The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 23, 1898, Image 4
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REBKESDAY, MASCH 23/1898.
Tbe S?tm?er> Watchman was rounded
185? sad the 7V*e &>ui?r<m ia 1866.
Che ffizfefana* anti Southron now has
fee combined circulation and influence
cf both of the old papers, and is mani?
fest]; the best -advertising medium in
Slam ter.
??COMB AND SBE'THY LITTLE
JOHNNY."
; When Bliod Tom visited Somier
| j?me years ago he sang a song-the
i words and masie being his own com
: {Kwhion. He called the song by the
i^ftbove name, and among other striking
labrases was the line several times re
Bpsated **He is sick bat he ia well."
% We' were forcibly re m i oded of Blind
^Toni's sot g on reading last week's Free?
dman. 1 ^
it criticised the Grand Jury as making '
?*'sweeping charges against the city of
Sumter." "The Jury made a mistake
ia ?ot preaecting the guilty parties,''
and ?'what the jory should have dose j
:'. "'.?aa,** &3., &c. ; bat these are prefaced
V with * * we are not disposed to condemn
Grand Jory n
Tbe Freeman next tackles the Petit
??ry:
j'Tbe jary in tbe case of Williaus, who ?
med last Monday for the morder of Mr. j
bat been very mach censured bj many j
for their recommendation to mercy, j
?bile we cannot join in this censar?, I
think h is very unfortunate that the ree- j
lion was girts, as it may famish j
people with an excase for lynching in j
-rature." * * * "aa the morder was j
ly atrocious ona, Williams richly !
death." ? * * I
:i' **At inc same time, as we said before, it ia j
A public misfortune that Williams escaped I
fi thd extreme penalty of the law, bnt those who j
are condemning: the verdict would da well to
i
bear in mind that the jurors probably knew j
nothing ot William? having plead guilty last i
" week, and were sworn to find a verdict by
toa evidence submitted," kc, &e, j
JN'ext following this, the Freeman
goes on, and without quoting any
: thing from the article criticised, to
bear ont the unfair criticism, says :
>? Tba Freeman is sorry to note that the
Watehma? and Soutarun, which bas always
: at^od straight on tbe mob mw question,1 ia
snowing signs of weakening. Its leading
e?itori*i this week was intended as a harsh
critic.sm of the jory that recommended Wil?
liams to mercy, cot wat in resit;? io the
i- nature of a surrender of its antHjncbing
principles. The fact that Williams escaped
,tbe gallows ia to be deplored, but it is cer?
tainty DO good reason woy moo law
?boa id be supreme in this County
' ; in the future. We have known instances
in this Cone ty where white meo who
were at guilty as Cain, nat only escaped
the gallows, bat eses ped all punishment, and
'Oar contemporary did not see fit to condemn
tbose juries. Why not extend the tame char
tty in this case? The Freeman stands fora
tiers administration of justice, but it also
stands for tbe supremacy of righteous Uv.
Sat aside tba courts a od allow moot to de?
cide at to the guilt or innocence of meo
charged with crime, and it requires no proph?
et to foretell oar futur*.
We claim that the article said jost
t what the Freeman has said vis : that
'the effect of the reeommendatioo of the
Jory it to furnish some people with
an excuse for lyoohing io the future.'
No more and no less ; and if the Free?
man ean prove its ebarge against the
Watchman and Southron by quotiog
from the article, will it please proceed to
do so.
Such a conduction of the article
was not dreamed of by the editor of the
Watchman and Southron, who bas felt
;hat the position of this paper on the
isnbjeot of mob law is too well known
to admit of question. We have al?
ways opposed mob law, and we deplored
ifche action of this jury for its effect in
weakeniog the bands of tbose who
to uphold law aod cry down
violence. We take this oooasic
disclaim tbe interpretation as mad)
tbe Freeman of the article io que?
should there be anybody else who
be abie to read it in the same ligfc
the editor of thc Freeman claims t
After reading the charge by
Freeman that "We have knowi
stances in this county where vi
men who were as guilty as Gail
* * escaped all punishment/3
looked over the court records for
last ten years to refresh our men
as to any such case Failing to
anything that answers to the desc
tion, and taking it for granted
Mr. Miller knew what be was v
mg about and would furnish
information, we addressed 1
a note asking for it. He d?clin?e
give the information, for reas
which he states, bot which to us
pear flimsy. Having made
charge against the County, which
eludes everybody as well as the
ries and the Watchman and Soutbr
fae need not hesitate now to specif
Tbe following is the note sent
bim, and his reply :
Mr. E. F. Hiller, Editor of the Freeman
Dear Sir : In your last issue you sai
<:W? bave known instances ia this com
where white men who were as guilty as Ca
Dot only escaped the gallows, but escaped
punishment, and our contemporary did i
tee fit to condemn those jurors."
Will you he kind enough to nao e the ca
to which you refer, and let me have same
the bearer of this ? Very respectfully,
Varch 22, '93. X. 6. OSTEEX.
Mr. N. 6. Otteen Editor Watchman a
Southron.
Dear Sir : You note of this date receiv
and contents noted.
I most decliae to "name tbe cases1' for t
reason, that by so doing, I would pta
myself in a similar position to tbat now c
copied by you, viz : condemning some juro
while excusing others ; and besides, you anc
might differ as to whether the defeodants,
tbe cases I bava iu mind, "w<>re as guilty i
Cain."
Very respec?fally,
EDWIN F. MILLER.
Sumter, March 22, 1898.
IT MEANS BANKRUPTCY.
Messrs. Latham, Alexander & Go
have issued a circaiar letter tbs
shows tbe cotton situation on Marci
18:h in a manner that "should warn th
cotton far ours against plan ting aootbe
eleven million bale crop. If the oro;
of 1898 shall be as great as the crop o
1897, the farmers of the South will o
baokrupt and the business interests o
this seatioo will be in a worse condi
tion ?ban in 1893-94. Tbe following
extracts are made from the circular let
ter referred to above :
"The total visible suppl; of oottoc
io the world ia 613,828 biles more than
last year, 660,092 bales more than io
1896, aod 477,568 bales ies3 tbao io
1895.
The amount of cotton that has beeo
marketed to date is 2,105.027 mere
tbao last year, 3,694.781 bales more
tbao in 1896, aod 1,045.985 more
than in 1895.
The exports thia year are 977,896
I bales more than last year, 2,365,470
bales more tbao in 1896, aod 514.674
bales moro than io 1895
Tbe stock io United States ports is
288,385 bales more than la?t year,
357.330 bales more tbac in 1896, aod
91,856 bales more tbao io 1805
Middling upland- is now selling at
ao advaooe of ooly 5 16 cent? per pound
above the lowest, price touched this
season, aod contracts for August deliv?
ery, at an advance of ooly 0 25 cente
above the lowest.
lo our circular letters ot Jaouary
19:b aod February 5th we endeavored
J to show the undeniably enormous losses
} that tho Sooth has invariably sustained
wheo more cotton was produced than
necessary to supply the wants of tho
j world.
If we should bring the tabulated
figures made then, up to this date,
the losses to the formers on this
year's crop would appear still more
startling ; and, with the condition of
affairs now prevailing throughout the
world, the necessity for a redaction
in acreage this year should appeal to
every farmer with greater force and
induce him to largely increase the
production of food crops.
The planters of the South have no
encouragement to plant cotton large?
ly this year, with the Aoglo-Rnssian
Cbineso complications existing in the
East, which might before the new
crop could be marketed, greatly re?
duce the value of cottonand the
strained relations of our own Gov?
ernment with Spain, which possibly
might ?eeult in war, staring them in
the face.
Even with permanent peace exist
ing between all the nations of the
globe, the consumptive demand for
cotton would not be sufficient to war?
rant the production of another such
large A mericaa crop as last year An
inevitable loss to the whole South, tn*
our opinion, would surely follow.
From a recent circular of Messrs
Ellison .& Go , Liverpool, the highest
authority on cotton consumption in
the wot l d, we make the following ex
tract as to future prospects :
"In our Annual Report issued in
January, we showed that with an
American crop of 10,750,000 bales,
aud a consumption of about 9,650,- I
000 bales, the stock of Americon cot?
ton in the ports of the United States,
Europe, and the surplus stocks at the
American and European mills would
bs about 1,900.000 bales, against
only 800,000 iast year, and we re?
marked that in regard to the future
of prices everything would depend
upon the prospects of the new crop.
"With as great a reduction in
acreage es took place in the spring of
1895, we should see a repetition of
the upward movement in values wit
nessed in that year ; but, if planters
are satisfied witb present prices and
do not reduce the area platited, then
cotton will become a greater drug
than it tiver has been in the his?
tory of the trade, and planters will
not get anything like present
prices "
In their report Messrs Ellison &
Co. based their calculations upon a
crop of only 10,750,000 bales, when
9,975,418 bales have already been re?
ceived, and the indications favor li,
000,000 bales or more
The present unfavorable outlook
for prices o? next year's crop
should induce every merchant in the
South to use bis influence with
the planters to cause a mark?
ed reduction in acreage, which
would be surely followed by
better prices and greater confidence
in gene-al business operations
'throughout the South
Yours truly,
Latham, Alexander & Cn.
Tiie new Spanish minister is report j
ed to have inquired wby thia country is
baying new warships. It might have !
been Mifficieot to reply 'hat it is be
( cau?i- we oh.v>se io du s ?, bat Assistant
j Seorctary J) iy i? reported to bave rc
j piled that i! t.- to ca!;e rtie plas? of the
: ooo recently blown up in Havana har
: nor. Ar il e saax? titee tr might have
j be< o pertinent r<> inquire why Spain ie
dickering ior ike (Vilifies and other
ships ?-Augusta Chronicle.
UNWORTHY OP NOTICE.
j Since reading the eubijioed editorial
i io the Kiogstree County Record, we
have regretted that we took any notice
whatever of the Like City Times acd
irs attack on the people of Sumter and
Darlington who assembled io mass
meetings and condemned the Lake City
lynching Tbs County Record shows
up the editor nf the Lake City Times
io his true colors and proves bim to be
j unworthy of notice :
j "We noticed in last week's Lake
! City Times an article casting epithets
at tbe editor of The- County Record,
and attacking this paper's utterances
regarding the recent postoffice tragedy.
It was our intention to let the article
? pass as not worth the attention of a
gentleman, but the editor of the Lake
City Times called to see os last Mon?
day sod told os that, while the ar?
ticle was his leadiog editorial, it
was written at the dictation of some*
ooe else, and expressed public sentit
I timent and not that of the editor ; that
he was a public servant, aod as such
published the article at the instigation
of another. Mr. Clark furthermore
said that be had oot seen anything io
The County Record that would warrant
-such an article, aod be did not
know what bis dictator was refer?
ring to, but that he had beeo told
it was ooe of the.articles we bad
reproduced from another paper,
aa our editorials were directed io speci?
fic terms to the members of the mob.
Continuing, be said he koew The
County Record was oot "entirely foll
of deouooiations of the people of Lake
City aod vicinity," as bis editorial said,
but he had published that "for effect "
?8 a matter of fact, there was uotb- i
iog at ali published io The County
Record which attacked anyon 3 save the
murderers, and if occasion presented
itself we will say r gain what we have
already said about the assassination.
The claim that we have deoouooed
anyone who was not io the mob is utter?
ly faUe, and was known to be by the
author of the editorial in Lake City
paper when the article was prepared."
Kiogstree County Record.
MORE LENIENCY.
Henry Burrows was found guilty of
manslaughter after a fair trial on the
charge cf murder. He killed Alex
Haynsworth by striking bim on the
back of the head with a heavy billet of
wood. It was murder, but tbe fact
that the deed was supposed tu have been
done io the beat of passion was ao ex?
tenuating circumstance. The jury
took a charitable view of the case and
rendered a verdict of manslaughter, aod
ooder this verdict Henry Barrows
woald have received no more than jos
tice bad the extreme penalty for bis
orime been imposed.
In this case the jury was not to
blame, but the people wbo signed the
petition for a light sentence are The
people are crying for justice and
are damning the courts and the
law because criminals are not
punished, but when there is a chance
to punish a coovioted felon they
must needs go and plead for leniency.
Tbe way to put a stop to orime is to
punish criminals, aod when tbe people
Drevent the punishment cf criminals
they do wrong. What we need in this
oountry is more justice and more severe j
punishment of criminals Tenderness ?
and consideration is not the proper '
treatment for convicted felons. What
i
encouragement is there for juries to con- '
viet if the people follow immediately be I
hiod them and undo theil' work hy j
petitions?-Daily Item.
! fiCOAST LINE SHORT CUT.
The Augusta Chronicle of yesterday
contained the following of "much con?
cern to South Carolinians :
"It is stated that the Atlantic Coast
Line is now surveying the route of an
extension of their line that will put
them a great deal nearer to Augusta
th HU at present.
. "The informatiob is to roe effect that
the new line will be ruo from Denmark
to Martini Station on the Port Royal
and Western Carolina division of tbe
Charleston and Western Carolina.
"Tbe reason for the buildiog of this
short line is obvious. The Atlantic
Coast Line now owns tbe Charleston
and Western Carolina and, at the same
time, is running its trains into Augusta
over tbe tracks of the South Carolina
aod Georgia.
"By the construcci?n of this short
line it would be eoabied to reach this
j city over its own tracks for the entire
distance.
"Just when the work of gradiog,
aod of laying the tracks will oommeoce
cao not be stated, lt is believed rbat
the Coast Line in thc future will make
a very strong bid for the business of
this section and that by shortening its
route to the east and running over its
owo tracks it will compere, not only
for tbe passenger business, bot for tbe
freight to each an extent that Augusta
will enjoy even lower rates than she
cow bas to the east and from there."
Southern Poets' Graves.
"North Carolina has dead statesmen,
lawyers, divines and soldiers who de?
serve richly monuments to their mern
or?es, bot do not receive them As to
poets it has among its dead no one
who can iu any special or proper
sense be classed as a poet, except ex
gratia. We are glad to know that
there is a good showing for a suitable
monument to one very genuine south
ern poet-a man of genius, a gentle?
man in high sense, a noble southron
j We refer to Paul Hamilton Hayne.
j It is noteworthy that our sister State ?
! of South Carolina has given birth to
two of the best poPts of the south?
land. In Harry Timrod and Paul
Hayne South Carolina possessed two
singers of inspiration and melody
who deserve to be remembered grate
fully, tenderly and pn?odly. They
were finely endowed with lyric pow?
er, and sang in such high and em
avishing sweetness of numbers that
they ought to forever charm Both
were poor in this world's good
things, and now sleep in unhonored
graves In Georgia, the grave of |
one of the truest of its own poets
Richard Henry Wilde-has been
duly marked with appropriate me
monal stone. It was erected by the
Augusta "Hayne Circle," organized
in 1885. A correspondent writing
from Augusta to the Baltimore Sun,
tells of of the Wilde monument :
"On a prominent Equate of Greene
street, the beautiful residence street
of Augusta, famous for its four rows
of live oaks aud elms stretching from
one end of it to the other, rises a
cenotaph of Georgia granite in
scribed to Wilde's memory. On one
face is sculptured in bass relief a full
blown tose, beneath which appears
the verse :
.'My iife ?s i ke the summer rose,
That opens to tbe morning sky ;
But ere me shades of e-eniDg close,
Is scatterrd oo the goood to die."
There are appropriate inscriptions,
giving dates of birth and death of
this gifted son of Georgia, who sang
a few strains of magic sweetness
"a poet, jurist, orator and statesman "
"The Hayne Circle" is still trying to
carry out the plan of erecting to the
poet Hayne a monument that shall
speak to coming generations We
put Hayne third among southern
poets, omitting Poe, who was born
in Bostou-we may not undertake to
say who shall be first-Timrod or
Lanier. Both have left some rich
legacies of rare merit and beauty
Poe was born of a Maryland father, j
but his mother was not southern. If i
he 13 to He classed ES southern he is j
easily first, HS he is first in pure ge- !
nius among al! American poetB. of
whatever name or section In Eu?
ropean judgment he is foremost
among all the poets of our country.
We hope that before longer neglect
Timrod and Hayne's graves will be
marked by fitting memorials of their
genios If Lanier has not been thus
honored, it is a neglect that cannot
be too soon cored In Baltimore, at
last, Poe's grave ia no lo?ger neg?
lected He will live long in his
poetry that may have the quality of
perpetuity.-Wilmington Messenger.
Tbat Silver Corpse.
Of ail tbe unreasonable things we
know of, the silver corpse easily tskea
the lead. Its (naen i bas been preach?
ed in every language, and that it is a
dead ifsue we have been informed time
and time again. Bat it does not seem
to realize it We are are a loss to un?
derstand why a corpse should so per?
sist io stalkiog abroad. Hamlet's fath?
er'? ghost is not a murker to the per?
turbed silver spirit that walks abroad
in all sections aod in all seasons,
.hough its death has been officially de?
clared, and we bave been informed by
enthusiastic go?dbogs that the silver
question is buried ao deep that resur?
rection is impossible Io the face of
?hese authoritative ceciaratiops it is
passing strange that s?, corpse will con?
tinue to intrude itself upon the public
attention. And yeti: coes Tbe Ohio
Democratic stete central committee
adopted the fo.lowing resolution last
week :
Resolved, That it ts the opinion of
this committee that the silver forces of
Ohio should stand united it? exactly the
same position they recopied io 1896,
and are overwhelming y io favor of the
readeptioo of tbe Chicago platform aod
the reoomioatioo for the presidency of
HOD. William Jennings Bryao io 1900.
And, folly aod unreservedly iodorsiog
this position itself, the committee sug?
gests to tbe organis?d silver forces of
Ohio that io ail cc u o ty or district
Democratic or silver conventions, held
io the State this year, the question here
raised be submitted to a direct vote cf
the delegates assembled to the ead
that doubt and discord as to the prin?
ciples of a candidate a ay be eliminated
j and the allied silver forces thoroughly
ooited io the effort to roturo to congress
a silver delegation frota the president's
own State.-Augusta Chronicle.
A man well knowo in politics aod
OBe who is io a position to know where?
of be speaks, ic talk'Dg of the outlook
for this year's Srate campaign, yester?
day said that Senator Tillman had de?
termined to make several speeches io
the State during the campaign this
year. Of course they will not be de?
livered at the regular campaign meet?
ings, but at points to be arranged for
later. Wben asked what would be the
burden of the speeches, the speaker
said that they would be in defense of
the dispensary system sod the Reform
party lt is paid that Senator Tillman
intends to rake a hard on these lines
notwithstanding the fact that his elder
brother is expected to arrack both mat?
ters referred to throughout the canvass.
-The State.
SPAIN BUYS TBE KERESE.
Rome March 18-Thc Spanish
government consummated the pur?
chase of the new Italian cruiser
Kerese to day and will be given im?
mediate possession. The Kerese is
a light armored crciser and is a new,
fiwift and powerful vessel. The
terms of the sale have not been made
public
KOTOS,
Pore, sweet and dei ghtfully enchanting
c?ptivBte tb? ear It is this very charm of
tone thai most distinguishes tb?
and makes theo the favorite home instru?
ments. Singer? prefer them a3 accompani?
ments, and for instrumental music, both popu?
lar and classical, thev ?re unexcel'ed.
TERMS ACCOUODAT?NG.
STANDARD ORGANS.
TUNING AND REPAIRING.
CHAS. M. STEIFFj
BALTIMORE 9 North Liberty St.
Charlotte, N C., 213 N. Tr; on St