Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I FBANCE ANB ENGE AND I BOTH AC13VE IN WEST AFRICA. . 3PrencliTroop8 Move. Pam, Oct. 26.-The Journal says -new? reached St. Louis"from the Da? homey flioterlac^to the effect that complications are imminent at Nikki and elsewhere ip Borgu, of which i territory ! Nikki te the ?apita! and jwhich, it ?8 claimed in England, be i-iiotifcs tb Great Britain by virtue of a treaty concluded with the king of Boruga prior to the treaties made with tba*"maoarch by representatives of France It is added that on receipt of the newe referred to, M. Lebon, the min? ister for the colonies, who is now in Senegambia looking after French in? terests,immediately.dispatcSed rein t fbsometLta to Dahomey. Lagos, Weal Coast of Africa, Oct. I 26 WA detachment of the West I? xjBan regiment stationed here has atar ?rfed for the frontier of the Hinterland. A semi official statement regard ? lng the reported tron?le in West ? ?frica: was issued this' evening It leaysiy r?*Tbe news from West Africa fore? shadows great difficulties in Nikki and in Bargo. The Niger company ^British) is sending ofecers there to \ incite rebellion and distribute arms i to the natives. lu view of this situa ?jt?on, French troops have * been' dis? patched to that district from Senegal, | |ps a; preventive measure. Moreover, - ??pe British negotiators for a settlement ^ ? the N%er.question have been in < Famfor over a week, and every points to Great Britain seeking matters, drag. Seemingly she ^ not intend to discuss the ques? two ; bot means will undoubtedly be found to foil theee tactices. London, Oct 26 -Replying to the . semi oficial statement concerning the t^^eronsstate of aSairs ia West isaieS in Paris this evening, ?e British <?o4onjal officiais l?o-nigbt K} dj^ared that there does not reem t? fiJ-M?^y reasonable fear of complica* ^?^at $ikki, "provided the Frencfi ^v^^^r?nent b?bav?e. reasonably " . ^|V^BW'it:w^ a^ed aJUthe colonial office, Great Britain has taken the determinatkm to more effectually p^lreeV bet* territory' and "if the i french persist in trespassing ccmpli 'JIMfl?Y McJAHES." Tile Young, South Carolina Pitcher. > ??;James, the young South.. Carolinian' who ha* become famous as a pi rober in the National league, nuder the same of Jimmie Mc James, after spending a day iSr^tk? city seeing his many friends, yes? terday roluroed to Charleston to resume his ?ed?ca? studies at the college there. ?'H?I played ia Saturday's^fooibati game and could not resist the tempta? tion ?o run around the fasses of the diaeood upon^ which he began hil base? ball career a few years ago while a stn? deat at the South Carolina ooliege There has been recently some talk to th? *#ect that James would pitch for Boston the coming season, the cranks jo that city hastig taken a great fancy to him, bot so fara%he now knows ic is his intention lp ?tick tc? {he Washington team Hi* articles will bold h'm with the teaorpla?og on which he bas made fr? reputation. Ja mes ia now regard? ed a? 0'?e of the most effective baseball ps ?cher? io this eountry, aod bis famous ?.dro^*' ia more frequently discussed iu the league cities than the ball of any other pitcher. Wb^f i? more, it many be **id of James that **be ss young yet " His Colombia friend* wish biix oon tinoed aocce?s.-The State Oot. 25. Frightful Death in a Mill. ? ?reeoville, October 27 -A; terrible .ecideo t occurred ibis morning ar Bates voile, eleven miles from this city, io which George Putnam Baker was al? most instantly killed. Mr. Baker is a soo of J. W Baker, of Bates vii le, and t? employed io the Batesviile Cottoo Mill, looking after the machinery. Ahoo; 8 o'clock this morning a belt was misplaced and Mr. Baker was call? ed to replace it. Thc shaft was about too feet from the roof of the mil), and as he was attempting to put the felt on the pulley his ?birt caught oo the shaft aod he was instantly wrapped around thc awifty revolving part of tho ma? chinery. Before the engine could be stopped he was whirled roo nd and coood, bis head and limbs beating against the rolf, resulting in breaking his seek, legs and arms. His agoniz? ing screams caused the eogioe to be stopped, bot not soon enough to save hielife, Ho lived only a few minute? after be og taken from the abaft. George Potman Baker was the grandson of George Putnam, deceased, who was connected with tbe Camper? down Cottoo Mills of this city, aod also tue owner of the Batesviile Cotton Mills. His father is well known ail over Sooth Carolina. Putnam Baker was a student at Forman University also attended a mechanical school at Providence, R. L, preparing himself to take eharge of the machinery of the Batesviile Mill. He was 18 years of i, a bright young mau and loved by who knew him.-News and Con A Perpetual Stumbling Block to tbe Railroad Com? mission. From tbe News and Courier. Cokmbia, October 26.-The railroad ooojaji?i6?oners, at their monthly meet? ing tomorrow, will have to consider again the fertilizer rate question. It appear? to ba very muon of a puzzle and a ooaree of perennial bother. This time the rate comes from Columbia generally ?t bas-eome from Charleston The Colombia fertilizer people now ask to have the "blanket" rate system changed. This will give this point an advantage, it is contended that it does ? nor, now hold, and will very likely in volve a considerable change in the en tire situation if it should be favorably [ considered The railroad commission, to say the least, has oo easy matter for adjust? ment, if a change is made in the gen era! situation. Charleston. Columbia I and Port Royal all, of course, think the ratescould be improved upon, and there is where the trouble is, without onsidering the railroad people The following is the letter that bad been received from President Clark, of the Columbia Phosphate Company : To the Honorable,' the Railroad Com i missioners of South Carolina, Colum? bia, S C.-Sirs : We have, the honor of calling your attention to the present rates on fertilizers from Columbia to points on the Port Royal and Western Carol io a Railroad. These rates are fixed at {2 60 to certain stations, and $2 75 to other stations This oharge amounts almost to the som of the locals from Columbia to the points referred to. The Coi am bia Phosphate Company has a considerable trade in the counties of Spartan burg. Laurens and Abbeville, along tbe line of this road ; more es? pecially at stations in the county pf Laurens, The $2 60 rate, however, is such as practically to exclude us from this territory. We desire to encourage this business, and we would, therefore, respectfully ask that you give us the same rates from Columbia to these points as we have to other like points ic the Sute, which are reached over two connecting Hnes. The rate in ec oh instances being the som of the locals, Jess 20 percent: We woo ld, therefore, ask that yon fix a rate from Columbia to all points on the Port Royal and Western,Carolina Railroad, at the som of the locals, less 20 per cent, and oblige, vours very respect folly. . Colombia Phosphate Company, PER W A -CLARK, President. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. Passing through Lowell the other day wirb a companion well informed generally I remarked : . 'Here is the centre of the snuff-dipping habit io the United States" He was astonished. **Do you mean to say snuff is used in Massachusetts ?" he asked! ' lV th ought it a habit confined to the Georgia J crackers a cd the poor, whites of North Carolina." I then explained that io the State of Massachusetts every year the mill hands-mostly women and young girls-nae sixty-tons of snuff for dip? ping, scouring, ohewicg aod pinching The. powder is sold io doe ounce tin cans, which retail at ten cents Thus we have 130,000 pound?, making 2, 080,000 packages, which at ten cer ts coja? the operative* $208.000.-N. Y Press. .'. . . . * REV: J. L. BURDINE KILLS HIS WIPE. Then Shoo^Himself Through Head. H?b! Been on Pro? tracted Spree in Pick ens County. Special to Tbe State. jf?ckens, Oct. 28 -The Rev. J. L. Burdine, Baptist minister living in the upper part of thia county, shot h is wife to day through the head, killing her instantly. Then he shot himself through the head. At last accounts he was still living, but un conscious.. The cook was the only witness. He used a 38 calibre Smith & Wesson pistol He was on a pro tractedwpree Mrs?-Burdine was an estimable woman, a sister to Major Stewart, cleak of the court. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic Cures Fever In One Day. The slcepj merchant goes to the wall. His wideawake neighbor thrives bj keeping goods that are in demand, and by DeverV feriog customers what he knows they do oot want. AN UNUSUAL STORY. Double Death of Aged Ne? groes in Almshouse. Qn Wednesday afternoon two old negroes died oat at the county alms? house. Their story is a strange one, and reveals a brutality on the part of -Offsprings to those who gave them life that seems almost incredible. It was about a year ago that the old negroes, Peter and Harriet Knox, husband and wife, both having at? tained more than the alloted four score years, were found wandering about the streets in a helpless and starving condition, their son and grandchildren having kicked them out of doors. They were sent to the almshouse, where they were made more comfortable than they had been for many years There is no way by which any one desiring to leave the almshouse can be held there legally, and abont a year ago the old couple decided that they wanted to go out and see the son and grandchildren who had abandoned them so cruelly, leaving them to starve vi the street. They went from the almshouse and went here and there, tramping through Lexington county hunting for the inhuman relatives Nothing more was heard of them until about six weeks ago when one night Chief of Police Daly found the old man, now 84 years of age, stretched out under some boards in the Hyatt mar? ble yard Oue of his feet had been ^almost eaten away by senile gan? grene. He was perfectly helpless and starving. He was carried back to the almshouse His wife; only a year or so his junior, succeeded in finding the inhuman relatives in the suburbs. Shortly after the old man was found she was picked up one night in a weak-and starving condi? tion in an old field where her son and grandchildren bad thrown her. She, too, was taken back to the almshouse. Both grew worse. They sent for their relatives to come and see them, but they never appered On Wednes-. day the old man died ; just five hours later in another room the old woman also breathed ber last. .When it was known that they had both died the relatives did not even then come about, and yesterday morning two common pine coffins were borne out of the gates on a sin'gle wagon. The old couple were buried side, by side in potter's field and still those they, bad so longed to see never put in an Appearance So ends this chap ter from the lower walks of life in Columbia -State DEMOCRACY'S ATTITUDE N^w Y >rk. Oor. 28-ExS*oa?or Ens-is, ot Louisiana, who was ambas ?ador to France under the fere admin? istration, de ivereo a speech at Tam? many hall to night. He did not men tiou the Silver question or the Chicago platform. Referring to the campaign of 1900, be said tbe tariff questioo would be an overshadowing issue, while the Cuban question might reach an acute stage Dealing with the Cuban troubles Mr. Eo*tia continued : "The democratic party now demands decisivo action upon this Cuban qnes tiou lt has always sympathized with an oppressed people struggling tor their freedom. The democratic party knows that our government had its erigin in a colonial revolt agaiost a mother government. It does not ask this administration tn violate tts treaty obligations or to disregard its neu? trality' laws, bot it does auk that the moral weight acd sympathy of this great government shall be on the side of the insurgents and not on the side of 'le Spanish govern ment. It will re? pudiate any shifting, hesitating or vacillating policy upon the Cuban question Ly this administration Our navy wes sot built to play the, role ot ionice officer to the government of Spain. Oar forefathers in their strug? gles for independence welcomed fili? bustering expeditions to our shores Spain must remember that Americans have, greeted monuments to the mem? ory of the mo?t illustrious filibuster that the world has produced and that bis name is venerated at every Ameri? can fireside-I mean General L*Fay ette "The democratic party agrees with John Sherman when be declared io the ?enate that we cannot afford to have, an Armenia at oar very doors ; that this cruel, barbaaous devastating war must be stopped and that the Cubans are entitled to their independence We caution oar government not to be out? witted or be fooled by Spanish diplo? macy." Why take Johnson's Chill ? Fever Tonic? Because it cures the most stubborn case of Fever in ONE DAY. BOARDING. HAVING TAKEN the House on Main Street second door soutb of the Nixon house, I am riepared to accoa modate a tew repulir boarders, and also lodging aod meals tc tiansient customers. Term3 reasonable. Mas W. B. SMITH. S?pt 8. CURE FOR CONSUMPTION, San Francisco, Oct. 25 -The calaim of Dr. Joseph 0. Hirschielder, of thi*3 city, that he has discovered a care for consumption announced last April, 'ms * been investigated by th> rtc y of the Cooper Medical con ^ Sixteen patieuts who have been treated with oxytuberculine, as the doctor calls his preparation, have been examined, and the report to be made this week will be ":vorable. Dr. L C Lane, president of the col? lege, announces his faith in the dis? covery, which is in no sense a secret one, as the method of its preparation is freely given to the medical profes? sion. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC, mm Taylor Deik is putting some dents in the Federal constitution. To day he goes on trial for bis life, for thc fourth time, for the same crime -Atlanta Journal. BABY'S SMOOTH, FAIR SKIN A Grateful Mother Writes this Letter Tells al! about Her Troubles when Baby Broke out with Scrofula Sores. "At thetage of two months, my baby began to have sores break out on his right cheek. We used all the external ap? plications that we^could think or hear of, to no avail. The sores spread all over one side of his face. We consulted a physi? cian and tried his medicine, and in a week the sore was gone. But to my surprise in two weeks more another scrofulous look? ing sore appeared on baby's arm. It grew worse and worse, and when he was three months old, I began giving him Hood's Sarsaparilla. I also took Hood's Sarsaparilla, and before the first bottle was finished, the sores " vere well and have never returned. He is now four years old, but he has never had any sign of those scrofulous sores since he was cured by Hood!s Sarsaparilla, for which I feel very grateful. My boy owes his good health and smooth, fair skin to this great med? icine." MES. S. S. WBOTEN, Farming? ton, Delaware. Get only Hood's. ?mw' j? rv? ti are prompt, efficient and nOO? S PHIS easy in effect 25 cents. MICE TO T?XPAYERT NOTICE 13 HEREBY GIVEN timi Twill b- in my office in the Court House at ^um'er from Ocwer 15th to December 31st, wx\ for 'he collection of taxes for the pres? ent tiacii year, and for collection of commu? tation road tax for 1898. It ia very important, for two reasons, that y.x>u'should pay up earlier thun usual. In ?he first pUce, roy salary having been re? dacto twenty per cent by the last Legisla? ture renders it impossible for me to employ my usual clerks, hence with the usual rush toward the last, many wi!] fbi! to get io. In the second pl*ce, ?fce Auditor bas never re? quired heretofore that the t x books be turn? ed over to bim promptly for making up the penalty book. He ba? already notified me ihut on account of a change in the Law regu? lating the work of bis office th-1 be would be compelled to have the books ss required by Law, so that I am compelled to close op on Dec. 3l8t. N.B. ^In view of the above rearons don't put off till the last sod the? expect me to protect you. It will be impossible ' H. L SCARBOROUGH, Treasurer Sumter County. Sept 22 HARB Y # CO. , WHOLESALE BROKERS, / -AND Cotton Storage Warehouse PROPRIETORS. UPTOWN OFFICE: COUJfcT HOUSE SQUARE, 1,000 Tons High Grade Am moniated Fertilizer, 1,000 Tons Acid with Potasn. 500 Tons Dissolved Bone. 500 Tons German Kainit, 400 Tons C. S. Meal, For Sale. We are prepared to meet any and all prices for STAND? ARD' GOODS. Get our prices before purchasing. Respectfully, ?EARBY & CO. Dec. 16. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, SHEPPARD NASH, C. C. C P. for said County, made suit to me to graut bim Letters of administration of j the E9iate of and effects of Hasten Cato, deceased, These are therefore to cite at>d adrxonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of 'he said Hasten Cato, late of said County and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to he nelrt at Sumter C. H., on November 30?h, 1897, next, after publication thereof at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the s*id administration should not be granted. Given under try hand, this 20th daj of October, Anco Domini. 1897 THOS V. WALSH, J ridge of Probate Oct. 20-6t. Estate of John J. Muldrow, Dec'd. IWILL APPLY to the Judee of Probate of Sumter County on Nov. 12tb, 1897, fora final discharge as Administratrix of aforeeaid Estate. A. L. MULDROW, Oct 13-4t * Administratrix Sumter, Saturday November 6th. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Presenimg ^???^Jl V^lvf ?S! m?wr(oration ?ii?PWlMksomWrs?i?jwm 2 Complete Cireuses. 2 Separate Menageries, j - . - 2 Roman Hippodromes! 300 PERFORMERS, Acres of Tents. ^ CIRCUS RINGrS. 20 Ferocious Lions in a 00-Foot Open Den. The Most Glorious, Elaborate, Expensive and Comprehensive^ -GRAS? FREE STREET PARADE The Grandest, Ricbrst, Rarest Street Parade Eter Beheld-Defying all Competition-Every Morning at 10 o'clock. 2 Complet? Performances Daily-at 2 and 8 jp. m. Doors open one hoer, earlier. One ticket admits to all. Sumter, Saturday Nov. 6 oirn OVERCOATS . $800, $aO?, ? $121, $1500, tflUN and -$22.00 Are positively the best values we have ever offered. They are made from High Grade Kerseys, Meltons and Beavers, in Blue, Black, Brown and other shades. Tbe lengths are sfcort. medium and long. The fit and finish will please the roobt exacting. Respectfully, D. J. CHANDLER, THE CLOTHIER. Sep 2-3m PAINTS J Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat Jent business conducted for MODERATE FEES, [OUR OFFICE IS OPPOSITE U.S. PATENTOFFICE? jand we can secure patent ia less time than those! {remote from Washington. \ > Send model, drawing or photo., xrith descrip-< j? rion. We advise, if patentable or tot, free of! {charge. Onr fee no: due till patent is secured. \ \ A PAMPHLET, '* How to Obtain Patents," with< {cost of same in the JJ. S. and foreign countries' {sent fret. Aldress, ' ?C.A.SNOW&CO.j OPP. PATENT OFFICE. WASHINGTON. D. C. ARE YOU NEEDING AN IRON SAFE? t Lolel 64 l l M rpHE REGULAR MONTHLY COMM? \ NTCATION of Claremont Lodge, No. 44, A. F. M., will be held on Thursday Evening, Nov 4th, at 7?! p. m. Brethren will tnke doe notice and govern themselves accordingly HAVING BEEN APPOINTED GEN? ERAL AGENT for ?be Alpine Fire Hfia Burglar Proof Safe Company. I am prepnred TO offer liberal te.'tos to those wbo sre in need of a good safe. For prices ??nd terms address Met 24. j. A. RENNO, Sumter, S. C. DR. I HU S DENTIST. office OlKR STORK OP STJMT8R DRY GOODS COMPANY -L- LI rt ii ce on Main Street, Between Dry Goods Co. and Durant ? Son OFFICE HOURS : 9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock. April 9. 2