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mm FBUC 80SSTKK WATCHMAN? Katab?iihed April, 1850? "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 Jone, 13*6 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20,1897. ?New Series-Vol. XVII. No. 12 Published Every Wednesday, -BY INT. Gk Osteen, SUMTER, 5. C. T s RMS : -$1.50 per annum-in advance. 9 IDTIBtlSIKlHT: One Square first in ser ti ou,. $1 00 Every subsequent i oser tioD. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged fer as ad ver ti em en ts. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. - ijicii SUPREME Thomas Jefferson waa not only a great statesmen, bot be was endowed with almost prophetic vision. In 1821 he said : "It h*8 long, however, been my I opinion, and I have never shrank from its expression, that the germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal judiciary ; an irresponsible body, working like gravity, by ni^bt and day, gaining a little to day and a lit? tle to-morrow, and advancing its noiseless step like a thief over the field of jurisdiction, until all shall be usurped from the states, and the government of ali be consolidated into one." The tendencies of the day are rapidly leading to the condition which Jefferson predicted. The jodical injunction is now supreme. It permeates the whole fabric of our gov? ernment and our business relations. It even affects the life and business of an individual, for was not a man in this sta te once sent to the penitentiary without trial by jury because of , an alleged violation of an injunction of a state judge ? But such a thing cannot occur hereafter by constitu? tional provision, though in all other respects the power of enjoining re? mains. " : # If members of corporations disa? gree, or partners in a commercial firm* not incorporated, fall ont, one or both proceed to procoe injunctions, and the whole conduct of busines is ordinarily stopped until some judge decides that it can resnme Only the other day there was a meeting of the stockholders of the Seaboard Air Line. Two parties are fighting for the control of that valua? ble system, and it was a question which weald command the largest number of votes at the meeting. One side rushed to a United States judge and got an injunction against a cer? tain party voting a certain block ef stock That party, undismayed, ap? peared before a state judge and got out an .injonction against the other ?ide voting its block, and hence af? fairs remained in statu quo, and tbe majority of the stock was as helpless as the minority. , , In fact, there seems to be no rela? tion in life nowadays which cannot be affected by an injunction. It is em ployed and exercised on all possible occasions, until, indeed, our govern? ment in its operation is practically subject to the opinion of a judge, whether he be learned in the law or not The condition foreseen by Jeffer? son rapidly approaches, and unless the state and national governments take np the question at once and set? tle it the "government*' will soon be consolidated into one as he predicted woold be the case. Jefferson spoke only of the federal judiciary, but, as a rule, the state judiciary is equally inclined to exer? eise tlie privilege, though their de? crees do not have such a far-reaching effect. Now, therefore, is a good time to call a halt-Register. ?i- mmmm - New Orleans Pugilist Killed by a Hard Punch. New Orleans, Oct. 13.-Jack Cum? mings and Walter Griffin, local men, sparred before tbe Nev? Tulane Athle? tic club last night, tbe affair being a benefit for tbe indulgent yellow fever patient? and families in this city. Both men fought hard aod soon became ex? hausted IQ the fifteenth round Grif? fin bit Cu aa mi dg a a hard pg o ch. He sask to the floor acd was removed to a hospital, where he died at 4 :15 this morning. The canse of death was hemorrhage of the brain Grffin was also badly puoisbed. bot tbis forenoon recovered sufficiently to warrant bis re? moval to coan. Cummings had beeo married bat seven months. Tbe fatal termination of the fight may have an effect on thc scheme to revive boxing contest and may prevent the McPcartlaod Everhardt fight on Monday night nest. - -^Bm9- '?? mmm? - We bave bright, honorable merchants in tbis town, and they give the public what it demands They never offer ns a substitute something "just as good." The, Note Presented by Min ister Woodford. DOCUMENT IS DRAFTED. Madrid, Oct. 12.-It is semi-officially announced that tbe reply of Spain to the note presented by tbe Uoited States Minister, General Stewart L. Woodford, ha* been drafted by tbe minister for foreign affairs, Senor Gal? lon, and will be submitted to the cabi? net at its meeting to-morrow. The reply, it instated, will say that 'Spain is unable to fix exactly the date wheo the war will be over ; bat tbe mioisters are persuaded it will not be long, because the situation of tbe rebels ts critical and the efforts bf the Spanish troops are sure of success. Owing to the rebel?' situation and tbe concession of autonomy, administra? tive and eoonomic, whioh will bo effec? tive before January, the government hopes actual hostilities will finish shortly. Spain, it is continued, thinks the re? forms and1 the activity of the Spanish troops are sufficient elements to secare the immediate pacification of the isl? and, which, it is asserted, woald have been more rapid if tba rebels had cot had the succor of filibusters, who, un? der tbe. shelter of the American fiag, have cDotriouted to maintain this state of affairs. A semi official statement issued after the cabinet meeting of yester? day, says that by employing native volunteers in Coba, instead of Euro? pean troops, the expense of the cam? paign would.. decrease and the.oper? ations against the insurgents would be conducted more rapidly. Senor Gal? lon, the minister for foreigo affairs, bas communicated to his colleagues tbe views of the European and Ameri? can press in regard to the new minis? try, pointing out that the foriego news? papers are almost unanimously of the j opinion that the programme of Senor I Sagasta, the new premier of Spain, j caused au important change in the au titude of the Washington cabinet, leading to the belief that the decision on the Caban question will now enter upon a more favorable phase, and that the steps taken by the ministry have had an excellent effect in showiog the government is choosing practical means to solve the existing difficulties. The minister for the colonies. Senor Moret; announced at the cabinet meet? ing, wilb a view to proving tbe sincer? ity of tbe government's promise to Coba, that he had telegraphed to Senor Mon tor, the leader of the autonomist party, asking him to nominate candi? dates for appointment for some of tbe important posts under the Coban ad? ministration. The government has decided tbat General Primo de Rivera is to retain command in the Philippine Islands, in/ order that he may initiate the proposed reforms and reorganize the colony. Uoited States Minister Woodford was received in audience by the queen regent this afternoon. The reception was of the most cordial oharas er. A private cable mestage from Wash? ington declares tbfct President McKio 1 ?y will endeavor to induoe the insur? gents to accept autonomy, and if they refuse he will do bis utmost tn put an end to agitation and to prevent filibus teriog a3 he believes, now that Cap? tain General Weyler is recalled, con? gress will support this policy. To Visit the South to Look for Sites. Washington, Oct 12.-The naval armor board will ieave Washington next Saturday for the south, to look at certain places with a view to ascer? tain their availability for 6ites for the proposed armor plant. The first stop will be made at Birmingham, Ala Thence the board goes to Sheffield Ala., to Cattanooga, Knoxille and Elizabethton, Tenn., in the order named It is barely possible that later on theboard will visit Piedmont. W Va., in view of the urgent request of West Virginia public men Great numbers of appeals are com ing to tbb department from various localities possessing any kind of an iron plant to have the board sent there to look at their resources, but in view of the fact that the board has no authority to make any recommendations as to the location of the plant, it is felt that such time would not be use? fully 6peut. By the act of congress Secretary Long is charged with the duty of sub? mitting a description of the lands, buildings and machinery needed for an armor plant, but this is not con struced to mean anything more than the submission of plans fe?- a plant, although he may volunteer a recom? mendation as to the site. - - -.? ? - - Lucien Seniel. the socialist candidate for mayor of New York, opened his campaign at a big mass meetiog in Cooper Union last night. How Shall Mormonism b8 Met? North Carolina is a free state, pro? fessing to be liberal and nnproscriptive, giving freedom to all religious opin? ions. Very well. Bat that does not mean that religious errors shall go un? challenged when they produce evil re results and in any way disturb the pub? lic peace. It does not mean that the Christians should be indifferent to the aprcad of doctrines of extreme error and that work mischief and sorrow aod vice among the people. There are now in North Carolina forty Mormon emissaries working upon the ignorant men and women that como uodsr their baleful teaching and ioflaeooe. They claim to have now 400 victims already in this state. Another plea and de? mand for education. Of all the silly, absurd, baseless so-called religions oooe is more foolish aod fatuous and deplorable than , Mormon? ism-oor even Theosophy or any of the modern, latter day religious that deceive the credulous and weak as well as intellectual cranks. What is to be dene ? Shall the Mormons be perse? cuted, expelled by force ? That will be no Christian. It will not do to re? sort to force to suppress the propagan? dists of Joe Smitbism and Brigham Yonngism Polygamy is against the laws of the United States, as is bigamy (a word ordinarily misused), and as polyandry "should be, but we believe is not, for it is tolerated io almost, all communities. 1 ' What then is tbe proper remedy to be applied within a Christian com? monwealth to the poisons scattered by the tools of Mormon polygamy ? It is, as we think, for the clergy of the state to fully inform themselves as to the origin, history, doctrines, practices and results of Joe Smitbism, and to preach against it in^every community. Let an active campaign of instruction be set in motion in every nook and corner in every coun? ty in North Carolina. With forty industrious agents pf the devil at work disseminating th2 most fool? ish and lascivious of doctrines since Mohammed began bis work of de? ception, it is high time certainly that the faithful preachers of Bible Chris? tianity were awake and alive, and had begun to meet the emissaries of Mormonism with arguments based on study and with a constant appeal to the Christian Scriptures A so-called religion that started in New York state, and bas been cun? ningly and fanatically developed into its present system under the manipu? lation and* leadership, first of Joe Smith, and afterwards of Brigham Young, ought not to be aHowed to enter and continue its work of beguil? ing and deceiving the credulous and gnorant unchallenged, unexposed. Here is a work of mere immediate, pressing importance than anything else except to redeem the state from the cruel, unhallowed clutches and wrong doings of merciles, selfish, prating demagogues -Wilmington Messenger. mmm ' -?-?-^^ COTTON CROP OP 1897-98 New York, Oct. 13 -The Daily Dry Goods Record to morrow will say : "Working on these lines by which such close estimates to the actual cot? ton crops of the last two years were obtained, the figures jpst now ob tained indicate a crop* for 1397 98 which varies from 8.953.788 bales to 9.371,532 bales of 500 pounds each. For the last crop, of 1896 97. our estimate was 8,722,901 bales, against 8,714,011 bales as the actual returns while the estimate for the previous year, or 1895 96 was 7.142,900 bales, compared with 7,162 473 bales. The closeness of these estimates to the actual returns has stamped them with the imprint of correctness, and for the current crop year our estimate is submitted with a degree of confi? dence that, barring unexpected hap? penings, the yield for 1897-98 will not exceed the maximum figures of 9,371 532 bales of 500 pounds each " Ex-Senator Robertson Dead. Columbia, Oot. 13.-This morning about 10 o'clock, at his home on Arse? nal Hill, ICx-Uoited States Senator from ooutb Carolina, T. J Robertson, passed away. He bad beeB ao inva? lid for many years. This morning Senator Robertson, who for thirty years hap been a sufferer from a species of paralysis, which for macy years past has practically aiade him helpless, was at breakfast as usual. After breakfast? ing bc remarked that be was feeling a little bad, and thought he would rest on a loooge. He was placed upon the lounge and soon seemed to be sleeping. A short time afterward it was discover? ed that he had passed away. The Es-Scnaror was 74 years of age ^a^r August. For the last twenty years he has been unable to move about with? out assistance. But his mind was never impaired, and remained perfectly clear to the very last. He wag regard? ed as one of the wealthiest men in Columbia. Judge Buchanan has Some Views. If Put Into . Effect Through His Court, There Will be Lots of Trouble. Andersson, Oct' 13.-The case of L L. "Vaughn representing Blumen? thal & Bickart, original package men, was continued to day. No irregular? ity is charged in this instance. It is a square issue whether or not liquor can be sold in original packages Judge Buchanan is understood to hold that it is nonsense to say that a non-resident can do what a citizen cannot do ; that under the first clause of the dispensary act the sale of liquor is prohibited, except as pro? vided, in that act. That the excep? tion is the provision for sale by dis? pensers. If the sale by dispensers is unconstitutional, then we have pro bibition No More Walting. Railroad Commission Puts Denmark Depot Matter in the Court. Tbe union depot law is soon to be tested in the court. The railroad com? mission bas given the railroads more than a "reasonable" amount of time to carry ont its mandates under rhe act and cow there is to be no more waitiog. Decisive action has at last been taken in regard to the Denmark depot. Chairman W. D. Evans yesterday said that they had waited on the roads as long as they could, endeavoring to get them to do something io regard to the Denmark depot ; they have now placed all the papers in the hands of the at? torn :j and he will take the matter up in the courts. It has been a long time also since the Columbia union depot matter was taken up by the commission. The body was on the verge of taking the same course in this case also, but Chairman Evans a few days ago had a personal interview with General Man? ager Sands of the South Carolina and Georgia road, which has caused another brief delay. Mr. Evans states tbat Mr. Sands told bim that the delay in this matter was occasiooed by the un? avoidable absence of the line's chief eogineer, who has been engaged in some work be could not leave, lo a few days this work will be completed and he will be sent here along with the chief engineer of the Atlantic Coast Line to survey the ground about Co? lumbia and make a report.f As soon as this report is made the roads will take the matter up aod advise tbe com? mission. If nothing results within a reasonable time the commission will doubl?es likewise tura the case over to tbe attorney general.-The State. Stage Robber Killed. Della, Cal., Oot. 14.- William Har old of this place and Under Sheriff Radford of SiskiyGu county were shot aod killed and Deputy Sheriff Stewart seriously wonnded this morninng while the officers were attempting to arrest Harold for complicity in the robbery of tbe Greka aod Fort Jooes stage oo September 25, last. The stolen money was traced by Detectives Thacker and J. Jennings cf tba Wells Fargo com? pany to this place and the Siskiyou county officers in accordance with in? structions, came down from Greka last night for the purpose of arresting Har old. About 8 30 this morling Radford aod Stewart presented themselves at Harold's house a<)d asked for Harold When he came to tbe door Stewart said : "I want to see you, Harold." The latter replied : "I'm ready" and opened fire upon the officers with a big revolver. The first shot took effect in Stewart's leg, while the second bul? let struck Radford in the left breast, killing him almost instantly. Stewart, who had fallen lu front of the door when shot, emptied bis gun at Harold, who fell mortally wounded with several bullet boles io his chest aod abdomeo. He died shortly afterwards. Riob Square, N. C., 0?t 13 - Heory Bell, colored, was arrested near here yesterday on a charge of commit? ting an outrage upon his 14-year-old stepdaughter. He had a hearing be? fore a magistrate and was ordered to the county jail, but escaped from the officers early this morning. Glenville, W. Va., Oct., 13.-The jury io the famous case of Mrs. Gov? ernor Atkinson, on trial for forging Ler former husband's name, disagreed to? day and was discharged by the court The jury f-tood seven for acquittal and five for conviction. It is not believed that thc caso will he tried again The arguments and judge's charge were completed ll o'clock last night There I had beeo a continuous session of court j since 9 o'clock yesterday morniog, ex? cepting ao hour's intermission for meals. SOUTH CAROLINIANS WERE DRUNK, TOO. The Legislature Solemnly Rati? fied the Error. From tbe Atlanta Journal. It appears that the Georgia com? missioners were not alone in their cups at the Beaufort convention which fixed the boundary between Georgia and the Palmetto State. Mr. W. G. Chafee, of Greenwood, S. C., writes The Journal an interesting letter, calling attention to the fact that by the third section of the Beau? fort convention, the purport of which seems to been overlooked,, the South Carolinians ceded the whole of their State to Georgia, and this was sol? emnly ratified by the legislature. Mr. Chafee insists that, the South Carolina commissioners were too hospitable to remain sober while the Georgians were drunk, and the quo? tation he makes seems to be good evi dence of that fact Mr. Chafee's let? ter is as follows : GREENWOOD, Sept. 21, 1897. To the Editor of The Journal : "I note in 'The State,' (Columbia, S C.,) an article of much historical interest, by Mr. W. G. Cooper, re? cently published in The Journal under the head lines, "How Sooth Carolina Got the Better of Georgia." "The caption of the article is en? tirely misleading, for if the records are to be relied on, South Carolina is but a province of Georgia and her metropolis by the sea entitled to no greater distinction than that of a suburb of the flourishing city of At? lanta Mr. Cooper courteously suggests I that only the Georgia commissioners j at the Beaufort convention looked too often upon the wine when i^ was i red. In those good old days the three honored and honorable commission? ers from South Carolina would never have permitted their Georgia friends to remain alone under the table, but doubtless there with them continued their mutual deliberations upon the high affairs of State then before them. In that halcyoned age our ances? tors from the Palmetto State translat? ed their motto (animis opibusque pa rati) into the congenial words "Al? ways ready to take a drink." Be it also remerrfbered that it had not then been even necessary for the governor of North Carolina to remind o the bibulous laggard from his sister State of the woful lapse of time be? tween cups The Beaufort treaty is one of the most remarkable documents that has ever found its way through a legisla tive body and into the statute book of a 6tate, inasmuch as after fixing the boundaries of South Carolina and Georgia, it, in a epirit of true South Carolina generosity, most complais? antly cedes to Georgia the whole State of South Carolina unless per? chance the State existed in a narrow strip of land extending from the source of T?galo river to the Missis? sippi. Section one of the Beaufort treaty, which fixes the boundaries of the two States where their re? spective territories are contiguous, reads as follows : .*The most northern branch or stream of the river Savannah from the sea or mouth of such stream to the fork or confluence of the rivers now called T?galo and Keowee and from thence the western branch or stream of the said river T?galo till it intersects the northern boundary line of South Carolina, if the said branch or stream extends so far north, reserving all the islands in said rivers T?galo and Savannah to Georgia , but if the head spring or source of any branch or stream of said river T?galo does not extend to the north boundary line of South Carolina, then a west line to the Mis sissippi to be fdrawn from the bead spring or source of the said branch or stream of T?galo river, which extends to the highest northern lati? tude, shall forever hereafter form the separation, limit and boundary be tween the states of South Carolina and Georgia " Section third read? as follows : "The state of South Carolina shall not hereafter claim any lands to the eastward, southward, southwestward or west of the boundary above es tabHshed, but hereby relinquishes and cedes to the state of Georgia all the right, title and claim which the said state of South Carolina hath to the government, sovereignty and jurisdiction in and over the same and atao the right and pre emption of the soil from native Indians, and all other the estate, property and claim which the state of South Carolina hath in or to the said lands." It will be at once seen from arcad? ing of this last section that the South Carolina commissioners deliberately ceded the whole of* the state of South Carolina which lay east of the Savan? na^ river to Georgia, leaving ber only a strip of land a few miles wide, extending from the source of the' T?galo river to the Mississippi, as above referred to. The ridiculous error seemB also to have passed unchallenged by the solons composing the Georgia assem? bly, as the same wodring appears in Robert and George Watkins7 Digest of the Laws of Georgia. As a sam? ple of legislative stupidity it is en? titled to rank with an act of parlia? ment punishing certain offenses against the excise laws by a fine of thirty pounds, one-half to go to tbe informer and the remainder to his majesty. In the rush of business just at the closing of the session a member moved to substitute "lashes" for "pounds," which after being gravely adopted caused the act to read : "That persons convicted of violat? ing the same shall be punised with thirty lashes, one-half to go to the informer and the remainder to his majesty." Having made out my case I leave the matter for the judgment of the world as to which state got the best of it at Beaufort, and whether a.South Carolina Pickens was not capable of getting just as drunk as any Haber sham who ever flirted or fought duels on the soil of Georgia W. G. CHAFEE. COOGLER AN" ARTIST ALSO. C. Gordon Coog?er, the well known dispenser of "original verse," whose fame is now as wide as his.country, is at present buroicg mnch midnight oil in his printing establishment. Coogler is hard at work trying to get out the con? tents of his previous volumes aod some new verse in one new volume. It will contain press clippings about his verse aod will show the poet-printer up in a new light-as an artist this time. Coogler bas made pencil sketches of places which inspired bim to write his verses -and throughout the volume will be illustrated with the lithographed reproductions of these pictures Coogler expects to have a large demand for his new volume. He says that be already bas 50 pages in type and will lose no time io getting up the remainder-The State. Justice Field to Retire. New York, Oct. 12 -A Washing? ton special to The Herald says: Associate Justice Stephen J. Field of the United States supreme court has made formal application to President McKioley to be retired from the bench, under the law allowing members of that court to be retired when 70.years old. The statement is made upon the high? est authority and also that Attorney General Joseph McKenna of California will be nominated to succeed bim on December 6th, when congress con- ? venes, five days after the retirement of Justice Field takes effect. The Trae Remedy. < .W. M. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, 111., "Chief,. says : "We won't keep house without Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Experimented with many others but never got the true remedy until we used Br. King's New Discovery. No other remedy can take its place in cur home, as in it we have a certain and sura cure for Coughs, Colds, Whooping -Cough, etc." It is idle to experiment with other remedies, even if they are urged on you as jost as good as Dr. King's New Discovery. They are rot as good, be? cause this remedy bas a record of cures and besides is guaranteed. It neter fit ils to satisfy Trial bottles free at Dr. J. F. W., DeLorme's Drug Store. 4 Don't barry. 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