The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 10, 1897, Image 3
\ Wedgefield Letter.
Wedgefield, S. C., March 9.-Owing to bad
weather? farmers are very much behind with
their Work ; bat they are shoving things at
a livel^r rate now. A large cotton crop is being
prepared for. The oat crop is unusually
promising. Gardens are backward.
Mri Cornelius Troublefield bas q-iite u cu
rioaiMgjo tbe 8bape of an Indian (clay) pot.
It ig^Rperfect preservation, aod was unearth?
ed )B*be steam shovel working on Carodeo
ro?iear Middleton, filling io the trestle.
Ipidj*? that ts used for filling the trestle, ts
/got f*#m the high bills io sight ?f liddleton
depot. Several pots have been found in the
sama way, bot they all, except this one, were
badly broken. Mr. Troublefild has this one
ra Wedgefield where every one who sees it
looks at it with a great deal of wonder.
.' Every finger print, cob print, etc, can be
Sien just as distinctly as if it had just been
'made. The pot would bold about five or six
quarts. ] *
John Blaylock Surrenders.
Tbe testimony taken by Coroner Moses at
tbe inquest over the body of Jerry Mack de?
veloped the fact that there were no eye wit?
nesses to tbe killing. There was ooe man
about 200yards distant, but his back was
turned wheo the shooting begr?n, and be saw
very little of the difficulty. The verdict was
in tbe usual torts, stating the mere fact that
Hack came to bis death from a gun shot
wound from a weapon in the bands of John
Blaylock. Nothing was brought out to sus?
tain Bid/lock's plea of self defense, but
there was none to contradict ois statement.
John Blaylock, woo killed Jerry Mack on
Tuesday, surrendered to Sheriff Pierson on
Wednesday aod was committed to j*U. The
Coroner held the ioqoest over th? a ead body
of Mack oo Wednesday, and the case should
have brea ready to zo before the Grand Jury
-Thursday. Speedy justice is, more often than
otherwise, the best, and has, io this instance,
the additional advantage of saving money to
the county. There is ao advantage and no
cse in keeping Blaylock, in j iii until Jone if
it ts possible to try his case at once.
7be stores' are gay with new spring
goods, and i be ladies are busy shopping, for
Lent and Easter are not so far off. The dress
goods are said to be the prettiest ever brought
out
lt. is not to be wondered at that Ay er's
Pill* are ia such universal demand. For tbe
cure-of constipation, biliousness, or any otber
complaint needing a laxative, '.hes? pills are
unsurpassed. They are sugaf-coated, easy to
take, and every dose is effective.
The consolidation of the various roads,
owned and operated by the Atlantic Coast
'Line, into one system, the * authority for
which is granted io ao Act passed by the
General Assembly, will probably be of bene?
fit to the territory traversed by that system.
Mr DuPre makes a few very pertioent re?
marks concerning ihe forlorne and forsaken
condition of tbe Baptist grave yard. His
criticisms may be productive of good, bot of
tbis there is grave doubts, for .similar criti?
cisms and observations h*veoeeo a ade more
than once by others without effect. It does
seem, however, that a grave yard, where so
many of the first citizens of Sumter rest
might be put to better uses than ^tbat of a
general wagon lot.
A meeting of tbe stockholders of the Peo?
ple's Building and Loan Association was
held ID tbe Y. M. C. A. ball at 6o'clock Mon?
day afternoon for tbe purpose of receiving
the report of the committee appointed at the
annual meeting held io May last to devise a
plan to wjod ap the affairs of the association.
The report of a special committee, consisting
of Messrs. H. C. Moses, I- Harby Moses and
E. fi. Kb ame, oo the condition of the asso?
ciation wa8 received and referred to tbe com?
mittee above mentioned, and after remarks
by varieos gentlemen on the proposed wind?
ing op of the association the meeting ad?
journed until Monday next at 6 p m , when
the committee will report the plan decided
upon
A report comes from Privateer that a man
came so near to being, buried'alive in tbat
community & few days ago tbat he must
shudder every time be thinks bow narrow was j
bis escape from a most horrible fate. The
man io question had been seriously sick with
grippe for some time and.hi* dea;h was ex?
pected at any boor. Finally be died, or
at least his appearance wr.s such that bis
family and friends concluded tbat he had
. crossed over thc river into that country from
whose bourne no traveler ere returns. His
inanimate body bore the very semblance of
death and preparations were made for bis
burial. He was dressed and 1. id out and
the death watch set. After seven boors life
returned to the body, the watchers first ob?
serving aa almost -imperceptible movement
of tbe limbs. After a time be sat op and
began to talk to those around bim, and since j
thea b*s improved. steadily until it is now
tbongbt that bis ultimate restoration to
health is huta question of time. Sucb is the
story as given u the writer. This isa most
remar ka b e case, if it be true, aod bears out
the assertion tbat occasionally persons are
buried while in a condition of suspended
animation and after burial revive to find
themselves imprisoned within a coffin and
held fast by six feet of solid earth above
them.
Meteorological Record.
The following is a report of observations
of the weather taken at Stateburg, by Dr. W.
W. Anderson, for the past week ending
March 7, 1897 :
Temperature.
" 3 2
3
73
9 !
H, j Condition.
56 , 35
66 j 46
77 55
4j 68 54
5 81 51
6! 74 61
7' 63 43
45.5, s .07
56 I NW I .13
66 j sw j .02
61 j E .00
66 j s .00
67.5 SB .17
53 I N R .00
Cloudy
Cloudy
?Cloudy
?Cleudy
Cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudv
.Partly cloudy.
Tbere was DO high wind with the rain on
Saturday, the 6tb instant, though it was ac?
companied with a good deal of thunder ; the
thunder, however, was for the most part quite
distant and passed by far off to the north?
ward of th is place. .
Imported Stock.
3. G Oateen k Co. received this week a
full assortment of the latest and prettiest de?
signs in Dennison's Imported Crepe and Tis?
sue Paper for making lamo shades, flowers
and all sorts ot fancy work. This 19 guaran?
teed to be the genuine imported paper and
far superior to any and all imitation?. We
sell at New York prices, as we buy direct
from the importers. The stationery stock is
cordplete aod op to date.
Tbe March numbers of tbe Fashion Maga?
zines at.fl. G. Osteen k Co's,
The Emperor's Wish.
That 850,000,000 be Voted
I for Building Ships.
Berlin, March T.-In the course of
his speech before the budget com
mittee of the reichstag on Friday in
advocacy of the government's de?
mand for a large credit to be devoted
to increasing the strength of the
navy, Admira! Ilollmann, the head
of the inperial admiralty, mentioned
an "oberne kreigsleitung" or chief
conductor of war measures, as ap
proving the credit asked for This
form of speech was the official mau
ner of refereuce to the kaiser in the
reichstag, in the connection in which
it wast used and nobody has tbe
slightest doubt that the proposal for
the increased naval credit is the kais?
er's personal demand. 'The exact
strength of the opposition to the
credit in the reichstag cannot yet be
gauged, though it is known that the
Ceutrists, both factions of the Radi?
cale and some of ;he National Liberal
members, will oppose it, but the gov?
ernment is convinced that the de
i mand will be rejected, and upon an
! adverse vote in the imperial body
I will dissolve, the reichstag and go be?
fore the country in a uew election
upon two leading plauks in the elec?
toral platform, namely : "The re?
vival of trie Socialist coercion act as
announced in the emperors recent
speech at the banquet of the Brand?
enburg provincial diet, and a large
increase of the navy in respect of
ships, armament and men*-*'
Apart from the standing of the
deputies in the reichstag upon the
question of voting an extra credit
for the increase of the naval sttength,
there is a noticeable public reaction
in favor of Admiral Hollmann's pro?
posals under Ibe influence of news
that the attitude of England is men?
acing to the Transvaal government ?
and the possibility of a* rupture be- i
tween England and Germany and ;
Kussia over the Greco Cretan situa- j
lion. Extracts from the leading
London newspapers are being pub?
lished here asserting that if war
should occur between Great Britain
and Geimany. the former would close
up every German port and blockade
the entire German coast The pub?
lication of these extracts ha^s had a
tendency to strengthen the kaiser's
naval.policy with the public. While
an open quarrel with England is not
yet within sight, there is a general
feeling that something of the kind
may happen in the near future, and
the drift of the popular discussion of
the situation is that it would be well
te be amply prepared when sucli an
event occurs. Chancellor Prince Von
Hohenlohe has arranged to speak be?
fore the budget committee of the
reichstag to morrow and will an
-noonee upon that occasion that the
ministers are solidly in favor of the
naval demands and will under no
circumstances depart from their po?
sition.
DELUGE IN THE WEST.
Chicago. March 6 -The storm
which raged throughout the middle
weat on Thursday night stands unparal
leled'not only for the extent of tho ter?
ritory over which it ranged, but for the
amount of water precipitated. At Cin?
cinnati the rainfall reported by the
weather bureau officiais amounted to
5.38 inches, aod floods are reported
from almost every telegraphic station
from Pitttsborg on the east to Kansas
City on tbe west and from tbe Likes to.
tbe northern boundary of Tennessee,
Io some instances the lodiana wind
reached the velocity of a hurricane and
much damage to dwellings, barns,
fences, orchards and forests have been
reported from vari?os points through?
out the district. Throughout southern
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio the damage
to railroad property io the form of
washouts, making traffic- impossible,
and io (be wrecks, caused by the soft?
ening of the roadbeds, is immense.
A npt inconsiderable loss to the peo?
ple as a whole will be caused by tho
washing away of bridges and roadways,
which have been built io the rural dis?
tricts at a cost of millions of dollars
and which have been totally destroyed
in many cases.
Owiog to the demoralization of rail?
way traffic the local mails to the deluged
district have bee? greatly delayed to
the annoyance of business interests in?
volved.
The estimates are that over $1,000.
000 worth of property bas been lost
io the vicioities of Cincinnati, Dayton,
Indianapolis and St. Louis.
Annually every new Governor
sends to the Governors of other
States for their official signatures as I
well as those of their private secre-1
taries and of the Secretaries of State.
Private Secretary Cooper has just're
received a large batch of supplies
and the chirographies of some of the
officials are wonders in penmanship.
Some look just like a few pen scratch?
es and are wholly unintelligible
without the aid of some
good newspaper almanac! The seals
usually are very gaudy as well as
artistic. Some of the Western States j
indicate their political sentiments by
stamping them in silver, such as
Colorado, for instance, while Idaho
goes it one better and has the nar?
rowest strip of gold on its otherwise
silver seal, indicating its belief in a
16 to 1 basis -Columbia Register.
Of Interest to Pensioners.
At the la*t seM-i-'U of the general as
. se mb'y <*i>ii?e un portant ehaoges were
i iuadv io the p^u.-iua law of the State.
IQ consequence of this Comptroller
General Norton is cow seeding to all
coupty auditors copies of tbe followiog
circular letter :
Dear Sir : The general assembly
at it* last, session passed an ace provid?
er new county peosioo boards Eleo
j tions will be held in each township to
elect township boards at a time and
place to be fixed by the county boards.
I will send you a copy of the act as
soon as it is prioted.
It will interest many to know that
Mi-s K. F. Maher of Barnwell bas
been appointed clerk of the State board
of pensions. This position was formerly
held by Mr. W. F. Norton of Marion.
Great Snow StornT in the
West.
St. Paul, March 7.-Reports to?
night from one hundred towns io the
northwest indicate that another great
sn''W . storm is ragiog, perhaps the
greatest of the winter. A serious
blockade is on io South Dakota. No
trains have been moving to Watertown,
Huron, Mill Bank and other points for
the past 24 hours. The South Dakota
legislature, which adjourned at Pierre
on Friday, has been unable to leave that
place owing to the blockade.
General Supt. Russell Harding of
the Great Northern, bas just come in
from North Dakota and says be never
saw anything like the quantity of snow
up there. He, said : "I think I would
I be very cooservative iodsed in estimat?
ing the snow as being three feet on a
level out on the plains. It is probably
nearer four feet, on a level Now that
is a tremendous quantity of snow when
one thinks of the vast area it covers.
And it is not ail down yet. as telegrams
received this afternoon indicate another
so ow storm.
Asked conceroiog the snow io tba 1
mountains, Mr. Harding said it had
sorpassed all previous records. Io
many places it wa* far over the tops of
! the telegraph poles, and so deep that
the rotary plow could do little better
than cut a tunnel rather than swath.
There is s? much snow on <be ground
that there is grave fear of floods both
io the Mississippi and Bed river val?
leys. Everything depends on the tem?
perature of the next 10 days
The Lodge is Liable.
Jackson, Miss., March 8.-The
supreme court of Mississippi handed
down an opinion to day that will be
read with much interest by all
Knights of Pythias Mrs. Steins
sued the supreme lodge for $5.000,
the amount of insurance carried in
this organization by her husband.
Payment was refused on the ground
that Mr Steina had committed sui?
cide He had first taken out a policy
for $3,000, but several years later
increased it to $5?000. His first
policy did not contain an anti-suicide
clause, but the seotncT did Howev?
er, the said suicide clause was made
only a few days prior to the time
Steins increased his insurance and
had never been published, and the
same had been made by a committee
or board of control and not by the
supreme lodge. The court held that
under its charter the supreme lodge
alone was the legislative authority |
rfor its order and that the same could ?
not be delegated to a committee or a
board of control. Therefore, the
lodge is liable for the full amount of
the policy nowithstanding the anti
suicide clause.
COTTON MOVEMENT.
New Orleans, March o -Cotton
Exchange statement of the crop
movement from September 1 to
March 5, inclusive : Port receipts
6,041.507 balee, against 4,542,591
last year, 6,916.601 year before last
and 5,237,947 fdr the same time in
1894 ; over-land to mills and Canada
733,818, against 675,222 ; 906,186
and 699,061 ; interior stocks in ex?
cess of- September 1. 218,890,
against 329,245 ; 315.580 and 241,
291 ; Southern mill takings 603,816,
against 586,696 ; 544,751 and 481,
506 ; crop brought into pight during
the 186 days to date 7,593,031,
against 6,133.865; 8.683.118 and
6,659,805 ; crop brought into sight
for the week, 124,745, against 117,
238 for the seven days ended March
5 last year; 151,427 and 71,144;
crop brougnt into sight the first five
days of March, 83,811, against 55,
601 ; 92,208 and 43,197. This
week's movement in sight includes
net additions to port receipts for
February of places reoorting only
monthly of 15,030 this year, 11,246
last year, 4,335 year before last. 940
in 1S94 Comparisons in these re?
ports are made up to the correspond?
ing dates and not to the close of cor?
responding weeks.
WATCHING IN THE GULF. !
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Jacksonville, March 7.-Rporfs j
from West Florida tonight state that
three or four warships are off Florida,
west coast searching for Cuban filibus?
ters, and Carabelle, Cedar Key and Ap
palachiola are points mostly being
watched, Some think it a clever ruse
for the Cubans to get warbsips into
the gulf, thus giving Three Friends and
other vessels a good chance on the east
ooast to go out with arma to Cuba.
Washington Letter.
Washington, March 8, 1897.-Mr.
McKinley is likely to be much
more interested io the Senate than io
the soft speeches the army of office
seekers are now pouring ioto his ears,
if certaio plans now beiosg trnngly
urged are carried oat. The majority
of the Senate is composed of silver
men, but they represeot three separate
parties, democrats, populists and silver
republicans. The greediness of the
republicans in claiming the right to
change the financial complexion of the
Committee on Finance by filiiog both
vacanicc8 with gold republicans has
aroused the silver men, and the pro?
position has been made that they shall
combine and reorganize the Senate by i
deposing the republicans from the
Chairmanships of all important Com- I
mittees and by giving the silver Sena- j
tors control of all Committees Io
other words, to put the legislative ma?
chinery of the Senate into the hands of
the silver men. This proposition will
not be easy to carry into offect because
of the difficulty of combining men who
agree on notbiog but silver, but it bas
frightened the republicans badly.
Senator Teller was speaking from
personal experience, baviog himself
been Secretary of the Interior from
April IT, 1882 to March 4th, 1885,
when be told the Senate that Mr.
McKinley had made a serious mistake
when he nominated Cornelius N. Bliss
to be Secretary of the Interior. f?e
said that Mr. Bliss was a banker aod
merchant, with an experience which
might have fitted him for the head of
some of the departments, but that, io
hiri opinion, the bead of the Interior
Department ought to be a lawyer.
Mr. Teller did uot speak io a soirit of
antagonism to Mr. Bliss, nor did he
vote against bis confirmation ; he mere
!v called attention to what he believed
to be a mistake.
As might be imagined those SeDa
tors ana Representatives who are op?
posed to Czar Reed's idea of confining
the legislation of the extra session of
Congress, which meets next Monday, ;
to the tariff bill by not appointing the j
Committees of the House which would
have to act upon other bills, are not
grieving over the failure of four of the
regular appropriation bills-The Sun?
dry civil, Agricultural, Indian and
Deficiency. Czar Reed already has
another scheme to prevent general
legislation. It is to authorize, by joiot
resolution, a continuance of all of the
regular appropriations of the current
year until next December.
There was a more or ?ess interesting
republican rumpus in Washington the
day after the inauguration, about which
very little bas been beard. A meeting
of republican clubs had been called for
that day by Col. John Bowles for the
announced purpose of adoptiog resolu?
tions advising the new administration
what it should do to retain the support
of these clubs. Gen. Woodmansee, ?
who is Chairman of the Executive
Committee of thc National organization
of republican Clubs aod who claimed
that the individual clubs represented at
this convention could not properly act
apon such resolutions as were to be of- j
fered succeeded io having the conven- j
tion adjourn as soon as it was called to j
order. There was very warm tslk |
about this application of the gag, but j
but the scent of the pie counter made j
it mostly whispered among these inter- j
csted.
Ex-Senator Blackburn will attend
the extra session of the Kentucky legis?
lature that bas b so called to elect a
Senator and will make a strong fight for i
bis own re-election, notwithstanding
the republican majority in that body.
Nobody expects the Senate to seat Maj.
Wood,who has been appointed to the va?
cancy by Gov. Bradley, and whether
the gentlemen appointed by the Gov?
ernors of Florida and Oregon will tare
any better, remains to be seen.
King Hanna has got everything he
bas reached for up to date, but certain
senators who think he-ie now reaching
after too much are preparing to give
bim a disappointment, and there are
big odds in favor of their succeejiDg.
King Hanna is reaching for a place on j
[tbe S?cate Finance Committee, io
j which there are two vacancies caused
j by the retiremeot of Sherman aod
Voorbces, io order that hp may he
properly fixed to boss tbe tariff bill,
which wili go to that committee as soon
as it gets through the House. No new
Senator has been given a place on tbat
committee io the memory of the oldest
Senator, but that doesn't make any
difference to Hanna He crant9 it and
has made hid want known lt is prac?
tically certain that he won't get it.
Tom Platt also wauts a place on this
committe?, but as he has been iu the
Senate before, bis aspiration is not coo
Mdered as audacious as that of Kiog
Hanoa, bu'- whether be will get the
place is very, very doubtful.
Ex-Secretary Carlisle has been offer?
ed the position of General Counsel for
the Pullman Car Co., now held by
Gen. Horace Porter who expects to go
abroad, at a salary of ?25,000 a year,
aod the expectation is that Mr. Car?
lisle will accept the offer.
Fant and Bahr.
They Are the Two Chief Con?
stables Appointed.
Governor Ellerbe was busy all day
yesterday reorganizing the dispensary
constabulary force and when the list
of appointees on the reorganized
force is announced a great many
members of the old force wili find
themselves without jobs The gov
ernor has been very careful in mak?
ing his selections of constables and
has sifted the men chosen from some?
thing over 500 applicants. In many
instances he was governed by the re
commendations of the delegation in
the general assembly from the several
counties.
The governor's office was visked j
during the day by many of the mern- ?
bers of the oid force, who sent in en?
dorsements and recommendations.
Chief Constable Fant was around.
He had been informed that he would
be retained as the chief of the upper
division of the State. Fie went over
many of the applications with the
chief executive
The governor began the day's work
by issuing the following proclama?
tion :
Whereas, it is deemed advisable to
reorganize the constabulary force ap?
pointed under the provisions of an
act known as the dispensary law :
Now, therefore, I W. H Ellerbe. i
governor of the State of South Caro?
lina, by virtue of authority vested in
me under the statutes hereby declare
that every commission as State con
stable or special dispensary constable l
under the dispensary law shall expire j
on the 12th day of March, 1897, when j
air such offices shall become vacant. j
The governor then took all the ap- j
plications Very soon he?announced |
that he had appointed Mr. W N. j
Bahr of Charleston to be chief con- j
stable of the lower division of the j
State. Then with Chiefs Bahr and I
Fant he went over the list of the old i
constables and the list of the ap - j
plicants.
The old force was composed of 57 j
men A great many of these were !
left off, wheu the work of picking j
the me? was entered upon It was j
not quite completed during the day. ?
The force as recoganized will not ?
consist of more than 30 men. It is ?
thus seen that there has been a very j
considerable reduction in the num- j
ber of men who will seize whiskey.
It is 6tated that the constables will j
be expected to use their judgment i
and no raids will be permitted exept !
under the authority of a regularly is- j
sued search warrant. Governor El j
lerbe will also give the men to under- ?
stand that they will be expected to j
behave themselves ; no improper con- j
duct will be overlooked by the chiefs :
or himself
The governor will make public the j
list of the appointees just as soon as j
it has been entirely completed
Richland will have two members j
upon the loree -The State.
A DIerican Victory.
Won by Gen. Lee and a Line
in McKinley's Message.
Washington, March 5 -Secretary
Olney has just received the following
cablegram from Consul General Lee
at Habana ;
. "All quiet No excitement here
now. I hope to secure prompt trial
of all Americans imprisoned. Those
found innocent to be released and
those guilty out of the island."
This dispatch, which came this
afternoon in cipher, indicates a most
important change of attitude on the
part of the military authorities in
Cuba under orders from Madrid, as
guilty Americans on conviction are to
be expelled from the island instead
of being otherwise punished.
A Curse.
What else can we call it 1
The dispensary at Moncks Cor?
ner has proven itself to be such.
Men who never entered the open bar?
rooms to take a drink, buy the whisky
by the bottle and get drunk. They
carnot buy less than half a pint, and
when bought it must be disposed of.
They do not like to throw it ?way,
consequently it goes down some?
body's throat to get it out of the
way.
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Another revolution has broken out
in Uruguay, and Montevideo, the
capital, is in a state of seige
The Republicans lack one vote of
having a majority of the Senate at
present and will? be powerless until
Senators are elected by Republican
States.
John A Henderson has been ap?
pointed Senator from Florida to suc?
ceed Senator Call, whose term ex?
pired on March 4th. He will serve
until the Legislature meets and his
successor is elected.
Headache Destroys Health
Resulting in poor memory, irritability, ner?
vousness and intellectual exhaustion. It
induces other forms of disease, such as epi?
lepsy, heart disease, apoplexy, Insanity, etc
Dr. Miles' Nervine Cures.
Mrs. Chas. A. Myers, 201 lianna St., Fort
?\7ayne, Ind., writes Oct. 7,1S9-3: "I suffered ?
terribly with severe headaches, dizziness,
backache and nervousness, gradually grow?
ing worse until ray life vas despaired of,
and try what 7.-3 would. I found ?no relied
until I commenced using Dr. Miles' Nervine.
I have taken five botties and believe I am a
well woman, and I have taken great com?
fort in recommending all of my friends to
uso Nervine. You may publish this letter
if you wish, and I hope it may be the means
of saving some other sick mother's life, as It
did mine." _
On sale by all druggists. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent FREE. Dr. Miles Medical
Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Dr. Miles' Remedies Restore Health.
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SPECIALTY.
March ?0-6m*
Fine Buggies- Surreys and Carriages.
Do you wan't a nice Vehicle to ride io this Spring. If you do, call on me and cxamioe my stock, I have a large
aod well selected Stock of Buggies, Surreys, Carriages, etc., and my prices are as low as the lowest.
Office at Epperson's Stables.
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