Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tbe Sast Shore T?rmica!. Charleston, S C., Aug 22 -It is ?.reported here today that the East Shore Terminal has been bought by the Plant System, the Southern and the Atlantic Coast Line, and that it will be taken out of the hands of the receiver in the near future. This enterprise was originated by the late H B Piant nearly three years ago. He got control of the property at that time and tried to induce all of the other roads to come into the deal The Southern bas hung back until now, but it is said it too bas recently agreed and the purchase has been consummated. It is said that the systems were forced to take steps to obtain the East Shore Terminai road for fear that it might pass into the bands of the Seaboard Air Line The property of the East Shore Terminal company consists of three miles of double track, 60 pound rail. There are four sidings and one and a quarter miles of private 6idiugs. Among the assets are 30 warehouses, 14 wharves, four cotton compresses, 30 acres of land, locomotives, etc. Fierce Talk of Negro Women Detroit, Aug 22.-The State Feder? ation of Colored Women this afternoon adopted a memorial to President Mc? Kinley petitioning him to ask congress to pay to the widow of the late Post master Baker of Lake City, S. C., -$40,?t)? io lieu of the life of ber husband, which was lost during a race riot in that town. The memorial states : .*We would also like to ask for a law to be enacted to this effect, that shonld any State be found guilty of mob laws and lynching, it be expelled from tbe Union. The blacks then 3oald evacuate aod all negro haters could have a State cf their own whereto ^hey need sot see a black faoe Thus ire solve the negro problem.'7 The P?pala tion of St Louis. Washington, Aug 24 -The popu? lation of St L00?8, according to the count of the 12th census jost com? pleted, is 575,238. In 1890 the population of St Lonis was 451,770. The increase daring the past ten jears was 123,468, or 27.33 per cent. The population of Indianapolis, Ind , is 169,164, against 105,436 in 1890, an increase'of 63,728 or 60.44 per cent. The population of Rochester, N Y, j is 162,435, against 133.896 in 1890, an increse of 28,539, or 21 31 per ?cent. Tried and Convicted Cleveland, Aug. 24 -Louis Peck, ibe colored man who last Monday even? ing assaulted 4 year-old Christina Maas, at Akron, and whose crime is responsible for the fearful rioting that occurred at Akron Wednesday night and Thursday moroiog, was this after? noon taken from the jail at Cleveland, where he had beeo removed for safety, rushed to Akron, tabeo to the court house aod within five minutes after his arrival io Akron wa3 convicted of the crime aod sentenced to tbe penitentiary for life at hard labor He had been iodieted by a special grand jury which had been impanoelied during the after? noon. Judge Nye of Elyria pronouoc ed che seotence Witbio two minutes after the sentence had boen pronounced Peck had been placed on board a Cleve? land, Akroo and Columbus train and io charge of the sheri? and an assistant be W2s taken to Columbus. Labor is Scarce Atlanta, Aug. 24 -Secretary of State Cook bas received a cumber of letters from South Georgia during the pas: week, from the farmers of that saction, reporting negro labor? very scarce. Cot? ton ts opening rapidly and few negroes san be found to pick it, even at 50 seDts per 100 pounds. The cotton orop will be much shorter :hao reported, unless labor can be foaod t o pick it. As it is the croD io South Georgia has been damaged ma? terially recently The rust has spread over the big cotton fields aod is causing many of the bolls to drop off. The oegroes have left the farms aod gooe to work for the railroads, lumber camps and turpentine farms There they gee better wage9 than the farmers are able to pay ard nothing will induce them tc return They are paying 40 aod 50 cents per huodred pouods to cotton pickers, aod although the aver? age negro can pick from 200 to 300 poonds of cotton a day they will not work. Cold Steel or Death. "There is bnt one sm:i!l chance to save your '. fe an that is thrccgh an operation," was the t^fu! prospect set before Mrs I li Hunt, of Lime Itidlge, Wis, by her doctor after vainly trying to cure ber of a frightful case of stom? ach trouble and 3ellon jaundice. He didn't conn: on the marvellous power of Electric Sitters to cure stomach and liver troubles, but ?he be:ird of it, took seven bottles, was wholly rured, avoided surgeon's knife, now weighs aa*re and feels better than ever. It's positive? ly guaranteed to cure stomach, liver and kid? ney troubles, :ID? never disappoint*. Trice j *>e? ci J F W DeLorme'c drng store. I j la a fire at Hamburg a few day? ago j the old wooden bniiding usrd by thc < Hamburg back ia aote-bcliom times j was bumed. This bank at one time j had a eapitai of $500,000, and was i regarded as the strongest institution of j the kind in America ? A Famous Song. One of the most famous, tender and S patuetio of American Sunday School j tongs is called "There's a Light in the Window for Thee, Brother.*' It was i written by the Rev. Edward Dunbar, j th& story of whose career is a romance ! and a tragedy. In his youth Dunbar j was of a roving disposition. He lived with his mother at New Bedford, Mass I it was ber custom to set a light in the ! wiodow fer him at night, to guide his ! steps Wheo about 18 years of age be went ! to sea for a three years' cruise. Dur? ing his absence his mother fell ill and died Shortly before she passed away ehe left this message for him : "Tell Edward that I will set a light in the window of heaven for him." When the young man returned and received the message be was profoundly impressed, and reformed and became a preacher Daring the process of bis refortattoo he wrote the famous 6ong. He was talented and eloquent, and had no diffi? culty in contracting a desirable mar? riage with a youog woman of his native town. Five children were born to the couple. Then, on Suoday morning, thc town was dumbfounded when it W3S announced that the Rev Mr. Danbar had disappeared, leaving wife and children. He went to Kacsa9 and Minneapolis where bc held revival meetings. In Minneapolis ce married a handsome youog heiress His Massa? chusetts antecedents becoming known he was prosecuted for bigamy, cocvict I ed and sentenced to the penitentiary Wheo his time was up he went forth a vagabond and a tramp. Some years afterwards he applied at the CofTeyville, Kan , jail for a cight/s lodging. He was ill, and died thc nest day His body was placed in a pauper's grave. Recently the church people of the town ! have erected a simple slab over bis ? grave, commemorating the fact that he wrote the beautiful song-Savannah News. ARE w?TlNIT? Yesterday in writing on the out? look in Ohioa we remarked that there was ground for grave apprehensions that this country would become in? volved in the complications that would arise and the not improbable war grow ing out of the disputes that may arise in the settlement with China Possi? bly a clash of arms between the grasp ing nations may be averted but there is not much to encourage that belief cow, on the contrary much to strengthen it. ?3 the indications point now it will be next thing to impossible for this coun? try to keep out of it if tbe other lead? ing nations pursue the programme which they seem to have mapped out There are three significant announce? ments in the dispatches published yesterday One that 1,500 American troops had captured the Imperial Palace in Pekin ; that the ''American flag was flying over the Imperial gran? ary, and that the Imperial Bank has been looted.7' The presumption is that the bank, if looted, was looted by the Americans, which shows that they had an eye to business. The next is the report that Russia has 375,000 troops in, on the way or ordered to Cbioa " Tbie shows that Russia proposes to play ber own game, regardless of the other powers The other ts that the Washington authorities have come to the conclusion that it trill take a good while to settle up the business in China and that it may be necessary to keep our troops there all winter Although tb:s is a recent announcement they must have i come to that conclusion some time ago, for lumber had been ordered shipped ! from San Francisco to build winter ! quarters for the troops. The original professed object of the ? march co Pekin wa3 to rescue our min tster and other Americans besieged io the British legation grounds. After that the Imperial Palace is captured by ? the American troops, the Imperial Bank looted, and the announcement made that it may bo necessary to hold our troops there ali winter What next ? Doesn't it look as if we wore io it, with the rest of the grabbers ? It is very j easy to begin wars, but not to end them, nor to tel i how they will end ? Wilmington Star. - ? ?? +~-3mmm Bryan's speech accepting tbe Popu? list nomination will add much to his reputation for ability. While entirely j hooest it is the shrewdest address he has ever made, a marvel of tact and skill. The Indianapolis address show j ed him as the patriot : the Topeka address shows bim as the politician I and in each character be takes high ground and distinguished rank We venture to say that while this Topeka j speech will satisfy the Populist it will j i not alienate tbe gold Republicans and Democrats who have been drawn to him by the issue of imperialism. That issue, he told the Populists as frankly I as the Democrats, is first : and his exposition of the reasons why the tariff and silver and imperialism successively io national campaigns commanded the paramount interest of the people was DO less ably done than honestly done. Bryan has turned another ?harp corner with safety and credit-The State. - mWM ? ? ? ? -c? St Augustine, Fla, Aug 2'\.-News has reached here that James Biddle, a ! desperate negro and gambler, was shot j and instantly killed yesterday by Dep ? uty Sherill Buoncli, at Banool Station, in tbe southern part of St John's County Biddle attempted kill ai woman, 'i bo < fliper interfered and j Biddle fired upon him and ran Bun- ! nell then dropped Biddle with ? ?hot ; through the heart. j How the Trusts Rob. The democratic congressional com? mittee has given out the following : Here are a few of the reasons why thc ''plain people" are not inolined to meekly acoept the aspired statements of tho trust organs and speakers showing what a natural, necessary and bentfi ! ocot institution the trust ts : i It requires 50 per cent more wheat I to buy a stove than it did in 1S96. i It requires 20 bushels more corn to buy a wagon than it did io 1896 it requires 100 per cent more corn or wheat to buy a copper kettle than io 1896 It requires? twice as much corn to buy a eoii of rope as io 189C. It requires 40 per oent more grain to buy a plow than in 1896. It requires 75 per cent more graio to buy a hoc, a rake or a shovel than in 1896 A set of common wheels that cost $7 in 1896 now costs ?12. The price of cultivators aod other farm implements has gone up pro? portionately. Galvanized barbed wire costs from ?4 to ?4 50 per hundred more than in 1896 It requires 40 per cent more corn or j cotton to buy a pound of sugar than jinlS9G. j You have to pav 40 per cens more I for glass than in 189G i Freight rates have climbed back j to the exorbitant prices which caused a I popular revolt in legislation a few years ago j Tbe prices cf oil, coal, lumber, tods, j and hardware havo gone up from 40 to 100 per cent And all these things have1 been done by the trusts A trust robs you while sleeping, eatiog or drinking, working or play? ing, liviog or dying, and the oeffin trust gets you in the end. mm^m ? * Of the recent race riot in New Orleans, it is reported : "Wheo the hoodlum element ran amuck and shot st tbe negroes io sight and theo fired iodisoriminately into street cars and crowds of people wherever assembled, 'the real white people threw open their clubs, hotels and private dwellings for the promotion of their colored em? ployees 1 " The WilmiDgtoo, N C., Messeoger adds : "Daring the riot to Wilmington in November. 1898, we koow that maoy homes of 'be ?rst people io social standing were open to the oegroes of character koown to them. We koow that protection in their homes was given or offered to respectable colored people living eight or ten square? distant." The New York papers will now please take the I stand. R O Purdy ha6 withdrawn from the race for the house from Sumter county Now he can 6et his peg for judgeship and can join U6 in our con? vention against the legislature choos? ing from its own members men for the positions in its gift -Florence Times - - . ? ? . - DOES IT PAY TO BUT CHEAP? A cheap remedy fer Cough- .-ind colds :-. cl? right, but you want fonc?thing that will rc lieve and cure the more severe and dangerous results of throat and lung troubles. What shali you do ? Go to ;i warmer and more regu lar climate ? Yes. if possible : if not possible for you, then in either case take the only rem? edy that has '-cen introduced in all civilized countries with succe.-s in severe throat and lung troubles, "U -.-chee's German Syrup." It not only heals an.J stimulates the tissues to destroy the germ diseases, but allays inflam? mation, causes ea*y expectora'.io;?, gives a good night's rest, ami cures the patient. Try one bottle. Recommended many vears by all drug? gists in the WOT ld. For sale by A J China. Ii Mrs. L, Atkinson, Fashionable MILLINERY. Uew Summer Goods and. Novelties Coming in Every 'Week. Stock of Flowers and all Trimming Mate? rials full now for Summer UBP. Daily additions of n*w designs in Trimmings ?eey our Trimmed H?t Department continu? ously attractive. The outgoing nodels are promptly replaced by later ideis of our own ilesigoing and copies of tbe latest Hats shown ia New York. Th? same exclusiveness characters our exhibit of UNTRIMMED HATS, which com- j prises choice selections of Straw Braid?, in . white, black and the pastel shades Prices the lowest in city for equal qualities, j Mrs. Lu Atkinson, SUMTER, S. C. May 16 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF j SUMTER, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE- ' POS1TORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid ap Capital.$ 75,000 CO | Surplus and ProGts - - - - 25,000 00 j Additional Liability of Stock? holders in excess of their stock. 75,000 00 Total protection to depositor?, $17.">.000 00 j Transacts a General Banking Busioess. Special attention qiven to co i led ions. j S V VINGS DE PA RTM ENT. Deposits of Si aod upwards received, in ! te rest allowed at the rate ot 4 pt r cnt. p^r i annum, on amounis above S5 ?nd not exceed- ? ?og $30payable quarierly, on first dtiys of I Jaouarv, April, Jul? and October. ' lt M. WALLACE, L. S-CABSOS, President. ! Cashier. I AN ARCHITECTURAL PUZZLE. ! Monaatcrrivji lluilt In a. Wildly lnac ocMNiblv Locality. The fanions monasteries of Meteors crown tho summit's of vast rook pinna? cles rising from the plain of Thessaly. By what strange means the first cun? ning architects of these airy perches succeeder! in reaching the scene of their labors is a matter wreathed in mystery. The cliffs are far too smooth and per? pendicular for any man to climb by hand and loot, ami history guards j?al j onsly the secret of the monasteries. All that is known about them is that the I monks and wandering friars of the nrid ? die ages found sanctuary here when ? first the crescent and scimiter ran rod ' with Christian blood. Visitors to tht j monks' abode announce their presencd j by shouting until some one far above j looks out and lets the net, which is worked by a windlass, como down, j The sensation of the ascent is dis? tinctly novel. Seated on the ground in the center of the net, the meshes are one by one looped cn to a large iron hood. As the rope becomes taut the cords press uncomfortably hard upon varions points of one's body, and with a strung wind blowing it swings to and fro and bumps its human load against tho cliff. Thc rope, as it slowly winds on the drum up in the monastery, kinks occasionally, and the jerk gives one the impression thai the rickety con? cern is giving way. The journey, however, cuds safely ITO feet above the ground, where tbe monks promptly extricate the visite? and give him a ph asant welcome. Thc C:!roli::c Islanders. As a rule the Caroline islander is fairly honest. Once lay his suspicions ! to rest and win his confidence, and he ! will prove himself a faithful friend and an excellent host, courteous and just in all his dealings, as I have very good cause to know. On the other hand, when dealing with his enemies, he calls into play a talent for intrigue, lying and chicanery that would delight a Machiavel li. In his private life he is unselfish, i frugal and economical, a man of care? ful, small habits. Liko all folk of Mel? anesian admixture, he is liable to fits of dangerous sullenness when he con? siders himself slighted in any way. He is inclined to be revengeful and will bide his time patiently until his oppor? tunity comes. Yet he is not implacable and con nts reconciliation a noble and princely tiling There is a form of eti? quette to be observed on these occasions -a present (katom) is made, an apology offered, a piece of sugar cane accepted by tbs aggrieved party, honor is satis? fied, and the matter ends. The Ponapean is a stout warrior, a tardy and skillful navigator, fisherman, ! carpenter and boatbnilder, somewhat of j an astronomer and herbalist, but a very ? second class planter and gardener. ! Geographical Review liv Did. ! "Whatever station in life you may t Pe called to occupy, my boy." said the j father, in sanding his son ont into the j great world, "always do your best." j "I will.* replied the yenni; man. j with emotion j He never forgot his promise. Years j afterward, wht u a prosperous man of j business, ne did his best friend cut of a ? largo sum of money j In spite cf everything it turns ont ! that way once in awhile - Chicago j Tribune 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE WARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &c. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free .whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica? tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Cat ems tent tree Oldest acenev for securing patents. Parents taken through Munn & Co. receive rpcrial notice, without charge, in the Scientific American, A handsomely illustrate*! weeklv. Lnrrest cir? culation of*^jiv scientific journal. T<-rri:s. $3 a vear . four ?onths, IL ?old Lyall newsdealers. MUNN & Co.38'8T'"4'- New York Branch Office, ce? F SU Washington. D. c. I have on hand a lot of Home-made Vinegar of very fine quality. The flavor is del? icate, while the strength is equal to any to be had. Will be sold at my residence for 40 cents per gallon. TC. G. OSTKKrt. Atlantic M IM Ratlroa? ! Company of U Carolina, j CONDENSED SCHEDULE. Ia effect Mar 27th, 1900. j SOUTH. NORTH ? No No No No *35 f57 f*6 *32 ' S 02 Lv D.-rlingtoo Ar 8 05 8 45 Lv Elliott Ar 7 20 9 25 Ar Sumter Lv 6 40 4 05 Lv Sjuitfr Ar 6 19 , 4 64 Ar Creaton Lv 5 22 1 5 45 Lv Creston Ar 3 50 9 15 Ar Prt'K'-in* Lv 10 00 5 17 Ornnceburc 5 Cf 5 55 Detinonrli 4 24 7 55 Augastn 2 30 , a in a iii pm p ID .Daily f''i.ilv except i iif'f.HV. Traine 32 ?nd 35 curry ijirouuii Pa?rr.arj P>;?.'.;J Balfe; Six-: ms. C*?rs l-t-twen New Vorl. ?mi1, Maren rta Aoco?ia. T.V. EVERSON, H M EME?LcON, Trntric Manager, i-tn'l A?t j .J fi KEN LY. Gen* I &? analer ! e in e in li e r That Maycsville is the best Tobacco Mar? ket in the State. SALES ARE GOING ON DAILY. We have a large corps of buyers and plenty of money with which to pay for tobaccos and we guar? antee good prices and sat? isfactory treatment? Bring us your tobacco? THE PUDDING SWAMP TOBACCO WAREHOUSE COMPANY, JOHN W. MILLS, Manager. Just Received. 2 carloads Lime 1 carload standard four-foot Laths. 1 carload Cement and Plaster Paris. -ALSO The usual stock of Horses, Mules, Carriages, Buggies, Wagons and Har? ness. H. HARBY. Slimier, S. C., June 4,1900. and Ties. We have made large contracts for Bag? ging and Ties, and feel that we are in a i j better position than ever to supply our ! customers in this line. For some years we have been buying largely of second hand j Bagging and Ties from mills in the upper part of the State, ! and fortunately our contracts were made with them this year I in the early Spring, or we could not have gotten them-owing to the high price of new goods they were eagerly sought. Some people object to use this class of Bagging because it is a little ragged, but we think that should make but very little difference as the best of it looks pretty tough from sampling very soon after it passes out of the formers hands. Based upon the price of new goods there is a saving to the farmers of nearly 5? per cent? By buying that which was used before and why not reap the benefit of it, as it makes no difference in the price of your cotton. We have all grades, and if you don't want the old we will be <dad to sell }-ou the new. but feel that it is our duty to recommend-that which wili pay you best. Alliance and Grange Clubs would do well to see us before buy ma.