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%\)t ^attira mit praim WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2, 1896 " The Sumter Watchman was foaoded in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. 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 Snmter. TRAGEDY ! Leon J. Williams Kills * D. and ?. V. White at Church. Special to The State. Trot, Nov. 30.?The usually quiet community of Libert; Hill, io E Ice field county, was terribly shocked oo Sunday afternoon when the news spread that Mr. Leon J. Williams had shot and killed Messrs. L. D. acd J. V. White, brothers. The particulars leading to the killing date back to the ?lection in 1894, Mr. Williams was then a candidate for the legislature and reports were circulated detrimental to his character. Mr. Wil liams was informed that Mr. L D. White was responsible for these reports, matters were kept quiet till the canvass of 1896. when Mr; White was a candidate for the?legislature. A short while before the ?lection Tet ters veryMamaging to Mr. White were received by different parties in the county ; by chance ooe of tbe letters fell into White's bands, and be saw ?bat Mr. Williams was the ^author. The contents of tbe letter was of sucb a nature that Mr. White thought a re traction and apology necessary and he go stated to some of his friends. Friends of both parties then went to work to try to ameliorate matters and it was thought that the differences were par tially settled or so much so that trou ble waold be avoided, but it seems that this was not to the satisfaction of Mr J. V. White, who championed his brother's cause, and kept the matter agitated. The union meeting at Bethany charco yesterday was an occasion when tbe surrounding country turned out en masse and it was the first time the prin cipals in the tragedy had met Just after services Mr. J. V. White approach ed several gentlemen and told them that he expected to have a conversation with Mr. Williams and would like them to be present, but was he told that it was neither the time nor place and to let it aicae., and no more was thought of it AH except a few had left tbe grounds, and Mr Williams, io company with bis mother, was drifiog off io bis baggy, when be was called by J V White and told that he would like to see him. Mr. Williams got out of his boggy and went to where J. V White ?id'L D White. . Callison and W H. Yeldeil were standing When J. V. Wb?te said something about i-he letters that bad been written during tbe la?t canvass, Mr. Williams replied that be tboagbt tbe matter bad been settled and if tbey were not satisfied they would have to act. White then . cursed bim and shook bis fist in Wil liam's face, whereupon tbe latter knock ed bim down. When Whi e arose be bad bis pistol in his hand and before aoy ooe could interfere. Williams drew and fired, shooting his antagonist through tbe heart, killing him instantly. L D White thee began cutting Wil liams about the bead and faoe when be turned bin .gun and shot tbe second White twee in the stomach and in eaob arm. Mr. White lingered till 4 o'elock this morning when be di*d; he had a pistol io bis pocket but did not draw it at all. f?e stated before bis death that he could have killed Mr William* had be cared to. Mr? Williams neeivrd a ' severe cot across tbe temple and it was thought that he would bleed to death before a physician could reach him, but he is now resting well and considered out of danger. j He is an ex-member of the legisla tore and is now a member of the State dispensary board cf control. He is well known in many parts of tbe State and has hosts of faiends. The bodies of tbe dead men had not been removed from the church this morning. Their sad deaths are doubly deplorable as each leaves a wife aod cbildreo entirely dependent opon them for support. Both were Masons aod will be buried tomorrow at Bethany, the scene of the difficulty, by the MoCormick lodge. Tbe rapid iocrease of tbe trade aod prosperity a Baku is described in a recent repert from the British ooosul at Batum. The town has new become a first-class maritime port. "As to the oil wells of tbe Apscberon peninsula, although the spontaneous flow is not of snob frequent occurrence as it was two or three years ago, yet the oil is still procurable in unlimited quantities. While the oonsnl was at Baku one oil fountain was throwing np 10,000 tons daily, and was bringing its owner an income of about ?6,000 a day. It did not continue at this rate very long; bot in two months it bad thrown np 300,000 tons of oil, valued at current rates at abont ?150,000. The oil wae ran into two iarge ponds which had been prepared for its reception, and from these it was pumped as fast as the machinery could do it direct into tank steamers for Astrakhan. Facts to Figure 0 tJiMMMJlMIill?lMllM?m Igt?That the hard, cold winter season is now near at hand, and it will be almost impossible to get along without making some preparation for the change. 2d?That when you have a certain amount to invest, it is very important that you get to the right place, for the right thing, at the right price. 3d?That any article from a fresh stock of Dry Goods, especially woollens, will last four J| times longer than an old shopworn article. ||| Facts Figure The Sumter Dry Goods Company ? Have put the knife into their elegant stock of Jackets, Capes, Blankets, Carpets, Dress Goods and to all who are interested in these lines will assure you that it will be greatly to your interest to call in and get posted on the prices. Youthful Murderess Anna Isaac, a Degro girl only fourteen years old, aod not large for that age, w&9 coro mined to jail Friday rooming, charged with the murder of a r.pgro girl thirteen yeara old. The murder w*s committed on Mr. R. M. Cooper's place near Wisacky, and from what can be learned of the particulars of the crime it was committed in & spirit of devilish de praritj It seems that Anna. Isaac and her victim bad row at sebeo}* a few days ago and there bad beeo more or less ill feeling be tween them since. The two girls lived in the same bouse, and at the time of the murder there was no one in the boose except the two girls. The mother of Anna Isaac was in an adjoining house. Anna ran out of the bouse and said that somebody had frightened her a tod b*d run ber ou of the house. Several women then went into the bouse and found the murdered girl lying on the floor in front of the fire place. She was dead, "her head having been split open with an ax? The bloody axe was lying on the floor beside the dead girl. A jury of inquest was empanelled and a verdict was rendered ih*tt Anna Isaac was guilty of tuurderaod she was ordered committed to jail. The mystery surrounding toe killing of the little negro girl near Wisacky la3t week [ grows deeper and the closest investigation fails to throw any light on the crime. The little girl, Anna Isaac, who is in j-** 1 under indictment for murder is how believed to t>e innocent t>y many, although 'he circustautlaj evidence seems conclusive of her guilt The -ase promises 4o bea ver interesting one, and further developments are anticipated. If the girl is guilty of the crime she is without doubt one of the most cruel and bloodthirsty ! little fiends conceivable, bnt ber manner and ? tbe direct answers she gives when questioned *eem to contradict tbe idea of guilt, aod it j is difficult to form an opinion THIRD TRIAL ORDERED. The Garrett vs. Weioborg Caso Still Unsettled Tbe case of Garrett vs. Weinberg which aas been tried twice already in the Circuit Court in this county has been ordered to a new trial by tbe*Supreme Court, ?nd it will prob ity come up for tbe third time at the next :erro of c"-urt. The first trial resulted io a vrrdict for the lefendants, but Judge Witbersuoon, tbe pre siding judge, sunsequentlx set aside tbe ver iict and ordered a new trial. At tbe second :rial, Judge. Watts presided, and again a ver iict was ontained by tbe defendants. Messrs. k. Stuckey aod Tbos S Moorman, plain iffs, attorneys, appealed from Judge Watts' ultngs, aod a decision ordering a new txial us just beeo handed down Tbe case hns >eeo a bard fought one and when it comes to :rtai for the tnird time it will h ? fought to a 5nish Messrs. Lee & Moise r*-pteseut the de fendants. The Baby Show Judges. How cao any one imagine that the Judges for the Baby Show to he selec ed by a committee of Delgar Reel Squad can do otherwise than render a decision as wise ?nd indisputable as some of tbe 'Sones of Solomon"? Tbe writer has been let into the secret, and, as he is in the habit of telling everything be knows to his intimate friends in and aronnd the city, he will tell them right bere that there is at present a sort oi dead lock in the co-rmittee oo the selection of the Baby Show Judges. One member of ?he committee, who is, by-theway, one of the most devout admirers of Harry of all tbe fquad, wants to have a judge's committee of one, consisting of Harry, who bes, this coro mitteeman de*.?ares, mor-*? sense than any three men to ^e found in town, and it there fo;e stands to reason that Harry will be tbe best and safest judge to selec the prize win ner from the crowd < f b'bies to be on exhi bition. Another member of tbe committee has suggested that if hotses are to he brought into the matter, Mon*ehan's two new hordes would make, better judges than Harry, for tb?y bava not been here long enough to form attachments and will be in a position to ren der an impartial decisinn Still anotber very Uf?reH8onat?ly desires to debar not only horses, Out men also, for, as this member of the committee cnlroly asserts, a man knows just a little lees about a baby than a horee, and it will be an absolutely and utterly cruzy proceeding to let either a nan or a horse have anything to do with it. What do you imagine, dear reader, th?3 person wants on the committee ? Well, sitice it must be told, this one wanes ?bree maidenly ladies who ha?e arrived at th? ?ge of discretion and have cease-? to dill;-dally with surb frivolous things as frizzled bangs and crimped s-t?e hair Yes, these are the sort of committees of judges that are wanted, and no one can foretell how long the dead lork will continne, but it is the earnpst hope of tbe writer that tbe committee will be wise as well as politic and select that same old bachelor who knows not oaly everything about judging babie* at a baby show, but a great many other things that he don't always ?eil It is said that tbe babies have quit crying for a certain nauseat ing medicinal compound and bave com menced to yell for the Baby Show. This may be a fable ; wbo knows what tbe babies are yelling about ? P. S. The be?t thing yet is the remark of one mother, that either a fice or a billy-goat wrote the former notice of the Baby Show. Tbe Baby Show ;s a good thing?push it along. Don't be persuaded into buying liniments without reputation or merit?Chamberlain's Paio Balm costs no more, and its merits have been proven by a test of many years. Such letters as tbe following, from I G. Bagley, Hueoeme, Gal., are constantly beicg re ceived : "The best remedy for pain I have ever used is Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and I say so after having used it in my family for several years " It cures rheumatism, lame back, sprains and swellings. For sale bj Dr. A. J. China. Shooting at Fisgah. Pisgah, Nov, 26.?Dave Alleo was shot in the Deck by Louis Bennett lr.3t Sunday at Pine Grove church near Pisgah Allen owed Bennett 15 cents and would not pay him. Bennett took revenge by shooting him. Tbe ball is still in the neck All parties co or?*d. . Green Darkey. Pinewood, Nov. 28 ?Undrr rather si ngu lar circumstances ft young nergo oi mi me death here on Saturday afternoon. The de ceased boarded the train at Remr.i for thi point, and with'n 3Q0 tard* of the d*pot he either fell or jumped cff the train, which be past due was running hi tbe speed of 30 m?es an hour At tbe inquest today it was learn ed that the deceased had never bf-en on a train before, and wben tbe conductor ? n nounced Pinewood, wbtch i3 usually the custom as soon as the tra;n sluc'<8 op ' eating a station, tbe deceased, being destined for this point, presu ?ablv thought the train would not stop, so either j imped rff or fell off tne olatforu of the train. Be it as it tDay his face came in contact with a.crossile on tbe side track, which broke ioto pieces every bne in tbe face, the frontal portion of the skull, the left thigh aod tbe neck. Deitb was instantaneous. Co-ductor J E. Johnson, with his porter, together with Attorney DeJongh of Florence, was over to-day before tbe coroner's iuquest. No blame was attached to tbe train crew. ????- ? Shiioh Heard From. Shic-h, S C, Nor 30, 1S96 ? The "ever ready piato!" was the disturber cf the peace and quiet of this community on. the 23 i inst Luckily only caused considerable mental dis comfort and some little (?) relaxation of the nrrvoos system of a few. On tbe previons Saturday Messrs. Samuel Tomlinson and S Joshua Floyd had some unpleasant words anout a cane mill in the possession of the latter ?od owaed or claimed by the former, and on the following Sunday night (22:1) said mill was robbed of its most ralu?ble parts ?nd carried away to parts unknown, farther than suspicion goes The next morn ing ( Vfondiy). Floyed missing same, in com pauy with two otbrr men, went in. search of i', and claimed that the had tracked the wagon in which the parts of the mill were hau'ed to Mr. Torolinsou house. Tr.ia en raeed Mr Torahn?on, wb? swears to utter ignorance of tbe removal of tbe mill, and meeting Messrs Floyd and Joseph McEiveen about two rnii-? from his (Tomiit.son's) 3<?, a 'ively time followed aud Floyd nar rowly escapei beiog tfiain. Here the state ments of Messrs Tomlinson nod Fie;, d differ ms widely as tbe North Pete is from tbeSoutb Pole, but it goes without contradiction that ? pistol ir tbe bands of Mr Ton lioeoo was discharged while Mr. McEiveen was endeav oriog to keep the two combatants apart. Flo>d says the pistol was aimed at his head wb?-n it discharged, the ball i-eoetrating his hat brim and causing bim {Floyd) "to fall down and tumble into a ditch, face down ward ;" presumably to give him an opportu nity for a calm reflection, and to avoid fur ther disturbance while e j>ying tbe agonies of dea;h not kr.owing what had become of that cruel bullet. Mr. Tomlinson swears th*t the pistol was accidentally discharged while Mr. McEiveen appeared to be trying to get hold of bis band, aod that the ball did not go near, or in tbe direction of Floyd. Judge Keels after an investigation of tbe charges against Mr Tomlinson, required a bond of $509 for his appearance in the Court of Gen e "1 Sessions The bond ^vas promptly given The relatives aod friends of both parties m this commuuity much regret tbe occurrence. Mr. Floyd is a hard-working, energetic man, and Mr. Tomiineon has tbe reputation of being a good citizen, a relia ble and responsible man. The whole matter will be sifted in tbe higher court. Occasionai. Tutfs Pills Cure All Liver Ills. DoctorsSay; Bilious and Intermittent Fevers which prevail in miasmatic dis tricts are invariably accompan ied by derangements of the Stomach Liver and Bowels. The Secret of Health. The liver is the great " driving wheel" in the mechanism of man, and when it is out of order, the whole system becomes de ranged and disease is the result. Tutt's Liver Pills Cure all Liver Troubles. Wedgefield Letter. Wkdgsfikld, S. C, Dec. 1.?List Sunday was Union Service Day at tbe Baptist cburcb, j between the Baptist, Presnyteriao and Meth odist churcbes Rev J. W. Dowell, of the Methodist church, . preachrd to a crowded house, on tbe subject of giving thanks and giviog. Tbe congregation seemed thorough ly convinced of the importance of the latter, particularly, and there waa the most univer sal giving wnen collec-ioo was taken up we ever saw. Noi a single one seemed to fail to respond to the urgent app^ai for such a wor thy case. The collection was very large, and the amount was divided equally oetween the three denominational orphanages. On the fourth Sunday in November Rey. Mr. Bailey wts installed minister o? ib?; Pres byterian church. Rev. W. W Mills, of Cam dep, conducting the services. The Methodist parsonage is nearicg compie tion and Mr Dowell Mpects to move iu te fore he leaves for Annual Conference. CO-EDUCATION AT -THE S. C. COLLEGE. Mr. McDonald Furman is Highly Pleased With It. _ ? ! i ! Mr. Eoitcr:?There lies before u3 a mann j script spetch against tbe co-education of j young ladies and young men, which speech j was delivered by the writer of these lines l>e I fore the Clariosophic Debating Society, of I I the S C. College, on March, 22, 1834. That ( j was during our college days. Well, last j week while in Columbia attending the State | Fair, we paid several visits to the dear-o'd j Coll?g-, and for the first time in years, visit- i ed the recitation rooms. Vvbft did we see? j Why, co-educht?on of young men and young ladies. Little did we think, when we madn 1 ? that speech, that?the time would come when j co-education would rxist in the S. C? College ? We may remark here that long ago our theories against co education have given way and onr recent visit to the College bas caused tbiesedead theories to be buried, for we are more and more pleased with the plan. We mean nothing against tbestudrots who were at the College in our day, but, we must say that tbe young men who are now students there seem neater in tbeir dress tbao wben we were there, aod we can only ?serbe this to the presence of young ladies in tbe class rooms. As for tbe young ladies we saw at tbe recitations, we can say with truth that we bave never seen anywhere more rtodest or better behaved young ladiep; they are em phatically what we would tern a "nice set ' and we feel proud to see such young ladies as these attending tbe College. McDonilLo Fcrman Rameey P. -, Privateer Township, Nov. 16.' 1896. A GARD. I desire to inform 'my patron* and tbe public generally tbat I bave not re tired from business, but am still to be found at tbe old stand. The furniture and undertaking business is now con ducted by The J. D. Craig Co., which I was instrumental in organiz ing and of which ? am president. Tbe stock of goods is as large and as com plete as ev?r shown in this city, and ? solicit a consonance of the patronage of the,people of Surater and adjoining counties, assuring them tbat our prices are as low a? can be found io aoy mairket. Very Respectfully, J. D. CRAIG. Nov. 3. Imo. HARB Y # CO., WHOLESALE BROKERS, -AND Cotton Storage Warehouse PROPRIETORS. UP-TOWN OFFICE: COURT HOUSE SQUARE, 250 fine Hogs for sale. Some good breed ers, heavy with pigs. Price, 4c. per lb. on foot. Respectfully, HARBY & CO. Nov. 4. f HE QUCKER J {?LTWAN (?0. We ill no Hurry for you, waiting doubter. We are pretty well used to the resulu of advertising ; quick with quick people; slow with slow people ; aure with intelligent people. We are willing to wait for you slower ones, but let us tell you fairly, sharper people are enjoying advan tages that you are not. Our Prices are always right in the large line of SHOES, CLOTHING-. DRESS GOODS, UNDERWEAR', NOTIONS, CLOAKS, BLANKETS, BESIDES THIS, we have the most up to-d*te GROCERY department to befonnd auy where in Eastern South Carolina, and OUR PRICES are always right. THE BEST Icing Sugar. THE BEST Coffees. THE BEST Cocoa and Chocolate. THE BEST Spices. THE BEST Olives. THE BEST Nuts and Almonds. THE BEST Raisins?bunch and seedless. THE BEST Cleaned Currants. THE BEST Citron. THE BEST Mince Meat. THE BEST Plum Pudding. THE BEST Macaroni. THE BEST Cheese. THE BEST Pu'e Lard. THE BEST MEATS. THE BEST Canned Vezetab'es. THE BES Canned Fruits. THE BEST Olive Oil. THE BEST French Sardines. THE BEST Pickles, Sauces, Ac. THE BEST FLOUR THE BEST Buckwheat. THE BEST Oatmeal. THE BEST Candies THE BEST Gigare. THE DUCKER& BULTMAN CO. TO ARRIVE This Week. One Car each Horses and Mules. H. HARRY. Suinter, S. C, Nov. 2, 1896. ARTHUR BELITZER, The # Furniture # Man, MAIN STREET. i St ock and its For Sale. F?R SAJLE D. M. YOUNG, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Prompt attention to all business entrusted to him. Office on Court House fequare, in Blandina office. RED OATS. NATIVE RED, RUST PROOF OATS FOR SALE BY C. P. ROBERTS, Oct27?lm* NINETY-SIX, S. C. VALUABLE FARM PROPERTY. FARM CONTAINING NINETY - FIVE acres, situated in the suburbs of the city of Sumter on west end ot Liberty Street, suitable for truck growing or dairy farm. Six room dwelling in good repair. It 13 a valuable and desirable piece of property. For price and terms see my Attorneys Messrs. Lee & Moise, or the undersigned Nov. 11. W. E DICK.