Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Annexationists are Worried. FEARS THAT THE NA? TIVES OPPOSED TO THEM WILL INFL? ' ENCE VISITING SENATORS. Honolulu, via Victoria, B. C , Sept. 6 -Annexationists are very ranch worried over the difficulty of an al * leged attempt on the part of the anti annexations- to influence Senators Morgan and Quay, who are expected to arrive here soon on a tour of in vestigation. They say that Senators White of California and Thurston of Nebraska, who will lead the fight against annexation in congress this * winter, will also visit Hawaii and at? tend the mass meeting of natives, which it is alleged by the annexation iets, has been called for the purpose of convincing the senators that the natives bitterly oppose annexation It is stated that Senators White -and Thurston will superinted the drafting of a monster petition to congress in which the Hawaiians will assert that the govea'nment was torn from them through the action of American Min? ister Stevens It is also allegad that the mass meeting will be conducted entirely by Hawaiians will, be made as dramatic as possible. The idea is to work upon the sympathies of Sena? tor Morgan and to persuade him, if possible, that the natives have been . deprived of lands and power by a handful cf rich and powerful whites backed by a treacherous Americau ^ minister. It is believed that the ex queen may arrive on the, ?ame steam? er as the senators and that she will . address the people at tho mass meet? ing The second card of the anti an? nexation isis will be played on the arrival here, la*e in September of Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota: Lee Mantle, of Montana, and Fraok Cannon, of Utah They are now in Japan and China studying the . silver question. Before they sailed by one of Empress liners from Vic? toria, B. C., they secured return pas sage , by the Pacific Mail steamer, Dorie, due here from Yokohama, on September 24, and announced their intention of remaining over a week ?Q'tbis city to study the annexation question. GEN. LEE LANDS IN NEW YORK. Prefars Not to Talk About ? Cuba Just Now-Miss Cis- ! neros All Right. New York, Sept 8.-Consul Gene- | ral Fitzhugh Lee, accompanied by his ? son. Fitzbugb Lee, Jr., arrived from ( Habana on board the Seguaranca to- | day The general said that he had j been suffering from biliousness for j some time past, bu* he felt much better after the sea trip. j When asked as'to whether he would j return to Coba or not, the general ] shook bis bead and said: "I cannot \ answer that and I would rather not talk i OD Ca^an affairs antil I make my re- i port in Washington " j In speaking of the case of Evange- ? lina (?s*eo Cisneros, the general said : , ' The youog woman is now confined ? in Casa Recohidzs She has never ! been ?ried, and I do uot think that, it was ever intended that she would be banished. The stories of her ill-treat? ment are very much exaggerated, and were it not for the hub-bnb which has been raised about ber, the gul would ! probably have been released long ago. In fae?, I was civet* to understand that her name was on tho pardon list. She bas comfortable quarters and is 'ented *as well as possible under the ?;reuu.-- ; s;aoces. '.There is a good deal of suffering in j Cuba, bat the Americans, numbering j about 1 400. are being cared for from h the fand of ?50.000 which was appro priated for that purpose. They receive relief daily, and ap to the present time about $15,000 han been expended." "Is there any sign <?f business im- j proving or a chance, for the Detter in j Cuba ?" asked the reporter. * No. ? am sorry to say there 'M j Dot.,*' replied the general, "'and there j wi;! r.oc ic aa? i.uprovemeor. until the j W ?r . ? erdf d.r I "WTheo will ilia: be, general V To this'last qnes'ion Gen Lee re? plied in Spaoi>h. a free translation of j which is, "That is roo much for me ; I j ca: n )t say.'7 Negress Lawyer in Tennessee, j - Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 8.-Lucy Little, a 23-year-old negress with a j bright face and an intelligent eye, en? tered the criminal cour; this morning and presented her duly authenticated j claires to the privilege of practicing j law in tbe court of Tennessee. She j was admitted to the bar without a ques tioo. She is the first representative of j her sex of any color to be admitted to j the bar io Tennessee. She is the only ; colored woman in the South licensed to j practice law, and it is said she is thc only colored woman in the United j States that is a member of the bar. --- Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER j / TON/C^mte* The Dispensary Business. 'Pricesof Liquors to be Re? duced to a Minimum-The Profit Feature. Tbe etate dispensary appears to be doing a big business these days Larger shipments have been made recently, and' the officials at head? quarters are kept quite busy filling the orders from the county dispensers. Tuesday and yesterday were, big shipment days. On the first day named $11 887 51 worth of liquors were shipped, and yesterday the 6ales amounted to ?8,000. Col. Yance says that the orders from county dis? pensaries continue to come in, and that the original package agents can? not compete to materially hurt the business of the dispensaries because he says the liquors which are sold by the state are superior in grade The state board of control is now in session, and purchases will be made to-day. .It is stated that the board intends to reduce the prices of liquors for no other reason than to try and knock out the business of the original pack a^re establishments. ' The statement is made that the board intends to reduce the price of liquor to a minimum with as small a profit as is consistent with the man? agement of the business, and operate affairs on this basis for awhile, and if the sales of the original package agents increase to such an exent as wil? materially interfere with the conduct of the business, then the board will recommend to the next legislature an elimination of the profit feature of the law -Columbia Reg? ister, Sept. 9. Manning Imposes a License Upon Non-Residentsto Do Business. At a special meeting of th? town council last Friday night it was decided to impose a license upon non-residents hereafter desiring to do business io the town of Manning. There is hardly a fall but what sOme one will come here, rent a store and sell goods during the busy months and then go off without leaving ohs cent of revenue for the towo This is not right The busi? ness men? here are fixtures and are taxed to meet the expenses of the town, and as they are expected to bear the bur? dens it is noe right for the town govern? ment to permit a non-tax paying olas? j to come in and interfere with the trade j These transient dealers do the town no : good ; they do not help build it up, but ? on the contrary they actually min the town as a market. As a rule they are st olass who have no reputation to make or save, because they may be here this fail and io some other town or State next fall. Tbe result is they sell ail kinds of trash, the people are humbugged and the town and it* per? manent business men who beep up tb* sovernmeot with their use* suffer Then, again, the liquor problem con? fronted the council ; the dispensary pays a revenue and help? pay for po? lice, lights, etc. The council decided that as Judge Simootcn has decided a Qoo-resident has a right to ship into md sell articles of commerce and that liquor comes uoder this bead, tho non residents taking advantage of the de should also pay a tax for the privilege of doing business in the town They have fixed the tax on the liquor business heavier than on the others for the reason that it causes more need of police protection. The dispensary pays to the town a tax io the shape cf a share \ in tbe profits and if tbe council had not j taken its action an original package \ shop if opened would simply be taking J away the. trade from the dispensary without paying a cent of tax and thus cut off the town's revenue. Io our judgment the council has. yrsted wisely and every good citizen sh'iu <i uphold their action There are som*; who gc about croaking and kick iijg, but if a little investigation is made it will be t?een they aro a cla??s who kick at everything and they never do any? thing which will inure to the town's beoefii. If wo ?re to have a rum sh^p forced upon us by a United Staiea court, then let us scand together as men and citizens and back ,-p the town council in its effort to keep the town from being mulct by men who have no interest here. Every original package dealer claims to be acting as agent for patties resid ! ing outside of the State, so if a rcsi- ! dent of this town sets up an original j package >hop that does not prevent the ? couecil from collecting thc tax ia:poeed j Under ;ho decision of Simouton a non residect enjoys privileges a citizen can- j not enjoy, theretore, if a resident were i to open a shop not as agent but as prin- j cipal, be can be cloned up under ibo j State dispensary law. The council j docs not greet a liquor license, but it j grants a ?iceose for non-residents to do j business hero and grades thoee licences, j - Manning Times, Sept. 8. - nw - - Andrews Declines. - _ i Providence, R. 1 , Sept.* 8.-Presi- j dent Andrews, of Brown University, j to-day sent to the CDrpora'.ion a letter j formally destining to withdraw his resignation and stating briefly his decis- j ion to withdraw from the university. It is understood, though the text of the letter has not been made public, that he states his willingness to remain president until his successor shall be choseo. A meeting of the corporation will be he'd within two weeks, at which the la'est statement from Presi? dent Andrews will be submitted. From the Wires. The Ohio goldbug Democrats have nominated for governor. Julius Dexter, Cincinnati; lieutenant governor, Judge A. L Merriu, Sandusky The plat? form denounces the Dinghy bill aod condemns the proposed anoexarion O? the Hawaiian Islands. The fioancial plank is as follows : "Wo declare for the maintenance of the gold standard, for the retirement of the greenback and for the extension of the civil service merit sy.->fern wherever possible in the nation and io this stars " The steamer Belle cf Memphis Sank ! in Mississippi River Thursday Dight, in 9 feet of water. There were about 100 passengers on board, many of them St. Louis people, all of whom got off without accident." Major, George N. Bomford, U. S. A., retired, died on the 8:h at his home, aged 56. He was in. South Carolina io the seventies, as Lieutenant of Com? pany B, Eighteenth United States in? fantry. New York, Sept. 9. - James R Willard, Elmer Dwiggics ?rd Jay Dwiggins, who compose the firm of J R Willard & Co., bankers and brokers with cfSees in this city. Buffa? lo, N. Y , Washington, D C , Po?a- ? delpbia aod Montreal, to day assigned j to James L. Starbuck, with preferences j of ?20,000 to.William H Osterhof No statement of the condition of the firm is yet obtainable, but it is esti? mated thai their liabilities will reach I ?1,000,000 Jay Diwggius is at pres j en<; travelling in Europe. Watering the Liquor. 1 [t is stated that the state board of control intends to "reduce" the proof j of the liquors sold by the dispensary as j the stuff heretofore dispensed bas been j two siroog for the palates and stomachs ! and, presumably, the minds of con- ! sucoers. [n other words, the idea ap- ! pears to be to lessen the "strength" by j adding more water. This possibly may have tbe tendency to reduce drunkenness and at the same i time allow the board io lower prices, aod thus help along the cause of tem peiantfe and the treasury at one and tte same time The board- shows the proper spirit j io trying fo preserve ibe health of the j ( people, and the addition of a little dis- ! < lilied water will not. hore the quality of ? ', the liquor Bat competron should not ! i induce rben> under any circumstances to ! I make any. further tampTtugs with rhe j j chemically pare. j i The old topers too, will insist that j I no more water than absolutely necee- i I sarj shall be ased, as they cODtend ' i that mixing water and liquor practi- ! i cally destroys the enjoyment ot 'wo|i "o>igDty good things." -- Columbia ? Regster. j i -- '< I I CM - ? ! t A Temporary Embarrass-1 . meat. Washington, Sept 9 -George W^, j Silsby & Co , brokers in stocks and grain, with branches TD Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, this morning posted the following notice on heir door : "To part rons : The recent failure of a well known house m New York, which was carrying a large line of j stocks for us. has caused tis a tempo ra ry embarrassment. We feel confi i ( dent this will he short iived We do ! ' not propose closing our business bu ? 1 ask the indulgence of our patrons on j 1 old accounts for a few dz.ys. Checks j 1 will be given in payment of the same, ! a part of which ca? be used as mar j ' gins hi ?ew accounts All new ac- : * counts will be settled daily as usual i Old accounts can be closed when ? i convenient." The finn, w hich has been patronized by a great many small speculators, closed its doors 6ome time ago, but resumed later, and yesterday wa31 ? sued bv a customer. I! Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER \1 TONIC The New York Times tells this story j Ch Senator Tillman : "A pitchfork is sometimes as dan? gerous a missiMe as a boomerang, for i evj-n Sensor Tillman, who has employ- I cd the pitchfork as a weapon of political j offense, used it so unskillfully at Roch- j ter as to jab himself He hurled it at a ; very obnoxious tal fy-bo that appeared j at bis meetiog 3t Rochester on Monday, j : anathematizing the 'disgusting thing*' ! ' as "au equipage that is a digrace to our < free land" and "a vehicle to carry the i ?ch. the R-ato bribers of our hid." The pitchfork rebounded and hit Till- j man. Thc "disgusting equipage" had j ! been hired, bugler and ail. for Tillman, and when he concluded his tirade h ; was put. uno:? the box and treated to a ride on lb;: "vehicle to carrv the rich." Minister De Lome, i?, is noted, has been studying recent events closely and now calls for "injunction." :o prevent arms and ammunition from heirn; ship ? ped from the inferior to tho coast lest they find their way to Cuba." White marble from Georgia has bee:! selected to be used io the construction j of the new State capitol at St. Paul, j Mino, for th? double reason that it was j the best that could be got. She Knew the Game, Too. Detroit Free .Press. The other day a Detroit youth who had come home from college for va? cation took his younger sister out to see a baseball game. She is a quiet, demure little lass, with blue eyes and a timid manner, and she slipped into her seat in the grandstand as staidly as if she were entering the family pew at church As the game progressed he kindly undertook to explain to her some? thing about the points, so she wouid unceretaml at least a little about it. "Now the young man is about to throw the ball." he eaid. "He is called the pilcher. The man with the stick in his hand is the batter. He will try to hit the bali, and if he does he will run to that bag, which is call ed a base " The young marrs sister seemed to be quite interested, and listened at tentive?y to his explanations Presently somebody hit out a twc bagger that went clear through the short-stop, and lit out for first like a wild turkey. The young man began to'explain. "Now," he said, "if the 6elder throws the ball to the man on the bag before-" The young man ceased suddenly. His eister had sprung upon the bench, grabbed Iiis hat and thrown it into the crowd, and ^shrieked at the top nf her. voice "Yah, yah. yah ! Wasn't that a hot tamale? Ss<3 ss-ss sz-zzz-get that short stop a seine. Go it. Demp? sey, you're a peach ! Oh. lordy. what ,a cutter ! Get him a basket! Whoopee, don't that make your whis? kers curl ? Yah, yah, yah !'' '"Sit down sis/' said the young man in a slightly aggrieved tone. Why didn't yon tell rae you were a rooter ?" The Orangeburg Tir???s-D^roocrat predics "thar in 19D? when Senior Tillman run" for r?1 election thv irby and Evatis will be amot.g his most ac? tive opponents and that rbe men who sleeted M^Laurin will be standing loy- j ally by O d Ban. Cut out this predio- i rion aod paste it in your hat." We wonder if they will.-Charleston Critic, j The Richmond Dispatch *ay? apropos j jf the recent attack on the widow and j daughter of Jeff Davis : "Mrs. and \ Miss &avis have never intended to make j rheir hoaies in the north. Business af- j Fairs carried them there in the first j r>lace. a?d busioe>s interests have kept them there ever sinse B-th of them bave been adding to their incomes by literary work-and this work tbey think j hey can do there more advantageously ! han in tbe south. ? further discus- j iion nf this matter would require us to j {0 intj details of the familv's finances, j ?hieb should be sacred to the members j tr.-ereof, and info whieh the public bas io right to enquire S-uniee it to say hat monetary reasons, together with jonsiderations as to ]\5r-. i>avis's health lave tba* far kept th?r mother and laughter in the North.rT As a carrier of rues-sages from ships j ;he homing pigeon has proved a suc iefs. Now if they can crain* them to ;arry messages to the ships a pretty isefol and comparatively cheap mail .srviee no-ay be established. North Carolina is nakiog a success j >f the experiment of working ^convicts-) >n the public roads. Thus far it has j jot been attended bj complaints from i iny quarter. The convict? are said to j 3e more easily managed thau they were j while locked in e?o?-e, narrow colls and j muddied in a mass that generated ?:?- ; Mr. William Saunders of the Depart- j irrae of Agriculture, who bas been in- J resrtgating -'-e ?eav.bi?ties of tea eui- I ure ;>s an industry in tbe Simth. has j >ubmi:ted his report to the Secretary. The report, deals exhaustively with the subject and will be found valuable fer bose interested in this new industry, j tr. may be had up -n application to tbe ! Secretary of Agriculture. A dispatch from Birojing?auj. Ala., states that, steel is now being made in :hat. city at twelve dol?ais a ton - live dollars cheaper than it cost to make it Pittsburg. If there is no mistake j io the statement it won't bc long before Alabama will exercise as much influence <ver ?he stvei trade of the country as it low does ov^r thc- iron trade. A LITTLE SUFFERER Face, Hands and Arms Covered With j Scrofulous Humors- How a Cure ? Was Effected. "When five years old my little boy had scrofula on his face, hands and arms. It was worst on his chin, although the sores j on his cheeks and hands were very bad. It appeared in the form o? red pimples which would fester, break open and run and then scab over. After disappearing ; they would break out again. They caused j intense itching and the little sufferer had | Lo bc watched continually to keep him j from scratching the sores. We became | greatly alarmed at his condition. My ; wife's mother had had scrofula and the j only medicine which had helpd her was j Hood's Sarsaparilla. We decided to give it to our boy and we noted an improve- j ment in his case very soon. After giving him four bottles of Hood s Sarsaparilla the humor had all been driven out of his ! blood and it has never since returned." j WILLIAM BAICTZ, 416 South Williams St., j South Bend, Indiana. You can buy Hood's Sarsaparilla of all j druggists. Be sure to get only Hood's. ? GLENN SPRINGS HOTEL, Glenn Springs, 8. C. Hotel Open from June i to October I| i Special Board Bates for j September? Large, well-ventilated rooms. Best sanitary arrangements, ' first and second floors. Baths and electric bells. Italian Band from June 1 to end of season. Glenr? ! Springs Railroad runs within 300 yards of the Hotel. _ * \ G-lenn Springs Water has no Superior on the Continent. Write for Certificates. _+0+_ + + fi ! For rates of board, apply to SIMPSON ? SIMPSON. Glenn Springs Water for sale in Sumter at the Drug Stores I of J. F. W. DeLorme. J. S. Hughson & .Co., and A. J. China Sold also by W. K Dellar. rrrrrrrrrmvrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ? THE B?G-G-EST AND BEST ' j Tablets for 5 Centsi EYER SOLD IN ?SUMTER. Also a lull line of better grades at corres? pondingly low prices. ? H. G. OSTEEN & CO. | ii Ask Mr. Bradwell. i We keep the freest flj>wi:?g, smoothest wntin?, most per-i manent writing Suid to be chained in this city. If expert" te??iooay i? desirH on this point BS.?? S Bradwell. for fort? ?e*rs Deputy Clerk of Court, for his opioion. He uses it. Ask for No? 1? Fluid If von ^?n! the sime sort. He will *!so recommend ou=g No*. 18 r>?n This ss the best pen tor al: uses, And outla^j any other ou ?hs market. Seid exclusively by UUIJ J LIBERTY STREET. SUMTER, S. G. Machinery. SEIT'TH?K LATEST HEERING BALLBEARING MOWING MGH?N! Wm i&m^r VS? \ -^-mzW* Buy none but the Deering ; it is till best up-to-date Mower. MACHINERY OF ALL DESCRIPTION^ M. B. Bloom, j Sumter, S, C, J