The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 25, 1905, Image 8
GRAHAM SAVED PRISONER.
Gallast Conduct of Williamsburg's
5 Sheriff.
Kingstree, October 16.-As the re?
sult of the investigation held Saturday
and Saturday night into the circum?
stances of the murder of Mr.. Julian'
Wilson, Sheriff Graham early Sunday
moraine lodged four negroes in jail.
^Arthur Williams is charged with the
murder and the other three are held
on auspici?la of knowing all about it.
seuraa aq? ef the three other negroes
are Miller Harrison, Robt. Scott and
eakins Burgess.
As foreshadowed in my message of
last night, a lynching was averted by
the breadrh of a hair.
Mr. Wilson was a man not only
> greatly respected, but mach beloved.
The sews of bis death in all its gr ce?
s?me details spread like wild-Sre
through the county? and all during
the day and np to the commencement
of the inquest groups of men were
constantly arriving, silent, stern, and
armed.
There was plenty of whiskey in the
crowd, which by the time dakness fell j
numbed at least a hundred, and the j
restlessness whirh was in evidence ail !
- day became move and more pononncsd
as the investigation.proceeded.
This resteissness of the crowd tork \
definite shape when Arthur Williaams*j
the accused man, gave his evidence,
it was testified by witnesses that?
Mr. Wilsr.n had, some time previous.
'! ordered Williams out of his office, and j
1 that. Williams had made threats
against bim. On searching his house
a new pair vpf trousers was found and
identified' as .coming from Cooper's
store. On this coming to the knowl?
edge of the crowd they seized the
negro and attempted to take him by
force from, the sheriff.
A score or more of cool headed men,
-including some cf the coroner's jury,, j
promptly came tc th? aid of the sheriff
and a'struggle ensued for the posses?
sion of the negro. Pistols were drawn
and had it not been that the. would-be
iynchers feared to shoot some of
their own friends, of those who were
aiding the sheriff, and who were pack
That you want LION <
being a square man, will
thing else. You may no
What About fte Unite
of housekeepers "who ha
for over a quarter <
Is there any stronger $
Lion-head on
Save these Lion-heads
SOLO BY GROCE1
FARMS F
.
List 149. Tract 73 ?cres 1 mile N. E. of Ci
ruder cultivation. Drainage fat
List 148. Tract 577 acres; 300 cleared. Bu
ro&i 7 miles from Sumter and 3
List 147. Tract 17 . acres, 60 cleared, 4 oii
ton read's. Frico $ 0 per acre.
List 145. Tract 265 acres on Moses ioa; 3
mg*. Price $30? j?
List 164. Tract 256 acres within half mil*?
vation. Buildings insured for Sf
Xist 112. 105 acres 4 miles from city, re ir
acres cleared, new 3 room dwellii
SEE CITY LOTS IN DAILY I
R. B. B
Attorney at Law
Harby Bldg. Court Pqr.
New Store!
DALZELL MER
Dalzell
Full line Staple and
Goods, Notior
0
SPECIALTIES
Fresh Cream Cheese
lumbia River Salm<
Ammunition.
Soda Water and Coca-C
PRICES A]
ed closely arouud the negro, tbns
shielding, him with their own person?,
it is certain that he won Li have beer,
riddled tnere and then.
Finally he was torn away by the
sheriff and those who stood by him,
and, still sorronnded by the sheriff's
guard, taken into a room above the
store.
At the door Sheriff Graham took
his stand with a drawn pistol in his
hand and annonnced to the crowd tbat
tne would kill the nrst man who
crossed the threshold. Every one in
Williamsburg county knows the kind
of man Mr. Graham is and thev knew
that they would have to kill him be?
fore they could reach the prisoner.
Meanwhile Solicitor Wilson, who was
present all the time, had mounted the
counter and was pleading with the en?
raged men to allow the law to take its
course. He made several appeals to
the crowd to CQntrol themselves and
not to bring discredit again on the
county by taking the law into their
own hands In this he was ably
seconded by the three sons of the
dead mau, and in fact by all his
kindred, who in the face of circum?
stances calculated to stir up the worst
passions of anea, stood boldly for the1
law and order.
Finally* as the night wore on and
the sheriff silent and watchful, stood
at the door, the crowd became more
amenable tb reason and finally, on the
solicitor's assurance that he would ask
the Governor to order a special term
to try the accused, they started for
home. As soon as toe coast was clear
the sheriff started for Kingsree with
his prisoners, looking every moment
foi an attack on his charges. He
reached the jail sa?ely between 5
aud 6 o?clock.
Comptroller General Jones as had
printed an abstract of the tax laws of
the State and will in a few days send
them out to all assessing boards and
county auditors. The abstract calls
attention to the-fact that the enforce?
ment of the tax Jaws is in the hands
of the comptroller general and that
he must enforce .them. The comp?
troller general wil! send out a cir?
cular letter with the abstract and in
this make a number of important
rulings and suggestions.
rYour Grocer
COFFEE always, and he,
not try to seU you any
t care for our opinion, but
id judgment of Millions
ve used LION COFFEE
cf a century ? v
roof of merit, than the
Confidence of fte People
1 ever increasing popularity?
>N COFFEE is carefully se*
ted at tne plantation, sMpped
ect to our various factories?
ere lt is skillfully roasted and
.efully packed in sealed pack
BS-unlike loose coffee, which
exposed to germs? dust? in?
ris, etc. LION COFFEE reaches
i as pure and clean as when
left the factory. Sold only in
?. packages.
every package.
\ for valuable premiums.
RS EVERYWHERE
WOOLSOK SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio.
blood maker and nerve tonic. It cre
w blood and new nerve force, supply
khe poor bloo& and the tissues of man
man the veiy vital elements upon
their existence and life depend. Get a
1 bottle-today, or write for free sample.
OR SALE.
ty. 2 -%o acse? denr?e*. All family bought
ilitifp trood. For a qi?.-K .*ai* $2 00.
ilding* worth $3000. P -c cn Macville
from M?yesville. Pr ce $30 per acre.$i7310.
le* from city OD t?ishopvills acd Biewmg
?3400.
mile* ii o n city, 100 cleared, good bn?ld
$7950.
of pity. 160 acre*s in high *t?ie of c?.lti
i 00 $12500.
B>hopvilIe and Brewin^ton road?, 50
ig. S2Cr0
TEM AND EVENING NEWS.
ELSER,
Heal Estate Broker
Phone 309.
New Goods!
CANTILE CO.,
Fancy Groceries, Dry
LS and Shoes.
r
> :
U fresh Butter, best Co?
on, Jell-0 for Desserts,
tola always on ice.
rt E RIGHT.
Insurance Insolence.
Mr. McCall's arragancc and in?
ability to meet the- present situation
? may cust tbe New York Life Insurance
Company dear. Indeed, it is not
! easy to see bow he can remain of use
j after bis offienisve defiance of aroused
j opinion. His very presence* would
j compel suspicion, so flawless is his
misunderstanding of the ethical prin?
ciples involved, and so complete his
confidence in his superiority to law or
morals. The tactfulness of Mr. Paul
Morton takes time by the forelock,
himself exposes the methods inaugurat?
ed by Henry B. Hyde, and himself
proposes refoms, while Mr. McCall,
insetad of bending to the gale,
vaunts the wisdom of giving away the
policy-holders' money to influe nee elec?
tions. This money can probably be
secured at law from Mr. McCall's
own pocket, and such restitution
would be a pleasant thing to see.
lt might teach the obstinate victim
nothing, but it would carry a warning
to more docile intellects, and thus
serve to discourage bandit methods
in finance. Any policyholder with
sufficient mears could thus do a pub?
lic service by starting * snit to com?
pel President McCall to return to the
"treasury that which he has, with
flagrant impropriety devot?? A to for-,
bidden ends. Mr. Morton's statement
that the insurance business should be
separated "so far as possible" from
politics ought to carry a sound as
amusing as Mr. Bat Masterson's. de?
claration that the murders in New
York recently have been "too many
for the good of the city." Who
would say that leprosy was rather
more common than might be wished?
A bill intended to keep insurance com?
panies and other corporations out of
politics was unuimoasly reported by
Senate Committee not many years ago.
but of course the august body let it
die.-Collier's Weekly.
*Sick headache is caused by a dis?
ordered condition of the stomach and
is quickly cured by Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale
by all druggists.
It Made No Difference.
A nervous, fussy woman, evidently
a stranger in the city, got into an
Amsterdam avenne car. She wanted
to make everything very clear to the
conductor, so that she could reach the
proper street. She told him the street
number, also the name of th? person
she was going to visit, and he promis?
ed not to forget her when they reached
the right corner.
It was quite plain to the other
passengers that she had little faith in
his promise, as at every block she gave
an apprehensive start, and every few
minutes wonid ask if that was the
place to alight. Reassured, she
would resume her seat and her nervous
tremors. At length the conductor told
her rather sharply to sit still and he
would call tbe street when they reach?
ed it. When they got there he shout-,
ed so loud that the woman leaped in
the air and then stood still in the
middle of the car, uncertain which
way to go.
"Which end shall I get out?" she
asked in a trembling voice
"No difference, ma'am, both ends
stop. Step lively."
GONZALES AND DIXON.
A Continuation of the Spicy Cor?
respondence.
Col-mbia, October 20.-Thomas
Dixon, Jr., The Players' Glob, New
York: I have no wish to handy words
with an unscrupulous derxagcizue and
inherent bJackguard. if your opinion
were of consequence the fact that
since assuming the duties of editor,
nearly three years ago, I have person?
ally sent nothing to the Morning
News (another performing that work
under the old signature, "Gon?
zales,") could be readily established
-could doubtless have been establish?
ed in the office of that naper.
<? W. E. Gonzales.
- m iiii --
Full of Tragic Meaning
* Are these lines from J. H. Sim?
mons, of Casey, Ia. Think what j
might have resulted from his terrible I
cough if he had not taken the medi?
cine about which he writes: "I had
a fearful cough, that disturbed my
night's rest. I tried everything, but
nothing would relieve it, until I took
Dr. King's New Discovery for con?
sumption, coughs and colds, which
complletely cured me." Instantly re?
lieves and permanently cures all
throat and lung diseases; prevents
grip and pneumonia. At all drug?
gists; guaranteed; 50c. and ' $1. Trial
bottle free.
To Ailing Women
A Little Sound Advice Will
Help Many a Sufferer in
Sumter.
No womun can be healthy and well if the
kidneys are sick. Poisons that pass off in
the uri nt- when the kidneys are well are re?
tained in tli?* body when the kidneys are sick.
Kidneys and bladder get inflamed and swol?
len, crowding thc delicate female organs
nearby and sometimes displacing them. This
it the true cause of man}' bearing-down
pains, lameness, backache, sideache, etc.
Uric poisoning also causes headaches, dizzv
spells. languor, nervousness and rhumat?c
pain.
When suffering so, try Doan*s Kidney Pills,
the remedy that cures sick kidneys. You
will get better as the kidneys get better, and
health will return when the kidneys are wei!.
Let, a Sumter woman tell you about Donn's
Kidney Pills
Mrs. O. E. Bostick, residing at lis s. Main
street, says: "I suffered greatly for some
time with pains across my loins, in my limbs
and a dull, heavy aching in my loins The
pain in my limbs was sharp and shooting,
sometimes in. one place and then in another.
When ! would sit for a while and get up to
walk it would strike me in the knees and then
t he ankles so severe as to make me ?TV out.
I thought it was rheumatism and wasdoctor
for that, but after rubbing with every?
thing I knew of and trying blood purifiers,
etc.. I did not notice any apparent benefit.
Seeing l>oan's Kidney Pills very highly rec
ommended by. well known citizens I went to
Dr. A. J. China's drugstore and obtained a
box. ThereSUltOf their usc as directer! was
very gratifying indeed. The aching tn my
back ceased. 1 d<> not have the shooting
painsin my linibs and for the past two or
three months I have bern free from tin- trou?
ble. 1 must say Doan's Kidney Pills brought
about these results."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. X. v.. ??ole
agents for the United States.
Remember the' nairn-Doan's-ann take no
ot her. 34
fi GABO FROM HB. BRONSON.
Laments the Fact That "The Bap?
tist Press" Counsels Com?
promise.
Tc the Editor of the State.
I have been "hands off" so far as
the press is concerned, in our pohibi
tion work for several weeks, bat that
editorial copied from The Baptist
Pre?s in your issue of 12th instant,
calls for a fair discussion of the mat?
ter therein presented and yon will
kindly sive me space in your paper for
the following article:
The chief reason fortaking up the
matter is because of the wide influ?
ence of The Press; it is one of the
leading religious papers of the Bap?
tists of the State; is editors arejnen
of ability and stand ?ell with the de?
nomination. For all that, is the
editorial in question consistent, is it
ethically sound, is it in harmony
with the teaching of the Baptists of
the State, and does it make for the
betterment of our people?
The editorial is inconsistent when
it says, "he who fears aud honors God
should see to it that just and right?
eous laws are enacted and enforced."
* * * "as regarded whiskey sell?
ing, a Cbrisian should stand only on a
prohibici?n platform." * * * "He
should be a prohibitonist." Now up?
en the other hand : "Prohibition is
impossible nowwhere; it seems im?
practical in some localities. Recog?
nizing this fact, we must take it into
consideration. In a community where
public sentiment is not sufficiently
strong to elect prohibition officers'wno
will enforce prohibitory law, such
law would be flagrantly violated an?
would b? practically inoperative. The
fact must not be ignored. Therfore,
we say, let us advocate a prohibition
law which shall cover the entire
State, but with a provision that the
county which is willing to assume the
moral responsibility and the odium of
selling whiskey and the legal respon?
sibility of enforcing the law -t?at
such county my vote upon the ques?
tion and show where it stands. If
such.county should decide to sell
whiskey, then let the legislture pre?
scribe the manner in which it may be
done and throw aronnd its sale all the
safeguards and restrictions possible."
I say inconsistent because a man can?
not be a "prohibitionist and sta 3d
only on prohibition platform" and
advocate .the granting of a permit by
the legislature to any and every
county that votes to sell liquor.
The editorial is ethically unsound.
Inasmuch as it admits that the sale
of liquors ina community isa'tempta?
tion to the weak' and, of^ conrse,
destructive of their happiness, it is
cowardly to offer to grant a county,
because majority ?sk it, a license to
destroy the best intertsts of the weker
members of society. To say the least
co evil t'r.si .* d m.onie"- 5 ??ac
der according tc. Paul:
; It is not in harmony with the Bap- j
! tisfs of rbis Stfite. At the lasr ; ssion :
j of the Baptist State Convention heidi
: in Chester, tbo foi iodine, after dis-j
cussion, was unanimously accDtea:
"Nothing less than prohibition of
liquor traffic, whether conducted by
individuals or by the State, will
satisfy the rising Christian sentiment
of our people. "
I do not believe that the plan offer?
ed would better the condition of our
people: quite tte reverse. Should
it be consummated, we would have
prohibition for awhile in some coun?
ties, in some counties iiceuse, and
in others the dispensary ; the vigorous
efforts of the liquor Fellers would
push their whiskies upon the probi
tion counties cntil thc whole thing
would become the "taree" the editor
so mncb dreads lu tbe dispensary
law the State bas thrown around tbe
sale of liquor all tbe "safeguards"
and "restrictions' that the inventive
mind of Mr. Tillman could devise,
and our present condition is worse
than it has ever been. What wctild it
be with tbe mixture proposed by the
Pres.?
We must not lose sight of the fact
that the voting out of a dispensary
is but a partial victory and that the
real struggle ginnst come in the next
primary where the vote will Le twice I
as large as that cast in the dispensary
election. Persoial influence and
effort will enter the individual can?
didates. Should be the probitionists
fail with clean hands they will be
ready for the next conflict: should
tbey make the proposed compromise
they would ultimately lose even
though they elected thc compromise
ticket.
It pains me exceedigly to know
that we have losS the help of The
Baptist Press as an advocate of prohi?
bition in the coming stuggle : and itt
does you great credit. Mr Editor, I
to point to tbe probability that your j
able pap'T has won its eoitors to our j
side of tbe question. The State, The i
Baptist Press and Mr. Ansel stand j
upon the same platform. Can tbey j
carry South Carolina for local option? j
Jcel E. Brunson.
Sumter, S. C , Oct. 16, 1905.
A Card.
*This is to certify that all druggists
are authorized to refund your your
money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails
to cure your cough or cold. It stops ;
the cough, heals the: lungs and pre?
vents serious results from a cola.
Cures la grippe cough and prevents j
pneumonia and consumption. Con?
tains no opiates. The genuine is in
a yellow package. Refuse substi?
tutes. Durant's Pharmacy.
Cotton receipts continue light and
the public cotton wiegbers are not i
overworked. I
Doctors Said Ile Would Not Live.
?Peter Fry, Woodruff, Pa., writes: I
"After doctoring for two years with j
the best physicians in Waynesburg,
and still getting worse, the doctors
advised me if I had any business to
attend to I had better attend to it at
once, as I could not possibly live an?
other month, as there was no cure
for ni?-. Foley's Kidney Cure was
recommended to me by a friend, and
I immediately sent my son to the 1
store for it. and after taking three '
bottles I began to grt better and COM
tinned to improve until I was en- !
tirely well." Durant's Pharmacy. j ;
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items of Interest Condensed and Par
agraphed for Quick Reading.
The dispensary at St. Stephens has
been closed by Inspector Floyd, Dis?
penser H. A. Lorenz having been
found $496.69 short in his accounts.
The North Carolina Pine Associa?
tion and the South Carolina Pine
Lumber Association will be consoli?
dated at a meeting to be held in Co?
lumbia Nov. 15.
Raymond Berry, the defaulting su?
perintendent of education of Marion
county, has been arrested in Tampa,
Fla.
E. L. Evans, a mining expert from
California, who has been prospecting
in Cherokee county, reports that he
has discovered platinum in paying
quantities on the plantation of Capt.
W. P. Love.
Dr. A. S. Todd, who has been in
charge of the Manning Farmer for
the past year, has severed his con?
nection.
Daniel Zimmerman, the former
bond clerk in the State treasurer's of?
fice, who is charged with stealing
$12,500 in bonds, surrendered Wed?
nesday afternoon and was released on
bond in the sum of $17,000.
Dan Slocum, a white man about 40
years old, who has been working with
a feather renovating concern in Co?
lumbia for several weeks, was ar
rested Wednesday for attempt to com?
mit a criminal assault on a y /jug lady
. in Richland county.
- -tr. iiii m * -
Makes Homely Women Pretty.
? *No woman no matter how regular
; her features may be can be called
i pretty if her complexion is bad. Orino>
I Laxative Fruit Syrup aids digestion
i and clears sallow, blotched complex
! ions by stimulating the liver anc?
I bowels. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup
j does not nauseate or gripe and is milcfc
and pleasant to take. Remember
the name Orino and refuse to accept
any substitute. Durant's Pharmacy.
The Anderson Banking and Trust
Company has been chartered with a
capital of $200,000.
How to Cure Corns and. Bunions.
*First, soak the corn or bunion tia
warm water to soften it; then pare
it down as closely as possible without,
drawing blood and apply Chamber?
lain's Pain Balm twice daily, rubbing;
vigorously for five minutes' at each?
application. A corn plaster should ber
worn a few' days to protect it front
the shoe. As a general liniment for
sprains, bruises, lameness and rheu?
matism. Pain Balm is unequaled. For?
sake by all druggists.
The grand jury found a true bil2.
against Wade Hampton Berry yester?
day for forgery.
The Kind Yon Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of
and has been made under his per
&]tyit~^?\/ sonai supervision since its infancy?
? ?<?ccA4/l+ .Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and ? Oust-as-goodM are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment?
What is CASTOR IA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for (Jastor Oil, Pare?
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine v.o? other Narcotics
substance, its ;ige is its guarantee- It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. I? cures S>iari-???5a as? Wind
Colic, lt relieves Teething T n ables, cures Constipation
and flatulency. Li assimilates the Food, regulates th?
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep*
The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend*
CASTOR SA ALWAYS
in Use For Over SO Years.
THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 7T MU3PAY GT RC ET, f! EW YO fi lt CITY.
W. A. BOWMAN, Prest. C. W. BOSKAMER. Sec. I Treas
The Sumter Banking
& Mercantile Company;
Sumtex*, s. C.
s^s^H^Capital Stock $50,000^^?*^
Wholesale Grocers, Fertilize
ers and Farmers' Supplies.
Sole agents for the celebrated brand of Wil?
cox & Gibbs Fertilizers.
We are prepared to quote the very closest
cash or time prices on all lines of
Groceries, Fertilizers and Farmers5
Supplies,
And invite your investigation before making
your arrangements for another year.
Come to see us. We will save you money*
and give you a hearty, courteous welcome.
Sumter Banking 4
Mercantile Company,
Masonic Building, 2d door from the Postoffice.
Sumter, S. C.
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