The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 07, 1897, Image 8
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7. 1897.
LIVE Q?CLSTIONS.
A Ser?es of Articles Contributed by
_Advan^eAThinkers._
CRIME ANDMORE OF lY/
The serious attention of thoughtful
people is more and more engaged in the
shady of criminality in the United
States. Especially the increase in what
ae scientiffcally called crimes against
the person arrests attention and requires
more consideration. In a valuable ad?
dress, prepared with great care by Mr.
Andrew D. White, lately our minister to
Bussia, he has brought forward the
facts in this matter so as to startle even
. those who thought themselves best in?
formed. He delivered this address at a
large meeting of gentlemen of standing
in Boston, who are accustomed to use
the power which they have for the im?
provement of the social condition of
Massachusetts. He confined himself,
however, rather to a statement of what?
is and what seems to be the tendency in
all parts of the United States. He has
left the solution of a great many ques?
tions not only to die men who heard
him, but to others who see a great pres?
ent evil and one which seems to be in?
creasing.
To cite single details, Mr. White
showed that there are more murders in
the United States, in proportion to the
population of the country, than in any
other country of the globe. It would
seem as if a certain indifference accom?
panied these murders. In the year 1895
the statistics will show that np more
than one in 74 murderers was executed j
by process of law. Indeed the total j
number of executions under the law :
was but 132. Perhaps it is hardly to be
wondered at that Mr. White had a
larger list of lynchings, where murder?
ers, or people supposed tobe such, had
been executed without the process of
. law. The number of these in the same
year was 171.
It is very easy to say that this in
. crease in cringe results frcm the large im?
migration into the country of the crim?
inals of other lands. But, unfortunately
' foi* those who take this easy solution of
very sad questions, the figures do noe
bear out the statement so far as they
could wish. On the other hand, a very
large proportion of the persons who
. commit these crimes and a proportion
equally large of persons imprisoned fer
other crimes' of violence are natives of
the country who have grown up with
such training as the country has yet
found out how to give in such matters.
Undoubtedly there are great facilities
v given m Europe for the emigration of
*: criminals. There have been well attest?
ed instances in which even the civil au?
thorities have been mean enough to send
their criminals to other countries. We
wish it could be said that in no court of
the United States did it ever happen
that a nolle prosequi was entered by the
prosecuting officer on condition that the
criminal should leave the state. This is
simply to do what it is understood has
been done in some instances by the au?
thorities in Europe who wanted to get
rid of people. They arranged some way
in which these people should "leave
: their country fer their country's good. "
Mr." White, at some length, showed
the danger which has resulted from the
reckless use of the pardoning power. He
. dwelt, however, at some length on
what he called the criminal education
of children. The facility with which
cheap newspapers, dime novels and other
literature of sensation are circulated,
makes what educational people call a !
seminar of crime. Mr. White showed,
with sad humor, the effect which is j
produced upon a boy by the posters and \
pictorial title pages which show, apar
ently with truth, this or that or another '
success of the revolver or of the bowie
knife. ]
It should not be impossible that, by j
seme concerted movement of the direct- '
ors of the press, a countercheck might
* be found to this tendency, if proper il- !
lustration were given of the conse- ;
quences, of crime. The average street
boy has yet to learn that the way of the
transgressor is hard. It is not simply
that it leads to a bad place, as to the
prison or to some other place of punish?
ment, but the way itself is a very hard
way to-traveL
Mr. Sayles, the directer of the public
hbrary at Pawtucket, in a simple way
carried out an excellent system of edu?
cation in this affair. He prepared a sep?
arate scrapbook for the juvenile readers ;
ia that library, which shewed what
happened to boys who had tried the sen?
sational method of life and volunteered j
upon piracy or burglary for the amuse?
ment of those careers. Mr. Sayles found
this scrapbook was even more attractive |
to the unwashed youngsters of Paw?
tucket than were the somewhat stale
picture books which represented mur?
der, escape and robbery.
The gentlemen who had such matters
in hand in Pawtucket were well satis?
fied that the mere presentation of the
simple fact in the scraps from newspa?
pers which were brought together here
had a highly desirable effect What
might net be done if some of our artists
3T other people whose business it is te
make posters would present to tis. from
day to day, on the "people's picture
gallery"-that is. on the boardings by
the side of the street-telling illustra?
tions of the life in hospitals or in pris?
ons which often follow, and always
ought to follow, the deeds of adventure
which are generally so vividly por?
trayed
Whe have received with great interest
an appeal from the Society of Friends
in Baltimore, which, in the most toni
perate and sensible way, has called the
attention of the directors of the press to
the danger of results from the exaggera?
tion of the details of crime and the
presentation of its methods to readers
who might otherwise have never heard
of it.
It is very much to be wished that at
the conventions of editors this subject;
may be brought forrard and some uni?
form agreement arrived at in different
states as to the limitations which may
fairly be put on publication of sensa?
tional detail. There is no reason why
! bright writers should not be found who
! can write up scenes of success, of energy
i and valuable adventure so that they
i shall be made quite as attractive to
i Tom. Dick and Harry as are the scenes
? af vice or sensuality or blood.
At certain periods cf history this has
been made perfectly clear. Some cf ns
are old enough to remember the out?
break of the civil war. It happened in
many large cities that, with the intense
excitement which swayed men, when
volunteers we're flecking to the recruit?
ing offices, when the first companies
were being rapidly marched to the regi?
mental headquarters, and when regi?
ments themselves were vying with each
other as to which should go to the front,
this excitement, v-s -?able and true, was
enough to displace ia the minds of crim?
inals the petty excitement which in
peaceful times led them to fumble with
false keys or door locks or watch as
sneak thieves in people's halls. The
commitments in the police and munici?
pal courts were very materially reduced
in the weeks of high excitement, when
men and women had something better
to think of than the working out of the
miserable problems of sensuality or vio?
lence. . Without anybody's meaning it,
evil was really overcome by good in
such instances. And such illustrations
are enough to show what may be done in
any community where the leaders of
public opinion choose to devote them?
selves to the suppression of crime before,
crime has begun.
I myself was a guest of the city of
Pawtucket on the brilliant occasion
w?hen it celebrated the centennial of
cotton manufacture. This -was on a love?
ly autumn day. The streets were bright
with decoration. The movement of well
disciplined troops everywhere was her?
alded by the music of some of the finest
regimental bands in the world.. "With
all this temptation to the boys of the
city who were released from work on
that day and those who were released
from school, I fonnd, really to my sur?
prise, somewhere between 50 and 100
such boys, ragged perhaps in their dress,
in attendance in the great reading rooms
of the Pawtucket Public li brary. I asked
Mr. Sayles, with some surprise, what
was the ma[^ "ism by which he draws
them, and he showed me in reply the
immense piles that he had of bound
volumes of illustrated newspapers. He
told me that it made no difference to
the average street boy whether the
newspaper were L'Illustration of Paris
of ten years before, or whether it were
the last number of Harper's Weekly.
The average street boy likes to lock at
pictures, and if yon will g:ivc him pic?
tures enough he will come and look at
them, even though the streets are blaz- j
ing with bunting or alive with military !
music. '
In- this single detail, itself cf no great :
importance, is an interesting suggestion, j
which I venture to repeat for the benefit
cf those who in hundreds of cities of
America.are tryiug to get an influence
over boys who are very apt to go to the
docs... EDWARD E. HALE.
There is a ' prevailing r idea that the
negroes are a Thriftless race and that
they have no promise cf a future be?
cause of their lack cf business ability.
But statistics show otherwise, and those
given below are valuable as i?dicatiug
quite a remarkable growth in property
holdings, everything being considered.
They are slowly'awakening to the needs
of education, and yet despite these facts
the outlook for the negro in America in
one sense is not very bright. The sta?
tistics of the increase cf population are
unfavorable, and the race is growing
more slowly every year.
The following statistics as to the di?
versified wealth of the new negro in the
Union has been given cut as official: In
Alabama, ?10,120,137; Arkansas, $9,
810,346; California, ?4,416,939; Col?
orado, $39,400,527; Connecticut, $550,
170; Delaware, $1,320,196; Idaho,
$16,411; Illinois, 11,889,562; Georgia,
$15,196,$35; Florida, $8,690,044; In?
diana, $4,404,524; Iowa, $2,750,409;
Kansas, $4,296,544; Kentucky, $10,
976,411; Louisiana, $19,918,631*; Maine,
$196,732; Maryland, $10,382,130; Mas?
sachusetts, $9,904,524; Michigan, $5,
200,122; Minnesota, $1,210,259; Mis?
sissippi, $16,742,340; Missouri, $8,366,
474; Montana, $132,419; Nebraska,
; $2,750,000; Nevada, $276,200; New
? Hampshire, $331,731; New Jersey, $3,
637,832; New York, $19,343,893;" New
Mexico, $305,244; North Carolina, $13,
581,717; North Dakota, $84,101; Ohio,
$8,580,000; Oregon, $93,500; Pennsyl?
vania, $16,730,639; Rhode Island, $3,
740,000; South Carolina, $16,750,121;
Utah, $82,500; South Dakota, $136,
787; Tennessee, $11,446,292; Texas,
$32,852,995; Vermont, $1,112,731; Vir?
ginia, $10,982,000; Washington, $623,
515; West Virginia, $6,164,796; Wis?
consin, $156,313; Wyoming, $243,237;
District of Columbia, $5,831,707; Indi?
an Territory, $761.111; Oklahoma, $4,
213,408; thus giving a total of over
$400,000,000 free from all incum
brances..- '
Take JOHNSON'S j
CHILL ?t FEVER
TONIC.
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
SUMTER COUNTY.
OFFICB OF
SCPERViSOR OF RE???STRATIC.V,
SUMTER COUNTY.
SUMTER, S. C., May 1, :8?7.
Notice is beret>r given ibu in accordance I
with an Act ot ihe (ienerw! Assembly, the j
books for the registration of n? lee?'!;" q'iH??- i
tied voter?, and for the issuing of transfer?, i
&c, will be open at the court house, between I
the hours of 9 o'clock a. m., Hod 3 o'clock ;
p. m.. on the first Monday of each month, j
od for three successive days, until thirty '
av 3 before the aex: trenera! election
Minors who sha!! become x?? <];irir,tr tba!
eriod of thirty days, shnli be entitled to ,
egistration before tr;e books ure c^ose-i, ;f :
therwise qualified.
W. S.JAMES,
E. F KURRU WS,
J. M. KNIGHT.
May 12. Supervisors of R?gi3traticn. ?
Atlantic Coast Line.
?orth-Eastern R. R* of S. C.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Dated MAJ
16, 1896".
Le. Florence
" Kingstree
Ar. Lanes
Le. Laces
Ar.Charl't'n
NO.35'NO 23
A. M.
S 35
4 49
4 43
6 10
A. H.
8 50
9 15
9 15
10 50
?. M.
?0.53
*
p. x.
7 52
9 25
P. M.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
NO. 78
*
Le. Cbarl't'n
Ar. Lanes
Le. Lanes
" Kingstree
Ar. Florence
M.
30
7 05
8 25
A.H.
TNO 32
P M.
5 20
6 45
6 45
55
M.
NO. 52
A. H
7 00
8 26
P. M.
?Daily. fDaily except Sunday.
Na. 52 ruas through to Columbia via Cen
tral R. R. of S. C.
Trains Nos. 78 and 32 mn via Wilson and
Fayetteville-Short Line-and make close
connection for all points North.
Trains on C. & D. R. R. leave Florence
8 55 a rn, arrive Darlington 9 28 a rn, Che
raw 10 40 a m, Wad es bor o 2 25 p m. Leave
Floreoce, daily except Sunday, 8 10 pm, ar?
rive Darlington 8 40 p m, Hartsville 9 35 p
rn, Beonettsville 9 36 p rn, Gibson 10 00 p m.
Leave Florence, Sundcy only 9 00 p m, ar?
rive Darlington 9 27 a rn, Hartsville 10 10
a m.
Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6 15 a
m, Beanettsville 6 41 a m, arrive Darlington
7 40 a m. Leave Hartsville daily except Sun?
day 6 30 a m, arrive Darlington 7 15 am,
leave Darlington 7 45 am, arrive Florence
8 15 am. Leave W.adesboro, daily except
Sunday 3 00 p m., Cberaw 5 15 pm, Dar?
lington 6 27 p ID, Florence 6 55 p m. Leave
Hartsville, Sunday only 7 00 a m., Darling?
ton 7 45 a m., arrive Florence 8 10 am.
J R.KENLY, JNO.F. DIVINE
Gen'I Manager, Gen 1 Sup't
f M BMERS?K. Traffic Maoauer
OMo RiYer& Charleston Railway Co
SAMUEL HUNT, Agent for Purchaser.
Ia efrect May 5, 1S97
CAROLINAS DIVISION.
NORTHBOUND.-(Daily except Sunday.)
No. 33. No. ii.
Lv Camden...
Lr Kershaw.....
Lv Lancaster.
Lv Catawba Junction.
Ar Rock Hill.
Lv Ko-;k Hill.
Lv York vi Ile.
Ar Blacksborg.
Lv Blacksburg.
Lv Patterson Springs.
Lv Shelby .
Lv Rutberfordton.
Ar Marion.
2.00 p m
2.45 p m
3.23 p m
4 03 p ia
0 p m
0
p m
p m
p m
ll
8.10
^.40
9.10
10.50
12.20
a rx.
a rs
a m
a m
p m
SOUTH B0UND.~(Daily except Sunday.)
No. 32. No. 10.
Lv Marion.,.
Lv Rutberfordton.
LT Shelby.
Lv Patterson Springs
Ar Blacksburg.
Lv Blacksburg.
Lv Ycrkviiie.
Ar Rock Hiil.
4. 45 p a
6.20 r- ru
8.30 a m
9.35 a m
10.20 a ru
Lv Rock Hill.!i0.20 a m
10.45 a m
11.22 a ra
Lv Catawba Junction
Lv Lancaster.
Ar Kershaw.,....^.....|12.05 pm
Lv Kershaw.112 05 p m
Ar Camden ....j 1.00 p m
8 25
8.40
9.CO
to
p ir
P rc
Dinner at Kershaw. \
CONNECTIONS }
No 32 has connection wirb the Chester &
Lenoir Railroad at Yorkville, S. C., wi'.h the
Southern Railway at Rock Hill, S. C., with
the Seaboard Air Line at Catawba Junction,
S. C., with the Lancaster & Chester Railroad
at Lancaster, S. C., and with the South Car?
olina and Georgia Railway at Camden, S. C.
No. 33 North bound train has same conner,
ions tte No. 32.1
SAMUEL HUNT, President.
S.B.L?MPKIN. Gen. Paps Aet
HONET.
m _
New Crop 1897.
Xew Comb Honey in pound
sections.
Choice Extracted Honey, bj
the gallon or less quantity.
For sale at my residence, or
orders may be left office of the
Watchman and Southron,
N. G. Osteen
Atlantic Coast Line.
Manchester & Augusta Railroad
CONDENSED SCHEDULE
Ia effect January 19, 1896.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No. *35. No. ?57.
A. If. A. M.
Lv Darlington, 7 53
Lv Elliott, 8 40
Ar Sumter, 9 25
LT Sumter, 4 30
Ar Creston, 5 22
Lv Crestor.. 5 45
Ar Pregoalls, 9 15
Ar Orar.neburg, 5 47
Ar Denmark, 6 20
P. X. A. V. A. K.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. f56 No. ?32
A. li. P. If.
Lv Denmark, 4 55
Lv Orangeburg, 5 25
Lv Pregcwls, 10 00
Ar Creston, 3 50
Lv Creston, 5 47
Ar ?Sumter, b 40
Lv Sumter, 6 55
Ar Elliott, T40
Ar D^rlirifitcn 5 30
P M ?. M.
.Daily.
fDaily except Sunday.
Traine 50 and 51 carry through Pullman
Pal-ce Buffet Sleeping Cars between New
York and Atlanta via Augusta.
T. M. [-.MERSON, H. M. EMERSON.
Traffic Manager Ars'i Gen. Pass. Ai??'
J. R. KEN LY. Gen:i Manager.
SQUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA
RAILROAD.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
Cjrrected to Jun. 24th, 1 if 97.
DAILY. DAILY
Lv Charleston 7 IO a in 5 30 pm
Ar Summerville 7 46 am 6 IO pm
" Pregnalls 8 18am 6 50 pm
11 Georges 8 30 a m 7 04 p m
"Branchville 9 00 am 7 50 pm
" Rowesville 9 15am 8 07 pm
" Orangeburg 9 28 a m 8 24 p m
"St Matthews 9 48 am 8 48 pm
" Fort Motte 10 00 a m 9 03 pm
"Ringville 10 10 am 9 20 pm
"Columbia 10 55 am 10 10 pm
Lv Columbia 7 00 a m 4 00 p m
Ar Ringville 7 40 am 444pm
" Fort Motte 7 SI a m 4 55 pm
" St Matthews 8 02 a m 5 09 p m
" Oraogeburg 8 24 a m 5 27 p m
" Rowesville 8 38 a m 5 42 p m
" Branchville 8 55 a m 5 55 p m
"Georges 9 35 am 6 37 pm
" Pregoalls 9 48 am 6 50 pm
"Summerville 10 22 am 7 22 pm
"Charleston 1100am ,8 00 pm
Lv Charleston 7 10 a m 5 30 p m
" Branchville 9 15am 7 50 p ID
" Bamberg 9 41am 819 p m
" Denmark 9 52 a m 8 31 p m
" Blackville i 0 10 a m 9 50 pm
Williston 10 27 am 9 10pm
u Aiken 1109am 9 57 pm
Ar Augusta 1151am 10 45 pm
Lv Augusta 6 20 am 3 20 pm
" Aiken 7 08 a m 4 07 p m
" Willaston 7 49 a rn 4 44 pm
" Blackville 8 08 a m 5 03 p m
" Denmark 8 20 am 5l7pmj
" Bamberg 8 33 a m 5 29 p m j
" Branchville 910am 5 55 pm)
Ar Charleston - 1100 am 8 00 pm
Fast Express, Augusta and Wasbiogton, with
Through Sleeoers to New York.
Lv Augusta 3 05 p m
Ar Aiken 3 44 p m
" Denmark 4 59 p m
Lv Denmark 6 25 a m
" Aiken 7 28 a m
Ar Augusta 8 10 a m
Daily Except Sunday.
Lv Caudan ?8 45 a m 2 25 p m
" Camdea Junction 9 35 a m 3 55 p m
Ar Ringville 10 05 a m 4 35 p m
Lv Ringville 10 25 a ra 6 00 am
" Camdeo Junction ll CO am 6 40 a m
Ar Camden 1155am 815am
E. S BOWEN, L. A. EMERSON,
Gen'l Man'g'r Traffic Man'g'r
General offices-Charleston. S C
THE BANK OF SUMTER,
SUMTER, S. C.
City and County Depostory
Transacts a general Banking business, also
bas
A Savings Bank Department,
Deposits of Si and upwards received In?
terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per
annua. Payable quarterly, on Stst d?js of
Januarv, April, Juiv and October.
W F. B. HAYNS WORTH,
W F. EHAMS, Cashier. President.
Jan 13. *
HARB Y # CO.,
WHOLESALE BROKERS,
-AND
Cotton Storage Warehouse
PROPRIETORS..
UP-TOWN OFFICE:
COURT HOUSE SQUARE,
lr000 Tons High Grade Am
moniated Fertilizer,
1,000 Tons Acid with Potasa.
500 Tons Dissolved Bone.
500 Tons German Kainit,
400 Tons C. S. Meal,
For Sale.
We are prepared to meet
any and all prices for STAND?
ARD GOODS. Get our prices
before purchasing.
Respectfully,
HARBY & CO.
Dec. 16.
Order Your
PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES
FROM
&E0. f. STEFFENS & SON,
M?sale Agents, Charleston, S C
-Agents for
MOTT'S CIDSE
KED SEAL CIGABS,
AND DOVS HAMS
fita; and Snmmertoa R.
in effect January 15th, 1896.
THAIN'S GOING NORTH.
No. 72.?
Leave Wilsons Mill 9 10 a rn
" Jordon, 9 35 a m
" Davis, 9 45 a m ,
" Summerton; 10 10am
" Millard, 10 45 c rr.
" Stiver. II 10 a rc
Packsville. ! I 30 p ra
" Tindal, ll 55 p ri,
" W. <fc S. June, 12 27 p m
Ar. Sumter, 12 30 p rn
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No. 73.*
Le?ve Sumter, 2 30 p m
W.&S.Jucc , 2 33 p ts
,f Tinda:, 2 50 p m
?. Packsville, 3 ?? p m
" Silver. 3 35 j- u.
" Millard, 3 45pm
" Summerton, 4 40 ;> m
?. Davis, 5 20 p ni
" Jorco:., 5 50 \ m
Ar, Wilson Mi'.i, 6 30 p m
Trains between Millard and St. Paul leavi
Millard 10 15 a IL ana 3 45 p m.. arrir:.-),>
St. Paul 10 25 >i m^tnd 3 55 p in. Returning
leave St. Pit:! IC 35 a rn and 4 10 p m. ano
arrive M?ltard li* 45< ft n: and 4 20 p m. Dai
!y except Sj
?Dativ exceot Sundav
TH J M AS WILSON
?THE
SUMTER COTTON OIL AND
FERTILIZER GO.
Offer For Sale:
1,000 Tons Prime Cotton Seed Meal of our
own manufacture.
-ALSO
500 Tons "Standard" or "Royal" Brand Am
moniated Guano.
500 Tons Genuine German Kainit.
500 Tons Acid with Potash.
300 Tons Dissolved Bone.
You will save money by giving us a
chance to sell you.,
Up-Town Office : Main Street, next to Court House Square.
at A. C. L. Depot.
P. MOSES, President.
A. C. PHEE PS, Sec. & Treas.
Machinery.
SEE THE LATEST
DEERING BALL BEARING MOWING MACHINE
uy none but the Deering ; it is the
best up-to-date Mower.
MACHINERY OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS,
M. H. Moons?
_ _Sumter, S. C,
T
OUT A CHICKEN!
Neither will proclamations on dead
walls revive languishing trade.
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
Is the great
?NK-UBATOR
FOR HATCHING
OUT BUSINESS.
SHEPHERD SUPPLY
f
232 Meeting Street, Charleston, S. C.
CO.
STATE AGENTS FOR SALE OF
Wholesale
Stoves,
Tinware?,
House
iurnisbing
Goods,
Tin Plate
Sheet Iron,
Tinners'
Supplies. *3
Galvanized
Gutter
std
Pipe.
Over 200 different stjles ot' Cooking and Heating Stover. Also Oii Cookers and Heaters.
We ivaot the leading merchant io every town io the State ro sel! our lines o?
Stoves. We 'juarantoe full protection in bis tetritory to C3ch agent we appoint
If no* poid io your town pend direct tu us for cuts and prices.
Oct 27,
[HIMBJ] Lmm & *
I ?# m '? 'y. \f '-..\' 1 -, Fire Insurance Agency,
I H P ' s : % S ';J U ? ESTABLISHED 1S66.
i?:,; . :, Represent; among other Companies :
; ;.: ; . ;; . ' LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE,
V'V; v/Vv "' .' '? . NORTH BRITISH ? MERCANTILE
J/!\'.'L",.": ,'^. HOME, of New York,
?j/j ., UNDERWRITERS'AGENCY, N. Y.
actuKl ellei?sV:: y^t ' ' LANCASTER INSURANCE CO.
Capital represented ?75,000,090.
Qppo*>t? Petent O?ce. Washington. J). G ? Feb. 28