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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN. Established April, 1S5C. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Airas't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established june. I ?6 Consolidated Aag. 2, ?SS1. SUMTER, S. G., WEDNESDAY, ATJG-UST ll. 1897. New Series-ToL XVII. So. 2 WIB'JK iL bc eMattbra anb-jssu?bron. KT. G. Osteen5 SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : ?1 50 per aooom-io advance. ADVERTISE J?E KT: One Square Sty insertion.SI 00 3very subsequent insertion. 0 Contracts ly three months, or longer will be made st reaaced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged foras advertiements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. LIQUOR FINANCES. Sxtracts From Commissioner Vance's Report. Colombia, Aug 4-Thc State board of control held to-day's session with two absent members Neither Col Jones or Mr Williams have yet arrived. Col. Jones bas been called away from the city and will not be back ootil Saturday next Contrary to expectations no parchases of Hqoor were made yesterday, and from what a member of the board said last night those Hqoor men who came here ex? pecting to go away with large orders in their pockets are going to be badly disappointed The board bas about agreed to pass a r?solution in accor? dance .with the plan suggested by State Commissioner Yauce as to the making of . parchases. Under this pian the board will receive and con? sider all bids, select the grades and blands of liquors at tbe prices pre"' sen ted in the bide and leave it to the commissioner to send in the orders for (he liquors during the month as he needs them. The board thinks the plan a very good one. and there will hardly be a dissenting voice when it comes to the adoption of the res olution looking to the change. This will prevent any ciog ging from overstock and at the same time the beard will retain ito supervision of the purchases. It was expected that the matter of the purchases would be reached yes? terday afternoon, bat Mr. Williams, who was expected to get here by 5 o'clock, failed to arrive and it was not reached, several questions as to the granting of permits to distilleries in the State being considered instead, without final action being taken opon any of them. Yesterday morning when the board got to work Commissioner Yance submitted his monthly report deal? ing very thoroughly with the state? ment of liquors received and ship? ped during the month, and making certain minor recommendations The report contained these rather interest ing paragraphs : "It is with pleasure that I inform you that in accordance with the resolution passed by your honorable board at your* last meeting I have turned over to the state treasurer the sum of ?15,000 This makes a total of $35,000 paid the state treasurer since 1 was elected commissioner, taking charge in May, and a grand total of $153,000 tu ihe last eight months. "VYeowe comparatively nothing, everything being paid for as the bills are presented. "Oar stock of liquors and supplies amount to about $150.000 here in the State dispensary, and the stock on hand in the local dispensaries will amount, in round numbers, to $200, *000, and we have money enough on hand to pay for ali your honorable board may see fit to bay this month. This I consider a good showing for the financial standing of the dispen? sary notwitn8tanding the charges made by the enemies of the dispen? sary of corruption." In a recent nu ai ber of Harper's, \V. D. Howells, the novelist, speaking of novel readio?. gives expression to the . following plain troths **It may be safe? ly assoaied that most of the novel read- I iog which people ??acy is au ioteliec- j tttal pastime, is the emptiest dissipa- I rion, hardly more related to thought or j the wholesome exercise nf the mental j faculties than opium eating ; in either j cass the brain i?? drugged, a?id left j weak and crazier for thc debauch. If j this may be called the negative result j of the fiction habit thc positive injury that mos*t novels work is hy no means eo easily to be measured in the case j of the young mea whose character j they help so much to form or deform, J and the women of all ages whom they j keep so much in ignorance ot' the world : they misrepresent. Grown men have I little from them, but in the other cases, ' which are the vasi majority, they hurt j becaose they are not true-not because I they are malevolent, bat because they , are idle lies about haman nature and j the social fabric, which it behooves us ; to koow and understand, that wc may j deal justly with ourselves and with one | another." . i i Tillman Defends Dispensary. Speech at Abbeville-Abuses Si mon ton ana all Oppon? ents of the System. Special to The State. Abbeville, Aug. 4 -Senator Till? man spoke to a large crowd at Soughs at ll o'clock. Chairman Blake introduced him as "one whom we a month ago mourned as dead, now alive and in our service " The senator's remarks were devoted to his senate record, Clemsou and the dispensary. The crowd was with him He said : "Eleven years yesterday I spoke, advocating the agricultural college and rule of the people '' Since then I have been here repeatedly, where I have never been shown an act of discourtesy The dispensary is the best liquor system We have tried others. The dispensary removes the chief demon of the traffic, personal profit Under high license keepers would sell at oight and on Sunday at all hazards "If the dispensary management is rott?n, turn the rascals out. There was no rottenness when 1 was gov? ernor. lt is as possible to get hon? est dispensers as honest treasurers and auditors. I favor election of dis? pensers by the people. "Liquor men have appealed to Caesar and our judge has outdone them all. Bond in his palmiest days could not exceed Simouton as a ty? rant He has run the government by courts to an unbearable limit. "The change from the old board of control to the new was a sad change There is politics in the board. Two against three shows something wrong. Something is wrong wuh any man the legislature elects. The governor, etc., are the rightful board "As to the metropolitan police, Chariest ion has naturally seceded from the State. Her grand jurors persistently refuse to do their duty ; officers of the law are discredited. Governor Evans was right in putting ou the metropolitan police. Govern? or Ellerbe is right in maintaining it EUerbe wanted to remove the police but necessity called for its mainten ance. If thc dispensary is rotten, you are "largely to blame If you admit you can't elect honest dispen? sers you can't elect honest treasurers and therefore admit civilization is a failure. In Abbeville and elsewhere you have had honest management. "Men who have consrantly opposed Ben Tillman and all his work are bound to admit that the dispensary is superior to the other two systems we have tried." As to his senatorial record, Till? man said : "I went to Washington to work and I have worked. I have helped save you $1,000,000 on armor plate. I passed the dispensary bill in the senate, and Latimer did his utmost to pass it in the house and but for Tom Reed would bav? passed it. Of 35,000,000 farmers I am the only representative in the senate I have advocated no more than Mclau? rin. I don't claim that protection is right To illustrate, three brothers own a cow, two take all the beef, as two thirds of Americans have taken all the protection I want our share of the cow " Asked as to the senatorial candi? dates, the senator said : "If the four can't convince you one of them is tit. leave all For a man who, as the State senator, has been a friend and a supporter of the dispensary, M ay field is taking a remarkable course .'We are trying to get men at Clemson fit to teach boys. We want boys sent from school to the farm ; not from school to profession and do nothing for their class " The senator left at 1.40 for Clem? son to attend the board meeting. 500 People Dead. Chicago. Aug. 4.-A special to The Chronicle from Tacoma, w'ash., says : Five hundred reported kilied up to July 1, is the record of the terrible outbreak of the great volcano of Mayon on the island of Luzon, one of the Philippine group. Al! night of Juoe 24, this vol? cano began throwing up ashes and lava in immense quantities and flames were thrown upward considerably over 100 feet above the crater. The nc-st day 5G bodies wore recovered at a consider? able distance and the mest recent dis patches to Hong Koag up to July 8, stated that not less than 500 were known to be killed It is probable, said the dispatch, that the loss cf ?ife | would roach IP'O thc thousands, dc- 1 pending upon the length of eruption. ! On that date ?ava streams and ashes ! had reached the cities of Bacaiay, Ma!- i ipot and Liberia and their destruction was certain Fifteen smaller towns be- ; tween the sea and :he volcano had b-:cn destroyed and score* of tlc aericuicu- ; ral peoph have been overwhelmed 1 while attempting to escape. Hammocks all sires and prices -H. G j Dsteen & Co. I THE FAIR RATES. Coi. HoPoway Secures Cheap Fares for the Fair. Secretary Holloway has received the following letter from the chair? man of the Southern Passenger asso? ciation : Dear Sir : Replying to yours of Jul}7 23d, on above subject At a meeting of the conference commit? tee of this asssociation held at Ashe? ville, >i. C , July 20th, it was decid? ed to adopt a rate for one fare for the round trip from all points within the state ; tickets at this rate to be sold daily, good returning after the close of the fair. It was also decided to adopt a cheap rate based on a- fraction over oue cent per mile, tickets at such rates to be sold ort two dates, namely, Wednesday and Thursday. In case there is any movement of military, arate of one cent per mile traveled per capita will be^mployed with the understanding that 20 or more will move on the ticket. Very respectfully, Joseph Richardson, Chairman. Col. Holloway says "A second let? ter from the secretary brought the rates agreed upon by the conference committee. The rates at one cent a mile traveled was asked for on Tues? day, Wednesday and Thursday Tuesday is omitted "It occurs to me that if three days instead of two had been named, the roads could more esily handle' the people satisfactorily, and would have given visitors more time for an inspection of the exhibits and the special attractions." The Crisis at Havana. Reports from Havana indicate that Spain's inglorious campaign of massacre and oppression io Cuba is rapidly ap? proaching a tragic climax. The city is beleaguered and terror-stricken ; the sub? urbs of the place are nightly invaded by armed bands of revolutionists, who 8eiz3 supplies, destroy property and rout the Spanish soldiery within sight pf Weyler's palace windows The in? surgent forces in the province of Ha? vana are rapidly increasing ; the basis of their operations ha9 beeo transferred almost to the gates of the capital city, and under the resolute advance of the revolutionary leaders the one great Spanish stronghold in the island is virtually in a state of siege. It is needless to recount the causes which have led up to this supreme humiliation for the Spanish arm3. It is due io about equal degree to the brilliant military genius of the Cuban generals and the glaring and cumula? tive incompetency nf the Spanish com? manders. But it is the situation itself j that now rivets the attention of those who have followed the progress of the Cuban war for independence. Its salient features may be des? cribed in this way : More than five sixths of the total area of the island is now controlled by Cuban influence, and in that territory there is an adequate civil administration, order prevails, the farmers are again tilling their lands, and the authority of the Cuban repub? lic is firmly established. In the re? maining sixth of the island Weyler's bloody tyranny is still pursu? ing its barbarous crusade of, buchery and anoihilafcioo. Maddened by two years of unbroken defeat io hi? military purposes, distrusted by bis gov? ernment, despised by his starving taoops and with the certainty of a final catastrophe staring him in the face, the Spanish Captain-General has per? verted his campaign into a savage carnival of slaughter and desola? tion. The resolute progress of the rev cautionary cause, the unfailing valor of its followers and the steady growth of its military power have driveo Weyler ioto a position which ie disgraceful alike to himself and Spain. He is compelled to admit either that the 200 OOO soldiers whom the Spanish Govern? ment has poured into Cuba have been annihilated by bullets, disease, deser? tion and starvation, or that they have been ignominiously bai?bd and beaten by an enemy which at tts highest en? rollment never exceeded 60,000 men. One or the other of these confessions is inevitable, and either will brand Wey i 1er with lasting infamy His army has i never won a tattle worthy of the name ! His strategy is the sport of Gomez, and hi* operation s from first to last have been fantastic and clownish, except when they have been brutal afnd blood? thirsty It looks as though ?-be 6nai iiet in this cruel tyrant's monstrous campaign were near ar hand, and that if would take palace a* the threshold of his own palace. The rh under of revolutionary cannon is heard daily in the capital city of the island. The inhabitants of the place, even the loyal Spanish subj?cts, realize tba: the end is approaching, and fhat no result which may follow can bo as dreadful as a continuance of Weyler's despotic rule. And whet) tho crash comes, as 1 j sirely will, and Weyler returns ; Madrid defeated, humiliated and witr : infamy written m bis brow, a bankrup; j and heart-broken nation will ask bim : not why the Coban patriots triumohed, I but what he has done with the 200,000 j brave yoong soldiers, the flower and chivalry of Spanish manhood, whom he left to their fate in the fever-scorched jungles of the desolate island. That is to be the culminating scene of the whole ghastly tragedy, and unless the signs are at fault, the stage settings are almost ready for it.-N. Y.' Mail & Express. - -i ? ? mmm. Strike in Atlanta. Atlanta, Aug. 4.-As the result of the employment of 25 negro women io the folding department of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills this morning, over 1,400 men, women and children have gone on one of the largest strikes I that ba? ever occurred ia this city The mills were forced to shut down their entire plant and will affect fully 2.000 pepple of the working classes. When the notice was put up that the mills were closed' much disorder broke out and it was the inclination of the strikers at first to cause trouble but the police reserve force arrived in time to quell any disturbance. The local textile uoion took the side of the strikers and sent notice to them to hold out for their rights. When this became known the employes of the mills, ali white, walked out. Some of those who quit were the oldest and most reliable employes of the company. Mr. Elsas, president of the company, explained that it was only a small affair and would be arranged in a short time, after which the mills would re? open on full time. The strikers, how? ever, arc determined and receiving the aid of the local unions, will hold out to the last. Several years ago, the same experiment was tried in working negroes with the same result. None of them have ever beeo employed in the mills. Unless the difficulty is ar? ranged to morrow, trouble wili be look? ed for. Strikers Win Quickly. Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 5.-The strike at the Fulton Bag and Cotton mills which threw 1,400 employes out yes? terday because white girls refused to be placed by the side of colored women, came to an unexpected end to-day. Tho textile union met early in the day. it seemed as if a general strike would ensue, as no one thought the authorities of the mill would give in. A committee was appointed -*D consult with President Jacob Eisas, demaodiog the removal of ali negro laborers. Un? expectedly to the strikers this was i agreed to and a compromise was made by which the strikers agreed to work extra hours if .necessary. To-morrow thc negroes will be marched out, and Monday the strikers will get to work again. The strike bas caused a big flurry among the working classed of the South. Klondyke is Great Britain's. Washington, August 4 -Incited by recent newspaper publications, tending to throw doubt upon the ownership of the Klondyke gold fields, some of the high Government eifieials, who would oaturallv be expected to deal with the question if it comes to a practical issue, have been quietly looking into the mat? ter with a view of preparing themselves for any controversy that may arise Their views are in substance that there can be no valid objection advanced to the title of Great Britain to this terri? tory A careful examination of the reliable charts and maps has convinced the officials that so far as the Klondyke fields as defined by the latest reports are concerned, there can be no question but they lie east cf 141st meridian, which defines the boundary lines, and so are within British territory, by about thirty-five miles at least. As for the meridian itself, it is 6aid that it bas beeo so closely located by the sur? veys of the Canadian and our own coast survey that there is not at any point a difference of more than 700 feet in the c'aimed boundary, which, of course, would Dot substantially affect any con? troversy that might grow out of the title Disease of fowls.-Ooe teaspoonful of liquid carbolic acid given in two quarts of water is an excellent preven? tive of most diseases among fowls One tablespoonful of chlorate of potash I in ono quart of water for roup ; for j j little ckicks that are weak in the legs, j j one teaspoonful of sulphate of edda ic j I r.'oe ouart of water. For worms, give I . ten drops of aloes or spirits ot turpeu- j ! tine- in a pint of water. For grapes, j : ;;dd a few drops of spirits of camphor cr turpentine to the drinking water. For : cold or catarrh, put ten ?rey* of aeon : i ft; in a pint of wctcr. For sneezing : or running at the nostrils, put about : j one tablespoonful bf kerosene oii in one ; ! quart of water. Asafcctida tied up in j a rag and placed in the drinking water , ! for the fowls will be a good remedy for j j roup, also a preventive of most dis [ eases. ' T7DAM 'VTJJ? WWVQ Au2ii = : 5. Ilartsviliie, Aug. 3 -John Wright, ; colored, shot Clarence Byrd, white, i this afternoon, killing him instantly The origin of the trouble is not yet clear. They had been drinking hard cider. A party is in pursuit and a lynching ie among the probabilities Greenville, Aug. 3.-This morn? ing a youug white man, Smalley, was caught on the long: trestle of the Southern railway uear the depot by the early morning northbound ves? tibuled train and injured internally so that died two hours later. Niagara Falls, N. Y., Aug. 3 - Two cars on the Go^e railroad crashed together this afternoon, with the result that ll persons were se? riously injured. On last Thursday Wicker Smith died about 10 miles from Newberry. That night his two sons-Walter and Howard-tried to decide where they would lay the old man away. They could not agree, and from words came to blows, and as a grand finale Howard cut Walter lour times and gave him three deep stabs in the breast. Howard was shot in the hand, both so far are alive, but the old woman buried Wicker in another cemetery. Williamston, Aug. 3.-Last night about 9 o'clock Airs. Swinson of Pelzer met with a horrible accident. She had made ready to retire for the night and just as she was about to extinguish the light tbs lamp explod? ed from some cause, saturating her night clothing with blazing oil and before her husband, who was near, could reach her, she wa9 entirely enveloped in the flames. She was burned in a fearful manner. Death relieved her about an hour later. Denver, Coi., Aug. 3.--The fast flyer on the Kansas Pacific railway was wrecked st daylight this morn? ing about 40 miles east of Denver. Two trainmen were killed outright and a number of passengers injured, none of them fatally. Yesterday the State dispensary paid into the State treasury the $15, 000 promised at the encl of the month of July. The payment was made on time and it was hardiy expected This payment makes $55,000 of the money due the general fund of the State which has been paid into the treasury in the past two months un? der the administration of Commis? sioner Vance. With this amount of money, according to the statement made by State Treasurer Timcaerman a few days ago, the geueral expenses of the government will be carried for some time longer than was ex? pected and the necessity i'or bor? rowing money to any extent may be avoided. Commissioner Vance yes? terday seemed to be quite proud of the ability of the dispensary to pay in this money on time Jack Gilroy, a well known pro? fessional base ball pitcher, died in Norfolk, Va., yesterday from the ef? fect of operations for appendicitis, which the doctors now admit he did not have The San Francisco mint received $3,750,000 for coinage yesterday. The Detroit Natioal Loan company has been swindled out of $200,000 by three smooth Pittsburg, Pa., busi? ness men The men obtained the money on worthless security. The big chemical works of D. Jane & Sons of Philadelphia were burned yesterday. Fourteen firemen were seriously injured. The Secretary of State has issued a charter to the Prosperity. Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co., capital stock $15,000. August 6. The board of trustees of Clemson College met Wednesday night but fail? ed to elect a president. A committee was appointed to look oat for a suitable man for the place. Passed assistant engineer George McElroy was elected professor of machanical and electrical engineering. The cow barn was struck by lightning yesterday and destroyed together with a lot of machioery. The jail at Crystal Falls, Mich , was j besieged last cigh? at a late hour by a ? mob that wanted to lynch a tramp who j had raped a white woman, it was not ! expected that the officers would be able ; j to hold out against thc mob. During a storm at Paccic-?, S. C., yesterday afternoon a bouse was blown i down on Mayor H. F. McDowell, fatal- j ly injuring him. The county commissioners of Pick ens county have signed a unanimous rc- ? quest that the dispensaries in that conn- j ty be abolished. New York. Aug. 5.-Silver bullion experienced to-day the most violent break of the entire .season'? decline. . lo London the price dropped 1-2 penny p?r ounce from yesterday's price, selling ar 25 3-4 pence per ounce, against 27 1*2 peDce a month ago. The New York price fell to 55 3-4 cents bid, a break 11-4 cents an ounce frc m yesterday ano 4 14 eecrs with? in a month. At rbis price the bullion vaia'- cf tho silver d ;1I:M- is a trifle more than 43 cents. London dispatch? es ascribed to day';; weakness in silver to liquidation by New York holders of the moral. Xo such decline as to-day's bas been witnessed siaca June, 1893. The Indian mints wete closed to free coinage on July 26, of that year. On the next dav silver bullion fell in Loo doc from 37 1-2 peDcs per ounce to a price below 30, but rallied sharply later. August 7. Pat Dreher shot and killed John Cain and his wife, Mamie Dreher, at \ Lewiedale, S. C , on Thursday night, and then made his escape. The Englis~ Parliament was pro? rogued yesterday at 3 15 o'clock until October 23rd. The treasury department has been informed that a cargo of arms for the Cuban insurgents will be shipped from Bridgeport, Conn, this week, unless stopped by legal proceedings. The English and American tennis tourney was concluded yesterday by a complete victory for the American team. The senatorial campaign meeting was held in Abbeville yesterday and was not marked by any developments of new or sensational character, Atlanta, Aug 6-The strike situa? tion at the Fulton Bag and Cotton milis assumed a more serious phase this morning when the operatives demanded a signed statement from Mr. Elsas that he would remove all negro laborers. The president re? fused. He discharged the negro wo? men who were the immediate cause of the trouble, but would not put ont his old laborers. The strikers re? fused to return. "Wherever it is permitted to pre? vail, however intense may . be the provocation, lynch law is, in plain terms, treason to self government. It is conscious reversion to barbarism. The community that tolerates it shows that fundamental weakness cf character, want of self control and inability to resist a blind animal in? stinct, indicative of a certain degree of unfitness for the rational enjoy? ment of civil liberty. To turn and trample upon your own laws, out? rage your own courts, and abuse your own officers-that is lynch law. Worse than that, you take tbe black? est hearted and mo6t fiendish crimi? nals, and, in your foolish rage, you elevate him to the dignify of a vic? tim, identifying his cause with the c?\$se of law and order, and link his fate with that of justice itself." Jodge Phelps before the Maryland Bar Association. "Look here, do yea knew I believe Parson Downycouch gambles?'' re markked one gentleman t<> another. "Good gracious! ? hope sot." "I hope not, too, but a suspicious circum? stance occurred !ast Sunday when he was reading our. the service." ,lWhat was it?" 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