Making Every Preparation
To Muster Them Out.
No Probability of Change of
Orders in This Respect
Col. Record, 27th
* The furlough of the soldiers of the
First regiment ends tomorrow and
some of the soldiers haye already re
turned. A great majority of them
will arrive to day so as to be on band
in plenty time A talk among those
here brings forth a variety of opio*
ions as to mustering out or staying
in White a great many like army
life and probably would vote to re
main io tbe service, there seems to
be little interest taken in the matter
However, by to morrow night it will
be pretty well known what their
wishes are, but even after it is ex?
pressed the war department remains
to be beard from.
It is not known how the sentiment
of the regiment is to be obtained,
but as the number returning in?
creases it becomes evident that the
men do not desire to remain in the
service An officer offered to bet
$100 to $10 that not one-third of
them would so vote.
In the meantime Capt. Fuller is
making ail'pr?parations to expedite
the mustering out. He accepts it as
a fact and is not of the opinion that
the regiment will be retained Most
of che men have secured positions in
private life and it is hardly tu be ex?
pected that there would be any gen?
era? desire among them to give them
ap.
It is probable that the medical ex?
amination will be begun tomorrow,
but it will take ai least ten days to
complete it and secure the presence
of the paymaster here, which is one
of the very important features of the
whole business to the soldiers.
The State of this morning says :
Col. Tillman returned from Edge
field yesterday afternoon
When asked as to the retention of
the regiment in the service, be said :
"My attitude io this matter is well
known throughout the State While
lieutenant colonel, I made no effort to
dictate to the men, and my appoint?
ment as colonel has made no change
whatsoever
"I believe, and have always be?
lieved, that in a volunteer army, tbe
sentiment of the privates should be
consulted insofar as possible Were
I a regalar, my views would possibly
be different, for volunteers and regu?
lars make an entirely different kind
of army
"The men must choose for them?
selves Those desiring to be releas
ed, shall be released ; and those de
siring to remain, shall be transferred
to some other regiment if possible, if
not a sufficient number of IL en ex?
press a willingness to remain with the
regiment for it to be retained ; but
no one shall be forced to remain in
the service who does not so desire "
Several of the officers stated yes?
terday that it was their opinion that
the men of the regiment do not want
' to be retained.
Senator Tillman Takes a
Hand Primary of the First
Regiment.
THE MEN VOTE TO GO OUT.
Special to The Daily Item
Columbia, Oct. 29.-The privates
and non-commissioned officers of the
First regiment are practically unani?
mous in the desire to go out of ser?
vice at once, and no further efforts
will be made to keep them in
? Senator Tillman visited the camp
to-day, and when the regiment was
drawn up a hand primary for and
against retaining the regiment in
service was taken. He found the
setiment almost solid in favor of be
ing mustered out
The examination of the men is now
in progress, and the regiment will be
mustered out in accordance with the
ordere of the war department
A K
Washington, Oct 8 -The Acme
Wrecking Co of San Francisco has
made a rebuest upon the navy depart
memt for authority to raise the battle?
ship Maine.) The company baa had ex
perience in raising vessels on the Pa
cific coast and representations have
been made to the departmsnt as to its
ability to accomplish the task in Ha?
bana harbor. It proposes to blow
the mud from under the wreck by
means of streams of water and then
to pass chains under and attach them
to frame work connected with a sys?
tem of steel barrels These barrels
will also be placed in the wreck and
utilized wherever they can be made
available The company simply asks
authority to raise the Maine and
bring her to this country. If the
government wants the ship after she
reaches the United States, the com?
pany will want to be paid salvage
money through condemnation pro?
ceedings It is probable that in case
the government did not want the
ship, the company could exhibit her
in different large seacoast cities of
the United States No money is
demanded from the government by
the company. It is stated at the
department unofficially that in case
the company is found reliable the au?
thority will no doubt be given
Palmetto Company
With Virginia a Regiment.
South Carolinians Fought
With Those Prom the Old
Dominion.
CAPT. FIELD EXPLAINS IT.
A few days ago Col John P
Thomas, Sr., State librarian, stated
that there was some very meagre in?
formation that a Sooth Carolina com*
pany had served in a Virginia regi
ment daring the civil war. Howev?
er, he had been unable to obtain any
facts relative to this change, and ask
ed that if any one conld famish any
data to notify him.
A letter received yesterday by
Gov Eilerbe states that the report is
true, and gives all the canses leading
np to the transfer. There was a re?
volt among the Palmetto ttoops
which resalted in their casting lots
with the Virginians.
The following letter gives a brief
account of the matter :
Gov. W H. Eilerbe, Colombia. S. C
I noticed a few days ago that yon
wished some information as to how
a Sooth Carolina cavalry company
came to be attached to a Virginia
regiment. As I am familiar with the
circumstances I shall briefly relate
them to yon
The Fourth Sooth Carolina regi?
ment entered the State service on
the 14th day of April, 1861, for 12
months and soon after transferred its
service to the Confederate States in
January or February, 1862. Col
Micha Jenkins began to organize a
regiment for the war and so many
men of the Fourth regine nt joined
him, there were only enough men
left to organize a battalion of five
companies These men were ex
pect i ;.ig a furlough at the end of the
year. But as the federal army was
threatening Richmond they were
urgrd to postpone the furlough, to
organize the battalion for ninety
days, and then afterwards they coold
go any where in the army they might
choose
A t the end of the winter days, after
the seven days fight, they demanded
the right to transfer to other branches
of service, but were told that the
promise had been made by brigadier
generals who had no anthon ty
Consequently a number of these
men bolted, organized a company
and joined a Virginia regiment under
Col. Dunn They were arrested once
or twice, but were never put on trial.
You remember the conscript act did
not pass until the 16th of April, 1862.
So we believed we were out of ser
vice by our contract.
A large per cent of these men left
my company-Griffin, the Loopers
and many others I was first lieu?
tenant of Co C, Fourth battalion, but
was absent at the time of the rona
way, having been sent by Col. Jen?
kins to South Carolina after a nnm
ber of recruits who were desirous of
joining us
. The Fourth battalion was kept in
a disorganized condition, though it
went through the Maryland campaign
(with myself in command) until No
vember, 1862, when we were consol?
idated into two companies, aod as?
signed to the Hampton Legion, when
it joined Jenkins brigade.
Wm G. Field,
First Lieutenant of Fourth Battalion
Hampton Legion.
On October 20th the following was
printed in the News and Courier :
A rather sensational report bas
been beard in the city of the causes
which led to the seizure of the Sea?
shore company's beor This was that
the managers of the Ellerbe cam?
paign had seen the Seashore people
previous to the last election and re?
quested a healthy contribution on the
strength of the beer privilege at the
Isle of Palms The Seashore com?
pany is said to have refused to help
reelect Governor Ellerbe, and for this
refusal the governor hit back by tak
ing the company's beer.
We have watched with siome inter
est for a denial of this direct charge
of blackmail and oppression against
Governor Eilerbe and his campaign
managers, but have seen no denial
The accusation bas been made public
ly and in a respectable newspaper
Does the governor think it is too
small a matter to demand bis atten
tion 1 Many people will probably
take a different view and regard
silence as confession of guiit
Is it not true that the Sea Beach
railroad people were asked to con?
tribute to the Eilerbe campaign fond ?
We have good reason, outside the
publication in the News and Courier,
?o believe that they were and that
the man who asked them is a close
friend of the governor and an official.
If it is true the case is complete.
If the railroad people were allowed
to handle beer before the election,
refused to contribute to help the gov?
ernor and were raided after ine elec
tion everybody knows what it means
-blackmail and oppression, the use
of ihe law to punish a citizen for de
dining to give bis own money to
help reelect a politician -Greenville
News
-<mma- mm -
Havana, Oct 28.-Captain Gener?
al Blanco has been instructed by the
miniater of war, Gen. Correa, to pay
te eack discharged soldier remaining
I in Cuba the sum of $24.
i ,: mm
Of Historic Interest
A correspondent of the Chicago In?
ter Ocean has the following concern
! ing the oldest railroad in America :
"L A Emerson, traffic manager
of the South Carolina and Georgia
railroad, bas compiled some interest
ing information about his road, which
is the oldest in the United States,
and. excepting a few short lines
built in Eagland in the early '20s. the
oldest in the world The Sonth Car?
olina company was organized in May
21, 1828. and during 1829 six miles
of the road was constructed At the
start horse power only was used
Then a premium of ?500 was award*
ed to the inventor of the endless
chain process, which was calculated
to move passenger cars at the rate of
12 mites an hour In 1829 and 1830
sails was substituted for horse power.
This experiment proved highly satis?
factory, aa it carried, when the wind
was right. 13 passengers and three
tons of iron at the rate of 10 miles an
hour This means of locomotion,
however, came to an abrupt end one
day, when the wind auddnly chang?
ed and took the sail, mast, sailors
and all overboaad in a gale which
drove the cars at 15 miles an honr
''In March, a contract was award
io the. West Point foonday of New
York to construct an engiue guaran?
teed to make 10 miles an hour and
haul three times its waight. This
was the first locomotive built in
America and it was called Best
Friend. It wss a four-wheeled con?
cern, all the wheels being drivers
These wheels had iron hubs, with
wooden spokes and felloes. The
boiler was vertical, like an old style
porter boiler The machine exceeded
in power the wildest hopes of both the
railway men and the builders, for it
proved capable of carrying a load of
between 40 and 50 people 16 miles
an hour On June 18,1831, a negro
fireman held down the safety valve,
and as a result the boiler exploded,
landing the whole concern in the
ditch The accident was thought at
first to be the result of fast running,
as the train was at the time making
close to 18 miles an hour, and short
ly afterwards the following resolution
was adopted by the board of direc?
tors :
*No greater speed shall be made
by the engineer than 15 miles per
hour with one car of passengers,
12 with two cars, and 10 miles with
three cars '
"The next engine owned by the
South Carolina road was named the
West Point. and made two
miles in eight minutes The
State legislature stepped iin at
this point and declared that this
rate of speed was excessive and dan
gerous to human life, and as a con-,
seq?ense the company put a "bar
rier'* car on each train This "bar
rier"car was a flat car loaded with
cotton bales, which was expecied to
act as as a sort of brake, and dimin?
ish the force of the fall when the pas
senger hit the ground.
"These experiments, Mr Emerson
says, were among the early expert
enees of this historical road They
began with horse power and sails,
and to day, after a varied experience,
extending over nearly three quarters
of a century, the company possesses
one of the best equipped roads in
America "
What is Paid for His Work
Perhaps no one receires so large
prices for his work as Mr Rudyard
Kipling, says the British Weekly
Ile has contracted to write eight
stories for one of the magazines next
year, for each of which he will re?
ceive about $1,200 This is simply
for the English serial rights of the
stories In addition, Mr Kipling
receives payment from America,
India and the colonies This will
probably bring up the price of the
stories to about $2,500 each, mak
ing $20,000 a year.
In addition'to this, Mr Kipling re?
ceives the royalties for book publica
tion in England and America This
will not amount to less than about
$20,000. so that for each story the
author receives not less than $5,000
Whethe these high prices willr be
kept up is doubtfull If the cheap
magazinism succeeds in injuring the
older periodicals they may be main?
tained. It remains to be seen wheth
er the public cares much for names,
and it must be remembered that the
papers with the laigest circulation in
this country do not depend upon
names at ail
I remember some years ago Mr
Kipling contributed one of his best
pieces of work, better work by a
great deal than he has been doing
lately, to a monthly review The
editor informed me that not one extra
copy of the periodical was sold
Mrs Nancy Carine of Dillsborc,
Ind.. who bas recently died at the age
of 67 years, was a cwieofeil snui. ^fce
lived fer forty sevto years wirbin a mile
of a railroad and ne'ffer saw tbe read, or
a car or an eogine, although she ofteo
beard tbe eogite foot She wasn'*t
blind, either
Kan*as Ci'v. Mo., ha- mad*, the
wide tite co wheals compulsory, on
those that o*e the boulevards and
parkways of the city, on wbich ?be is
stock Single horse vehicles are
required to have tirejAthreo ir ,hes wide
and two-borse o^esMBc ir.chea wi'
? "Pitts'- j
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| LAMAR & RANKIN DRUG CO i $
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I earnestly ask all mothers who J
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^ to try on? botrle and see what the &
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MRS. LIZZIE MURKAY. $
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THE SANK OF SUMTER,
SUMTER, S. C.
City and County Depository
Transacts a general Banking business, ajso
has
A Savings Bank Department,
Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In*
terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per
annum. Payable quarterly, oo first days of
January, April, July and October.
W F. B HAYNS WORTH,
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CHARLESTON, S. C,
^ST" Purchase our make, whicb we gu?rante
superior to any sold South, and
therebj ia ve money.
Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty
October 16 -o
BOARDING.
HAVING TAKEN the House on Main
Street secood door eonth of the Nixon
House, I am prepared to accocrmodate a lew
jeguUr t-iar 'ers. and also lodging and meale
tc transient customers
Terms reasonable.
MRS W. B. SMITH.
Sept. 8
WAR! WAR ! WAR!
But the "White" is vitcori
ous. We are now selling sew?
ing machines from ten dollars
up We have a few machines
that are slightly used that we
will sell cheap. We also have
a nice line of Organs that we
wJl sell on easy terms. We
are head quarters for Sewing
Machines and supplies. Old
machines taken in exchange
for new ones.
Ul. B. JRAftDLE.
Manager,
Sumter Music House.
SUMTER, S. C.
HARB Y # CO.,
WHOLESALE COKERS,
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PROPRIETORS.
?P-T0WN OFFICE :
COURT HOUSE SQUARE,
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moniated Fertilizer,
1,000 Tons Acid with Potasn,
500 Tons Dissolved Bone.
500 Tons German Kainit,
400 Tons C. S. Meal,
For Sale.
We ;ire prepared to meet j
any and ail prices for STAND?
ARD GOODS. Get our prices
before purchasing.
Respectfully,
HARBY & co.
i ec. 16.
Horses.
Our first car load ar?
rived to-day, September
28, 1898.
Thoroughbred Berk- V
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?hire Pigs for sale.
H. Barby.
Sumter, S. C., September 28,;i898.
J. W. ROBSON & SON,
Commission Merchants,
And dealers in
HAY, GRAIN AND COW FEED.
Consignments of Eggs, Poultry and Farm
Produce Solicited.
Weights and Goods Guaranteed.
J. N. Robson & Soo,
Feb 16-x
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LANDS W?NT?DT
PERSONS WITH LANDS FOR SALE
Are requ?sted to put teem in roy hands
for sale. I ?tn in constant receipt of so many
letters of enquiry about land9 from Northern
end Western parties, that I may be ablejto
effect sales for those who will give me accu
rnte detailed descriptions of what they have.
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ss CHU be guaranteed and must give :
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proximity to railroads, post offices, schools,
churches and to\.ns, kind of improvements.
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so desired.
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