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THUS SUMTKR WATCHMAN, Established April, 185C? "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established June. 12** Consolidated Aug. 2,1881 SUMTER, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,1897. New Series-Tol. XVII. No. 9 C&t Webern at?'Sraftrait Published 37?T7 Wednesdays IM. Osteenj SUMTER, & C. TERMS : ?1 50 per annum-in advance. AOTtSTISIMEKT: One Square first insertion. $1 00 Every subsequent insertion.? 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be"made at reduced rates. Ail communications which subserve private interests will be charged foras advertiements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be char^^d, for. " Poll TaTMlem. Affects Delinquents Through? out the State. There are 700 delinquent poll tax owers in Richland county, and in the last day or two some trouble as to the magistrates' powers io collect ing the tax has arisen Comptroller General Norton bas been consulted and has given his opinion. The same trouble that exists here obtains in every other county of the State. Yesterday General Norton baid: "The confusion which has arisen in Richland county over the collec tiou of delinquent poll taxes is bot natural when the methods heretofore /in use are* remembered. "It should be known that each annual session of the general assem? bly makes specific levies for^each specific purpose, State, county and schools, including poll taxes, and .provides specifically bow these speci? fic taxes are to be collected and ap? plied, "Each session of the general assem? bly since somewhere about 1885 made the non-payment of poll tax a misdemeanor, up to the session of 1896. when this clause was left out of the supply act. The non payment of poll tax for 1895 96 and 1897, - accordingly, is not a misdemeanor and the delinquent poll taxpayer can? not be indicted as heretofore for mis? demeanor. "It is true that in the criminal statutes of South . Carolina, Chapter XXI, -section 377. lhere will be found such a provision, bot a careful review bf the statutes and this sec? tion (377) will show that this mate rial was taken from Acts of 1892, page-43. and has reference to poll taxes of 1892 93 only and is of force only for that specific fiscal year. The Constitution which went into force Jan 1, 1896, made the non payment of poll tax to. disfranchise the voter. "Accordingly, the general assem? bly of 1896, the first session under the new Constitution, left out of the supply bill thb clause making the non payment of poll tax a raisde meanor, and the session of 1897 did the same thing The results are that trial justices or magistrates can? not try or imprison poll tax payers for non payment of poll taxes for the fiscal years 1896 (including Novem? ber and' December, 1895) and 1897, as there ia no authority of law for such action. * It is the duty of county treasur? ers to issue executions for delinquent poll tax payers as well as for all delinquent real and personal pro? perty. When the treasurer thus issues such executions and delivers the sa me to the sheriff, the sheriff can place the said executions in the hands of magistrates and authorize them to collect the same with legal coats thereon This cost is $1.00 for the treasurer and such costs as the law allows the sheriff in all mat? ters of executions for taxes. In other words, there is no legal differ? ence betweeo the enforcement of an . execution for the collection of a poll tax and for real and personal pro? perty so far as costs are concerned, and the issuing, returning and set? tling for same. The penalty for the non payment of poll taxes now is disfranchisement-the delinquent can? not legally vo*e "In Richland county the treasurer has issued the executions, as we learn, and he or the sheriff gave to the magistrates a list of these execu? tions which they have been collect? ing with legal costs. No warrants have been issued, as we learn, but . executions issued as above and costs followed legally. "Any delinquent poll tax payer for 1894 95-and previous years can be indicted for non-payment of poll tax, but not for 1896 and 1897 "The decision of the supreme court, 1897, in reference to treasures' costs of $1 00 apply only where war? rant bas issued on affidavit of treas urer, but does not affect cases of ex? ecutions issued by treasurer for non? payment of poll tax. "Under the acts of 1896 and 1897. warrants cannot be issued by issued by magistrates, but executions eau be issued by county treasurs; there fore this decision of the supreme court does not affect or concern the issi og of executions or costs to treas urers or sheriffs therefor "-The State. FEVER m THE WEST. Progress of Yellow Jack in the Infected Region. St. Louis, Sept. 21.-This city had a yellow fever Beare to-day, but tbere seems to have beeo but little fouoda ti OD for it, according to Health Com missioners Starkloff, who made ao ex? amination of the suspected cafe, and declared that it showed , not a ?ingle symptoms of the disease that is raging io the south. The suspect is William Tript, ?30 years of age, who reached the Marice hospital Monday morning. He had a high fever and said be , came from the government dredge boat, Alpha, engaged io work near East Cairo, Ky. Dr Decker, physician in charge of the Marine hospital, became interested io the case when he was toid by Tript that he bad been working on the Alpha, for that boat bad been used to transport several cases of yellow fever to the Marine hospital a: Cairo", Ills. Thinking it a case for investiga tion he telephoned Health Commis? sioner Starkloff, bot it was 10 o7e5ock before that doctor could get ?o the hos? pital. He examined Tript and then returned to bis office in the city hali, where he was seen by a representative of the Associated Press In regard to the case Dr Starkloff said : Ul have made at thorough examina tion of Tript with Drs. Jordan and Decker The analysis as presented t> me makes the case to be one of ord i nary intermittent fever If ic is ve?? low fever it is of a very mild type " IN NEW ORLEANS. New Orleans, Sept. 21.-There were nine cases of yellow fever reported to the board of health this afternoon at 6 o'clock wheo the day's work of the physicians ended. There were, how? ever, no deaths recorded and the doctors all agreed this evening that the situa? tion was steadily impr^ring The fever at present., instead of developing i pto a'oc align ant type is as mild, if not milder, thao when it first appeared here, as witness 27 cases in two days with? out a siegle death. To-night the in spectors of the board of health reported that most cf the cases that bad come coder their observation were progres? sing favorably. There are only two oases which give the attending physi? cians any reason for alarm. BRIGHTER FOR MOBILE. Mobile, Ala., Sept 21.-This was aoo ber day of favorable report. There was only one new case reported, a child named Willie Goodloe, living in the iofected district. Ooe patient was dis? charged, leaving under treatment 28, all of whom are progressing favorably. There have been but three deaths, and none 6injce yesterday. So many of the reported cases have failed to further de velop their yellow fever characteristics that not a few of the doctors seem dis posed to doubt the correctness of tbe diagnosis, and one of the most experi enced of the doctors was beard o) say that he would not report any more cases as suspicious He would wait until the symptoms became unmistakable \ 4 _ YELLOW FEVER IN NEW ORLEANS. New Orleans. Sept 22-The of? ficial record in the board of health office at 6 o'clock showed a total of 12 cases since 6 o'clock yesterday evening acd two deaths. The new cases are for the most part widely scattered and several of them, at least, do not seem to have been the outcome of local infection It is ap parent that the microbes brought over in baggage from B?oxi and Ocean Springs are still circulating and that many more cases of fever are to be looked for. The record for the day is : Deaths, Dr. Joseph Lovell, aged 27 years, of 7717 St. Charles avenue; Miss Elizabeth Mussbaum, aged 17 years, 1300 Gale street. Dr. Lovell's death had been expect? ed for four days He contracted the disease while attending a number of patients who were suffering with the Ocean Springs fever. He over? worked himself and when stricken his constitution had been so much shattered that the chances were against his recovery. Members of the board of health ibis afternoon paid a visit to the camp of detection at Oakland Park. They found everything is excellent condi? tion and thc refugees comfortably situated This morning wagonetls went down to the Italian quarter and hauled out to the camp a large norn ber of people At first the Italians, many of ,whom were unable to speak English, were decidedly mutinous and declined to enter the vehicles, but the Italian consul and a number of policemen soon convinced them that it was to their interest to go to the camp of detention, and they finally yielded. It is expected by to-morrow night there will be a couple of hundred refugees in camp Strict military discipline will rule the camp and there will be guards stationed at all avenues of approach and exit. At 6 o'clock to-night the physician in charge of the camp announced that all the refugees were well. Mayor Flower convened the finance com mittee to-day after a coneulation with the ci?y's fiscal agents, succeeded in securing the $25,000 of immediately available money to be placed in the hands of the board of health to be used in prosecuting a vigorous war upon the fever. There were seven new cases re? ported at Ocean Springs to day and seven patients, who had been ill, were discharged There are still 15 under treatment. The names of the new cases at Ocean Springs were not made public because the doctors said the sickness of each was extremely mild. Only one of the patients at the Springs, Mrs. Cubbage, is re? ported as being in a somewhat dan? gerous condition. At Biloxi, Michael Levy, aged 17, died this morning of the fever J. W Swetman, a prominent drug gist of Biloxi, and his wife, are among the new cases of sickness reported to day There are now 200 whites and negroes at the Fontainbleau de? tention camp People are constantly arriving and * special train is making frequent trips between the infected towns and the camps. The patients in the marine hospital tents are doing well and are understood to be in no danger DOING WELL IN MOBILE. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 22 -There wasaslightincrep.se in the number of new cases of yellow fever during the 24 hours ending at noon to-day, but this was offset by the announce? ment that there were no deaths to re? port, that five of ^he patients were discharged and that all the patients were doing well. There have been no deaths here since Saturday last and the total number of deaths is three. The total number of cases is 34. The new cases are four in num? ber. ALARM IN TEXAS. Houston, Tex., Sept. 22.-The death of the Lovejoy boy at Beaumont this morning bas caused consternation here. The town is rigidly quaran? tined. The little victim was a newsboy and handled New Orleans papers Citizens are fleeing to the woods for refuge from the dread disease. A numbers of health officers met here to day for a conference. The State Board of Health Carefully Guard Against Yellow Jack. Columbia, Sept. 23 -The matter of guarding against the introduction of yellow fever into the borders of South Carolina was thoroughly dis? cussed at the meeting of the State board of health yesterday, and from the resolution of Dr. Simons, given below, which was unanimously adopted, it will be observed that the strict precautions will be taken. The local authorities in the towns of the State will have to comply with the action of the State board, and in places where there are no fumigation apparatus the board will instruct the authorities how to carry on the iumigation which is ordered oy the resolution A Dr Simons spoke at length on his resolution, and gave the board the benefit of his extensive experience in such matters Following is the resolution which was passed without a dissenting vote : "Resolved, That as some concern is felt by several of the towns in South Carolina, especially those on the seacoast, as to the possible dan? ger of the introduction of yellow fever by refugees from infected re? gions coming in towns in the State that are considered exempt from dan? ger of the spread of yellow fever by reason of the altitude of such towns above the sea \e"a\. This board would caution the health authorities of such places as may be willing to receive such refugees that they do not consider any place in South Car? olina exempt from danger of infec? tion by such altitude for the disease bas prevailed at an elevation of 4, 500 feet in the Andes Mountains. The garrison at the rock of Gibraltar has been scourged and Chattanooga was not exempt in 1878 from this disease While we are glad that 6uch refuges should be afforded the people of our sister States in their calamity, we would impress upon the health authorities the necessity of purification of all baggage and house? hold effects of all refugees from the yellow fever stricken regions, espec? ially as euch purification can be readi? ly, easily, and economically perform? ed by thc use of fumigation with for? maldehyde gas. "This only requires a small tight apartment such as a small room or box car with fence wire or slats placed in convenient shelf like form, and the use of special lamps for generating the gae ; these lamps are endorsed by all sanitary bodies and are in use daily by the quaran? tine authorities, and are cheaply se? cured. "Yellow fever prevailed in the New Eugland States and Canada ear? ly in the last century and ravaged the towns in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and was especially vio? lent among the Indians who were al? most exterminated by its ravages. It was 68 years after its ravages in Philadelphia, Boston, New York and other places before it appeared in Charleston. One hundred and sixty years after ita appearance in the north it appeared in New Orleans. "Sommerville, Tenn., is a town without a pauper, with ideal homes surrounded with beautiful gardens, with no cellars under the houses, no swamps or water course within sev? eral miles. The water supply from artesian wells 60 to 80 feet deep, yet yellow feverr after it was introduced there, was as malignant as it was in the most crowded slums of Mem? phis. "A car load of cotton bagging from Memphis arrived at a station near the town of Sommerville Of the fourteen men who handled this bagging, including the physiciau who attended them with the disease, eleven were stricken ill of fever. Postmasters who handled mail in sev? eral instances were the only subjects of yellow fever in previously unin? fected towns. The only safe barrier for the spread of yellow fever is the occurrence of heavy frost and ice. It will not originate where a continu? ous temperature of 65 to TO fahren? heit prevails, but where it once oc? curs in a place ice will alone stop its spread. How long baggage and tex? tile fabrics may coutain the germs of the disease is a vexed question amongst sanitarians." The Board of Health Makes Statement to Public. Atlanta, Sept 23.-The board of health of Atlanta announced to-night that Carrie Fleming, a 14-year-old girl, who refugeed from Mobile with her -father and mother, and who is stopping at a boarding house at No. 119 Auburn avenue, is suffering with yellow fever. The board of health met to-night at 8 o'clock ?nd issued the following statement for the beneSt of the pub? lic : "ATLANTA, Ga , Sept. 23, 1897. "In view of the fact that the board of health has'promised to state freely and frankly to the public the exact status of yellow fever in Atlanta, we deem it our duty to publish the fol? lowing statement : "On the 15th instant, there came to Atlanta from Mobile a young girl, Carrie Fleming, accompanied by her father. On Monday, 20th instant, she was taken sick, was seen by some physician whose name is un known to the board, on Monday, who called again next day, found ber bet? ter and dismissed the case On Wednesday, 22d instant, Dr. T D. Longino was called iu and considered the case rather suspicious. Dr J. C Olmsted was called in this afternoon and in conjunction with Dr. Longino made a positive diagnosis of yellow fever. The case seems to be very mild and the indications point to re? covery. "The patient, her father and moth? er and other individuals from Mobile, who were in the house, have been placed under strict quarantine. The board of health does not consider there is the least danger of any At lantian or other individuals not ex? posed in infected cities contracting the disease, nor is it surprised at the development of this case, having an? ticipated that such sporadic cases would occur. "By order of the board of health. "James F. Alexander, Pres "Floyd W McRae, Sect'y.'' NO IMPROVEMENT IN NEW ORLEANS. New Orleans, Sept 23 -The local fever situation did not show any im? provement to day when results were summed up There were fewer cases than were reported on yesterday, but there was one more death than in the previous 24 hours and at least four of the patients were reported at 6 o'clock to be in. a dangerous condi? tion At the close of the last 24 hours the record stood nine new cases and three deaths. RECORD IN MOBILE. , Mobile, Ala., Sept. 23 - The offi- ' cial report to day is that so far there ? have been 38 cases pronounced yel- i low fever, 3 have died, 16 have been discharged and 19 remain under treatment Two of the cases were reported and 10 were discharged to- : day Up to noon there had been no I dea,hs since Saturday last, and all the < sick but one or two are reported do- ! ing well. . 1 Collusion Charged BETWEEN GOV. ELLERBE AND TRAFFIC MANA? GER C?LP OF THE SOUTHERN ROAD. Special to The State. Atlanta Sept. 21 -Tillman's widely celebrated Sooth Carolina dis pensary law figured in a very impor? tant hearing before Judge Newman of the United States circuit court to dary. The hearing was on a bill brought by Bluthentbal & Bickart, through their attorneys, Glenn, Siaton & Phillips, to compel the Southern railroad to carry wiskey into South Carlolina. The bill, which was filed yesterday, prayed that Judge New? man grant an order forcing? the road lo carry the whiskey as regalar freight. Conspiracy or collusion was charged against Governor Elllerbe of South Carolina and Traffic Manager Culp of the Southern road in the bill of the plaintiffs. Attorney General Barber of th?, dispensary State was here to represent and defend the governor. Judge Newman declined to grant any order.in the case at present, but took the matter under consideration. Original packages were the immedi? ate cause of the trouble which Judge Newman was called upon to adjust Since Judge Simonton's original package decision liquor deal? ers here Lave been shipping great quantities of whiskey to Sonth Caro? lina, housing it in stores and dispos? ing of it in original, packages. The Southern railroad has been hauling this freight, but on Sept. 16, it issued an order declining freight not packed securely enough to prevent damage from breakage and not packed in such manner as to answer all the require? ments of the original package law. This shut off much of the freight which had been shipped from Atlanta not encased. Bluthentbal & Bickart, local whis key dealers, had established agencies in the towns in South Carolina and were hit harder by thie decision of the roads than any other whiskey house in the country. They establish? ed these agencies on the strength of Judge Simonton's decision and after the Southern road had accepted ship? ments of uncased goods. As the Southern road is the only medium by which they can reach their South Carolina agencies they feel that they have a grievance. They were further encouraged to expand their business in Carolina, be becauee some time last month, when one of their earliest shipments of original packages was seized, Bluthen? tbal & Bickart immediately brought a bill of injuncion against the con? stables to restrain them from seizing the whiskey and Judge Simonton at once issued an order restraining the constabulary from interfering with or seizing their whiskey. Another Road Comes in. But the "O. P." Agents Are Not Worried in the Least. The South Carolina and Georgia rail? road is now about the only system of any consequence in this State which has Dot thrown up the sponge and de? clared that DO shipment of original packages consisting of bottles loose io tbs car will be received. The latest system to join the anti O. P combina? tion is the Charleston and Western Carolina. ? Its circular which has just been sent out reads as follows: "Counsel having decided that spirit? uous or malt liquors, io bottles, when not packed io cases or casks, are not in proper shipping ooodition, and that usual form of release will not relieve tbe company from liability io case of damage by wreckage, notice is hereby given that on aod and after September 27, 1897, shipments of spirituous or malt liquors io glass, loose, not packed io cases, kegs or casks, will not be ac? cepted by this compaoy for transpor? tation W. J. Craig, "General Freight Agent.'' The fact tbat the roads are taking this action does Dot seem to worry tbe ' 0. P " agents at all Tbe roads have cot refused to take single bottles when packed securely in separate wooden cases as a great many of tbe shippers have beco doiog prior to tho issuance af aoy of the circulars, aod it may be safely predicted that the "0. P." stock will hardly diminish. Io the meaotime Judge Newman has the first test case ander consideration. Nothing has yet been heard as to bis action The State lutboiities are confident that he will not grant tbe iojunctioo prayed for. rhe State. A severe cyclone swept up the Atlantic Coast yesterday from the the south of Florida. Shipping was 3 am a ged at Jacksonville, Fern an du i a and Savannah. Charleston escaped with a staff blow. \ Tho Awakening. Is Very Severe. Spanish Have Believed De Lome and Weyler and Now They Are Seriously Sur? prised. Paris, Sept. 23 -A dispatch to The Temps from Madrid says : '.The attitude of the United States has caused a great seneatiuo at Madrid, because opinion has been lured oo by the optimistic communications of the Spanish minister at Washington upon the attitude of the United States gov? ernment; and, that too, despite the several warnings from Mr. Olney, and Mr. Cleveland's message. The official bulletins of Captain General Weyier also have received too much con? fidence, when the United States government was every month receiving from its consul and special envoys to? tally different news. "The general impression at Sabae tian and Madrid is that the Spanish government will try to drag the nego? tiations along, unless it rejects purely and ( simpiy the good offices of the United States on the ground cf public opinion and upon the further ground that the opposition would not permit it" to tolerate foreign intervention, even though amicable." London, Sept. 23.-The Madrid cor? respondence of the Times, says: "The government organs roundly deny that Minister Woodford has men? tioned an ultimatum, but the public mind is not altogether relieved thereby. The policy of the government in delay? ing and suppressing news and directly denying the truth of almost everything io any way unpalatable most always tend to increase public uneasiness.7' t The correspondent adds : "The use of the word ultimatum is exaggerated ; General Woodford doubt? less expressed himself energetically, but between this and fixing a period of six weeks to end a widespread insurrec? tion under pain of taking up the cause of insurgents against a friendly power there is a very wide distinction and more especially so in the present politi? cal situation, wheo a change of gov? ernment more or less radical cannot be distant." SAN FRANCISCO LEAVES TANGIER. Went to Enforce Claims Against Morocco- A U. S. Squadron May Go There. # Tangier, Morocco, Sept, 23.-The United States cruiser San. Francisco of the European squadron, which arrived here on Tuesday last to in? vestigate and obtain redress, if neces? sary, for the reported flogging of American cHizeus at Magador and support the promised settlement of former claims of the United States against Moroeco, left this port to-day. It is stated here that if the claims of the United States are not settled within a reasonable time a squadron of United States war vessels will be sent to Morocco. Stand at the Head. Aug. J. Bogel, the leading druggist of Shreve? port, La., says: "Dr. Wm. King's New Discov? ery is the only thing that cures my cough, and it is the best seller I have." J. F. Campbell of Safford, Ariz., writes: "Dr. King's New Dis? covery is all that is claimed for it : it never fails, and is a suro cure for Consumption. Coughs and Celds. I cannot say enough for its merits." 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