Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, TSOV~So7Y89S~ The Sumter Watchman was rounded i i 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. Che Watchman and Southron now has i - ? combined circulation and influence o both of the old papers, and is mani f-stly the best advertising medium in S-.rater. The Sumter Item of last Thursday goss red in the fane at onr criticism of the lack of encouragement given to the preject to extend the Wilson sod Summerton railroad to Camden, and io a perspiring*ooder-the-collar manner tries to put warmth into the "cold water" it threw OQ the project in ita incipiency bj saying : *'It is in eon neo* tioo with the Somier and Wateree . railroad that Tba Times displays thc greatest ignorance, and by reason of ibis very ignorance of she facts the st ur? aimed at Gol. Blandi? g fell flat." Tnere was sot the slightest intention on ?ar part to aim "slurs" at Col Bland? ir?, nor to disparage his commendable j r&ms to. bring to Sumter a railroad, j VYbat we -wanted to impress was the importance of giving Captain Wi ls o c's project the encouragement it deserved, tor it is known that Capt. Wilson is in a position to build railroads, and if railroads are wanted, then .those want? ing them should not treat contemplating builders as "bluffers." The Item takes great hope of getting the Sumter and Wateree road by March next, because "railroad capitalists have gone so far as to pay out more than $15,000 for survey?, etc. We h?pe toe wish wil! be gratified, but the expenditure of "$15.000 for surveys" does not yet mean a road. We have heard of capitalists going so far as to grade and make oontraots for erossties, ?od yet nothing more ?seo of the l?r> jeet, so it ts never certain a railroad will be built until it has been built, and therefore*!* behooves those who are to be benefited to extend thc giad band to every man- who proposes to pnsh a business project. Captain Wilson not only intends to make his proposed extension, bnt he also proposes to pot W entire line from Camden to Wilson's in a traveling condition, to equal any road in the State. It is also his intention, if the business warrants it, to erect shops, where a large number of mechanics will ne employed. If Saluter it so fortunate as to get both of tfcese roads her business interests will be materially advanced and all of her business men will profit thereby - Manning Times. The above is proof that The Manning Times does not know what it is talking ab ?ut when it undertakes to discuss the railroad outlook to Sumter. The Sum* ter and Wateree has taken shape and is ?*w a certainty. Insofar as money is c? v ?cerned, the men who have signed riiter- contract to build the road within w**ve months are well fixed, and were authorized to give their names at iaovi time the editor of The Manning "gV-*es wouid admit that they are -capitalists of more than local import ? .ce, who can Ind will build any r -inroad that they contract to build Wd do oot disparage Mr. Wilson's Simter aod Camdeo enterprise, but * va he has made progress as great and -?:o<:antiai aa has been made by the Sa nter & Wateree we cannot grow ?*fhu3?astic If The Times ?ants to e o h use we shall be glad to use its m.ie to*order enthusiasm giving full urti itt for all that we reoriot. The prohibitionists oiaim to have a ta-*j >rity of tbs Legislature and they t>~ pose to enact a law that wili hit the ?-?nensary system to the neck. ?bso* ice prohibition oould not possibly iaee a condition of affairs that w .?ld encourage more mes to run bliod ?? i*rs io the country districts than are *- present eogaged io the traffic. Tho j ?>t jhtbiriootsts may improve oooditious ; j we do not believe they can make them ' ??ich worse .Spain wiii oot provoke a resumption 6* rae war. for the government found o n that the United States eau overpower )?H available laod and naval forces of So ?ia without serious difficulty. Spain i* eow playiog the baby aot aod is ra king every possible exertion to excite the sympathy of some of the Kiropeao powers, but without results tfcns far. Spain trill be forced to i? itxnit to the tern9 of the United 8 *tes, and that country should consider rself lucky that an indemnity equal to the cost of the war is not required. 7. B. Rice, Druggist, Greensboro, Gi , writes as follows : "Ia the past eight rears, I have sola more of Dr. Pitts' Carminative than ali the soothing syrups, colic drops, sod other baby medicines com? bined." Sold bj J. F. W. DeLorme. - ?- i I tx -i Wisdom to-day means comfort to-morrow. To prove it oar a White and use it. Tbe Conditions in Cuba. FACTS GATHERED BY GEN. M. C. BUTLER. Washington. Nov. 26.-Gen M C. Butler of Sooth Carolina, a member of the Cn ban e vac Dation commission arrived here today direct from Ha bana in response to a telegraphic sommons from President McKinley, and this afternoon he bad a two hours consultation with the president at the White House. He made an extend? ed report of the negotiations for the evacuation and of the terms opon which the Spaniards bad agreed to complete it by January 1. Gen Butler gave it as bis opinion that ail the Spaniards have met the American commissioners with reasonable fair? ness end that there has been little friction. Some of the claims they Jbave made for compensatio? lor the spanish property have been ridicu? lous and they will, of course, be abandoned in the end. Gen. Butler denies all the reports of dissension among the members of the American commission. In addition to his report upon the actual work of the joint commission, Gen. Botler gave the President much valuable information as to the gener? al situation in Cnba, the ability of Cabans for self government, the san? itary conditions of Habana and gen era?y the results of his observations during his stay there. Gen. Butler is of the opinion that the military government of the island must be continued for some time, but that it should only be as rigorous as may be necessary to preserve order. He thinks the Cubans are ambitions for self government and anxious to avoid friction with the American authori? ties If military control is exercised with discretion he believes there will be little trouble. One of the most troublesome fea tores of the situation is the criminal class and the difficulty of determining in the case of prisoners who are io carcerated for political offenses and who for erime There bas existed in Habana in the past an oath bound organization on the order of the Italian mafia known as the nanigo, which was a source of terror to the inhabitants. One of the few com? mendable acts of Weyler was the deportation of about 700 of the mem? bers of this organization to the penal colony of Ceuta But fears are ex? pressed that these criminals may return or that the order may be re? vived by some of those who were not deported One of the features of the situation in which the authorities here are epecially interested just now is the sanitary condition of Habana The shipment of troops which bas already begun and the existence of yellow fever in Habana all the year round makes it absolutely necessary that tbe city should be placed in thorough sanitary condition Gen. Butler de? scribes the city now as a pest bole, filled with unmentionable filth, squal? or and destitution. The Spanish authorities have, however, agreed to inaugurate the work of patting the city in sanitary condition with the aid of the Ameaican authorities and work to this end is to begin at once Gen Butler paints a dark picture of destitution among the poorer classes and says it will probably be necessary for us to furnish some aid to the starving and the wretched. Gen Butlar paid a high tribote to the discipline and uncomplaining suffering of the Spanish troops. They endured hardships, he says, which would have caused American soldiers to revolt As au illustration of the admirable discipline of the Spanish soldiery, he said that at one time"there were 43,000 Spanish sol diers in Habana ; yet he never saw or heard of an act of violence nor did he hear of or see a single Spanish soldier intoxicated Gen Butler will remain here sev? eral days aod probably have another inteview with the president He will then go to his home in South Carolina whence be will return in about 10 days to Habana. His wife and daughter will accompany him on his return. This fact leads to the belief that he may be destined for military service in Coba as his pres? ent mission expires with the comple? tion of the evacuation. Berlin, Nov. 26 -Frank KaotiVr of New York has been arrested on the charge of lese majest?, said to have hnen oommitted io a wine shop Mr. Kaoaak was arrested while sittieg with bis wife io a fashionable restaurant, [t is alleged that he referred io an offensive manner to the emperor, aod a person who beard bim immediately summoned a policeman. Although Mr Kaoaak had several witnesses who denied that be had made the alleged remark, be was thrown ioto jail The officials of the United States embassy have dooe everything possible to bring about bis release and a large amount of bail has Deco offered. Newport News. Nov. 26 -United States hospital ship Relief arrived at Old Point this moroiog from Puerto Rico, briogiog its second load of sick soldiers to the new hospital. There were on board 250 patients. Ooly a few were seriously il), the majority being coovale3cents. The men were well cared for on the ship, which is tbe most thoroughly equipped hospital ship in tbe service. RESULT OF RACE RI?T IN ANNISTON, ALA . - ? : * '.? .'.>: .? JTT is?;*. ' , " ? _ . ie'.' At'an ta, Ga , Nov. 25-A speqial to the Constitution from Aoniston, Ala , says: The revised list of casualties re sailing from last night's rioting, as given oat to-night, is ai follows : .. . DEAD. Corporal James Cape ton, colored, Third Alabama. f DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED. Corporal Smith, colored, Third Ala bama, shot through the abdomen; Private Gildart, Second Arkansas, stabbed to the back with a knife or bay - OD efe and severely oat to head. SLIGHTLY WOUNDED. Private Eohols, colored, Third'Ala bama, flesh wound io the left shoulder Sergeant Frank Dodson, Third Ten? nessee, right arm shattered. Private J. E. Graham, Third Ten? nessee, flesh wocco in the abdomen. Two negro civilians were shot and will probably die. It was reported to-night that a Urge Domber of negro soldiers waa massing jost outside the city, and strong force from the provost guard went oat and scoured the vicinity bat did not ?nd a man. Orders have been issn ed by Gen. Frank ra at no passes be granted except for good reasons, and fewer men will be allowed in town at one time in the fa tere than heretofore. Sentinels around the various camps have been increased, and it is BOW very difficult to ruc the line. There were several fist fights be? tween the whites and blacks during the day, but the feeling of unrest has subsided into quiet to night. About Expansion. What to do with the Philippines is a question that is engaging moon atten? tion io this country at this tims. In the protocol with Spain the subject was exhausted in the statement of the agreement for "the United States to j occupy and bold the city, bay and harbor of Manila, pending the conclu? sion of the treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines." Our government's occupancy is thus made temporary, and the future status of the islands is left to be settled in future negotiations. The entire matter is now in the bands of the peace commission to the extent of the authority of that body Io New Eogland the sentiment seems to be well crystalized against our colo? nizing the Philippines. Congressman McCall of Massachusetts, says : "Pore* ly as a matter of cupidity, I do cot believe it will pay us to keep the Philippines, and it seems to me that we cannot take them with a clear conscience or for our own good " Congressman Lawrenoe of the same State, Haid in a speech at Greenfield : **It is a queer business for this great and free republic, made great aod free by men who have stopped at no saorifioe in order to secure liberty for themselves and their children, to estab? lish a colonial form of government over millions of subjects, and at the same time to say to them that they can never hope to be our equals, to be admitted to citizenship ; that there is no prospeot of their becoming Americanized and that they must expect to take their government from us for generations yet to come That would be a olear betrayal of the principles of free gov? ernment. It ?9 Bot in accord with the spirit of our fathers or ia harmony with our own ideas of honor .... . . I do not believe they (our people are eager to send armies to the tropics or to engage io wars of conquest. I have faith to believe that this question will be settled with due regard to our responsibilities and to the welfare of our beloved country " In an address in Cambridge tbe'Hon. George S. Boutwell of Massachusetts used this language: 4'There are inci? dents of any ootonial policy from which no oatioo can escape. Some of them can be speoifio ; armies, navies, wars, taxation and the unrequitable sacrifice of the young men cf a State." Mr. Boutwell farther says : "What are we proposing todo? Cer? tainly this : We propose to carry oar institutions into the Philippines and to se: them op over a people who have never even beard of the ideas on which the institutions of government are to be set ap and established firmly in oth? er countries the ideas on which oar institutions rest mast, in anticipation, have been accepted by the people. Hence I condemn the attempt to extend American institutions by the sword. Let the institutions wait until the worid is conquered by ideas. And the conquest of ideas will create and pro? tect corresponding institutions From all parts of the coaotry have come expressions of opposition to the extension of oar national authority over the Philippines. Whatever the feeling in favor of anexatioo, whatever advantages may now seem likely to follow it, there can be iittle doubt that the strong feeling agaiost it represent* the more conservative, the wiser, thc safe sentiment of the American peo? ple.-Columbia Register. Mothers, we cell your attention to Pitts' Carminative, it acts promptly, it is pleas? ant to the taste, and the children will take it without coaling. It relieves promptly and permanently. If we can get you to use il, you will get others to do likewise. Your druggist selis it. J. F. W. DeLorm?. An Honest Confession. If it is really true that "%n honest confession is good for the soul," the editor of i?he Manchester, N H., Union ought to feel better for having made the following : "Probably no one in the north, and certainly no one whose opinions is of any weight, thinks of defending the recent outbreaks against the negro in North and South Carolina y but the silly political attempts of certain Republican papers to hide the dis? grace of the treatmen?of negroes in Illinois by crying out against the south is meeting the condemnation it deserves. It is bad business all round, and it is made worse by the effort of northern Republicans to present the race conflict as purely sectional. Here in the north there [ is less of it because there are. fewer negroes ; but ?et a few hundred negroes come in conflict with north? ern laborers and we have such scenes at Virden, Illinois, and conduct by a northern Republican governor such as has never been equalled much less surpassed by a governor of a south? ern State " These acknowledgements are tardy but satisfactory. Actual observation of race troubles in sections other than the south is calculated to en? lighten the judgment of the northern people upon difficulties between whites and negroes No community in any of ithe "loyaF States would have submitted to negro- misrule as the southern people did without resort to revolution by force-Columbia Register. Macon, Ga., Nov 28.-A special to the Telegraph from Ratler, Ga., tells of tbs killing near rbere las?; night of a member of a sheriff's posse, the fatal wounding of another, and the serious wounding of another. R. L. Cooper. Wesley Wainwright and John P. Jones were the posse. They went to a negro's house with a warrant. Tho negro's 14-year-oid ton said his father was not at home. When the officers attempted to enter the boase to see for themselves, the boy fired on them with squirrel shot. Wainwright fell dead. Cooper will probably die. and Jones is badly iojared. The boy was arrested and taken to j%il. It is believed be had help. HartsviHe, Nov. 26 -Ernest Mil? ler, a son of the Hon. J. E. Miller of this connty, was killed yesterday afternoon by the accidentai discharge of his own giqn He was ont bunt ing with an older brother and a cousin, and was in the act of crossing a barbed wire fence when his gun was discharged, and the whole ioad entered his body, causing death in a few minutes. He spoke only a word or two before he became unconscious He was 17 years old and was an excellent young man, of irreproacha? ble character Canea. Island of Crete, Nov. 26. Daring the trial to-day of the marder? ers of Tsaagaki family, the deposition of a Mussulman was read It said at the time of the massacres Edhem Pasha, the Turkish commander, assembled the influential Mussulmans and invited them to massacre all tbe Christians fotand in Candia 24 boars after the meeting. The pasha's remarks were ottered in the presence of Maj Char chill, the commander of the geodarmie, who protested strongly and was order? ed by Edbem Pasha to leave The room The fire department was called ou t Saturday to extinguish an incipient 6re at tbe resi? dence of Mr. R. S. Hood. The fire was pnt out before the reel f quads arrived and no water wag thrown. Tue damn?e was incon? siderable As Deigar squad was turning the corner of Main and Liberty streets Mr. Mooie, who wis standing io the middle of the cross? ing, was knocked down. He was struck by one horse and knocked aside and thus escaped being run over by the hose wagon. He was only afigbtly bruised The mass meeting which was held Wednes? day night, Nov. 25, for the purpose ot tskng steps to organiza a military company was not productive of defioite results, but sufficient was accomplished to set the ball in motion ard to give reasonable assurance that the company will be organized in tbe near future The meeting was called to order by Capt L. S. Carson aod the preliminary organiza? tion was perfected by the election of Mr. W. A Ciyde and Mr. Loring Lee as Chairman and Secretary, respectively. A committee of | five was appointed to take charge of the active work necessaiy to organize the com paoj and the committee will report at au ad? journed meeting to be held on Friday night, next. ?$??$ Budding wo? manhood! What glorious possibil? ities! What half hidden dangers ! What a. time for tender sympathy! At puberty nature generally makes some attempt to establish physical regularities, but when nature fails to assert itself, develop? ments result which injure the health and impair the constitution of the maiden. The timely use of Bradfield's Female Regulator, the standard remedy for all weaknesses and irregularities peculiar to women, is what retarded nature needs in all such cases. Sold by druggists for $i. Books for women free. TEE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO, TT7 A NT KD-Agents for "History nf the Vf Spanish-American War," by Hon. Henry Watterson. A complet*?, authentic history : illustrated with over 76" full-page, half-tones auc many richi? co'ored pictures. Large royal octavo volume, superb ouifi', postpaid for only ZO cents (s'amps taken) Mos: liberal ?(-raes given The greatest op portnnitv ot ibe jear. Address: The Wer? ner Compasy. Akron, Ohio. Nov 30-6t Fall .Announcement OF O'Donnell & Co. Owing to the remarkably low price at which our staple product is selling we had about determined not to do any advertising this season, upon the principle that "it is hard tc get blood out of a turnip," and we fear our country friends, upon whom we principally depend, will be pretty well bled at 4| cent cotton, particularly those who have any obligations to satisfy out of it, the consequence being that there is little left to invest in the Fall and Winter necessa? ries ; but as it bas been oar annual custom to extend to them an invitation to come and see us, to which they responded most heartily, we beg to renew that invitation with the assurance that we can give them better value for their money than we have ever done before. A glance at the interior of our store, will satisfy any one that we have a larger stock than we have ever carried, much to our regret, as it is not moving with the rapidity that we would like to see it, but it was purchased on a basis of higher values for cotton, and now will have to be disposed of in accordance with present prices. It is difficult in limited space to do justice to the various departments of our store, but we feel assured it will be a sufficient guarantee to those who have kindly favored us with their patronage in the past, to say that our stock is larger and more varied in every department than ever before. To those who may doubt the truthfulness of our assertion we can only say come and be convinced. If Mon? ey Grew BEVERLY Cpyrig-ht 1808, Trees And Every? body Owned an Orchard, EMPIRE Copyright 1898, It would not make any difference how it was spent. Being as it is, how* ever, it makes a lot of difference whether you spend it wisely or otherwisely. If you wish to buy to the best advantage we think it will be to your inter? est to look at our goods. We have exclusive control in Sumter of the fine Tailor made Clothing, manufactured by Fechheimer Fisbel & Co., of New York. We also handle largely the popular "Vitals" brand, manufactured by Ab Kirschbaum & Co , of Philadelphia. Out of these two lines, the most fastidious can be suited Come in with a $10 bill and yon can go ont, if you wish, with a nicely fitting suit 3ud considerable change in your pocket. D. J. CHANDLER. Sep 27 The Clothier. r rrjj CHRISTMAS ISM = BOORS. = Nothing is so acceptable at Christmas as a gift as a pretty book, and No gift gives more lasting pleasure than a good book. We have just received a choice selection of the best Books in the English language, in handsome and beautiful editions. If you wish to select Christmas Presents be? fore the rush o? the'holiday trade begins, pay our store a visit and examine our stock. Books form but a part of our holiday stock, and if it is not a book that you want, we have many other articles that are useful and pretty. CHRISTMAS BOOKLETS, CARDS AND CALENDARS. Our Stock is large, the assortment is more varied and the designs more artistic and beautiful than we have ever displayed. There is something in stock for all. and the prices are right. H. G. Osteen & Co., STATIONERS AND BOOK DEALERS. LIBERTY STREET.