The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 09, 1896, Image 2
To Reduce Our Represen
tation.
The Galveston News, which bolted
Bryan's nomination and supported
McKinley, has been arguing that be
cause of the small vote cast in South
Carolina and Mississippi under the
restrictions of their new Constitu
tions, the representation of these
State? in congress and the electoral
college be reduced more than one
half. The manner in which the
proposition has been received by so
called Democratic papers at the north
has a meaning too great to be ig
nored by the people of the btates at
tacked.
WTien the New York Sun. the pa
per that, invented the "No Force
Bill ; No Negro Domination" issue
of 1392, lends its aid to this move
ment, not even its apostaey from
Democracy in the late campaign can
detract from the significance of the
change. The Sun speaks of the
south as "the eleven old secessionist
States." "notorious for fraudulent
electiou practices." The vote, it
says, is "shamefully small," "scan
dalous, injurious and dangerous."
and "gives^he old Southern Confed
ercy an unfair advantage, or "by
means of it they take an unfair advan
tage of the honest States " The
state of things in South Carolina and
Mississippi, it says, "requires ade
quate remedial measures," and it
seems to endorse the Texas paper's
plan of reducing their representa
tion.
Tbe New York World, in com
menting on the same article, appears
also to endorse it, and demands "a
system of majority representation
that has uot so many dangerous im
perfections and lapses "
These are but samples of the argu
ment of gold papers all over the
north. The Chicago Times-Herald,
whose owner is very close to McKin
ley, says :
"Men who hold confidential rela
tions with the President-elect believe
the coming administration will mark
the enactment of a new election law ;
not a. 'force bill/ but a comprehensive
' statute designed to prevent a recur
rence of such election frauds as those i
which have cursed a number of
southern and bcrder States during I
the past national campaigns "
' We hope that these things will set
our people, and especially the mem
bers of the legislature, to thinking.
The loss of four congressmen and
electors in this State and five in Mis
sissippi would not seriously impair
, our essentially local interests, but
when it is remembered that it might
in a close election give the house
and the presidency to the plutocracy
and perpetuale gold standard, high
tariff and trusts, the reasons why we
shonld, if possible, prevent such ac
tion* are as plain as the motives of|
?he gold press in suggesting it.
The be&fc reply that South Carolina
can make to this impending attack?
\ indeed, the only practical one?is to
pass such registration and election
laws ae will assure the country of the
good faith and integrity of our peo
ple in carrying out the provisions of j
the Constitution Against an educa
tional and property qualification such
as the Constitution prescribes for vot
ing in elections henceforth, there will
be little ou'cry. ?So successful at
tack can made upon the State by
reason of such limitations. But
what the country needs to be assured
of ?p that the registrations and elee-1
tione are fair and in consonance with ?
the spirit of the basic law.
South Carolina could poll 150.000
votes without jeopardsing the rule
of the whites If the geueral assem
bly at its app oaching session will
enact an Australian ballot law and
place safeguards about ?i?e registra
tion offices and the polls, tho move
ment to reduce the State's represen
tatiou will have wo excuse and will
fail Again we urge the imp?t tance
of such action ?The State.
The State Board of Control.
The S^ate board cf control met la*!
nignr. Col Jones and Messrs. Nichol
son and D >utbit were the only members
present. It ha* been fully expected all
along that the present temporary com
missioner would be continued in office
Qiiu! the l-gislatare aee-'s in January.
At?-r a 0:?c3e*i<>0 of the situation last
night ib?? board decided upon this
course au?l retained Col Gastos io his
preseut temporary p-sition.
Tbe board gase out a note nf warn
ing last oigh? to the holders of tbe
tourit-t hotel privi! ges in Ch?riesfoo.
Com meats have been frequently made
as to how these privileges were bt-ing
misused and the talk has finally reached
the board The following reeolutii-u
shows its position on this question :
"Whereas it has come to the atten
tion of this board through tbe pie?e':t
ment of the grand jury of Coarle-ron
county that tbe hotels of the cay of
Charleston that have * been granted
tourist hotel dispensary privileges have
been abusing said privileges ; therefore,
be it
'.?Resolved, That unless said hotel
dispensers refrain from selling oo Sun
day and confine their sales to boDa fide
guests said privileges will bs revoked."
?State.
After bearing sotce friends continually
praising Chamcerlairrs Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, Curtis Fleck, of Ana
heim, California, purchased a bottle of it for
his own use and ?3 now as enthusiastic over
its wonderful work as anyone can be. The
25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by Dr. . J.
China.
TO CHANGE THE NAME.
The Plan to Change The "U.
C. V." to The "C. S. A."
Last July in Richmond at the re
? union of the Confederate veterans the
body, upon the presentation of a me
morial from Camp 435, of Augusta, Ga.
suggesting that the name of the organi
zation be changed from the ' United
Confederate Veterans" to that of the
"Confederate Survivors7 Association,"
so that the beloved 'C S. A " can be
used and perpetuated, instructed the
adjutant general by resolution to send
the memorial to all camps in the organi
zation with the request that they act
upon the matter before the next con
vention of the veterans, which will be,
held iu Nashville. Tenu., on May 7, 8
and 9 next. J
The Augusta camp maintains that the
original reason for adopting the name
''United Confederate Veterans" has
; now ceased to exist. It was for the
prevention of confusing the general or
ganizations of survivors then known
as associations They maintain that
tbe term "U. C "V." has no history
and no preoious memories of tbe past
attached to it. Should dead comrades
come to life they would not recognize
the present insignia. But the "C S
A 99 would ever be recognized and re
garded with affection. The "C. S AV
meaning is too well known to need a
word as to its appropriateness. It
stands first to the Confederate States of-.
America and then for the Confederate
States army. Why not let the few
who remain of that army have the name
they love so dearly ? In sucha light
was the matter presented. *
Now as time is flying the Augusta
fcaoip has once more begun to push tbe
matter and is writing letters to the va
rious oamps asking them to act upon
tbe suggestion. Such a letter has been
received ^ere and camp Hampton will
doubtless* pass upon the suggestion at
its next meeting. The oiher camps in
this State will likely pass upon the mat
ter of the proposed chaoge in tbc next
month.? Columbia State.
The Dry Goods Situation.
New York, Dec i ?Tbe Journal
of Commerce and Commercial r.ulie
tin in its review of tbc we?-;fc of the
dry gooods market, says : The course
of tbe general market during the past
week has brought nothing in the way of
encouragement to sellers. Abnormally
mild weather has been a solid factor in
tbe situation of a decidely unfavorable
cooditioo. It has interfered with the
distribution of seasonable merchandise
and has caused buyers \,i all directions
to proceed more or less cautiously.
There are many agents so well sold up
that they will not listen to any sugges
tion or coccessioo to buyers, but there
are others not so well situated, who
berate about turning down business,
and of such instances buyers natura'ly ;
enough make tbe most in chopping
around the market. The. course of the
cotton market has n?>t been helpful, nor
has the print cinto market, despite
large sales, shown any greater strength
than before In the woolen and worst
ed goods d:vsision a qaisr week has
been recorded tbroushout, with, how
ever, a generally steady roue prevail
ing.
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Had Whiskey in His House -
Prosecuted for It.
A decidedly remarkable dispensary
osse was argued before the Supreme
Court yesterday. It. was su appeal in
the case agaiost Anderson Chart?in of
Oeonee county who was convicted of
violation of the di>per^ary law.
All tbe testimony went to show *hit
in his absence his house had been
searched by constables and two gallons
and a half of wbisk y in a jug aeized
It did not bey he State liquor com
missioner's ce> r.ficate which the law
requires shall be attached to all pack
ages of whiskey and for this reason
alone, it was seized and he indicted for
having it in his housf There is not
even a charge of seiiing liquor. Yet
under these circumstances the a?an was
convicted.
According to this verdie* it simply
weans that a man is guii'y who has
whiskey in his home for pei sonai use
? The decision in tbe appeal will have
j far reaching effects if rendered sgainst
I the appellant. It will mean that any
person who has an unlabelled bottle or
jug of whiskey is liable to be arrei-ted
\ by som s constable and found guilty of
violating the dispensary act. The de
cision in the oaae will not be made for
sometime ?The State
A special to the State from
Broyles, S C , says : Another shoot
ing afiray occurred among th? ne
groes employed by Messrs. Watkins
& Hardaway, in building the dam at
; Portman ehoals, Tuesday afternoon
j about 2 o'clock A negro boy about
! 15 years old named Terry, from An
gusta, and one woman were badly
! wounded. The shooting was done
j with a rifle, in the hands of one of
the negro women. The boy was
shot through the head, and a puddle
of brains oozed out of the wound.
He will die The woman is also
shot in the head, but it is thought
she will recover. It is impossible to
ascertain the cause of the brutal
deed or the names of the other ne
groes engaged in it The woman
who did the shooting fled at once, !
and so far has baflled the posse in
pursuit. While not in any way re
sponsible for the conduct of their
hands, Mr Watkins, who personally
supervises this job, greatly deplores
the occurrence.
A Legislative Fight.
Something Further About
tbe Salem Scheme.
Promoters of new counties are fast
learniog that forming one on paper and
one in reality are two entirely different
things. the first plaee, after the in
tricacies cf pquare miles, total popula
tion and the value of taxable property
are overcome, there is an end of the
county on paper; but. h is when tbe con
sent of voters is to be obtained that, the
real trouble begins. Sufh has been
tbe experience of tbe ill-fated county of
Salem Whether or not the name has
been tbe great drawback is uncertain,
but there are a good many superati
tuous people who think so. A Salem |
has never aod never will flourish in j
this country they declare. And, as if !
carrying out this prophecy there are
new developments which point to a bot
fight io the legislature before Salem
county will be firmly established.
Assistant Attorney General Town
send was back in bis office yesterday,
after a trip the previous day to the seat
of trouble, in Darlington, he said, at
two precincts th? managers had thrown
out 72 "No" votes on account cf their
defacement. At one box 40 votes had j
been counted out, aod 32 at the other,
When the county board of commission
ers came to pass upon the vote, these
72 "No" votes were oiunred, changing
the result of th? election in that county.
With the votes thrown out, Darlington
had given a two thirds majority for the
new county of Salem, but with tbem
counted io. the majority, was lacking.
The votes were defaced ?i many differ
ent ways. The ballot had ?bree propo
sitions to vote either '"Yes" or "No"
oc; for the new county, name aod
county seat. Instead of writing "No"
after each one, many of the opponents
scratohed them out and wrote at the
top of the ballot. "Nc^'others bad "No" j
on tbeir ballots in as many as 20 placea
and still athers had "No" written to ;
enormous letters lengthwise the ba?lot. ?
There were a- dozen and one styles
which were not in accord with tbe law.
but which tbe board of canvassers
counted as legal votes
Mr H. Uowper Patron has prepared ?
an appeal fo the legislature against, i
these votes being counted, as they are j
in strict violation of the law
Assistant Attorney General Town- !
Rend has doce the same on hehaif of j
Darlington county.? The State.
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The school system in many nans of
Beaufort County, says the New South
is a farce and a waste of qjoih y and . it
adds : ''There are pei sons holding cer j
ficate.i to teach who couldn't read a prgf !
in the primer if their lives depended
upon ii and who canno; pronounce cor
rectly the coinmonest and simple*!
wo:de of their mother tongue. This
c;!as? of alleged teachers dare not even j
attempt to write a simp)" application for j
a school, but are compelled to get some I
ne else to write ir. for them. The
whole sham would at once be exposed
if any one of this class were requited
to write a sentence or spell a few wards
orally of the simplest kiod. We have
no hesitation in saying that it would
be far better for all parties concerned
to close some of the schools now open
ed altogether rather than have tbem dc
gisded by i be class of ignoramuses
that pretend to teach the rupiis that
are under their charge. It. is not only
a waste of money, bur it does po.-itive
harm to the children " As the ' ig
noramuses" are paid by the county or
the Sfare for their .work it is evident
that ?he system is a fraud as well as ?a
farce. It calls for investigation. Pos
sibly it is not coofined to B?aufort
County.
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Cost of the Trial of the Col
leton Lynchers.
The Aiken Recorder has this to
say about the cost of the recent trial
o? the Colleton lynchers :
"As an item of information it may
be interesting; to our readers to learn
what the trial of the Colleton County
lynchers cost this county. We can
give the information which was ob
tained from the county commission
er's office The case was on the
criminal docket for the )une and
October terms. At the June term a
large number of witnesses were
brought up from Colleton to Aiken,
but the trial did not take place. The
expense at this time footed up about
?600. At the October term the trial
came off and the cost foots up
$900.20?-making a tolal of about
?1,500 which the county of Colleton
ovvee to Aiken This lynching bee
has proven quite expensive to the
taxpayers of Colleton The $1,500
paid out by Aiken in only a part of
the cost that Colleton has to pay "
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At an Armenian meeting in the East
End of London the other night. Mr.
Benn relieved its seriousness by the
relation of an incident at once gro
tesque and pathetic, sav s Tit-Bits At
a Salvation Army meeting recently, he
said, a fervent Salvationist prayed,
with all the intensity of bis faith, that
God would -'break the Sultan's heart,"
with a view, of course, to the conver
si?n of the barbarous Abdul. The
prayer was interrupted by an addition
al petition from one of the devout com
pany, aod it ran thus : "Oh,
God ? break his neck."
Writing pap*r in pound packagee, plain
and ruled, price and quality not duplicated
elsewhere. H. G. Us teen & Co.
I Colony of Settlers for Ab
beyille County.
Governor elect Ellerbek planto re
duce the taxes of the Slate by indue
ing emigrants to settle here, utilizing
the large surplus of land, it appears
is to be carried out. The fi ?st move
along this line has just been made
and it is likely to bear fruit iti the
near feature The scheme adopted
is one that others will do weil to
emulate A few settlements in South
Caiolina such as that made at Fitz
gener?ld, Ga . it is conceded on every
side,-will go very far to make South
Carolina one of the leading of the
Southern States
The first step is taken by the Hart
man Colony company of South Caro
lina, the corporators of which are
Julius Hartman of Atlanta, Ga. and
Carl Stroever of Wbeaten, De Page
county, 111 They secured their com
mission from the secretary of state
yesterday. They purpose to have
their settlement at Dresden in Abbe
ville county The capital stock is to
be $35,0U0, divided into 350 shares
at ?100 each Already the proposed
new town of Dresden is being laid
off In the declaration the corpora
tors eay : "The business the cor
porators propose to do is to secure
settlers, to obtain, own, sell, iease
and rent real estate, personal pro
perty, to erect, operate, rent, lease
houses, factories, waterworks, to
operate mines, lay out towns, to en
gage in fanning and stock raising,
and in transportation, to do a general
trading business and to do such other
things as may be incidental to or
necessary or desirable for the sue
cessful development of colonies "?
The State.
At a recent meeting of ci-izena of
the upp;-r part of Marion c-'umy, who
ire in favor of the proposed ne cum
fy o< Dillon, plans were submitted for
t.h? Cji?^, lieuse and jail buildings,
which an; to be built for the "new
county" bv citizens of the town of D?i
?en and vi;:inty. The aichi'ec? who
was r.-ie^Cit at ihe meeting, said th.-:
Court Houso could be. built lor $6 500
and the jail for gl,500.
A number of gentlemen wi i enfer
into a bond guaranteeing the ?rection ?f.
the oeoes?ary public b u i i d : ^ ?-. Ju>t
bereit .ay be interesting to uo'e ihar.
?me of ih'? most prominent and centervo
tive lawyers in Eastern South Carolina
-ays such a born? could nor be collected
by law if the pavmeftt (?bould bt? rear
ed The pe'itK-n praying for the elec
tion on the npw county question is now j
beine; circulated and wiil probably be j
in the Governor's bands in a -hort time, i
If the new county is established it wii! i
be the smallest in ihn Sfati; in r.opula- '
tico, with Mar;.),-; County <? very cio?
second, each having vo-.y i it i 6 more
than fifteen thec-and people
Both counties will be smong ?he
poorest in the Sta e. in oint of taxable :
property. Diilion bounty bein? ( xoeed- ?
ed in poverty by only two oouruie?* and ;
Marion by otiiy three. U?der these
circo m-ta ces taxpayers arc fearful that ;
a division of the county wi'il n-fult in j
a lar^e increase of taxes, and -there ;
are not many propio who are wtl?ng to !
increase this burden ft>r ail time to come
without being able to reduce their ex- [
p-nst'8 correspondingly in some other j
way. '
Don'i he persuaded into buying liniments
without rtpu^atioo or merit?Chamberlain's
Pain BaUd costs no mort*, und its merits nave
been proven t?y a test of mmy years. Such
letters a? tbe following, frani I G Bagley, I
Huer?eme, Cu!, aie constantly beine te-j
eeiv-ri ; "Tbe >>(.*t remedy tor pu io I b?ve j
ever used is Charaberh'itVa Pain B.-om, and ?
1 say so after bavins used it in my f>;roiiy for |
several years " It eures rheumatism, lame
back, enrama and swel ing>?. For sale b_v Dr
A J. Ch'na.
Made and Merit Maintains theconSdenc? !
oi the people in Hood's Sarsaparilla. if s j
medicine cures you when sick ; if ir. maker j
wonderful cures everywhere,then bevor.c \
all question that medicine possesses merit j
That is just the truth about Hood's Sar- !
saparilla. We know it possesses .merit ?
because it cures, not once or twice or a !
hundred times, but in tho usancs and
thousands of cases. We know it cures, i
absolutely, permanently, when ali others I
fail to do any good whatever. We repeat
Sarsaparilia
Is the best ?in fact the One True Blood Purifier. !
?. D*11 cure nausea, indigestion,
licOu S HlllS biliousness. 25cents.
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1 $200 SHOE
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JL $5.00 SHOE SOR $3.00. iBa
?; ?* ^. ) ?t is stylish, enrabie and per?ect-fit??ns:, qoafit?e:
/. " absolutely necessary make a finished snoe. Tit.
I v#?>) cost of mamtiactcring allows a smaller profit to dealer*
: than any shoe sold at $3.00.
Tre ?Belinone and "Pointed
W/^ -" \ Tee'* (shown in cuts) will be
yi?kr- <r"- "^^?^F-:~.\ Naders this season, tttt any
Ve make W^?^-. ^ ;'3^|;"V;-~\ other styfe desired may be
also $2*50 and lIBi&ite. r^0tM^r?\ obtained from our agents.
$2 shoes for
men and $2.50, c,
$2.00 and $i.75
for boys.
The full line for sale by "*
We use only the best C.iif. Russia Calf
(all colors), French Patent Calf, Prenci:
Enamel, ici Kid, ere., craded to corre
spond with prices of the shoes.
If dealer cannot supply you, mite
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I think I can say without any exaggeration that I have one
of the best stocks of
CLOTHING, HATS AND FURNISHING
GOODS,
For Men, Boys and Children that has ever been brought to
Sumter. If you want a real cheap suit you can get it. If
you want a medium price suit, I have hundreds for you to
select from. If you want a fine, tailor-made, perfect fitting
suit, you will find a good assortment of the most popular
fabrics made up in Cambridge, Princeton and Oxford Sacks and
the latest style Cutaways. No other house will show you a
larger or better selected stock. No other house will sell you
cheaper, and no one wil 1 appreciate your patronage more than,
Yours truly,
e
THE CLOTHIER
Sumter, S. C.
bave got the wagon jeu
want and
il
My Prices are Eight,
I rt present some of the best
wagon manufacturers in the
United States and
Can Compete with any
Lealer
the South iu price and
quality. Call and examine ay
stock for yourself and b..' your
own judge. Talk is ch?ar
and so are wagons now.
Office at Epperson's Livery Stables.
GEO. F EPPERSON