Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I 111 I ? ? - ' Tss SUMTER WATCHMAN. Established April, 1S30. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Ainis't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established jane, 136(5 Consolidated Ang. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26.1899. New Series-Yol. XVIII. No. 39 tor will give a cow aiso. Ochers promised c reseos, hogs aod sheep as ! ..breeders." MISSIONARY AND BIBLE CON FERENCES. Another feature will be conferences once or twic8 a year for ministers and Christian workers of all denominations, as are held by Mr D. L. Moody at Northfield, Mass. They will be held foor weeks at a time in a large build ing on the same ground, which we hope to have ready in less than a year Consecrated and educated men of both races will give the lectures. The gospel and industrial education solve race and ali other problems better and quicker than anything I know of They beat politics aad legal enactments of the government. The gospel and the oh arch of vGod must be given a ohanoe with the races of earth aod the other powers go to the rear and be held in reserve. I have great faith in my people ; they are coming ; large bodies rise slowly. Let the white people help and direct them. They have a terrible wilderness to pass through. They are coning with shouts of joy and praise. We do not ask you to pot us io to your homes, bot to help us get homes. We do oot ask to get into your church pews but he:p us to build churches. We do not ask to get into school houses, but want you to help us build school boises. We do not want intermarriage in your race, but want you to help us produce women of our race. (They are of all colors and we are satisfied.) WJ do not ask you to let us run the government-, but ask you to see that the government gives us jasiice. We do not ask you to give us "40 acres and a mule," but a chance to buy and time to pay. "Come, now, let us reason togeth er," for the best brerests of both races. In helping the negro, you help yourselves, if the Bible is true We will not come into your parlors or take the government ot? your shoulders if you help to educate and Christianize os. The people who own the most of the soil, banks, railroad, bonds, do the business of the county, have the most intelligence and will rule the country. At the rate we are ocming now it will take us 10,000 years to get where you are aod by that time the world will be oo more. Fear not the Ethiopian, bot take hold of his outstretched hand aod help. Richard Carroll. Columbia, S. C. THE QUAY DEADLOCK UNBROKEN. Harrisbark, Pa , April 19.-Tee great battle for United States senator ended to-day without an election, and unless Gov. Stone calls an extra ses sion, at which there should be an election, Pennsylvania will have only one reprseotative in the United States senate duriog the next two years After the taking of the ballot in joint con vention a motion was offered by Mr. Fow, (Dem.) of Philadelphia, and adopted, that a vote of thanks be tendered the officers aod that the convention adjourn sine die. The legislature will adjourn finally at noon to morrow. There was oo chaoge io to day's voting, the friends of ex Senator Qoay standing by him and the anti Qaay Republicans by B. F. Jones, of Pittsburg while tbe Democrats cast their votes for George A Jenks, who has been their candidate since the deadlock began The senatorial contest begao on Jan uary 17th. Oo that day Senator Qaay reseived his highest vote, 112 senators and representatives casting their bal Iota for him. This was 18 less than the number necessary to a choice, and be never came nearer ao election daring the more than three m oath s of the struggle. No such hitter political contest has probably ever before been waged in this coaotry. The fight bas been distinctly on Qaay and anti Quay lites, and both sides bad numerous representatives here at ail times keeping a close watch OQ the members and on eaoh other Both sides promise that the contest fer supremacy will be carried into every coaofy io tbe State aod waged incessantly until fina! supremacy U assured. Bought Out by a Trust. Sc. Louis, April 17.-The formal transfer of the Liggett & Myers Tobao co Company to the (rust was made to day. President MoWetmore, of the company, who has persistently denied that the trust would bay the plaDt, comes oot flat-footed and acknowledges 'hat the sale has beeo dosed ; that he has resigned his position and soid bis stock, aod that the newcomers will elect a new board of directors tomorrow. He states that he is still unalterably opposed to trusts, but that he was single banded and was forced to yield. The ostensible purchaser is tbe Union Tobacco Company, but the piaot will be trausferred to the American, which was represented by W. W. Fuller, cf New Vork The consideration is 12,500.000, although Mr. Wetmore states that he received oa a basis of 15,000,00iJ for his stock. As he was the only stockholder who held out against thc scheme, the rstra iouuoe ment was cfiercd him in crder to secure absolute ownership of the plaot. With three wives and the prospect of a congressional contest on his hands, Representative Roberts, of Utah, may be 6aid to have trouble to buru-Memphis Commercial Appeal. Supreme Court's Construe lion of the Constitution. AN IMPORTANT DECISION Estate of a Party Lynched May Obtain $2,000 Dam ages. The State supreme court yesterday rendered a decision which virtually means that the estate of a party who comes to his death at the hands of a mob may obtain damages from the county of which he was a resident The constitution of 1895 contains a danse which makes an officer guilty of a misdemeanor who permits a prisoner to be taken from him and lynched : "Provided, in all cases of lynching where death ensues, the j county where said lynching takes place shall, without regard to the conduct of the fcpers, be liable in ! exemplary damages of not less than $2,000 to the legal representatives of the person lynched " The general assembly in 1896 passed an act in compliance with this section of the constitution There bas since been no demand /for dam ages which has obtained a judgment through the courts until the decision filed yesterday. In January. 1897, Lawrence Brown, colored, was by a mob banged to a telegraph pole in Orangeburg couaty His estate, ttrough Isaac Brown, as administra tor, brought action against the coun ty to recover damages j Judge Aidrich instructed the jury I to bring in a verdict in favor of Orangeburg county, as the Scale conferred upon the estate of the deceased no right to recover dam ages, as lue party lynched was not in the custody of an officer. The case was appealed to the su preme court, which reversed the judgment of the circuit court and remanded the case for a new trial in Orangeburg county. The opinion wa3 written by Justice Gary and conenrred in by Chief Justice Mciver and Associate Jus tices Pope and Jones. After reviewing the section of the constitution in connection with the farts the opinion says : '.The intention of the constitution was to prevent the crime of iynching in two ways : First, by visiting upon the officers of the iaw the penalties therein mentioned when a prisoner, lawfully in their custody, was lynch ed by a mob through their negli genoe, permission, or contrivance, and second, to induce the cooperation of the taxpayers in presenting the lynching, in order that their county might not become liable to the pen alty by way of exemplary damages of not less than 2,000 to the legal representatives of the person lynch ed "The lynching of a prisoner and of one not in the custody of the law as such, is murder in both cases. It would, therefore, at least seem strange if the framers of the consti tution were careful to provide in the organic law of the State a remedy for preventing the lynching of a prisoner and remained silent as to the remedy in all other cases of lynching The constitutional provision, how ever, is not confined to the lynching of prisoners The words : "without regard to the conduct of the officers," when considered in connection with the evil which the constitution intended to remedy, must be con strued to mean : without reference to | what has been said in regard to the conduct of ibe officers, or in other words without reference to other previsions of the section. They were inserted for the purpose of showing that the proviso was to be construed independently and witout regard to what preceeded it. Tbe word "pro vided" is omited in the act, and this fact shows that the legislature gave to the words "Without regarding to the conduct of the officers" the con struction which this court has placed upon them. "Il must be remembered that many of those who were members of the coastitutioaal convention were like wise members of the general assem bly when said act was passed. While, of course, a construction by the legislative branch of the gov ernment would not be binding upon the courts, still in this case it is well worthy of consideration. "The act intended to make the county liable for damages in those cases only which fall within the pro vision of the constitution and it has correctly construed tbe constitution to make a county liable or damages when the persons lynched was not in the custody of law as a prisoner. '.This renders unnecessary the coasideration of the interesting ques tion whether the legislature did not hare the power independently of the constitutional provision to pass the ac: hereinbefore mentioned :,It has been held that statutes making a community liable for dam ; ages in cases of lynching, and giving a right of recovery to thc legal representatives of the person lynch ed, are valid on the ground that the main purpose is io impose a penally on the community, which is given to tho legal teprcsentative8, not because the have been damaged, but because tbs legislature sees lit thus to dispose of tue penalty. ..Such statutes are salutary, as ? their effect is lc reader protection to human life and make communities iaw abiding "But, a3 we have said, our con elusion renders unnecessary a con sideration of this question. "It is not necessary to consider the excepiiona in detail as our views dispose of the main question in the case v "It is the judgment of this court that the judgment of the circuit court be reversed and the case remanded for a new trial." Can't be Notari ?, Assistant Attorney General Guntar has rendered an opioioo to the effect that women cannot hold the positioo of notary publio in this state. The querv was proposed by Mr. J W. Rag6dale, member of thc legfslatnrc from Flor ence. Ooly electors can hold the posi tion in accordance with the terms cf the constitution aod women have cot yet the privileg3 of being electors.-Co lombia Record. The Curative Properties, Strength and Effect of Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine are always the seme. It cannot be equalled. Malaria cannot Cod a lodgment in the system while the Liver is in perfect order. Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine is the best Regulator. --- ? - - Every volunteer who had to eat "embalmed" beef la t summer is said to be preparing to file a claim for a pension. And, in truth, he was in more deadly peril from the Eagan ration than he was from the Mauser rifle, even if he happend to see active service.-Chattanooga Times, Dem. W. B Rawl, N:-w Brooklyn, S. C , writes : Have used Dr. M A. Simmons Liver Med icine anny years, and consider it the best liver medicine made. I regard it a miracle compared with Zriiin's Regulator. The Greenville News expressed a gFeat deal in a few words in the fol lowing paragraph : "Dispensary Con stable Crawford killed a woman kand is oat on bail with a change of venue. Citizen Meetze kiiled a man suspected of being a dispensary constable and he is denied bail." " Gat of Sight ' Oat of Mind." In other months we forget the harsh winds of Spring. 'But they have their use, as some say, to- blow out the bad air accumulated after Winter storms and Spring thaws. There is far more important accumulation of badness in the veins and ar teries of humanity, which needs Hood*s Sarsaparilla. This great Spring Medicine clarifies the blood as nothing else can. It cures scrofula, kidney disease, liver troubles, rheumatism and kindred ailments. Thus it gives perfect health, strength and ap petite for months to come. Kidneys - " My kidneys troubled me, and on advice took Hood's Sarsaparilla which gave prompt relief, better appetite. My sleep is refreshing. It cured my wife also." MICHAEL BOYLE, 3473 Denny Street, Pittsburg, Pa. Dyspepsia - " Complicated with liver and kidney trouble, I suffered for years with dyspepsia, with severe pains. Hood's Sarsaparilla made me strong and hearty." J. B. EMERTON, Main Street. Auburn, Me. Hip Disease-" Five running sores on my hip caused me to use crutches. Was confined to bed every winter. Hood's Sar saparilla saved my life, as it cured me per fectly. Am strong and well." ANNIE ROBERT, 41) Fourth St., Fall River, Mass. wm Hood'-* Pills cure liver lils, the non-irritating and only cathartic to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. _ OSBORNE'S Auguftta, Ga. Actual J5u?iness. No Text Books. Short time. Cheap board. Send for Catalogue. Good Flour and Good Soda Make Good Cookerya Poor soda will spoil good flour while good soda will make poor Hour txjtter. ANVIL BRAND SODA is a good soda. Not like the ordinary kind.-:. some times good and Tuc next limo [*<<>;.. Ult soon EVERY Txaz. NEW MAN IN TOWN. Blacksmith and Wheelwright. IHAVE OPENED ON IISERTY S reei near corner cf Harvio Street, and solic, hoy work tn my line end guarantee satisfa c tioo. Horses Shod for SC c. all round, if Horso is in good condition -Cash or Equivalent. General repair work of ul! kinds dene at correspondingly low pricts have rsf>rencr;< from heit people of Majes ville wherf I workMl tiie past ye;ir and from Camden, whare 1 di l hu- nfss for i7 vf-irs. Special promptness civen to work for physicians acd C-tS-S of urgency.. ' W. T. HALL, SEND US ONE DOLLAR :^&&3 S new ldOS pattern hisl.-fradc RESERVOIR COAL AM) WOOD COOK STOVE, by freight C.O.D., subject to examination. Examine it at your freight depot and if found perfect ly satisfactory and the greatest StoTe BAK GAIN you ever saw or heard of.pay the FREIGHT AGEh'T oar SPECIAL PRICE, $13.00 less thc ll.CO1ST VTRITE FOR OUR BIG FREE sent witt OT- ^%J4 STOVE CATA LO CU E. der or $l2.</0 and freight charge?. Tkis store is size Ko. 8, oven is 16><xl8xll, top is4--^3; made from best pig iron, extra large flues, heavy covers, heavy linings and grates, large oven shelf, heavy tin-lined oven door, handsome j r.icketplated ornamentations and trimmings, extra large deep, genuine Standish porcelain lined reservoir, hand some large ornamented base, liest eoal bumer made, and we furnish FREE an extra wood grate, making it a per fect wood borner. WI! ISSCE A BIXDIXG GUARANTEE with every stove and guarantee safe delivery to your rail road station. Your local dealer would charge you $20.00 for such a stove, the freight is only about $1.00 foi each 500 miles, so we ure yon at least SIO.OO. Address^ SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.( HO CHICAGO, .'LL ^(Sears, Boebuck Co. an thoroughly reliable.-Editor.}* ACME BIRD. FIRE ! FIRE ! is an ominous sound to the mac who isn't insured, when he fees his home disappearing io fhmes and smoke. We can hardly have any compassion on him, when it is so easy and at euch a smail outlay io provide against such lofs A policy in the Hartford Insur- j anoe Cc. costs you but a small sum ! wheo we draw it for yea, and gives you security as safe as the Bank of Ecgiacd. A. C. PHELPS GO:, Gso'llasuracce Agents, Sumter, 8. C. Mch 15-0 NEW SPRING MILL NEKY. The Ladies of Sumter and County are solicited to call and buy their Spring Hats FROM THE I NEW t MILLINERY I STORE t of Mrs. L. Atkinson. Oar oods are all new and the very latest New York style. Our 2 'ices are ow-Our terms strictly cash. Call and see ns before buyiog. We will be glad to help you select a be coming hat. Respectfully, Mrs. L. Atkinson, Next door to Bank of Sumter. Mch 29-v Master's Sale. State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Elizabeth Oliver, Assignee, Plaintiff, against Colin C. Manning, Defendant-Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale. LT S DER AND BY VIRTUE of a Decretal ' Order made in toe above stated case an dated March 20, 1899, I will offer for sale in froot of the Cocrt Hou^e in Sumter, S. C , on Macday, the lat day of May, 1899, being Salesday of said month, between the hours of ll o'clock, in the foreooon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon the following property, viz: All that lot of iand io the City and County of Sumter, said State, bounded North by Republican Street, ard measuring thereon ( 120) one hundred acd twenty feet ; West by larding Avenue, and meisuriog thereon ] 215 feet; Soutl; by lot of Jesse Wilson, and measuring thereon 12J fest; East by lot be low described acd measuring on that line 187 feet A'so that other lot of land, in said City, County and Stat?, bciuded Nortb by Repub lican Stree:; West by the land above do scribed; Sooth by ard of -Jesse W SOD; East by land of R. M. Montgomery. Terms casb, purchaser to pay fer necessary papers. W. H. INGRA*!, Master for Sumter County. Aoril 5-4w FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid ap Capital.$ 75,000 CO Surplus and Pro6ta .... 23,000 00 Additional Liability of Stock holders io excess cf their stock. 75,000 00 Total protection to depositors, $175 COO 00 Transacts a Genera! Banking Business. Special attention given to collections. SITINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards rece;ved. In terest allowed at tte ratent 4 per <- ot. per annum, on amounts above S3 nd n>t exceed ing $300, p- vab!e quarterly, oa fi.st dav? cf Jtinuarv, Aoril, Julv nod October. R M. WALLA CK, L. S. CARS >S, President, t 'USbipr. First Class [ron Tobacco Sfarei P J'UBS. Sizes. A. A. STRAUSS, MAYESVILLE, S. C. Mcb 29-2m I 'OLOR and flavor of fruits, size, quality and ap pearance of vegetables, weight and plumpness of grain, are all produced by Potash. properly combined with Phos phoric Acid and Nitrogen, and liberally applied, will improve every soil and increase yield and quality of any crop. Write and get Free our pamphlets, which tell how to buy and use fertilizers with greatest economy and profit. QERHAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. ICAL WORK SEND NO MONEY. My new revised scientiSc work treat in on every weakness and disease pe culiar to men ie just from the press. Every man, no matter what his occupation or position in life, will lind this work unlike anything ever published. It 3 of vital interest to the married or unmarried ; to the healthy and strong or to the weak and broken-down. While the edition lasts I will send a copy securely sealed in a plain wrapper, pest 330 prepaid, to every man who writes for it. This edition is limited and those desiring a copy most write promptly. Address B. M. Ross, M. D.. Pub lishing Department D. 175 Clark St.. >". E. Cor. Monroe. ChiciiSO, Illinois. He Largest ail Mest Consiste .IstaWisteeii M Geo. S. Hacker & Son, .MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, Moulding & Building Materia]. office and Warerooms, King, opposite Can non Street, CHARLESTON, S. CU ^55* Pnrchasp our make, which we gu rante superior to any sold South, and thereby pave money. Window and Paney Glass a Specialty October ? 16-oj WAR ! WAR! WAR ! But the "White'7 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 will sell on easy terms. We are head quarters for Sewing Machines and supplies. Old machines taken in exchange for new ones. OT. B. RAN DIL E, Manager, Sumter Music House. SUMTER, S. C. M, $2.75 POX RAINCOAT i attn LAI: * j. ou AiKKraoo* 3"" tfACKXSTOSH FOB S2.75. pir Kn BSnnev cut this ad. out oe.ic rooney. ^ send ^ ^ S tote your bricht acd TreigM, state i:umb r o inches around b < y a brea kt taken over -vest under coat clo^c up under arms, and wc will send you tl;is coat bj express. C O. subject lo ciac.inatioc; examine 3ur nearest ex found exactly thc most won . . r saw or beard of and equal to any coatyoucanbuy for tS CO, p.".* tb express axent oor special oir.T price, tS. T5, and express charges. THtS MACKINTOSH is latest lSf 'Jst*le. na.lefrcni hoary waterproof, tan eclor. t-eruine DarUCorert Cloth; extra lone, double breasted. Sager velvet collai-, fancy plaid lining, waterproof sewed, strapped and cemented seams, suitable for both ral or OTercoat, and guaranteed great.it raine ever offered -LS bv us or any other house. Fer Free g ;: doth SsmpiM of Men's MacWntosbee up to 85.00. and MiwIe-to-Meaaure Suits ,nd Overcoats at from 5.00 to 0.00, write Xor r*M BEARV^OEBUCK & CO., CHiCACO, ILLo 5^. T Roebuck To. ar. thoro ,hlT rel ahU.-V l*c.> L WHITE & Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $7*>,000,000 Feb 2S Order Your PROVISIONS ND 8R0GERIES FROM GEO. f. s EFF El & SON Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S C -Agents for MOTT'S CIDSE BED SSAL CISABS, AND DOVS HAMS