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Cjjt ??fatifwm ??? Sou?I;ron. WJSDNTigSDAY, AUG. 26.1896 The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 aod the True Southron in I860. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Sumter. EDITORIAL NOTES. \ Watson, of Georgia, aod Tillman, of South Carolina, baying consulted tegether OL the political situation, de ^ vslopments are in order. The visit of Li Hung Chang to this country is agitating diplomatic circles in Washington and official circles in New York, but the balance of the country is not at all excited. We may look forward with whatever resignation possible to columns and pages of slush in the New York papers when the celestial visitor visits Grant's tomb. The reporters who will chronicle his remarks at the tomb will draw inspiration from Li Hung Chang's first name. The whiskey rebate controversy be? tween State Dispenser Milson and Secretary Hubbell. of the Mill Creek Distilling Co , grows more personal and interesting with each chapter. Mixsoo bas said that Hubbell is a liar and now Hubbell says that Misson is a liar and that che evidence to prove that he - is a deliberate falsifier is 00 record in tbe office of the State Dispensary. The correspondence relative (0 the rebates has been reproduced in this paper, and it is therefore unnecessary to recapitu? late the points at issue between Misson and Hubbell. That there is something very rotten in the management of the State Dispen? sary we have not the least doubt. That some of the officials, or their confiden? tial agents have in the past and are still receiving large sums of money from whiskey distillers there is scarcely a shadow of a doubt. And yet it is a great moral institution ! The ectire rebate scandal is a stench io the costrils of honest men, aud when all the facts are brought out South Carolina will be for? tunate if the entire country does not point a finger of scorn at the State ?s io the years prior to 1876 whet the State officials were growing rich at the expense of the State What could be much worse than for the Governor of South Carolina to say to the Stare Dis? penser that a United States Senator and Ex'Goveruor had filled bis pockets with * rebates while filling the gubernatorial chair? What with the bond commis? sion scandal, the whiskey rebate scan? dal, the insurance scar.d&l, etc , official circles in this State ar<? in bad odor with al! Pave those who brazenly subscribe to the theory that a rascal is ail right so loog as he ts their grand rascal. And thousands of South Carolinians endorsed Evans at the polls yesterday. A Note or Two. With about two fifths of the esti ! mated total vote of the State at 2 o'clock this morning Earle and Dut? can together have 14,428 votes against $,768 for Evans This is encouraging. We may naturally ex? pect Evaus's proportion to increase as the remoter precincts are heard from, but there is reasonable ground for the belief that this gain will not overcome the majority which now appears against him The strength which General Earle bas developed in many "Reform''strongholds makes it a matter of doabt whether he will psove to have fared worse ki those j yet to be heard from The eities have not done their part as they should, Charleston and Columbia es? pecially. The miserable sentiraient of hopless submission has dwarfed a vote which, if fully cast, would have defeated Evans on the first ballot. But, whatever the result, we know that the "Reformers" are beginning to cast aside partisanship and think and act independently; that mauy thousands of them will not be forced by any boss longer to support tainted candidates. That is a great and cheering gain. Next io point of importance and of bis circuit have skown bj their votes that they want the law enforced and will support those who enforce them. The contesta between Messrs. Richbourg and Watts and Mayfield and llobinsoi jre very pretty indeed, and the first offers some decided sur? prises-State. - - ^ - Will Advance on Habana. The Cuban Patriots Prepar? ing for Business. Special to The State. WEST TAMPA, Fla., Aug 23 -De? spite the inaction of the United States government in the matter of the war in Cuba, the red triangle with its single white star and its blue stripes is still being borne aloft upon the battle field by the patriots, who are at this moment, to judge from what the leaders say, more con? fident than ever of an ultimate vic? tory The revolutionists now conn* dently say that the republic of Cuba will be proclaimed on the 4th of July, 1897. They wish to have the republic established and begin its career on the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of this great country. They they now re? gard the single white star as fixed among the flowing emblems of the nations o? the world as the north star is among its fellows in the firma? ment. That the cause is prospering with the dd of the yellow fever which the Spaniards dread so much can easily be surmised from the confident de? meanor of the men who are the real sinew of the revolution on this side of the straits, the men who send out all the filibusters and get the soldiers, the arras and the ammunition through to those who are at the front battling for the liberty of the island These j men do not seem afraid of the close patrol of the war vessels along the Florida coast, but are moving right ahead with the expeditions Senor Fernando Figueredo, the prominent patriot to whom I have ( talked before, is very confident of the ult?mate success of the r?volu- j tion. In speaking about the present j situation and the outlook a few days ago this leader said : "I can only say , that our war in Cuba is every day strengthed, both morally and materi- . ally, by the opinion of the nations on ' account of the American principle we maintain, and in consequence of the aids we send so frequently to our army in materials of war of every description ; j "We sent them with perfect soc ? cess four expeditions last couth and ' by them *our army-princpally Ma i ceo's, who is cut off by the torcha | and niUHt fight by himself-was rein 1 forced by a nice lot of rifles and half j a million rounds of ammunition. The f very presence of Maceo in the Pinar j del Rio province, right in the face of j Captain General Weyler and his ? anny of 60,000 mei proves evident? ly the strength of the revolution "Maceo, with these little presents j i of arms and ammunition for his peo ( pie. is perfectly prepared for the < winter campaign an?1 awaits in per? fect shape the arrival of the 40,000 men that will commence to embark ( at the Spanish ports at the end of this mouth. j "Another source of .national satis? faction is the desertion of thousands of Spanish soldier? to our ranks ; : this has caused in the enemy's army ! the worst of results ? "General Gomez is still in the ! ^astern department, waiting for the 1 resource* that will reach him very i soon from us, and then he will con- ] cent tate his army from Santiago, ? Camquey, Santa Clara and Matanzas, and seconded by Maceo in the west, i will meet with 60,000 or 75,000 men, General Weyler in the neighborhood i of Habana | ' The fever is making such inroads I ; upon the Spanish troops that it is be lieved that during the months of June. July and August they have had 30,000 out of duty j Our situation is most encouraging. ! If we have to fight for our independ ? ence by ourselves-and it seems1 such is the case, with which we feel perfectly satisfied-we calculate that t the straggle will be ended before j next summer. It is my own belief! and I communicate kt to my friends 1 - th.a the republic of Cuba will be proclaimed on the 4t?h July, 1897, fro j which event you are most cordially invited " Most of the other leaders I under- ; stand empress pretty much the same j views Of course field operations j have almost ceased during the heated | and rainy season, hut now and then ] the revolutionists make a sally often 1 getting excellent results The pa- j triots are i.ot weary of the war, but ? rally round the flag of "Cuba Libre" with all the zeal that our forefathers did over a century ao0. E. J. Watson. j CALVERT, Tex., Aug. ^4.-The son ; and daughter of Martha McCullough, living in Milan county, were assassi- j Dated by some unknown party Satur- j day evening. Only one shot was ired. They were sitting on the porch after dusk when a rifle shot rang out. The bullet passed through the SOB'S oeok and indeed in the daughter's bead. X Raya Will Infallibly Indicate Life or Death. From the New Journal. At last what seems ao infallible indi? cation of death has beeD discovered Scores of people have a horror of beiog buried alive, and there have been many attempts made to discover some test aside from time that will assure the friends that death has really occurred, and that the burial may safely proceed. Heretofore none nf these tests has been absolu'?, and each has failed signally. Dr. C. L. Barnes, a Chicago pbysi cioo, ha3 recently been experimenting with X rays, and be now announces that they will determine positively whaler real death has occured or wherb wbether the patient is in a trance. Dr Barnes made a shadowgraph of bis own band, and on the same plate laid the dissected hand of a cadaver When thc the plate was developed, after being exposed to the mysterious rays for some time, the difference in the radiographs was noticeable The dead fiesh offered more resistance to the penetration of the rays than the living, and a glance would determine which was the band of the oorpse Other experiments which he made confirmed bis opinion. The fluro8cope is even better than the sha? dowgraph as a means of determining whether life is present or not. It seems strange that there should be no accurate way of determining when a man is dead, but such is really the case The absence of the circulation of blood is a fairly good test, but there are in? stances of persons having recovered after the heart ceased to beat-or, at least., beat so weakly rbat it was nor percep- i tibie either in the breast or at the I pulse Muscular contraction cannot be relied on, as dead people will twitch wheo an electric battery is applied to them Rigor mortis cannot be relied on, for that is often present in the case of cataleptics. The gradual cooliog of the body bas long been regarded by physicians as an accurate test, but it is uow known that such a condition may follow the collapse wi i m accompanier partial drowning. The contraction of the muscles is an accompaniment of cer? tain diseases, and so is the discoloration rf the skin which is noticeable after learn. Dr Barnes is a well known physi 3?an, and his discovery is regarded as Dne of vast importance. He has wrir ten several honks on diesecrion. em? balming and kindred subjects, ?nd has been ^xperimentiriH with the X rays iver since Roentgen made his discovery known*. New Secretary of the Inte? rior. WASBIXGTOK, Aug 24 -Secretary Hoke Smith will sever his connec? tion with the interior department on Saturday next, the 29th of August. He wiil devote this week to clearing np "odd? and ends" and finally dis? posing of such departmental work as 1 lias been'prepared under his direc? tion and is ready for the President's ! ?ignatute. The department will be ?ti charge of Second Assistant Simms * pending the appointment of a new secrntary. BUZZARDS* BAY, MASS , Aug 24 - 1 President Cleveland announced to- 1 night that David R. Francis, ex gov? ernor of Missouri, had been appoint? ed Secretary of the Interior, vice Eloke Smith, resigned, and that he will assume the duties of his office on September 1 ST Louis, Aug 24 -David Row? land Francis, the successor of Hon Hoke Smith as Secretary of the In? terior, was bom of Mootch Irish pa? rents in Richmond, Ky , October 1, ? Supplementing his common school education in Kentucky he graduated from Washington University in this city in 1870 with the degree of bach- j elor of arts After three years ap prentieeship in commercial life, he f organized the D. R Francis & ? Brother Commission Co , which is still one of the leading firms opera? ting al the merchant's exchange In 1S93 he was elected vice president of the exchange and the following year was chosen president. He has j ? been a life long Democrat and in ? i 1884 was a delegate to the conven | lion that nominated Afr. Cleveland | fbi President. The following year j ! he was elected mayor of St. Louis by j 1,400 majority, overcoming a former j Republican majority c4 14,000. j Long needed municipal reforms flour- j ?shed under his administration. In j 1885 he was elected governor of Mis-! souri by on? of the heaviest majori- j ties ever achieved by his party in j Missouri, and his wise conduct of j the otftee is still a criterion Prior j to the Chicago convention this year j he was prominent in the ranks of the j sound money Democrats and took a i leading part in t-We effort to beat back ! the rising tide of silver agitation, j In 187**, Mr Francis was wedded to j Miss Jennie .Perry, of St Louis, ! daughter of John I) Perry, president ? of the Laclede National bank, ^ix | boy8 were born of this union ; RALKIGU, N. C , Aug 24-The S ate crop bulletin issut'd to-day says: Thc j pa.?t week WHS mon: favorable for crop.-, and especially for farm work thau any time since the middle of July owing to the benehcia! rains at many points and ; temperature below normal. The ?x- . teut to which cotton is cut oft is vari- ; ously estimated at from 25 to 50 per : cent. Shedding continues on sandy lands lt is opening rapidly and j will all be picked by the middle of Oe rober. Rain is needed to mature bolls I Dodging the Issue. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 24.-The plat? form of the National Democratic party is in coarse of formation. Chairman Bynum of the executive committee, has a stack of letters from some of the most prominent Democrats of the coun? try making suggestions OD this subject aod some of them have forwarded com? plete dratts of platform* embodying their views. Tbee-e, he will turo over j to the resolution committee to be ap poioted by ?he convention in order tbat it may have the benefit of j it in drawing up platforms. In a letter conceroiog this subject, j the venerable Abram S Hewitt, ex mayor and ex-congressman, of New York, expressed himself thus : "My views are substantially thar there is but one issue to he represented to the people of the Uoifed States The Democratic convention at Chicago made a distioot declaration of war opon the ooDStitutioD of the United States. The issue therefore, is not financial or eooDOmic, but ie concerns the perpe? tuity of Republican iostirutioos. In the presence of this issue all o'he questions sink toto insignificance just ss they did wheo civil war threatened these existeoce of the government. I think, therefore, that the constitution should be made ?ha prominent if not the sole topic for roe consideration of the convention Ir stems to me that it the people cnn be made ro see thar the bulwark of their liberty is assailed wrll lead first to anarchy aod rheo ro des? potism io order to save social order the respoose will be so emphatic as to make it. impossible for the enemies nf be constitution ro make any headway " The Knoxville Tribune remarked the other day : "The best English is spoken in the South The better class of Southerners not only speak it correctly, but there ie a charm about their pronunciation that the harder and harsher speaking North? erners and Easterners, and the broad tongued Englishman cannot give to their pronunciation " Upon this statement the ^Tew York Sun com mente as follows : "Right. The bet? ter class of Southerners are the well pducated ladies of Charleston, as ihey were before that horrid old Till? man was ever heard of, and the best class of all are the beautiful and edu? cated girls of Charleston from 16 on. They *peak a kind of English to which oven a stupid cockney might lisien with delight. Their words are music itself. Not a nasal twang in my of their charming voices " News and Courier. ATHENS, Aug 24.-The porte has dgnified its willingness rn accept the terms of the prop? sal for the settlement )f the Cretan troubles which originared with Golouohowski, -Austrian minister] jf foreign affairs The proposal is that Turkey grant ro Cre'e a new con? stitution, the main features of w^bicb ire the appointment of a Cbristiao gov ?roor and rhe enteblishmeDt of Cretao inaociai autonomy with the payment )f tribute to the sultan under rhe gen ?ral guidance of the European powers, ;he amount of tribute ro bf paid an? nually to be based upon the ratio of .evenues of the islaod Th^ ?erms of ihe proposal were also submitted on Friday to the Christian deputies of Orete for the foreign consuls at Canea ind a majority of the deputies have ngnified their adherence to its condi ion. PORTLAND. Ore , Aug 24 -Tb^ ?onfereoce committee of the People's ?arty to day submitted a plan of fusioD jatisfactory to the Democrats. Each narry will withdraw two of its f.?ur Presideotial elector?, and the oombined vo'e nf both parties will be east for the ?proaining four. A further condition s that the electors shall vote for Rryao md Watsoo, inasmuch as the Populists ire stronger than rhe Democrats in 3reaon. "WANTS. 4*DVERTISBMBNTS of rive lines or less will he inserted under this head for 25 :?nts for each insertion. Additional linee ? cents oer line*. TT7"ANTED-A situMtion as Governess by j ff H yoong lady; graduate of Misses j Bro enfields' school, Summerville, a^id Con- j reise College Best references. Addiess i "Governess," care this office. (Item and W&S) Fl NISHIHIT/?^ WEARS ? ; The enamel and nickel that O are applied to Columbia J j bicycles know no equal for w f beauty. Better still, this & v beauty is the same a year | j hence,-two years hence. A rub of the polishing cloth, and Columbia enamel shines like new. Such finish"is to be had onlv upon Bicycles STANDARD OF THE WORLD $IOO Columbias in construc? tion and quality arc in a class by themselves. Columbia Art Catalogue free if you call. TO ALL ALIKE SECOND HAND WHEELS, $20.00 UP. ]). JAS. WINN. Agent. SUMTER, S. C. July 22 I Tutt's Pills Cure All Liver Ills. Secret of Beauty is health. The secret of health is the power to digest and assim- j ilate a proper quanity of food. ! This can never be done when j the liver does not act it's part. Doyou know this ? Tutt's Liver Pills are an abso? lute cure for sick headache, dys pepsia, sour stomach, malaria, j constipation, torpid liver, piles, j jaundice, bilious fever, bilious-! ness and kindred diseases. j f OFI^t??lt iO?ittV? O? Ail Tutfs Liver pJ?BpHW? We wish to call your ATTENTION again to our low prices of Staple Groceries. We are now offer? ing them at prices at which never before have they been sold for in Sumter. We are buy in large quantities and for cash and in this way we buy cheaper. We have not space to give you prices of all our goods, but will give you some, that you may see, that we can make it to your interest to see us before buying elsewhere. . FLOUR. F?ncy Patent, per Bbl (fr? Half ' " ? (" Good Straight 11 " (7/ " Family 44 " @ Choice " " 44 (ti GRITS. 2 lin Sucks di RICE. Best V? hole Grain, per lb. Good Quality " " 100 lr?. BH{/3 " " BACON. Whi'e D S Sides per In (V Smoked 14 *. *. (?7 LARD. Pure ZO lr. Tins @* ,{ 20 " 44 @ ** 10 44 (a, " 5 " " fr\ MEAL. 2 Bu. Bags (//, S4.35 4 00 o 7e I HAMS-. Orange Brand per lh (d, 3.00 2 75 SI.25 Choice Family Pic-nic S I'S AR. j Granulated 4^ j Exrra C 3'?-j COFFEE. $2 65 i Best Rio Greeo (?, j Good 44 44 (5fe 5 ! " " "* 11 ! Common " (??? SARDINES. 5i ; K| I American 100 in cans (/*> 7 ! Mustard per doz 0 7J i Fiench 44 44 @ $1 10 13 9 5* 4i 21 18 16 14 ni 33 25 SO 1 50 Big Barrans in Crackers and Candies. Special prices given to large buyers. Come and see us. All mail orders will have prompt atten? tion. CROSSWELL & CO. THE LAST CALL. Now is Your Chance For A BIG BARGAIN. m our house, Any 50c Straw Hat in our house, 35c Any Bov's Straw Hat in our house, 35c Any Wash Tie in Four-?n-Hand, Club, Band Bow or Shield Bow, at 10c each. Any dollar N?glig?e Shirt, S9c Any doliar Negligee Shirt, detachable collars and cuffs, 89c Any Leather Belt, 25c These Prices for Cash Only. We need room for our fall stock, which is now coming in, and these goods must be sold* All other summer goods will he Sold at prices equally as low. J.R N. W. Corner, Main and Liberty Sts. Sumter, S. C.