The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 21, 1897, Image 4
:ya&NB8DAY, APRIL 21. 1897.
The Sumter Watchman was rounded
a 1850 and the 2Vwe Sovtkron in 1866.
Tir? Ifia?c&ma? aw<? Southron now has
he combined circulation and influence
of beti; of the old papers, and is mani?
festly the best advertising medium in
Samter.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
fSSa
Cherokee inherited eight murder
eases with the territory taken from the
- old eocudes. A pretty bad beginning
for a baby county that has no tax levy.
?fs; John L McLaurin is the biggest man
J. > tare state has in Congress, and more
th a?) a dress coat and a boutonnier of
pink carnations will be required'to de?
stroy publie confidence in him.
The Tennessee Centennial opens on
May 1st. President McKinley will he
unable tc attend the opening exercises,
?bot oas promised to visit Nashville
when Congress adjourns.
Ch?Tleston has been visited by a
Slibns?erer, and the contraband cargo
was landed despite the vigilance of the
0 authorities. The cargo consisted of
-80? gallons of iliquor, and the blind
tigers will revel in psace and plenty for
quite a time.
Meyers, the Georgetown uegrp, now
under sentence of deaih for arson, has
been respited antil Friday, next, by
Gov. Ellerbe It would no6 be a
stretch ot* executive clemency to corn
mate the sentence to imprisonment in
the penitentiary for life, and mercy ex?
tended in this case would be mercy io
the most exact and strictest sense.
The death penalty is too severe to fit
the crime of which be confessed him
self guilty--robbing and burning a
st ore ?ithin a few feet of another build?
ing io which ? doctor was accustomed
to s?eeo. f
Dun's Weekly Bevi?w of
Trade.
New York, Apiil 16 -R. G. Dun
& Co.'s Weekly Beview $1 Trade
says : An undeclared war between
Greece and Turkey ha3 been respon?
sable here mor? than any other cause
for the changes io business this week.
- Actual fighting with facts that seem
to make a declaration of war by
Turkey inevitable have affected the
grain markets much and stocks
slightly. The- Mississippi floods do
?tot change the price of cotton and
fcas revived works suspended last
week The temporary decrease in
exports and large decrease in im
ports, at New Yor? 20 8 per cent.
for the month, caused questions
iibout.the financial future which have
not much influence as yet Toe in
crease in impor;s is $9,900,000, or
over 15 per cent from last year, and
' $17,100 000 or 28 9 p*er cent from
February If long continued it may
embarrass some branches of business,
but hardly exhaust the balances re
naming from the u a precedented ex?
cess of merchandise exports-$223,
381,519 in the nine months ending
wita March.
The wheat market, after its decline
of $ cents last week, was prepared
to rise with the prospect of a Eu
ropeau war and increased purchases
for export, and has ri?en 437 cents
since last Friday Exports for the
.week are very email, and for iwo
weeks but little greater than U*t
year; while corn exports continu-?
over three times last year's, and foi j
the two weeks 6,082,015 bushels,
against 53,193 last year, and the
government reports indicate a con?
siderable larger yield than that of
18?6, whicjv WaS sufficient to meet an
extraordinary demand.
Cotton has scarcely changed dur
iug th** week of unprecedented
floode, though this year's crop will
?be materially diminished unless the
water S8O0 subsides But there are
numerous indications that in other
parts of the s' uth a large acreage is
being planted The output of pig
iron increase??, though 15 furnaces
Stopped in Ada;ch, but others with
larger capacity started, and the
weekly production April I was 173,
297 tons against 170,985 last year.
WbiU 20 per cent, below the great
est ever kuown, the output is 52 per
cent. larger than October 1, and
Stocks unsold increased scarcely any,
though the largest on record
Print cloths will sell slowly with
out change. Woolen mills are doing a
little more, though much mcahinery
is idle, and there is scarcely any buy
iog of qualities recently advanced
Speculation in wool turns largely to
foreign, and imports, of 46,114 bales
the past week and 15,245 the pre
viens week, at Boston alone, have
not prevented higher quotations for
the better grades of domestic. Sales
at the three chief markets are 9,608,
000 pounds. The failures for the
week have been 207 in the United
States against 227 last year, and 30
in Cacada against 27 last year.
No small objection which young folks had
to the old-time spricg-mediciaes was their
nauseousness. Ia oar day, this objection is
removed and Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the most
powerful and popular of blood-purifiers, is as
pleasant to tbs palate as a cordial.
Weekly Crop Bulletin.
COLUMBIA, S.-C , April 20, 1897.
TEMPERATURE.
The temperature averaged two de
grees per day below normal during tbe
past week. Tbe day temperatures
were warm and the nights rather cool,
with light frosts oo the mornings of
tbe 11th and 16tb, which, however,
j did DO noticeable damage. The bigh
! est temperature reported was 85 on the
15th at White Hall ; the lowest was 35
OD the 13th at Liberty and Saluda, and
the State meaD for the week was 60
The normal for the same period is ap?
proximately 65.
RAINFALL
Tbe rainfall during the week was
light over the entire State, and fell in
scattered showers during Wednesday
and Thursday. At quite a number of
places DO rain fell during the week.
The heaviest weekly rainfall reported
j was 0 69 at Greenville. Twenty-two
places reported some rain, the average
amount beiDg 0 19, and the normal for
the week is approximately 0;82 of sn
inch. Kaia is needed to bring up late?
ly plmted cotton and for .gardens, also
to soften ?he crust on heavy lands that
were, andi recently, too wet to culti?
vate and which baked in drying. Tho
light rains did not interfere with farm
work, which was uninterrupted during
the eotiro week.
SUNSHINE.
fhere was more sunshine than dur-j
iog any previous week of the season, i
Partly cloudy weather prevailed oo
j
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, |
and generally clear weather the rest of
tbs weak. The percohtage of possible j
sunshine for the week was 80, and the
Dermal percentage is about 70
The nights were generally clear,
with the ejiception of Wednesday
oigbt. The estimated percentage of
sunshine ranged from 48 at Orange
burg to 95 at St. Paul.
The winds varied from brisk to light
forc? and io direction from oortberiy
to westerly.
CROPS.
The week was favorable for the
preparation of lands and for planting,
and farmjwork progressed rapiply over
the entire State. Under the ii: fi usn oe
of bright sunshine and drying winds
eveo ?cv; lands became 6? to coltiva-e.
ta
The nights were loo cool for the best
growth of crops, especially cotton and
corn, which in consequence are reported
sickly in places but generally are grow?
ing nicely.
Corn piant"mg made rapid progress
during he week and is nearing oom
pletion iu the more easterly counties,
aod central portions of the State, where
the early planted is coming np to good
stands ; bat stands arc damaged in the
southeastern counties by cut aod bud
worms and by birds, which are report?
ed very troublesome, necessitating con?
siderable replantiug Io the western
counties coro planting is well under
way, aod early planting is coming ap
Cotton planting is now genera! over
the entire State, and about two third*
j finished in the eastern portions. Early
j planted coming np to fairly good stands,
! bot is not favored by the prevailiog
! cool nights. In the western counties
where the season is late, cotton planting
is giv o the preference over corn io
at m y places
lu the tobacco districts plants are
fine and plentiful. Considerable trans?
planting bas already been done, and
ibis work wili become general when
rains come to supply the needed mois?
ture. Setting oat tobacco is in advance
of last year.
Kioe planting ha* been pushed dur?
ing tbe week Io the lower district?,
including the Coothabee. Salkebatchie,
the lower Edisto and around Charles?
ton two-thirds of the crop is planted ;
bot oo the Santee and near Winyah
Bay planting is mach delayed by high
water- March roice ooming ap well.
Wheat, oats and rye are growing
rapidly and look very promising, but
need rato io places. Rye is headiog
over the eastern aod central counties.
Sweet potatoes coming ap io beds.
Irish potaroes doing weil bat need rain
Potato bags have appeared io Charles?
ton County, but are oot as numerous as
at this time ?est year.
Keports ooocerning peaches are more
favorable generally thao last week, aod
unless injured hereafter promise a fair
crop. Apples aod pears still io bloom
aod apparently unbanned.
Gardens growing slowly but are
yielding early vegetables over the
greater portioo of the State. Trucking
interests need rain aod warm weather
for best growth.
Favorable reports were received con*
ceroiog all the minor crops usually cul
[ tivated at this season of the year The
feeling of discouragement has disap?
peared and farmers are pushing their
work with energy.
The Nattuual Bulletin of April 12
gives the progress of corn and cotton
planting as follows :
"Coro planting has continued, where
not finished, in the Southern States.
But'little corn bas yet been planted in
Kentucky. Througbou,.?he Ohio val?
ley preparations for planting have been
greatly retarded by exces.-ive mois?
ture "
"Cotton planting is becoming more
j general and te in active progress over
j the central portions of the ootton belt.
Some has been planted in North Caroli
? na and preparations for planting arc in
j progress in Arkansas. Cold weather
has proved injurious io Texas.*'
J. W. BAUER,
Secfioo Director.
Why take Johnson's
Chill & Fever Tonic?
Because it cares the
wost stubborn case
of Fever in ONE DA Y.
Italians Murdered.
_j_
Shot and Their Throats Cut
Near Kingstree.
Special to the StHte.
Kingstree, April 18.-News
reached this place about midday' to?
day that two white men had been
murdered last night about four miles
below here, on the line of the North?
eastern railroad, and their bodies
were found lying upon the ground
this morning Upon examination it
was found that they had been shot
and their throats cot. The murders
were committed near Salters Depot,
the next station below Kingstree,
and the shooting was beard about 8
o'clock last night by some people
living near Salter's, but nothing was
thought of it at the time. It can
scarcely be said that any clue exists
or that suspicion rests on any one in
particular, as yet, except three
negroes, who were noticed loitering
around Salter s Depot last night, and
towards night disappeared, and some
believe that they perpetrated this
awful deed. The negroes are des?
cribed as one mulatto, being a rather
lather large sized man, and the oiher
two are said to be small black <men.
No particular notice was taken of
them, except that they were traveling
together and were armed
The section master of the railroad,
who lives about two miles above
Kingstree, says he got up very early
this morning and he saw two negroes
going in a trot towa:ds Florence.
He thought strangely of the fast
walking, but let them pass
The two white men murdered were
Italians They, or two every much
like them, passed Kingstree yesier'
day and were evidently working their
way to Charleston, when they were
overtaken by fiends in human form,
and murdered in cold blood it is not
thought that the dead men had much
money about them, and, as they were
walking, ha4 little baggage. Some
say they were selling jewelry. They
were either murdeied for what they
had or for pure devilment.
One of the men had naturalization
papers on his person taken out in
New York in March. His name is
Firgo Virg?neo. No papers were
found on the other to give any clue
as to his identity.
Magistrate J. G Lifrage, who re?
sides at Salter's, acted as coroner and
empanneled a jury of inquest who
viewd the bodies, and the investiga
lion developed the above facts Con?
siderable excitement exists in the
Salter's section over the affair, aud
quite?a crowd went down from King
stree to the scene of the murder.
No one seems to think that any one
around Salter's had auythiug to do
with the murder, but a peculiar sus?
picion attaches to the three negroes
already alluded to lt is reported
here that Mr J A. Ferrell, a mer
chant at Salter's telegraphed to Flor?
ence for bloodhounds, and the author?
ities in this county are on the alert
and it is hoped that the news of this
double murder will be so widely
scattered throughout South Carolina
that the murderers will be apprehend
ed before the setting of to morrow's
sun and be safely lodged in jail uu
til they can get their just deserts.
Negroes Arrested at Lake
City.
Lake City, April 19.-Three strange
negro men. suspected of the murder of
the two Italians near Salters Saturday, ?
were arrested here to day and were
taken to jail tonight by Sheriff Daniels
to await au investigation.
Kingstree, April 17.-The two
negroes arrested tn Like City to-day
supposed to be the murderers of the
Italians at Salters on Saturday night
laHt, were brought down to-night under
a strong guard and lodged in jail, The
negroes do not fill the descriptions bf
the ones that were seen loitering around
falters on Saturday last, and who it is
thought murdered the Italians, and
scarcely any one here believes these
boys to be the murderers The three
negroes arrested are all young fellows,
the oldest being scarcely 20 They
were making their way to Washington.
D. C., where the oldest one lives; and
be says that he only CJIDO south about
a week ago, and was carrying the other
two negroes back with him.
The boys are very well dressed ai;d
have good faces and do not seem escited
at all. They talk freely and heern to tell
a very straight tale. So it is believed
that the real murderers are prill at lar^e
and that they have passed way beyond
Florence and either making their way
towards Wiio?lngico or Favetfevilie.
There is ^till considerable excitement
here over this affair, and it is to be
hoped that the murderers will yet be
apprebeoded
The negroes arrested gave their
names and addresses as foiluws : Nat
Phelps, 26 Bums lane ; oscar Simmons,
10 Short street ; Joseph Richardson. 16 ?
Market street, al! of Cbarlesror.. 0*
car Simmon? is too one who claims to
have worked ia Washington and came
down last week and met the other two J
boys in Charleston and induced them j
to go kaes north with him
FAILED TO GET IT. I
Some days ago Superintendent
of Education Mayfield and Coi. J
W. Floyd went to New York to have
? a conference with the trustees of the
Slater fund in the effort to secuie for
the colored State college that portion
of the fund which is given to the
colored people in this State. They
have just returned. They failed in the
object of their visit. They say the
Slater trustees do not feel disposed to
take away from private institutions
any funds now allowed them until
they get upon a self-sustaining basis
When Claflin gets on such a basis it
is very likely that the fund will be
applied to the State college.
The Slater trustees do not usually
receive delegations in regard to 6uch
matters, but the courtesy of such a
hearing was accorded to Messrs.
Mayfield and Floyd owing to the fact
that they represented the State The
members asked a great many ques
tions about the condition of educa?
tional ?if?airs in this State and ex
pressed much surprise at the state?
ment that the college had begun its
first session with 1.100 students en
rolled.
Afters secret session the board an?
nounced its decision as stated above.
-The State.
A new tobacco warehouse to replace
the one hurried iast fail will be built in
Darlington by a t-ioci. company.
Durban, Natal. April 19 -The
British cruiser Raccoon, ahich left
Cape TOH-U on Feb 12 under f-ealed
orders, arrived her? unexpectedly
during ibo nigh: with six other B.-?M>?
warships Two war vs-eis of the
British fleet are expected here to-night
Tbp ooject- of this nsval demonstration
is not known here.
An Atlanta Enterprise of Great
Merit.
It affords us Measure to call espeei.il atten?
tion to the advertisement of the "Mother's
Friend." appearing i . 'his I3HUC
The Bra?nYid Kegu-ator Co., of Atlanta,
G*., i>?i7e at great expense issued a most at?
tractive and meritorious book, which they
mail free, containing information of 'he
greatest value aad importance to all ladies
expecting to become mothers.
Thai the "Mother's Friend" is a remedy
wonderful ?n it9 effects, and relieves the ex?
pectant* mother of incredible suffering and
rons the final hour of confinement cf its
dread, pain and terror, is fully attested by
the experience of happy a others all over this
comineo t.
A perusal of the book will convince any
lady, and ihr use of "Mother's Friend" cause
her to become its enthuaijsuc friend, blessing
the hour when first she beard of it and was
induced to ose it.
Send vour nara* and address to The Brad?
field Regulator (J?? , Atlanta, Ga., and re?
ceive in r*-;uro, free, this exce.lent book,
"To Expecan? ?!o'her9" containing informa?
tion of raiiie to H? ladrs.
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Cure All
Liver Ills.
? Strong Fortification.
Fortify the body against disease
by Tutt's Liver Pilis, an abso?
lute cure for sick headache, dys?
pepsia, sour stomach, malaria,
constipation, jaundice, bilious?
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Dr. Tutt; Your Liver Pills are
the fly- wheel of life. I shall ever
be grateful for the accident thar
broughtthem to my notice. I feel
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Tutt's Liver Pills
WANT8.
A DVERTISEMENTS of five lines or less
will be inserted under this head for 25
cents for each insertion. Additional lines
5 cents per line.
WANTED-Tu cure Dyspepsia, Sick
headache ?nd Biliousness. Sample
package of Rawson's Specific mailed free.
Nerver fails to cure No sufferer should be
without it Addretb Singleton & Co., State
Agents, WedgeSeld, S. C ,
March 31-Imo.
THE STORE OF
umter
1$ the Busiest Business
Mouse in Sumter, ?. C.
Tu believe thia you must see ir, and io pee i?. will cau?e you to wooder at first
sight what eau be the cause of it
Here are several solutions to the puzzle:
1st-Their stock is bought for Cash.
2d-Their novelties are exclusive.
3d-Their styles are up to date.
4th-Their assortment is complete in all lines.
5 th-Their prices are those which delight.
Cth-Their representations are never exaggerations.
We laid our pisos in January for the capture of the White Goods, Lace
and Embroidery trade of Sumter an-1 adjoining counties fhis reason, and victory
promises to crown our effort. Io justice to yourself, cai! and as-k to see the
beautiful things in this department. It costs you norning to see them, remember.
For Commencement Suits .
Nothing can surpass a White Organdy for,beautiful simplicity, bat for those
who prefer them we have the Persian Lawns, 31 u 11 s, Swisses io plain and doited,
Silk Cr?pons, Mouseieinc de Soir, Cream Silks. &e
?lln^dBmrU, _
"-.ADZ .MA!.
?ww ff*/AV
The Shirt Waist is
as much in evidence
as ever, and this cut
fairly represents you
when attired in one of
our perfect fitting gar?
ments.
THE SUMTER DRY GOODS COMPANY.
Distributors of Dry Goods of every description, and Regulators of Prices for
Sumter, S. 0
The horse season is about over, but
I must be doing something. It will nev?
er do for a man to be idle in this pro?
gressive age,so
I am Cooing into the Sew?
ing Machine Business,
and will place upon the market an old
favorite in this community,
THE LIGHT RUNNING
Mew Home,
which will be sold either for Cash or
upon favorable terms
This branch of my business will be
run by Mr. E. W. Vogel, who will try
and meet the views of all purchasers.
Machines delivered in any part of the
County. A full stock of sewing machine
supplies on hand.
H. Barby.
Sumter, S. C , Apiil 19, 1.897.HK, Cl. . ZZZ