The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 21, 1898, Image 4
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W SDK E SD A Y i DEC. 21,1898.
The Sumter Watchman was toundea
io 1850 iud the True Southron io 1866.
The Watchman and Southron now has
the combined circulation and influence
of both of the old papers, and is mani?
festly the best advertising medium in
Ssmter.
We extend to our readers oar best
wishes fer a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year. Before the next
issue of this paper reaches you, Christ
mat will ha?e come and gone and the
New Year will be at hand, and plans
for the year's work will be io process of
formation. We tras: tha? the hope that
springe eternal io the haman breast and
tinges al) plans tor the fotare a roseate
bee, will drive the overshadowing feel?
ing of depression far beyond she dim
perspective of the horizon's rim, leaving
each and all the peace and happiness
that should attend the Christmas sea*
soo. May oar Christmas be serene and
happy and may oar plans eome to a
golden and bounteous fruition daring
the coming year.
President McKinley prates prettily
of the fraternal feeling between the
North and the Sooth, bot if be woold
quit appointing obnoxious negroes
to office lc tho Sooth in payment of
political debts we might bave more
faith io the si need fy of his remarks.
His Atlanta speech bad a Sae sound,
bot words are cheap, and do not
effect ch ?ages io the Mark Hanna
methods of practical politics. It
will require mach more than
Mr. William McKinley's Soe words
to convince os that / be sod Mark
Hanna will change their political
methods m dealing with the Sooth, \
and we predict that negro Republican
beelera of the Sooth will be cajoled
and given office jost so long as they
cao be osad to keep Mr. McKinley io
|?-the White Hoose aod Mark Hanna
| io power.
William J. Bryao occupies a larger
place in the public eye than a de
Teated presidential candidate has
done since the days of Clay. His
bold oo tibe people grows stronger
aod his public utterances are BO
statesmaniike and convincing that
they inspire confidence io the mao
He will be a factor in the campaign
of 1900, and the Republicans recog?
nize and fear bis strength and inila
"nee.
The city is io be congratulated on
the renewal of the contract for light
lug the ci ty at a saving of $1,240 per
annum The Sumter Electric Light
Co, has al way s given excellent ser?
vice, as good as can be found in any
town or city in tbe South, and the
past is a better guarantee of the
future than any promise could possi?
bly be Buring the nine years that
tbe city bas been lighted by this com
pany there have been few shut downs
and the city has seldom been in dark?
ness, even for a few hours at a time,
and then tbe shut down was due to
causes beyond the control of the
company
Riot ia Habana's Suburbs
Habana, Dec. 17.-A riot occurred
at Cerro, a subarb of Habana, ac 7 30
o'ciock to oigbt A number of shots
were fired. Ooe man 13 reported to
have been killed aod five lojored. The
residents of Cerro, sappo?iog that the
Spaniards bad officially evacuated thc
sobarba, raiaed Cabro aod Amerioao
flag* over a camber of buildings.
Crackers ?ere fired aod cpeeches were
made on s reet comers, and these
rejoicings cc the part of the Cubans
led to a nor. Acoordiog to the aooooot
of the affair giveo by tbe Spaniards,
tbe riot wa.s the resale ot a tavern
brawl.
Marloo Brill of Jackson ville. Fla., a
teamster of the Secood Illinois regi?
ment, whi. waa driviog a male wagon
through C?fro ac the naie ot tbe affray,
was strack by a bullee io the right arm.
He was brought to the Inglaterra
bocel.
Seoor Fernande* de Castro, civil
governor cf Elabana, bas informed Gen.
Greene tuat tbe offenders will be
severely punished.
PENAL INSTITUTIONS.
The legislative examining commit?
tee of the penal and charitable insti?
tutions, consisting of Senator W. B.
Love, of York ; Representatives L.
K. Sturkie of Orangebarg and G.
L. Toole of Aiken, has just returned
from Cedfltr Springs Institute for the
deaf and blind, and has aiso partial?
ly completed its work at the hospital
for the insane aod State penitentiary.
They will visit the State farm io Sam
ter coaoty OD oext Taesday.-The
State, Deo, 19.
DECISION SEALS
PEEDEE'S DOOM.
Tlie New County Contest
Has Been Abandoned.
Special to The State.
Marion, Dec. 18.-Former Judge
J. F. Iziar, the referee io the new
county case, came to Marion last
week for the purpose of taking evi?
dence in pursuance of an order of
the supreme court. Col. R. W.
Shand of Columbia and Messrs. C.
A. Woods and W. J. Montgomery
were present in behalf of t;be old
county i and ex Judge Hudson and
T. W. Bouchier, Esq , of Bennet ts
ville and P. B. Sellers, Esq, of
Dillon looked after the interests of
the proposed new county. The
three able gentlemen last named
appeared to manifest disadvantage
in view of the recent decision in the
Lee county case, negativing the
right of legislative interference with
the proceedings of election commis?
sioners ; and finding it difficult to
proceed with the reference under the
circumstances, they requested and
obtained an adjournment until Tues?
day next, intending to deliberate in
the meanwhile on the advisability of
maintaining their contention. The
result of [their consultation was made
known yesterday, when it was an?
nounced that the attorneys for the
new county had decided to relinquish
their case. There will in conse?
quence be no need of resuming the
reference, and it it supposed the
supreme court will grant an order
that will have the effect of imposing
a temporary quietus upon the,contest
that has agitated our citizens for the
last two years.
This disposition of the matter de?
fers the determination of the vital
questions of complying with the con*
stitutional requirements in regard to
I area, etc. Tease issues bad been for?
mulated with much paiotaking and
with mnch hope of their successful
denouement ; and our new county
friends will have to confront them if,
as now seems likely, they renew the
contest at the expiration of the quad?
rennial limit of quiescence. It is
hoped, however, by many friends of
the old county that the multiplication
of railroad and telephone facilities
and other favorable conjunctures will
rivet the bonds of union and quicken
the pleasures of communion and
reconcile our brethren of north
Marion to the view of preserving the
entirety of the grand old Swamp Fox
county.
Senor Montero Bios on the
Destruction of the Maine.
London, Dec. 17.-Senor Montero
Rios, president of the Spanish peaoe
commission, in bis interview with M.
de. Blowitz, the Paris correspondent of
the London Times, (a portion of which
was cabled to the Associated Press last
night), bad the following to say ic
regard to the Maine : "Bat what most
pains me is that in this grear whirlwind
in wbioh we have lost ail, lost our last
armada, there bas been an attempt to
deprive us of honor as well. Oe
December 1st I proposed to the
Americans to appoint a technical
commission to examine the question of
the Maine. We said Amerioa will
appoint an American, ac Englishman
and a Frenchman, and we will appoint
a Spaniard, and au Englishman and a
Frenchman, all specialists, and that the
commissions of the two governments
appoint a German, and that these seven
men bring in a verdict. If they
declare Spain incoccent, the president
of the United States will address a
message to the senate declaring Spanish
honor intact and tba4 Spain was falsely
accused of having betrayed tbe laws of
hospitality by blowing up a vessel at
anchor in one of her ports. If Spain
is ieolared guilty a Spanish ship will
go to America, sainte the United States
flag and Spain will pay the cost. This
is tbe proposal we made on December
1. lt could have been and masc have
been telegraphed, for it could be pat in
2?0 words. On December 5 io his
message to congress the president made
no allusion to oar proposal, bat describ?
ed the blowing ap of the Maine as a
suspicious e7eot.
'*On December 6th tbe American
commissioners declared ?bey refused to
discuss this question This is what
especially irritates us. We have great
defects, bot temper and cruelties even.
But our national honor is dear to us.
At that hooor tbe Americans wished to
deal tbe rudest blow "
Some Fine Dividend Payers
The declaration by the Fifth Avenue
bank of New York oity of a regular
quarterly dividend of 20 per cent, and
an extra dividend of 5 per cent, on its
$100,000 of capital called attention to
tbe tact that this is one of three banks
there that yield 100 per cent, or more
yearly apon tbe par value of its shares.
The First National bank, oapital ?500,
000, also pay 100 per cent, in quarterly
installments, wbile the Chemical Na?
tional bank, capital $300,000, pays 150
per cent, in bi-monthly installments.
The stock of all three banks comes on
the market but selbom. The last re?
ported sales were : Chemical National
bank, $4,110 a share ; Fifth Avenue
bank, $3,205 a share ; First National
bank, $8,105 a share.
I Cruiser on a Rock.
,
Bad Luck Befall? the Cincin
natl off Santiago.
Santiago, Dec. 18.-While the
i United States, cruiser, Cincinnati
was leaving port about sunset yester?
day, she ran foll speed upon a rock
clearly defined in the charts bot not
buoyed.
I Last September, Gen. Leonard
Wood, considering that the absence
of a buoy there might lead to some
accident, anchored a small one, the
first ever placed there, but the Bessie
On enteriog tbe harbor one night,
carried it away, and since then there
has been no buoy to mark the loca?
tion of the rock
The Cincinnati is probably not
seriously damaged, as ehe is not
making water. For the last 20
hours tbe government collier South
ery and the Mayflower have been
engaged m an effort to pull ber off.
Capt C. M. Chester, the cruiser's
commander, insists that the land?
marks are in the wrong places and
have not been altered in anyway
since the American occupation
New County Government
Law.
It may not be generally remember?
ed that tbe state will have practically
a new county government system
next year. The law providing for
the change of system is not in the
statute books. It will not be printed
in the statutes until the acts for next
year are published. This happened
in this way : The general assembly,
at its last session, passed the new
county government bill, and provided
that it should go into effect in several
counties shortly after its adoption.
Representations were made to Gov?
ernor Ellerbe that it would not be
well for the new system to go into
effect during last spring and last
summer in the counties indicated,
because of certain work then in
progress, which might be jeopardized
by a change of officers. The act
was "held up," and it does not go
ioto effect until after the assembling
of the general assembly. It has
neither been approved nor disapprov?
ed by Governor Ellerbe ; but simply
goes ito effect by the operations of
the constitution, three days after the
session of the general assembly
begins The act will no doubt go
into effect on the 1st of February,
when the new commissioners are to
begin their term of office, under the
provisions of the bill. It may be
that the machinery can be started
before that time. The act provides :
Section 1 provides "That the office
of county supervisor, as now pro
vided by law, shall continue, and the
successors of the present supervisors
shall be elected by tbe people at the
next general election, with a term of
office for two years, and until their
successors shall be elected and
qualified."
Section 2 provides "That the gov?
ernor shall, before the first day of
February, 1899, by and with the
advice and consent of the senate,
and before the first day ol" February
of each succeeding two years,
appoint, upon the recommendation of
the members of the general assembly
from the several counties or a majority
of them, two persons from each
county who sball be known as the
commissioners of the county, and
who shall act with tbe supervisor in
the governmental matters of the
county, the said supervisors and
commissioners together to constitute
a board to be known as 'the1 board of
county commissioners ' The super?
visor shall be chairman of the board
of county commissioners so to be
constituted. *'
Section 3 provides "That on the
first day of February, A.D. 1899, the
office of county commissioners and
township commissioners, as now
provided to be appointed by the
governor, shall be abolished, and the
jurisdiction, duties and powers now'
devolved by law upon the appointive
boards of county and township com?
missioners, are hereby devolved upon
the board of county commissioners
herein provided for, to consist of a
county supervisor and two commis?
sioners."
Section 4 "The board of county
commissioners and township commis
8?oners now apoointed by the gov?
ernor after the appointment and
qualification of the commissioners
provided for in this act, shall continue
in office as county boards of equaliza?
tion and township boards of assessors
until their successors shall be ap?
pointed, and the governor of this
state is hereby authorized and em?
powered, on the recommendation of
a majority of the members of the
general assembly of the respective
counties, every two years, to appoint
such county boards of equalization
and township boards of assessors as
are now provided by law for the
appointment of county commission?
ers and township commissioners."
Section 5. "That sections 1 and 2
of an act approved March 9. 189b",
entitled 'An act to amend sections
2,315, 2,376 and 2,402, revised
statutes of 1892 be, and tbe same
are hereby, repealed ;'
Section 6 "The county boards of
commissioners shall have the same
right and duties with reference to the
preparation of jury lists as are now
devolved by law upon the present
county board of commissicBKHttHfi
Section 7. "That all acts aud
parts of acts inconsistent with this
act he, and the same are hereby,
repealed ?'
Section 8. "The provisions of this
act shall not apply to Bamberg,
Barnwell, Chester, Fairfield, Hamp?
ton, Sparlanburg, Kershaw, Charles?
ton and Cherokee counties.
MORE EMPHATIC THAN
ELEGANT.
Savannah, Den. 18 -at the collation
of the officers of the? Third Georgia
regiment to Postmaster General Smith
and the newspaper correspondents this
afternoon, Geo. Sbafter had some
interesting things to say about Coba
aBd the Cabaos. He did not make a
I speech, bat io a conversational way
expressed himself, his remarks beiog
nominally addressed to Col. "Bonner of
the Georgians, though they were
intended for the whole assemblage.
**It seems to me," said Gen. Shafter,
"that a great many persons bave an
erroneous idpa respecting oar relations
with tbe Cabans As I view it, we
have taken Spain's war open ourselves.
We shall io all probability bear a good
deal more of the 'insurgents.' "
"How about self-government for the
Cabans?" Gen. Sbafter was asked
"Self-government,71 he repeated.
"Why those people are no more fit for
sei-government than gunpowder is for
hell."
In the same line Gen Shafter went on
to tell why tbe Uoited States woold, in
bis opinion, be obliged to remain in the
island for some time and govern the
territory by military force.
Wilmington, Del , Dec. 17.-The
jory in tbe ease of United States Senator
Eichard E Kenney, charged with con?
spiracy to rob a bank, is still oat. At
8.30 they were locked ap for the night
It is believed Jadge Bradford will keep
them confined for several days? in the
hope of reaching a verdie. The jory,
it is understood, stands 10 to 2 for ac?
quittai.
Hanson's great opera, the Gyps; Queen
will be produced at opera boose on Thursday
evening, tbe 22 inst. 100 performers.
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of these questions, you should lose
no time in taking
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Fall
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OF
O'Donnell & Co.
Owing to the remarkably low price at which our staple
product is selling we bad about determined not to do any
advertising this season, upon the principle that "it is bard
to get blood out of a turnip/' and we fear our country
friends, upon whom we principally depend, will be pretty
weli bled al 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
but as it has been our 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 oar 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 ia difficult in
iimited 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.
OVERCOATS.
Overcoats !
Is not a very large price
for a good Overcoat.
Yet that is all we ask for a well-made, well-trimmed, stylish
Overcoat. No man need be ashamed to wear it.
Finer Ones $9, $10, $12, $15. Lar^e stock
to select from,
D. J. CHANDLER.
SeP 27- The Clothier.
Money to Loan. ICtait L?? 1. 61, If.I
ON FARM NG LANDS Easy payments.
No commissions chirged.. Borrower
pay? f.ciunl com of prrlec:icR loan. Interest
i 8 per cent. Time five to eipht year*.
I JOHN B. PALMER & SON,
Aug 3 T Columbia S. C.
REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU?
NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No
64,' A. F. M.. will be beld on Thursday
Evening, Dec. 22, at p. m. Brethren
will take due notice and govern themselves
accordingly
L. S. CARSON, W. M.
1 Attest-H. C. MOSES, Sec,