Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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vx&s SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, 1350. 4tBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THIS TRUE SOUTHKON, Estabiiehed june. 15 ?-.6 ^ms?li?a&a An?. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10.1897. Kew Series-Yoi. XVII. No. 15 h C|? WSk?fom at? Bmtlm. Pablis&od gray Wednesday, -J?NF. Gr. Osteen? SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : -"'.$1.50 per so QUID-io advance AD VB RT is K ir EST: Oas Square first iasertioB.c..^...M.SI 00 ? Sr?rysubsequent insert jon...-. 50 Contracts for three months, or looger will ? be made at reduced rates. All comoincications which subserve private interests will be charged f?ras advertiements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be v- charged for. WT*! MATTER FOR Mrr'^el f?. Branson Wants Uto ?ow The News and CcwMer's "Flatform" on the Whiskey Question. To the Editor of The -News and | Courier : ? I know from experience tbat it ?8 j dangerous to "croes swords" with j you aad yet you seem to be itching for the fray. Recently yondid not; think it immoral to sell intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes, theu yon classed the Prohibitionists of the State as un ignorant set, and in to? day's paper you are throwing stones at Mr; Childs, of Columbia, because of his prohibition , views. Eos a decade of years, or more, I s have read your daily paper carefully, and I am still at loss to know what you-do advocate with reference to ;this great whiskey question. Some? times you write charmingly on the "Twin Evils-Whiskey anrj* Pistols," than again, you destroy it all by tell? ing us Inhere is nothing immoral in I selling whiskey. It does seem to me tb*t if you would read that "Terrible > Tragedy igt Pickens," as printed on the firei page of your own paper of yesterday, you would see there is something fearfully wrong in whiskey selling. The remedy we oflfer is prohibition cf the liquor traffic, just as thorough as hcumau beings caa make it. Now, what do you cffer ? Give us your platform and let us discuss that awhi!< in an honest, intelligent way If you offer a better solution of the liquor problem than prohibition, and one which does not violate the law of God, I, for one, will adopt your plan; but, if ye n cannot offer a better so lotion in harmony with the moral law, then you should adopt prohibition, or, at least, cease to write against it JOEL E BRUXSOX Kingstree, October 30, 1897. Mr. Joel E. Brunsoo, cf^Kings tree, wears aN long Prohibition coat .and seems anxious^ that someone Bhonld st?p on its tail, so anxious, indeed, that he imagines we have stepped on it He feels himself in ysuUed because we called attention tb Mr Child 'a arrogance in saying that "Prohibition is. J&*?dV only plan." He says we laugh at prohibition, but do not offer anything better. He wants our "platform ,} We have no "platform." What we believe is this : The "twin evita" of pistols ? and whiskey consist in their careless use Pistols and whiskey are both I good things when judiciously used "We believe that the liquor laws be? fore the establishment of the dispen? sary were sufficient The trouble lay in their non-enforcement. The pres-, eut constitutional limitations of the liquor traffic should render a moder ate license system more easy of en? forcement, and we aie sure that if the temperance people would assist with the same energy, enthusiasm and per? severance in the execution of laws regulating the liquor the* traffic as they manifest in their efforts towards the impracticable and unjust measure of prohibition, they would do more towards the eradication of druken 'cees than is possible in any other way -News and Courier Lower Wages in England. Manchester, Eaglano4, Nov. 1 -At a conference jost held herc between representatives of employers and cot? ton operatives thc- employers gave al month'? notice of their intention to make a 5 per neut reduction in the amount kpf wages of their employes. As the ^eratives th rone hour, the North of Btesaod have aireidy declared that Bk will redial a redacnon i:< their Bk it seems probable that a strike, HMg 200,000 persons, which may At for mcDths, entail (hs ices of .0.000. according to the Pali Kr'?z-.t-e, and also possibly bring By^e rom of fhe cotton industry Roawtrv. will begin o:? D?ceo> ?Lt:rr in the cay it was ???b?; th* representatives of fts and fhe delegates of the Bd come ;o an agreement to ?freien the propositioo to mk per cent. Tammany on Top. IN GREATER NEW YORK New York, Nov, 2.-Tammany's victory in tbe fi rat. m no ici pal election io Greater New York is a sweeping one j The only question remaining to be i settled at ll o'clock is the ooe of the j plurality by which the entire ticket beaded by Robert A. Van Wyck bas carried the gigantic municipality. Ic can scarcely be less than 60,000 and ; may be larger than that. Van Wyck j has polled a vote which falls possibly 40,000 nader the combined votes of Geoeral Tracy (Rep ) and Seth Low (Citizen's Union.) The latter was successful to the extent of polling an : aggressive vote in excess of tbs 140, 000 pledges implied by the. signatures to tbe petition opon whidh he became tbe candidate of an independent move* ment, which at the outset offered to join bands with tbe Republican party organization in a concerted effort to exclude Tammany from power in the g re a; city to come into being on Jan. 1, 1898, with a population tbe second iu magnitude of tbe great cities of the world. The offer was declined oa the ground tbat in snob a movement the Repabiicau organization would partici? pate only coincidently with the other party to the compact and the Citizens' Union, on the other hacd, refused to recall its nomination of Mr. Low, in order that the form of selecting a candi? date might be carried cut conjointly with the Republican organization. The total number cf votes cast was not far either way from half a million Toe. indications.are that Van Wyck re? ceived 210,000 Low 145;000, Tracy 100,000 and . George 15,000. The aggregate is swelled by a few, thousand votes cast for Gleason, Independent Democrat ; Sanlei, Socialist, vaud Ward well, Prohibitionist. Oo the city ticket with Judge Yan Wyck, Bird S. Colet- Ms elected comp? troller aad Randolph Guggecheimer president of the municipal conseil. Charles S. Fairchild, who was secretary of the treasury during Cleveland's first presidential term and whom the Citi? zens* Union put up for comptroller, did not hold the pace with Mr. Low. AshbelP. Fitch, originally a Republi? can and afterwards a Democratic mem? ber of congress from a Tammany dis? trict of this city, was the Republican nominee for comptroller. He is de? feated by about the same vote as the head of his ticket. Ho was nominated with General Tracy io recognition cf the services ne rendered ia the presi? dential campaign last year, fighting as a gold standard Democrat against the Democrats who had aacepted.the 16 to la platform of the Chicago convection Colsr, the successful candidate, ia new to public life. Charles W. Dayton, late postmaster of ?his city, who was nominated for comptroller on the George ticket, poll? ed probably bali as many votes again as were given to Mr. George. The legislative branch of the city government is Tammany-Democratic. It is a double-headed body, ooo branch being the municipal council, consisting ' of the president and 28 members, and thc other, the board of aldermen, com prisiug 60 members. Thc precise number of Democrats chosen cannot be stated at tbs present writing. There appears to bc a strong probability that thg^ftemoerats have waa a mojorit? of tbe^Mfcoty and borough ?f?ises along witbT?? municipal places. THE FINAL FIGURES. New York, Nov. 2 -Following is the grand total of tho votes received by tbe three leading candidates for mayor of Greater New York, complete having been received from all of the districts : Van Wyck. 235.181 ; Low, 148. 513; Tracy, 101,823; Van Wjck's plurality over Low" 86.668 Now York, Nov 3. 2 :15 a. m - Complete returns of the vote n mayor io the borough? of Manhattan ped the Bronx given Van Wyck (Tammany), 142,958; Now (Citizens' Union), 77, 120; Tracy (Republican), 56,022. MAN TUE TIGER RAN OVER. New York, Nov. 2.-Hon. Seth Low received tbe returns at bis home H! east Sixty-fourth street. The Asso? ciated Press called him by telepbene at his house at 9:15 o'clock and asked bim to make a statement as to the result He said : "I have nothing to say ; positively nothing to say at present," Donnalds. Nov. 2 -Phyllis Pitts, an old colored woman, was brutally murdered last night at her home about six miles from here. It was generally kuown that she always had some money about her, and it is sup posed that she was murdered for the j purpose of robbery, as her money is ! missing The jury of inquest ira . pannelled by Magistrale C V. Mar tin adjourned without rendering a verdict, to meet again next Thursday. ! A negro man is under arrest suspect j ed of the murder. A Conciliatory Tone; - Acknowledge Insurgents Will Not Submit Unless Aban? doned by Americans. Madrid, Nov. 2.-Marshal Blanco, the new captain general of Coba, ba* seul a cable message to the Spanish government saying he has formed a favorable opinion regarding the pros? pects for the pacification of.Coba. A semi-official note? was circulated to-day, giving a more exact indication of the contents of the Spanish note in reply to the communication of the United States. It says the note con eludes with tho assurance that Spain is animated by the same friendly feeling as expressed in behalf of the United States The second part of the reply goes into elaborate details concerning the varions filibustering expeditions which are said to have left the United States for Cuba, which, details are based entirely, upon the report of Calderon Carlisle, the former counsellor of the Spanish legation at Washington. Spe.io, in concluding this portion of her reply to the Uoited States, ex? presses the hope that this phase of the situation will be changed and that the Uoited States will try to "prevent further violations of international law.*' Replying to the offer of mediation made by the United States, Spain says she hopes^the United States will act "loyally and correctly in helping Spain ?o pacify Cuba,* especially in view of the fact that such an ezteoded form of autonomist government is about to be .siccreif granted.-' "The general feeling here is more hope? ful of a peaceful outcome of the situa? tion, especially since Marshal bianco's arrival at Habana, as it- is believed ^ bis presence will greatly further the eclv icg of the Caban problem. At the same time, it is pointed out that the submission of the insurgents cannot be expected "unless they are entirely abandoned by the United States." His Brain Oozed Out. Latta, Nov. 2 -At the town of Sel? lers to-day a remarkable cass was ex? hibited. About 16 or 18 days ago a negro boy, 16 years of age. was shot by bis companion. The bali entered the skull over the left eye and penetra? ted as far as the occipital bone in an oblique direction, into the brain four or five inches. The boy lived 18 days with his brain oozing out by bits. The boy that waa shot was named Isaac Jones ; the boy who did the shooting was camed William Barsh. The doctors found the ball to the left of the frontal bone, in the pariettal re? gion, where a large abscess had formed The ball bad been definitely located, and thc negro's life probably would have been saved if the parents had consented to the operation in time. Honors for Clfiain. . Olafiin University, Orangebnrg, S. C , has received from the com? missioners of award of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition a diploma of honorable mention, with a bronze medal, for expellence of industrial exhibit. This instituion received a diploma and medal from the World's Columbian Exposition, and a diploma from the Cotton Centennial Exposition for literary and industrial exhibits GEN. HAMPTON IS COMING HOME. No Criticism of McKinley for Acepting His Resignation. Senator McLaurin Turns South Special to The State. Washington, Nov. ?.-General Wade Hampton, United States rail? road commissioner up to yesterday, having turned over his office to Gen? eral Longstreet, will leave for home this week, but he expects to return ! to Washington during the session of| congress. Ile says he does not blame President McKinley for ac? cepting hts resignation. He is satis fied that the President wanted to j keep him in the position, but party preesure was too great for bim. He seems to blame Longstreet himself. Longstreet came to Washington be-1 fore the inauguration to work for this j office. He might have picked out I another office instead of trying to | supplant a Confederate comrade. General Hampton says that Secre- j tary Sherman spoke to the President j in bis behalf, but from wh&t he could j bear Mark Hanna worked forvLoag 8treet. Senator McLaurin, who has been ! here since Sunday night, leaves for j home by the 4 30 Coast Line train ; in the morning The senator visited ? several of the departments, and he j was particularly gratified with the? success of his mission to the post office department. Ile will not re- j turn until the meeting of the regular j session in December. 1 The State Held Up Froip Seizing Wagons. A WRIT OF INJUNCTION Issued by Judge Simonton, Judge Simonton has issued a kind of a "stand and deliver" order on the state's little scheme to seize wag ons and teams bringing in original package. liquor, and the state has stood and delivered. The papers' were served here yes? terday and Governor Ellerbe said the order would be respected and tbe liquor and teams reized a few days agt) at Laurens by the deputy sheriff would be returned to the owner. E J. O'Connor, a liquor dealer of Augusta, is the plaintiff in the case and Sheriff Geo S. McCravy, Con? stables A. P. and A. R Sullivan and Governor Ellerbe are the defendants The order required the defendants to forthwith deliver the horses, wag? ons, liquor, beers, etc , to the pos session and control of the complain? ant. The rule is made returnable here before Judge Simouton on the fourth Monday in this month. . Messrs Mordecai & Gadsden, of Charleston, represent the complain? ant lu the bill O'Connor states that on October 23 he delivered to his agent, Adolph Shayer, four two-horse wag? on loads of wines and liquors, in original, unbroken packages That Shayer himself was in charge ot the properity in transit, and that when he was within seven miles of Lau? rens the sheriff and constables came up and seized and carried away the liquors. O'Connor claims to have shipped goods in the 6ame manner to Aiken, Saluda, Edgefield and New? berry. He claims, moreover, that liquor is an article of lawful com? merce and that it can be transported from one state to another in any man? ner what8over in original packages. The sheriff, it appears, was warned previous to the seizure not to inter? fere with the liquor. The compain ant asks for $3,000 damages, and al? leges, furthermore, that he is threat? ened with the complete destruction of his business to the extent of'glO, OOO.-Register Must Obey the Law State Wins in the Chester O. P. Case. [Special to The Register.] Charleston, S. C. Nov 3-The original package agencies have not everything their osn way and Judge Simonton's decisi-n rendered io the O. P. agencies ranst act in strict accor? dance with the state and the decisions of the court, and thai th.2 Uoited States court will not protect thera from thc righteous authority of thc state. It appears that Blu?heotha? & Bick ar? of Atlanta oper?ea an agency ia Chester and pat J Groeschei in charge of it. Groeschei ia alleged to have dis? regarded the hours and days for thc opening and closing of thc agency and conducted things pretty much as he saw fit without regarded to the dispen? sary law and the previous decisions of the court. He wis also charged with having sold liqaor to minors. Judge >Sis)ootou decided to-day to dismiss the morion for an injunction and restraining order, which practically leaves the state authorities in control of thc situation. Judge Simonton 6Utes ta bis opinion that the principal cannot be indicated by criminal proceedings and be punish? ed criminally for the cooduct of the agent, but be* can bo deprived cf the privilege of pelling because his agent who represented him entirely lost that privilege Judge Simonton decides that the process by which the complaic ant was deprived of thc liquor seems to b? in due precess. The question, the court et?fes, as to whether the case bas become subject to forfeiture under the police laws cf South Carolina, depends upon thG con struction of the South Carolina statute and h for the courts of the state to de cidc. Judge Simoton is of the opinion that this is not a question iuvolviug thc construction of tho constitution or thc laws of tho Uoited States It is very probable that the police force of the stare will now direct its ef? forts towards making out similar cases against the origina! package stores, wherever and whenever they can do so. Historic House Blown Down. Nyack, Nov. 2.-The 1776 stone house at Tappan was blown down by the wind tins morning This is the bouse wh'jre Major John Andree was imprisoned and from which he was taken io his execution on October 2, 1780. It was owned by Dr. Stephens of Tappan and has been visited by people from all over world. WAR ON FOOTBALL. Legislature May Take Up the Fight. It 1*8 not improbable that the war on football in Georgia will be com? municated to this State. The killing of a player at Atlanta a few days ago in a game between the University of Georgia and the Uni? versity of Virginia shocked the whole country, and since that time the abolition of the game has been strongly advocated in several states by both press and pulpit. The Geor? gia press has been especially ag? gressive in this particular, and it has been successful in its fight to the ex? tent that Mercer University at Macon and the University of Georgia have forbidden the-game to be played by its students, and there is now a bill before the Georgia legislature look? ing to the abolition of the sport throughout the State, by either local or foreign teams. The fight against pigskin punchers in this State has already swept the Furman University and the Woffbrd College teams out of existence, but it is hardly likely that any others will go until the legistature takes a hand in the fight for the reason that the faculties of the institutions maintain? ing elevens are largely in favor of the sport-that is as it tibs been generally conducted in this State, without the brutal and unmanly slugging feature, which bas been so characteristic of the Georgia games. The South Carolina College trustees are not a unit io ?*vor of the game, although the present faculty have a good working majority for it The faculty heid their regular meeting Wednesday, but tbs question was not broached, as tbs minority deemed their case hopeless "The game is brutally piayed any? where now," said a member of the faculty to a reporter yesterday, "and it should go. But it is useless to bring the matter up before the fa? culty, for the simple reason that a large majority of that body, are in favor of it. Probably when some poor young fellow meets his death on the bail field they will be impress? ed with the brutality of the sport, but ? do not believe they will until then "But I understand that the matter is to be brought up before the trus? tees' meeting next week and that a vigorous fight is to be waged against the game And,, too, the war may be carried into the legislature. I won't give you tbs name of the legislator who is preparing a bill .against foot? ball just yet, for his scheme is not in shape and I'm afraid if the papers get to talking about it the chances of passage might be impaired But you can say that such a bill will probably be introduced at the next session v Register. The Seal Treaty. United States, "Etu3Sia and Japan Will Protect Seals. Washington, Nov. 1.-It is expected that a treaty or convention between the United States, Russia and Japan will be formally signed and executed at the state department during the present week, carrying out the proposition be* fore the Bering Sea conference cf a suspension of pelagic sealing. The present understandicg is that the sign? ing of this docament will occur within tho next few days. It will represent the completed efforts of the conference and with the singing concluded the con? ference will adjourn. Theierms'of the treaty or convection will follow the lines bf thc proposition considered by the conference and referred with favor? ble recommendation to the authorities at St. Petersburg and Tokio. No doubt exists as to the acceptance of the Rus-; siao authorities, and it cac now be stated positively that the Japanese gov? ernment has approved the proposition and that tho Japanese delegates are prepared to place their signatures to the treaty. This clears away all obstacles, and little remains to be ?one beyond the formalities attending the signing of such an instrument The essential featuro of the treaty or convention is for the suspension of pelagic sealing for snob a period as will permit the seal herds to revive. The period of this suspension is not disclosed. One report is that it will be for one year, subject to extension. Another is that it will cover a term of years. But the exact duration of the suspension cannot he verified. The Dauntless bas lanced two expe? ditions ic Cuba asd returned to Key West **?t is absertcd here that Prince I Mohammed Ali, the brother of the J Khedive, is cn<jo?ed to be married to j an American lady whom he met in j Europe. He b3S offered to renounce j the succession to thc Kherlivat in order J to obtain the consent cf the Khedive, j who, with his mother, is strongly op. j posed to the marriage.*' MR. VAN W YCK'S FAMILY. Mayor of Greater New York Born in Pendleton. The people of this State have beea watching the municipal contest in New York with more than ordinary interest owiog to the fact that the man who hrs now been elected mayor was born tn this State. When it was known yester? day that Mr Van Wyck had been elected the people of Colombia talked of his past history and an interesting ?.tory as to the mao who was a carnage diver in the Van Wyck family at that time was recalled. Daring the day reliable information was obtained about Mr. Van Wyck's South Carolina history from a lady who formerly lived near the family. Here is what she said : "Robert Van Wyck, the newly-elect? ed mayor of Greater New York, was born in Old Pendleton, S C., and spent the early part of his life there. He bas ooe brother, Augustus, who is living in New York Sam, another, was killed early during the war in the northern part of Alabama. He was a Confederate soldier. His children live io Anderson, S. C. The remaining brother, William died in New York. His sister ?9 the wife of General Hoke of North Carolina. The father of this family was from Now York. The mother was a daughter of Mr. Sam Maverick, who lived in Pendleton. Mr. Maverick was the owDer of more real estate than any other one man tn the State. His possessions lay in South Carolina, New York and Tesas. "One of Mr. Maverick's sons, Au? gustus, went early to Texas and wa9 en? gaged io in the war between tbe Texas republic and Mexico, and was at one time made prisoner by the Mexicans. His home was at San Antonio, wner? his descendants still live. He was as? sociated with Crockett and barely es? caped the massacre at the Alamo. At his death he owned more land ia Texas than the State of South Carolina and his cattle were so numerous that it was impracticable to brand them. -The 'no brand7 waa the mark cf his ownership, so that to this day unbranded cattle in Tezas are callsd Maverick's. "At one time the Van. Wyck family brought to Pendleton Walter Gibson, as a carriage driver. Gibson married a Miss Lewie and gave up driving. Then he wandered away to one of the Sandwich islands, and eventually be? came practically the owner and king of the island. He was prime minister, and, though under the monarchy, he was practically dictator of the govern? ment.-State. Two young South Carolina at? torneys who obtained positions in Washington in the line of their pro? fessions during Mr. Cleveland's last term, are Johu G. Capers, of Colum? bia, a^d assistant attorney in the de? partment of justice, and E. Bi. Ruck? er, also of Columbia, an assistant at? torney in the department of the in? terior. The positions they bold are now under the civil service ' rules, which means that they are not re movable, save for cause. Electric Bitters. Electric bitters ta a medicine suited for any season, but perhaps more generally needed, when the languid exhausted feeling prcvailsa vrhsn the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of & tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt n?c cf this medicine has citen averted long and perhaps fatal bilious fevers, rio medi? cine will act more surely ia counteracting and freeing thc system from malarial poison. Head ache, Indigestion, Constip.it ja::. Dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. 50c. and $1.00 per lottie at J. F.W. DeLorme's Drug Store. i We have bright, honorable merckams in this town, and they gi va the public what it' demands. They never offer as a BQCStitnte something "just as good." BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE.. The best Salve in the world for Cuts Bruised, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sore, Tatter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Cores and ali Skin Eruptions, and positively care Pilci or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money rerusded priao 25 cents per box. For sale by Dr J.. F ? vV. i)"Lorine.