee of Chicago has complied with its I
agreement and express^ the earnest j
hope that a Southern Exposition will ;
be held in that city in the not distant j
future.
Respectfully,
Patrick Walsh.
Chairman.
The sentiment survives that the |
southern exposition at Chicago is de- :
ferred, but not abandoned
Undir favorable conditions, the j
South willi he glad to accept a similar
pro.osiiion from the public spirited i
citizens of Chicago, and be able to
carry through successfully a Southern j
States exposition at the metropolij of j
the great northwest
The South's Revival.
BALTIMORE. May 28.-Special re- i
ports to the Manufacturer's Record,
covering , the buicuess interests of the
south for the week, show a considerably
larger number of important matters
than for the precediog week The
Wattn Iron and Sf?el plant, built nev
erel years ago at a eo^t of about $2,- !
000,000 to roll ingots into slab* and
billet*. Tnis company has had one of I
its furnaces in operation for five or six j
mo tris making pig i oo. aod the start |
iug up of this large steel plant prom?
ises to have a very material effect upon
the question of steel making in the
south.
Some contracts are being let lor the
t quipment rf the steel plant, to be built ?
at Birmingham by the Birmingham
Holling Mill company.
Cottou mill enterprises include a !
$100,000 company at Hickory Grove, j
S C , a ?10.000 spindle mill at Clio- j
ton; the increase of* capital stock 0 j
?75.000 at Chester for the purpose of j
adding ll.OOO spindles; and a subscrip- i
tion of ?50.000 for building a mill at
Blacksburg, S. C.
Pennsylvania people have purchased
28.000 acres of timber land in Alabama j
for immediate development.
The Coming Catechism.
_
Spartanburg Herald.
Do you see the man '?.
I do see the man
Who is the man ?
Joh ngary evana
What is the man doing ?
Trying to make himself senator.
Will he do it ?
Ask Tillman
Who is Tillman ?
He is the man who made the bond
deal
Who did he deal with ?
Colin Rhine.
Who is Colin Rhine ?
Ile is the man Tillman discovered
for the purpose of dealing with him. j
What did Rhine do '?
A6k Tillman.
What did Tillman promise Rhine 'I :
Rhine says "time and expenses " j
What did" Rhine get ?
Tillman's friends say he got ?50, j
OOO. I
What does Tillman say ?
He hasn't said.
Why don't.Tillman say ?
He is too busy investigating Mr j
Cleveland's bond deal.
Will he ever say '?
No. Ile don't have to ; he's boss
CHATTANOOGA. May 29.-Chief Jus- j
tice David L. Snodgrass of the Tenues-j
see supreme bench was to-day fined
?50 and costs for pistol carrying. A :
plea of guilty was entered by the de?
fendant. This minor charge grew out.
of tb*! assault, with a pisto"! made by
Judge Snodgrass last December en
lawyer John R. Beasclev, in which
case he was recently acquitted.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
Judge Samuel jj MeCuery ha- beeti
nominated by the Louisiana for U. S
Seo a tor.
J B. Baker, a weall hy cattleman, of
Houston, Tex . was found dead yesrer
. day. His body was horribly mutilated.
Two negroes have been arrested for the
murder.
Cholera is spreading JD Egypt and
deaths iucreasinsr daily.
The National Prohibition Convention
is it? session iu Pittsburg, Pa.
The Lutheran College will be estab?
lished in Charlotte, X. C. Columbia
made the second beet bid for it.
Mrs Ada Kron, committed suicide in
the Jusuit Church, New Orleans, yes?
terday.
Simon Weil!, a well-known drummer,
of a Baltimore 6rm dropped dead in
Greenville yesterday.
Thc watermelon acreage in this State
has been reduced fifty per cent, from
last year.
May 29.
The Mayor of E-ist St. Louis has
sent out an appeal for aid for the storm
sufferers.
It is thought that the Republican
National Convention will be postponed
on account of the storm in St. Louis,
where the Convention will be held.
Argument? in the contested election
case of Stokes and Johnston were
made in the House of Representatives
yesterday The committee reported io
favor of Stokes and the report, will prob?
ably be sustained.
A tornado did considerable damage
at Columbia, Pa., yesterday. Several
men were killed.
The undertakers of Topeka, Kan ,
are waging a cut rate war. and are giv?
ing coffins away. It is a good place to
go to die.
The Bank of New England, of Man?
chester. N. H.. went out of business
yesterday.
WINSTON, N C., May 29.-During
a balloon ascension in Martinville. Va ,
at 5 oO this afternoon, an old colored
man named Fichie Brown wa? caught
in the rope? and carried up to a dis?
tance of SOO feet, when he fell He
was killed instantly. The old man was
employed to help arrange the balloon
for 'ho ascension. He. with the other
helpers, wa? told to get out the way,
but the old man failed to get loose in
time.
Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines sold
on easy terms, ?nd exchanged for old one.=> at
the Sumter .Music House, in Masonic Tr no pie
EXPECTANT
MOTHERS,
"MOTHERS'
We Offer You a
RE?1EDY Which
INSURES Safety
of Life to Moth?
er and Child.
FRIEND"
Robs Confinement of its Pain, Horror and Risk.
My wife used "MOTHERS' FRIEND" be?
fore birth of her first child. she did not
suffer from CHAMPS or PAINS-was quiekly
relieved at thc critical hour suffering but
little-she had no pains afterward and her
recovery waa rapid.
E. E. JOHNSTON, Eufaula, Ala.
Sent by Mail or Exnress, on receipt of
price, $1.00 per bottle. Book "To Moth?
ers" mailed Free.
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga.
SOLD BT ALL DRUGGISTS.
Chamberlain's 3syo and Skin Ointment
Is unequalled for Eczema, Tetter, Salt
Rheum, ?Scald Head, Sore Nipples, Chapped
Hands, Itching Piles, Rums, Frost Bites,
ChronicSore Eyes and Granulated Eye Lids.
For sale by druggists at 20 cents per box.
TO HORSlT?wNEaS.
For putting a horse in :) fine healthy con?
dition try Dr. Cady's Condition Powders.
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss of nppetitc, relievo constipation, correct
kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving
nev; life to an old or over-worked horse. 25
cents per package. For sale by druggists.
For sale in Sumter, bv Dr. A. J. China.
IS JUST AS GOOD FOR ADULTS.
WARKAf?TED, PRICE 50 cts.
GALATIA, II.I.S., ^OV. IO, 1S93.
Paris Medicino <"<>., st. Louis. Mo.
Gentlemen:-Wc solo las** year, iVK) bottles of
GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC and hare
bought three itross already tins year. In al! oar ex?
perience <>t* li years, in tho dni?: business, have
ueviT sold an article that gave such universal satis
iactiuu as vour Tunic. Yours truly,
ASSET, CARS &C0>
SOLD-No Cure. No Par, by A. J. China
J. F. W. DeLorme, J. S. Haebson ? Co.
..?Til ll ' ? ' 1 -
! SUMTER RESTAURANT.
: MEALS TC QBJDER AT ALL HOURS
! OYSTERS AND GAME IN SEASON.
Special ttention ro Lunches tor Lwdies.
Prices moderate.
; Your patronage solicited. Liberty Street ?
?near Watchman and Southron Office,
j Oct. 2.
MAKEY % CO.,
j WHOLESALE BROKERS,
j Cotton Storage Warehouse
PROPRIETORS.
CP-TOW2V OFFICE :
COURT HOUSE SQUARE,
500 Tons Ainmoniated Guano
!o00 Tons Acid Phosphate.
; 500 Tons German Kainit.
COTTON SEED MEAL, AND MEAT SALT
FOR SALE
i GET OUR PRICES.
j We keep oti hana H full line of henry
? groceries.
? FEED AND SEED OATS,
DRY SALT MEATS,
LARD, MEAL, GRIST.
FLOUR, SUGAR. RICE,
COFFEE, POTTED
MEATS, kc, kc,
j ?&* Correspondence solicited
j Nov. 27.
Just Opened,
ALL FRESH GOODS,
LOW PRICES,.,
J. A. FOXWORTH
informs bis friends and tbe
public generally that he has
opened a choice stock of
Family Groceries,
VEGETABLES ai FRUITS,
In the Toomey Block
-fourth store North.
He invites all to give him a call, a
will try hy offering the best goodsv "
bottom prices, to give satisfaction.
J. A. Foxwortli.
Ocr. 16-v. 4
SOY NONE BUT THE GENUINE.
S:000 Merchants sell Hawked Spectacles
successfully. Hilf of them handle other
Spectacles without success,
Showing th*? Gre?t Popularity of HAW?
KES' GLASSES over ?Il others*
These Famous GU$9es are fitted to the ey&
at A. J. China's Drug Store, Sumter. S. C.
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 Own" Lemon Pliospliate-over 5,000 (fosses dispensed
last season.
Apricot, Fruit Phosphate,
Banana, O-ianye Phosphate,
Blood Orange, Raspberry Phosphate.
Cherry Ripe] Wild Cherry Phosphate.
Pineapple, Grape Phosphate, and others.
Plum. ice Cream Soda,
Quince, Milk Sb?ke,
Red Messina Orange, E?g Phosphate.
Red Currant. Egg Lemonade.
Tuti Frutti., Lemonade,
Peach, Chocolate, Lemon, j , Lime,
Vanilla. Ginger, Rasberry, Coca Cola. Wino Cicoa.
Strawberry. SOMETHING NEW EVERY FEW
The Above Flavors in Ices or Soda DAYS DURING THE SEASON.
Water. Prices same as last season.
TROPICAL FRUIT BLEND."
I have got in stock a full line of Buggies, Ladies' Phaetons, Surreys, Car
1 riages, one and two-horse Farm Wagons, which I offer for sale at Low Prices.
I represent several of thc largest wholesale manufacturing companies in t.be
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 savefyou
money.
Ci KO- F. EPPERSON-'
Office at Epperson's Livery Stables.
HEADQUARTERS
FOR
a r ? a i II ?
IS AT
T. C. SCAFFF/S
FOR THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS WILL
SELL AT IO per cent. ABOVE COST
All of his stock of China, Glassware, Willoware & Woodenware.
Also entire Stock of Toys.
o
A magnificent assortment at '2b cents per piece. This is a leader.
The Peerless Oil Cooking Stove is the latest model and best manufactured. The
Wilson Trash Burner is the most convenient and economical heater ever inveoted.
As in the past, a full stock of the best
STOVES AND RANGES
Always on hand. Housekeepers can be suited, no matter what they may
oeed in any of the lines handled by Scarfe 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 Scaff.? 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 ot" the county, liest pumps and ma
teri al used, thirty inch points. Guarantee a good flow of water.
Remember the old reliable and give him a call.
Dec 4
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