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Consolidated Aug. 2:1881 New Series-Yoi. XIX. No. 13 if ht Witi mmx anb Sonffcro Publislisd Every "w ednesday, -BY IM. Gr, OsteeD SUMTER, S. G. TERMS I 1.50 per annum-in advance. IDTEBTISKKIKT: One Square first insertion.$1 Every subsequent iosertion. Contracts for three months, or longer * be made at reduced rates. All comnianications which subserve priv interests will be charged for a3 aivertiemen Obituaries and tributes of respects will charged for. HASELDEN HURLS HOT SHOT AT HU A Member of the Board R plies to Mr. Ouzts Below is given the reply Mr ? Dudiy Haseiden, former chairmi and present member of the Sta board of control, and chairman of tl sob-committee of investigation, the charges recently published I deposed Bookkeeper DAG Ouzt It speaks for itself : To the People of South Carolina; I have delayed a reply to the seri* of abusive tirades published in tl: daily newspapers of the State ovi the signature of D A G Ouzts unt their conclusion. I have been sati fied that the peple of the State, wk may not know this man Ouzts, at lea are sufficentiy well acquainted wil most of the men whom he has bee maligning to defer a conclusion i to his statements until a further ac - a contradictory assertion shout be made. It has given mi personally, and the others whose fat it bad been to incur bis malice, pie sure to know that this confidence ht not beee unfounded It has been my policy since I bav been a member of the board of cor trol, and it has been that of my tw colleagues, whom the X clerk of th X commissioner designates as tb majority faction of that body, to giv to the details of dispensary mana :( ment the widest publicity. The dil pensary is the people's institution its management is their busioes* and they cf right are entitled to sue information as will convince them and keep them convinced, that i is honestly and competently conduct ed. We do not attempt to den; that it offers temptation to the dis honest who may secure place an position in it and have long realize that its best safeguard and sures protection against the thief and tu rebate taker is an open board meetinj and the full glare of the public ey into its innermost workings. A realization of this fact and of th farther fact that the best way an the only way to purify it, rests in thi publicity, prompted the majority c the board to give the facts elicitei by the investigating committee * the public in all their details, insteai of attempting to cover up and t cure the defects laid bare thereii within a secret board meeting Whether the facts developed wat ranted the suspension o Mr. Pouthit the public can determine. I believ* that the affidavits published are ; sufficient reply to any suggestioi that the removal of the commissioue was due to anv factional feeling ii rn* O the board Until these affidavit: brought to light a condition of affair! which surpiised us, Mr Douthit wa* in hearty accord arid had the uureser red support of a majority of th< b -ard ot control, and would have ii today but for th se facts. I believe that be has beeu given a considera tion that be does not deserve, in view ol them, and am astounded thal two o my colleagues on the boan] of control can strive to keep him in the position of commissioner. Shipping Clerk Black, in calling some ot the acts elicted to our at tention (specific instances of rnisman agemoot affecting the cfiicent dis Charge o the position he held) was protected by the board in thus cour ageously doing his duty, and would have been protected, it matters not upon whom his charges reflected But, unlike Black, so long as Ouzts held his job he had nothing to report to the board, although he knew that three out of ihi five had recently voted to retain him in hie place while the other two acquiesed because it couldn't be helped, and hence would protect him ; although, like Josephus Woodruff, he kept bis little note book, eavesdropping the conversation and taking notes of the supposed errors and supposed dis honesty of Commissioner Vance, to whom he held the position of confi dential cieik The facility with which dates and incidents are quoted is astonishing, and the fact that they were taken at all at a time when Commissioner Vance wai befriending him daily and on two occasions paved him from dismissal, is equally astonishing to any fairiy honest man Bat the contemptible Raosey Snif fles, who was beguiling himself into Mr. Vance's confidence, knew, or thought he knew, how to p!ay his game. Ile judged other men like unto himself, and doubtless fondiy cherished his little note book, whicn , was to serve him in such good stead, I to blackmail his position back again, whenever he should be ousted for either of his failings, incompetency or dishonesty. Of these failings, the former of course had long been known to us, and the latter we had good reason to suspect, but unfortu nately gave him the benefit of the doubt and retained him as a cour fesy to a member of the board of j control who lived ir. the county from i Tahich he came, and to preserve if we could harmony in the board, as we knew his dismissal would enrage two members of the board who were tied to him by some bonds we were unable to comprehend. That blackmail was contemplated by him and relied on, is plainly j shown by the threat, which he even ! went so far as to give to, the newspa I pers, that he would lay bare certain inside history if bis suspension were j made permanent It will be noted i by the public that he did not "blow i off his mouth/* in his own ciassic 'language, until the board of control i had invited him to it bv makins: his j suspension permanent-a very good evidence that the authorities there did [ not fear its production. That they, or any of the gentlemen j whom he has so maliciously malign j ed and slandered had no cause to fear I his revelations will be indisputably showo to the public in due season That the worst that he knows has not yet been told by him, as he says, it is easy to believe, from our knowl edge of him, and of the opportuni ties for stealage which be has enjoy ed during the six years he has been connected with the dispensary, but we are equally certain that it will not be given to the public-at least by Ouzts The public is not asked to take our word even for the statement that from investigations which have been made of the so called charges of this man, are not only absolutely groundless, but are outrageous lies, with a thin veneering of truth in minor particulars only sufficient to give them plausibility. A large ma jority of these assertions must have been known to Ouzts to have been false when he penned them, as the public must conclnde when the facts are given them The other state ments are but twisting of transac tions gathered by this sneak from the desks of his fellow clerks while their backs were turned and infor mation sifted through a keyhole, of which innocent pastime this saintly : ex clerk has occasionally been found engaged If the members of the board of control have really treated this man with less consideration then he de served ic his dismissal, as he claims, and have at times been less harsh with the shortcomings of other clerks whom we believe to be conscientious and honest men-and these short comings we are glad to say are not greater than Is found among the em pioyes of any mercantile house do j ing an equal business-as Ouzts j Claims that we have done, to this estimate of his character (and to his t abortive attempted blackmail, for we I ai! have names of which we are jeal j ous. and there are some men in the St;;te who are only too ready to be lieve any assertion derogatory to an officer of the dispensary) and to this alone must he attribute the fact That many of the daily papers o' the State have dignified his abusive awi outrageous attack upon t;j" char acier of * number of gentleman will) admission to their colums. makes this plain statement to the public j necessary. Were the people of tlu; : State al! acquainted personally with the men whom he hus maiigned. and with Ouzts, no reply would be made, and we desire tins fact understood j In due time evidence showing the details o all transactions ti;;.t have t e2u questioned that merit a rep!y, wi li be given to the pubiic J Dudley ilaseiden. j Newspaper "Patria" Sap pressed. Manila Oct. 17, 3 39 p m -The j newspapers Patria has been suppress ! ed and editor. Senor Utor, a Span j iard, placed under arrest on charge ; of printing and publishing seditious documents For some time the Patria had been hostile to the Ameri cans. Recently pamplets attacking the Americans and the friendly Filipinos have been circulated, and the police believe that Flor wrote and printed them Call, see and buy, embossed or fioral Crepa Paper. H. G. OsteeQ k Co. Blood of a Brother Shed in Charleston. N. T. Pittman of Gourdirj's, S. C., Killed by A. J. Pittman. Special to The State. Charleston. Oct. 18 -N. T. Pitt man, a well to do and prominent merchaot. of Gourdio's Station, was shot to death this afteroooo by his brother, A. J. Pittmao. The killing occurred about 1 o'clock, in the read ing room of thc Hotel Calhoun, which is in the rear ot the office. The trouble that ied uo to the trag edy is not folly known, but from what was learned shortly after the killiog it is supposed that either mousy matters or an unpleasant family affair was the cause that led to the shooting. There were no eye-witness to the shooting, and just what took place in I the readiog room between the dead i roan and his brother c onot be stated. They were the only occupants of the room and had been for some little time, having gone there, presumably, to dis cuss bosioess matters. The curtains of the reading room, which shut out the view from the office, j were partiy drawo, though the two men I could be peen, sitting down in chairs, j biking together, but. their presence in j the room attracted oo attention wbat I ever, and their conversation was held i in an ordinary conversational tono and j did not foretell of the tragedy that took ; place. j Soddenly the attention of Mr. Guy A tooer, the manage, of tho hoto!, \ was attracted by the report of a pistol. - followed in quick succession by four more j shous, all of which came from the i writing room Manager Stooer turned Pittman over to Police Officer Luby, who sent him to the station house. Mr. Pittman did not appear to be I much excited, but for a man who had just killed his brother, was remarkably cool and collected. The only state ment that he would make was that be did not care to know the result ; that he did it in self defeose. The pistol with which be fired the fatal shots was a new Smith & Wesson, 32 calibre All the shells in the wea pen bad been discharged. Corooer Rivers and Deputy Coroner Waring were notified and they took charge of the body at ooce. The dead man was found sitting in a chair, he j having been removed by some one from j the floor, where be fell after being shot. A hasty examination was made of his body, and it was found that he had been shot in the back, near the right side, and uoder his arm It is sup posed that when he received the first ! ball be threw up his arms to protect j himself ! Oo his person was found a heavy j gold watch, a telegram from A. J. j Pittmao to N. P. Pittmao, sent from i Summerville yesterday, sayiog that he would meet him today at the Calhoun hotel between 9 and 10 o'olock, several letters, a large sum of money and an unsigned note for 1,000, payable to himdelf. These the corooer took charge of. The inquest will be beld tomorrow, and it is expeoted that there will be some important developments Tbe deceased arrived in the city last night from Gourdio's, accompanied by Mr. J. C Graham. They slept togeth er last night aod were together early this morning Mr Graham stated this j morning that he knew about the trou ! ble that existed between the deceased I and h\- brother, but had no idea it ; would terminate fatally or 'ne would not ; hav? left them together He said it wss a famiiy affair, bu rofu*ed to srate ; what ir wa--, saying that it was told to him in confidence The dead mar; was abour GO years I old and well-known in Charleston. I ile is a man ni wealth; lie leaves a wife ar.'] ten ebneren ; Mr. A J Pittman, who riij the j E ii lin 2 is shoat 50 years of age Ar one t;:n*> hfl was engaged in the corr o business on Vendue Lianne li.; new .lives in Summerville. The family of Mr N. T t'i^rn-.an . have bren notifie-i of his death No weapon v.r.1-: found on the ead rn:st) On one of the wriiirlg rabi s ; roas feund a s m ail, pearl-handled knife. There was no evidence of a struggle ,: having taken place Thc ink srands : were in place, and tho chairs and iabios ! were undisturbed, which would not j ; have been had there been a scrimmage, j ! Up to a few years ago N T. Pittman j I and A J Pittman were engaged in the : conon aod naval stores business under ; the name of Pittman Bros. About ! four years ago they failed, whioh left I Mr. A. J Pittman in straightened cir . cums-tances Mr. N T. Pittman, hav ing considerable means, it is said, i helped bis brother io money matters I cms derably. It is understood that bad blond 1 existed a long time between the two j brothers 07er financial matters It is ' ; not known wno Mr Pittman will retain ; j as counsel to defend bim. THE INQUEST j Charleston, Oot. 19 -A J. Pittman, j who shot ni.-: brother, N. T. Pittman, to rie?.th io the Calhoun hotel yesterday afternoon, w*s c-.-mmirtcd to jail today bv the coroner uron the finding of rho jory that heard the testimony ai ;h<j inquest held this morning. Ar. the inquest the prisoner wa represented by Mr. J. N Nathans, Jr , aod Huger Siokler and they will prob abiy appear before a judge sud make application for bail. The testimony was heard by the coroner at J M. Connelly's undert2k taking establishment on Meeting Srreet. Several witnesses were examined, bat not one stated that he had seen any of the 6hots fired. A. J. Pitman was Dresent, having been brought there by Lient. McManus and Private J. B. Loby from tbe police 8tatioo, where be spent last night. Fie spent a quiet night, and this morning wbeo breakfast, was offered him be refused, saying he would take it later. He, however, did not take any nourish ment before being taken before the coroner's inquest. During the entire investigation the prisoner displayed 'little interest io what was being said. Occasionally be would whisper a word to Mr. Nathans, and at times there was a nervousness of bis baods, which appeared rather as habitual thao as resulting from any special emotion. He wa* aapareotly the most indifferent man present at the inquest. The inquest developed no new fae??, and all ibat is koewo of the case already has be?o substantially given io The Stare. The witnesses who were examined today cast no new light The tragedy was without witnesses, as aiready statei, and 'he fae's leading imujeoiaieiy to the killing will never bo known, positively. Much was ex pected cf J. C. Graham, of Gourdins, S. C , the mutual friend, but he kep; the confidence imposed io bim. and tbe sensational developments, which be was expected to give cut, were not given. A. E. Lomady, a traveling salesman, Manager C. A. Stoner a d Steward John E Heffron, of the Calhoun hotel, testified to responding to the reading room in time to see the slayer leaving it. This was practically all they knew of the tragedy of their own knowl edge. Manager Stoner denied the statemeot in a Charleston morning paper, credit ed to him, that he saw A. J. Pittman standing over his brother and fire the shof Graham was cot asked to di vulge the dead mao's secret, as this was not necessary to a coroner's verdict. A number of police officers were put on tho stand, but they could tell coth ing of ioterest The only new light that they furnished was that Pittman desired to report at the police station, unattended by an officer. The sympathy io Charleston is ail with the dead man. The affair is greatly regretted, especially because of tbe prominence of the parties. The cold indifference of the slayer is amaz ing The general belief is that tho killing was the outcome of business transac tioos between the Pittmaos, for it is known that there bad been ill feeling between the men for some time. Wheo the two men were in business here some years ago and failed, both suffered financial losses, but Mr N. T. Pittman started out with renewed energy, open ing op business ar Gordin, his old borne, where be met with success. His object was to make money, and in busi ness transactions be had the reputation ot" being very shrewd. A. J. Pittman bas been unsuccessful I in bu.^ioess since bis failure in Ch rles I ton. He is of a iibnral nature, and j spent money freely. Hts brother, it. is : sii<l, helped bini io rumney matters, j The prisoner has relatives in Charles t n, bur. snce bis erres!: none of them i have vi.-::r-d him His counsel has forbidden him *:> ' ri!:-; about hi~ case. - j., -- True Bi s Against Colonel Neal. The indictments against Colonel Neal were ande.i to rhe grand jory this morning. Colon el Neal wis no* pres cot. He i- at hir home hick an.i w;ii 'Mri:- bc able to stand 'nn! tl? i s fro. Ris attorney. Mr. 1> 'L'gJ. :;, ys the latest ioiormati ">n from him is that be is r\ very sick min Several witnesses from Anderson appeared before the graod j ury The i^rand jory spent a comparative ly brief sassion in consideration of the Neal case and brought m true bills as to each indictment. Mr. Ho2gs moved for a continuance on the ground of his client's pbysicial condition, bul Solicitor Thurmond insisted that the rules be compiled with, which require the presentation of afb" davits Mr Higgs may have those affidavits ready this afternoon or it may take a day or two to get them up-Co lumbia Record There li a growing conviction that the price of cotton has not yet reached the top, and that when the world be comfy convinced that the mop hap near ly all been marketed and is not being held back by the farmers the price in going up in a jiffy -Augusta Chron icle. : AMERIC A'S CUP, I COLUMBIA'S CUP! j SHAMROCK" DISABLED IN SECOND RACE, - New York, Oct. 17.-The topmast of the cup challenger Shamrock carried away 20 minutes after the big siogle sticker bad crossed the startling line j today, and her enormous club sail with its 3 OOO feet of canvas came rattling down on the deck, leaving her a hope less cripple. No amount of pluck or courage could face such a catastrophe, and Capt. Hogarth immediately aban doned the race, towing: back to the anchorage after he had cleared away the wreckage. The Columbia continued over the course alone, placing to ber credit the second of the races for the America's cup. The accident to the Shamrock ruined the race and caused the keenest regret among the yacbtmen and the thousands of eight-seers who were on hand to witness what had promised to a be glorious duei. It is unfortunate that the defender should have been the beneficiary of an accident, as there is little glory in beatiog a cripple, hui the rule is iron clad. If crippled before the start, time for repairs is allowed, but once over the I Hoe if anything carries away the sutter 1 er must make such repairs as be can, I or, if rendered hors de combat, as the j Shamrock was. today, he must take the ! consequences. There is good sense J and logic behiod the rule. The races are a test o construction as well as design and seamanship. Doubtless, if Mr. Iseiin couid have had h is choice ic the matter, he would generously have declined to continue in view of the crippled condition of bis rival, but the rales gave him no alter native. He was io duty bound to go on. and as be finished weil within the time limit, the race was bis. Had the accident not occurred, how ever, ic is believed th3t the Yankee boat would have repated the beatiog she gave the challenger yesterday During the 25 minutes the yacht sailed she bad gone through the Shamrock's lead like a streak and bad established a lead of more than 300 yards on the weather bow. Time Limit Out When Oo lam bia Was Nearly Home. New York, Oct. 19 -Had the wind held today, the Columbia-Sham rock series for America's cup would have ended in three straight wins for this defender, and the Irish cup hunter would have sailed borne with out the trophy, beaten as decisively as any former candidate. Only the failure of the wind saved the Sham rock from a defeat more stinging than on Monday Today she was beaten OL the run to the outer mark 5 min utes and 51 seconds, elapsed time, and on the leg home, which should have been a beat, but which owing to a shift cf the wind, was a broad roach, Columbia sailed away from her like a witch. When the race was declared off. about 10 minutes before 3he expiration of the time limit, Columbia waa leading about three miles She was then four miles from the finish Had the race ended Shamrock would have been beaten by at least 20 minute?. Glorious EndiDg ci the Con tests For the Valued Trophy. Nc York, Oct 20.-Through ciid y.v.d hilary *v-as. n r. breeze 'bar ar proa, ch ed the ignifv of a gate, the gallant s oep G lumbla today vanquish ed tfce i>r;?i>h challenger Shamrock ny ti minutes and 18 seconds corrected time, Thus cotup eting hser es for the America's cup with a magnifi :< ot r so^h weather duei and a glorious J aukee victory For the lith rime :i:o attempt of a foreigner tn wre?i from America the yachting supremacy of the world bas failed. The in tr iri sie vainc of the reward which hundreds cf thousands oi doiiars were expended to secure is s&iai! simply an antiquated piece of silver ware which Queen Victoria offered to the best sailing ship in the world in the early days of her reign* but around it cluster the precious memories of unbroken American triumph and the honor ot' mastery in the noblest of sports. To Sir Thomas Lipton, whose name (richman mw .Southron 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. New Series-ToL XTIII. No. 42 rcsas ABSOLUTE a*Pv RE POWDER Makes the food more delicious and wholesome