The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 19, 1899, Image 2
The Full Extent of the
Disaster to the Texans.
CONGRESSMAN HAWLEY
MAKES AN EARNEST
APPEAL TO THE
PEOPLE.
Washington, July 12.-Representa
tive R. B Hawley, of Texas, who ia
L.ow io Washington, today made public
the following statement with reference
to the flood situation in that State :
"The disaster which has overtaken the
communities io Southern Texas is with*
cut parallel in our country. At some
points the precipitation was three and
a hair feet in 60 hours, resulting in a
flood of enormous proportions, covering
au area of many square miles to a
depth of from 5 to 20 feet, and a loss
of from J25.000.000 to $40,000,000.
"No less than 20 populous towns
have been inundated as well as thou
S2ds of well established and well
ordered, farms, which today are in a
complete state of desolation. Practi
cally every work animal-every milk
cow, together with ail stock cattle and
very vestige of vegetation have been
swept away, leaving the country oom
pletly devastated. Within tho ioflu
euee of this awful disaster resided over
100,000 people, almost half of whom
are io a state of helplessness today,
except as they may be provided for by
those who are generous and able to
assist them.
"When the great Johnstown flood
occurred Pennsylvania could easily
have taken care of their own* if given
time, but as time was; as it is now, the
essential factor, they were obliged to
appeal to a generous public in every
part of the Union, and at every quar
ter the relief was. immediate on a scale
earn me as rate with the disaster.
"To the public the flood district of
Texas appeals today to supply the
necessities of life until the horrors of
the flood shall have passed, and the
people shall be in a position to again
address themselves to the task of re-es
tablishing their homes.
"For this purpose it is urged through
the press, the different commercial au
thorities of every city of the Union
that this appeal be answered.
''For the distribution of this relief a
sj Hem is be ng organized throughout
th<$ flooded district immediately under
the direction of the governor of Texas,
to whom ali contributions should be
addressed at Austin, Tex., and under
whose care every dollar will be judi
ciously and effectively expended.''
Hundreds Rescued.
Washington, July ll.-The life
saving bureau bas received the fol
lowing telegram from Supt. Hitchins
at Calveston, Tex , who with a force
of life 8avers bas been operating in
the flooded districts : "Have rescued
-542 people. Seven to 15 feet of
wager over the cotton and cane plan
stations Some drowned. Many
narrow escapes Have surf boat aud
ber rowed boat and seven men operat
ing now under keepers "
CONFEDERATE RE UNION
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Headquarters Benth Carolina Division,
United Confederate Veterans,
Charleston, S C . July 12. 1899
I At the rcqeest of cur host, the
goc-G citizens of Chester, eaoh Camp
will advise Captain J. W. Reed, Chair
man of Committee cn information,
Chester, 3. C , how many delegates
,and others wilS attend the Chester Re
ocico, Joly 26 b, and :f possible the
nsmeai of those who propose attending
The people cf Chester desire to make
every guest comfortable, and it will
mateiially help them to secure the
^abeve information in advance, and
conduce to tho greater comfort cf vis
itors
II Commander? wiil notify their
sponsors and maida of Honor to report
to R?v D N McLauehiio, at rhe
Armory, Ciry Hai^ Baiiding, Wedaes-jj
day, July 2 ;b, at 12 M . when full {
information as to their movements, and j
any information for their convenience : c
and comfort, will be given I c
III. Commander J. W. R?ed, J ,
Waiker-Gaston Camp, Chester, S. C , -
is appointed Chief Marshal for the j s
parade, July 27th, ana will make all
arrangements therefor.
By order of C L Waiker,
Jas G Holmes, Cvtnd'r
Adjt Gen , Chief of Sraff.
Mothers, we call your attention to &
Carminative lt acts promptly, it is plea ^
act to the ta9te, nd tb** children will take it
witboat coaxioe it relieves promptly and r
permanently. If ire can get joa to use it, j
yeo will get others :o do likewise. Your j
druggist sells it. J. F W.DeLorm iJ
Ac American who was in Italy at j j
the time cf the destruction of Cervera'd
fleet writes as follows to i he Ne.v York
Sac: **I took th? paper to Prof. Rov
ers, who speak a'most perfect 'scholar's
English,' and asked him to translate it
to me, which bc did in excellent style
un'ii he came uear the end, when, with
a little hesitation, he read, 'Ano thc
baud played 'The Flag with the Stars
on ii' and 'It Will be Very Warm in 1 .
the City This Evening.' ' It W3s about I ]
a miaute before I recognized the last
piece."
--a -?*>.-<
T. B. Rice, Druggist, Greensboro,
Ga , writes as follows : "In the past eight
years, I have sold more of. Dr. Pitts'
Carminative than all the soothing syrups,
colic drops, and other baby medicines com
5ined.n ' Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme.
Call, see and buy, embossed or fiora^Crepe
Paper. H. G. Osteec i Co.
SEABOARD AFTER
, ANOTHER SYSEEM.
Expected Consolidation With
Baltimore & Ohio
New York, Joly 13.-It was report
ed io Wall street today that an alliance
between the Seaboard Air Lioe aod tbe
Baltimore & Ohio is probable in tbe
near future. It is said that John
John Skelton Williams, who is at tbe
head of the syndicate which is working
to consolidate the Seaboard Air Lioe,
the Georgia and Alabama and the
Florida Central and Peninsular is much
interested in the proposed alliance,
which could be brought about by the
construction cf a few miles of connect
ing lise. It is said that the Richmond,
Frederioksburg and Potomac will car *y
the new system from Richmond to its
northern connection and that the plans
Ctemplate through trains from New
k to Tampa and other Florida points
by January 1, 19 U.
SOUTHERN AT WORK.
In the Field Scooping Up
Most Imortant Properties
Chicago. July 13-The Chronicle
tomorrow will say: "Consolidation
has now reported the reads south of
Chicago From official sources it is
learned that the bi&* Southern Rail
way company, reaching to Louisville,
and the Monon, which connects
the latter city and Chicago,
will soon be under one ownership.
The deal for the amalgamation of
these two properties is said to be
nearing a ciose.
ID addition to the absorp
tion of the Monon, the Cin
cinnati Southern is tc be purchas
ed by the Southern or the syndicate
representing it, and which syndicate
is believed to be the same one thal
bought Alton, the St. Louis and
Northern Short Line, Monon and
several other smaller lines, and
which is headed by E. H. Rarriman
of New York and E. D. Adams,
chairman of the board of directors
of the Chicago Terminai Transfer
company.
When the syndicate haB finished
its work there will be only three or
four of the larger railroad systems
running south and southwest of Chi
cago that will be outside the fold.
If the Southern-Monon deal, which
is the latest one, goes through, the
syndicate wiii control these two sys
tems, the Missouri Pacific, St. Louis
aud Iron Mountain, Texas Pacific,
St Louis and Northern Short Line,
Alton, and the Kansas City, Pittsburg
and Golf The last named road is
DOW in the hands of receivers, but it
ia being reorganized, and will be
bought io by the Hardman poolers.
The roads named are only the
fresh acquisitions of the syndicate
for the latter, being representative of
the Vanderbilt^ control all the roads
under their ownership, among which
ire the New York Centrai, Boston
md Albany, Lake Shore, West Shore,
Michigan Central, New York, Chica
jo and St. Louis, Northwestern, and
&nion Pacific.
Killed by a Bicycle.
Breslau, July 13 -The Schlesiche
Zeitung declares that the death of
he Czarewitch, Grand Duke George,
arno passed away July 10, was dne
o s bicycle accident. While wheei
Dg over the hiiiy countiy about
ibbas Turnan, in the Caucasus1, the
?aper adds, a mishap caused him
such loss of blood that he died on
he spot of occurrence
RUSSIA'S CALENDAR
The Russian gcvcroment, after a I
ong fight with ihe Gregorian calendar, j
las decided to ground its colors
it is cow officially stated that the
Zir has determined to abandon the
>id style cf Julian Greek calendar,
hieb is 12 days behind the now uni
rcr?al system of he Gregorian cycle,
md which has been a source of annoy
mee to Russians doing business with
>tbcr countries, who were compelled to
l*e both datos, as weil as to foreigners
radiog with Russia The St Peters
)urg Astronomical eooicty has taken
be matter in band, and with the co
peration of tbe ministers wilt appoint
como seiou to bc composed of 16
>ersoos, 9 of whom aie to be members
>f the Astronomic*! society, who will j
irrange all the details It is the pur j
)cse for lue new style calendar to go j
nto effect in 1901.-Atlanta Constitu
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Black Diamond Road to Be
Built.
Special to The State
Anderson, S. C .July 12.-Financial ;
Agent Dickinson stated tonight that
he Black Diamond Railroad would bc
Duilt. Sir Thomas Tancred is now in
Alaska, but will probably pin him in
Washington about the first cf August.
Sir Thomas is iospeotiog the White j
Pass Railway, from Lake Bennett lo
Port Selkirk.
The survey of the tidewater division j
if the Black Diamond from Knoxville j
,0 Port Royal is progressing rapidly, j
rbe visitors aro in close consultation
Ub Anders*^ promoters.
THE TRUSTS PROBLEM.
Hon J Sterling Mont n, ex-secre
i tary of agriculture, takes a more
complacent view of the trust problem
than the facts appear to justify. In
bis judgment "there need be no ap
prehension aa to the trusts crushing
out all competition " Overcapitali
zation and mismanagement, he
thinks, frill result in the failure of
most of them. Tru8t3,"may be form
ed with capital, energy and ability to
successfully take the market against
any and all trust products, except
those which are the result of a natu
ral monopoly " He cannot see how
anything can be done by legislation
to remedy the evils growing out of
trusts, and calls the anti trust move
ment a "mania.'7
There is a good dea! of truth in
Mr. Morton's views, undoubtelv. As
business ventures the big combina
tions which are aimost universally
stigmatized as "trusts'' must be ulti
mately governed by the laws of
supply and demand We may expect
to see these corporations, which are
enormously capitalized and poorly
managed go to ,the wall in short
order, as some of them have already
done. According to the United
States Investor the number of tru3ts
organized or projected in this coun
try since January 1, 1898, is 487,
having a total estimated capitaliza
tion of $7,370,783;383, of ' which
5,742,076,483 is common stock
Of this stupendous amount two
thirds, at least, is waler, including
jill of the common stock and part of
the preferred. It is not thought that
any of the common stock has been
marketed.
These figures indicate the enormity
of the purely speculative feature in
this modern "mania," as Mr. Morton
calls it, and they bear on their face the
evidence of precariousness. It wiil
not be possible for these inflated cor
porations to place much of Ibis
watered stock on the market, and
one of the prime objects of the move
ment will accordingly fail.
But after ali that may be said as to
the eventual failure of most of these
combinations, there remain plenty of
good reasons for continuing the anti
trust movement. It is not wise to
let an epidemic run its course un
checked, even though it be impossi
ble absolutely to prevent it. There
are always ways of mitigating its
ravages. So there are much that
may be done by concerted action,
discussion and legislation to counter
act the present epidemic of trusts.
And it is apparent thai very many
thinking people favor concerted
action from the interest they are
taking in the various anti trust con
ferences that are being arranged.
Admitting that many of these
combines are to be short lived, others
are backed up by millions of money
and tremendous staying power
Left to themselves without restraining
influence, they will be able to
control production, ruin competitors,
raise prices, and, what is tbe most
dangerous consequence of all, cor
rupt legislation
Tbe majority of our leading men
who recognize the evils growing out
of the trust movement do not share
Mr. Morton's opinion that remedial
legislation is unnecessary because if
left to itself the piague will eventual
ly die out through the operation of
natural laws. There is a growing
belief that something must be done
to check the monopolizing ndency
to study the problems which this
process has thrust upon the coutry.
As Dr. Lyman Abbotto 6tates it,
What we most need on the subject of
industrial, commercial, labor and
transportation combinations ia "light,
not heat " The conferences which
aro to be held during the coming
montb.3 for the purpose of taking
counsel on thia burning question will j
undoubtedly attract deep interest j *
throughout the whole country -De
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A Novel Question.
Quite a novel question was submitted *
, 1 , . - .lo
to thc attorney general this morning j (
from the governor's office. It appears j
that a negro in Aoderson County was
COL victed acd fined for not working the
roads The fice was paid acd thc
negro asks pardon in order that he may
have the fine refunded, giving as his
rcasoo why pardon should be granted j J
that il bas siooe been established beyond '
doubt that he is above thc age by
several years which exempts citizens
from road duty. His statement of the
fact is admitted to be true, but there is
no precedent to show that a pardon will ! F
act to return the fine to him. j ^
Assistant Attorney General Gunter j
is to file the opinion, but he bas aiready ;
come to the conclusion that there is no ^
law whereby the fine can bs returned, i 1
even though it is proven that the negro!
b2d paid it wrongfully It seem:? bard, !
but law is hw and thc negro can't get j
his money back.-Columbia Record, ;
July 12.
Privilege Tax.
The privilege tax income from the
sale of fertilizers amounts to 56.UGO
July 10;b, a^aitst $61,000 the same r
date last year. This tuna goes to the i
support of Cierxscn College in ah
indirect way as provided by the legis- j .
iature in order to conform to thc
constitution of the United States. j j
Sick headache, wind on the stomach, bil- j s
housoess. nausea, are quickly cured by a few j
do3 3 of Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. | ;
The reported consolidation of the
Pennsylvania and New York Central
railroads ia the prevailing sensation
just new. Ir. ia ao enormous transac
tion and W. K. Vanderbilt is credited
wirb engineering it. Men wno knew
bim say he is a chip of thc otu stock cf
shrewd and working Vanderbilts, has
more sense than ali the others together,
and has shoved them aside and put
them io places he chose for them, and
bulldozed old man PierpcDt Morgan
into submission to bis wili. Vander
bilt is ...erfcainly tbe king pin in Wail
Street these days ; but it ie a pretty
activa, shifty kind of a stree', and a
man may be boss there today and B half
forgotten back Dumber tomorrow.
The railroad business is falling into
trusts like every other Some day
tbere will be one huge line from the
Pacific to the Elstern coast, from the
Eastern coast to the South, girdling
and criss-crossing the continent under
one management. Nothing is too big
to be ruo by a few men now. It is
wonderful the quantity of work one
man can do with the modern mechani
cal contrivances and the unlimited
supply cf special bra;ns and knowledge
that may be hired. Tin chief need not
troubie himself about details Tbe
matisr cf managing a huge-business is
a matter of looking at reports already
digested, simplified, scanned and check
ed so that their meanings can be learned
at a glades, of touohing electric but
tons and dictating to stenographers and
type writers, of telephone receivers
and telegraph keys on tho doss com
municating with the world. The man
ager of today c3n do ten times tbe
work of the manager of thirty years
ago and then loaf half his time. All
he has to do is to think. Few of us
appreciate bow these little conveniences
have hastened and forced the work of
consolidations. It is possible for a man
to control and direct 150,000 miles of
. {road or a billion dellars of active
capital Middle-aged meo will live to
see it done, too.-A. B W. in Greea
yilie News
Convulsions, cramps, chronic female dis
eases and hysterics are cored by the use of
Simmons Squaw Vine Wins Tablets.
oar stomach is one of the fir3t symptoms
)f a coming billious attack. Cure it with a
:ew dose. Dr. M. A. Simmons.Lifer Medicine.
Our missionary crusade in the
Philippioes proceeds with all possible
rigor. J. F. Mitchell, private in Co
E, Nioteeotb infantry, writes a letter,
which is printed in thc Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle. Mitchell
lays : "This is a nice country, but is
rery much behind the times. Tbe
filipino are all Catholics There are
burches in Manila with 12 altars
tVhen the Americans burn a town they
mm tbe churches You ought to see
he broken cresses and the altars all
mashed and the statues ail broken ; it
s a sight never to be forgotten. * * *
iVhen the soldiers drove the Filipinos
mt of this towo they left everything
rebind, pigs, chickens, docks and
torses. We kill pigs once io a while
.nd chickens whenever we feel like it."
-The State.
CITADEL CADETSHIPS.
The following counties have vacan
:ies is beneficiary scholarships in the
Jitadei academy : Aiken I, Ander
on 1, Clarendon 1, Greenville 1,
Charleston 1, Horry 1, Newberry 1,
)rangeburg 1, Pickens 1. Applica
ions to stand the competitive exami
nions must be sent to Mr C S.
adsden, chairman of the board of
risitois, Charleston, by August 1.
g CUBAN RELIEF cures Colic,
Neuralgia and Toothache in
five minutes. Sour Stomach and
Summer Complaints. Price. 25c.
Sold by Hugb3on-Li{ron Co.
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7I0EST PATRONAGE AND FULLEST
EQUIPMENT IN ITS HISTORY.
'acuity, 38; Sede is, 495 ; 3 Academic
ourses; 3 Electee courses ; 3 Professional
Icbcols, ia Law, in Medicine aod in Phar
jacy. New buildings, water works, splendid
libraries, laboratories, etc
Advanced classes open to women. Tuition j
60 a year ; board $8 a monto. Ample
pportocity for self-help. Scholarships aod
jans for toe needy. Free tuition for teachers.
Summer School for Teach-rs-24 instruc
ts, 147 students. Total enrollment 644,
For illustrated baodbook and catalogue,
Address,
PRES DENT ALDERMAN,
Juoe 28 Chapel Hill, N. C.
BST NATIONAL BANK OF
SUMTER,
? TATE, /1TY AND COUNTY DE
POSITOR Y} SUMTER* S. C.
did np Capital.$ 75,000 (0
lurplus and Profits - - - - 25,000 00
idditionu! Liability of Stock
holders ia excess of their
stock. 75,000 00
'otal protection tc depositors, $175 000 00 j
Transacts a Genera! Banking Business.
Special attention iven to collections.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of $1 aod upwards received. Io
erest allowed at the rate ot 4 per cent, per
nnnm, on amounts above S5 and not exceed- ?
og $. ,0J, payable quarterly, cn first days of I
rtt-.uarv, Anril, Julv and October.
R M. WALLACE,
L. S. CARSON, President.
Cashier.
taint Loigfi No. 64,IF.M.I
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HE REGULAR MONTHLY CO M.MU- !
NICATION of Claremont Lodec, No. | <
4, A. F. M.. will be held on Thursday
Jrenin-i, July 2i>, at 7$ p. m. Brethren
till take doe notice and govern themselves j .
ccordiogly I l
B. J, RH AME, W. M.
Attest-H. C. MOSES. Sec. j (
Notice of BeptrtiM
T :e St Te of Sooth Carolin*-Sumter Couc
I ty-OrTiC of Supervisors o: Registration,
Sumter County. Sumter, S. C., Fe'orcarv
1st. 1899.
Notice is beret>giv3n that in accordance
with an Act of the General Assembly, and in
t conformity with the requirements of the Sta te
! Constitution, tbe books for the registrar/on
of all legally qualified voters, and for the
issuing of transfers, etc,, will be open at the
office of Supervisors of Registration in the
court heos?, between the hours of 9 o'clock
a m . and 3 o'clock p. m., ou the first Mon
day of each month, until thirty days before
the next general election. Minors who shall
become of age during that period of tbirtv
dij? shall be entitled to registration before
the books are closed, if o'berwise qualified
The requirements for a qualified voter are
that the applicant for registration ehall be
abie to read acd write correct/y, cr possess
in bis own came property to tbe amount of
tnree hundred dollars, upon which he pays
taxes. E. F. BURROWS,
T. D. DuBOSE,
J. M. KNIGHT,
Supervisors of Registration Sumter Co.
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Sl.gm BUYSAS3.50 Still
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and doab! iee. Regular $3. 0 BOT*' 2
Pieee Knes- *ut Suits going at S 1.95.
A M:\VSUTFREE forany of these suits
which don't give satisfactory wear.
Send No Money. ^el
state ape of boy and say whether large or
small for age. and we will send you tho
suit by express, C.O.D., subject to examin
' ation. You can examine it at your express
oflice and il found perfectly satisfactory
and equal to suits sold in your town for
, S3.50, pay your express agent ocr special
1 offer price. S 1*95 and expresschartres.
THES2 KETEE-PAKT SUITS are for
boys from 4 to J 3 j ears of age. cn J are retailed
eTcrywhere at 3.50. JIadeVith double seat
and knees, latest lS99 Me as illustrated,
made from a special trear.resisiinr, heaTy
eight, AIL-W00L Oakwell c&ssimere, neat, handsome pat
tern, fine serge lining. Clayton patent interlining, pad
ding, staying and reinforcing, silk and linen sewing,fine
tailor-made thro'ichoot. a suit any bov or parent would
be proud of. FOB FREE CLOTH S 3IPLES or BOTS' Clotiiin
(suits, overcoats or ulsters), for boys 4 TO 19 YEARS,
write for Sample Bock ?io. SOC, contains fashion plates,
tape measure a id full instructions how to order.
Sen's Suits and Overcoats made to order frost 0.00 up.
Samples sent free on application. Address,
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-MANUFACTURERS OF
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Moulding & Building
Material.
office and Warerooms, King, opposite. Can
non Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C,
Pnrcfease our make," which we gu rante
superior to any sold South, and
thereby pave money.
Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty
October 16-o
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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 recre3ented $75,000,000.
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Would announce to her customers in town , 3
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that &he is now prepared to display a j e
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Consisting of the newest d;-si ns in Trimmed J"
Work, atso the latest novelties in Flowers, j
Facey Gauzes, Jetted Nets, Wines, &e.
MISS MCDONALD'S loog experience in
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cernment of ibo wants of customers, will
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chasers.
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And capable salesladies are ready to respond j
:o the wants of customers ?..
Orders by m?.:l will te promptly and ac- S
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SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850.
'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.'
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jnoe, JSftS
Consolidated Aug. % ISSI.
SUMTER S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17.1899.
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