Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mun ftB THU 80MTKB WATCBMAX; Sttftbllshed April? 1860. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TEDS SOUTHRON, Butabllahed Jaca 12^.6 * Consolidated Am?. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8,1897. New Series-Yoi. XYII. No. 19 -BY KT- ?Gk Osteen, SUMTER, 8. C. TBRJfS : r $1.50 per annum-in advance. 4DTIRII8I11IT: Ooe Square first insertion..e ?-????>????? ?lil 00 Srery subsequent insertion........ ......... SO Contracts for three months, or longer wi? be made at reduced rates. All conoc?antestions which sntwerre prirate interests will be charged foras airer tiements. Obituaries and tri ba tea of respects will be charged for. ,_i NewMTs OWQ Story. He Tells It to Secare Bail Accident Claimed. Here ts the story of the killing of .J.K. Turner, at told by Deteetive Newbold io his affidavit te uecore bail. lt reads as follows : The.State of South Carolina, Cona ty of Sparta o barg. The State TS. W. fi. Newbold-Indiek mest for Murder. Personally came before me W. H. Newbold,/rho being daly sworn says : That be was appointed, and commie stoped, by tfoe governor of the State of South Carolina, as chief sta?e detective for the purpose, among other things, of capturing contraband whiskey, which was believed to be imported in to. tb s Stabs; and being hauled from place to place within the State.. That under hts oom mission, and through -.the advice of the -governor, he was traveling through the piedmont section of the State for the express purpose of captur? ing all whist ey illegally shipped or hauled. That on the-day of-, in company with S. T. Howie and two other assistants, he camped near the etty of Spartanborg The Howard Gap rode" ie the main road leading from Spartaobarg, Union -and Laurens to what is commonly ?tao wa as the darj: corner of Spartan .burg county. That be left twovof his "assistants on the road between X3hero kee Springs and Spartaobarg He took with bim S. T Howie, to watch the Howard Gap road for contraband whisky He took Mr. Ho ute with bim because be knew him ?o be cool and deliberate, and not easily excited That just before daylight on Ute morning of the 10th inst . tbs defendant and Mr. Howie were sitting by a fire near a ebureb, whidh fire was some forty yards from the road. That on bearing a buggy passing be ordered Mr. Howie to stop it. Mr. Howie ran to the road jost about tue time the boggy reached bim. The boggy did not stop He theo, from a distance of about thirty yards, ordered Mr Howie to stop the buggy, as he was certain it contained whisky Mr. Howie ran after it and I, believ rog that he did not stop it, ran down a road, which was parallel with the one the buggy was traveling, the dis ance of about 360 yards When I found ont that I was to front of the buggy. I ran across the space between the two roads and,, io a fainting condition, being very tired, and called to the driv? er to bold op. stop that buggy, that I was a state officer, and must search that buggy for whisky. Toe baggy came straight towards me, quickening its pace. !? again called "whoa/' but tbs mule did not ?top. I bad a cooked pis? to! ia each baud. I suppose I then raised Ute pistol in my right and fired. It went off prematurely, bat am certain I bad it leveled, solely for the purpose of stopping the mole. The pistol in my left baud was fired almost at the same instant, but I did not know this till two hours afterwards. I called Mr Howie to come and search the buggy and theo searched it myself, and apol? ogised for the search. I then found tbat Mr Turner was wounded, and we together, Mr Howie and myself, did all that we could to render medical aid to the n o for tun ate m an. God being my belper and my wit? ness io this matter, the killing of Mr. Turner was an accident, which cannot be deplored by any one more than my? self. W. H. NEWBOLD. Sworn to before roe Nov. 27, 1897. W. S. Thomasoo, (L. 8.) Notary Public. Col. John W. R. Pope Dead. Col John William Rippon Pope passed away at bis home on Pickens, between Pain and Taylor streets,, at 7:15" o'clock last evening Co! Pope was known all over Sooth Carolina and many will hear of Ins death with regret "He was a man who wouid sacrifice anything to principle." said a friend upon hearing of .bis death and no higher tribute could be paid For six months past Col Pope bas been practically an iuvilid, a great sufferer from rheumatism For the past two weeks he bas been extremely ill and the end did not come un expectedly. For twenty-four hours bis family knew that death was near. He died suroonded by his wife and children The fanerai services are to be held this afternoon at Trinity church at 4 o'clock.-The State, Dec 2. Spaniards Capture an Insur gent Stronghold. Havana, Deo? 1 -ADO on o cement ( was issued from the Spanish bead quarters io the palace to-day, saying a foroe of insurgents recently attacked (jaisa, province of Santiago de Coba, and that a Spaoish column has left Mac zan i Ho to engage the in sar gen ts at Guisa. Aootber . annoanoemeot from the pelace describes a movement of Span? ish troops ander Geo. Bernai, who was accompanied by Seoor Jose Canalejas, the former Spaoish cabinet minister aod special commissioner, who is visiting Coba to gather material for a report on the condition of the island io behalf of the Spanish government aod Gen. Hernandez Velasquez. The Spanish foros consisted of 2.300 men, accom? panied by two field guns. The column under command of Geo. Bernai engag ed an insurgent foroe, accord tog to the reports, on the heights ce Romero Ma? dama and Pelados, province of Pi oar da! Rio, and later was more severely engaged with the -insurgent* at La Guchilla de Los Caimitos, where the Spaniards are said *o have captured and destroyed the fortified camp of the insurgents General Dussaei. Gen.; Hernandez, commanding the second -column, captured and destroyed ! an insurgent camp at Araojuez, and ! also destroyed 500 huts and several i other insurgent'camps in the immediate f vicinity of ?raojuez. I As a result of these movements, continues the official statements, the insurgents retreated in a thoroughly demoralized condition, after suffering the loss of many meo killed and wound ed The Spanish columns lost'a major and twelve soldiers killed and bad one captain and twenty-nine soldiers wound? ed. According to the latest. advices from the scene of the engagements, the Spanish eavalry was eon tinning the pursuit nf the enemy. .Six buodred sick, wounded or other? wise invalided soldiers have just left Coba for Spain. The insurgents, according to the of ficiat reports, have lost 54 men killed in skirmishes with the Spanish troops daring the last te o days. Tn addition, the government forces captured 28 prisoners and a number of firearms. The government troops, daring the same period, the report adds, lost 24 men killed and had two officers aod 83 soldiers wounded. The Guns of tile Potare. London Staadar4 We bave become familiar with smoke less gunpowder, in idea at leal, and we are aware that it makes not nearly so mach noise as the old fashioned sont Bat silent cannon, which emit scarcely a flash, are still a novelty-not a welcome one either to soldiers. Gol Humbert of the French army has invented this boon aod patented it The experiments carried oat by the Hotcbkiss company are said to be most promising In some wonderful manner he contrives thai the mouth of the goo shall shat automatically the instant its missile has emerged. Th as the Hame and the report ara bottled op The announce ment may probably be true-one does not ventnre to doubt any mar? vel of ingenuity alleged nowadays This also would make for the ex ti nc tion of war It is remarked that the latest improvements tend, upon the whole,.to assist a defending force, rather than the asssilants. Repeating rifles and smokeless powder, machine guns and balloons, all strengthen the hands of those who have to repel an attack, themselves more or less un der cover Bot if the art of war, in its higher flights, be intuitive, what very exceptional men the great generals of the fata re mast be 2 Without smoke, or flash, or even soand to indicate the position of a battery which de? cimates his troops at a distance to be reckoned in miles, an ordinary mor tal would be distracted. Doubtless, if this invention prove to answer, it will be applied to small arms also. The French are agitating now for the abolition of universal compulsory ser? vice, upon the ground that Germany will never attack them. In a few years, apparently, no nation will dare to invade aootber Circuit Judge W C. Benet rushed ap to Columbia from Charleston on the first train after the announce ment of Sheriff Ferguson's death, in company wirti one of the candidates for the place made vacant, and early next morning-yesterday-was be? fore the governor, pressing the ap pointmeut of his man This is the first time, since Radical days at least, that a judge has so far forgotten the elevation of his position as to mix in county politics and become a 'rooter" for a candidate for sheriff It is an exhibition as deplorable as it is unusual We hope that it will be so received by the press and public as to discourge ! all attempts at repetition -Slate, ! Dec. 1. ~ IRRIGATION. Editor Southern Firmer and Hortieoltori To give you my experience w irrigation it willi be necessary to t you in the outset that I have be experimenting with irrigation i many years in a small but snccess: way. But the great problem was elevate water ici sufficient quantity meet the requirements of the ero This I found could not be done in t majority of instances, except 1 means of a pump Of course,irri| tion by giavity is the most ine pensive, yot few are located favoi bly enough1 to practice it. The h d rao lie ram is o ext in cheapness, b many objection* are found when r doced to practice, and finally tl pump ie the last but unfailing resoi The next great question with n was what what power to appl Wind*woold never do, as during drought the atmosphere is invari bly calm. Steam was the next be thing, bot aa this requires an eng near who has to be licensed in th State, and whose whole attention b; to be given to the engine, this woo make it rather expensive. I ne: found that a gasoline engine won overcome all the obstacles, and I a? cordiogly boogbot a "Lombard" \ horse power gasoline engiue, and i this I found what I wanted. It ce be started at a moment's notice, takes no time to "steam op," ac yoo can atop at the same notici There is no loss in fuel It requin no engineer, bot when lubricated wi ron ae long as there is oil in tl tank The pomp I ase is a "Victory 60 gallon per minute capacity, an my outfit will elevate 40,000 galior of water per day of 10 hours 62 fe< high * The water was used on small fruit aud vegetables, keeping in conditio 15 acres of crops D?ring last Ma and June (the season that our 6tra? berries are ripening) we had a sever drought We had two and one-ha acres io this fruit depending wooli on irrigation We pat the water o the strawberries aboot the 1st of Ma and kept them in a growing condi tion till, tne 1st of Joly without rain sufficient to lay the dost. Ever berry was developed to its foll ca pacity, and not one was lost by roi Bot oor land is rather heavy and sut ject to baking or crusting, and t avoid this it became necessary that scooter plow be roo between tb strawberry rows, opening a farrow which pat the plants oh a sligh ridge, and the water was permitte? to run io these rows at a very sligh incline, so that no washing coull take place It will be noticed tha neither plants nor fruit were damp ened, and consequently the frui could not rot. The water was per mitted to mn in these furrows anti the groa od was well saturated or s< that yoo could not walk between tb? rows without miriog. As soon ai the groood had dried sufficiently t< admit of the cal ti vat or, the Planet Jr , was rur through the rows witl the wings turned inward, which cov ered or filled op the farrow made ty the scooter. Aboot four application! of water was sufficient. The cost o running the gasoline engine per daj was six gallons of oil, at 10 cen ti per gallon-60 cents. One aod some time two men to distribute the water at $1 50 for the two. It cost io thc neighborhood of $2 per day ; twe days were required to water ao acre All vegetables that needed watei were treated in similar manner, witl perfect satisfaction CHABLES DBCKNER Atlanta, Ga , Oct. 25, 1897. A Hew Enterprise. An enterprising paper north-the Philadelphia Times-has a Dew scheme io yiew. As it 'is a novel ooe, we advertise it free. It says : The Times proposes during the year ! 1898 to publish a sermon on its edito ? rial page in every Sunday issue, and it invites the religions teachers of every I faith to present sermons.of not less thin 1,200 and not ezceediog 1,500 words for publication io these columns. All doctrinal sermons from a sectarian standpoint will be refold regardless of their merits, and ht?- splitting the? ology will be oo more wanted io the newspaper than it is wanted in the pul? pit Tbe cbief object of this proposal is to furnish fifty-two of the best ser moos, looking solely to the accomplish? ment of the greatest good to the cause of religioo, by tbe portrayal of its simplicity, its parity, its charity aod its common brotherhood. Io short, we desire to present to the clergy aod to tbe public tbe best lessons io sermoniz? ing to assure a mach larger attendance on religious services in our varied churches. The sermons are to be published without the name of the author, wbicb is held sacredly in confidence by tbe editor On December 1st, 1898, a committee of three laymen of- intelli? gence and character will pass upon tbe sermons without knowledge of tbe au? thors, and premiums are to be awarded according to an established scale of $500, $300. $200. $100. and $10 for the remaioiog contestants. Lake City's Troubles. Colored Postmaster and As? sistant Fired at-Said to be Thoroughly In? competent. The brief Associated Press dispatch io The Register last Thursday gave in? formation of an alleged attempt to shoot the assistant postmaster at Lake City, whose name is Brailsford. Farther facts learned yeaterday from a gentleman living in Williamsburg couoty, iodinate that possibly there is to be a repetition of a Georgia affair in this state. The postmaster at Lake City is a negro named Baker. Before he as? sumed the duties of bis office, be was shot by some unknown party, .but was not seriously hart. Baker' didn't make as mach fuss about it as his black brother postmaster io Georgia, and very little bas ever been said about ft Baker, of course, believes that he was shot because of bis appointment, as it was after the nomination that the affair oooorred, bat before betook charge of the office. He immediately informed the authorities at Washington, bot they evidently didn't consider him enoagh to bother with, as the govern? ment informed bim that it had DO juris? diction in the matter, as the shooting did not occur in the postoffice Thus Baker barely missed an opportunity of attaining national notoriety J He informed the postoffioe depart* ment later on, that the white people, who do all the postal business of the town, were refusing to patronize the postoffice, bot mailed their letters on the train. As Baker's salary comes from the cancellation of stamps, this was a more serions matter to him than being shot, for it meant he would work for glory only. The government came to his reson? and ordered all mail slots in oars to be locked wheo the train passed Lake City, and instructed the postal clerks not to receive any mail. This compelled the people to patronize the postoffice. This they did not want to do for two reasons : first, because the postmaster and his assistant are thoroughly ignor? ant and incompetent. Second, because the postoffice is sit? uated io a negro oabin, half a mile from the business portion of the town. The postoffice is in a pasture, and near the pasture gate. The mail is handed ont of a window and there are no ac? commodations whatever for patrons of the office. There is no protection from tho weather. No wonder the people do not want io conduct important busi? ness in such a place and with an ig? norant negro, too. It is said that the postmaster acd his assistant have no more idea of what a money order is, for instance, than a cat bas of Sunday They have sense enough to acknowledge this fact, and when a rooney order is asked for they frankly state that they don't know any? thing about them, and advise people to try the express company, wbioh they are forced to dc. The shooting of Brailsford, the as 8istant, occurred outside tbe postoffice also, hence, the government is without jurisdiction. v The gentleman who famished the facts related, stated that Rev. A MoA. Pittman got on his bioycle and rode over to the pasture to get his mail. He had to pass through the pastare gate to reach the postoffioe oabin, and his mail was banded to him by Brailsford, who very kindly consented to open and close tbe pastare gate for bim. While performiog this service, a shot was fired-at him. Mr. Pittman called oat at once to toe shooter to be carefal, as he was about. No more firing occurred, and it was found that several buckshot bad lodged in Brailsford's anatomy, bat none struck a vital spot. The postmaster telegraphed this to Washington, bat seems to have gotten tbe marble heart. It is supposed the two worthies will continue to bold their jobs and possi bly be targets in the future for after dark gonners, antil some great commo? tion is created in tbe country. Lake City people have bad consider? able trouble with their republican post? masters. Harrison appoioted a very ob? noxious white man to tbe place, and the people transferred their business to the Sorantoo postoffioe. Tbe authorities soon realized that an inoompetent man had been put in office, and had bim re? moved. Whether the present adminis? tration will follow the example, remains to be seen, bat the people of Lake City think time will settle their post office troubles. A Frankfort, Ky., special says : Seven companies of the Second regi? ment, it is stated here, are under orders to be in readiness for active service. Col Gaither has been confidentially notified that if there is another out? break against toil gates on tbe State road he will be placed ID command with headquarters at NicboUsvillc and will bc expected to keep tbe troops on guard till all of thc turnpike interests of tbe State are disposed of. Food for Klondike.' GOVERNMENT TO HELP, Washington, Nov. 30.-The cabinet to day considered the subject of send? ing relief to people io the Klondike President McKinley received a tele? gram from the Portland Oregon cham? ber of commerce statiog that there was danger of destitution and suffering oo the Klondike and offering* to supply the neceasary food for relief if the govern? ment would undertake its transporta? tion. The i ? formation was not definite as to the actual condi? tions, but was on the same line as bsa been; telegraphed from the north weet. Tbe cabinet considered every phase of the situation and discussed ways and means of affording relief. It was de? cided that nothing could be done untii congress met, when an appropriation will be asked for the purpose of transporting food supplies. Al? though many plans have been discuss? ed, none has been decided upon. It is probable, however, that whatever action is taken will be under the direc? tion of the war department, and by the time congress acts Secretary Alger will have formulated plans. No attempt will be made to go up the Yukon as the ice bas closed pro? gress in that direction. The relief sup? plies will have to be sent over the pass? es. Jost how they shall be transport? ed is a question requiring earnest con sideration and one that will require the study of many plans in order that an entirely feasible one may be evolved. The members of the cabinet were all intensely interested in the matter of se curing relietr. Whether the men who are supposed to be suffering went there or not against the repeated warnings of all ofici?is is beyond the question in hand ; the simple faot being that they are there and need relief making it im? perative upon the government to extend aid if possible. No estimate has been made as to the cost and none can be prepared now Congress will be asked to appropriate a sufficient cmount and the war depart? ment will expend it in the most econo? mical manner, as in the case of the Mississippi flood sufferers, wheo $200, 000 was appropriated andfonly $75,000 expended. It is probable that the President will send a special message to congress ask? ing an appropriation for the relief of the people io the Klondike and it is be? lieved tbat prompt action will be taken and the money made immediately avail? able Commissioner Smith's telegraphic re? port- shows that no horses had gone be yon** "he American jurisdiction at the lakes. The thousand head of sheep that started on the Dyea trail io July, he wired, undoubtedly got through. There were 300 sheep shipped from the lakes down the Yukon OD rafts in Sep? tember. Two hundred beef oattle, all )old, started to the lakes over the Dyea aod Skaguay trails. Of these Com? missioner Smith reports 10 per cent lost or consumed, tbe last 70 of which are now butchered and frozen at the lakes awaiting transposion to Dawson. The telegram cautions the department against plaoing too much faith in the reports from Dyea. Other advices received to-day and placed before the President's official family, reported that a herd of reindeer with supplies bad been started from a poiot on the lower Yukon, about 600 miles from above St. Michaels, the herd reaching the plaoc by cutting across the lands from a poiot opposite on the coast. These reindeer are carry? ing supplies up, aod a number of people anxious to get down from the Klondike will be brought back by this means. HON. PATRICK WALSH. Elected Mayor of Augusta Over Two Opponents. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 1.-Ex-United States Senator Patrick Walsh, the Cit? izens' candidate was to day elected mayor of Augusta over Willian Dun bar and Daniel Kerr, by a majority of 824 Mr. Danbar was like Mr. Walsh, brought into the raoe by popu? lar sentiment io favor of municipal re? form, while Mr. Kerr was put up by Hog politicans, baoked by the present city administration. Walsh bad a walkover io the first, secood aod third wards and was ooly beaten io tbe fourth by a majority of fifteen, Kerr oarryiog tbat ward Kerr also carried the fifth. In tbe fourth, which is the largest io the city. Kerr claimed 1,500 before election, and when he visited the polls at noon and saw inevitable defeat star? ing bim io the face, fainted and was sent home tn a carriage. The total vote follows: Walsh, 3. 358; Kerr. 2.534; Dunbar, 1,610. No opposition for council except in tbe first, where Garrett (Walsh) defeated Martin (Kerr) by a majority of ten, the vote standing Garrett 698, Martin 688. Justice Ifield of the United States supreme ooart has retired after 44 years of continuous service. GERMANY'S DEMANDS. Washington, Dec. 1.-The exact natara of Germany's demands on Hay ti became known for the the first time to day. The details came by way of the steamer from Fort aa Prince, which arrived at New York yesterday, and show the demands to be as follows : First, an indemnity of 20,000 American dollars for Emil Lneders Second, the promise that Mr. Lueders may return to H ay ti, and there sojourn without danger of any kind. Third, a letter to my gov? ernment in which yon will express apology for the proceedings toward the German government in the whole transaction Fonrth, that the presi? dent of Hay ti shall graciously receive the German charge d'affaires at Port an Prince. It was also announced that if the indemnity was not given, a war ship wonld be sent or diplomatic relations be b/oken. Without answering the demands in detail, Hayti asked if Germaoy by presenting this demand, intended to close the negotiations in the Lneders case and also on what ground an apology was asked. The money demand was regarded by Hayti as far less important than the other three which were considered as affecting Hayti's honor. The de? mand that the president receive Count Lchwerin graciously was look? ed upon as involving a deep humilia? tion, as it was this official who had gone before the president and rudely submitted his demands. It was this fourth demand which led Hayti to prepare for one eventuality, x Since the forgoing correspondence closed it has become apparent, according to cable dispatches from Berlin, that the suggestion as to the sending of war? ships bas been modified, and that there is no present purpose to send them Autonomy in Cuba. Washington, November 30 -The Spanish minister makes publie the following dispatch from Senor Congosto, the Spanish eonpnl at Philadelphia, but who is now ia Cuba on a mission for his Government: "The terms on which home mle is conceded have pro? duced an effect which cannot be im? proved opon. A commission of the borne mle and reformists parties has thanked the Governor General and as sored him of their adhesion to the in? stitutions. The same bas been done by the chamber of commerce and other corporations, who have telegraphed to Madrid that the sincerity of the Govern? ment has raised public spirit. Every one expects immediate good results in favor of pacification. No CJaimant Yet. Thus far no application has been made to Governor Eilerbs for th e ?250 reward offered for the captare of W. H. Newbold. The reward seems to be going begging. It is very mach doubt? ed if any one could got the reward any way ander all the circumstances of the casa -The State. Near Warren, 10 miles from Greens? boro, Ala., Wednesday night, John Si og ley, bis wife and bis soo, 10 years old, were attack by a negro named Bili Scott, who robbed the house of $700. The wife and son were killed. Singley, who is a wealthy white farmer, cannot recover. Mr Berkeley Balch, secretary of the Cuban league, appeared before the President yesterday and made a formal argument in favor of Coban independ? ence Mr McKinley said he wonld give the matter doe censideraion. Americans resident in Mexico are making preparations for the proper re? ception of Wm J Bryan. BTJCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE. The best Salve in the world for Cats Brakes, Sores, Uleere, Salt Rheum, Fever Sore, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Emptions, and positively cure Pile; or no pay required It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money re:anded prioo 25 oent8 per box. For sale by Dr J. F* w Ii? Lorine. Royal makes the food pare, wholesome sod delici?os. POWDER Absolutely Puro ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.