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CHARLESTON POLICE. The Appointment Made and , Confirmed Yesterday. Maj. W. A. Boyd Is Chief. Will Enforce AU Laws? Charleston, Sept. 29-City coun oil met to-night arid confirmed the ap pofntments of Mayor Smyth for chie v "Of- police and the three commissioned officers, and the last act io the metro? politan police drama will be played at 10 o'clock: to-morrow morning, . when the new officers take charge. The large crowd which filled the galleries of the council chamber and the adjoining office of the clerk of the council to night evidenced the interest which the public had ia what Mayor Symth had to announce. The crowd did not have long to wait The session was of bot a few minni es' duration aod all was over. The alder? men were ont in fall force? only two being absent. Justas St Michael's chimes were striking 6 o'clock Mayor Smyth opened the door of the executive chamber and entered the eooncil chamber amidst a ripple of excitement. The roll was called and then, in perfect silence, Mayor Smyth . read Gov. Eilerbe's proclamation. After reading the proclamation, Mayor Smyth stated that Mr Ingra ham Hasell and Capt. S. G. Gilbert, the former appointed chief of police jost after his inauguration, bot whom Gov. Evans prevented from taking bis seat, and the latter mentioned several times as an applicant for therj position, were never candidates The I one had been appointed without the asking and the other never sought the appointment. The mayor stated ] that be considered this statement a matter of justice to both gentlemen. Mayor Smyth then announced the j appointments as follows : \ Chief of Police-W. A. Boyle. First Lieut - W. J. McManus. j Second Lieut-E. A. Mollen haner. > Third Lient-Juhn F Dunn. As the crowds were breaking from : the galleries. Mayor Smyth called for silence, and proceeded to read the following : To the People bf Charleston : Tfie removal of the metropolitan ponce has been officially announced, lt is a subject of congratulation that the right of self government, arbitrarily taken away, has been restored to us. Il* behooves ns all the more to prove ourseves worthy of th:s birthright. We can best do this by prompt obe? dience to all the laws. As mayor of Charleston I therefore hereby earnest^ ly invoke the aid* and co operation cf every citizen cf this old city in sus? taining this administration in our de? termination to fulfill our oaths of of jfice by execoting, to the frest of our ability, every law upon the statute fcook. (Signed) J. AEGEB SMYTH,? (Attest) Mayor. V7. W. SIMONS, * \ Clerk of Council. KEW CHIEF IN CHARGE. Charleston, Sept. 30 -The new chief of police aod lieutenants are in charge of the station house to-day This morning at 10 o'clock Chief Boyle took charge aod Marshal Martin of the defunct metropolitan police force Step? ped down aod cut, aa did the lieuten? ants auder him, to make way for the newly-elected officers. There was a large crowd present to witness the trast-fer, which was nalb? ia g more than an inspection through the building and premises by Chief Boyle, Mayor Smy?h aod the police commissioners. The crowd looked on wi<h interest expec?og to sec some? thing a u*uai and out of tb?; ordinary, bot in this they were disappointed. Oat of all tbe crowd present there was not a tear shed, bet everybody wore a smile on their face because they were glad to be onder Charleston city police ag ai c. Ex-Cbief Martin aod ail the lieuten? ants seemed to be in good spirits and chatted pleasantly with the privates who were not oo duty as they walked through the building with the new (.fibers. After the inspection of the premires had been made. Chief Boyle, Mayor Smyth and Capt Martin were closeted for oa few seends io the chief's nrivate office and bad a pleasant conference OD malters relating to-police affairs. Tbe mayor soou took bis leave and Chief Boyle aod Capt Martin sperrt some time together, after which Chief Boyle called io Lieut. McMaous, the officer of the day, and gave him some private orders. Chief Boyle, in talkiog to The State's representative, said he was going to try aod make Charleston the best chief of police she ever had. '*I am going to obey the orders of the mayor, who is my superior officer," said be, '/aod do my doty irrespective of persons, poli? cies and religion. The laws will be executed io every respect and I will not antagonize the State law." Jocosely he added that if the mayor said to charge Fort Sumter he would obey if every policeman were drowned in the attempt. The appointment of the new officers seems to have met the approbation of the public io every particular. So far aSg learned oo objections have been rayed from aoy source, but on the con? trary everybody is loud io their praise of the oew meo. A PAPER ON IMPURE MILK BY NATHAN STRAUS. I - Columbus. 0., Sept. 29.-A feature of tbe morning session of the National Conference of Mayors and Councilmen that aroused great interest among the delegates,, was tbe reading of a paper contributed by Nathan Straus, of New York, oo "The influence of a pure milk supply on tbe death rate of children." Most of the municipal officials here were conversant only to a limited ex? tent with the work being done by Mr. Straus io New Yorfc pity. Naturally they were eager to learn all its details and listened to the recitation of them with close attentioo Tbe paper was read by Ford of New York and its opeoiog statement (hat "there is prac? tically no milk delived for general coo sumption in cities that is fit to be fed io its natural state to young children," was sufficiently startliog to com? mand attention if not contradic? tion. The paper dosed with the follow? ing appeal : "I think I have fairly demonstrated tbe proposition that many thousands of infants' ls vea are ano nally sacrificed by the neglect to supply for the nutriment of children milk which bas been sub? jected to the prooess of pasteurization. I hold that neglect to be criminal, and I leave it to you to fix the responibility for it. We punish murder with the penalty of death, and yet we allow murder to be committed by the whole? sale io every populous community of this land, with no thought of its pun? ishment, and little of its prevention. I appeal' to you, gentlemen, who are charged with the responsibilities attend? ing the government of oities, great or small, to study the conditions under which this work is done, aod carefully note the results which attend the doing of it. I appeal to you as if you were standing besides a great river in whose current were constantly swept past hun? dreds of drowoiog infants. This stream is a very real thing if people \ would but recognize its existence, and all its yearly tribute of death is paid because of the public neglect of some of the simplest precautions for the sav? ing pf children's lives. You, gentle? men, have the means nader your con* trol by which these drowning, babies can be saved. I ask yon, will you not supply them ? AH that I plead for is the extension of the activity of local boards of health into a sphere which they have so far lacked the conviction and the courage to occupy. I shall bot have spoken io vain if 1 have succeeded in impressing you with the fact tbat the dictates of humanity and of public duty combine is demanding that thia backwardness should exist no longer." TILLMAN IN COLUMBIA. United States Senator B R. Till? man arrived in the city yesterday afternoon from his home in Trenton, and will doubl?es remain' here, be says, for two or three days Senator Tillman is not looking as well as usual. He said that he had simply come down to Columbia on business of a private and purely personal character. He said that he had been out of the State recently speaking in Pennsylva? nia and he had not kept up well with what had been going on. He de? clined flatly to express any opinion as to the action of Governor Eilerbe in removing the metropolitan police and wiping: out the constabulary. Sena? tor Tillman is evidently not much put out about the governor's course, however, judging from his general conversation. One thing is certain, Senator Hill? man ie as ardent an advocate of the dispensary system as he ever waa and be thinks that the people of the ? State-at least the majority of them, ! are standing to him. He remarked yesterday that before the dispensary went by the board be would have a great deal of talking to do to the people throughout ?the State. He admits that if the United States supreme court sustains Judge Simon ton in the Yandercock case and the bill pending before congreso --fails, then ?ome changes will have to be , made in the law to meet these con ditions But, he save, neither of these things have yet come to pass. Paris Mountain Severely Shaken. Special to The Su>. Greenville, Sept. 25 -A deoidfd earthquake *hoak was felt at Hotel Altamont thin morning about 1 o'clock. The proprietor and guests of the hotel were aroused by the shaking of the building, hut no troubla resulted. In a room adjoining Mr. Johnstone's the plastering was broken and fell with a crash, but no other damage was done. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic Cures Fever The Dry Town Issue. It has Been Squarely Raised by the State. Qaite a lively legal fight it is thought is going to ensue as a result of tho position taken by the State tbat origi? nal package stores cannot be opened and maintained in the dry towns io this State. There are quite a large num? ber of them who have voted prohibition under clauses in their charters and not even dispensaries can be established in any of them without a vote of tb" peo? ple. Attorney General Barber r?rw .rds the issue as a most important ono. The governor has recently ordered five original package stores located respectively in Elko, Woodruff, Green? wood, Cowpeos and Williamston, all dry towns, closed up and the stocks seized, it happened that at Elko the agency was that of Blutheuthal & Biokart. This firm i* protected by a sweeping injunction granted by Judge Simonton in the Union case. As soon as the Elko seizure was made the attor j neys of this firm notified the constables who closed the place that they were io contempt of Judge Siinonton's order of injunction and demanded the release of the goods. The attorney general's office replied that the State did not con? sider the constables in contempt aad that tbe property would not be released. Mr. Barber says that it is very clear tbat no contempt can come of tbe pro? ceeding under the law, the town being a dry town. Theo the attorneys of the Atlanta firm notified the South Caro? lina and Georgia railroad that if it accepted the goods from the constable and hauled them to the State dispen? sary at Colombia proceedings would ba instituted against them. Thc road wired to the attorney general and was hesitating about taking the shipment. But later a telegram came from the road saying that upon the advice of its counsel it had taken the shipment and 1 would baudle it. While this was going on the attor? ney general received information to the effect that mles have been issued by Judge Simonton returnable before him at Flat Rock to day requiring them to show cause why they should not be held for contempt tn tbe Greenwood and Woodruff cases ; but that the Judge had refused to grant tempoiary injunc? tions accompanying the rqles. Since the above was written the gov? ernor has ordered the "0. P." stores at Ridgeville aod Fairfield to be closed and the contents seiz?d.-State Take JOHNSON'S CHILL ?t FEVER TONIC, ^^s^ Tammany's Choice. Eobt A. Vanwyck Nominated for Mayor. New York, Sept. 30.-The Demo? cratic city convention to-night nominat? ed these candidates for officers of Greater New lork : Mayor-Robert A. Vanwyck of Manhattan. Comptroller-Bird S. Color of Brooklyn. President of the Council-Jacob Ruppert, J , of Manhattan The ticket had been agreed upon by the Tammany executive committee be? fore tbe convention met and tbe dele? gates simply ratified the choice of the leaders The platform makes no refer? ence to the Chicago platform, W. J. Bryao or free silver. It favors home rule and the repeal of the Raines law and other restrictions on personal liber? ty and demands doilar gas and munici? pal ownership of franchises. Tbe nominations evoked disapproval rather tbau enthusiasm in the convention ball. Why take Johnson9s Chill & Fever Tonic? Because it cures the most stubborn^ case ?f Fever in ONE DA Y. - - i i mi? Gaffney Celebrates. Entrance of the O. R. <?? C. Marked by Jollifications. V Gaffney, Sept 29'-Gaffney City n ay mark her experience of yesterday and last night with a white stone. The Ohio River and Charleston rail? way has reached our city, and with its advent the oitizeus of this hustling jewel of the Piedmont will look for? ward to tbe dawning of ao era of pros perity tbat will eclipse anything which she bas done heretofore Yesterday afternoon Mr. Hunt, the affable and courteous president of the Ohio River and Charleston tendered an excursion from Gaffney to Shelby, N C . over the new line via Black*burg. Proba? bly 250 people, including quite a num ber of ladies, took advantage of the op? portunity and under the management of f?uch clever gentlemen as President Hunt, Superintendent Tripp, General Freight and Passenger Agent Lump kin, Auditor Bruce and Roadmaster Maxwell every ooe had a glorious time. It ?rou hive headache try Glenn Spring9 Watpr and you will get relief, at Dr A. J. C'aina'tj. How Thank Pain Was Maddening and Hopo Had Been Abandoned -Wonder? ful Results of Purifying the ?iood. " A very severs pain came in my left knee, which grew worse and worse, and finally a sore broke out above the knee. It discharged a great deal and the pal:: from my thigh down was maddening. Large, hard, purple spots appeared on my leg. I suffered ir Lilia wey for yeer:-, and gave up all hope of ever bei:: ; cored. My wife was reading of a CT?O like mine cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla, ar.d she advised mc to try it. I bejan taking ii; and when I had used a few Lollies I found relief from my sui?ering. Oh, how thankful I am for th I.-; roi iel' ! I aro stronger than ? have ever been i.i my life. I am in thc best cf heal; h., have a pood appetite and am a nrv: man altogether." J. P. Moons, Lisbon . '.. tl.>. Ma v.c. HOOG S wrS??a Isthe best-in f;ict the One True Blood Purifier. Hood's Pills cureallKver ills. 25 cents. HONEY. New Crop 1897. New Comb Honey in pound sections. Choice Extracted Honey, by the gallon or less quantity. For sale at my residence, or orders may be left office of tbe Watchman and Southron, . GL Osteen. Order Your PROVISIONS ?ND GROCERIES FROM m. f. STEFFENS k SON, Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S C -Agents for MOTT'S CIDEB BED SEAL CIGARS, AND LOVE HAMS entenmal VLT m ?t Nashville, Tenn. May 1st to Oct. 31st. foe Buddings of the Tennessee Centennial., j in numbers and architectural beauty, sur- i pass Atlanta's and nearly equel Chicago's, j ?ne exhibits are afl ready, and are inter- j esting vend instructive. The live stock display excels any exhibition of the kend ? over made. The Midway is great. The Western & Atlantic Railroad, ! and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway run solid vestibule j trains with Pullman's finest sleeping \ cars, from Atlanta to Nashville. For Sleeping Car Berths, or any information about rates, Hotel or Boarding House accommodations in j Nashville, call upon or write to C. E. HARMAN, 6enera? Pass. Agent, ATLANTA, GA. ?rk?W*?al Mrvfr?ro? The Ro??d Trip Rates opeilal rcUtllC? to Neshville arc cheaper T^^~^~TT than staying at home. ! DAVIDSON ! 00LLE0E, I DAVIDSON, N. C. 61st Year_SgJ, 1 Tea Profe-sors and Aisistnots. Four Scientific Laboratories. Three Coerced for degrees. Classical. Mathematical. Literary. Scientific. Biblical. Terms reasonable. Seed for a catalogue. J. B. SHEARER, Jnop 23. President. ARE YOU NEEDING' AN IRON SAFE? HAVING BEEN APPOINTED GEN? ERAL AGENT for the Alpine Fire ?tja Burglar Proof Safe Company. I am prepared to offer liberal teims to those who are in need of a good safe For prices and terms address J, A. RENNO, Mch 24. Sumter, S. C. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE, COLUMBIA, S C. Session begins September 28th. Classical, Liternry, Scientific, Normal and Law Courses, with Diplomas Special courses, with Cer? tificates Bo?rd SS a month. Total neces? sary expenses for the year (exc.'usive of travelling, clothing, and books), froa $113 to S153. Wcm<?D admitted to all Classes For further information, address the Presi? dent, F. C. WOODWARD? * Joly 14. GREENVILLE, S. C. DR. C. H. JUDSON, CHAIRMAN OF Faculty. Session opens September Z?o. Courses leading to all academic degrees. Preparatory department in. charge of experienced teachers Cost reduced to minimum by a ess system. Board in pri-'ite fmciiiea moderate. For further information aoalv to chairman, or io 'BEN GEER, Aue. 4. Sec. of Faculty. -THE Sumter Institute, Sumter, S. C. The thirtieth collegiate year begins September ninth, 1897. For catalogue-address MRS. L. A. BROWNE, or * Miss E. E. COOPER, Principals, July ?!- 3m. The State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge WHEREAS, REV. CHAS. B. SMITH, of Sparenburg, Thoa G McLeod, n torney, maae 3uit to me ;o grant bim Letters of administration of the Estate and effects of Mrs FannieS. Ko?;er, deceased, These are therefore to cite at.d adaonish all ard singular the kindred and creditors of 'he said Mrs Fannie Koyer, late of said County nod State, deceased, that the? be and appear before me, in iheCouri of Probit?, to be ueld at Sumter C. H., ot> October 14th, 1997, next, after publication tbtreof at il o'clock io the foieoooo, to show cause, if any they have, woy the said administration should no? be granted. Given under n y bftnd, this 29ib daj of September, AHLO Domini. 1897 - THOS. V. WALSH, Judge of Probate. Sep:. 29-2t D. M. YOUNG, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Prompt aneution to ?ul business entrusted to him. Office on Court House Square, io Btauding office. Estate of Mrs. Henrietta D.Cross well, Deceased. ALL PERSONS HAVING DEMANDS against hforesaid Estate wili present mme duly attested, and ali persons io any way it. deb ted to sud Estate will make pay meat '0 JAS. E. CROSSWELL, Qualified ExecHtor, Bu-uopville, S. C. Sepi 29-3t STANl ON ROUSE. D. J. J05?ES, Poprietor. Raies $2.00 Per Day. SPECIAL TEEMS TO FAMILIES Two Minutes "Walfc From Central Derot.K Chattanooga, Tenn. July 29. DRUGS ~ AND Soda Water? Toilet Articles, Drags and Patent Medicines. PERFUMERY, EXTRACTS . TOOTH BRUSHES. . ' HAIR BRUSHES, COMBS, TOILET SOAPS IN GREAT VARIETY. s_ Prescriptions Careful? ly filled day and night DRUGGISTS, MONAGHAN BLOCK SUMTER, S. C. BEAUTY HATH CHARMS I and all the charms which beau j ty likes best to don are shown in our grand display of fash? ionable jewelry for this season. Jewels like these would en? hance the charms of the most fascinating belle, and surely no fair one would despise such brilliant aids to her beauty. Like personal loveliness, they conquer admiration on sight ; they score new victories at ev? ery inspection. Those who look over our stock do not willingly stop with examina? tion. Beauty may now be made easily irresistible by a few judicious purchases from our display of up to date jew? elry. L. W. FOLSOM. Jeweler and Optician, SIGN OF TEE BIG WATCH, Oct. 16. McCormick's ^^^^^^^^^O THE BEST. ^^^^^^^^^^1 Don't you want a good Mower and Rake ? There is money in saving your Hay, a^ it can, be done at a very small cost. The McCormick new No. 4 Steel Mower is the best all around ma? chine on the market to-day. It has all the latest improvements. The gear of the McCormick is wonderfully improved this year. We certainly have the finest, most durable, simplest, and the lightest draft machine on the market, and will run where others stop dead still. The cutter bar is furnished with steel bearings. One knife in a McCormick Mower will last longer than two in most any other mower made. AVrite our agent, Geo. F. Epperson, Sumter, S. C., for descriptive catalogue and price list, which will be mailed you free. Remember, we keep on hand a full and complete line of repairs at Epperson's Stables Sumter, S. C.