Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Mt M^tmm'w? ?mSm. 'WEDNESDAY, JANUARY ?, 1905. The Stonier Watchman was founded in and the Trite Sauthron in 1S66. The ?ra$5&r.a.ti and! Soutltron now has the oom- ? biaed circulation and influence of both of the old pap?i s, and is rhanifestly the best advertising medrara in Sumter. Owing - to the breakdown of our printing' press the Watchman and Southron is one day late, in being is? sued this week. The press has been repaired and is^in service again. While the paper is a day late it is two pages larger than usual, it being necessary to print ten pages this week to make room for the advertising and the us amount of reading matter. * * * The legislature can do a good thing the coming session. They caa pro? vide for the extension of the public school library movement so success? fully inaugurated under the Au?l law. * * * lt is stated that the Southeastern ^Tariff Association has issued a circular reducing rates in the state. A few snore reduction^ like those we have ?&ad in recent years, followed by a new .classification of risks, will make fire insurance prohibitive. Alex Sprout & Son had 300 bales of .cotton burned st Georgetown yester? day, but it was not a voluntary contri? bution toward the reduction of the j cotton supply- We will venture to pre? set, however, that not that many Steles will be contributed to the flames ?hy the cotton burning fanatics. * * * The Citadel will neither be mo?'ed ?rom Charleston to Columbia or abol? ished. Those wfcj have a memory for things political will recall the fact ??sat Senator TiUmab, when at c; $$gh tide of his partisan power, had OKS. idea that the "dude factory* should %e forthwith abolished, but he found 3hat he could not carry out his wish sand so bowed to. the inevitable with os good grace as possible. The Citadel os a permanent intstiution and also a r. ifc&ure in Charleston. > * * * Tue farmers of the south are more thoroughly aroused on the subject of j ^holding their cotton and curtailing -**next year's crop than they have been *on any question since the great and "vsmccessful fight against the cotton 7 oagging trust fifteen years ago. Then "they were united as they never were -before or since and much the same > :spbat of determination now .seems to nimare them. They have suffered r and patiently under the financial. Suppression, of - ih?> speculators and coi ton consumers with-a-hopeless sort of: r?signation? but now the spirit of com? bat has, been arocsed and is in the air. They are on their mettle and if they ^naintain their attitude the cotton speculator who undertakes to oppose, "them wis be crushed. Cotton is still ] IKSag and when the fighting spirit of ithe cotton farmers is aroused the fu? ture gamblers will; <3lo wen to stand -from nuder. * * * "The hen merchants of the "cotton l>elt can do more to curtail the produc ?on of cotton this year than all the j land-owning fanners put together, if ?they would arganize stnd pledge them ?se?ves -sot to make advances to every *5C??, - XRck. or Harry that applies to them for supplies tc make a cotton ncrop. Es?ery lien cropper must of ne? cessity snake cotton to pay his lien. "The anerchant who buys him a mule xaag wagon, or feeds him and fumish -?er ^fertilizers to make the rop, re? quires him to plant enough cotton to pay the debt, with a liberal margin over and above the profit. Cut out the irresponsible hen cropper who would 3b* better eft working for some land 'owner, ^and i3ae curtailment of the cot tton crep will be solved. Degrees Conferred. Honorary degrees were conferred "upon the following gentlemen by the South Carolina college Tuesday: ^Degree of I*. L. D. on John William "Aiercrombie, Brown Ayers, James "Wood Babcock. J. Mark Baldwin, ISheodore G. Barker, Paul B. Bar? ringer, Wa H. Brawley, Franklin Carter, James Lide Coker, E. B. Craig feead, Barnett A. Bizas, Robert B. F?l? lten* Harry Hammond, Wilbert Ross Hm, Walter H. Hill, Richard Henry Jesse, David Bancroft Johnson, Albert j?jee Fesere, Joseph Allen McCullough, P. H. Mell, Julian Mitchell, William Ger don Neville, Cyrus Northrop, F. L. Parker, Young John Pope, Edwin M. iPoteat, F. Y. Pressley, Harrison Ran? dolph, ?ohn Andrew Rice, James A. B. Scherer, James Simmons, Andrew Si edd, Henry Nelson Snyder, John Peyre Thomas, Francis P. Venable, B. Lawton Wiggins, leRoy Franklin Yonmans. Degrees of P. D. on C. L. Hughes. After a graceful response by Dr. -Cyrus Northrop, the distiuguisched president of the University of Minne ~sota, ;the benediction was impressively performed by the Rev. Thos. J. Heg ?S&rtj. Wo print ali classes of commercial ^stationery at the lowest prices, con a&test with good work. Osteen Pub SgidJiag Company. FOUR GENERATIONS. CoL Jas. D. Blanding of Sumter Has Peculiar Cause to Be a Loyal Alumnus of Carolina. It is a matter of great regret to many friends that Col. James D. Blanding, of Sumter, carnot attend the centennial. His health has been feeble for a couple of years, and he is in his 84th year. It will be remem? bered that at the celebration of the centennial of the passage of the act in Charleston he delivered by request his reminiscences of the services of the South Carolina college alumni in the Mexican war and'subsequently such of them as were in the Civil war. He is the oldest alumnus living of the college, except possibly two, being of the class of '4L The other two are S. S. Tompkins of the class of '40 and Seibeis of the class of '37. He has been probably directly or indirectly connected with the South Carolina college in different positions and rela? tions longer and in \ more ways than any other student of the college. His grandfather, Chancellor DeSaussure, was the mover of the b?l to create the college in the house of representa- j fives in 1802, and he and Gov. Rut ledge were called the "Fathers of the College. 1 most interesting account j of this is to be found-in Judge O'Neal's j "Bench and Bar." Chancellor DeSaus- j sure was a trustee of the college from i its organization until his death in 1839. CoL Abram Blanding, father of Col. Jas. D. ^landing, was trustee before 1820 and also after 1830 on the reor? ganization of the college.' He, together with his classmate, David R. Williams; suggested the appointment of Jonath? an Maxcy and urged his acceptance of the first presidency of the college. They had both graduated under him whoa president of Brown university. An uncle of James D. Blanding, Mr. Wm. F. DeSaussure, was for many I years chairman of the executive com? mittee of the board of trustees. Of his four brothers, three were graduates of the college. His oldest brother. Wm. Blanding, was the first honor man of the class of '36, vale? dictory orator of the Eupradian so? ciety and after, graduation was tutor of mathematics for two years. An? other brother, Henry W. Blanding, graduated in the class of '48 with one of the appointments. The youngest brother, Louis Sep Blanding, was the second honor laan, James P. Adams being the first, of the class of '48. James D. Blanding entered the coir lege in 1837, and after a four years' course graduated in the class of '41, which: was one of the,largest in the ! history" of the college and furnished ! many'distinguished men to the .state, having nine in the membership'?f the house of representatives at the same, time in the early ?O's. He took the eighth'" or ninth appointment, but sick? ness prevented his speaking at grad? uation and he received his diploma speciaii gratia. In 1845 he was elected secretary of the board of trustees and served in this capacity till 1853,, and then- made out the catalogue of all persons who had ever been connected with, the college from its organization and this is to.be found in au appendix to LaBorde's history bf the South Car? olina college. While a member of the legislature--1853-59-he was active as a member of the committee on "Colleges and Education," which had supervision of the affairs of the col? lege, in connection with the state leg? islature. 'Upon the redemption of the state from Republican misrule in 1876 and when the collegs had been rescued from their grasp, he was madeone of the trustees of the university, so called by the Republicans. Of this institu? tion the Agricultural and Mechanical college was a part. This was carried on a couple of years under President Porcher Miles, when the board rees? tablished the South Carolina college upon its old "basis, and he continued a member of th? board of trustees thereof till the reforms of 1892. After the re-establishment of the college his two youngest sons took courses there? in, and one of them, Mr. D. M. Bland? ing, represents at the centennial the four generations who have been so j pleasantly remembered and intimately connected with the college.-The State A WHOLESALE PRODUCE HOUSE. Another Enterprise for Sumter to Be Started in the Near Future. The next new enterprise for the city of Sumter is to be a wholesale fruit and produce company. The new com? pany will occupy a two-story brick warehouse, a contract for the erection has been let by H. D. & J. K. Cross well on one of their lots near the At? lantic Coast Line and Southern depots. The new company, it is stated, will be composed of men of capital both in and out of Sumter and the promoters are well acquainted with this line of business. Let the good work continue. That's what we need-more new enterprises. Each adds that much to the city's wealth; helps to keep our money at home among our people and to pull outside trade in this direction. Sumter is, indeed, getting to be a distributing centre. The low price of cotton is having its effect upon the sale of fertilizers, horses, mules and red wheel buggies. MURDER IN SIATEBURB. WOMAN KILLS ONE MAN AND WOUNDS ANOTHER. Tonie Williams Cuts the Throat of Essex Richardson and Stabs Rich? ard Jennings Seriously. There was an unusual and vicious murder committed in the Stateburg neighborhood Saturday night. The manslayer was a negro woman about 26 years old, Tunie Williams by name and her victims was Essex Richard? son, a negro boy some 18 or 19 years old. The detailed story of the difficulty has not yet reached this city, but the bare facts are that the Williams wo? man stabbed Richardson in the neck, severing the large artery and he bled to death within a few moments. Richard Jennings, a bystander, at? tempted to seize the woman, but she turned on him with the fury of an ! ecraged tigress and inflicted an ugly and serious stab wound in the shoul? der. The woman then left the scene of her crime and up to this morning had not been captured. Jennings wastaken to Wedgefield Saturday night where his wound was dressed. His wound is regarded as se? rious but not necessarily fatal. . Sheriff Epperson was called on Monday of the murder by Magistrate Reese, of Wedgefield, and Deputy Sheriff Gaillard left at once for State burg to asccertain what steps can be taken to effect the capture of the murderess. More Details of the Atrocious Crime Committed by Two Women Sun? day Afternoon. Charles Kieth was arrested Mon? day as an accessory to the murder of Essex Richardson in the Statesburg neighborhood, and wa:; lodged in jail that night. It is stated that he was present when the murder was com? mitted and that while he did not act ually participate in the attack on Richardson he aided and abetted the escape of Tunie Williams. .After the killing he rifled th pockets of the dead negro, taking therefrom $2.50 in money. The latest account of the crime makes it appear to have been a more Atroccious affiair than at first reportedv Tunie Williams was assisted in the murder of Richardson by Josephine Robinson, who held his hands while the Williams woman cut his throat." .When Richard Jennings ran up to interfere both, women attacked ? hjrn^ and he was lucky to, ?scape;^ith^?.; severe wound in the shoulders: <4 , Augustus Green, a negro man Wh6. is said to have been an accessory, ac-, companied the two women: in their flight immediately after the killing. They went into the Wateree river, swamp, but lt. is thought by some peo? ple that they did not remain there in hiding hut made their way to the Camden junction or a station- on the other side of the-river and then took the train for Columbia, Tho sheriff of Richland county has been been noti? fied to witch for them, and in tho meanwhile every effort will bte made by the officers of this county to locate them. HR m'sBflOHSTOW lT HOSTILITIES RESUMED ALONG THE FAMOUS DITCH. No One Killed But Combatants Are Resting on Their Arms Ready for the Fray. The war has brokeout in Grooms town again and from latest advices by grape vine telegraph it is evident that the warriors are arrayed in warLike attire and are ready for the fray. There have been several encounters, to plaigerize the phraseology of a well known advocate, on the famous Groomstown frontier within the past few days and a sanguinary skirmish with No. 8 bird shot as the ammuni? tion may ensue at any time. Magistrate Horace Harby, Jr., has been appealed to to arbitrate the af? fair and he has issued warrants and bound over the belligerents for trial at the next term of court on the charge of malicious trespass, but there may be more exciting developments before court convenes in April. Expense of Delegates. At a meeting of the cotton growers of Sumter county on January 2, 1905, last the collection taken to defray the expenses of two delegates chosen to represent the county at the Cotton Growers' convention to meet at New Orleans on January 24 to 16 inst., was insufficient. It is too much to expect the delegates to bear the greater part of their own expenses. All who feel an interest in the matter are requested to hand in a subscription to either of the undersigned as early as possible. A. B. Stuckey, Chairman of meeting. Peter M. Pitts, Sec. of the meeting. A re?. Tar communication of Clare mont I ' ^e. No. 64 A. F. M.. will be held at the Masonic Temple at 8 o'clock tomorrow, Thursday night. The M. M. degree will be conferred. Visiting Masons are welcome. LOST BOTH Ft ET. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT SUMTER JUNCTION SATURDAY. I Sam Robinson Attempted to Board, a Moving Train With Distastrous Results. Sam Robinson, colored, attempted to board a moving train at Sumter Junction Saturday afternoon and was thrown under the wheels, which pass? ed over both feet crushing them in a horrible manner. He was brought to this city Saturday night and placeed under the care of Dr. J. A. Mood, the Southern Railway surgeon for this district. When he arrived he was suf? fering from shock and was in such a precarious condition that nothing could be done for him save to give his wounds a temporary dressing. Sunday morning he had revived sufficiently for an operation to be performed, and both legs were amputated below the knees. He stood the operation well and it is thought he will recover. The acceunt of the accident is that he was waiting at Sumter Junction for the train and as it approached the station he thought it was not going to stop so he rushed out beside the track and as it passed him he made an effort get aboard. ATTENTION, VETERAN'S. Crosses of Honor to Be Awarded Again. Crosses of honor will again be given ito veterans on Lee's birthday, January 19th. They will be bestowed at a meeting of Dick Anderson Chapter, U. D. C., to be held at the residence of Mrs. Altamont Moses, 14 South Washington street, at 12 o'clock. The following veterans whose appli? cations have been filed, are requested to be present to receive their crosses: Belk, Sumter, Company G., Hamp? ton Legion, Volunteers, C. S. A. Brown, S. J., sergeant DePass' bat? tery of light artillery, C. S. A Brown, Wm. R., Company E, Sev? enth battalion S. C. volunteers, C. S. A. Compton, J. C., Company F, regi? ment, S. C. regulars, C. S.A.. Cummings, T. J., Company L Ninth S. C. cavalry, C. S. A. Fraser, 'S: R., Company K, Twenty third regiment S. C. volunteers, C. S. A Garrett, T. H., company H, fifth regiment S. C. volunteers, C. S. A. . Hodge, J. M., Company K, Sixth r?g? iment S. C. volunteers, C. S. A." Hodge/Wm. M.,'Company G,- Pal? metto battalion artillery, S. C.' volun? teers, C. S. A. ?r: Pfc^khey, H. L., Company E, third regiment .volunteers,. C. S. A . r Popser/George H., company C, first -regiment volunteers, C. S. A. /Sanders, Owen, company B, fifths battalion volunteers, C S. A? ' Smith, G. W., company D., twelfth ?regiment S. C. volunteers, C. S: A. CONCERNING AN OX. An Interesting Case Tried in the Mag* istrate's Court. The case of Wesley McDaniel vs. W. B. Boyle, claim and delivery suit to recover possession of personal proper? ty, was heard before Magistrate H. Harby, Jr., at noon yesterday. Wiley McDaniel, the plaintiff's son, stole an ox from his father brought it to the city; disposed of it to Mr. Boyle for ! $17.00 and then departed for regions unknown. The defendant's defense was that the father and son had con? spired with the intent to defraud the defendant out of the purhase price of the ox. After hearing all of the tes? timony. Magistrate Harby decreed that the plaintiff was entitled to the pos? session ofthe ox, the evidence being insufficient to support the defendant's claim of collusion on the part of the plaintiff and his son, and it was so or? dered. ELKS SEEK NEW HOME. Their Club House Having Been Sold They Will Move at an Early Day. At a meeting of Lodge No. 855, B. P. O. E., last week, it was decided to view of the fact that the home of the lodge had been disposed of by the Elks' Home Company to Mr. J. E. Whilden, to obtain better quarters, most probably the second floor of the building occupied by the Sumter Sav? ings Bank, the Western Union Tele? graph office and the Sumter Insur? ance agencies. These ' rooms will be handsomely fitted up for this purpose. The resignation of Mr. H. Harby, Jr. which was tendered some months ago, and which has been on the table ever since with the hope of his reconsid? ering the matter, was finally accepted last night and Dr. W. L. McCutchen was elected to that position. KILLED BY A TARGET SHOOTER. A Winchester Bullet Killed W. C. Tray wick at Cheraw. Cheraw, Jan. 10.-At the coroner's inquest held Saturday night, it was ascertained that Mr. W. C. Traywick met his death Saturday afternoon from a bullet shot from a .22 Winches? ter rifle at distance of 175 yards. Some young men were doing some target shooting near the Atlantic Coast Line depot and did not see Mr. Traywick in the distance, due to the obstruction of some bushes. The bullet entered nearthe neck, glanced downward through the lungs and on the liver. Medical attention was immediately summoned but he lived only a few minutes after the ac? cident. CRUM LANDS AT LAST. Senate Has Confirmed His Nomination for Collector of Port of Charleston. Washington, Jan. 6.-The nomina? tion of W. D. Crum, a negro, to be collector of the port of Charleston, S. C., was confirmed by the senate in ex? ecutive session today by a vote of 33 to 17. Crum has been nominated by the president three times and iin -addi? tion to these nominations has received three recess appointments, and is now serving under the last of these. Con? firmation was opposed by Senator Till man, who objected to the appointment of a negro. Senator Tillman made a speech de? voted almost entirely to '.ie question of the constitutional right of the presi? dent to make a recess appointment when no actual recess had occurred, the senate having adjourned one ses? sion and began another at noon of the same day. He introduced at the last session of congress a resolution on the subject of constructive recesses, which was referred to the committee on the judiciary. Senator Platt of Con? necticut, chairman of that committee, said the resolution had been referred to a sub-committee and that he ex? pected a report would be made later. The race issues played a very insig? nificant part in the debate, which was participated in by fully a dozen sena? tors. When Crum receives his commission he will be entitled to receive the salary which has accumulated since his first appointment. The cash receipts of the eil and treasurer were 2? per ceil er last month than for Dcemb?l which was the record month receipts in the history of the city." ALL THE EARLY. VARIETIES cabbage plants, namely: Extra Eai Charleston Wakefield, Large T3 Charleston Wakefield, Early Au* ta Trucker, Henderson's Succession," Thornton's Extra Early Flat Dutch, Eclipse Extra Early Beets. For sale by W. C. Towles at Burns' Kard? ware Co. Jan ll-2t iNSUBANGE VALUE OF IKE EYES. The accident insurance policy that yields $5,000 in case of death provides an idemnlty of $2,500 for the loss of both eyes. This means that a blind man is practically half dead. Guard your eyes with due care. If anything* is the matter with them that glasses will remedy, consult Dr. Z. F. Highsmith, Scientific Optician, Sumter, C. C. GLASSES FURNISHED WHICH ABE FITTED AND MADE FOR YOUR EYES. February 1st, 1905, fe the time that I have set to move to Asheville, N. C., and I would like to have you taie not of my address as I will ne able to supply you with, duplicate glasses and repairs just as well as if I were in your neighborhood. I have a record of all prescriptions and can duplicate any lens by seeing the broken pieces or referring to the original prescrip? tion. Mail orders solicited. _ Plantation Supplies What a pity we cannot eat cotton, for it seems to bef the cheapest staple product in the world to-day, but! we cannot dispose of it in that manner, and while itt continues to decline, we must live and buy otherj staples at a high price to make more. As usual at this season of year, our warehouses are stocked with e from the leading packers and manufacturers of the country. We have actually in stock and in transit 500 barrels of Hour. 40,000 pounds of Bacon. 10,000 pounds; of Tobacco. 100 barrels of Sugar. 50 bags of Coffee. 30 barrels of New Orleans Molasses. 26 barrels of Georgia Syrup. 300 sacks of Bice. 500 sacks of Grits. 300 sacks of Meal. 10,000 pounds of Lard. NOT YET FOUND. We have yet to find the customer who has not pronounced Millbourne Flour The Finest ^read and Biscuit flaker he has ever tried. ARE YOU PLEASED WITH YOURS? O'Donnell & Company CABBAGE PLANTS. ?I have for sale Succession, Wakefield and Early Sprinj Cabbage Plants, grown in open air on sea coast from seeds bought from the best and most reliable Seedmen in the United States ? at the following prices F. 0. B. - - - i Lois 1,000 to 5,000 $1.50 Per M. f * Lots 5,000 to 10,000 $1.25 Per M. ? Lots Over IG,000 Special Prices on APPLICATION. [ SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO DEALERS. JAny information as to' the cultivation of Cabbage will' > be cheerfully given on application. 2 I S. J. RUMPH, Adams Run, S. C. |