The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 02, 1901, Image 2
Eighteen Hundred Dollars.
Dtgpeoeee at Klngetree Be
perte Big Robbery.
Yesterday meretog Gov MoSweeasy
VM ootifiVd by wir? that the dispeo
?Off 41 Kiagatr??, ia Willi?Biburg
eeooty ha? aeaa robbed Iba oigbt be?
fore aad (bat iba soio of $1.8i)0 to
ooab bad bcee stolen Tba goveraor
baiog aoay fraoi the oity, Ibo diipatoh
woo torood Ofor to Stale Liquor Com
ojsMioetr Greet. Tb? < ipeoeery ao
tboviitoo bete taboo tbo mat?sr op ood
eteoftbe iea^iotote eilt ba oaol to
Kiegstrs? et eees to make o thorough
baooeiifettea ood report tbo feets. Tb?
dawoossey woo wdorod elooad forthwith.
Tbo diopaoMf ?l f. II. Player. Noee
tbo Owens* iOwi ore yet koowo ot
ood of ?bo Iteo.
Tbwio tbe lorgoat robb?? y tbat bat
Olef oeeotvoi at o oeoocy dispensary
tieea tbo oyeteoi eoa Im aetobltabtd
Oed ?oery eoVrt eilt bo mode to rseo?
?r tbo wieeef aod looate tbo goilty
perry.
Loot otfwt Tbo State received tbs
feSeevleg aooKuosil details fron in
osrTossssdsot ot Ktegotrer: ? Tb? die
eoeotr bate, ft*, of. Ploytr. slat ms tba;
im was rtbeew ?.bis msroiog Jost bsfori
daylight of ovo? eighteen boodrod del
tare re eaob. State aed ooooty moae>. |
It ia rssstvked that tbediapeootr'a bead
Oiftred Des? saber loa
' A latfv oaepotob to tbe etat? from
Eis gut too ?off tbot: "Poolie oeoti
seeol boro weise da tbot goveteer ri
reaaovw at oeoo eoeoty board of ooetro)
eed every oee erne seeoseied witb tba
empsnaary bore "?Tbo Sitte, Dae.
Hab.
KlngttrevV Story or the Die
pimeery Robbery.
Special to Tbe Stete
Kmgetree* Dec 28 ? Karly tbio
teeteieg, ae beofoooo people ware
eweevUg oeeo tboir detiee for tbe
day, it woe whispered oroood (bot
fee eiow*neaty bad egeio been robbed
one) tbwl Plop I an i V M. Player bed
bajoe '*ef* ee1' aod relieved of over
fl.tee for eeob Jeot before daylight
cfrmmoreAag
Mr. Weyer, ft oepeoro, bod related
fell partfeetorote Mr R E Statte,
tewo eJbiabol Mr. Statte ?eye be
owe) Mr Atmen were id tbo dispeo
one* Jaot nigbt wltb Mr. Ptoyer eetll
neerty midoigbt, ooowtieg ep Mon
day's eeree of liquy; tbot be woot to
bed eboet midnight, ood woo eroas
cd by Mr PJayer about 6 o'clock tbia
morning wbo ototed tbat bo bod
boeo robbed, ood gave tbe following
particulars:
Player ototed tbat be beord some
eee eolliog hire from lb* ootiide, ot
tbe beck door of tbo diapeooory ;
tbot be opened tbe door ood woo im
mediately oovarod by two guoe, in
tbo hands of moobed moo. wbo de
saeeded bio raooey or bio life, ood,
owing no armed aod unprepared for
ooy auch t mergeocy, be woo power
Woo. and offered no resilience, aimply
eeymg: 'Gentlemen* I io in yper
power "
Two others, making foor men io
oll. tu mi came forward aod entered
th" d'up^Hiary. and took all tbe coo
t?ote of Uta safe end two bag* of
Itqo ?r?, *ni deliberately walked off
tet.i'tg Mr Vesper to be careful ood
noi give any olarm for ot least SO
minetea, ot Die lift would be in dan
gar Aa soon ao Player thought
they bad left bo ran to Stu la' booae,
which is directly io front of the die
pen?*ry.
Mr Statte ?eye tbot ?fter being
?roaaed bo distinctly I ? ?r J tbo bug
gi?* gowg oeroes Black river bridge,
wb:oh is tm* tbe. w*ai aide of King
Otr?H?. nearly ball a rune diatant from
th?* (I 'peoesry Mr Muiu. enya he
Wean oi to aw*ke Mr 11 O Brittou,
c-'-.nf toiler and also clerk of
r >erd of control of this county
S ?i -cited *-v,'x v hiog to him, and
4w+- we:.: 00] ??? urouse Mr Lemon,
w>> ? he found drunk In bad, and
h inej unable to erous? bim. be Iben
wweft nack home, end he aud Mr
fHoyefl ateyed there until daylight,
wti a Mr Britt .1 came end ordsred
ajloj i iifji lock up
R too 'leavy'tlow to iho town, to
e*y no lanes* of ii. und will give
King?"-- a black eye for many daya
Mi Player has always been looked
up ?n ?? a vtraiglit m?*n. and the bust
eves p**op'e ?Ii ?eeni In have confi
?!??>.??? io trim He had eel depoaited
any money for about two weeks, and
np le a short time ago ho had been
depositing hia money in the aefr of
M"?e'a Hlller oY Co., which n>?de it
perfcrily safe The counly treasurer
?tat?? tiiat Mr Player's bond expired
abjul tliel&thof December, and he
promptly notified H 0 Briitou,
clerk of the board, and Mr Brittou
a ales that he promptly notified the
State board of Control, that Mr Play?
er wa? without bond, and they paid
no attontion Tb? county board,
ku .wing Mr. Player to be without
boad. quietly le him go on aoting
diepsnosr. In tbe full discbarge of bis
dutiea To ooy tbe leaat of thia, it
amouote to almost orimioal careless?
ness, ood Ibo eeeHment of the people
dornend at least tbe prompt reniovol
of the board, oe by tbia act oloiw they
have shewn tbelr unfUoeea fo: filling
any suoh important business portion.
Mr Stalte soys tbat bs is ooafideot
tbot be fctewe tbe foer men wbo robbed
? ht dispenser*; that be bee oo proof, bot
too* ooe of them wore o peculiar kind
of mackintosh ooat thot feve him detd
?wee
\f tbie wholesale robbery bo allowed
io paee uoootioed as has beeo dooe io
ilje oeee of every other robbery con
oeoted with the diipoosary here, the
people will vote to pot it oot of towo
The grided school is almost wholly roo
by tbe profits of the dispensary at this
plsee, aod if the towo wive to lose this
mooey it would cause thi school to be
eloeed ooe year or loogei
Oapt W. H Kennedy, mayor of
Kiogetree, has tried time sftsr time to
get Mr Player to deposit the dispensary
saooey, earths law requires, ooee a
week, with the eoaoty ;ressorer, bot
withoat avail, as it seems tbat he de?
posited when ha pleased Mayor Keo*
?sdy farther etstes thst hs appealed to
Mr Brittoo. who is maoager for the
heard, to help him to get Player to de?
posit tbe asoney, bat wss given oo eat
iafaetion. The eoaoty treasurer, R.
D Rolliae, ststss thst he slao sdviaed
Mr. Plsysr to he mors regolsr io de
posiiiog money Mr Plsyer hsd ds
posited only $285 doriog tbe month of
Deeeoaber It is oot koowo bow moeh
lbs shortage will aggregate, probably
$1,800 or may be aa mash sa $3,000
Plsysr baa baeo dispenser about a
year aod la tbat time has had tbrsa
robberies, the last time beiog a com?
plete cleaning op Every diapeneer
who hso beeo oooooeeted with it here
has beeo robbed.
Oov MeSweeoey is appealed to to
offer a .reward for the apprehension of
the goilty parties O 8. B.
THE INSPECTOR THERE
Klogatree, Deo 28 ?The State
authorities hare at laat begun to take
soms astion io the grest dispeoeary
robbery. Inspect r Staneell arrived
here tonight and will eodeavor to pot
the OsBesrs oo the trsek of tbe robbera.
Mr Statte claims tbat he beerd
burglars Isaviog town aod not yet an
officer or soy ooe else bss reieed s
finger toward making as effort to oatoh
them Mr 8tntta( the day bsfors ths
robbery, told Mr Plsyer thst this vsry
tntog might happen
It is rumored oo ths atreeta tonight
thst ths abortage will aioed $8,000,
bet aa I said laat eight oo ooe knows
what it is, snd will not know ootil the
isspestora asks it koowo.
G. 8. B
OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE
What Poetmaatar General Smith
Say a of Rural Free flail Delivery.
While rural free mail delivery ie
eoeopyiag the at tent too of oaaey joat
oow, tbe followlog from Postmaster
Qseeral Smith, may be of interest:
"Postmaster Osoeral Smith ssya tbat
for an additional oof Joy of $14,000,000
rsrai free dslivsry ean be extended
trvetisally over the whole oountry
This mtaaa that for aaeh an expoodi
turu ike mails oould be taken every day
to every door ia the laod.
"The question aiUes whether aa a
nropositico io edneatioo soy expooditore
ooali be eooesived which would work
more heorfioial results. It ia not enough
that tbs maila are. as at preasnt,
sariied to 31,000,000 of people massed
in towoa aod oittee Tbe as yet oo
fioisbed task ia to get the a si Is daily
to the 21 '>00.000 of people soattcrod
over 1.000,000 tqnaremi'cs of terri
<ory.
**A nation doubles its importaooe
wbeo its millions of adnlt people on
communicate with saob other daily.
Not only this, but tbe circulation of
oowspapers aod periodicals over tbe
whole lasd daily adds immsaaurably to
tbe sum total of geoeral intelligence
and puts the rural ottixeo oo an equal
ity with the heretofore exclusively far*
ored urban dwpl'er.
Moreover, there oould be oo more
effectual ineen'ive to good roads theo
frea raral delivery This would still
more farther iorercbeoge bstweon the
people, extend eommeroc and eradicate
isolation
"All the tendeoeies of the times sre
in the direction of bringing eouotry
aid eity into olofor touch. Tbe time
is oot far tff wbeo there will be few
else* distico'ioos bstwoeo city aod
o.ootry dwtllsrs oo the score of iotel
ttgeoee The "beyecd" will be aa
well posted oo the day's doioge ss hia
city contemporary and thus equality
will have made immeoac etridea
"Steadily the postman, oo bis steed,
tb" eleotrio ear, the bioyolo and tbe
telegraph wire are abolishing dtstioo
tioos amoog the people Of all the
instrumentalities contributing to this
end oono are doiog moro effeotive work
than rural free delivery. It will not be
hiig before the most isolated seetion of
tbe ootntry will be io daily touch with
tbe mo?t highly fsvorsd oommnoitios
and with the worlo at large "
THE C???lT CON8TIT?
TION.
Hebios, l>oo 2(5 -The various sec
ttooa into whioh tbe Cuban constitu?
tional oooveottoo was divided soms
weeks ago, for tho porpoee of prepar?
ing snd submitting drsft constitutions
for tho ooosideration of the ooovention
ae a whole, aro gradually getting to?
gether oo tho be.m of a unitary gov?
ernment with restricted suffrage.
The ooovention loaders now bops to
havs tbie work oompleted by Jan. If),
so that the results un*y he submitted to
the Uoit d States congress, Feb. 1.
Tho seotio-el disoussioos have been
bitter snd prolonged aod thorefore tbore
will be less debsts in tbe open sesoions,
tbe herd fights having boon made in
the aeeret sub-sessiooe io order to aavo
pnblio wraogliog.
RACE WARIN INDIANA
Tbo Cowardly Whites are
Afraid of the Riotous
Negroes.
Joffaraonvillo, lud, Dep 25 ?A race
war is to progress at Oeaieotville, a
small station oo tho Pan-Handle Road,
five miles norh of this city sod serious
trouble is expected The ' oegroc? are
srmed and tbo whites sre keeping with?
in doors to avoid them The ootbroak
began yesterday aftcroooo, wbeo Lee
aod Jcho Redmond, negroes, became
iotoxiosted aod sot oot to iotimidato
whites Wbeo their insults were re
seotod other oegroes joioed Raoger and
Redmood, sod osptored Samuel Ken
doll's saloon. Nearly twenty shots
were fired, but oo ooe was bort. Ao
appeal by teiephooe wan made to
8hsriff Rave for help aod he drove to
Oementvillo aod to some exteot quieted
the negroes while be wsa present.
After hia departure snother ootbresx
took plaoe aod message after massago
came to tbe looal polioe to send men to
tbo towo. Raoger was shot by Keu
dall, but how badly ia oot known, as be
was carried away and secreted'by his
oompanioos Kendall's life was threat?
ened, aod about midnight he. managed
to escape from bis store aod came direot
to this oity, awakening Prosecutor
Montgomery, aod beggiog him to issue
warrants sod havo deputy sheriff.-)
sworn io to ?ervo them It was
almost daylight when the community
became quiet, tbe negroes baviog ev
erytbiog their own way 80 far today
00 ootbreak has taken place Tbe
whites are intimidated to euch an ex
tent that they are using every possible
precaution to preveot a collision
??s**e>e??<ewaw*??
Christmas Dinner at tbe
Asylum.
Editor E H. Anil io his Columbia
letter to his paper, Tbe Newberry Her
aid aad News, mentions a recent visit
to tbe Hospital for tbo loaaoe, aod
aays:
"It may be interesting to goow wbst
it takes to forniab n Chrietmae dinner
at thia institution Here ia a list fur?
nished mo by tbo man who is io obarge
of the kitebeo. Preparation 00 this
diooer began last Wednesday :
1,000 loavea bread, 250 pounds rice,
115 doieo eggs, 150 turkeys, 425 apple
pies, 425 potato oosiarda, 255 pounds
eake, 250 mioee meat pies, 25 poorids
eoooanot oake, 50 pounds lemoo aod
jolly oake, 150 pounds chioken salad, 8
barrels Irish potatoes, 8 barrels swot
potatoes, 800 pooods pork, 4 bnshels
meal. Io addi>ioo to this special dinner
a Christmas treo with oiodiea and fruits
aod other nioe tbiogs is prepared for
the amusement aod enteitainmeot of
tho inmates sod Christmas with them
Is a happy time They also havo a
a daooe and mosio. Io tact everytbiog
is done for tbe diversion sod enjoyment
of these onfortooetes
HESTER'S LETTER.
New Orleans, Dec 28 ?Secretary
Heeler's weekly New Orleans Cotton
Exobange statement ebows for the 28
daye of December so increase over
Isst year of 808,000 For the 119
days ot tbe season tbat have ellpsed
tbe aggregste is ahead of the last
year 008,000
Tbe smount brought into eight dur
ing the paet week has been 339,650,
against 255,398 for tbe seven days
ending thie date last year ; and for
the 28 days of December it has been
1,611,696, against 1 302,742 last
year
These make the total movement of
the 119 days of the season, from Sep?
tember 1 to date, 6,430,847 against
5,822,402 lsst year.
The movement since September 1
sbowe receipts si all United States
ports 4,469,664, against 3,905,353
laat year ; overland ser?se tbe Mis
eiasippi, Ohio and Potomac* rivers
to northern mill* and Canada, 665,
104, against 807.105 last year ;
interior stocks in excess of those
held at the end of the commercial
year 724 523, against 326,489 last
year ; southern mill takings 571,556,
sgainst 583,455 lsst year ; foreign
exports for the week bsve been 182,
876, making; tbe total thus far for the
season 3,129,605, sgainst 2,500,887
last year
Northern mill takings and Canada
during tbe past seven days show a
decrease of 17,050 as compared with
tbe corresponding period of last
yesr, snd their total takings since
Sept 1, have decreased 350,892.
Tbo total takings of American mills,
north and south and Canada thus far
for the season, have been 1,629,000,
against 1,996,81? last year
Stocks at the seaboard and the 29
leading southern interior centres
bsve increased during the week 45,
295
Including stock kit over at ports
and interior towns (rem the iast crop
snd tho number of bales brought into
sight thus far for tho new crop the
supply to date is 6,5511,381
Atlanta, lh-o 26. ? A controversy
having arisen between tho Atlanta
newspaper* over the charge by one of
thorn 1 but former President Cleveland
bad voted (or McKinley at (hu last
clcotion, tbe Atlanta Journal this
morning received in reply to a telogrsm
sn authogreph luttor from Mr Clovotand
in wbioh ho says emphatically tbat he
did not vote for Prosidont MeKioloy.
The Kind Yon Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over 30 years, has home the signature of
' and has been made under his per
?^y?f*/ sonal supervision since its infancy.
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i ?
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Sumter, Charleston, Camden, Bennettsville,
S. C.s and Gibson, N, C.
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PERRY MOSES, Pres.
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A. C. Ph:slps, Sec'ty and Treasurer.
C. C. Fishburne, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer.
Nov 21?4m
JUST ARRIVED.
A fresh car load of
Horses and Mules,
With prices and qualities calculated to suit any and everybody.
All animals well broke and sold on a
full guarantee to be sound.
That's the way 1 buy them and they must turn out so to my
customers.
My usual stook of .
Buggies. Wagons, Harness, Grain. Hay,
Lime, Cement. Plaster. Hair, Fire-brick,
Lat?s, Terra-Cotta and Sewer Pipe
On hand, and I am prepared to sell the same at very close prolix
Our WHITE HICKORY WAGONS can't be beat. Give
them a trial. They are as cheap as others and better.
Respectfully,
He HARBlTe
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
ornci >r
COUNTT TRfi.ASURERS?MTIERC(J?NTT
S?mtbb, 8. C, Sept. 22, 190t.
"^fOTlCE is hereby gxwto thet 1 will be io
toy office io tbe County Court Housel
*i Sumier fr >na Octoter 15th to ?ecemterl
31st, 1900 inclusive, for ibe collection efj
taxes for tbe fiscal year 1900. Tae Je?y is es'
follows i
For Statt purposes, I ssiils.
For Count puruosrs, anils.
For School j urposes, 3 mills.
Total PtVy, 11} onl i
AUo ibe fui loa? leg special icbcol sestet:
School District No I, 2 Oiilte.
School District No 16, 2 mills.
School District No. 18, 2 tsilie.
School District No 20, 3 mills,
alt. Clio, 2 mills
Concord, 2 mills
Privateer, 2 mills.
No 6, 1 aid.
No 17, 1 seiil.
Commutation Uoad Tai for 19? 1 f 1 00,
psyebls from Oct 15tb 1900 to Feb 1st 1901.
H L SCARBOROUGH.
Treasurer Semtcr Co.
Sept J6? 13t
ASK YOUR FRIENDS!
YOU PINO THAT THERE ARB HUBE
Lsei by peop'e who know a good pUno ibi
any other m*ke Its because Sueff Piaci
are better and cost less tbao others.
MoTiag, Tuning ?od Repairing ; Accot
modatiog Termr. Catalogue aod book
suggestions cheerfully given.
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W?ireronro9, 9 Ncrtb Liberty Street.
F*c?orv? Block of K Lsfajette A?|
Aikeu acd Lnnvule *trepts
BALTIMORE, MD
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It artificially digests tbe food aodj
Nature io strengthening and n
structing the exhausted dig*
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stantly relieves and per mane ntlj
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heart
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Kj
Sick Headache, Gastralgia.CrairJ
all other results of imperfect dig]
Price 50c. end $l. Large size bontsiasY
small site. Book all about dyspepsia m?
Prepared by C- C De WITT O CO . Crjleago.
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- -tL_ i
Land Surveying.
IWILL GIVft promr: attentioTi to all
calls for sor/revioff and olatt?e lands.
* BANKS H rtOYKIN,
Oct 10?o > j Catcbnli, 8 Cv
Onion Sets-leading
varieties.
Also assortment of Garden
Seeds.
Havana Segars
Large Une^of 6ne Ha]
Segars. > x
Toilet Art?.
A choice line of ToileT
Fancy Goods to which atten?
tion is invited at
DeLorme's Dim Store,
The L?rmst and M?sl Coup
Estatilishme?t South
Geo. S. Hacker &
-MANUFACTURERS OF
DOORS, SASH. BLINDS,
Moulding & Buildini
Material.
office and Warerooms, King, v-^posite Ci
non Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
?kV Purchase our make, which weguaraot
superior io any sold South, and
tlelftbj ^avc money.
Window and Fancy a lass a Specialty
October 16 ?o
Life and
Fire Insurance.
Call on mo, at n>y residence, Li|
Stieet, tor both Life and Piro),
rauce. Ouiy reliable Companij
resented. Phone No 130
Aiidrena Jloi
Oct 25?0.