Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Worse Than the Stockades, ^fee Philadelphia Ledger denies convict labor system of the South a revival of slavery, but admita it the proportions to which the evil grown as shown in recent dis? pares are so great as to give some for describing it as the new ivery." that not an extravagant state it? Is it t?ue that the proportions Sf the evil have grown? Have the re disciosures shown anything, as ? ??ter of fact,.except that at'ono point Alabama a number of colored men tye been outrageously treated? Has ire sot been a vast impovement in treatment of convicts in the ?rn States in the last few years, has not this improvement been altogether by the white people the South upon their own initia Lbout twenty years ago the system farming ont negroes in South Caro and the horrible cruelties oc ionally practiced upon them result in a reformation of the system and practical abolition. The hardships ^Hibsed upon the negroes in Alabama, ^wiuch are now exciting so much sym? pathy throughout the country, are al? together exceptional, and the Phila? delphia Ledger ought to know this. -it outrageous as the treatment of xb ese people has been, and, however Sptrbarous the so-called peonage sys reovSn Alabama, there are hundreds of thousands of witnesses who might be Kd in from the mines and sweat shops of the North and East who would ty that compared, with the hell in ?ch they live the stockades and con camps of the South must be Here-and there, now and a strong voice speaking from the them stage or through the North will be heard condemning the >le cruelties practiced upon the iceless white women and children ?Northern States, but the clergy, capitalists, the large majority of newspapers and an army of poli economists in that section keep lr mouths shut and their tongues while the massacre of the working goes on day after day to satisfy greed of their highly Christianized jloyers. The sins of the South are enough, but by comparison they as white as wool.- News and 1er. Test for Drink Habit. Jf a score of clerks in one of the jest brokerage houses in New York ?re astounded one morning list week when, one by one, they were called into 1&eir employer's private office and ask mto hold up their feet and show the iks of their shoes. They thought 'old man" had gone quite mad. young man as he entered the ' c?ice was told to sit down and put his iocs up on a corner of the desk where ii could be examined. Then the head of the house put on his glasses and "very carefully scrutinized the shank ; of the shoe. Wheit all had been put through this examination he called the entire ?cree of clerks into bis office and explained io them why this unusual examination ptod been made *? You ure well aware, ' ' said he '4 that ? will not have a drinking man in my employ if I know it. For some time I have had good reasons for believing ifeat several of the young men before me ?ave been indulging quite too much. Now I know it. Here are the marks of the bar rail on the bottoms of your shoes." Several of the young men braced themselves against the wall and lifted "their feet as a blacksmith lifts the ; foot of a horse. Sure enough, there ^were The glazed, metalic marks on the dry leather. They were the evidences .of guilt and the young men's faces showed it. "It's unmistakable proof, '' said the head of the house. '* You can fix up your breatS' at the drug store and the barber ? can clean up your eyes and face, but you neglect the shanks of jour shoes." That afternoon three young men cleaned out their desks and gave the leys to the managing clerk.-New York Herald. .?* *' There was a time when I "thought I would rather be in hell than be a minister," said the Rev. William B. Bodice to the students of the Univer? sity of Pennsylvania last Friday, ac? cording to a report in the Philadel? phia North American. Dr. Bodine was one of the speakers at the farewell obapel service, the last routine meet? ing of the students body for the year. Preceding the sentence given above he said: i(l believe some of you are call? ed to be engineers, some to be physi? cians, some to. be lawyers, and per? haps some to be ministers. "Now, boys, don't shy at becoming minis? ters." Service was the theme of Dr. Bcdine's talk. He gave some timely illustrations and caused frequent laughter with his apt stories. . Keokuk, Iowa, June 2.-Six hun - square miles of rich farming land lg the Mississippi, south of here, is ide? Water. The Egyptian levee :? during the night in two places there are now more than twenty iks in it A strip of country ten wide and sixty miles long is under water, and the crops, which looked better, will be a total Much of the land overflowed has been flooded for thirty- three years. The loss will reach $1,000,000. Under the advice of his physicians Senator Hanna is going abroad to **take a rest." A man who has been doing the double back somesault act as Hanna has been lately needs a rest. Action that will, undoubtedly, ex ne?te considerable comment in this country, as well as in Europe, bas just been taken by the War Department. 3* consists in making a contract with the Erhardt company of Dusseldorf, fSermany, for the manufacture of fifty ??dem field guns, carriages and lim? bers for the United States army, in accordance with designs and drawings supplied by the United States ordn? ance department. The contract call for the delivery of these guns within seven months. Kew York, June 2.-Women led an attack today by striking; members of Ute Eockmen's and Excavators' Union on workmen on a new building on Avenue B during which o.ie policeman -was badly hurt and scores of the strikers and workmen were clubbed by ; tito police reserves. Knives were used l&y the rioters and the women threw : atones and brick's at the workmen and j ?. ht arrests were made> j LIFE-TERM PRISONER PARDONED, Was Sentenced to Life for Steal? ing Cotton Under an Old Law. The happiest man in South Carolina today perhaps is Cato Gadsden, form? erly a colored citizen of Beaufort county, but who since 1SS0 has been a convict in the penitentiary. He was sentenced for stealing 635 or $40 worth of cotton seed. He stole them at a time when toe law was different from what it now is, and as the crime came under the class of burglary and the house where seed were stored adjoined a dwelling, Cato got the extreme pen? alty. It turns out that generally he had been a quiet, law-abiding negro, but somehow yielded to temptation and stole. His conduct has been good in the penitentiary. Today a delega? tion came to see the governor in behalf of the negro. They gave him a good character generally, and as he had served four or five "times the * term he would have served had the crime been committed later, the governor decided to pardon him.-Columbia Record. UST HOURS OF PAUL DU GHAILLU. His Remains Will be Brought to This Country This Month. ---- The remains of Paul Belloni Du Chaillu, the African explorer and author, who died at St. Petersburg April 30, will arrive in New York about June 10, and arrangements to receive them are being perfected. Details of his last hours and death are given in a letter from W. R. Holloway, the American consul general there, to Henry R. Hoyt of this city, who was Du Chaillu's trustee under the will of Chie Justice Charles P. Daly, and who is his executor. Du Chaillu, who had been ailing and had suffered greatly, had boarded for two years at the Hotel de France, at St. Petersburg, and was breakfasting in his restaurant at 10 a. m., April 30, when two gentlemen near him saw him take up a newspaper and heard him exclaim : "I can't see. There must be some? thing the matter." In attempting to rise he exhibited signs of feebleness, and when taken to a hall outside the retaurant he stag? gered. He was aided to reach a busi? ness office and physicians were sum? moned, as well as a close personal friend, a brother of the great Russian military painter, Vassili Verestchagin. Recognizing him, Du Chaillu said: "I am dying," and was taken to his room. He had then failed so that he was unable to talk except incoher? ently. He remained in ! his condition until 6 p. m., under the care of the physi? cian, M. Verestchagin, and the M. M. Ronau.lt, sons of the proprietor of -the hotel, when the United States am? bassador, Mr. McCormick, called. Du?hiallu recognized bimas he entered the room and tried vainly to remove his right hand from under the bed clothing. While the ambassador was there the Rev. Alexander Francis, pastor of the Congregational British American church, came, and after a consultation it was decided to re? move the patient to the Alexander hospital M. Verestchaign accompani? ed him there. Death came at ll p. m. Consul Holloway took possession of the explorer's effects, and after consult? ing our ambassador, notified Assistant Secretary of State Loomis at Wash? ington, suggesting conferences as to the disposition of the remains, and received in reply the cable message : "Have the remains embalmed, placed in a vault and await instructions. " Ambassador McCormick received a cable message from New York from Charles Robinson Smith, as Du Chailin's nearest*friend, asking that the body he sent to his home, 34 West Sixty-ninth street, for burial, and another of the same character from John Anderson publisher of the Skandinavian, Chicago. Another offer of sepulture came of a conference be? tween M. ..Verestchagin and Senator P. P. Semenov, president of the Im? perial Geographical Society who offer? ed interment in the Nov?-Dievitchy cemetery, which is reserved for emi? nent literary men. This was accepted conditionally. An autopsy was performed, and aft? er the body had been embalmed Pastor Francis held service in the hospital chapel. It was attended by the Ameri? can ambassador and his staff, Consul General Holoway, about forty of the leading American residents of St. Petersburg, M. Verestchagin, and other prominent Russians. The coffin was then placed in the mortuary chapel of the British-American church to await removal to New York. -N, W. Post. Ground to Death by a Train. Camden, June 3.-Justas the south? bound through freight on the Sea? board pulled out from the passenger station in Camden today a horrible accident occurred. Mr. G. B. Allen, a flagman of the train, attempted to get .on board as the train was moving when he missed his footing and got caughc under the train, and was ter? ribly mangled and death was instantane? ous. Both legs were ground off and his body fearfully mangled. Allen was about 30 years of age. His home was in Raleigh, N. C., where his re? mains will be sent tonight. Queer North Carolina Law. Raleigh, N C., Jupe a-The six men, J. B. Piver, W. H. Rich, Gilbert Ward, John Allen, W. W. Barnes and George Whitley, imprisoned in Wilson jail and indicted for the murder of T. Percy Jones, an Arkansas insurance agent, with five others previously al? lowed bail at $1,000 each, were today granted bail in the sum of five thou? sand dollars each. Judge Brown says in his decision that the purpose shown in breaking into Jones's room was not to murder, but to drive bim from Wilson, an unlawful act. In such a case, where murder ensues, he holds that, though a conspiracy has been entered into, yet under the laws of North Carolina it is murder in the second degree, and this is bailable. Chicago holds the record as the great divorce city of this country, the number of divorces almost equalling the marriages. But Kansas City, Mo., is chasing it pretty hard. THE GAINESVILLE CYCLONE. Dead Number 125-Three Hun? dred Wounded-$600,000 Loss. Atlanta, June 4.-Mayor Parker of Gainesville todiy telegraphed The Jonrnal the following summary oT con? ditions in the storm swept city as he sees them : "The dead will number 125 by the end of the next 24 hours. Three hun? dred is a conservative estimate of the .wounded, some of whom will die. Four hundred houses are destroyed. It is estimated the homeless number 1,500. The financial loss will reach 8600,000. There is still need for more physicians." Another Wilkes Booth Yarn. St. Louis, June 2.-A special to the Globe-Democrat from Enid, Oklahoma, says Junios Brutus Booth, the actor and nephew of John Wilkes Booth, who killed President Lincoln, bas fully identified the remains of the man known as David E. George, as his uncle. George, or Booth, committed suicide here January 14 last, and in his effects was found a letter directed to K. L Bates, of Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Bates came here at once and fully identified the body as John Wilkes Booth. He then went East and has obtained positive identification of the remains from the dead man's nephew, and from Joseph Jefferson, Miss Clara Morris and a score of others who knew him in his early days. According to Mr. Bates's story, he had acted as Booth's confidential agent and attorney for nearly forty years. After Lincoln was shot Booth escaped to the Garrett plantation, in Virginia. According to Mr. Bates the man who .was killed was named Ruddy. Being warned, Both left Garrett's and was taken care of by friends in Central Kentuky. He later settled at Glenrose Mills, Texas, where he conducted a store for several years as John St. Helen._ Not Booth's Corpse. Baltimore, June 4.-In connection with the report frord Enid, Okla., that John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, died there on January 14, under the name of David George, it is declared by persons fa? miliar with the case that there is no doubt whatever that Booth's body is buried here in Green Mount cemetery. His remains were brought to this city after exhumation at Washington. When the coffin was opened here the dead actor? was recognized by persons who had known him intimately in his life time, among them members of his family. The identification was abso? lute. The body now lies buried in the Booth lot, but without any headstone or mark over the grave. CLARA MORRIS DENIES IT. New York, June 4.-Clara Morris denies the report that she recently identified the body of "George" as Lincoln's assassin. Owing to figures recently published j in regard to the pers?nnel of the monastery establishment at Mount Athos, the" Turkish government has become alarmed at the multiplication of Muscovite1 monks and their acquisi? tion of Greek monasteries in Turkish territory. The Greek minister of jus? tice has drawn the attention of the patriarch of Constantinople to the ex? traordinary concessions made to the Russians and to the change in the as? pect of Mount Athos. For example, the Convent of St. Panteleimon, which was recently ?cquired by Rusisa, has been restored to its former aspect as a fortress and is occupied by nearly 3,COO monks, whose habit barely covers the uniform of the Czar's soldiers. It has been persistently stated in Athens, as weil as in Constantinople that there are several officers of the active Rus? sian army among them. The Greek minister also points out that such con? cessions were prejudiced to the inter? ests of the Greek people. A syndicate has been formed in Amsterdam to cut that big South African diamond, which is nearly the size of a hen's egg and weighs 970 karats, nearly twice as much as the kohinoor weighed before it was cut. Two hundred thousand men idle, with a loss of S700,000 a day in wages, and $600,000,000 of capital tied up, is the result of the strike in the building trades in New York, so far. Paine's Celer Compound Cures DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, AND STOMACH TROUBLES. The tortures and evils of dyspepsia and indigestion are experienced by thousands at this time. The dyspeptic's train of evils may be enumerated as follows: feelings of dizziness, languor, nervousness, sleeplessness, headache, distension of the stomach, loss of flesh, difficult breathing, and the action of thc heart is seriously affected. All forms of dyspepsia are quickly banished by the use of Paine's Celery Compound. The -use of this marvelous medicine allays the inflammation of the nerves centred about the stomach; it opens up the sewers of the body and removes all waste matter; it cleanses the blood; it makes new nerve fibre; it restores digestive power, and promotes bodily strength and activity. Mr. Fred. Ross, Qarendon, Iowa, briefly writes al>out his happy experi? ence with Taine's Celery Compound as follows: " It gives me great pleasure to testify to the merits of Paine's Celery Compound. I can candidly and honestly say it is the best medi* cine in the world. Two years ago I was suf? fering from indigestion and nervousness, and was so run down that I could hardly walk without help. I used two bottles of Paine's Celery Compound and got latter almost from the first dose, and have had no use for medi? cine since. I was completely cured." When a hat, a good dress, or other garment is a little faded and old in fashion k need not be thrown away. Color it with DIAMOND DYES. We have a ?necial department of advice, and will answer free "any question* about dyeing. Send cample of goods when possible. Direc'-ioto book and 45 dyed samples free. DIAMOND DTES, Burlington, Vt. _ A Serious Mistake. E. C. De Witt & Co. is the name of the firm who make the genuine Witch Hazel Salve. Dewitt's is th* Witch Hazel Salve that heals without leaving a scar. It is a serious mis ake to use any other. Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve cnres blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles, burns, bruises, eczf xta and all ekin diseases. Sold by J. S. Hughson & Co. ^?-^sae8 HiNDIPO W^^J0tk RESTORES VITAUTl 'Madea iS^Sl 3 WeM Man TH E '^SS^ of Me. uREAT ynSSt - TTRENCH REMEDY produces the above result * in 30 days. Cures NervousDebility. Impotency, Varicocele, Failing Memory. Stops ali drains and Josses caused by errors of youth. It wards off In? sanity and Consumption. Young Men regain Man? hood and Old Men recover Youthful Vigor. It gives vigor and size to shrunken organs, and fits a man for business or marriage. Easily carried in the vest pocket. Price PH PTC 6Boxes$2.5C ry mail, in plain pack-3y u I ?.age, wit? TOitten guarantee. DR. JEAN 0'HARRA. Pa:iS China's Drug Store. STAR BAKERY Next door to Post Office, Liberty street, Sumter, S. C. Bread, Cakes and Pies of every description. We make as good bread as there is sold in the State and we want your patronage. We carry a full line of Fruits and choice Candies. A first class lunch room" for ladies and gentlemen with Oysters any style. Ice Cream, Milk Shakes, and Gold Drinks in season. April 8 eow2m Since the killing and mangling in that Paris automobile race they are calling the autoes "devil wagons" over there. That's not fair. It is the fel? lows who run them, not the automo? biles, who play the devil. g?? 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica? tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest acency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. /.handsomely illustrated weekly. Lnreest cir? culation of any scientific journal. Terms. $3 a year ;four months, $L Sold by all newsdealers. ~ |36tBroad?ay,|?eV|f ]f0rt T*mn<~h ofa?*. P*3 V St.. Washington. D. C ? Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examinations. THE EXAMINATIONS for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col? lege and for the admission of new stu? dents will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 10th, at y a. m. Applicants must not be less than 15 years of age. When scholarships are vacated after July 10th, they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this exami? nation. The next session will open about Sep? tember 16, 1903. For further information and a cata? logue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. May 12-July 9-law Delightful Beverage, Invigorating, Healthful, Containing the Mineral Ingredients of Glenn Springs Mineral Water. Glenn Springs Carbonated Mineral Water a delightful table water, and positive cure for dyspepsia. Gives immediate relief from indi gestion. 5 For sale by J. F. W. DeLorme, The Sumter Drug Co., A. J. China, and the Sumter Phar? macy. May 27 SPECIAL LOW WEEK END RATES From points on the Atlantic Coast Line to Seaside Resorts, tickets on sale Saturday, good returning including Monday fol? lowing, attractive schedules, un? surpassed service. SUMMER TOURIST TICKETS To Mountain and Seaside Resorts limited for return passage to Oc? tober 31st, on sale until Septem? ber 30th. For full particulars, rates, etc., call on Ticket Agents, or write, W. J. CRAIG, H. M. EMERSON, Gen. Pass. Agent, Traffic Manager, Wilmington, N. C. MACON, e&. SUMTER, S. C. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. Artope & Whitt ??., Gr. E. RICHARDSON, - - Manager. Marble and Granite Monuments, Head? stones and Iron Fencing. Large Stock Finished Work on Yard. You will find our prices much lower than you have been paying. Investigate, call or write for designs and prices. Special discount for the next thirty days. Office and works 33 E. Liberty Street, Sum? ter, S. C. Aug ll There is Nothing In which delay is so danger? ous as in Eye trouble ; when you consider that you can get along fairly well without any sense except sight, you will understand how import? ant it is to take no chances with it. Our Business is to Tell You When You Xeed Glasses. We have the proper means of finding ont DR. Z. F. HIGHSMITH, Graduate Optician, 21 S. Main street (over DeLorme's Drag Store), Sumter, S. C. Feb 4-0 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid ap Capital.$ 75,OOP 03 Surpius aDd Profits - - - - 25,000 00 Additional Liability of Stock? holders in excess of their stock. 75,000 CO Total protection to depositors, S175.00C 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Special attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 aod upwards received. Ia tere? allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per ann uta, on amounts above $5 and not exceed? ing $300, payabis quarterly, on first days o? January, April, July aid October. ?. J. CHINA, R. L.- EDMUHDS, President. Cashier GUN AND LOCKSMITH. I take pleasure in giving no? tice to my friends and the pub? lic generally, that, having re? gained my health, 1 have re? opened my shop, and am ready to do any work in the line of Guns, Locks, Sewing Machines, &e. Prices reasona? ble, work done promptly and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop removed to No. 22 West Liberty street, two doors from Osteen's Book Store. R S. BRADWELL. Tte Larpsi ad Ml Complete MWml M Geo. S, Hacker & Son. -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BONDS, Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, King: upposiie Can non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, ?3F Pnrr?ftSf cur make, wbicb we ?u?.raatt superior to any sold South, and thereby ?nive money Window and Paney Glass a Specialty Oetob*r 16 - o A PAINT SHOP kept by a practical painter of 30 years' experience, where can be got Lead and Oil mixed any color, also Ready Mixed Paints and Paints for different use, such as Floor, Roof, iron, Var? nishes. Bronze, Sandpaper, Put? ty, Gold Leaf, Dry Colors, Calso mine, etc. I want some work painting and upholstering. I will paint your house, Kalso mine or paper the walls cheap, for while at work I am very apt to find a Sofa, Rocker, or Sideboard that needs scraping and varnishing, also upholstered I have some pretty colors in Morocoline, Hair Cloth, Mohair Plush, or I may find a Car? riage or Buggy that I will paint for ten dollars and give you a set ol' harness free, or paint the buggy for five dollars and no gift ' Buggy tops $9.00, fitted on Wheels, steel tires, painted and put on ready for road, ?10.00 per sett. Shafts, paint? ed and trimmed, ?2.00. Agent for Council's Self-lu? bricating Axles. Office in Curtis Houses, No 326 South Main street. H. B. CURTIS. Thone 196. I paint signs.