The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 06, 1897, Image 4
JAN. ?, 1897.
:hman was founded
Southron in 1866.
id Southron now has
freu la ti on and influence
?d papers, asd is maui
Fadvertisiog medium in
inks in the North have been
so rapidlj daring the last two
tat the Hanna-McKinley crowd
up on their predictions of re
prosperity. They are now kept
Gaining why the modicum of
and prosperity bas been knock*
out of financial and business
[by the election . of .a "sound
President and Congress, which
the con tin nance of the gold
for at least four years longer.
I middle classes?and by this
mean those who are moderate
>ro?ided with this world's goods,
leither very poor nor ??ry rich
tbc greatest sufferers during
jur^years under the McKin
iin is trat ion of the gold Stan
^The poor will suffer and be
down into deeper depths of
tion and poverty, bat they are
ied to want and oppression ; they
ting, and, having f become ab
tneiled to their cosd ition, while
>peare no probability of better
tbey expect nothing and etnnot
inch more than they have en
Iiready. It is those who have
og to lose that will safer ; they
bn to end are the pangs of be*
faced from competence to pever
>rt to want. The very
(ficmed sqneezing almost the
>ot the poor, and are now
teir attention to the middle
id from them they will take
in cents, chipped here and
a day laborer's wages, bnt
fds and thousands of dollars
capitalists and minor ruent y
rbo vainly imagined that i;hey
the plutocratic classes,
deh ?he free silver cranks
and therefore loudly advo
"bonest money'' gold stand?
squeezed along with , the
it can be truly said that they
serve little sympathy. The
who can control the finances
country while the gold
is maintained and a policy of
)c pursued, evidently ^aim at
irati0 3 .of the middle oliss.
tave sense ecocgh to know
ite?t menace to them. They
licate that it is their desire to
Iwo ciaf ses in ?merica?the
and the very poor?the
(he lords or creation, the lat
senary evil that most be en
r-elect W. H. Ellerbe will
ice with not only tbe best
a very large majority of
>eople of the State, but
f expectations on the part
|dy that be will succeed in
irrsony tmong the demo
State by eu administra
lind fair to *?! alike. On
t^BO mtrch being expected
Eiierbe will be forn
?d, if be satisfies exp?*o
right to freely ship aims
ition from this country to
mee bas been materially
md tbe war can be prose,
[vigorously than ever. It
|e strange, however, that
lining tbe shipment of
>t unearthed at an earlier
fit bad been, the Cuban
rould have been spared a \
of expense and untold j
^co acreage in Sumte*
not be increased this
>oor quality produced
>n and .the low prices
[vailed made it impossi
>acco planters to realize
Iits anticipated, and the
alize lar^e profits by
incurred considerable
themselves for tobacco
terred others from un
1There is one fact that
ers should take into
before deciding to
experiment, that the
of this year's crop of
lis of ver poor quality,
knand next season for
(es must necessarily be
as th^ sejye stock
rill bee Bally ex
THF, MAN CLEVELAND.
Alfred Henry Lewis, the Washing
ton correspondent of the New York
Journal, in the iesure of the 4th in
staut devotes a page to a review of
the personal side of Cleveland's ad
ministration It is one of the most
scathing arraignments of public
official that has appeared in print in
years. He is accused of ignorance,
intense egotism, treachery and in
gratitude to personal and political
friends, of a slavish love of money
and subserviency to the the money
power, of gaining riches by prostitu
ting bis offce at the dictation of the
monopolists, of a cowardice that
causes him to surround himself with
a force of twenty-sis secret service
men, of tyranny and of a leaning
toward monarchical ideas. The ar
raignment isi not general and inde
finite, bat relentlessly specific. A
few paragraphs will give an idea of
the vigor and vir?le-nce of the ar
ticle.
"Clereland ie not book taught, oeitber has
be been taught by travel. He knows noth
ing west of Beffalo, nor south of the North
Pennsylvania line. He bas most of ali no
imagination. He has beard of a West; be
baa beard ot a'Soutb, bat the terms teli mo
tales to Cleveland. He cao. no more picture
j them than be -can form a conception of
! Asia Minor. He knows that silver comes
! from the West and Democratic majorities
from tbe South ; that is ail be knows con
cerning them:"
i'ji * ?
Jones, of Ne v.-.da, oc ce told me that of all
whom be bad rret in high place, Cleveland
was thetmoet widely ignorant and abundant
ly dark. Wbeo be came to be President be
bad tbe vaguest notion of government. He bad
o ever read tba consti ration of tbe country.
He hasa't yet."
* * . *
"Cleveland is by nature a Tory. He bas
no instinctive conceptioc of republicanism ;
no knowledge native or acquired of tbe
iChool to which free America belongs He
is a Tory. Had be lived in the smoke-blown
day of Banker Bill bis substitute would bave
worn & red coat and fought at tbe foot of
that celebrated eminence against Warren and
tbe others at the top."
"His instinct is monarchia!. Three times
within three years be aligned himself with
a throne. a Samoa, Hawaii, and last m
Brazil. He succeeded in Samoa, and this*
country to-day, witb Boglaod and Germany,
upholds a king a these far off lands. He failed
in Hawaii witb bis clumsy King-making and
public opiniou frightened bim away from
Queen Lit. Mendonca drove him backward
witb a laugb and a soeer in the case of Bra
zil "
"To-day bis toryism is at the brakes. Witb
Cuba bleeding at our very door, witb a peo
ple and a Congress deniaodtog her relief,
Cleveland refuses. He sides witb Spain."
* * *
"To-day bis great reverence'is for money ;
bis profound respect is reserved for those
who have it. Poverty is synonymous witb
ignorance.; wisdom, goes with wealth, nod
the best citizen is-.tbe oest dre sed. citizen
witb Cleveland. Gbme afoot to Washington
and you c ?n't see bim ; come in private car
and you caio Your honestly, yoar worth,
tbe ?oo?aese o? your purpose, or tbe justice
of your cau*e will not avail unless tb?*y come
m a rivate rar Peopie are no hmg i o
J3.ieyel;?nd ; property is everything He
; would turu from a nere n~en in a moment
Spilt down a ?i i 11 ion dollars in gold, and the
! s'ght would suspend the actio? of bis u i u?
? and hold him spellbound for hours?c*8t him,
t?s ;t wer?, iato a trance of riches."
* * *
"When Cleveland came in m 18&3 be found
the Treasury ou tbe rocks. He has kept i'
there ever since. He bas pounoed a hole m
its bottom and stuffed the lenk with $240,
000,000 of bonds. He sells these at 104 acd
tbe next da* tbey bri-g 120, ?od bring it as
this is read "
"Had a M-3 or of New York invoiced.him
self in ibe bond antics ?bat bate been wit
nessed in Washington during tbe !*st three
years, a special Grand Jurv would have been
on bis trail with born of law and honnd of
iLquiry in a aoment."
"But bonds go ar-d go aod go again, and
as a by-play, and just to phow the ejmpittbt
which exists between us millionaires, 'Car
negie's fice, imposed for rotteo arc?or plaie
is remitted."
"There were oo">e durirg Harrison's reig/:.
Cold be was; unsocial he was, an uolovely
soul at best, but honest was Harrison aod
clear as ics."
"When Cleveland came in with Carlisle
the bond wolves began to snap ?od ?narl
aoout tbe cold Carlisle intended in tbe early
summer of'93 to do as Maouing did in'85.
Betold Vest and he told Coirkrell * a he
told others that he woul i pay silver and en
force the law as late a? ?b* afternoon of the
day when Cleveland took his pronuueb'irento
from him, wro'e it over, crossed out silver,
and made Carlisle say that he would pay
gold?nothing but cold?-while a dollar glit
tered in bis till That was ail ihe bund ring
wantid -Tbey have bled three bond issues
out of the Government since then."
- ?ti i ammi -
Dwight L Moody, the great evan
gelist, is conducting a great revival
in New York City and has succeeded
in arousing great interest in the
work He now proposes to raise one
million dollars to be expended during
this year in. prosecuting the work
throughout in every portion of
Greater New York It is his pur
pose to secure a sufficient number of
trained religious workers and to
make the fight against sin in every
quarter of the city. It is his hope I
that every sinner in the greatest city ?
on the continent will be converted
It is the greatest revival scheme ever
projected and the result be
watched with interest by church peo
pie in all* quarters of the civilized
world.
"Hood's Sarsaparille has cured tre of a
sore with which I have been troubled for a
leug time and which the doctors say v. as a
cancer. ? am iu my 74th year and my beai tu
is good." J. R. Westmoreland, Woodruff,
S. c.
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Gold and Silver Papers for sale by B.G
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She Was Scuttled!
Horrible Suspicion About the
Commodore.
Jacksonville. Jan. 3 ?All of tbe
crew oi the Commodore were not saved,
as reported last night. Twelve are io
Jacksonville. Three alive and one
dead are at Dayton*. Four are re
ported to have ariived near Ormond,
bat the report is uot confirmed, and
eight are at sea on a lije raft.
Captain Murphy, Sj?phen Crane, the
novelist, 0. Montgomery, tbe cook;
and William Higtrius, a Ptokrr, landed
at Daytona this morning Their boat
was turned over io the surf and Hig
?108 received a wound, which caused
his death soon after getting ashore.
The party on the raft are all Cuban*
They left the boat before Captain Mur
phy's party and nothing more has been
heard of them J M. Barra requested
the collector of customs to secure per
mission for the Three Friends to go to
tbe rescue of the Commodore immedi
ately upon receipt of the news of the
wreck Saturday afternoon. The col
lector telegraphed to Secretary Cor
lisle at oooe. but no reply was received
until this afternoon. Permission was
granted and the Three FneDds left to
night. The beach is being patrolled
from St. Augustine to New'Smyrna.
It is reported that there was treach
ery aboard the Commodore, but no de
tails can be learned. The party laedrd
at Daytona caooot get to this city aotii
to-morrow, as there arc no Sunday
trains on the East Coast rai'road. The
party that landed last night and reach*
ed bere are : Major Ricardo ?. Del
gado, Paul Rojot Paquito Bencamo,
Farnco Blanco, Miguel Condisbury,
Ramon Hernandez, Gabriel Martinez,
Santiago, Diaz, Emilio\?arquez. Jose
'Hernandez and BuenaVeoturo Livo
noes.
Commodore Goes Down.
Jacksonville, Fla , Jan. 2?The
steamer Commodore sank in 20
fathoms of water 20 miles northeast
of Mosquito inlet at 8 o'clock this
morning. All of the men on board
were saved and 12 of them reached
Jacksonville to-night
The story of the accident as told
by one of tthe men is as follows :
The steamer crossed the St John's
bar at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon and
at midnight was 100 miles down the
coast One of tbe men went into
the bold for something and found it
bali full oj water Great excitement
prevailed, but the pumps were start
ed and every one on board put to
work bailing The water gained
steadily and at 3 o'clock the steamer
was deserted, R A. Delgado taking
command of one boat with 11 other
men in it and Captain Murphy com
manding the other The Delgado
party landed on tbe beach near New
Smyrna at 10.30 a. m , but Captain
Murphy's boatload did not- land until
9 o'clock last night. The boat is
said to have been overloaded with
coal when it left here and it is
thought that she sprung her seams
when she grounded of Commodore's
Point in going down the ?t John's.
Stephen Crane, the novelist was on
board and wa6 in ('apt. Murphy's
boat The Cubans here are down
heated over the accident, especially
an the Commodore was expected to
carry the men left by the Three
Friends on No Name Key.
Granby Cotton Mills.
The elactric power was turned on
Granby Cotton Mills Jan 1st and the
wheels etarted. The mill has been
waiting on power, and will now
work regularly. At ten minutes of
6 the current was passed into the
miil, and by invitation of President
W Smith Whaley the connection
^wae made by Mr Robert W Shand,
and the wheels of another of Co
lamb?a's great industries were started.
The Granby Mills are amone: the
finest, yet cheapest, in the country.
The mill was built under the personal
direction of Mr Whaley, president
of the company, and the books show
that the building cost 38 cents per
-square foot, and on the present basis,
when the mill is full, the cost will
be $13 per spindle. The capital
stock of ?i<e mill is $200.000, and
yet the Granby Mill is four stories
high, 371 by 171 feet, equipped in
every way with latest machinery and
appliances, with stores and offices,
fine water supply and heating ap
paratus and plant The capacity of
Granby is 53 376 spindles ana ?.600
looms ; at present 15,000 spin
dles and 500 looms will be opera
ted. The machinery is designed for
making fine sheeting for bleaching,
similar to the "Carnation cotton,"
and other products of the Richmond ?
Mills
There are a great ma?>y interesting
details about the mill which will be
wi itten about later on Today was
the first tune electric power was
turned on, and everything ran j
smoothly Ali the machinery is of
the be-s? make, being put in by the
General Eleeuie Company One
notable thing is the splendid supply
of water arid fire protection. The
mill will have a capacity of turning
out 42,000 yards a ciay, and will em
ploy~800 to 900 operatives, for whom
neat homes have already been built
?Columbia cor News and Courier.
Holiday go:u?^, nod Christmas jirrspu'.s
now on fnll display ut The Sucater Chin*
Hall.
Dec 9-lm
Destroyed by a Cyclone
Shreveport, La., Jan 2.?? cy
olooe from the southwest struck and
almost literally demolished tbo town of
MOoring Sport, jast north of ? h is ci'y,
at 3.45 p. m to-day. Over 20 dwe'l
iogs were blown down, only seven
buildings being left iotaot Four per
sona were killed and 20 wounded.
The dead are Willie Goodman,
Madge Goodman, Maud Goodman,
Hill Goodman, infant daughter of Mr.
Jesse Goodman.
The injured are Jesse Goodman,
Alice Goodman, Para Le Goodman,
wife and two daughters of Jesse Good
man ; his nephew, Ciyde Goodman ;
Mrs Effie Morgan and infant baby io
jured in back and foot. All the chil
dren killed were Mrs. Head's gra?td
children, Mrs. Milan and two children
slightly injured Mr Aiken hurt in
head, Mrs Eigin, arm broken ; Them
as Elliott, injured iu bead ; D> J.
Harris, head cut and left fide injured.
Tom Yeat, head cut; Mrs Tom Yeat,
intero?lly injured ; Miss Yeat. aged
1.4, and Alvin Yeat, 7 years of age,
slightly injured. Three of tbe wound
ed will probably die. The cyciooe
came suddenly and lasted only about one
minate.
The only bouses left uninjured are
Mrs C S. Croom's residence, J. S.
Noel's itore and residence, Methodist
ohuoh, Mrs. Caldwell'* r^idet-oe, W.
. Croom's main store ind resi
dence, and the depot.
Physicians and a relief committee
left at 6 30 oo a special traio and every
possible attention is being given the
wounded. It bas been decided to take
tbe wounded to the hospital at day light
in tbe morning. They oannot be
moved to-night owing to the difficulty
in getting them on the train.
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<BV Sterling^?**
Informs his friends and tbe public ibut he
ha3 opened basiness in the Tuomey Block, at
tbe tate stand of Fra-.ik O'Donnell, with a |
stock or. . ?
GENERAI MERCHANDISE,
and solicits patii n-ig?.
Prices as Low as Anywhere
Dac 23?it.
QUARTERLY STATEMENT
of thk condition and business op
Tl8laiiiofSiiiter;'Siiit8r!S.C.
At the close of the quarter ending December
31, 1S96, published in conformity with
the Act of the General Assembly.
ASSETS.
Loans and Discounts, SlS.r),206 18
Furniture and Fixtures, and Vault 1.975 91
Over Drafts fecnred, 5,812 98
Bills Receivable, 615 67
Cash on hand and in other
Banks and B-mkere, 50 638 37
Total, $244,299 11
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock, $75,000 00
Deposits, . 149,126 64
DtvideuOS piVft' le on and ?fier
Jan'y 2, 18?>7, 3.000 00
Undivided profits, 16 872 s7
Total, S2 ?4,299 11
State op South Carolina, \ gg
Sumtes County. J
I W. F. Rhame, Casuier of "The Bank of
Sumter," do solemnly swear that tbe above
statement is true, to the best of inj knowledge
mid belief.
W. F. RHAME. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
2d dav of January, 1S97.
E C. M A.YKS WORTH, [l.s.J
a Notary Public for S. C.
Correct?Attest.
W. Y. ',. HAYNS WORTH,]
President, j ;. ? ?
MARION MO?SE. S Directors.
JNO. S. H?GHS?N, J
Jan. 6.
We have a few Ladies'
Jackets in Black, Tm
and Brown.
A few Capes in Tan only.
A few Children's Jackets
in Navy, Brown and
Tan.
A few Tar Heel Blankets*
A few Men's and Boy's Overcoats. I
A few Rolls of Carpet in body BrusMs
and Ingrain.
And as we will be engaged in stock taking
for the next few days
These Goods can be had re
gardless of cost.
O'DONNELL & CO.
Sept 23
E JANUARY TRADE
1 1
the
repared to
' the
ne car load
ne car load
fine Mules.
1-liorse Wagons.
Two
horses.
Holl.
This, Week.
car loads extra j?hoic^ work
Sumtcr, S. C., Deo. 23, 1896.