The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 30, 1901, Image 7
Serions Ouvres* o? tbe
Creefcs aod Choctaws
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Mnakogee, I. T, *?ao 24-Tb*
Creek uprising )V growrag to-danger -
otfrproportion? Harsh*! Bennet
U balk joe* r?'ceired a telegram from
Bristow I T/announcing shat 600
aiaaed Creek a, stationed two mites
- fro? *b*r? s re preparing-Jo attack
th? town, and pleadiug for protection
from Hie mars hal.
Marshal Beor et ?nd Agent Sboen
felt are a wear i Bg io large number* of
depotiea whom they are forwarding
to tb? scene of trouble It ia now
feared ?bey will reach the town too
late sod the mayor of Bristow bas
been instructed -to swear in all the
men necessary to protect tbe town
Tbe soldiers are being harried from
Fort Ceno to the sest of trouble; bot
they will not reach Bristow before
tomorrow night, as they will arrive
at Henrietta first and go overland
Indian Agent Shoenfelt will ask for
mete heip, and it is found that one
compaoy of cavalry cannot handle tbe
situation, for tbe Indians are di vid
iag vp into band? of one honored.
Marshal Bennett with six deputies
ia a bo ot to leave for Eufaola wbere
Ezra ?nake was seen today and will
attempt to capt ore bim. The Snake
band ia within three miles of Bristow
and is reported to have whipped two
white men The Dawes commission
is feerfnt for tbe safety of its party
of appraisers, beaded by Representa
ti ve Hackbost of Leavenworth. Kan ,
who are in tbe Wetompka district
-Nothing bas been heard from them
for two days
THE CHOCTAWS IN REVOLT
Sooth McAlester. I T , Jan 24 -
The disaffected Choctaws have a
nomber of Creek Snakes among them
and they have been quietly orgaoiz
ing and arming for some time. They
cali themselves the Choctaw Snakes
It ia stated that the Shakes have
planned to destroy al! the railroads in
their nation "by burning bridgea and
section bouses on a preconcer^-*
night They have deposed Govx
Dake and issued an order to all ci ti
zena to cease leasing: or renting to
whites The first offense they will
posish with 50 lashes, they say , ears
will be cot off for the second and
death for the third They have
organized and have ieaders in every
Choctaw county and claim to have a
jM^aseSnbersbip of 2.300.
United States Marshal Grady has
sent tbe leaders word that arrests will
follow the Srst violation of the law
There will be a meeting of the fail
bloods Saturday
PLANT'S MILLIONS IN
COURT. I
Kc? York, January 22-The bear?
ing of tb* suit brought bj M re. Mar
gares J Plas: to upset the validity cf
the codicii to lbs vsVA cf ber husband.
Henry B Plant, the railroad magnate,
w?>o left as e-ta?e valued a: ?17.000,
00?. was resumed this afternoon.
After a long ox ?misaron Mrs Piaot
was orras examinsd by Lewis Casse
Lsdward, of cour.ee! for the dsfeodaots,
the executors under her husband's
viii
Mrs Pi?nt testified to certaio cor?
respondexvee bftweeo herself and Robt |
G. Brain, one o? the defendants, who j
had been her husband's Southern law i
yet. j
Mrs Plarrt retold the 6tcry of the I
visit of Judge Harrisoo and Mr Ertvin |
to the Pia.it home, in ?his city, the dav
after ber husband's death, and how .-b.; !
was iodaeed to give up ;o ihem ber i
basbaod'.- wilt as? a Dumb? r or boo^ < |
aod MOortties sh.e iad ia her po:seisio:; j
'.I 9?S compfefeiy 5rok?ts up.'*' ehe j
sa"?d. ''aheo they esme int > my bouse j
tbat morling and I did not notice !
whether anything -ras written co the
back of thc envelope ccn?ai?icg th?
will."
Tbs day ofter th A f-jjnerJ a; New
Haven shs attendre! a meering cf the
executors at Judge Harrison's oS^e
Judge Ha~r8?oo had said there was no
Dccaeio'j to read the wi;!, as it had bees
read before The pc::Tiou for the pro?
bate of the will in the Connecticut
Cour? 3ti? th^wa erv and she read tba
Bead f'f toe du-satBest. wr.-icb s^&tfd
;hat Mr Plan: wi? a resident cf Cort
Mra P?an- said she big jed the p*per,
re'ying OD Mr Erwin, and tba? she did
oct g'gn it io New Ycri: on the sex''
day
Mrs Plant ttsid thai while she wa? io
Judge Harrison's o2be in Nr-w Haven
be went our to loot for Judge Cieve
?aod, tbe prcbafe judge, but returned
without fl2??22 him Ho .?'--id be bad
orevious?y *-e?j> Jndze Cieviiaod cu
that day abcur Mr Plant's residence.
"He said/' a?de? Mrs Plant, "that
Judge Cleveland was very undecided
the poi<-.i, aod WM a very hard man
to coBviooe. and wonld not obaoge tbe
residence noni be was perfectly satisSad
bat Mr Plant bad become a resident
af New York.
An adjournment was then taken
antil Fridaj morning
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Manila. Ja? 24 - Gen. MacArthur
baa ordered the deportation to the
United Sutes of George T. Rice,
editor of The Daily Bolletin, a marine
journal Rice will sail on the Penn?
sylvania next Monday The order
characterises him as "a dangerous
isceadtaiy aod a menace to the mili
?ary ?Hasta? "
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NEWS ?TEMS.
The Creek Todito* of tb? Iodise
Territory have takeo the isw into their
owD banda ?od are oaa*iog tron?le.
President Kruger is oac agaio sod
it ob the tray to Utrecht
A severe atom baa visited Alaska
aud caused cbaob damage
Tbe safe eraokers vre at it agaio.
Thiazide they secare shoat $1,500 io
?orsoto?. 8. ?
A Tsonestee farmer waa killed aod
robbed of a large tam of money, near
Jackson, Teas, yesterday.
Tea atttdeoti of Iowa State Univer?
sity have beeo- suspended for k ido ap
piog tbe presideot of the Freshman
class.
Empress Frederick, of Germany, is
seriously ill.
The Philippine commission bas
passed so sot estsbiinbieg pa bl ia gobo ol
io th? Philippines.
The detectives are bot oo the parsoit
of the man who robbed Bass Fraser's
fattier of $500 and hope to captare him
shortly.
England's Dew king was boro lo
1841. aod so will be 60 years old io
the year of his coronation.-Angosta
Chronicle.
An old veteran of the Union Army
bas sent ?5 to help towards the
Soldiers Home in Atlanta
A large n ember of deaths bave
occurred in England from drinking
poisoned beer and a commission bas
been appointed to investigate the
matter.
M rs Nation yesterday wrecked a
saloon at Enterprise, Kan , and prom
ises to visit Abiiioe today.
The deadiock for U S Senator is
stili on in Delaware aod Nebraska.
Atlanta bas elected a police mat
ron to attend to female prisoners.
Fire destroyed a block in the busi
ness part of Mullina, S. C , yesterday,
loss $6,000
Congressman J. W Bailey was
elected U S Senator on Wednesday
by the Texas Legislature
Incendiaries made several uosuc
.^S3fnl and one successful attempt
\v 'rn houses in Florence Tuesday.
Mr\i S. Rose's barn and stable?
and al? the contents, including a
valuable horse, were burned.
Montreal, C&??Z&Z. had a three
miiiion dollar ure V > Jaeeday night.
, A British boat bas been bumed by
Yeaesaela? seamen.
Mr. Bryan's paper, th? Commoner,
mace its appearance yesrcrJ . ;.
A workman -was crushed to death on
der aD Atlanta street car yesterday.
The Mayor cf New York refused to
iowir ihs fi^2 oo the city ha!l in respect
! to Qjccn Victoria
There is an undertaker in Kansas
i by the name of Phil Graves And
tbat s no josa
John D Rockefeller has agrec-c tc
give ?15,000 to Carsoc and Newman
College, cf Mossy Creek. Tran, pro
video tte trustees raise ?50.000 addi
tocal b; 1905 President J T.
Henderson is already at work co the
additions! amount and savs- he has
atoa' hali of is pledged Carson and
1 Newest is a B?p'is? College, co-ed asa
! tioLci, eappcrrcd by the Baptists pf
! Eist Teooesies. is bas about 390
j students.
The Raleigh News and Observar
thinks ?hat the asr-eemeat of some of
tbe miii moa of North Carolina te 5x
the hours of labor ia their mills at six
i iy-?:s cedars a week "would be a sub?
stantial improvement on the t*elve
h.^r rysiem in vogue ia somo milis.r
T?ij country, it is noted, "is
fa?sr?cg fi om a form of European
2 -o 71 The Philippines, it w to ?ie
j ~uf.-u-r.ed. are suffering from a fores of
j American crip -News aod Courier.
i Kin? Eiward oou'd make a fire
j b^gi-;cio? for hil rei?a hy calling off
tho dogs of 57sr in ibo African Repub?
lic -News and Courier.
The chief jastice cf Delaware
? opposed to aho?i-Ding the wnippicg post
j in his S!a:e, because if they did ir
j woold bo overrun by criminal A
j little baiiitvi:i like that couldn't ftand
tnuob of a crowd Instead of too
m cob. be ibio^s there isn't whionin?
j co'?ugh ir? ths Srate and wa:)'s to have
j wife wbippsrs ioc?ude? -W?miegtoa
j Star.
j Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota
j was defeated for reelection Wed nea
lay by Robert J Gamble.
-?o- ar? -
Reoorts Exaggerated
Omaha, Neb , Jan 25 -Gen Lee
i tonight received a telegraphic re
? port from L:ect Dixon, cornai anding
the troops of cavalry sect to the
scene of the Creek Indian troubles
Be states that he has hot yet made a
full investigation, but ha1* learned
enough to warrant bis saying that the
reports of an uprising have been
greatly exaggerated Thus far he
baa encountered no Indians and from
civilians he learns that there has been
no violence on the part of the Indians
I and he anticipated none The re
port from Lieut Dixon comes from
Henrietta, which piace he reached
before noon
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The Brooklyn man whowe wife
wants a divorce because he objects
to having ber dog sleep with them
ought U?> get a few pointers from
Sid^^^rew on bow to settle tho
doi
TES COMMON SCH OOI
Mr Jobo P Tboma*, Jr. of R
Und, baa introduced -a bill "to cha
the law iu regard to county board
education aod county supering
eots of education," wbicb ia
accord witb the views of State
per i n ten dent M cM ah an aa expr?s
in bia annual report The bil. ii
follows :
Section I That in Joly, 1902,
State board of education, upon
joint recommendation of tbe gover
and the State superintendent of e
cation, ?ball appoint for each coo
io the State, a county board of e
cation, consisting of fife mernot
two to serve for two years, two
serve for fooryeare and one to ?e
for six years, and until their resp?
ive successors bave- been elected t
qualified Tbe successors of
said members of the said coot
board eh al j be chosen by the elect
of the county for a term cf six ye
each, two at the general election
1904, and every six yearfe thereaft
two at the general election in 19*
and every six years thereafter ; a
at the general election in 1908, a
every six years thereafter : Provide
however, That candidates for thc
positions shall not be assessed in a
primary elections Vacancies sh
be f?iled by the county board of ec
cation itself, until the next gene
election
Sec 2 That each member of t
county board of education shall i
ceive for ?Itendance on its meeting
$3 per diem, and 5 cents for ea
mile of necessary travel going to a
from the meetings, for not more th
ten meetings in any one year, t
per diem and mileage to be paid I
the county treasurer out of the or<
nary fonds of the county, upon ti
warrants of the chairman of the boar
audited and approved as other conn
claims
Sec 3 That the county board
education of each county, appos?t*
as herein provided, shall meet at
organize by electing one of its mee
bers chairman and another secrets]
pro tem, and shall thereafter exercii
all the rights, privileges, powers ar
duties now devolved by law ape
the present county board of educ
tion and county superintendent \
education of said county severally (
jointly, and may use the seal no
used by the county superintendent i
education until a new seal shall c
provided by the board of count
commissioners
Sec 4 That the county board <
education of each county shall pr<
vide expert supervision for tb
schools of the count}7, and for foi
purpose shall employ a man ekille
in the science and art of teac'nin
j and of school management, who sha
supervise all the schools of the cour
ty, instruct the teachers, counsel th
trustees, assign teachers to tb
schools for which the boards c
trustees have not employed teachei
by July 1st of each year, ana sha
further serve as secretary of th
j county board make for it its report
required by the State superintendes
cf education, and perform such ethe
duties on behalf of the said board a
it shall impose
Sec 5 Thai the said superintend
er.t of schools employed by th
j county board of education, shall de
! vole bis entire time to the inspection
j supervision, care and management o
the schools and the school interest
of the county, under the direction o
the county board of education, th?
State board of education, and tm
State superintendent of education
and in compensation for his servicei
shalt receive such salary as the coon
ty board of education may ha vi
fixed, not to exceed $1.500 a year
to be paid by the county treasure;
upon warrants of the chairman o
the county board of education
audited and approved as other count?
? claims
j Sec 6 That the present count)
boards of education and counts
superintendents of education shall bt
superceded and their offices abolisbec
as soon as the boards herein provided
for. shall meet and orgaui' * : Provi
ded. however, That l .. county
superintendent of education of eacfc
county shall make to the State
superintendent of education thc
annual report required by law for the
school year 1901 and 1902. and upon
a certificate from the State superin?
tendent of education that such repor!
? has been made satisfactorily, shall bc
! paid by the board of county com
j missioners the full salary for s hf
j remainder of the term for which he
? was elected
j Sec 7 That ali acts and parts o
i acts inconsistent wiro ibis act be and
j the same are hereby repealed
. Thc more liquor one drinks thc
j more he contributes to the state gov
: ernment
] 'To contribute to the support o
j thc State government is one of the
I highest duties of citizenship and ii
I an evidence of patriotism
' Patriotism is the highest glory o:
an American citizen
"All this being true, it is only ir
South Carolina th*t one can truly be
6*id ever to be 'gloriously drunk ; M
- Darlington News
Washington, Jan. 23.- Senator
Pettigrew today introduced a r?solu
lion calling upon the secretary of
war for information as to whether A
Mabiui, a citizen of the Phillippine
islands, bas been deported to Guam
r or to any other place as a political
refugee I A^m^n^i^^
?tm BL
Reflections o? a Baobelor,
No mia ever get? a good ?des af baw
a woman is dresieddoti! th* atan di up.
There se Ter w?s ? wo tn aa's sote of
eocgratelatico to a KIO that r?ally
meant ?oj tb io g.
A man doeeo-t lore a woman enough
unless he lores her enoagb to hurt bar
feelings once in a white.
If everybody preached What he
practiced nobody in the world would
consider aorhody elie respectable.
Trying to fix ap a quarrel between
two woven ii like trying to sharpen a
lead pencil with a can opener.
After a girl has. had three love affairs
her heart ts. as tender le a boiled
turnip.
If women were ali bald they would
probably still buy hairpins so they
would hare tbezn to put in their
mouths.
The main disadvantage about being
married is tbit a mao never dire? to
brag any nore about what his ideal
woman is like
It doesh't take a girl long to get over
rho idea that she is oot going to let a
mao put bis arm around ber till they
get married -New York Press
TO R?PEL"T?TE"INVADER.
Mrs Nation threatens to pay Kansas
City a visit and tbe saloon keepers of
tbat thriviog village talk of organising
a sooiety tor mutual protection -Mont
gomery Advertiser.
Verdi is Dead.
Rom?, Jan 26.-A special dispatch
to the Patria aononnoes that Verdi, tbe
composer, is dead.
Manila, Jan. 23 -Gen Mac?
Arthur bas ordered a dozen or more
natives to be taken on board the
Solace, perparatory to their deporta?
tion They are charged with being
insurgent abettors and agitators who
swore allegiance to the United States
for the pnrpose of facilitating revolo
?ionary operations.
Brussels, Jan 21.-According to tbe
Petit Bleu, bubooic plague is ragicg
among the British troops in Cape
Colony, and many deaths tbat are
attributed to enteric fever and dysen?
tery are really due to plague.
Hazelton, Pa, Jan 21-The 1,200
men employed at the Lattimer colliery
of G Pardee & Co. struck today
because of the allegbd unwarranted
r.isobarge of two drill monars sod tho
con? pan v's refusa! to reinstate them
Fra-fcfc;rr, Jan 25 -Biron Wijbelm
ron K^ibscbiid, bead of thc bar-king
6CUJ of that nun?, died *r noon today.
Dir!ingto:\, Jan 25 -There are ll
oa?es of ema?pox about ?V2 miles from
tbs town of Diriir-groo among colored
reop'e who lire cs rbe Timmonsrilie
road
Oharie??:>-<, Jan 25 -J.^senb fi.
Perrin?, chief clerk of tbs city asses?
sor's deDarirneiH. was f ned dead in his
bed at 7 30 (relock this racking.
Cripp'e Creek is the greatest gold j
camp in this country, and ils prct?uc
j iion is very grent The core of the j
! gold country tiiere is u strip ol i
j ground six ro: 1 ss iong by three miles
I broad Out of this eompfcraiively
small area of ground $30,000.000 in
gold vt ill be taken ibis year.
As the West Point cadets hissed a ?
congressman for suggesting by hie
question that a witness hada cori . i
vement memory, it will not do to ex - j
press any doubt as to the sincerity of i
their professed abandonment of baz
j ing -Angula Chronicle
I At the wedding of Miss Aka
j Rockefeller the health cf the bride
I was drunlr ooiy in lemonady and
i mitral waler
! The man who can arrest Pat
! Crowe and pocket ?518,000 in rewards
i wiii have made a fair start on the
j road lo fortune
j Rev George W Unkie, a Pennsyl
j vania pieacher, who has just c?l?brai
j ed h?3 76th birthday, bas been
j preaching for 50 xcmrs, and wo:;id
j never accept pay Good old uncle,
i Two weftks of ti:e legislative p.^s
' pion i*re gone and prac?ic?i?ly r:oth
1 ii:g bys hero) don:; There is t;o pro
\ bability of .the session being shorter
j than forty . days and oo danger that
j it will be longer for that is the limit
I for which p;:y can be drawn and
i stfttehoueii in tfcese practical days do
j not work without p?*y -Nev/berry
Herald and News
Woaae.ts'a college* were inversed to
j enable giri.-, to iorgtr bo?? to cook batted
A Thousand Tongues
i Could rio; express thc rapture ot" Annie 12,
[Springer,*; ?25 Howard ?*t, Philadelphia
! ?a.. when she found lhat i>r. King'? New Dis
} covery for Consumption bad coaip?cieiy cured
j ber of a backing cough tb:?: !~<T many years
j had in.ide life a burden. Aii other remedies
i and doctors could give ber no heir., but she
j says of this Royai Cure-"it soon removed
? thc pain i:i uiy chest mid I can now ??ecj>
j soundly, something I e.in scarcely remember
doing before. I feel like sounding its praiici
throughout the Universe." So will every ?>n ?
j who tries Dr. King's New Discovorv tor any
j troublo of Ca". Throat, Chest or lut.gs. ?rir?
! 30c and $1. Trial bottles free at J. ? W.
I DeL'irine'? Drug Store; every butti* eua.an?
tead.
SURVEYING
SURVEYING and Civil Engineering work
promptly and accoratelv done
W. LORIN G LEE, Cirii Kogr.
stay 23-0
The Kind You Have Alwavs Bought, and which has been
iii ...ase for over 30 years? has borne the signature c?
and has been made under his per?
sonal supervision since its infancy.
Allow no one to deceive yon in this.
AH Counterfeit?, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are ont
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Cl ildren-Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare?
goric, 3>rops and Soothing1 Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worn?
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep*
The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Sears the Signature of
4M
The Kind You Haye Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THC CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRAY STREET. NEW YORK CITY!.
Bargains ! Bargains !
If you are in need of anything in the
WM Furniture Une ffijft
WE CAN GIVE YOI" FOR THE NEXT FOUR DAYS
M
rices
?|We have anything you want and can make it to your in?
terest to give us a call
Oct 12
Atlantic Cotton Oil Company,
Sumter, Charleston, Camden, Bennettsville,
S. Cana Gibson, N, C.
Offer ?or?3a?6 for Casli or on Approved Security, High Grade
Cotton Seed Meal, Acid Phosphate,
GermanJKainits Nitrate of Soda,
Muriate of Potash,
Cotton Seed Hulls, in bulk, baled lor sacked.
l?ig?sest Casli Market Price Paid for Cotton
geed.
Address nearest mill point, or head office. Sumter, S. C.,
FERRY MOSES, Pres.
HORACE BARBY, Vice Pres.
A. C. PHELPS, Sec'ty and Treasurer.
C. G. F?SEB?SNE, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer.
Nov 21-iva
TUE OSBORNE RIVAL D?SC
Ha- Xever Been Equalled as a Pulverizer.
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I sell these Harrows cn so little margin that my greatest comfort is in the
satisfaction they give rainer ihan the picfit I make
My dooss are open to all-My stock is ready for inspection.
Cjuie acd see oie iu wy oew quartern, corner of Liberty aod Harvin Streets
FIRST CLASS LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLES.
W. B. BOYLE. Sumter, S. C.
Jul; U
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