Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TUB S?MTSS 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 SOUTHKON, Established jone is6er New Series-Vol. XX. Jio. 38 o IM. Gr. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS I $1.50 per annum-io advance. ADV?RTISBX2K?: Ono Square first insertion.$1 00 Svery subsequent insertion. 5Q Contracts for three months, or longer wil be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertiements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. POLITICS IN 0?B?T Conditions in the Island Favor? able to McKinley's Hold on Policy. Washington, April ll-Strictly speaking the Cuban convention has not rejected the Platt amendment as yet, bat bas only rejected a report of a committee favorable to the amend? ment While this may seem a dis? tinction without a difference, it is really nothing of the kind, as it leaves the amendment merely in the position of not having been acted npon, which, of course, is more favorable to it than outright rejection would be The administration is not at all worried by this result-so it is said. In fact, it would be surprising if it were, as the President is left in a position where be can refuse to re lease the island and yet be able to say that his not doing so was the fault of tne Cubans themselves The United States will now bold the island for some eight months more at least be fore Congress meets again to con sider the question, and by that time it ia boped that something will turo np which will enable it to continue to bold it-jost so Gres* Britain bolds Egypt, despite ber pledges to evac nate it when order and prosperity bad been restored While the people of the United States have always looked down upon the Spanish Americans as a tarbnleet, revolutionary, stab in the back race, still in the past they have always wei eomed their aspirations for independ ence, as at least an evidence that they might in time attain to some thing better than they were capable of at the moment The Monroe doctrine was first formulated for the protection of the South and Central American States that were fighting for independence from Spain It re mained for McKinley's administration to take the tack that the Cabans who are undoubtedly the best of all the Spanish Americans, would sink into the condition of the black Hay tians, or into a condition of perpetual warfare, the momeut the United States kept its pledge to vacate the island The wish to retain the island is andonbtedly father to this thought and to it is doe the cloud of miare presentation of motives which ia so obvions Men who have been office seekers in the United States all their lives speak contemptonsly of the Cuban leaders because they want office, declaring f;heir sole desire for independence is baaed on the long ing for loot Acoording to the Administration, there is scarcely a pnre minded, honest native in Cuba. The National party, the largest and strongest io Coba, which includes nearly all of the insurgent army, whose platform is ''Coba Libre" and immediate independence with ab solute control over their own affairs, is denounced as merely a body of self seekiDg politicians, regardless of the fact that they fought for two years for independence, when the prospects of success were few indeed, sacrificing all they had and risking eruel deaths The Union Democratic party is composed of the educated and wealthy people, plantera, merchants, and nearly all of the Spanish popula tioa ; the same class that were known as Tories in oar own revolutionary war. Their platform is close and friendly relations with the United States and a conservative policy At heart the Union Democrats are an nexationisis, bat they have not thought it politic to proclaim that principle. The third party is called Republi can Its principles are almost identi cal with thjse of the Cuban national party, the only difference being in their leaders, who are chiefly sore beads, who sympathized with the rebels, but bad not the spunk to go and help them fight, and who now desire to share in the reward? If President McKinley is able to find an excuse to retain rule in the island ODtil the Union Democrats can be put io power, be sure he will avail himself of it Ba?esburg, April il-The Bate? borg ginnery and plaoiog outfit was destroyed by fire this afternoon. Loss $4,000 ; DO iosaraooe. TRUTH COMING OUT. Former Chief Counsel for Tay? lor Tells of Conspiracy for Goebel's Assassination. Frankfort. Ky, April 10 -Ex Gov W O Bradley, chief counsel for ex Gov W S Taylor io the gubernato? rial contest caae before the legisla ture last year, gave sensational testimony today in the trial of Capt Garnett D Ripley, who ie charged with conspiracy, with others, to bring aboat the murder of Wm Goebel. Mr Bradley detailed a con? versation which, he said, be bad with Capt Ripley while the latter waa in charge of his military com pany daring the occupancy of the State capitol by the "Taylor troops last spring, in which Ripley told him of frequent conferences with Gov Taylor prior to the assassination. The witness said Ripley told him he was io the executive office the day before tbe shooting and com plained to Taylor because he had not called out his (Ripley's) company and asked him when he should have the company ready Taylor replied : " 'My God, haven't you brought them yet ? Goebel will not live 24 hours,' or 'cannot live 24 boors,' I have forgotten which be-said," de dared the witness Judge W H Yost, associate counsel with Bradley in the contest case, according to the witness, was present, and heard the conversation In response to a question as to whether he, the witness, beard of any conspiracy to kill Mr Goebel, the witness stated that on Jan 25th, the day the train load of mountain? eers arrived, some one, he could not now recall who, told him that parties in the crowd were waiting in front of the State bouse to kill Goebel **I i?aid," continued the witness, *'it shall be stopped I will go in the senate chamber and come out with Goebel and see that he is sot hurt or insulted." "I looked up and saw Wharton Golden and told bim to get Finley, Culton and others and send them to me He said : 'Goebel is not going to be burt.7 Culton and Finley told ase it was a fake and that there was nothing in it ; they condemned vio? lence, as I did " A jury was seeured today to hear the case of Garnett Ripley, sccused of complicity in the ebooting of Gov Goebel Defendant entered a plea of not guilty. In opening tne case for the prosecution, Judge Williams declar? ed there was a conspiracy to kill Goebel ; that Ripley was connected with throughout ; that he left Frank fort the evening before the assassina tion with information that it was to take place the next day and that he contributed to it by going home and equipping his company to bring it to Frankfort when Goebel bad been killed Young Doctors Disappointed. Special to the State Charleston, April 12 -The opinion of Attorney General Bellinger on the examination exemption act will ne? cessitate that the recent graduates of the South Carolina Medical college go to Columbia and appear before the State board of examiners next month. The class which receutly graduated Is the last of the three years' course students, al! subsequent graduates being four years* course graduates It was understood here that the act of the legislature granted exemption to this year's graduates and it was only the close reading of the act which showed that this un derstading was incorrect The opinion of the attorney gener? al will cause great disappointment to the faculty and the recent graduates of the college. The graduates have been especially well pleased at the action of the legislature in passing the exemption act, and there will be a corresponing feeling of disappoint? ment among them when they learn of the opiniion of Attoraey General Bellinger The graduate are doubt? less all able to pass the examination of the State board, since they soc cessfully passed the rigid examina? tion of the faculty and displeasure to most of the graduates will come in the necessary change of their plane, the cost of travel and other inconve niences and annoyances incident to taking the trip to Columbia and standing the examination Washington, April ll.-Secretary Long bas appointed a board for naval officers, he?ded by Capt. Converse to consider the desirability of having the torpedo boats rendezvoused at some central point, where they may be taken out of water during periods of inactivity It has been expected that Boston wonid be designated as the point, but the questiou is still open and is now felt that Port Royal, S. C , and other points on the coast may be considered by the board BOTHA RENEWS NEGOTIATIONS. Said That Boer General Satis? fied of DeWet's Irresponsi? bility, is Willing to Surrender. Caps TOWD, April 10.-Ic is uoder 8tood here that aithoagb Gf.;n De Wet, at bis reoenfc interview with Gen Botha, regarding him as irresponsible, under? takes to negotiate io behalf of the eotire Boer forces The British authori? ties here ooosider that if Gea Botha surrenders, DeWet's following can be easily taken As explained here, this action was determined io part by (yeo Botha's dis? covery at a recent meeting that Gen DeWet's in rei iee: had: awakened, aod that his influence with the followers was diminishing, and chat a continuance of the campaign, in view of Geo DeWet's irrespoosibtlity rests with Gen Botha alone Loodoo, April ll -The report toat Gen Botha has renewed the negotiations with Lord Kitchener io oot yet officially confirmed, but it ia generally credited and received with satisfaction, except by the ultra jiogoes, who fear that the government will renew the terms recently rejected Regarding Gen DeWet's mental coodition reports have been very ooo fiictiog for some time. His recent inac? tivity points to there being some truth io the rumors whioh allege that long continued hardships under the harrass? ing British pursuit, have unhinged bis mind On the other hand a correspondent of The Times qaite recently acknowledged the "wonderful foresight and fertility of resources'' which characterised Gen DeWtt's retreat from Cape Colony As during the previous abortive negotiations the British press again loadiy insist on ''unconditional surren? der," but, with the budgetary neoesei ties staring the country io the face if negotiations are reopened, the Boers as The Daily Chronicle remarks editorial? ly, "may reckon on fair treatment" at the bands of the British. Tar Macadam Pavement. The United States consul an Ham? ilton, Ontario, report?, as noted in the Sanitarian, that after years of ex? periment in that city th s possibility of "making good roads at reasonable cost" baa been demonstrated, and tests extending over a Dumber of years on business streets prove that ' tarred macadam" makes a smooth atid solid roadway and one that ' can be kept in perfect repair at nominal expense.11 The first cost of such a roadway io Hamilton, where limestone is abun? dant and near at band, is from 70 to 86 ceots per square yard, aod the cost of repairiog on "heavy traffic streets" is less than 1 cent per yard per year The addition of tar renders the roadway proof to water andi frost, and "prevents mud and dust in sum mer " It is easily repaired, "aod does Dot require scraping A ieogtb of a block of tar macadam laid more than a year ago on a business street where there is heavy hacliog "shows no perceptible wear." In residential streets it bas been in use eight years "without aoy repairs, and is still in good condition " The success of this method of paving, as of other composite work of the same character, depends, of course, on care in its execution, and details of the process employed in Hamilton are given on the authority of the engineer of public woiks, Mr E G Barrow. We need not repeat them here, further than to note that a hard and compact stone foundation is laid ; over that a coating of gravel is rolled hard ; then a layer of tar saturated stone not exceeding two inches in diameter is laid and also thoroughly rolled ; then another stratum of the same character, which is rolled and covered with a "layer of gravel. and quarry chips also mixed with tar, one inch in thick? ness, to be rolled down from three fourths to one half an inch then. I finally, a top dressing of screenings; and if a light color is desired it may be obtained by adding cement. Limestone is used in Hamilton be? cause it is abundant tberc, but "granite or flint would absorb less tar and stand more wear."-News and Courier Bombay, April 12 -Ibu Rashid hes recovered the kingdom uf Nejd, Cen? tral Arabia, after defeating Mabaronk, sniek of Kowcyt, who receotiy seized tho oity of Nejd and deposed Ibu Rasbid after a piff.hfd bittle. The army of M aharon's was lured into a narrow gorge, whero the hordes ot" Ita Rishid .swooped down from the m^unaius a*)d overwhelmed their enemiiM The fagi'ives who reached gulf ports declare that 5,000 men were killed. The fate of Babarock is oot koowa THE WAR IN AFRICA. British Capture Pietersburg, Boers Take 75 British in Cape Colony. London, April 9 -Lord Kitchener, reporting to the war office under date of Pretoria, April 8, says : "Plumer has occupied Pietersburg with slight opposition fie captured two loeorootivee and 39 trucks "He took 60 prisoners, capturing a seven pounder and destroying 210, 000 cartridges, 1,000 rounds of seven pounder ammunition and a consider abie amount of powder and dyna? mite '7 The capture of Pietersburg is re garded here as important. The place is the terminus of the railway, and has been the capital of the Boer government since the evacuation of Pretoria. The whole northern rail way is now in the hands of the British. According to Lord Kitchener's dispatch, only one officer and one man was killed. The Boers ?vacu?t ed the town daring the night blow? ing up two tracks loaded with am? munition Lord Kitchener further reports the capture of 16 prisoners, 50 horses and the depot of war stores at Bo3hmans kop, Orange River Colony As an offset, the commander in chief reports that a detachment of 100 men of the Fifth Lancers and Imperial Yeomanry were attacked by 500 Boers to the northward of Aber? deen, Cape Colony, and that after several hours' fighting the British were surrounded and captured, with the exception of 25, who succeeded in making their escape - m I I-i News From South Africa. London, April 12.-No farther ness bas been received regarding the report? ed resumption of peaoe negotiation? in Soath Africa, bat the hot that the censor allowed the report to pass and the fact that the government bas not issued a denial are held to prove that negotiations of some lort are io progress. The casualty list issued yesterday showed that Lord Methuen waa dis charged from the hospital last week, this beiog the first notification that he bad been ill. There is no information from South Africa beyond the faot that the British have evacuated Hoppstad, which, The Daily Mail observes, "seems to show rhat Lord Kitchener's foroe is still none too strong 7' It is announced from Brussels that the Dutoh Transvaal committee bas banded to Mr Kroger a check for one million florins collected in Holland for the assistance of the Boers. It appears that Mr Kruger's entour? age assert that the route from Leyds dcran to Z)otpansbarg is heavily forti? fied and able to resist the British a long time. LDodon, April ll -A news agency this afternoon publishes a dispatch from Cape Towo reoeived by the Frankfurter Zaituog, purporting to be a true picture of the present situation in South Africa, and confirming a Renter dispatch on the same subject oabled to The Associated Press yester? day The dispatch says that Gen De Wet is so disturbed by the bopele?s ness of his cause that be can truthfully be described as insane. He goes in fear of his life amidst his own troops, and keeps himself surrounded, night and day, bv a body guard of chosen adherents. From his own ranks voices are now more frequently beard Gilling imperatively for peaoe London, April 12 -According to the Shanghai correspondent of The Standard, the Chinese assert that the court has decided to leave Sian Fo for Pekin via the province of Ho Nan May 7th. President Peters, of the Texas Cot? ton Growers7 Association, tells the whole story in these words : "The valae of 11,000.000 bales of ootton at 5 cents is $275,000,000 ; 10,000 000 bales at 6 cents is $300,000,000 ; 9,000.000 bales at 7 cents is $315. 000,000 ; 8.000,000 at 10 cents is $400,000,OOO.'7 Richmond, Va , April 10 -The D1o? goods and department store of Juiius Meyers' Sons which occu? pied almost a quarter of a block on Broad street, together with the stock and fixtures, was completely destroy ed by fire today. The fire originated on the third floor, among some mattresses, but from what cause is a matter of doubt The flames spread with great rapidity and when the fire department reached the 6cene ali it could do was to protect surrounding property. A charred body was dis covered in the ruins, which proved to be the remains of R Emmet Slaughter, manager of the carpet department How he became en? trapped in the burning building is unknown Strange Story From Ke?tocky. Louisville, April ll -The Courier Journal tomorrow will say : ' Hugh H Haviland of Greenville, Ky , claims to be one of the heirs of a fortune left by 'Dr Theodore Keattie,' another 'Murray Hall ' " 'Dr Keattle' died at Punta Gorda, Fla , in 1896. Then it was dis? covered that the 'doctor1 was a woman and that for 30 years she had so masqueraded. The woman was a mother. Those who were supposed \o know, say that in 1853 a little boy was placed in the Protestant Episco pal Asylum by 'Dr Keattle' then confessedly a woman, known as Kate Haviland The boy's name was Hugh H Haviland He was later bound out to a farmer and finally to an independent position at Green ville This is the story of Hugh Haviland, told by himself, io a letter to The Courier Journal For nearly 40 years he knew noth ing of bis parents Then came a letter from a New York lawyer. G Tarleton Goldtbwaite 141 Broadway, who wrote that while searching for the heirs of "Dr Theodore Keattle." whom death revealed to be a womaD, be bad found that in 1853 she, going by the name of Kate Haviland bad put Hugh H. Havilaud in the Frotes tant Episcopal orphan asylum at Louisviile Hugh II Haviland at Greenville, is regarded as that boy That Kate Haviland was "Dr. Keattle" was, it is said, practically established by witnessed in New York and Brooklyn But Hugh Haviland is heir to but half the fortune A girl who is ex pected to divide it with him. Grace M Clark Elliott, Haviland's niece, so Lawyer Goldtbwaite says, believes herself sole heiress to Imbray Clark of Austria, who died worth $25,000. 000 Hugh Haviland's little sister, Kate Haviland's other child, according to Lawyer Groldtbwaite, was put by the mother with foster parents The girl grew np, marrried Clark and went west with bim In 1877 they went to San Francisco, and there a cb ?ld was born Within two weeks the delicate mother, Kate Haviland's daughter, died. The baby was placed in the bands of Mrs Martha A Griswold, superintendent of the Home for the Friendless, by Imbray Clark, who sailed almost immediately for Australia Several years after Mrs. Griswold heard of Clark's death and advertised for some one to adopt the little orpbao girl The Elliotts responded, and on August 21, 1878, were granted papers of adoption by a court in San Francisco In 1897 the Elliotts learned that Imbray Clark had left a fortune of $25,000,000, to which there was no heir, and began a fight for their foster daughter's rights. The estate is tied up in the English courts, and though hundreds of claimants have come forward, none bas been able to prove claims to the satisfaction of the British authorities. Grace M Clark Eil;ott had almost given up hope when Lawyer Goldth waite's letter came telling ber sbe was heiress to the estate of her grand? mother, the spurious "Dr Keattle," of Punta Gorda. Now Miss Elliott expects to prove her claims. Little Rock, Ark , April 10 -State Treasurer Thomas E Little died sud denly today from heart disease He was a brother of Congressman Little of the Second Arkansas district. New York, Aprl 10 -The United States army transport Rawlins which was to have sailed at 2 o'clock this afternoon for Habana, Matanzas and Cienfueg08, is lying with her saloon deck awash in 30 feet of water to the Bouth of the army pier at the foot of Pacific street, Brooklyn Fire was discovered aft of the Rawlin's main engine room early thia morning Two alarms brooght to the pier six engines, two trucks and three fire ooats, and at 9:30 eo many thous iuds of gallons of water had been Dumped into the transports hold that ?he keeled over and, with water rush? ng in through ber open ports, settled dowly until her keel touched bottom Baltimore, April 9.-The steam ihip State of Texas, which arrived jere today, had on board Capt Berry ind-the crew six men of the wrecked schooner Erie, picked up at sea last Sunday The Erie was wrecked the lay before, on Fryingpan Shoals, and ?er master and crew were drifnng, dmost exhausted, on a raft, when escued by Capt Eldridge of the State of Texas. DOCTOR MAY REFUSE SERVICES. Indiana Supreme Court Makes an Interesting Decision. (From the Chicago Record Herald ) Indianapolis, ?Dril 4.-? licensed practicing physician is cot legally booed to attend any patient for whom he is called, where he has cot made* j aoy contract to do so, even though be may have served as family physician, and be rs not liable io damages for the cons?quences of bis refusal to answer auoh a oall The Supreme Court so decided today . in affirming the judgment io the case of Gaorge D. Harley vs ?eorge W. Eddingfield, appealed from Montgom? ery County. Dr Eddingfield wa3 sum? moned to attend Hurley's wife, but he refused to go. There was no other pbysisian who could be obtained io time to be of any service, and he was called a second time by Harley, and a third time by the neighbors, and at last a preacher who lived io the oeigbborbood called on the doctor and urged bira to ?0, offering to pay his fees in advance. There was no apparent reason why he should not go, except that he did not choose to do so, boc he proved obdurate, and it is charged that Mrs Hurley's death, soon after a baby was born, was doe to the lack of a physician's aid Io affirming the judgment of the lower court Judge Baker said the act regulating the practice of medicine, was only a preventive and not a compulsory measure The Doctor and tke Editor. The doctor from Aigonia said that newspapers are run for revenueronly What in thunder do doctors ran for. anyway ? Do they roo ior glory ? One good healthy doctor's bill will ruo bis office e?t months An editor, works half a day for tbree dollars with an investment of $3 OOO ; a doctor looks wise sod works ten minutes for $2 00 with aa investment of tbree cents for catnip and a pill box that costs $1 37. A doctor goes to college for tbree years, gets a diploma and a string of words the devil himself eannot pronounce, culti? vates a look of gravity that be pawns off for wisdom, gets a box of pills, a cayuse and a meat saw and sticks out bis shingle a full fledged doctor He will then doctor you entil yoa die, ata stipulated price per visit, and puts them in as thick as your pocketbook will permit An editor ? ever gets bis education finished ; he learns as long as he lives, and ?tudie all bis life. He eats bran mash and liver, be takes his pay in hams and turnips, and keeps the doctor in tow by refraining from priming the truth about bim We would like to live in Algonia and ron a newspaper six months and see if the doctor would change his mind about our Tanning: a newspaper for revenue only ' Ir we didu't get some glory out of it we would agree to take one dose of bis pills, after first saying oar prayers If tbe editor makes a mistake he has to apologize for it ; bat if the doctor makes a mistake he buries it. If we make one there is a lawsuit, tail swearing and a smell of sulphur ; but if the doctor makes one there is * funeral, cut flowers and a smell o? varnish The doctor can use a woio" a foot long; bat if the editor uses i he has to spell it. If the doctor go* - to see another man's wife he wi! charge for the visit If the edito caiis on another man's wife he gets ? charge of buckshot Any medica college can make a doctor You can't make an editor ile bas to b born one. When a doctor gets drank' it is a case of "overcome by heat," and if be dies it is Heart failure When an editor gets drank it is ? case of too mocb bocze, and if be dies it is a case of delirium tremens The editor worfcs to keep frorn starving, while the doctor works to ward off the gout. The editor help* men to live better, and the doctor assists them to die easy The doctor pulls a sick man's leg, the editor is glad if he can collect bis bills at all Revenue only ! We are only living for fun and to spite the doctors - Iowa Medica! Journal. Cheraw, April ll.-Hon. G. J Rediearn died at his home in Cbes?tr field at 1 o'clock this morning JD his death this county has lost one ol its best and most public spirited men He was clerk of court for eight years, resigned last year and wes elected representative. ! ?r%/%VAl CARINO V POWDER ABSOMJTEIYPIIBE Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.