University of South Carolina Libraries
Cij? Wt?bam at? Sou??jroii. WEDNJBSDAY~TAN 31,1900 ------? The Sumter Watcnman was roundeu in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of thc old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium is Sam ter. Senator Manning hae introduced a bill providing for the sale of the State farms that should be passed at this session of the general assembly The farming operations of the Staie pen? itentiary have been far from profita ble, and it is wrong in principle for tbe State to engage in this class of business The convicts can be more profitably employed in building roads, or they can be leased to the counties to be used by the county authorities m the county chain gangs on the public works. Mr Moses' bill providing for a rebate on taxes paid in October and Novembe has been killed. The bill bad much to recommend it, and it j would not have been au untried ex p?riment, for laws of similar charac ter are now in operation in New York and several other states The Spartanbnrg Daily Herald has issued an illustrated industrial and mannfactoring edition that is by odds the handsomest, finest and most comprehensive special edition ever published in this State It is a mag nificent advertisement of the indns tries and resources of Spartanbnrg county, and is a piece of work of which the Herald has a right to be proud Some of our exchanges are trying to settle the question as to who is the grandfather of the Maaldin wide tire bill, and several claimants have been pot forward, bot as yet the genealo gy of the bill has not been satisfac toi Uv established. It is a most ex? cellent bill, and it is not strange that there is a desire to divide honors with Senator Maddie, but we would suggest that io the division Senator Manning of this coouty is entitled to a large share of the honors. He not only made a strong fight for the - Mauldin bil!, but when a member of j the boase io 1892-94 introduced a ' wide tire bil! and made a strong fight for it against adveise circumstances and a perverse majority. The Boer3 are more than holding their own against the largest and best j equipped army England has ever put i in the field, and the London Times commenting oo the repulse ot Buller at Spion Kop and his retreat across . the Tu ge la river. 6ays that it is a ca tasirophe without a parallel in the m'h't^ry history of England except I the surrender at Yorktown. The Timr'? demands that the government dispatch 59,000 reinforcements at once -ind provide for an addi j iionai 50 COO u they snail be need?-;: The Boers are in a better j posit!on now than at t'.e beginning of the vrar, for t?ey h;??r! the prest age "? victory 'ti every important engagement to encourage them. They have made good their claims to the respect of the nations of the world, and E;g!and herself cannot regari with contempt a people who havr* out generaied and defeated the \ flower of her military establishment \ The B >ers not only merit respect but, thev d: -:erve to succeed in their pa triotio effort to maintain their liberty -and th? ind^pvndece of their coun try. Ses-jr-iry Wilson, of inc Agricultu rai DJ pi r?in 90^, i: in announced, has written ?o G?ecjsco Octiege. conosrniog the experiments msde by the depart ment m the b\ brid'Zitiou of oranges It ir ?;nt*>d zi r br- department ?hat sos? Mxty ai?terent species Lave been bud?t '?. and tiro of each kind will be sent to Ciecfoo Coiiege for testing purposes it is tne belief of S'.-cretary Wilson, acd the department tfScials, wt; > Divo given much attention to those i3tcre3?og experiments, that the esp2rimeots to be made will bc of great bsoeii: to South Carolina. - IBO - ? ? ? ? -II P. 5. Trirkield, Health inspector of Chi? cago, says, "Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cannot be recommended too highly. It cured me o? severe dyspepsia." It digests what you cat and cure3 indigestion, heartburn and all forms of dyspepsia.-J. 8. riugneon & Co. The modern and most eifsctive cures for constipation and all liver troubles-the famous little pills known as Dewitt's Little Early Riser3.~J. S. Eughsoa & Co. Governor-Ekct Goebel Shot Down. DASTARDS ATTEMPT TO MURDER THE DEMO? CRAT LEADER. Frankfort, Ky., Jan 30 -While walking through the capitol grounds OR his way^to the capitol building at 10 minutes afier ll o'clock this morning. William Goebel, the Demo? cratic contest?e for governor of Kentucky, was shot down and very dangerously wounded. Harland Whittaker, a farmer from Butler county, the home county of Governor Taylor, is now in the jail at Louisville charged with the crime There is no direct evidence against Whittaker and he was placed under arrest more because he was caught around the capital building when the shots were fired than for ony other apparent reason. He denies in the most positive manner that he bad any connnection with the shooting or knew anything about it. He was running towards the scene of the shooting and not away from it when I he was arrested. j Senator Goebei was wounded by a J rifle ball of calibre, not over 38,1 wh :h struck him in the right side just below the arm pit. The bali passed through the back part of the right lung, across the body in a diagonal line, passing out below the left shoulder blade. The vital organs were not injured with the exception of the right lung. Mr. Goebel was on his way to the Senate chamber in company with Col Jack Chinn and Warden Eph Lillard of the Frankport penitentiary- Mr. j Lillard was a few feet in advance of Goebel anc J?I\?T?, who were walking side by side, Goebel being on the right and Chinn upon the left. From the outer edge of the capitol grounds to.the step of the capitol building the distance is about 300 feet. Two thirds of this had been passed and the men were walki?g slowly when suddenly a shot rang out from a large three story building which stands 50 feet east of the capitol building This building is used for offices by nearly all the leading officials of the State, Govern? or Taylor and the secretary of state having rooms on the first floor. As the shot was beard Goebel gave a quick involuntary exclamation of pain and made an effort to draw his j own revolver His strength was i ? unequal to the task, however, and he sank upon the pavement. With j great rapidity several more shots j were fired, the bullets ai! etriking the j brick sidewalk close to where Goe- ? bel lay None of them touched him, j however v Lillard hastily turned around Lo aid Goebel, who was supported by Chinn, who had his arras about him almost as soon as tie touched the j pavement "Get help/' said Chirin to L?lard, and turning to Goebel he asked : "Are you hurt, Goebei ? Did they get you ?" "Tney have got me this time,*' said Goebel. "I guess they have killed me " In les6 than a minute a crowd of men was around Goebei. Ile was losing much blood and was becoming very weak, ile was hastily carried to the office of Dr E E. Hume, in the basement of the Capitol hotel, j about 1,000 feet from the spot where I the shooting occurred Here he was it iaid on a sofa, while Dr Hume made a hasty examination, pronouncing the wound to be of a nature that must cause death in a short time Goebel, who showed p?rcat fortitude and cour age throughout, smiled weakly as he heard the verdict and feebly rolled his head from side to si-ie in token of dissent from that opinion lie was then carried to his room on the second floor of thc Capitol hotel, and, in addition to Dr Hume, Dre McCormick and Ely were summoned I to attend him. After a carefi j amination of the wcund the d< announced that, while exceed dangerous, it was not neces fatal, unless complications or poisoning should set in The p< himself kept up his courage, i in g again and again that he wa going to die It was deoided by bis friends ti io also the services of Dr MoMar prominent surgeon of Louisville, urgent messages were at once seo bim After the wound had been < ed Senator Goebel showed exhaustion, aod it was announce) the physicians that be would i probability die in a short time, rallied, however, and, under the i ecce of an opiate, sank into a g slumber, whioh lasted several hour The bullet which struck Mr Gi was fired from a window in the c( of tba third story of the effioe build just east of the capitol. That wit was raised about eight inohes from si i i to permit an unobstructed pas for the bullet ^ben Mr Goebel sh come withtL a?be. Both Onion Liilard asset?, that, while the first came from the direction of the win iu the third story, there were o shots fired from differer portioni the same building. Some of these heard the shots say that at least shot was fired from the of?se of seoretary of state. This, however not trae, as there were men in office of secretary of state who rus to the window as the shots were he and ali of them declare that there \ no shot fired at all from that pari the building. The window in tbe third story v left open, no effort being made to ol it by the would-be assassin, while t aoother window in the building s opened, nor were there any plac where bullets had been fired throu them. Whittaker was arrested as he cat down the Bteps on the east 6:de of t State office building, directly below t window from which the shots had bei fired. As he reached the sidewalk ai was hastening toward the scene of tl shooting, he was met by John E Mile who is TC years of age. Without bei tation Miles threw himself upon Wbi taker, winding bis arms around bi end calling loudly for heb. It was right ai band ; and in s instant Whittaker was surrounded fe a group of men, many of them wit drawn revolvers He made no attemj to escape, knowing well that the slighi est attempt to do so would have brougi a dozen bullets into* his body H submitted quietly to a search, which wa quickly made, the proceeds being tore revolvers and oce big knife. A quici j ezamioatico of the revolvers showe ; that cone of the cartridges had beet j u?ed, aod there was no powder smu upon any part of his weapons, provinj conclusively that he could not hav used any~ of his three revolvers Ii addition to this, all those who heard th ?hots join in the statement that the; were from a rifis and not from a smalle weapon. Whittaker was quickly led away am placed in the jail, wbiie a guard wa plaoed at the outer eotranoe to keep oi people who had no direct conneotioi with the institution, As soon as it was known that tnt bullet which struck Mr Goebel hat come from the building to the east, t group of men gathered in front of tbi dcor oo the east side. O'hers rai j around to the dcor cn the westside t< I prevent the escape of anybody freu j there Several men attempted to entei j the doors from the outside, hut wert i prevented by groups of mountaineers i I who s'ood in the doorways. Some ol I iheso men held Winchesters in theil j ; hands and presented ut: aspect so gea orally uninviting that no attempt was : :na?>: to search thc building and nobody gained entrance io it for several min I : utes after the shooting had been done-, I aod the assassin had ampie opportunity i j to escape. ! j That the shooting of Mr Gosbel wa? tbe result of a carefully laid ph without question. The mao who the wotk had evidently taken his s at the WILOOW, which had previo been raised in order to allow the passage of the bullet, and waited i his victim was io full sight b; firiog. Ever since the influx of mourn oers last week, a large number of i have been sleepiog in the upper of the state house. It is DOC knc however, that any of these meo did work or that they bad aoy knowle of thc premeditated crime. There not, so far, been discovered the eli, est ?vidence poiotiog to any man, it is Dot likely nc? that any will i be found. The man who fired the shots t the precaution to conceal his looa! by using smokeless powder cartridj A score cf people had a foil viet the side of the building from which firing was dene, and all cf them deol that not a sign of powder smoko \ visible. Frakfort, Ky. Jan 30.-At a night Mr Gcebel was resting easily, was very weak. Ail the pbysioi are agreed that if he lives through night the chances are in bis favor, 1 with one exception, all of them say is almost certain to die before moran At 3 15 a m. there is no change Dr. Goebei's condition. It is prei rious. Goebel and Beckam Entitle to Seats as Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Frankfort, Ky, Jan* 30-Whi William Goebel lay at the point death in his room as the result of : assassin's bullet the contestit boards, which for two weeks bad be< listening to the evidence in the co test for the governor's chair, deda ed him entitled to the seat. The board having in charge the co lest between Goebel and and Tayii for governor, and Beckham and Ma shall for lieutenant governor, met i T o'clock tonight in the city hall t consider the evidence submitted t them, and prepare their report t the legislature A few legal authct ties were read to them at the requef of Senator Allen; who wishes Hgt shed upon a few doubtful pointi Then by a strict party vote of 10 t 1, William Goebel was declared t have been legally elected, governc of Kentucky The B?ckbam-Marshall ooutest wa theo voted upon and a strict party vol of 9 to 2 settled this matter. Several Democrats scugbt to gc together a quorum of both houses, hoi a night session, push through tb reports and declare Goebel the govern or of Kentucky before morning, t give him the hoDor before he died, bo too many legislators were away. It i a certainty that Goobel wiii be mad governor tomorrow if he is alive. The republicans will probably, a soon as thc decision is rendered ii favor of Goebel, make application it the Uoited States oircuit court a Giocinnati for ao injunction restrain ing Goebel and Beckham from taking their seats, aod the hattie will then b< i cootioued before Judge Taft of tha court. Tho republican attoroeys and Gd Taylor are confident that at least ; temporary iojuociion will be grantee and that the ultimate victory will be it their favor. Toe grounds alleged include tb< prejudice cf the legislative body ant the alleged uoStDess of several mern hers of thc contest beards to sit ic I judgment upon the case. Three hundred men of the Second Kentucky infat.-trv were camped ; around thc capitol buildings to & ig b l a;:'.: 1.500 niora arc expected during ' tilt; night ?ind evening. All through the building whore thc adjutant general's office Ls located to i nidit 1 io sleeping soldiers, every man with his cartridge belt 6tiii buckied around his waist. Thc rifles arc stack ed outside the door, seotries walking beats beside them. The Gatliog guo of the Lexingtoo company is posed west of the capitol steps, and the range of a row of small stores and dwelling houses south of the capital grounds is carefully calculated. For weeks it has been the story that, when an attack should be unde upon the S;ate govern ment by the discontented of either party, the firiog wouid commence from the upper windows of these buildings. J I Bevry Logmoton, Pd., writes, '*I am willie g to take my oatb that I was cured of poeutxonia. eotireiy by the uss ot* Ooe Mioute Cough Cure a!ter doctors failed it also cured my cbiidren cf whooping cough." Quickly relieves and cures coughs, colds, croup, grippe at:d throat and lung ?troubles. Children all like it. Mothers endorse it J. S. HugbsoD & Co A Celebrated* Eye Specialist s&e&ese&e&z&e in Town. DR. S. B. NYE, A WELL KNOWN Oculist's-Optician Has arrived and bas bis rooms at the Nixon House For a short time. He is making a specialty in examining the eye, and prepares the glasses required, here at hie office. The spectacles and eye glasses which he uses are con? sidered everywhere the finest, and the highest grade manufactured. DR. NYE bas been coming to Sumter since 1870. Hundreds of the best of references can be seen on application The most complicated cases will be attended to. These who are troubled with chronic headache, overtaxed and weak eyes, which is often the result of having astigmatism will find relief and positive cure. There will be no charge for ?he examination of the eye. Considering the high grade of lenses and frames used, his prices are reasonable. Test Your Eyes. Hold thc folio-sing fine -print about Thirteen inches from the eye. Zf you cannot read it -Kith ease, with or -without glasses, ycur oyes require attention. When Glasses Should be Used V.'ii.n tlie er? w?t*rof hetninr ?o mi:rh fati;u?-<i b? nk?rte*errf?e, ai to I? nbli^d to tx- frequeii?l* eUvad OT relieved by nevins en: obie.-... ; wb<r? (be lettw? of a book appear lo Wen J ?:'b ?Jw worker. or tvotne double cr treble: ?h'ti more lijtht i-> rrquMie than formerly-Sw 'iwipX ?bu tb* U;ht Bixit be placed be:t?ren the r'r sn-t t!.<- o!<jn:t: vti-n objects mino: be s*en witbo'.it n c.?r;ac fc> au increased di'taive: viva much dit?et?w jj found io tlirevSns ? ?ewlle : ?ben the err.- Ur.-orne coafttfeil. a? if thet bul a tr.i?t lyf..rr thfn : whrti l.bv-k ?pe?k< Welt to bi Soaliti,: ia the si.-'-! : ?hin or.r i< arSii-te.1 wi'h rbroni.- hea.la^e: W r.en nor <.f the ?Nur indicium* nriv. a!! affectation ?hotlM n foid km lr ?ni a re*p-.n.ib> and skillful oculist consulted. 1'rof. ; NT?. ?h.i hv> l*?n commg to tbU State for tb? j?*'. Deenre-Sve y .-ar?, purinir-? M nuit the ?i?lit prrfn-t!.*. if petxatu }.. attifed ?rr??t.t themselves V.'T? the di-r?.?' tooueepl? seated. Office hours : 9 a m. to 5 30 p m Very ?espectfuliy, Dr. S. B. Nye, Jan ol-lw Nixon House i RELIEF CAME. I j I ?j of'Salubrity, Ga., Aug. j? tjj iWj?^^^ yt-'> 1S98, writes: Ben-gs ?3 '1^^^^^^^^ edi^ 4jj ^^^^BBi^^^ n >sed four mon t h^ jj - Two bottles of BcoJ J edicta have entirely restored her health, v jj The monthly periods have returned F ^and are now^fttinless an?l regular.? I _ fr i & T no you suffer from Painful. Irregular w ? or Suppressed Menstruation? Benedicta^ ?has cured many suffering women and ?t TA\-I1I curt? you in Tne privacy or youri* ?li?me, without the necessity of physi-jp ^ciajiVex- |^ ^ ^ j? # ous action ^L'^^J^m'^ ? *~'$ F ^ttHlfcffl? I .? thens them <n:o:it :?:<> m rnth?y ;?. nods ?V may bo renularaml painles . Headache. ? ^'Dizziness-. Nervousness, th:it <]r:i-.".r?ivjv - >?. r!.>n and those terrible patns 1n ?$. .." . back, hfps and abdomen .:u:ckly..' .. d?^arspear. W. ? : S..L! I v :..!! Di ?Mts or -;.v.t !>..<: :>:?..1 f-r S} ?1 V ??Vv of "Mo::?tily" R?.s?i:?tiiiir PHI*, tog " UV ill f;M>l...?.lt?.!!, i . Wit?l . ;.C?1 !.. ;!!.. ^1 LAO?tS BLUE PO DK sein free ; ?rwy od Irt-ss. Asamp'eb?>xoi"Montlily*"Re?r-k? ularino ri M? * 11 * for PV. lu stain ps-JL Vddre<s. Woman's l>ep:iitnient. Ne tv ??: fm- ct: Medicine Co.. Obattam)o^a.Tem;.? .S 1 .i/- .?.'/..,/ ?:,;.< >.?;." ? F lp ??SS?. =5? ?S?:;" . . '.-. rT- ^ Sold bj Hugh?ou-Ligon Cc Secret of Beauty is health. Thc secret ofhealth is thc power to digest and assim? ilate a proper quanity of food. This can never be done when thc liver does not act it's part. Boyou know this ? Tutt s Liver Pills are an abso? lute cure for sick headache, dys? pepsia, sour stomach, malaria, constipation, torpid liver, piles, jaundice, bilious fever, bilious? ness and kindred diseases. Tutt's Liver Pills Tie Largest and Most Collete Establishment South Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS) Moulding & Building Material. office aod Warerooms, King, opposite. Can non Street, 2 CHARLESTON, S. C, ^?fPnrcbase our make, which we guaranty soperior to any sold South, and thereby save money. Window and Paney Glass a Specialty October 16-o 50 YEARS*v EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communie?, tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patenta aent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken throuch Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in tbs Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest cir? culation of any scientific journal. Terms. $3 o year : four months, $ L Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co.3e,Broama!'- New York Branch Office. 625 F St?. Washington. D. C. PATENTS ?Caveats, and Trade-?larks obtained and all Pat? ient business conducta? for MODERATE FEES. )OUR OFFICE IS OPPOSITE U. S. PATEN rOvriCEj I and wc can secure parent ia less time than chose* Jremote from Washington. , Send model, drawing or photo., v?ih. descrip-? ?don. We ad\'ise, if patentable or not, free of? (charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. 1 ? A PAMPHLET, ** How to Obtain Patents," with? (cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries] (sent free. Address, C.A.SNOW&CO.i OPP. PATENT OFFICE. WASHINGTON. O. C. Notice of Wstratl. TteStn?eof routn Carolina-Sumter Coun? ty-Office ot Supervisors of Registration, Sumter County. Sumter, S. C., February 1st, 1899. Not ce is hereby gireo that in accordance with an Act cf tbe General Assembly, and in conl'virmitv with tbe requirements cf the State Constitution, the hooks for the registration ot' all legally qualified voters, acd for the i:?uiog of tracs'ers, eto,, will be opeo at tba c?ice of Supervisors or Registration io the court house, netwren the hours of 9 o'clock a ni . aod 3 o'clock p. m., on tbe ?rstMon day of each moo:b, until thirty days before the next general election. Minors who ebail become ot ute during tbat period of thirty day* shall be entitled to registration before the books are cloded, if otherwise qualified. Tbe requirements tor a qualified voter are that tbe applicant for registration shall be able to read ard write correctly, or possess in bis own name property to tbe amount of tnree bucdred dollars, upon which be pays tases. E. F BURROWS, T. D. DcBOSE, J. M KNIGHT, Supervisors of registration Sumter Co. Men 1 :J mi FIRE ! FIRE ! i*; no ominous sound to the man who isn't injured, wh^o he ?ees his home disappearing in fi?mes and smoke. Wo caa hardly have any compassion oo hisi, when ?t so easy and a* such a small ou:ia\ to provan* against such loss A policy in thc Ihrtlcrd Insur? ance Co costs you : ut .-. striai 1 sum when we dr** it tor you, and gives vnu Nocuriry as sate as the Bank of Ku g ian d. A. G. PHELPS GO:, en'i?csurance Agents, Sumter, S. C. ?lch 15-0