The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 22, 1902, Image 5
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1902.
The Sumter Watciwian was rounde
ia Iii DO aaa the Trv? Souz?ron in 18#6.
.The Watchman and Sozstkron now hat;
the combined circulation and iufiuehce
of both of the old papers, and is mani
feetly the best advertising medium in
Sam ter.
Col. Wilie Jones, of Columbia, has
been appointed brigadier general of the
brigade formed a fe# days ago by or?
der of Governor McS.weeney.
Prof. W. H. Witherow7 for many
years principal of Mt Zion College,
Winnsborp,: S. C., died on Sunday
night, aged 73 years. He was one of
the best known educators of the
State. .
The coal strike having cometo an
end and rioting, in tbd mining regions
having ceased the college foot ball
players and: South American7 reovlu
tionists are the sole reliance of the
public for gory news.
Capt John G. Capers is rapidly
going the way of all white Democrats
who have joined the^ Republican party.
His Orangeburg'speech shows that he
has alniost reached the point pf becom?
ing the boon companion of Edmund
Deas, J. H? -Fordham and other negro
politicians. of the same kidney. The
vert idea of John G. Capers partici?
pating in a negro republican conven?
tion that nominated e/n ignorant negro
for Congress in opposition to the
regular:Democratic candidate is mon?
strous andar? do not understand how
he brings himself to do it It but
shews, however, that there is no dif?
ference between the latter daygold
? bug-commercial-demoerat- repbulicans
and the old'line office holding scalawag
idicals.
Maybe Gen. Wilie Jones will be a
more successful candiikte for office
than' Col. ^?ie Jones h as been. Col.
Jones- candidacy for the Governorship,
late, etc., has never gottfen. beyond
thex* ^has peen prominently su^?sted' ?
stage, but while there ia life: there is
hope. -
There is every reason to believe that
the attendance at the State Fair will
break all records thia year, and wo
trust the Mt itsejf will be ?superior in
very raspeci?;tp ?ny. that hav?yet bees
held. The increased atteiadance wilibe
?ue- to the more pro^roti? ??ndition of
.&eSt^*n^^:^e.^jfe:b?:t??vpe?
s>I? of.???umrjtta done more
this ye^C?^everr t?fo?e to advertise
rai* a^ ^ ^
Charleston's business men have dis?
covered a jscape-goat^ and the Southern
Railway" ?a: taH-for the
i*aiftn^off-t?rre=
(3?iptea?^c*^e??r?B?^^ - in: tjhe!:city*?
ro?ame -bf fet?nesa? ' I^b? Southern
may];: be ?fe?lty,; ;>s cEiiige<? r btt? lt
Charteetoa-? business ' men ' sit down
aupinly^ano:' su^m'it ^;:unjust and
:.-uinous dlserimi nation they-must be
held., equally, ...t?sipi?sibie; with the
:ailroaoa-;|er- the commercial dry-not
imat follows.
A Kershaw, correspondent writes as
follows: *.'Work is going on and being
pushed rapidly in the way of claying
the> sandy, road leading south from
Kershaw. The other roads - leading
rrom hero will be clayed soon. The
business men and town folks have sub?
scribed liberally to the fund for that
purpose, and toe farmers have shown
their willingness to help by agreeing
to furnish . 'teams to help do the
work," Why can't this plan be
adopted in Sumter to promote and ex?
pedite, the ?bod roads movement? The
chain gang- and. city authorities have
already done much and are still mak?
ing fair progress, but an organization
of the business men of the city and
;he farmers who live along the public
roads leading from the town-the busi?
ness men to contribute money and the
fanners money teams or labor as they
might elect-could s accomplish a great
deal every year to supplement the ex?
cellent work now being done by Su?
pervisor Seale. ;
The circus passed through last night
en route from Florence to Columbia.
The train was nm in three-sections of
about 30 cars- each.
The. city school board held a special
meeting oa Monday afternoon, and it
was decided tCfCiose tha scbools tomor?
row. Piaas for et?arging-arid: improv?
ing the school house at the cotton mill
were discussed,; > but -no .. action i was
taken. < ..*.-.'':
The dispensary has beeon doing a
rushing business every day this week
and an immense quantity of liquor
has been /sold. . The large demand
for liquor is attributed to the expecta?
tion that the dispensary will be closed
tomorrow on account, of the circus and
the thirsty ones are preparing fora
dry day. The blind tigers of which
there are still a few in exitsence are
said to have been laying in an extra
supply of liquor for a big trade to?
morrow. They have been buying
liquor every day in larger quantities
than usual.
Ciselv Rodman, a bad negro, was
shot and instantly killed at Rock Hill
Monday night by Flagman Henry
Loyd, while Rodman was trying to
shoot Conductor Trapier, of the
Southern Railway. Rodman was beat?
ing a ride on the train and Conductor
Trapier had put him off. Rodman
drew his pistol and had raised his arm
to fire when Loyd shot him under the
arm. The coroner's jury exonerated
Loyd. fl
GOAL STRIKE OFFICIALLY ENDED.
Vote Was Unanimous-Union Will
Take Care of Those Engi?
neers and Others Who
Cannot Get Work.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 21.-With a
shont that fairly shook the convention
building, the -representatives of the
147,000 mine workers who have been
on strike since last May, officiially
declared off at noon today the greatest
contest ever waged between capital and
labor and placed all the questions in?
volved in the struggle intb the hands
of the arbitration commission appoint?
ed by the president of the United
States. When the news 'was flashed
to the towns and villages down in the
valleys and on the mountains of the
coal regions, the strike affected in?
habitants heaved a sigh of relief.
Many days have gone- by since more
welcome news was received. Every?
where there was rejoicing and in
many places the end of the strike
was the ?signal for impromptu town
celebrations.
The vote to resume coal mining was
a unanimous one and was reached only
after a . warm, debate. The principal
objection to accepting the arbitration
proposition was that no proposition
was contained in the scheme to take
care of those men who would fail to
get back their old positions .or would
be unable to get any work at ali. The
engineers and pumpmen get better
pay than other classes of mine work-.
ere, and they did not care to run the
risk of losing . altogether their old
places and be compelled to dig coal for
a living. This question came up yes?
terday and was argued right up to the
time* the vote was taken. No one had
a definite plan to offer to overcome the
objection and the report of the- com?
mittee on resolutions, recommending
that the strike be declared off and that
all issues- .be placed in the hands ~* of
the arbitration commissioa for deci?
sion, was adopted without the ques?
tion being settled. A few moments
before ajdou rumen t, however, a partial
solution was reached when a delegate
in the farthest corner -of the hall
moved that, the problem be placed in
the hands : of : the three executive
boards-for solution and his suggestion
was-adopted.
The question of taking care of all
melt wno; will fail to get work im?
mediately, will be a serious one fori
the union. There is no doubt the ex
ejcutive.bcards will take care of the
engineers, firemen and pumpmen, but
three-are thousands of : other classes
cat urine workers who- wiH have to be
looked after.:; r?n-some placeshundreds
will-not be ablent? get work for weeks;
and in' other localities where^the mmes
are: in verybad'conditionr there will
be no employment for many workmen
fersome imonths..
hundreds bf men, needed to repai r
the mines r and otherwise.: place them
in condition for reparation, will be at
work/^tomorrow morning, the con?
vention having decided -that this was
imp?ratiye::in.orderJte:get the' men at
worJc Quickly ; andr satisfy- the- coun
tfy's'dexnand for coaL- All the locals
will nold meetings tomorrow at which
instraet?ansKwiii be given the mem?
ber? regarding? itheir- -application for
?0&'>'.' -- >?; - -
President Mitchell received many
congratulatory telegrams from all over
the.; country after- --the news spread
thai the strike was ended
. Thev question- of " ending the strike
came^ up . in :the ?ohy??tion in the
form of a report from the committee
on resolutions as-"follows :
i We, : the committee on r?solutions;
beg leave'to recommend that the fol?
lowing!commuirication,be adopted and
forwarded to i Theodore "Boosevelt,
president of ?be ^VtJnited States of
America;:/
- - Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 21.
Hon.' Theodore Roosevelt, Washington.
: . Dear Sir W??.~tbe^ representatives
of'emptores -of .the ? various coal com?
panies engaged in operating mines in
the. anthracite: coal fields of Penn?
sylvania,' in convention assembled,
having-under consideration your tele?
gram .ol Oct. 15, -1902? addressed to
John Michell, president of- the United
Mine Workers of * America, which
reads as-follows :
? 'I hav8 appointed as commissioners,
Brig... Gen. John H. Wilson E. W.
Parker, Judge George Gray, E. E.
Clark, lornas H. Watkins, Bishop
J. JL. Spalding, with Carroll D.
Wright as recorder. These names are
accepte^ by the operators and now
earnestly ask and urge that the miners
likewise accept this commission. It
is a"matter of vital concern'to all our
people, and especially to those in our
great cities, who are least well off,
that the mining, of coal should be re?
sumed without a moment's unneces?
sary delay."
We have decided to accept the pro?
position therein embodied and submit
all questions at issue between the
operators and mine workers of the
anthracite coal region for adjustment
to the commission - which you have
named.
In pursuance of that decision we
shall report for work on Thureday
morning, Oct 23, in the positions and
working places occupied by us prior
to the inauguration of the strike.
We'have asked'John Mitchell, presi?
dent of the United Mine Workers of
America with such' assistants as he
may select, td represent us in all hear?
ings before the commission.
John Mitchell,
Chai^nan-of Convention.
W. B. Wilson,
Secretary of Convention.
President Mitchell put the question
on the adoption of the report after a
motion to close debate had been adopt?
ed and asked in a short speech that
the vote be unanimous. There was
one loud roar of approval and the
great stirke was officially off.
There will be a nuniber of special
policemen on duty tomorrow to keep
the crowds in order and lookout for
pickpockets and other grafters who
follow the circus.
Any army of clowns are with the
great Adam Forepaugh and Sells
Brothers Shows consolidation to give
battle to the blues. No one need ex?
pect to see these shows without being
prepared to divide their time about
equally between laughter and applause
wben they exhibit here tomorow.
The latest in fine stationery just re?
ceived and placed on sale at H. G.
Osteen & Co's book store.
The News and Courier publishes a
story to the effect that Senator Mc
Laurin's man Appeitmay be appointed
collector of the port of Charleston.
McLaurin and Appelt have been in
Charleston for a couple of days and
have been lidding caucuses with John
G. Capers, the republican State chair?
man. Charleston went into the Com?
mercial Democracy business pretty
heavily, but we are quite sure she
didn't count on getting such a dose of
it as this.-Anderson Mail.
The scarcity of coal and the conse?
quent high price is already causing
worry of mind to some people in Sum?
ter, notwithstanding that they are not
yet out of the clutches of the ice man.
They know that cold weather is surely
coming and as they have their houses
or stores fitted with grates or coal
burning-stoves they are worried and
are trying to devise some scheme for
burning wood. A man with a coal
stove is in a bad fix even tho' he have
cords of wood but no coal when a bliz?
zard comes.
The Supreme Court iianded down a
decision last week in the case of
George W. Murray vs. the North
"Western Eailroad company. The judg?
ment of the lower cot:rt is affirmed
and the railroad will be required to
carry out the contract. The circuit
court (Mr. J. H. Hudson acting
judge) decreed that "the defendant do
cause to be erected by May 1, 1902, a
freight and passenger depot at Borden
like to that now at Dalzell, a station I
on its road, with like facilities for
the receipt and delivery of freight
and for the convenience and accom?
modation of passengers*.
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FOR INFORMATES
THE VR6MA-CA?
CHARLESTON, S
I A new delivery window has been
opened at the postcffice for the delivery
J of mail by the carriers to the patrons
of the free delivery carrier routes.
This window will be open from 10 to ll
o'clock on Sunday and from the time
the evening mail is up until 8.30
o'clock for the distribution of mail to
those who ordinarily receive their mail
from the carrier.
Jenkins Bros. have just received a large
shipment of bali bearing, drop head. New
Home machines. See them. Under Ma
j sonic Temple. Jnly 30.
FOR SALE-A fitfe plantation, 635
acres well settled. Price ?8,000, cheap
compared to annual income. Write
to A. B. Stuckey, Atty., Sumter, S. C.
Oct. 21-2t.
WANTED-Standard yellow pine ties
6x9x8. Anderson Lnmber Co., Charleston,
S. C. Oct 15-2m
WOOD WANTED-By Sumter Cot?
ton Mills. Apply to Altamont Moses,
Secretary. Oct. 15-2t.
BULLETIN""
Visiting Cards.
Correspondence Cards.
Gold Pens. ,
Fountain Pens.
Mourning Note.
Tyepwriter Paper.
Carbon Sheets.
Legal Cap.
Letter paper and full line note pa?
pers, all prices.
H. G. OSTEEN & Co.
16 W. Liberty Street.
4. U??& i o Ti tl tis H? r.'j-.-*>
3ERG & SONS.
BR, S. C.
really want
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COLINA CHEMICAL CO.
>.G .U.S.A.
A Good Grain Driil ?
A Firs-class Hay Press ?
A Mower or Rake ?
A Good Horse or Mule,
A nice Buggy, Carriage,
Wagon, Harness, or any
Farming Implements.
If you do call on or write to me for
prices I can supply your needs, and
the prices will please you
B. BOYLE, %
Oct 22
SUMTER. S. C.
SS?L Fur &
'th
The latfy who has not already supplied herself will soon be
looking around for her whiter wraps, and she will find no bet?
ter stock to select from than the one being shown by us. :
Carito
Is the latest thine in this particular line of ladies' apparel, and
you will find them here from
, $9.?>JMo #a?,??.
If you are looking for a $5 Jacket, we have the best one
ever shown in Sumter. It is made of a""fine" quality Kersey
cloth in- colors, Bladk; Boyal, Oxford and Tan, in plain and
corded effect.-' Tne corded is a very showy, handsome, dressy
garment, and could be s?M for much more than" we asfelf?r
themy-bui they werie bought cheap and will be- sold in like
manner. *
Blankets, Blankets, Blankets.
You have heard the story of the Tar Heel Blanket We
have told it so often, and notwithstanding a good tiung wjtH
bear repetition,;^^^B?^^^iojf you with going -over it
again, only to say that the millsr are annually improving the
quality without increasing the price. We are the only house
from whom your can buy this blanket. If you want a cheaper
grade we have K?rth Carolina Blankets at $2.50, but if you
want something that will stick to you closer than a brother on
a cold night,.and last you for 20 years with a little care, buy a
Tar Heel at $3.90. -
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Our line of Silks and Dress Goods will be found equally as
interesting as the items mention above, and our Carpet De?
partment is complete in every respect. Carpets from 25c. to
$1.25. Mattings, Linoleums, Art Squares and Window Shades.
Our motto is now as it always has been, "Sell as cheap as we
can, not as dear as we might"
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