Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Citt SSattferait nr?t Sontkon. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1903. Tbe Svmter Watcfiman was tounded io 185? and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani festly the best advertisicg medium in S amter. The Germans are clearly averse to a peacesble. settlement with 1 Venezuela and are forcing war upon that country just at a time when a settlement was in sight. If Koosevelt was not 30 busy tryiag to oaptu? the negro votes in the. next Republican convention, he might findtime to -write a Venezuela message along the line of Cleveland's massage that- forced England to halt in fc^r aggressions on Venezuela. The people of Charleston have the motalisu^port of the entire .State in their fight against the appointment of - Gram as^Ccdlector of tire Port, and it is to be hoped that the Senate can be brought to? dee that to confirm this .foolish appointment of the President would be unwise, and a needless irrita tion of-tue people of South Carolina. Tlie gift of public office as a compen sation for- political support is is immo ral and as culpable as the grossest form of downright bribery, and we cannot understand bow a man who has made as many professions of. personal and official/purity and honesty as has Theo dore Boeseveit can reconcile the policy he is pursiung with his professions. If he and his supporters see fit to buy votes in tbe Kepulbican Convention, be the votes negre or white, it is no' concern of ours, so long as he confines his operations to the North and uses money as the purchase price; but when he enters the South and buys support by appointing objectionable men to important .offices it is our concern and the strongest sort of protest is in order. We fear, however, that it is too much to expect of the Senate. that the Republican majority will antago nize the President and turn down an appointment that he has made an*issue and that has overshadowed matters- of Teal importance in cabinet meetings and in the public prints. Gov. Heyward begins his adminis tration with the best wishes and loyal support of a great majortiy of thai citi zens of South Carolina, and the few who would actively antagonize his policies, to the end that he should fail in his efforts to make good the prom ises contained in his inaugural address, are so lacking in influence and weigh I that their endeavors are sure to be futile. i ?? It seemed to us that the depths of infamy had been reached when Jim Tillman assassinated N. G. Gonzales, but we are unwillingly forced to ad mit, if our information be correct, that there are even worse men in South Carolina than Jim Tillman. And these are the men who sent tele grams to Jim Tillman congratulating , him, immediately upon hearing the news of the assassination. They re joiced in tbe death a man whom they hated, but feared to meet face to face. Society ia i n a sad condition when men who make pretensions to respectability congratulate a cowardly assassin. Nothing shows the change in senti ment in South Carolina since the elec tion of John L. M. Irby to supplant Gen. Hampton in the United States Senate so well as the honors paid Hampton's memory by the General Assembly yesterday. A few years ago the mere suggestion that Wade Hamp ton was worthy of honor would have raised a storm of protest. We are glad to see the day that the General Assembly of South Carolina is proud to do honor to Wade Hampton's mem ory with M. C. Butler as the spokes man. Gov. Hey ward informed the Netv York American Friday that he was too busy attending to his duties to prepare an interview giving his views on the Venezuelan situation. It is an unusul type of public man that will 06 neglect official duties to obtain yel ow journalism advertising that will bring his name prominently before the country. Colombia made a fine bargain with the United States. Ten million in gold, cash, and a quarter of a million dollars annually in perpetuity is a big price for a six mile strip of fever-infest ed swamp land. This is probably the biggest deal in real estate ever made in America. Some people may not now fully appreciate the value of Gov. Hey wards suggestion that steps be taken to preserve the forests of the South, but all who are living ten years hence will have reason to know and feel tbe evils that foilow the indiscrimi nate and ruthless destruction of the forests of the State that is now in progress. If the destroying hand of the saw mill man is not stayed at once, and steps taken to repair the ravages of the pass few years, there will not be left in the State sufficient timber to supply the home demand for lumber. Wood will be too scarce and c <stly to be used for fuel and the open fire will be a tradition of the good old days. ! - The earthquake shock last night brought unpleasant recollections to Charleston and vicinity. The great earthquake of 1886 was preceeded a few days by a shock similar to that o last night. The introduction of tobacco culture in Richland County, along the Atlantic Coast Line, is another argument for the establishment of a tobacco market in Sumter. A warehouse in this city would be the nearest tobacco market to the tobacco planters of Richalnd County and would naturally, other things being equal, stand the bset chance of securing their patron age. Is it too late to build a ware house and establish a market for this year's crop? The great work that N. G. Gonzales did in his life time to render < lynch i law odious in South Carolina is the guarantee of Jim Tillman safety until he- shall come before the courts for an orderly trial. The Senate committee has very properly made an unfavorable report on Senator Ragsdale's bill to require the railroads ta provide free transpor tation for State and county, officials. It. is a good brll to kill out of hand. Why should the railroads be forced to provide transportation for public offi cials, unless the merchants of the State I be required to provide them with food I and raimentr Anonymous communications will not be printed in this paper under any circumstances. Very frequently en tirely unobjectionble articles of more or less news value are thrown into the waste basket for no reason save that the writer neglected to sign his or her name. This fate befell a letter from Magnolia today, and our modest cor respondent is hereby informed why her atricle does not appear in print. ANOTHER RAILROAD SLAUGHTER Local Train Out of New York Wrecked by Express. TWENTY-FOUR PERSONS KILLED. "Royal Blue Flyer" Crashed Into Rear of Local Jraih. The Wreck Took Fire and Many of the Wounded Were Roasted to Death. New York, Jan. 27.?One of the most appalling railroad wrecks that has occurred in the^ vicinity of New York for many years, the estimated loss of life ranging as high as thirty persons, took place tonight at Grace land on the Central railway of New Jersey near Westfield, N. J., when the Royal Blue Line Express ploughed at top speed into the rear end of a local train. At 1.40 o'clock this morning it was known that there are twenty-fourdead. Sixteen charred bodies have now been taken out. Eight dead were either recovered before the fire or died after being taken out of the wreck. Immediately after the crash three of the shattered cars of the local train took fire, rendering impossible the rescue of many of the wounded, who were pinned fast in the wreck. Many bodies are believed to have been con sumed. On board the Flyer all the passengers, although badly shaken up, escaped un injured except for trifling bruises. Local Weather Report. For 24 hours ending9 a. m., January 28, 1903: Temperature: Maximum, 55; Mini mum, 44; Mean, 49.1. Precipitation; 0.22 inches. Character of day, Cloudy, with light rains. Direction of wind, S. W. Forecast issued from Washington D. C, for South Carolina: Rain Wednesday. Warmer in the interior. Weather conditions: General and in places heavy rains prevail over the Cotton Belt, with thunderstorms in the lower Mississippi Valley, eastern Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. In the Missouri Valley it is snowing. It is warmer in the lake regions and New England and colder in the uppjer Mis souri Valley while nearly stationary temperatures prevail in all other sec tions. The highest temperature was 80 at Key West, the lowest 2 at Bismark, N. D. F. Prescott-Bullock. Local Observer, U. S. Weather Bureau. Waterloo, Neb., Jan. 27.?Four men robbed the Citizens' Bank of Waterloo early today and escaped with 83,500 in cash, after exchanging shots with citizens attracted to the scene by%the explosion. Washington, Jan. 27.?Senator Pen rose today introduced a bill in the senate authorizing the purchase of the farm at Appomattox on which the sur render of Gen. Lee took place. LEGISLATURE IK DEADLOCK. G. 4. Woods, of Marion, Leads for Associate Justice. UMMER IS ELECTED SENATOR. Senate Will Pass The Child Labor Bill. LONG DEBATE ON SEED COTTON TRAFFIC? THE HOUSE KILLS THE TEACHERS' CERTIFICATE BILL. Columbia, Jan. 27.?The General As sembly is in a deadlock over the elec tion of an associate justice to succeed Y. J. Pope, recently made chief justice. Three ballots have been taken; Mr. C. A. Woods of Marion is leading with 72 votes, just six short of elec tion. While this is very close, his gains on the three ballots have been but very slight. On the first ballot the result was: C. A. Woods of Marion, 63: W. B. Gruerb of Colleton, 19; Robert Aid rich of Barnwell, 30; J. L. Tribble of And erson, 20; J. F. J. Caldwell of Green wood, 12; J. F. Izlar of Orangeburg, 7. The Charleston delegation voted as follows: Von Kolnitz and Carey, for - Aldrich; Baker, for Izlar; ^Herbert, for Gruber, and Messrs. Whaley Sink ler, Seabrook, Lofton and Logan for Woods. ? On the first ballot there were 154 votes; necessary to a choice, 78. Mr. Woods needed 14 votes to have a majority of the whole. On the second ballot Mr. Woods gained 5 votes and Senator Aldrich 10. Mr. Tribble and Mr. Gruber each lost 3 votes. The same total was recorded at 2.25, when the House proceeded to a third ballot. The joint assembly receded from business at 3 o'clock, no election re sulting. It will meet again tomorrow at noon and resume balloting for as sociate justice. 4?he Senate and the House today separately balloted for United States Senator. A. C. Latimer of Anderson received the entire vote. The election was a mere formal balloting. The House killed Mr. Wade's bill providing^for office of commissioner of agriculture. Mr. Kibler's bill to have all public school teachers examined periodically irrespective of college diplomas was also killed. WORK OF THE SENATE. Columbia,* Jan. 27.?The Senate held its first session last night and transacted only routine business. The Marshall's [child labor and the compulsory education bills are made special orders for Wednesday. Those who have carefuUy polled the vote of v the Senate assert that the child labor bill will pass with about six majority. Its opponents have about decided to make no special fight in the upper house The compulsory education bill will also probably pass. Nearly the entire time of the Senate was taken today in defeating the bill to regulate the traffic in seed cotton and unpacked lint cotton. The bill is intended to apply to the whole State and places the license at S300. No unpacked lint cotton can be bought between the 15th of August and the 20th of December without a license. An effort was made to exempt Hamp ton and Florence counties, but both were voted down. The matter was finally submitted to the judiciary committee to report whteher or not amendment to exempt certain counties , from the operations of the bill can be classed as special legislation. The bill had formerly been referred the com mittee on agriculture. Mr. Lofton's bill granting to the national government the titles of 'the State to certain lands in Charleston County for improving the inland waterways between Charleston harbor and a point opposite McClellanville . passed its third reading. Hon. Asbury Coward Latimer of Anderson received the unanimous vote of the Senate for United States Senator. A few minor bills were introduced, including one to provide for a State bacteroriologist. Mr. Moses: To change and designate certain townships in Sumter County and to provide for changing the re gistration certificates. Mr. Clifton : To amend the Code in reference to demurrers. -??^mam- ? ? ? ??? ? ? PISGAH NEWS NOTES. Pisgah, Jan. 27.?Those farmers who planted oats early last fall feel that their crops ate safe. Of late years winter comes after the Christ mas, but where the oats have good roots they are safe. Hands are in demand here. Wild cat credit has made the negroes feel so rich that they sec no necessity to work. Next fall will show tho wis dom of it all. .The continued cutting down of the forests will soon exhaust the supply, you have no idea how many saw mills < re at work unless you travel about. The object seems to be to cut every tree in the country irrespective of future wants. A long time is ahead of us, and old trees cannot be grown at once. Soon our people will have to buy what they now have in abundance to last for generations if taken care of, for the world is not coming to an end just yet, but destruction seems to be the order of the day. It is amusing to read some of the de cisions of the Supreme Court, when it cannot go behind the legislature in some cases, while in others it can, and tears the acts all to pieces. Some of the acts it went behind was the dispenasry law, the pensions for the ;iold soldiers" and the jury law last year. Marriages still continue, Mr. Wil liam Gaylard and Miss Celia Burgess, daughter cf Mr. Paul Burgess were married on the 18th inst., by Rev. Mr. Kenney at his home. Those who read the severe arraign ment of Gov. Tillman last year by the State, expected sooner or later, he would call Mr. Gonzales, the editor of the State to an account. At Gaffney he said his hands were tied as a pub lic official and he could not resent an insult as offered him by one Camp. So the months went by and the public looked upon it as a closed political in cident, or he would not notice it by a dignified silence: but a few days be fore his term of office expired, just from presiding over the Senate, heavily armed, in violation of the law h6 swore to uphold, and in the presence of two milk and water witnesses shoots to kill his political enemy. Shades of night, whither are we drifting? Surely this man must have some just excuse for his act or else his brain is diseased and he not responsible for what he did. The South has few such cases. Dawson, the able editor of the News and Courier was mur dered by McDow because Dawson told him not to interfere with his servant. Tillman's act is first cousin to the political murder in secret of Gov. Goebel of Kentucky by W. S. Taylor, and his crowd, who is now hiding behind the republican Gov. of Indi anna, a fugitive from justice. This was one of the most diabolical mur ders, ever done on Kentucky's dark and bloody soil, and the last man con nected with it, should be run to his doom. An editor as a sentinel upon the watch tower for the public good, can best serve his cause by leaving out personalities. There is no doubt but what Gonzales went too far with Tillman, and as a result he is in his grave. He'should have left Tillman's private life alone. No man wants his private acts held up to view even if he is guilty, and will resent it. Mr. Gonzales may have thought he was right in his course towards Tillman, others think not, because he should have discussed his public and not his private life. This is a republican form of government. No man is high er.than another, and all are sovereign and independent. An editor that deals in personalities weakens his case. Mr. Gonzales was an able man, and did much for his State. * As an editor he was on the extreme in a good many things, and differed widely from st|me of the best men of the State, but in the shadow of death, all these things pass away,- and the writer of this expresses his profound sorrow at his death. J. E. DuPre. Unfavorably Reported. Columbia, Jan. 2S.?At the meeting of the committee or ways and means of the house last evening both the bills providing for appropiations for the South Carolina exhibit at the St. Louis world's fair were taken up and considered. The committee decided to report both unfavorable. To Mark Confederate Graves. Washington, Jan. 27.?The house comittee on military affairs today offered a favorable report upon the Foraker bill to appopriate 8200,000 to mark the graves of Confederate sol diers and sailors who died in north ern prisoners. Word Contest. Applications are coming in thick and fast for entries in the great word con test being conducted by T. B. Jen kins for a handsome New Home machine, and applicants are requested make their lists neatly and plainly, numbering every word, and avoid mis takes. There will be considerable work in awarding the handsome prize, and it is for the good of all concerned 'that the above advice is given. For the next thirty daysw e will sell our very best brand of New Home oil for five cents per bottle. It will make your machine run smoothly, stop your door from crying, stop your gun from rusting. If you do not feel in clined to make the investment in the oil come to see us anyhow, and we will give you a nice New Home calen der free. We want to make your'ac quaintance, whether you are in the market or not. T. 15. JENKINS, JR. Masonic Temple, Sumter. Jan. 28. TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. 1 WILL HOLD in the Court House, Sumter, S. C, on Friday, the 20th day of February, at 9 a. m., examina- ! tions for teachers' certificates. All : persons wishing to stand the examina tion will please be on hand. B. D. WILSON, County Superintendent. Jan. 2S-3t. We have just received our fir?t shipment of the GENUINE RED BLISS TRIUMPH SEED POTATOES You know from previ ous experience what the character of this stock is. We buy them direct from the producers in Maine, and in getting your seed from us you are sure to get the genuine article. O DONNELL & CO. A most desirable early spring Fabric?most ex cellent for children's school dresses, ladies9 waists and suits, men's shirts, boys9 shirt waists. Very Special Price: even Cents % Examine this lot of mer chandise. Undoubtedly the best value ever offer ed* J. RYTTENBERG & SONS. Did vou set in on the 5c Percales ?