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Consolidated Au?. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1897.1 New Series-Yol XTI. No. 27
Published Ewry; Wednesday,
>. -BY
INT. Gk Osteen,
SUMTER, S. C.
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DISTINGUISHED MEN FA?
VOR ARBITRATION.
. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-A very
distinguished audience repr?senta
ti ve of influential, social and religi
x :O?8 elements of the national capital
Shilled tbe grand opera boase at 4
o'clock this afternoon "to attest their
approbation of the great principle of
international arbitration as ???ftiodied
. in the treaty between this republic
V "and Great Britain now pending in
the senate.'' . . \
The Hou. John W. Foster, ex
secretary, of state? wno called the
j?: meeting to order, pointedly disclaim?
ed any purpose of Criticising or seek?
ing unduly to hasten action of the
. senate. He said he recognized the
; ?senate as a co ordinate branch of the j
government. He closed by saying :
4,I venture, however, to say, speak?
ing for myself, that the final action cf
the senate will not be such as to de?
feat the treaty which is desired by
r the . great majority of the people of
the United States, and whose defeat
would discredit this government in
the eyes of the civilized world "
The outcome of the meeting was
the unanimous ^adoption of a r?solu
ti.on declaring that "believing this
treaty to be a distinct advance to
% wards the best civilization, and trust
, , ing that it may prove a helpful ex
. ample foy other nations, we shall ha11
f - with joy and patriotic pride its con?
firmation by the senate-of the United
States."
Mr Gardner G. Hubbard was the
i presiding officer. Prof. B. L. Whit?
man, of Columbia university, made
?s? some pointed remarks about two dis
eases prevailing in American social
life, one Known as "anglomania" and
another disease, largely political in
its character, known as "anglopho?
bia.^ He claimed that'anglophobia
was as unreasonable as anglomania
was ridiculous.
Ex-Senator John B Henderson
formerly of-Missouri, now of Wash
ington, delivered a vigorous address
in support of the general principle of
arbitration in which he incidentally
criticised the tone of President
Cleveland's Venezuelan message and
asked if arbitration was good for
England 'and Venezuela, why not
good for England and the United
States Speaking of the objection
that the Monroe doctrine might be
involved in this treaty, he said : "Let
the Monroe doctrine be placed in the
crucible of human reason. If we
may claim under it at all, our de?
mands must be settled either* by ar?
bitration or by war "
At considerable length he argued
in .favor of arbitration as the only
rational mode of settlement. It was
reserved to Associate Justice Brewer
o,f the United States supreme court
to rouse the meeting to its highest
point of enthusiasm. The chilly
winds blowing through the wings of
the unwarmed theatre caused over?
coat collars to be turned up and
handkerchiefs to be tied over bald
pates and shivers to pass around, bet
Justice Brewer's witty and eloquent
remarks caused even the inclemencv
of the weather to be forgotten
Justice Brewer, who was intro?
duced as the president of the Vene?
zuelan commission began by saying
that when he received the request of
the committee to take part in the
proceedings and was assured that the
speeches would be limited to five
minutes, he came to the conclusion
that all be would have to do would
be to stand up and be counted in
favor of arbitration because accord
ing to his experience, no lawyer
could say what he had to say under
two hours. So he had come here to
be counted in favor of th^ arbitration
treaty. "When I say that," con?
tinued Justice Brewer, "I do not
want to be considerad as one who
would trespass upon the prerogative
of the senate to make a careful can
vass of every line of that treaty.
I appreciate fully the words of the
senator of Massachuseets (Mr Hoar)
so recently uttered in protest against
pressure for indecent haste ? do
not believe in saying to the gentle?
men charged with the duty of con?
sidering carefully that treaty that
'you must vote it.' There is some?
thing iu my own nature whicb when
j anybody says to me 'you must,
I causes something lo run up my spins
j column which says 4I wont." (Ap
j plause and laughter.) . It is the sen
! ale's duty to consider that treat;
j carefully, and when 1 say it is n<
J traspass upon their rights for Amen
can citizens to express their views o
that treaty. And 1 am sure there i
no one who will more cheerfully ac
cord that right to the senior ^senato
from Massachusetts (Mr.i Hoar
whom we delight to honor In spit*
of all the intimations I see in- th<
press, I believe that th? senate wi I
not declere itself'in favor of the law
but against its enforcement 9 Thej
will act upon it with the desire to d<
the best for the interests, not alone o
this country, but of the world. (Ap
plause.
"I know judges make mistakes.'
continued Justice Brewer. "Ilav
ing been on the bench many years
I know it is dangerous to submit
grave questions to such a tribunal
and if I could see here one of m}
brothers with whom I have been as
sociated for two years- (referring tc
Justice Harlan, one of .the Bering
Sea arbitrators,) I think I could illus
trate that at his expense. (Laugh
ter.) But then, what are the error?
and loses incidental to arbitration
compared to the horrors of war i
(Applause.) What are a few millior
dollars of wrongful damages in com
parison to the sacrifices of thousands
of human lives ?
Justice Brewer in his peroration
brought down the house by a brie:
but dramatic poem on "lost oppor
tunities," which, to the surprise o
many of bis hearers, he said bad
been written by his fellow citizen,
ex-Senator John J. Ingalls of Kan
sas. He declared, in ringing tones,
his opinion that the United States
had now^ an opportunity which il
once lost might never be regained.
Great Conflagration.
Million and a Half Dollars
Lost in Philadelphia.
PHIIILADELFJIA, Jan. 26-The fire
which started at 6.45 this morning from
an over-beated oven in the basemen!
of the 6 story iron building, 1309 tc
to 1317 Market street, burned over the
block bounded by Thirteenth, Juniper,
Market and Filbert streets, destroyed
or gutted 60 buildings and consumed
property valued at $1,500,000. i Many
small storekeepers lost their all and
several thousand working people were
thrown out of employment. The dam?
aged buildings were generally fully in?
sured. The fire was the worst that bas
been experienced io. Philadelphia in a
generation. The scene of the destruc
tion was located in the very heart ol
tbe city. Many of the properties de
troyed. especially on Thirteenth, Juni?
per and Silver streets, the latter a
small thoroughfare ruoning between
Merket and Filbert streets, were small
old fashioned dwelling houres and aside
from the lost* to thc tenants, their de?
struction will probably be co the ulti
mate good if new and more modern
buildings are erected on their sites
Surrounding this section are many
handsome wholesale stores and on the
south side of Market street, directly
opposite which tbe fire raged fiercest. is
located the famous general store of ex
Postmaster General John Waonamaker.
Tbougb oo fire time and again, and
while the frontage on Market stre?t
was badly damaged, tbe store was saved
from destructsoo. To the west of the
fire, but separated frons it by the great,
width of the street and pavement at tbe
great pile of white marble buildings
used as the city hall. Beyond the
cracking of some of the plate glass
windows by the intense heat, the ball
escaped unscathed.
While there were a number of minor
casualties among the firemen, no one
was very seriously hurt, but one death
?3 chargeable to thc fire. John A.
Felt, a bookkeeper io tbe employ of a
business firm in the vicinity, dropped
dead from heart disease produced by
the excitement attending the fire.
The building at 1209 to 1317
Market street was occupied on the up?
per floors by the umbrella manufactory
of Hirsch Bros They also occu?
pied the lower floor of 1309 as a sabs
room Dennett's eating cafe occupied
two other rooms on the ground floor and
the western room of the building at
1317 Merket street was occupied by
Hanscamb Bros , grocers.
Spartanburg, Jan. 26 -Yesterday
afternoon a freight train wreck occurred
at the bridge on South Tyger river on
the Charleston and Western Carolina
railway. The train, made un of emptv
coal cars, was crossing the bridge when
thc middle span fd! in precipitating a
number or cars into the river below.
Toe engine and several cars bad cross?
ed in.safety when the trestle gave way
so fortunately, novo of the crew were
iniured The unknown tramps who
baa neeti seco ruing on thc trucks of
ooe of the cars, are supposed to have
been killed. 'I be accident was caused,
nresumablv, bv one of the cars getting
off the trucks abd striking against the
bridge.
A
Freo Food And Fuel
Stored m the Police Stations
in Cticago.
CHICAGO San. 26 -Bitterly cold
weather aggravated by wind, continued
to effiiet the poor people of Chicago
to-day and make the lot of those more
fortunate at least uncomfortable aod
attended with danger from frost bites
Ar- midnight to-night the official record
was that of three successive days of
temperature below zero and in the
double fizares most of that time, too.
The most cheeriog information that
can be given by the weather bureau as
to the future is that tbe tendency to
moderation manifested after noon to day
will probably continue tomorrow. It
is not so cold, aborjit zero, and the enid
wave may slowly decrease during the
day.
The day began wirb the mercury
showing 14 degrees below zero, falling
tp 16 by 6 o'clock this morning. At
noon the weather moderated to 9 de?
grees and from tba: time until 4 o'clock
the mercury continued rising. It was
stationary at 4 degrees for several
hours after that hour, bat fell slowly
late to night as usual.
An unknown man was found frozen
to death on the outsktrts of the village
of 'Finley park, crear Blue island, on
the Rock Island railroad this morniog
James McCormick .and George Gerotz,
telegraph operators., were found 'at an
carly hour near together on Wells
street with their bands frozen. Many
less severe cases.of freezing were re?
ported during the day from the police
stations and drugstores, where m?st of
the viotims took refuge . The cry of
want of heat, food and clothing bas
been answer?d by a general aod gene?
rous contributien of money,, food and
clothing. \
The mayor's special subscription
fand rcrched nearly $10,000 this after?
noon. Subscriptions are coming from
outside the city and many thousands of
dollars worth of supplies were received
from citizens in lieu of such donations.
The whole available police force was
utilized day and night to ascertain the
needs of sufferers ?md distribute the
relief in patrol wagons and ambulances.
It ia estimated tbat '.5,000 persons have
^een given enough food, fuel and cloth?
ing to keep them from extreme suffer?
ing since the u.ayor's proclamation was
issued. Mayor Swift said more distress
has been found among the poor and
absolutely destitute i:han had been ex?
pected and the demands made for help
were becoming so great that it might
become necessary far him to appoint
special committees to collect additional
funds among the business men of the
city. Every police station has been
made a storehouse for coal, beef, beans,
peas, coffee, fiour and meat. The starv?
ing poor were brought to the stations
. and given a liberal allowance with an
invitation to call again when the sup?
ply was exhausted. The most numer?
ous cases of acute suffering come
from South Chicago and Grand cross?
ing. The officials and empleyes of the
Postal Telegraph Cable company made
up a fund of $2,000. The ignorant
fear of many foreigners prevents them
from seeking the extended relief at
police stations.
Derailed by Ice.
BROOKLYN, Jan. 28-The ice aod
snow, with an open switch, was the
cause of an engine and one car of the
Brooklyn Elevated railroad to leave
the structure at Falt?n and Bradford
streets to-night, failing to the ground,
a distance of 25 feet. Several persons
were injured as well as the car and en?
gine being entirely demolished. Two
persons, it is said will die.
Sunk at New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 28.-The Nor?
wegian steamship Albert Dumois and
the steam yacht Argo collided in mid
river near Eads this morning at 12 35
o'clock,fapd two reporters, members of
The Picayune's staff, were probably
drowned, as nothing was seen of them
after the rest of the party on the Argo
crawled into a little boat from the sink?
ing yacht. The Dumois laid by
and searched for the missing men for
more than an hour after picking up the
boat, but nothing was seen of them.
Nine persons, including the crew, were
abroad the Argo. The names of the
missing reporters are H. B. Blessine,
Harrison Hester. The latter is a soc
of Secretary Hester of the Cotton ex?
change, it is balieved he was asleep
in the cabin of the yacht, the shock not
awakening bim, a;:a.d went down with
the vessel. The collison is uuexpiain- j
ei. .
Sparenburg, Jan. 27.-A negro j
named Mandy Munt and lier two j
children were burned to death in
their home near this city about 3
o'clock this morning. The house !
caught fire while they were asleep j
and the three immates perished before J
assistance arrived.
Jonrnalism in South Carolina
The Sumter Portion of a Pa*
per Read Before the State
Press Association by Mr.
Yates Snowden, of
Charleston.
To the Editor : The enclosed pa?
per on the history of jounalism in
Sumter County is sent to you for
publication, agreeable to a resolution
of the South Carolina Press Associa?
tion* Corrections and additions are
invited from any of your readers fa?
miliar with the subject It ia but
fair to say that I am indebted to Mr
Hubert G Osteen for nearly ali the
facts given.
YATES SNOWDEN.
Between the years 1830 33 two
papers were published in Sumter.
One, Union in principles was edited
by Maynard D Richardson, son of
Judge John S. Richardson, the other
advocated Nullification and was
edited by John Hemphill, who after?
ward went to Texas, and became
Chief Justice of the State and United
States Senator The fierce fights,
political and otherwise, of that pe
riod of Sumter's journalism are
worthy of a carefully prepared mono
graph. It is a fitting subject for the
facile pen of Mr. Hubert G. Osteen,
who has furnished nearly all the
data for this sketch. Editor Rich
ard8on was but twenty years of age.
Some idea of his abilities may be
gathered from an examination of that
rare little book, the .'Remains of
Maynard D Richardson." In one
of the fierce street fights Hemphill,
the null.fier, was pulled from his
horse and had to draw a knife to de?
fend himself. As the result of a
political controversy Mr. Hemphill
fought a duel with a Mr Levy who,
like Mr Bruffey of the Atlanta Con
stitution in our own times, left the
fieid of honor minus one thumb In
after days Mr Hemphill became
prominent in the affairs of Texas
On his tombstone in the cemetary at
Austin his services are commemo
rated, and he wae proud to call Jef?
ferson Davis a personal friend
About 1844 Gerge W. Hopkins
published for a short time a small
sheet, the Sumter Gazette.
On November 6th, 1846 the first
number of the Sumter Banner was
issued It was a six column folio,
published by W. J. Francis ; the
name of the editor is not given
A. A Gilbert and John F. De
Lorme began the publication of the
Black River Watchman on April 27.
185c). T. B Fraser, a judge under
the Hampton regime, and J. Wither?
spoon Ervin were the editors. In
1?55 the Bauner was absorbed by the
Black River Watchman and the name
of the latter wa3 changed to "The
Sumter Watchman." The firm was
then for a short time Gilbert & Rich?
ardson-A. A. Gilbert and John S.
Richardson, the one time Congress?
man from Sumter District Later in
.the same year ll L. Darr bought an
interest in the paper. This firm con
tinned until 1865, when H. L. Darr
withrew and the paper was continued
by Gilbert .and Thomas, E. Flowers,
with whom he became associated. In
1858-1865 the Sumter Watchman had
a tri weekly edition with a large cir?
culation. The Watcbjman had a large
circulation in ante bellum days^in
five or six counties, extendiog as far
up as Lancaster.
From the close of the war to 1876
the Watchman was published by A.
A. Gilbert and by the firm of Gilbert
& Flowers From 1876 to 1881 it
was published by a succession of
persons, beginning with Guignard
Richardson and John J. Dargan. The
paper had gone down greatly in in?
fluence and on January 20, 1881, it
was purchased by N G. Osteen and
U. C. Brown In August, 1881, the
Sumter Watchman was consolidated
with the True Southron by N. G.
Osteen, who had been interested in
the True Southron since 1866. This
ends the history of the Sumter
Watchman. After Mr. A. A. Gilbert
sold the Watchman in 1876, he en?
tered the South Carolina Conference,
and remained an itinerant preacher
uutil his death eight or ten years ago.
Mr. Gilbert was bom in Walterboro,
Colleton County. His parents were
from the North, lu's father being from
Massachusetts and his mother from
New Jersey.
In June, 1866, H. L Darr, pre?
viously associated willi the Sumter
Watchman, established the Sumter
News. On September 21st, I860, N.
G Osteen purchased a half interest
in the Sumter News. F J. Moses,
after wald Governor, was the first
editor. He was succedea by T. W
Dinkins and L B. Gay, both dying
wi.:1'.- holding the editorship. On
November 6, 1 ST 1, Wm G. Kennedy
became editor and continued in
charge until July 15, lb'75. His
successor was John J. Dargan, who
assumed the editorship March 2,
1876 During Mr Kennedy's editor?
ship the name of the paper was
changed, on August 14, 1873. to
True Southron lu January, 1831,
Mr Darr sold his interest in the
True Southron to \V D. B landing:. '
About the same time N. G 0.jteen
purchased an interest in the Sumter]
Watchman and on August 2. 1881, |
the two papers were consolidated !
From 1881 until 1891 the Watchman
and Southron had a succession of
editors, Proprietor Osteen remaining
in control. The editors were D B.
Anderson, W D Ulanding, J A
Mood, W F. Rhame, W. J. Beard.
W. J Ingram and Mark Reynolds
In August, 1891, Hubert G Osteen
assumed editorial control and is still
at his pos;. The policy of the paper
has always been in accord with the
principles of the proprietor, N. G.
Osteen Strictly and uncompromis?
ingly Democratic, in Reconstruction
dajs the True Southron was, per
haps, the foremost exponent of
'.Straightout" Democracy in the
State and by reason of that stand it
obtained an unusually large circula?
tion for a country weekly. At one
time during the editorship of W. G.
Kennedy, the paper gave the Repub?
lican ring so much concern that *n
agent was sent to Sumter with $4.~ ?
in cash, which he offered to Darr <fc
Osteen on condition that they discon?
tinue the publication of the paper for
one year, they to retain the outfit.
The offer was rejected and the fight
continued with a bitterness that has
never been surpassed in the newspa?
per annals of this State.- "Some of
Mr Kennedy's editorials," says Mr.
H G Osteen, "are unique, and I
have never seen anything at all like
them." Mr Shirley C. Ilughson is
of much the same opinion as Mr.
Osteen, as regards the excoriating
qualities of Mr Kennedy's editorials.
The paper is still conducted accord?
ing to high journalistic and ethical
standards
From 1857 to 1859 or '60 W. J.
Francis and J. F DeLorme published
the "Sumter Dispatch "
"The Banner of Freedom," was a
freak or sport in the annals of jour?
nalism It was published-a single
issue-on April 10th or 11th, 1865,
by Gen M Edward E. Potter, U. S A.,
when he and his raiders had control
of Sumter. It was printed in the
Sumter Watchman office by sbldier
prioters in Potter s command After
printing the single issue of the "Ban?
ner of Freedom"-which Lois J
Emilio, the historian of Potter's
Raiders calls "a loyal edition of the
Sumter Watchman"-they threw all
the type into pi and wrecked the
old Washington Hand Press. This
old press is still capable of doing
good work.
In 1881 immediately after the True
Southron and Watchman were con?
solidated two new papers were es?
tablished ; the Spirit of the Times,
by C H DeLorme, and the Sumter
Advance, by H. L Darr & Parmaiee
The Spirit of the Times changed
hands several times within a few
years of a not very prosperous ex?
istence and was then removed to
Manning by H L Darr, Jr., where
it became the Mannig Times.
The Sumter Advance was publish?
ed continuously by H. L. Darr until
his death, about eight years ago He
was succeeded by H. L. Darr, Jr.,
who published it until the latter part
of 1892, when it was sold to S. A.
Nettles, who changed the uarae to
Sumter Herald, and after a few
months sold out to Knight Brothers,
who now successfully conduct the
paper
In 1890 John J Dargan and Ed?
win F. Miller established the Free?
man, as a Reform organ. Mr.. Dar?
gan retired in 1895 and the pa?
per is now published by Edwin F.
Miller.
On October lo, 1894. the Daily
Item was established by Hubert G.
Osteen as a four column folio. It
was later enlarged to its present size,
a five column folio.
For a few months in 1894-5 the
Journal of Progress, a negro weekly,
was published in Sumter, of which
the Rev. C. C. Scott was editor.
There have been fully a half dozen
papers published in Bishcpville with?
in the las 15 years. The "Enter?
prise," ''Eagle'' i. .d "County Ban?
ner" were among the unsuccessful
ventures The Mirror was the last
candidate for public favor.
Two papers have been published at
Mayesville.
Among ihe most prominent men
identified with newspaper work in
Sumter County may be mentioned ;
H. L. Darr, who was longer in
the business than any other man
save N G Osteen. Mr. Darr was a
native of Charleston and learned
his trade in Columbia. Ile was a
Highest cf all in Leavening Fow
practical printer and a good business
man, a Democrat (if unswerving
principle and a type of the old time
printer, publisher and editor. He
died about 1887 or 1888.
N. G Osteen is .a native of Sum?
ter County. He came to the town
when 13 years olc^ and entered the
office of the Sumter Watchman to
learn the trade under Gilbert & Darr.
He served five years as an apprentice
and was then sent in I860 to Con
wayboro. Horry, to run a paper for
his employers This paper, the
Horry Dispatch was, discontinued by
the war He then went to Columbia
and worked during the entire war in
the government printing office, print?
ing Confederate money. After the
war he went to Charleston and served
under T. G. DeFontain in the office
of the South Carolinian. In 1868,
the South Carolinian having gone by
the board, he came to Sumter and
bought an interest in the Sumter
News. He is now at 53 years of
age, actively engaged in business as
proprietor of the Watchman and
Southron and printer of the Daily
Item, He has been longer engaged
in the "art preservative of all arts/'
than any other roan ever in that, busi?
ness in Sumter County.
FILES.
Sumter Banner 184464-Two bound
volumes in the possession of a lady
of Sumter.
In the Fall.
His chair looked comfortable
enough. Solid and softly cushioned,
it looked luxurious enough for a Syba?
rite, but from the uneasiness be dis?
played it seem as though the cushions
might be stuffed with pins and
needles. Seldom at rest for a moment,
he leaned now this way, now that ;
frequently shifting bis legs, be crossed
and uncrossed them rapidly, like the
comic lover dear to the gallery who
wishes to delicately iosinuate diffidence.
Now be would stealthily rub a promi?
nence in his anatomy, and then be
would make surreptitious dabs with bis
restless hands at various parts of bis
person, and whenever be thought he
was unobserved he would desperately
squirm and screw himself about io bis
clothes. Occasionally, when be did
manage to remain quiet for a minute,
bis face settled into the 6rm, deter mind
expression of a martyr resolved to en?
dure unspeakable tortures. His most
violent contortions always occured
when she was apparently noe looking
at him, but all bis movements were
characterized by slyness. He evident?
ly was doing bis best to conceal them
from her.
But she saw and noted every one of
his erratic actions. They puzzelcd ber.
He usually so cal's, so reposful, te be?
have like a nervous child under re?
straint! What possible explanation
could there be? Then her heart whis?
pered the answer.
Tbeo she fell to pitying him. Poor
fellow! if be only knew bow she longed
for bim to speak, what a temptation
leap year was to her, bow easily it could
all be happily settled. Bat why didn't
be speak'/ Had be no nerve at all?
The suspense began to wear upon her,
and she, too, became nervous aod the
conversation almost stopped ; their
thoughts were otherwise occupied. Ob,
why dido, be ask it? The strain . be?
came unendurable.
..Jack!" she screamed springiog to
ber feet and clasping ber bands ontil i
the knuckles turned white ; "J?ck! say
what you have to say! What is it?
What are you thinking of?"
.'Exc?seme; I thought you dido't
notice, he replied, striding up and dowo
the room, widely wiggling his shoul?
ders. "The fact ?9 I can't think of
any thing but tbss? confounded Winter
f under clothes I put on today. . They'er
6cratchiog me crazy!"
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