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ll??tchm?n aw? o ?tl) ron Ta* SUMTE JR WATCHMAN, K?t?bcl*h?d April, 18 50. kBe Just and Fear not-Let all thu Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SODTHRON, Established Jane. 12*6 Consolidated Ang. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1,1897. New Series-Vol. XVII. No. 18 ; ?k W,abjuran w? Son?|nm BT. C3k Osteen K SUMTER, S. C. TERMS I $L5t) per annQID-io advance. 10TIBTI3IMI1T: Ono Se?are first insertion...$1 O Bverj anbseqneot inse?cion~.3 Contracts for three nonths, or longer wfl be made at reduced rat?. AU commsoications wbicb snbserre privat ?o teres ts Trill beebarged for aa ad ver tiefen ts Obituaries and tributes of respects viii b ' ^?^^' " ' f - THEEE HEROES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. : The Great Partisan Gene rate. Marion, Sumter and Piok en8. Fros) tbe Charleston Post. > Tba following paper was read be? fore the Daughters of tbe American t: Revol? tion io Colombia by Mrs. Fred Robertson of tbe Rebecca Mottee V Chapter of this city : From Mooltrie's sand covered slopes, Charleston's silvery ribboned barbor, throogh the green low lands, tba high hills of Santee, the disputed i f; "back country/' Cowpens, King's *>". Mountain-every foot of South Caro? lina's soi! bas been upturned by tbe rough ploughshare of war, watered by tbs Best blood of ber sons ; pa tr lots all, who mads tbs last great :\ sacrifice willingly io defence of home, liberty and the rigbt of self govern? ment. Napoleon observed : "Men grow old opon tbs battlefield.'*' In all rev? olutions arise men of foll stature, upon whom is laid tbe barden : "Thon shalt lead."' Shown by a larger revelation the heavenly vision, ; V they are not disobedient unto it. ; Such men, native to ocr soil, partake A oar character, understand our heart y throbs, share our lives, yet standing head and shoulders above their fel? lows, represent all we hold most dear Thus Marion,' Pickens, Sumter, ^ born of the people, io the darkest hour of the Southern revolotion shine forth as stars, to which the respond? ent bat unyielding patriots hitched, if not their wagons, almost literally their war worn horses Sumter, Marion, Pickens-These are names immortalized in South Car? olina history, For a time the destiny of the State was in their keeping ; no sooner did Lincoln sun ender at Charleston than from every swamp, as from the field of Cad m os, rose np bands of resolute men ; ont of the wreck of Gates' army, Poe nix like, K?* Dew ^orca ?f opposition, Tarleton ' and Marion, Rawdon and Sumter, chasing each other, now back, now forth, now pursuing, now pursued, . like to spectres of Tam O'shanter or headless horsemen of Sleepy Hollow. "And a?tho' the band is few, 'tis tried and tree, Tba leader swift and bold ; K. Tbe British soldier trembles when Marion's oame is told ! ' Francis Marion was born of Hague not parentage near Georgetown in 1732, and from his majority paeied bis life at Belle Isle, Jt Johns, Berkeley, by avocation a farmer At 27 he volunteered a private in the French and Indian war. is advanced a lieutenant nuder Moultrie, and leads the forlorn hope of thirty one men against the Indian hordes at Ensan ' gui ned etcbsee The long marches, the nightly bivouacs in the primeval forest, the eleepen vigilance, the hardships and difficulties innumera? ble were doubtless pondered by Farmer Marion, when the war over, at Belle Isle be most have watched the clouds of colonial wrath gather, darken, until the heavens black with tempest, Massachusetts flings ber thunderbolt of defiance to England and makes ber appeal to the colo? nies. Sooth Carolina responded, voting ooe million dollars, and immediately commences raising an army. Moni trie is appointed colonel and Marion captain, same regiment. Troops are recruited, disciplining his men, improving patriotism ; now legion the deathless fame of Marion Ready to battle. ' On Jone the 28th the British fleet appeared off Charles? ton harbor." Marion's men were of that gallant few who for eleven hours held "the palmetto pen" of Moultrie until the ships disabled, floundered, slipped their cables, and as tbe loud huzzas of Victory ! Victory ! rent the air, Marion sends once more tbe well di reeled shell as a message of the future to them In the defence and fall of Charles ton Marion took no part, escaping the fate of prisoner of war through an accident Charleston evacuated, Marion, with broken ankle, hidden away by friends, gathers around him fragments of bis scattered band Clad in tattered garments they ride forth a sorry company-twenty-seven on raw boned horses with rusty fire locks without prospect of pay, ani? mated only by barning love of coun? try, Gen. Gates ignores them, and the regalar troops do not restrain their ridicule. Soon these well fed troops are flying, defeated, beaten ; Gates has lost the field of Camden, aad Marion's brigade, embalmed in history, rhymed in poetry, romance and song, is to day almost a living personality. Augmented by the whigs of Wil? liamsburg, stern browed horsemen who take aim to kill. Governor Kat ledge commissions Marion brigadier general He is now 48 years of age, email, lean, swarthy, and of iron sin ewe-his regimental, a leather cap on which is inscribed. "Liberty or Death." Bis troops no better equip ped-their wants are few, only arms and ammunition. They take saws from sawmills and make swords, they - frequently go into action with only three rounds to a mm, sometimes coldly stand and watch a comrade shoot an enemy, with the shrill cry of au eagle down they swoop and seize musket and cartridges and be? hold Hercules*come to battle Scoots are out in all directions, word is, brought of the enemy ! WUh a wild plunge, like a wizard thro' the air, as the will'o the-wisp of the swamps, seemingly ubiquitous, Ma rion and his men are upon them Bold riders without tents or baggage they follow their intrepid teader, whose favorite time for marching is at sunset, trusting him implicitly, they only know the length of the ex? pedition when they watch the old negro man, cook a little more homi? ny, potatoes or cornmeal. But the Southern army is annihila? ted, Charleston taken, Camden lost, partizan generals and partizan war fare alone withstand Cornwallis ; but they annoy him terribly, cutting off tbis supply, falling on that outpost, until Cornwallis is irritated beyond measure and looks over bis shoulder, dreading to hear the shrill cry of Marion, h's swift darting foe, any? where, everywhere. Poor Cornwallis ! Marion is not his only nightmare. In the middle country, the Game Cock, fully spur? red, utters his sharp note of defiance, and Cornwallis writes Lieut. Tarle? ton : "Capture Sumter He certainly has beeta oar greatest plague in this country.-" Thoma9 Sumter, brigadier general, "the game cock of the Santee," also furnishes inspiration for artist, poet, sculptor. Foremost in the storm of hattie, he leads his brigade impetuously to vic? tory, less inclined to plan than to ex? ecute, bis -no Fabian policy. It is his good fortune to give the first check to the British successes, defeating a band of cruel marauders on the Catawba At Rocky Mount and Hanging Bock he wins unfading laurels Sanguine Tarleton incited by his general, falls upon bis gallant chief at Blackstock-long the fight and fierce-two hundred Britishers forfeit life. Sumter loses three men, three are wounded, and Sumter, "our brav? est one," at the head of his column, is severely wounded. Tears course those hardened faces, as with touch and gentleness of women they lift that loved commander into a rawhide ambulance, and swiftly one hundred men convey their wounded chieftain into North Carolina, there to heal his wounds. But the fearless Sumter does not waste bis farlough Four months later he has raised three reg iment8, and with headlong courage plunges once more into the conflict. He disperses a large body ,of Tories near Dorchester. Monck'* Corner, Ninety-Six, Quimby's Bridge, Eutaw, ail bear tribute to the fame of Sum? ter. And Andrew Pickens, unconquera? ble partizan, gentle pacificator, stands a foremost representative of the up? per Carolina A leader of men at 21, his first campaign against the Cherokees. 'Then, and in bis later years like Penn, the trne hearted Pickens befriended the helples In dian. The untutored savage, bribed by British minions to regard the pa? triots deadly foes, in supposed de? fence of hunting ground and wig warn, frequently raided the pale face villages Pickens dispatched against them. The stern warrior does his duty, but his heart melts at the des? olation he must cause. He thinks of the Indian maiden, wild flower of the forest, of the harmless little papoose whose tiny footprints be sees among the silken corn, the humble wigwam in flames, the despair of the braves, and although he yields not, such is his magnanimity that the wt!d chil? dren of nature submit to him and pledge bim their devotion, calling him "The Great Sky Augusta." Religion and mercy are ever the companions of Pickens We trace hts steps, bis deeds are pleasant to our eyes Though the storm breaks in fury apon the seacoast, many good men of the back county still adhere to royalty ; but Pickens, appointed cap? tain of militia, his the evangel of liberty, the mission to kindle the bea? con fires of undying patriotism. Probably no one man more influenced the American cause. "The mo? ment Andrew Pickens planted bis standard on the field of Ninety-Six, upper Carolina declared war to the death against tyranny and George III.** At Kettle Creek he defeats the loyalists ; at Eotaw he is wounded, at Cowpens, like a stag at bay, Dan? iel Morgan turns for aid to Pickens. nor does he decide for battle until Picken s with his followers join bim, followers recruited from the conntry sixty miles aronnd. Half the army is entrusted to him. See those troops, raw, undisciplined militia, stormed at by shot and shell, waver, falter, hear the loud huzzas of Tarleton's legion, America is lost ! Bat no ! Pickens to the rescue ! Close np ranks ! forward I Such their high con? fidence they rally ronna their leader, prodigies of valor are performed i Never before had militia rallied ! Tarleton's men are seized with sud? den panic ; they quail before that desperate onset Pickens and his men press forward Washington's cavalry cbarge . Victory to the Americans ! Honor to the name of Pickens! Would yon know more ! Search the history of your state-to the at? tentive ear the Rattle thunders of an hundred years ago will faintly echo and silent ghosts will point to match? less deeds and deathless heroism. Wander in pensive mood by the sounding Santee, and again will ring the bugle call or dimly flash the blades of Marion's brigade, and the hoary oak? of Cowpens are yet elo? quent of knightly deeds Till the'future dare forget the past, till valor's records are no longer kept, will these three names endure, em? blazoned high npon the scroll of fame "While tbe stars barn, the moons increase. And the great ages onward roll " The population of oar country has increased an hundred fold-emi grants cowding in from every 3bore Naught they know to whom Provi dence they owe the blessings of a constitutional government Our schools must teach their children na? tional history, and oars the heritage, Daughters of the American Revolu? tion, to cherish and keep- alive the memories of the past -ali incentive to lofty endeavor and patriotic devo? tion. Let the splendid marble shaft en? graven with the name of our im mortal dead rise upon the state's fair? est spot, point with gentle admoni? tion to the clear blue heaven above. From the din and tumult of politi? cal strife, material interests, from the temporal and transitory scenes aronud us, let the white column, like the sacred spire, be a ceaseless and silent monitor of the spiritual and lastiog an emblem of Hope eternal and trumphant Love. LYNCHINGS IN GEORGIA. One for Usual Crime-An other for Male Stealing. Savaooab, Ga., Nov. 25.-Au un koown negro was killed by lynchers Dear B lack s bear this afternoon, his body being literally riddled by bullets fired by a baud of angry oitizens, who were pursuing bim with the iotention of killing bim. The crime for wbicb be paid the penalty at the hands of Judge Lynch was the usual horrible ooo. with Miss Rebie Davis, tbe 17-year-old daughter of Eli Davis, a farmer, living seven miles north of Blaokshear, as the vic? tim Wayoross, Ga , Nov. 25 -Jerry Johnson, a negro, ?as lynched late this afternoon by a mob a mile and a half beyond Screveo. He was io cbarge of officers aod was being taken to jail at Jessup. A crowd of armed men rode np to tbe officers and demanded tbe prisoner. The negro was made the target for a number of rifles, aod his body was literally torn to pieces with leadeo balls. Aocordiog to Mr. Grey, a merchant of Screven, tbe negro stole a mule last night from Mr. Popwell. The Surprise of All. Mr. James Jones, of the drug firm of Jones k Son, Cowden, 111., in speaking of Dr. King's New Discovery, says that last winter his wife was attacked with La Grippe, and ber case grew so serious that physicians at Cowden and Pana could do nothing for her. It seemed to develop into hasty consumption. Having Dr. King's New Discovery in storo, and selling lots of ir. he took a bottle borne, und to the sur pri.?c of all ?he began to get hct er from the first dose, ned hali dozen dollar bottles cured her sound and well. Dr. King's New Discov? ery for Consumption, Coughs ?nd Colds is guaranteed to do this good work. Try it. Free trial bottles at Dr. J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store. 4- j Carroll Interviews Ellerbe. Rev. Carroll's Report of Gov ernor's Interview. To the Editor of Tbe State : I am cot accustomed to calling oo Presidents, governors and other dig ni taries to ask for favors, bot a few dave ago I mustered up enough coorage to call on Governor Ellerbe. I wrote bim a letter some days ago about the reformatory for juvenile criminals, and urged bim to remember the youthful negro and other criminals io his mes sage to the legislature. I did not ex? pect an answer to my letter, but his private secretary wrote me that when I returned to the etty his excellency would be pleased to talk with me on the subject-matter of my letter. "Uncle William Rose," the veteran of three wars, conducted me into the office The governor offered me his hand and pointed out a chair. "I had no idea you were such a young man," he said. I told him what my mission waa immediately. He said he had been thinking about a reformatory, and the movement had his sympathy, but there wa3 no money OD band and that the State was in debt. We talked freely for more than a half hour, and [ felt like I was talking with a high toned, Christian minister of the gospel instead of the governor of South Caro? lina. He did not try to impress me with his importance and high office, bat that he was a mau, a Christian that could bear the infirmities of the weak. He treats one as all real great men do. He is tali, slender, delicate, with grave countenance, Darrow chest and a loog neck. His lips, nose and face and eyes show that be has a large amount of will power and a weil*balano ed mind in his head, but be impressed me as having io the left side of his chest a sympathetic and a goodly heart that bad been "changed from nature to grace." When I spake of the fidelity of the old negro to their white owners before and during the war, his eyes sparkled and a tear was seen in each oorner of his eyes. He got out of his ohair aod ; walked to the fireplace, looked down and then looked straight at me and said, "Yes, and I have no better friends than the negroes on my farm, and I have been a friend to them. I have always helped them to get up io the world. Thc young geoeration of the negroes should have heart culture along with head and bands and they will be a great people ; they need moral aod re? ligions training aod they should have it * I told him that the colored people were the best suited as laborers for this section of the ' country, and that the white people should accord to them jus? tice and help to make better citizens aod more intelligent laborers of them. He said yes He talked freely until I told him that I was the negro that had several interviews with Senator Till? man, aod after that he would simply nod or bow his head to my questions. I told bim ?hat the colored people could have defeated Governor Tillman in 1890 if they had voted the Straight out ticket, but Governor Tillman prom? ised to be the governor of all the people and put down lynching. The governor nodded bis bead. I continued : "Aod you know white mea, Straigbtouts, would have protected them at the polls and had their votes counted." He nodded again. "I believe, governor, you are willing to give my people jus? tice, but you nor oo other white mao can do that now ; public sentiment in the State will have to be educated a lit? tle more"-nodded again. "Governor, ? have a message a col? ored Baptist preacher, Rsv. J. H. Posey, gave me for you. Rev. Mr. Posey said you sent a circular letter to all the white preachers io the State, asking them questions about the dis? pensary, etc., aod that he looked for bis circular aod Done had come, aod if all the colored preachers in the State were served as he was : it was probable that you did not know that there was a large number of colored preachers io the State that look to you as governor, aod that as the ocgroes drank most of the whiskey, he thought the ministry of that race should have been consulted." The ?r ive ir oould hold his peace no loDgw. e laughed heartily, but said nothing. When he was talking about the dis? pensary his face odored a little when be said : "I will go hom', and plough the balance of my life before I would - give up to-." I can't afford to tell it all. South Carolina has had some very notable and able men in the executive maosioo, but I do not believe a better mao than Governor Ellerbe ever held the reins of government, and if the dispensary problem and the in? junctions of Jud^e Simonton do not kill him he will live long, but he has not the iron constitution of Senator Tillman, nor the steel ribs of Governor EvaDs tbat would enable bim to go through a bot South Carolina campaign over 42 counties with an antagonist. RICHARD CARROLL Columbia, S. C. Weyler not so Warm. Barcelona Didn't Burn at His Debarkation. Barcelona, Nov. 23.-The Spanish steamer Montserrat, with General Weyler on board arrived bere this morniog and the former captaio geo? eral of Cuba immediately debarked. The demonstration io bis honor, which bas been agitated by the friends of the geoeral for some days past, did not as same the proportions anticipated, aod as be traversed the* streets the public appeared to be indifferent. A number of bands and citizens took part in the welcome extended to Gen? eral Weyler. The Montserrat was met by many boats decorated with flags and tbe general, accompanied by General Montanor, entered the carriage of Dep? uty Saldrigas Oo the way to the lat? ter's house, General Weyler cried "Long live the national production." The general also called for cheers for "Spain" and for "Spanish Coba," which met with enthusiastic respond/ from the populace. Thc general will remain in Barcel? ona for two days and leaving herc will go to Palma, Isle of Majorca, his birthplace, where the inhabitants have been preparing to give bim a beaaty welcome home. He will arrive tn Madrid about the middle of December. It is understood io Barcelooa that Gen. Weyler will hold aloof from the Carlita and Republicans, but he de? sires to pose as the champion of "na? tional production ;" aims at reorganiz? ing the Conservative party and in order to realize bis protectionist ideal, be will vigorously oppose the granting the tariff to Cuba. General Weyler, addressing a num? ber of bis friends shortly after his arrival, expressed great regret at bis recall from Cuba, addiog that he was particularly annoyed at the attitude of oertaio oewspapors which be declared favored the insurgeais. Continuing, the general remarked : "Spanish soldiers, however, have the same contempt for these papers as they have for filibusters." Referring to the concentration of the Cuban peasants near the towns of the island, General Weyler explained that bc deemed suoh a step necessary because they were "spies and the mest devoted friends of the enemy." In regard to autonomy, Weyler said : "Autonomy in Cuba would be most unfortunate for national industry. The riches cf Cuba belong to Spain and autonomy means the disappearance of Spanish workmen and complete misery throughout the island. "There is as much reason for Catalo? nia the Baieric islands aod the other provinces to ask for autonomy as Cuba." The Pacific Railroad Money. New York, Nov 23 -The first payment of $13,645,250 to the gov? ernment, on acconnt of the purchase of the Union Pacific railroad, was cleared to-day, as well as cashiers' checks on the National City Bank for nearly $4,000,000, which the lat? ter sent yesterday to the other na? tional banks which have been desig? nated as special temporary deposi? tories for the part of the proceeds of the sale. The next payment to be made by the reorganization "commit? tee to the government on account of parchase of the road, will be made about December 6, when between eight and nine million dol? lars will be turned in. This payment will be made in the same way as the sinking fund check, and without disturbance of the money market. GEN. LEE GUARDED. A Dangerous Looking Tube Found Near American Consulate. Habana, Nov. 25.-The tube report? ed to have contained dynamite which was found by a mao subsequently ar? rested by a private watchman of the American consulate building yesterday afternoon near the door of the consu? late is classed in official circles as being nothing more than a joke. The mao arrested is believed to be the individual who placed the tube where it was found. Bat, io order to guard agaiost any pos? sibilities. the Spanish officials are tak? ing precautions to guard the United States consulate and to protect Uoited States Consul General Lee Rear Admiral Vincente Manterola arrived to day from Spain and took charge of the admiralty office. With him came also 300 soldiers and 270 sea? men . - ??-?-?-Oi^ Maj. S. P. Hamilton, of Chester' died yesterday, aged 72 years. He was a son of Gov. James Hamilton and was himself prominent in the political life of the State. He served with dis Section throughout the war. ENGLAND BEING CROWDED O?T. American Competition the Apparent Cause. Loodoo, Nov. 23.--The Rt. Hon. Chas, T. Ritchie, president of the board of trade, made ao important speech before the Charo ber of Com? merce of Croydon to day, taking as bis theme the decline of British exports daring the last ten months, upon which he hang a grave warning against American competition, now "ousting British trade." . Mr. Ritchie, after declaring that the Dingley tariff and the engineering trade dispute were mainly responsible for the recent decline of exports, and after pointing out that England had no weapons against the tariff, said there waa a great deal of talk in commercial circles about the serious competition of Germany; but he thought they wera too apt to overlook a more serious com? petitor, the United States. "The facts are serious," he con? tinued, "and called upon us for the exercise of all our powers to enable us to maintain our position in the commer? cial world. There is no doubt the United States are executing order?, which ought to be executed here. As we all know, an American firm obtain? ed the contract for the Central Under? ground Railway, (of London,) as its bid was lower than those of the English concerns and it could deliver the sup? plies three months ahead of the British tenders. Many important Continental orders have gone to America. "The same is to be said of Eypt aod Japan, where the Americans are doing work that Englishmen should do. Io consequence of the engineering dispute many orders are leaving the country, and unfortunately these orders seldom return. "America's successful competition is due to her enterprise in embarking capital, but it it yet more due to the freedom her manufacturers enjoy of employing the best machinery and working it in the most ecocomial man? ner, untrammelled by the restrictions which have hampered manufacturers here. Every one having bis country's interest at heart must hope that to-mor? row's election will lead to a settlement of the engineers' dispute." The pL3toffice at Maxton, N C , was entered Monday night, the safe blown open and $100 in money and ?180 worth of stamps and the contents of four registered letters taken. Three negrees have been killed, in the vicinity of Batesburg since Satur? day night. All were killed in negro rows. Earnest U. Reeder, of Charleston, who disappeared in June bas been lo* eated at Central, Texas. He started for the Klondike, but landed in Texas. A story comes from Morgan. Texas, that a confession, left by one Blanther, alias Forbes, who committed suicide in jail on March 4tb, has been discovered io whiob it is stated that be killed the women for the murder of whom Theo? dore Durrani is now under sentence of death in California. Walter Cooley, a soo of a prosper? ous farmer of Greenville county, was accidentally killed on Sunday by John Pearson. Lamp Shade frames. A large assortment of wire frames for tis sr.e paper and silk lamp shades jost received. Several sizes and a balf dozen shanes in each size. For sale by H. G. Osteeo & Co. Nov. 9-lw. Yon would not like any one to imitate you goods to your financial JOSS, wonld yon ? You'd be sure to think it dishonest. Don't yon think the same about any dealer who would substitute au imitation instead of the. genuine article you asked for. 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