The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 10, 1897, Image 4
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10, 1897.
The Sumter Watchman was founded
. 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 in mani?
festly the best advertising medium in
Sam ter
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Representative J. Harvey Wilson
makes clear his position on the Salem
county question io a card published
elsewhere to-day. It was Col. Wil?
son's duty, as a representative, to in?
troduce tbe bill at the request of bis
constituents, and that he performed his
fall duty to ail of bis constituents in
the course he pursued, no one can ques?
tion. Col. Wilson had no axe to grind
in this matter, and adverse criticisms
are out sustained by the records.
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The boards of township commission?
ers are made up of as good, substan?
tial men as the oounty affords, aod we
are satisfied that the affairs of the coun?
ty are safe in their hands. They will
look carefully into all matters pertain?
ing to the welfare of their township
aod will limit all expenditures to the
necessities and will see that all work is
done economically and substantially.
The expenses of the county ?ave been
reduced since the township system of
government went into effect, and we be- i
Heve that the expenses will be still fur- j
ther reduced in future. Economy is
the order of the day and is needed no
fN^where more urgently than in the man?
agement of the affairs of the county.
Sumter county should be out of debt
and on a cash basis, and we believe that
the present hoard wilt continue the
good work inaugurated by the boards
retiring from offne.
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The News and Courier laments the
passing of the bay burner and the
advent of the trolley. The world
moves rapidly these days, and even
the most conservative places must
fall into line.
The repeal of the law prohibiting
the use of free passes on railroads by
State officials and members of the
Legislature is not" creditable to the
House of Representatives ? mern
ber of the legislature should not
?^make use of a free pass in any cir?
cumstances, and it should not have
been uecessary to prohibit it, but
B:nce the law is on the statute book,
to repeal it has the appearance of j
an .intimation to the railroads that
passes .will be acceptable. The
members had nothing to gain by re
pealing the law, unless they mean to
accept passes and place themselves
nuder obligation to the railroad cor?
porations,and it was unwise to do
BO... The Legislators' who voted
against the repeal will find that their
constituents will sustain, them, while
those who made the repeal possible
by voting for it will regret it
Mr. W. W. Ball bas resigned the
editorship of the Charleston Post,
and is now editor in chief of the
Greenville News. Mr Ball has de
8ervedly won recognition as one of
the ablest aud most versatile news
paper men in the State and in his
new field will doubtless hav? a
wider field for the exercise of his
talent and a grea?er sphere of influ
ence. Under his management the
Charleston Post prospered, and he
left it on a substantial and paying
basis In his new field Mr. Ball has
our best wishes and we feel satisfied
that he will more than meei the expec?
tations of his numerous friends.
Great interest is being taken ir
the blockade of the port of Charles
ton, throughout the South Atlantic
States The Atlanta Journal o
Saturday contained two pages o
matter in reference to this grea
naval event On. one page then
were two half psge illustrations o
the oort of Charleston, one of whicl
was a representation of the bombaid
ment of Fort Sumter during the las
war. The indications now point t<
the largest crowd Charleston has ec
tertained in years.
Gov. Evans neglected, while i
office, to appoint an agent to collec
the direct taxes due citizens of thi
'?tate aud as soon as Gov. EUerb
was inaugurated, applied for the pc
sition and was appointed. There i
said to be a tidy sum to be picked u
in fees from this position, and th
recent developments appear as
John Gary Evans had an eye to th
main chance when he refused to ap?
point an agent. Some months ago
j he said he expected to work for th
State in future and he is redeemin
his promise, but the State could dis
pense with his services without dis
credit to herself.
Way They War oo Women.
Three Ladies, After Bei og
Searched, Banished from
Cuba.
Tampa, Feb , 4.-Among the arriv?
als by the ?ilvette this afternoon was
Miss Clemencia Arango, sister to
Colonel Arango of the insurgent
forces on the island of Cuba. She is
the daughter of the late Dr. Joso
Arango, a noted physician of Habana
and a young lady of rare culture and
intelligence. Her brother oeing an
officer in the Cuban army, she was
naturally thought to be a sympathizer
with the cause of liberty and the in?
formation on which to base an edict,
banishing her from the island was
sought A few days since, she and
two others, who are in Key West, re?
ceived the following notice from the
government
Under the reserved seal o? the
police department of the city of
Habana, bearing the date of yester
day, his royal highness, the gov?
ernor, says, through the secretary of
the government, dated the 16th inst ,
I am Informed, as follows : Having
seen tbe information given by the
civil government dated the 13th in6t,
concerning certain citizens of this
city to wit-Mrs Rosa Sigarroa, Miss
Clemencia Arango and Miss Sordoba,
that on account of their action of the
Cuban cause, they are deemed con
nected with the insurrection and ail
the more dangerous because they are
women. The captain general, on
agreement with the proposition of the
civil governor, has decreed with to
day's date that these women shall be
banished from the island, and they
are hereby prohibited from returning
until ah express edict shall be issued
pormitting th?m to do so They are
ordered to leave within 15 days, com
mencing on the day they are notified,
together with the intelligence that if
they should not abandon the island at
the end of the time given, they shall
be imprisoned and fed there as long
as the war shall last. I hereby noti?
fy you to fulfill his royalty's orders.
Juan Cuebos,
Inspector of the Third District.
Habana, Jan 19th, 1897
When the time for her departure
came she was taken into a room at
the custom house and stripped by a
women, even to her shoes and stock?
ings being taken off and ber clothing
thoroughly examined for information
she might be bringing the Cuban
junta in America When she went
to board the steamer, the same pro?
cess was gone through with again to\
make assurance doubly 6ure She is
not certain whether she will reside
here or go to Now Yoik A tele
gram was received in this city to
day saying General Aranguren had
burned Guanabacoa, within six miles
of Habana
President Hoffman of the Seaboard
Air Line has offered the State of North
Carolina $400,000 per yeai for the
North Carohoa railroad in the event of
the annulment of the iease now held
by the Southern.
Do you enjoy a 6- e cigar ? Try a Cinco.
Sold only by H. G. l)3*eeo & Co.
Crippled Industry.
Phospnate Business Needing
Legislative Relief.
Below is given the copy of a peti?
tion in regard to an important matter
presented to the State phosphate
commission yerterday for transmis?
sion to the general assembly :
To the Honorable Senate and House j
of Representatives of the State of ;
South Carolina :
The undersigned citizens of Beau j
fort, Port Royal and the sea islands of j
South Carolina do respectfully and
earnestly petition your honorable
bodies with the desire to call your
attention to the existing condition of
the phosphate industry on the sea
islands
This industry, once so prosperous
to the interests of the State and the
entire people of this section is now
reduced largely by deposits being
discovered in Florida, Tennessee
and other foreign countries that the
price of rock has been brought so
low by competition that the miners
are compelled to reduce the out?
put and some to close up altogether
and sell their valuable plants at a
great sacrifice. That unless some
relief can come to the few companies
now doing work in mining phosphates
in the waters of this State they will
be'compelled to abandon the business
This would cause great loss and em?
barrassment to ali the people cn those
sea islands and great suffering and
want to the working people who have
been for so many years past depend?
ent upon this important indusdry for
a livelihood
We would most earnestly urge
upon your honorable body to reduce
the phosphate royalty to 25 cents per
ton, as the phosphate inspector has
suggested in his report. This may
be the means of stimulating again
the great industry to the benefit of
the State and the people depending
upon it and preventing further dis
aster by the closing up of other
plants, for it is well known that if
once stopped they are seldom re?
newed.
The condition of business on the
sea islands since to big storm of 1893
has been most deplorable ; the loss to
the phosphate industry in dredges,
lighters and shore was very great,
taking many months to get to work
again, and thousands of dollars in
money to renew property and repair
machinery ; that the entire people
weie teduced from a condition of
prosperity and progress to one of al- j
most abject poverty ; that hundreds
of lives were lost and almost every?
thing possessed by thousands of the
people was swept awsy, so that thpy
were compelled to seek the aid of
the State and the charity of the
whole country Since that time this |
great industry has been growing less, |
wages being reduced to the lowe&t j
point and nothing has come to help j
repair the great loss of three years I
ago Therefore we trust that you \
will do all in your power to aid the !
citizens of this section by helping to j
revive this important mining and ;
manufacturing industry of the 6ea
islands ?
The phosphate commission heard j
argument yesterday in regard to the
reduction.
Phosphate Inspector A W. Jones
was re elected yesterday.
J? CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. &ST
Sji Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Usc H?
Bri in time. Sold by druggists. ggf)
Three Hundred Christians
Killed In Canea
LONDON, Feb. 5,-A dispatch to ihe
Central News says that the Christian
quarters in Canea have been almost
destroyed. The various consulates ase
crowded with fugitives.
The dispatch farther says ?bat fully
300 persons have beeu killed iu Canea.
Many of them lost their lives while !
attempting to reach thc warships
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Lr ND^N, Feb. 5 -Another dispatch
from Athens says that desperate fight
in": has occurred between ihe Christians
and Mohammedans in the island of
Crete. The Mussulmans have set fire
to the city of Cartea and the plaee ie
now burning The city is in a state of
anarchy, and a Christian is safe no?
where. Many Cnristians who had lock- i
ed themselves in their bouses were j
driven out by the flames, only to ineet i
death at the haids of the Turkish sol- j
diers, who shot them down at sight.
A number of Christians sueceeeded io
finding refuge on the warships in the
harbor, but the outlook for those still in
the city is very precarious. The situa?
tion is ??o critical that marines have
been lan-' from the British and
French wa.?hip? to protect the con?
sulates of their respective governments.
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Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applicaiions, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. Tcere is
only one way to cure Deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness, ia
caused hy an inflamed condition of the mu?
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets ioflamedyou have a rumbling
sound or imperfect bearing, and wben it is
entirely closed Deafness is the result, and un?
less the infl-immation can ba t*ke'> out and
this tube restored to its norma! condition,
henrin? will t/e d stroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten are caused by catarrh, which ij
nothing but an inflamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can?
not be cured hy Hall's Catarrh Cure. S?nd
for circulars, free.
F. J Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
JZSr**Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Tutt's Pals
Cure All
Liver Ills.
Secret of Beauty
is health. The secret of health is
the power to digest and assim?
ilate a proper quanity of food.
This can never be done when
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,
constipation, torpid liver, piles,
jaundice, bilious fever, bilious?
ness and kindred diseases.
Tutt's Liver Pills
Chamberlain's 35ye and Skin Ointment
Is unequalled for Eczema, Tetter, Salt
Rheum, Scald Plead, Sore Nipples, Chapped
Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites,
! Chronic Sore Eyes and Granulated Eye Lids
j For sale by drr?gists at 25 cents per box. '
TO HOP.3E*bwNESS.
For putting a horse in a fine healthy con
J riition try Dr. Cad;*'s Condition Powders,
i They tone up tho system, aid digestion, cure
i less of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
? kidney disorders and destroy v;o,-::s, giving
new life to an old or over-worked horse. 2f>
cents per package. For sale by druggists.
Forfnlr in Sumter, by Dr A J China.
Estate o? Mrs* Rebecca A? Wood?
ALL PARSONS HOLDING CLAIMS
against Estate of said deceased, will pre
seoi same duly attested, and a!l Persons in?
debted to said Estate will make immediate
pa?men I to
ALLISON H. TRULUCK.
Qualified Exor.,
Feb. 10, '97-31*. Taylors P. (J . S. C
Estate o? Miss Jennie Dargan,
MINOR.
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate
of Sumter C-.'ur.ty ot: M?rcb I Otb, 1897,
for a nnai discharge ad Guardian ot the Per?
son and Estate of foresaid il mer
MILTON DARGAN,
Fe^. io. r97-4t*. Guardian.
The State of South Caroling
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge.
WHEREAS, MARY THOMPSON, widow,
made suit to me to grant ber Lettsts of
Administration cf the Es'ate of and effects of
KI CH ABD THOMPSON, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of the
84id RICHARD THOMPSON, late of said
County and State, deceased, that they
be and appear before me, in the Court of
Probate, to be held at Sumter C. H., on Feb.
25, 1897, next, after publication thereof, at ll
o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any
they have, why the said Admitnstratioo
should not be granted.
Given under my band, this 10th day of
Feb., A. D., 1897.
TH05. V. WALSH,
Judge of Probaie
Feb. 13-2t.
FOR SALE.
A FARM OF 17 ACRES OF LAND ONE
Xj mile from bum'er Court House with
new dwelling of six rooms, two pi?zzj-s,
kitchen and pantry attached, store, ham and
stablf. Good water. One tobacco bt?rn
with flues.
Terms, One-third cash, balance in one
years time.
Also two good horses.
Apply on place to
E.A. SWINTON.
Purchaser to nay for paper?.
Feb 8-2t.
The above cut shows people repre
eenting some of tbe most important
characters of the ' German Reforma
tion or Life of Martin Luther " The
man io tbe centre representing Martin
Luther, is Rev A. H. Lucas. D D..
of the Methodist. Church at Pittsburg,
Pa , at his right is one of 'he German
ministers, at bi? left Dr. Jones of (he
Oakmont M. E Church, as Emperor
?od immediately back of him as the
Erforth monk is Rev S P Long and
-barden
eeds*
Buist's and Ferry's
just received.
All kinds. Most Reliable.
Onion Sets?.
Red and White.
DRUGS !
-Toilet Soaps
Frostilla for Chapped
Hands !
Fresh Drugs Every
Week.
Prescriptions Carefully Com
pounded Day and Night.
DRUGGISTS
MONAGHAN BLOCK
SUMTER, S. C.
NOTICE.
TAKEN UP on thc- premises cf Sumter"
Moore, OD McDowell p?sce, three miles
fiom Sumter, oce dun colored Cow. white
face, whitej?iw pwner can Viave same fay
proving property *nd pay ir-g damages and
expenses. If rot called tor same will be fold
at Sumter Court House, 8 C . according to
law TO pay damages, ccs's and expmees, on
Monday, the ls? dav of March, 1897.
HENRY L. B, WELLS,
Feb. 8. Magistrate.
at the right of him is J W. Kimmer,
of Lincoln Avenue Sunday School as
I Cardinal and at his left Rev. J. C.
Gerlack as Elector Frederick Third of
Saxony.
This entertainment will be given
under the auspices of the St. James
Lutheran Church, next ?Monday and
Tuesday evenings. Admission 50c,
35a and 253 Reserved seats at box
office after Saturday morning at Dine
o'clock.
?HE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established jone, 1366
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