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f 335 SUMTES WATCHMAN, Kitabltehed Cosolidate? Aug. 2,1881. ?_ Published Sroy "Wednesday, -Ef J>ar. Car. Osteeiij SUMTER, 3. C. ? tbsms : $1 50 per anaam?io advance. aotsbtissbskt: ? Cue Square first insertion.......$1 00 Sr?y subsequent iofertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. AH comcjonicationa which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertiements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. VEWEZULAK BEBELS DEFEATED. Forces and Their Ammunition Captured?Fight Took Place on the Camatagua River. Caracas, Feb. 3.?The government troops under Alcantara, a graduate from West Point, have defeated a force of rebels numbering 900 under the re volutionary general Ducharme, on the Camatagua river, about 50 miles south of Caracas. The i-ebels were routed,, their ammunition and 230 'prisoners were capto.reed. On receipt of the news of the victory prices on the stock exchange here jumped four points. Since the route of Gen. Matos and his army of 10,000 men by President .Castro near La Victoria October 18, > the remannts of the rebel forces have been dispersed in all directions. These scattered bodies of rebels, believing that arms and ammunition had been landed, lately reunited, and to the' number of about 2,000 under Gens. Roland and Ducharme, assembled at Altagracia, at the entrance of the Gulf of .Maracaibo and .at Arituco, a village 60 miles south of Caracas. Gen. Ducharme with 900 men ad vanced up the Camatagua river. Presi dent Castro sent a force of 1,000 troops against him under Gen. Alcantara who took the rebels by surprise and routed them after a seven hours' fight Alcantara captured 30 officers and 200- soldiers, 40,000 rounds and all the rebels' reserve ammunition and 50 ani mals. The balance of Dudharcne's army fled in the direction of Orituco. TgElKi?ls^loSTOi. JSo&seveifs Colored Appointee Put in a Room Away From Whites. Boston, Feb. 3.?" No place being available" at the federal building for the accommodation of William H. Lewis, the nergo recently appointed United, States assistant district at torney, by President Roosevelt, car penters are now bnsy remodeling the rooms allotted to the district attorney. Up to the time of Lewis' appoint ment there were three men connected with the department, and each of these men had a separate office. Witht he qualification of Lewis yesterday arose the question of where he would have his official, quarters. Each occupant of a special office said that he had no room in his own office for anotehr. In two of the offices, however, there are two desks, and only one of them is used, and there is plenty of room; be sides those who are acquainted with r the doings at the federal building say that if Lewis was a white man there would be no need of giving him a separate office, as any of the other ..attorneys in the department would manage to make room for him. Murder and Suicide. Raleigh, X. C, February 3.?A special from Winston-Salem, N. C, says: Banks Miller, a young man shot his wife tonight, and" then killed him self: Both died in*? few minutes. Miller and his wife had a dispute yes terday and decided to separate. She left her husband, taking their two children to the home of relatives. Tonight Miller called to see his wife and, after talking over their misunder standing, the wife consented to live with Her husband again. As he start ed to leave the room he asked his wife to come to the door and kiss him good-night. She complied with the request Miller immediately thereaf ter turned round and fired at her, the ball taking effect in her right breast. The husband then placed the pistol to his head and fired. When the officers arrived at the house, Miller and his wife were lying on the floor dead. There were two eye-witnesses to the tragedy* Lee S. Overman, the new Senator from North Caroilna, was 49 years old on the 3d of this month. He is a law yer of ability, a native of Salisbury, and in 1874 graduated from Trinity College, N. C. He was private secre tary to Governor Vance and has been a member of the State House of Rep resentatives five times, having been Speaker once. In 1895 he was the Democratic candidate to succeed Sena tor Vance. In 1900 he was the State Democratic Presidential elector. He is of winning personality, of com manding presence and a skilled parlia mentarian. His wife is a daughter of tue late United States Senator and Chief Justice Augustus H. Merrimon. Nearly Forfeits his Life. A runaway almost ending fatally, start ed a horrible ulcer on the leg of J B Orner, Franklin Grove, 111. For four years it de fied all doctors and all remedies. But Bucklen's Arnica Salve had no trouble to l cure him. Equally good for burns, bruises, skin eruptions and piles. 25c at J F W DeLorme's Drug Store. April, IS SO; "Be Jus SUMTEE I INCREASED INTEREST IN I SOUTHERN WATERPOWERS. Coal Scarcity Turns Renewed At tention to Great Possibilities for Power Development. The present scarcity and high price of steam-coal has again aroused inter est in the great water-power possibili j ties of the Southern States. In magnitude and convenience of location for manufacturing purposes more desirable undeveloped water pow ers are to be found in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georiga than in any equal area elsewhere in the United States. Several of these, whose devel opment is thoroughly practicable, are capable of furnishing power in greater quantity than is to - bei obtained else where, except at Niagara and at Sault Sete. Marie, and at a very low cost per unit of power developed. Many of the smaller water-powers of these States have already been devel oped and used in the operation of cot ton mills, but recently the larger pow ers, of magnitude sufficient to supply the needs of a manufacturing city, have been receiving much attention and a number of important projects looking to the^r utilization are now under way. Large developments are now in pro gress now on the Yadkin River, near Salisbury, N. C, where the plans, it is said, contemplate a final maximum development of 60,000horsepower; and on the Catawba River, near Rock Hill, S. CL, where the Catawba Electric Pow er Company has almost completed a large plant which will supply power to Rock Hill, Charlotte, and other towns within reach of its transmis sion lines; while on the Chattahoochee River in Georgia preparations are be ing made for the constrnctit?i of a great plant from which power will be transmitted to Atlanta. In addition to these localities at which construction work is already in progress, other developments of con siderable magnitude are projected on the Savannah and Coosa rivers, and one of the largest cotton mills in the Southern States will soon be fn opera tion on Smiley's Falls, on the Cape Fear River. Other smaller enterprises are being considered on the Dan River and its tributaries. On the streams to the west of the Bine Ridge developments are now being made on the French Broad River below Ashaville, N. C, and are pro jected at several points on the Little Tennessee and the lliwassee rivers in North Carolina, on the Watauga River in Tennessee and on the Holston River in Virginia. Considerable impetus has been given to the development of southern water powers by the investigations carried on for several years by the hydrograph ers of the United States Geological Survey, who have collected much data regarding run-off and discarge, which is widely used by engineers and others interested in these matters." The Government work in investigations in North and South Carolina has been under the charge of Hydrographer E. W. Myers, and that in Georgia, Al abama and Tenessee is under Hydrog rapher M. Hall. Four Bank Robbers Caught. Peoria, 111., February 4.?A special to the Journal from Cambridge, 111., says: The First National Bank here was robbed of about $10,000 at 2 o'clock this morning by fonr men and within a few hours the robbers were captured by citizens and marched to the connty jail, where they are now held pending an examination. No trace of The money has yet been discovered, but it is be lieved it will be found soon, as the robbers had practically no time for effective concealment of it. While the robbers were working in the bank snow began falling. This increased in volume and it was an easy matter for the posse to track the robbers to a barn two miles east of the city. The men were found buried beneath the straw and were taken to the jail. Anderson, February 3.?The safe in the store of the Pendleton Manufac tnring'Company, at Autun, about ten : miles from here, in this county, and near Pendleton, was blown open about 1 o'clock this morning by three rob bers, evidently professionals, and about $100 in money and stamps was taken. Wilson, N. C., Feb. 4.?Tobacco sales on the .?7ilson market have been verp large during this week, amount ing in two days to about 400,000 pounds. Prices on yesterday were very good, better in fact than at any time since the Christmas holidays. All the tobacco now in the hands of farmers will be sold during this month. There is a movement on foot among the farmers of this section to decrease the acreage of tobacco during the coming season. All have begun to realize that there is now an overproduction, and the only way to restore these prices is by cutting down the production. Mr. F. F. Herndon, private Secre tary to Hon. A. F. Lever and a prom ising youngilaywer, was in town last Saturday. He has resigned his posi tion with Hon. Lever and will associ ate himself with the law firm of Spears & Dennis and will be the partner lo cated here. We give him a warm wel come.?Bishopviile Leader. Escaped an Awful Fate. Mr. H. Haggins, of Melbourne. Fla., writes: "My doctor tcld me I had con sumption and nothing conld be done for rne. I was given up to die. The offer of a free trial bottle of Dr. King's New Dis covery for consumption, induced me to try it. Results were startling. I am now on the road to recovery and owe all to Dr. King's New Discovery. It surely saved my life." This great cure is guaranteed Jor all throat and lung diseases by J F W DeiLorme, Druggist. Price 50c and $1. Trial bottles free. 5t and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou . t. S. C WEDNESDA j THE GOOD ROADS CONVENTION. - Final Business of the Session. I Supervisors Urged to Organize County Associations in the Several Counties of the State. Columbia, Feb. 4.?The State Good I Roads association concluded its annual I convention yesterday afternoon after a ! session which occupied most of the morning. The reports from each county by the respective supervisors were continued and disposed of. A resolution advising the supervisors to form branch asociations in their own counties was adopted. An executive committee consisting of E. Mclver Williamson, Darlington: J. M. Major, Greenwood; T. F. S Seegle, Greenville; W. P. Cantwell, Charleston, and the president ex-offi cio, chairman, was appointed. This committee wa3 formed for the purpose of conferring with the legislature in regard to the passing of an act allow ing counties to vote on the question whether bonds should be voted for per manent improvements of roads, the amount of bonds to $200,000, to be used $20,000 worth at a time, until the ! whole amount is used, provided that i much is necessary. The only other business of interest transacted was that the time of meet ing was changed from the third Mon day in January to the third Wednesday in that month. The place will be Co lumbia, as usual. The convention just held has been one of the most earnest gatherings in the cause of building3 better public j highways that has been held in South Carolina, and it is thought that much good has been accomplished. The su pervisor and other delegates have indi cated to the general assembly the leg ; isation they would like to have and it is believed that the memorial will be given due consideration. LEGISLATOREN ARMS. South Carolina's Struggle in 1876 Recalled by the Conditions in Colorado. We do not deny that there is a de plorable lack of law and order and the requirements of civilization in some parts of the South; but there are others. We read in the newspapers of members of the Colorado Legisla ture sitting at their places with huge revolvers decorating their desks and. surrounded by guards prepared to resist by violence and bloodshed the attempts of a certain faction of Rpub licansT&aiming to be members of the sarne'bo% to enter the halls. The sit uation^ curiously like that in South Carolina in 1S76. Democrats and Re publicans each claimed to have a ma jority of the House, and each organ ized under its own Speaker. On a cer tain day the Democratic members marched to the State House, headed ; by Col. J. E. Orr, now the respected and staid president of one of the Tlargest cotton mills in the State, who knocked aside the door keeper and led his cohorts in. The rival bodies oc cupied the same hall, the Speakers I sitting side by side, two nights and ; three days, as we recollect. The United States troops were at the front door, and while they would not eject the Democratic claimants they refused to give permission for any of them to go out and return. Consequently, these legislators were kept locked in the chamber for the time indicated, along with their Republican opponents, ev erybody armed to the teeth, and ex pecting trouble to break loose each minute. A member from each House addressing and recognized by his own Speaker and speaking at the top of his voice was a common incident of this nerve-racking period. Reporters and others who had the right to go in and out of the chamber freely, smuggled the Winchester rifles, the barrels thrust down their trousers' legs and the butts under their waistcoats, for the Democrats, each of whom had an average of three revolvers, besides the gun wraped in his blanket or overcoat, and probably the Republicans were equally well provided. What a dramatic moment it was for the seventy-odd weary and 'red-eyed white men who had been expecting during all the hours of a long night to engage at any moment in a fight in a locked hall with their Republican and negro opponents reinforced by hun dreds of deputy sergeants at arms, when the murky and chilly dawn of the December morning was suddenly cut by the sharp, familiar rebel yell. Both factions adjourned to the windows and looked out on a line of red shirts, many of them Confederate veterans, double quieking in swift cadence up the steep Iii 11 from the special train that had brought them in. These were the ad vance guard of 0,000 of the same kind who arrived before noon?clattering in on horseback at full speed, singly and by squads, tumbling hurriedly from regular and special trains, eager to fight anything or anybody for Wade Hampton and white rule. But that was twenty-six years ago, and the fight was for a principle, and involved the very life of the State. This affair in Colorado is a mere squabble over a United States Sena torship, probably with a good deal of boodle involved in it. So far as the morality and respectability and civil ization of the transactions are concern ed, South Carolina appears to have very much the better of it.?A. B. Williams in Richmond Times. Mysterious Circumstance. One was pale and callow and the other fresh and rosy. Whence the difference ? She who is blushing with health uses Dr. King's New Life Fills to maintain it. By gently arousing the lazy organs they com pel good digestion and head off constipa tion. Try them. Only 25c, at J F VV DeL>ime, Druggist. an? aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's r. FEBRUARY. 11 1 THE CHIEF OF POLIGE IN BAMBERG KILLED. Shot Down Wednesday by Joe Davis at Latter's Home. Special to The State. Bamberg, Feb 4.?Chief cf Police J. B. King was today shot and killed by Joe Davis, at the latter's home on Factory Hill, a suburb of this town. It seems that Davis and his wife had been having a row this morning, and that Davis had been threatening her with punishment of a summary kind. She came down with the avow ed intention of having her husband placed under a peace bond. Sheriff Hunter, to whom she came, sent Chief of Police King up to try to settle theimatter. When Mr. King arrived at the house and ascended the steps, Davis, who was in the front room, it is said, called to him to stop. Mr. King continued to advance to the front door, on which he tapped. Wheth er he pushed the door open, or wheth er it was opened from the jnside, is not clear, but as the door opened Da vis, who was standing just inside, fired on the officer, using a double barrelled shot gun, loaded with small shot. King reeled from the piazza and expired a few seconds later. Davis came down town and gave himself up. As soon as the news was known a great deal of excitement pre vailed, but there is absolutely no dan ger of any hasty action. ? Mr. King was originally from Bates burg, and was for some time in busi ness in Columbia, from which place he removed to Charleston, coming from that place here to take charge of the dry goods business of J. A. Spann. He was elected to his present office on the force and took charge Jan. 1st. He was a most excellent gentleman, and leave a wife but no children. The inquest will be held at the court house tomorrow at 10 o'clock. HOBSOH WILL GET DOT. The Secretary of the Navy in Ac cepting Capt. Hobson's Resign ation will Express High Ap preciation of his Services. Washington, February 5.?Capt. Richmond P. Hobson, of the corps of naval constructors, insists on the ac ceptance of his resignation from the naval service. Secretary Moody re ceived a telegram from him today to that effect He thanked the depart xneni, io*?its indnlgenceJn the matter, but said his decision to resign was final. His telegram was in reply to one from the Secretary of the Navy, requesting the withdrawal of his re signation, and that he make a trial of the duties to which he had been as signed at the Bremerton Naval Station, as the navy did not wish to lose the services of an officer whose record had been so brilliant. Constructor Hobson is now in New York. Secretary Moody has decided, in view of Constructor Hobson's declina tion to reconsider his proffered re signtion, to accept [the same. He will take occasion to formally record the navy's high appreciation of the officer's worth. THE VICTIM OF A MEAN TRICK. New York, Februarv5.?Capt. Rich mond P. Hobson, of the United States navy, who was in the city today, said he had information from a reliable source that legislation which would have enabled him to go on the retired list had been held up in the House naval affairs committee, at Washing ton, by Congressman Bankhead. The Congressman represents* the 6th Ala bama district, in which Capt. Hobson lives, and the Captain said he believ ed, on the information which has come to him, that Mr. Bankhead's op position was due to his political inter ests. Capt. Hobson said that con struction work in the tropics, where the reflection of the sun's rays on the water is intense, had impaired his eye sight. He had been invalid from a Manila hospital after being forced by weak eyes to quit work. "The con struction work required of me," said Capt. Hobson, is just the kind which my impaired eyesight has made me unable to perform. There was nothing for me to do but to retire or resign. 1 could not go on attempting work for which I was physically disqualified. My application for retirement was ap proved by the construction bureau and by the President, and all went well until it reached the House committee on naval affairs, of which Mr. Bank head is a member. The oposition in that committee left me no other course than to resign." Washington, Feb. 3.?The navy de partment is unwilling to allow Con structor Hobson to retire from the navy, even upon resignation outright and the abandonment of the privilege of going upon the retired list. The reason for the unwillingness is the pres^fcg need of th construction corps for the services of just such young officers as Mr. Hobson, and the effort will be made to induce him to remain on duty. The constrcution corps has lost the services of four able officers during the past year and with the rapidly increasing amount of construc tion work the navy department feels that it must stop the drain. Better" Than Gold. "I was troubled for several years with chronic indigestion and nervous debility." writes F. J. Green, of Lancaster, N. H. ''No remedy helped me until I began using Electric Bitters, which did me more good than all the medicines I ever used. They have also kept my wife in excellent health for years. She says Electric Bitters are just splendid for female troubles ; that they are a grand tonic and invigorator for weak, run down women. No other medi cine can take its place in our family.'' Try them Only 50c. Satisfaction guar anteed by J F W DeLorme. and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTBRON, Established Jone. IS66 903. Sew Series?Vol. XXII. No. 28 win Fill out this blank, mail or deliver it in person to T. B. Jenkins, Jr., Sumter, S. C, and your name will be entered as a competitor in our Big Word Contest, which will close on the First day of May, 1903, the contest to be decided by the fol lowing rules : Anybody will be allowed to compete. No re strictions as to age or sex. The competitor who shall make the largest number of words from the single word ^wwitfwnf mm wwm wmm mmmg I GREYHOUNDS j shall receive as his or her prize our handsomest Drop Cabinet, Automatic Lift, Ball Bearing, NEW HOME Sewing Ma chine, which retails at 1p ^ TO.OO. In case that two or more persons have the same number of words, the one sending in his or hers first shall receive the prize. No proper names shall be. counted, and anyone using a letter not in the word, shall have their entry forfeited. You will be allowed to use the plural of a wor<J already used , for instance, making the word ground, and making again, grounds. No letter can be used twice in one word. The name of the winner will be published in all three of the weekly papers published in Sumter, with all the words given in full, and the date of delivery. Competitors are advised to keep a copy of their lists, and remember that the NEW HOME Sewing Machine is without a rival for beauty, ease of running, and durability, and is sold in Sumter only by Any other information furnished cheerfully on application. CUT TELTS OFF AT BLACK LINE. T. B. JENKINS, Jb., Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir : I wish to have my name filed as a competitor in your word contest for the handsome, Drop Head NEW HOME Machine, and agree to abide by all roles governing the contest. Name . Address Age. Name of Machine used in Family . How long in use. Yours respectfully, GAPT. HOBSON'S RESIGNATION. I SAFE ROBBERS STILL AT WORK. It is not Accepted Because the; The Second Safe Blown Open in Government is Loath to Lose ! / Anderson County in Twen so Valuable an Officer. ! . ty-four Hours. Washington, February 4.?Admiral Taylor, chief of the navigation bureau, has made the followi ng recommenda tion to the Secretary of the Navy con cerning Capt. Hobson's resignation: "The bureau is reluctant to recom mend the acceptance of this officer's resignation, believing that time should be given him to reconsider his decision and make trial of the new duties at the station to which he has been } as signed, that the Government may re tain the services of an officer whose record had been so brilliant" Secretary Moody today telegraphed this recommendation to Capt Hobson, with the statement that the depart ment approved it and transmitted it to him for his consideration. The correspondence attending the tender of the resignation was made public today. Capt. Hobson gives as a reason for his action the bad condi tion of his eyes and concludes his let ter as follows: "Upon thus severing my official con nections with the navy I beg to make the following standing and permanent request: That upon the approach of war or a similar emergency the Presi dent forward to Congress the applica tion I hereby make to be restored to the navy and asigned to active duty during the period of emergency. "In conclusion, I beg to repeat that I am completely devoted to the navy, regarding the navy's past as the most glorious of records and its future as the most important factor in the work ing out of our country's role of benefi cent world service, andfl'shall endea vor in every possible way to render service to the navy, purposing during the time of my life to accomplish the very maximum of useful service to the navy and the nation." The attitude of the construction corps to which Mr. Hobson is attach ed is disclosed in this endorsement upon the letter: "Th?.< bureau recommends accept ance, to take effect Februarv 5, 190.3. "G. T. Bowles." A Weak Stomach Causes a weak body and invites disease. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures and strength ens the stomach, and wards off and over comes disease. J B Taylor, a prominent merchant of Chriesman, Tex., says : "I could not eai because of a weak stomach. I lost all strength and run down ir weight. All that money could do was done, but all hope of recovery vanished. Hearing of some wonderful cures effected by use of Kodol, I concluded to try it. The first bottle benefitted me, and after taking four bottle? I am fully restored to my usual strength, weight and health/' J S Hugh son & Co. Anderson, February 4.?The second safe robbery in twenty-four hours in this coonty occurred about 2.30 this morning at Iva, on the Charleston and Western Carolina Eailway, about sev enteen miles below here. The store of W. P.- Cook was entered, and his safe was blown open by nitro-glycerine and about $35 in cash and a gold watch belonging to Mr. Cook's wife 'were taken. A clerk was sleeping up-stairs over the store, and was awakened by the explosion. He fired two shots at the robbers from the head of the steps, but they made their escape. The alarm was given and searching parties organized, but about this time a heavy rain fell, which made it impossible to track the robbers, two in number. The postoffice is also in this store and a lot of stamps were in the cracked safe, but none was taken. Up to 10 o'clock tonight nothing farther was heard of therobbeis. Like the ones at Autun the night previous, they disappeared. Four men were arrested here this af ternoon on suspicion of having com mitted some of the recent safe robber ies, and parties came here from Iva and Autun, but could not identify them, and they will probably be re leased in the morning. They were travelling in a wagon and claimed to be selling garden seed, and that their homes were near Asheville. Their effects were searched, but nothing was found that could connect them with the robberies. Rock Hill, February 3.?Miss Sophie, D. Whilden, a member of the faculty of the music department of Winthrop. College, died this morning at 5 o'clock from an attack of pneumonia, which first developed last Wednesday. New York, February 3.?Jack Mun roe and Tom Sharkey signed articles; today for a twenty-round contest to take place some time after four months. ?P ? 9 * * A Good Thing. German Syrup is the special prescrip tion of Dr. A. Boschee. a celebrated Ger man physician, and is acknowledged to be one of the most fortunate discoveries in medicine. It quickly cures coughs, colds and lung troubles of the severest nature, removing, as it does, the cause of the affection and leaving the parts in a strong and healthy condition. It is not an experimental medicine, but has stood the test of years, giving statisfiaction in every case, which its rapidly increasing sale every season confirms, 'lwo million bottles sold annually. Boschee's German Syrup was introduced in the United States in 1868, and is now sold in every town ? and village in the civilized world. Three doses will relieve any ordinary cough. Price 2.r> and 75 cts. China's Drug Store.