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m WBm? .< -;-=? WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8,1897. __ The Sumter Watchman was founded flt 1850 and the True Southron zn 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and ia mani? festly the best advertising medium is Samter Atlanta Convention Parp?se Endorsed by Hector Lane. Mr. Hector D. Lane's convention is sot intended to be antagonistic io any wise to the g at ber io g of the southern cotton growers in Atlanta next week. President Wilborn, cf tbs Sooth Caro? tins convention, who called the conveo tion rn Atlanta, opon seeing Mr. Lane's nail promptly wrote bim Below is ?ivon bis reply received yesterday Mr. Wilborn left yesterday afternoon for Atlanta to look after the securing.of the ceoveotion ball and arranging ali preliminaries It looks at present as if all the soothers States save Texas and she is expected to turn np all right--will be represented in the eon? v?ntio-;. " Here is Mr. Lane's letter : Athene, Ala., Dec. 2,1897. r C. Wyborn, Esq., President Soot! Carolina Cotton Growers' Associa? tion, Old Point, S. C My Dear Sir-Your highly appre letter - with enclosure of the pro? of the convention in Colombia oat beeo received by rae. Thie is Bret advice of the action taken by convention, outside of what. I have from the public press, refer fhe contemplated meeting at oo the 14th proximo. *just returned after an absence ?veralweeks OD an -. extended trip wgh Texas, Oklahoma and the In i ^Territory, investigating as far as itble the extension of acreage in this territory that np to date is an no? vo quantity in the production of t eoUon, and on account of my abseooe, was onad vised of the calling of the meeting at Atlanta until after ? made the call for a convention of the Ameri ; ; cane Cotton Growers' Proteot?ve associa >? don at Memphis on Dec. 20 * Should ? have knows of the Atlanta meeting, I '. ?bonld have urged opon my associates to have our meeting at the same place - and time, bat I am very glad that our xdaies do not conflict and that there is sufficient time between the two meet? ings to indore an attendance at both, IpodI can assure yoo tb ar it woald be ?carce of great gratification to myself >,jtod associates if your eonveotion will iake action in reference to sending a ??lega tips to Mem phis. I shall make an effort to be with yon ot Atlanta, and if 1 find that I cannot fee, I will send an official representa? tive.. I shall also ose ali the meaos in ay power to promote the success of JOST meeting. .. I fed opon reading the proceedings of y oar convention at Columbia that y oar declaration of purposes are sob* ntantt?lly the same as those that have governed, the American Conon Grow era' Protective association daring its existence of five years. I ara in tVorbogh accord with you as expressed io your letter, and it is the opinioo of the best minda of our oourv tty that to combat these agencies that are becoming more destructive to rheu material prosperity Of the south year by year, who by fictitious m?th? ode, misrepresentation aod sharp prac? tice are robbing oar people of oar sab stance, threatening our posterity with pauperism and leaving us nothing but -poverty in oar sauics and hatred* io oar hearts, oas only be met and resisted by a resolute, coo tino us aod systematic role of action laid down by anthorized representation and adhered to by the cotton growers. Yon properly put it when yoo flated that we weald have to "fight the devil with Sro," meet organization. We cannot resist their continual encroach ment upon oar commercial rights until oar people are educated to understand thc canses and the care. I apprehend that the remedy to a large extent depends upon independent, individual action opon the part of oor farmers, which san be stimulated by intelligent argument iuduciog them to ecg*ge in an orgaoized effort. Hoping yon unbounded success in this most patriotic and important effort, aod pledging yon my most earnest and active concurrence. I beg to remain fraternally yours, HECTOR D. LAMB . Not for a Gold Basis. City of Mexico. Dec 4 -The Mex? ican Herald denies authoritatively the report from Paris published in Lon? don that Mexico is making prepara tiens to gc on a gold basis, and says Mexico's finances are handled with admirable caution and sagacity, and whatever may be the future policy of the government regarding the cur? rency basie, there is at present no thought of changing from the silver standard, which is contributing to the growth cf manufacturing and ethe: industries. The inter State commerce commis son has decided to grant the railroads further time for equipping the safety couplings sod breaks. Washington Letter. Washington, Dec. 6, 1897. Democrats and populista- are not behind the republicans in joining in the general sympathy extended to M r McKinley because of the great sor row which has come upon hi ml th rough the dying agonies of his mother. For the time, the strong opposition to the recommendations of his anneal message is held in abeyance, and the criticism to which the message is open remains unspoken. In the pres? ence of the angel of Death, as ft were, any display of partisanship wonld be unseemly. The opening of the session of Con? gress was, owing to the circumstan? ces, qoieter than asnal, al thoa gb the crowds were there as usna!. There were numerous empty seats in both House and Senate, although the at? tendance was, on the whole, about np to the average of opening days. Senator Daniel was warmly con? gratulated by his colleagues on his unanimous renomination by the democratic caucus of the Virginia legislature Because it happens that all of the outspoken opponents of the annexa? tion of Hawaii in the Senate are de? mocrats it has been stated that party lines are to be strictly drawn in the discussion of the treaty, and that a democratic caucus is likely to be held for the purpose of declaring against annexation There is no dis? position on the part of those demo? cratic Senators who are opposing the ratification of the treaty, to make^t a party question, although they will do all they can to defeat the treaty. This ought to be apparent to ali when Senator Morgan, of Ala , a demo? crat of the cock-ribbed kind, is one bf the foremost advocates of the rati? fication of the treaty.. While the advocates of annexation are just as confident as ever that it will be ac? complished, not a few of them ex press doubts, of the ratification of the treaty, and believe that it witt have to be done by joint action of C?ngrese Representative .Allen, of Miss:, who enjoys the reputation pf being the wittiest man in the House says : "Down in Mississippi, we have-not, as yet, teen deluged with prosperity. The advance agent is tarrying a long time on his way^to oar section. Tup elo (Mr Allen's town) is waifing for bim and will give bim a brass band reception. Our people, however, are not suffering for the necessities of life y We live modestly and content? edly and are long on hog and hominy, however short we may be on filthy lucce. We do not go much on clip ping capons, bot as the poet well says, "We are the people," Senator McLaurin, of South Caro lina, is opposed to the Postal Saviogs Bank scheme, unless material changes are made, because he thinks it would impose hardships ou owners of real estate, especially farm lands. He says that the National Banks hav? ing no legal right to make loans on real estate, the private and savings banks are the principal sources from which such loans are necessarily ob tained, and that the operation of the Postal Savings Banks would drive all the idle money into the United States Treasury and the National Banks, leaving no place where land owners could borrow money If the scheme be amended so that the money, deposited in the Postal Sav inga Bank can be loaned to land owners, Senator McLaurin will glad? ly support it. . It is a ?eal pleasure to be able to give this administration credit for so commendable an action as the official action of the Post Office Department, closing the mails to all newspapers that print advertisements offering chances. in any disguised lottery scheme, such as missing letter words, guessing, etc These swindles have been shown np almost as often as the green goods business, but so long as they could advertise they could al ways find new victims Although it is perfectly clear that a large majority of the House are just as strongly in favor of adopting the Morgan resolution for the recogm- ! tion of the belligerency of the Cu bans, which was adopted by the Sen? ate at the extra session, as they were at the extra session, it is equally clear that they will not do it Czar Reed and his lieutenants agree with the McKinley policy of waiting, and will not give the House the oppor tcnity to vote upon the Morgan or any otter Cuban resolution. Thus, the country is shown how mistaken it bas been in supposing that, under our government, the majority rules, in either or both branches of Con? gress. The majority rules all right, when allowed to vote, but voting is only done in the House by Czar Reed's permission, and in the Senate voting is only done when the majori ty consents. The fight against Mr. McKenna has probably already caused Mr. Mc? Kinley to regret having promised to nominate him to the United States Supreme Court. It's growing quite hot, and the end is not yet Quinine and other fe? ver medicines take from S to 10 days to cure fever. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic cures ia ONE DAY. Judges and Death Sentences. There is little to commend the bill introdaoed into the Georgia legislature, says the Atlanta Journal, by Mr Reid, with reference to the piecing of the death sentence, ezeept th,* kindly impulse which would sure Mrs Nobles from the gallows. It is an amendment to the penal code, and gifes judges of the superior courts of this state the authority to seo te one prisoners ooo rioted of capital crimea to the penitentiary for life whether apon an original sentence or at any time (hereafter apon resentenoe Mrs. Nobles, who bas been confided in all the courts of the land of the most brutal and abandoned murder of ber own hasband, is soon to be reseo teoced. This bill is introduced in order to enable the judge to sentence ber to life imprisoome'nt instead of tbe gallows. Her oise has been passed upon by juries, by the supreme courts of the state and of the country, by the governor, and by every nossible tribu? nal to wbieh it could b . ppealed. and this bili is an effort for a new trial be? fore the legislature-or rather for a commutation of the sentence by the legislative body. The judiciary department has passed upoo' this case and the executive has been appealed to in vain for clemency in ber behalf. If neither of these branches of the gov? ernment (whioe are properly chargeable with the matter) saw fit to avert from this murderess the extrome penalty of the law, then surely the legislative branch wiri be greatly overstepping its functions to pass a bili for her relief The jary is empowered, in cases that do not deserve the extreme penalty in the OD?O?OU of the jory, to recommend to mercy. Io such a cape t* e matter is io the discretion of tbe judge This is equivalent to bringing io a verdict for imprisonment for life, for tbe judge always acts upon the j cry's recommen dation. To put this discretion in the judge ' instead of the jury, in all cases, would be eqaiva-1 lent to abolishing capital punishment in Georgia If the l?gislature desires to pass a biil to this effect, let it do so plainly io express terms, and not by circumlocution MARSHALS SHOT IDOWN. [Special to Tbe Register. J Greenville. SC, Nov 30 - Moon? shiners to-day bad a fight with United States deputy marshals, five miles from the city, and scored a victory Marshals Wayne Ferguson, J ? and A A. Phillips and B. D. Stuart made the raid Ten days ago, Ben Center was ar? rested for moonshining Ile proposed to betray the Pittman gang and his proposition was accepted. Tbe Pitt mans are a dangerous lot, father and sons Tbey run moonshine stills and fight at {light Center arranged for the deputy marshals to raid the still of the Pittmans, five miles above the city, on* Saluda river to day at 1 o'clock True to tbe agreement, the marshalls went to the appointed place and found a still, but nothiog else. They separated to search and walked into an ambush. The Pitt mans were armed with Winchesters and the marshals had pistols. At the first fire Stuart fell, his thigh bone shattered. He laid where he fell and urged A. A Phillips to go on and arrest the moonshiners Phil? lips went toward the house of the Pittman8, and was halted and told to stop, at the point of a Winches i ter. He trgued with Pittman, and while talking two other marshals ap peared, and Pittman fired shooting Phillips through the thigh. The moonshiners then defied the marshals. It was Winchesters vs pistols, and the officers retreated When the news reached the city a posse of officers went to the scene of the conflict. Stuart was found where he fell. He said the Pittmaus came and cursed and abused him, putting pistols in his face, following the Indian plan of torture. Phillips was removed by his brother and brought to this city. Stuart re? mained where be fell, and after the : officers left, was subjected to insult and indignity and threatened with death. The wounded men are now in the city Joab M aldin, one of the most pro minent citizens of Pickens county, died to-night at 7 o'clock mp ** Death of One of Carolina's Leading Lawyers. Special to Tbe State. Greenville, Dec. 5 -Judge J S. Cotbran died in New York to-day after a long illness The body will be carried direct to Abbevile, where the burial will take place Tuesday afternoon Great gloom is ca9t over Greenville to night on account of the death of her foremost citizen. Why take Johnson's Chill & Fever Tonic? Because it cures the most stubborn case of Fever in ONE DA Y. Suppose, for variety, we newspaper feliows advise the planters to raice nothiog but octtou. Wo bave tried the restriction dodire in vain. An appeal for all cottoo might reduce tbe crop by pure cussedness.-Augusta Chronicle. Twenty Per Cent. November Palling Off in Dispensary Profits. On to morrow the December meet? ing of the State board of control is to be held. Mr. L J. Williams, who is the chairman of the board for this month, came over a few days ago and has been carefully looking after the management of the bos;ness When asked yesterday about the forthcoming monthly report, Mr. Williams said that the dispensary's receipts daring the past month had been abont $100,000. He stated that he considered the month's busi? ness far better than he bad expected it to be, considering the wholesale competition of the 0 P. agencies, and competition of the blind tigers. Mr Willims is evidently of the opin ion that there are a good number of blind tigers in the State. He stated further that the profits from the business would show a de? crease of about 20 per cent, as com? pared with those of the same month ot the preceding year. Mr. Williams thinks that the low price of cotton and the general depression of business bas had about as much to do with this failing off as the 0 P. stores and the tigers He called at? tention to the fact that the report for the same month of year before last, when cotton was so low, showed a figure far below that of last year when prices of cottou were higher and business was more brisk -The State. Griggs Will Get There. Washington, Dec. 5 -rIt was offi cially announced at the White Hocse to-day upon the return of the Presi dent to Washington that Gov. John W. Giiggs of New Jersey, has been tendered and bas accepted the office of Attorney General of the United States, which will be vacated by the nomi? nation of Attorney General McKen na to be associate justice of the supreme court of the United States. It has not yet been settled when i Governor Griggs shall assume his new office, but it is probable the date will be about the beginning of the new year Record Ran On Union Pacific. Omaha,; Neb, Nov. 29-The Union Pacific road has made another record for fast running A mail train has been shot across the ?country from Cheyenne to Conncil Bluffs, 516 raiies, in 559 minutes This is ac? tual elapsed time and includes all stops Engines were changed twice ?nd one engineer was relieved All the regular stops were made and one extra, when au airbrake bose burst and had to be repired at the expense* of several minutes of time. A burned ont bridge near Medicine Bow, Wy., delayed the mail five hours and 20 minutes The train reached Cheyenne five hours late. It was necessary to reach Conncil Bluffs on time or pay a heavy fine to the government It was a most remark able run against time, Cheyenne to I Sydney, 102 mile, was made in 107 minutes. Engineers were changed and the run from Sydney to North Platte, 123 miles, was made in 118 i minutes. On this run a stop was made at Jnlesburg to get the Colo rado mail. From North Platte to Grand Island, 138 miles, the time was 154 minutes ; engineers were changed at Lexington and other stops were necessary From Grand Island to Council Bluffs, 156 miles, the time was 165 minutes, including a stop? over of over five minutes to fix a burst tank hose, regular station stops, a delay by a Missouri Pacific freight train entering Omaha and other an noyances The mail was landed in Council Bluffs with 13 minutes to spare, the actual running from Cheyenne being * a little more than 62- 1-2 miles an hour The most wonderful burst of speed was shown on the 100-miles stretch between Grand Island and Ames. This was covered in 93 min tites actual time. From this must be deducted five minutes for the delay with the broken hose at Columbus, makiri'^ the time 88 minutes for the 100 miles, including all regular stops, or more than 68 miles an nour. WANTS. rpRESPASS KOTICE-All persons are ? warned against trespassing on my lands by h un ting, or in any ctber manner Notice bas bee?? posted on land, and depredators will be prosecuted. E. D. Reames. NOT 17-4I* WANTED-Permanent Winter Boarders Roon;8 comfortable. Terms reason? able. Apply to Mrs M. L. Doar, Sommer? ville, S. C., Opposite Dorchester loo. FOR RENT-The dwelling on Church Strest, next door to the undersigned. Contains six rooms, witt fire place in euch, also pantry and kitchen attached, and WHter iu building. Everything in good order Apply to MOSES GREEN. Dee 2-tf Claremont Loilge MD. 64 A. F. M THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU? NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No 44, A. F. M.. will be held on Thur.-daj Evening, Jan 6th, at 7$ p. m. Brethren will take doe notice and govern tbeinseivts accordingly L. S CARSON, W. M. Attest-H. C. MOSES, Sec. Belitzer's Furniture Store. OlXlrLA Set?. COME AND SEE US, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED We repair your Furniture, We repair your Lounges, We repair your Baby Carriages, We make over your Mattresses WELL AND REASONABLY. Belitzer's Furniture Store, Monaghan Block, Sumter, S. C. Just Think of It! A high grade standard Rock Hill open buggy for $55. The same top job for $70. Plenty of horses and mules on hand. ? car load of the former re? ceived last week. H. Barby. Sumter, 8. C., November 80, 1897 y? ^^^^^^^^ NOT 16-T & W-6 w LADIES' HEALTH SHOES With band newed soles sod heavy grade Dongola kid, with medium round toes, are ju-t tbe thing to keep yon from catching cold during the coming winter. Of course "there are others," and we have them from A to Z io every shape, weight and style, bot all of the best manufacture, and op-to date in every particular. Largo Line Ladies' and Baby Shoes just Received. A large line of Trunks and Valises on BULTMANN & BRO. Tbe Old Reliable. WON'T HATCH OUT A CHICKEN! Neither will proclamations on dead walls revive languishing trade. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING Is the great IHK-UBATOR FOR HATCHING OUT BUSINESS. The Watchman and Southron Has a larger circulation than any other paper in Sumter County. Call and see us. SPECIAL If OTIC E. OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR OF SUMTER COUNTY, SUMTER. S. C., Dec. 8, lc97. PERSONS HOLDING CLAIMS against Sum'er County will present same at once, duly attested, nod persons holding cer? tificate for claims, will furnish Clerk of County Board with * list of same. Call on said clerk for instructions. Attest: MARION DORN, THOS V. WALSH, Co. Superr'r. Clerk. Dre 8-3t Sumter Herald nod Freeman please copy. NOTICE. BOOK OF SUBSCRIPTION to the capt tal stock of The Griffin-Cope^and Co., a proposed corporation for the purpose of doing a general mercantile business, wi? be open at the office of T. N. Griffin io Magno? lia, S. C., Friday, Dec. 10th. Capital steck of said corpora-Ion to be six thousand dol? lars, divided iuto 12 shares bf the par value of ?500 each. T N. GRIFFIN, SA ML. COPELAND, Dec 8-lt Corporators.