Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1906. The Sumte?- Watchman was founded in ISSO and the True Southron in T8S6. The Watcliman and Southron now has the com? bined circulation and influence of both of j the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter, ggg - Vote for Manning next Tuesday a.ad you will vote right. ? * * The main thing is to have a man of cai" -cier and ability in the office of governor-a man who will administer tie law without fear or favor. Hon. Tt. I. Manning of Sumter county is the xian for Sumter people to vote for. . Xi * The primary will be held on Tues? day next and it is the duty, as well as the privilege, of every Democrat to <ast his ballot on that occasion. Ev ?irv Democrat in Sumter county should lay aside other duties for that clay and go to the polls and exercise Iiis* right as a citizen to name the man ?vhozn he wishes to held office during the next two years". This year par licuiarly the Democrats of Sumter county should poll a full vote. Hon. 3EL I. Manning who has served his county with fidelity and ability is a ?candidate for governor and his fellow citizens should give him a large vote .ELS an endorsement. * * * \ The lynching leter has broken out ' with such exceeding virulence in Greenwood county that even a negro boy of only 12 years of a- being ac? cused of an attempt to ravish, is re? garded as lynching .material by law? less exponents of the so-called higher law. There seems to be little use in saying anything in the way of argu? ment against mob law evil, for argu? ment never yet availed against pas? sion and prejudice. All the argument is against mob law and lynching, but all the passion, prejudice and evil in? stincts of human nature are arrayed ca the other side, consequently we may expect lynchings to occur and to be condoned by a large majority of the people just as long and as often as black brutes furnish the occasion for an appeal to mob law. * # * The less said about Gov. Heyward's ip to Greenwood county the better. T e doubtless thought he was doing he right thing and probably hoped to -:cornplish some good by going into e midst of the mob, but upon what ? based his hope we fail to under and^ In our opinion the trip to . reeiiwood was a mistake and to be . gretted for many reasons by all sin -re advocates of the enforcement of ! .e law in an orderly manner, and by ov. Heyward's friends. His pres? ence at the lynching places him in a . ?ry awkward and embarrassing po? sition, and we do see how he can ex? tricate himself. He must know the aames of the men who killed the ne? gro Davis, and if ' he should, per? chance, not know their names him? self, he knows the names of promi? nent citizens of Greenwood county ??rho were present at the lynching and k?ow the men who killed the negro. This being the case, how can he shirk the responsibility of furnishing the evidence to convict the men who killed Davis?. How can he reconcile his duty as the chief administrator of the law in the State with the consid? eration he owes as a man to the peo? ple who received him openly and beard his plea to thom to respect the law with a courtesy not to have been expected of a mob bent upon violating the law? lt seems to us that Gov. Heyward should have gone to Green? wood determined to prevent the lynching at ail hazards by the exer? cise of all the force he could summon to. his assistance, or he should have remained way. The very best evi? dence that it is realized it was a mis? take for him to go to Greenwooc and mingle with a mob, are the columns of explanations and defense of this Greenwood trip that have already been published. . * * The cordial reception that Mr. Wansing has received and is receiving ic 'che up country has disconcerted and disappoints those newspapers and politicians who have, from the ? openinsr day of the campaign, been j working with might and main fo: anything to beat Manning. . Man? ning is the popular candidate and the efTon to crowd him out of the second primary and encompass his defeat is already "known to be a failure. He W??? "be in the second primary, we are confident, and if there is a man in the race v.-ho can beat him in a fair, square race before the people of the State, we are badly mistaken in our diagnosis of the situation. MONEY WANTED. To All Democratic Voters: It there ever was a time in the his? tory o? the Democratic party for the manifestation of loyalty and patriot? ism on the part of its members, it ls right now. "Et we are to win a victory and elect * president two years hence, we must ?cst -elect a house of representatives and will investigate every department of the government. With all of them honeycombed by "graft." the edges of which, only, have been touched by recent exposure and prosecutions, there will be a revelation of rotten? ness that will astound the country and create a demand for Democratic administration to clean the govern? ment workshop. To win the house we need money to defray legitimate expenses and get out our vote. We have no protected monopolies from which to draw to fill our coffers, as they do those of the Republican party. We must, there? fore, apepal to loyal Democrats for contributions. Will you send us SI at once, and in return for this we will send you copies of our campaign literature is? sued by the committee. You will have the thanks of the entire Democratic party for your favorable response to our request. ' Address all remittances to: J. M. Griggs, Chairman. Munsey Building. Washington, D. C. BOY KILLED BY MOB. Batesburg, August 20.-Dan Ether edge, the negro bov who attempted :.o assault Loretta West, the 7-year-old daughter *?? Major J. H'.'.ViCy West, was shot to death by a mob about nine miles from Summerland tonight at 9 o'clock. Etheredge was caught at Wards by Mr. H. G. Wright, the correspondent of Tlie State at that place, and was at once identified by Major West, who was not far off when the capture was effee'ed. He was placed on Southern trail, Xo. ?34. coming towards Co? lumbia an-d at Summerland, just a few : niles below Batesburg. was taken off and carried into the woods. There a mob of about 150 men met him. The litle negro was placed in the mid? dle of the road, under a tree with a rope fastened around his neck. He was ask^d if he had anything to say and if he was guilty. He said that he was guilty, but would give no reason for the attempt. After a parley of about fifteen minutes, about a doz? en of the posse stepped forward and emptied their guns and pistols into the body. The negro fell backward literally shot to pieces while the rnibb at once dispersed, going back to their homes, tired after their long chase. Etheredge was a mite cf a negro about 15 years old, according to his father's statement, although the boy claimed to be only 12 years old. He was thoroughly cowed when caught and his long stay in the swamps and woods had exhausted him so that he was unable to longer resist the temp? tation to give himself up and have it all over with. He realized as did the men who were hunting, that there was no chance for escape. They had determined to catch him and kill him and the entire country was filled with the hunters. He knew, according to his own statement made on the way to he place where he was shot, that he was going to die when he "was eau' ?.nd he took the whole affair as e dazed. He displayed no emo? tion when placed on a little box in the middle of the road and the rope was put around his neck, although he knew his time had come. He ad? mitted his guilt because he knew it was useless to deny it and made no attempt to clear hJ :mself. On the way over from the train he told one of the members of he party that the girl had encouraged him, but he did not repeat this when about to die. TROUBLE TS GLEENWOOD. Greenwood, August 20.-Green? wood county narrowly escaped anoth? er horrible crime this morning. Bob Faust, a negro man of about 30 years of age, who has heretofore borne a good reputation, suddenly seemed to become violently insane and an? nounced his intention to commit rape, attacking, in turn, three different ne? gro women, and, being thwarted, rode into the yard of Mr. Ben King, one cf the largest and best known farmers in the Coronaca section of the county, loudly proclaiming his purpose in foul and obscene language. Mr. King happened to be at his home and ordered the negro from his prem? ises. Faust had a gun. however, and dismounting, charged upon Mr. King with his gun. Several negroes heads of families, who had been attacked early in the morning, were following Faust and came upon him while he .vas threatening Mr. King, and with courage that should be commended, j fe 1 upon the crazed negro and over- | po.vered bim. Magistrate M. G. Bowies, who had heard of his attacks early in the morning on the negrees, bu*t who had not heard of his biter at? tack on Mr. King, was out hunting Faust and came upon him at Mr. King's. The negroes who had cap? tured him were for wreaking sum? mary vengeance on him then and there, but the prompt appearance of ' Mr. Bowles prevented his death. Mr. King was also convinced that the ne? gro was insane, though if he had not been prevented as he was would have committed an awful crime. A large crowd of Sumter people are expected to attend the Florence Labor Day celebration. V?LP?RISO DESTROYED. EARTHQUAKE WAS MOKE DE? STRUCTIVE TH AX THAT AT SAX FRANCISCO. Thousands Killled and Survivors Starving-In all Respects the Dis? aster is Greater Than at San Fran? cisco. Valparaiso. (Via. Galveston-, Aug. 19.-Two thousand dead in the ruins of Valparaiso, an army of one hun? dred-thousand refugees facing starva? tion in the hills, property valued at $350,000.000 destroyed is the situa? tion in the earthquake wrecked city today. There is no food to be had in any large quantity except from stray ships that enter Chilean perts. The government has ordered cruisers to take aboard food stuffs and start im? mediately to the relief of the city. Every building in the city is damaged and many were burned after the first severe shocks. Martial law has been declared. The earth continues to tremble and the workmen are yet afraid to clear away the debris. Information from other affected places tell of ruin but there is no def? inite estimate of the loss of life except at Santiago where there is reported a death list of 55. Numerous small vil? lages are reported in ruins. All things considered the disaster is greater than the San Francisco catastrophe. There is infinitely more suffering. Eighty-two shocks occurred Thurs? day night, 300 more since then. The great fires which raged since Thurs? day night are gradually dying out. Crusoe's Island Destroyed. Lima, Peru, August 20.-Robinson Crusoe's Island is no more is the in? formation which has reached here. This famous island is reported to have been wiped out of existence by the great seismic disturbance of last Thursday and Friday which wrought such havoc throughout Chili. The Island of Defoe's castaway has always popularly been supposed to be Juan Fernadez, 400 miies off the Chxiean coast. The adventures of Alexander Selkirk, a Scotchman, who lived a solitary existence there for four years is regarded as having made the basis for the tale ^f Robinson Crusoe. It is this island which is now supposed to have been destroyed by terrestrial disturh anees. Valparaiso, August 19.-At 7:52 o'clock last Thursday evening Valpa? raiso experienced an earthquake of great st verity, and during that night 82 shocks were felt Most. of the buildings of the city either were ruined or damaged. The loss will be over $250,000,000. Two thousand persons killed is ct??? sidered to be a fair estimate of the casualties. Vina del Mar (three miles from Valparaiso and having a population of over 10,000) Quirihue, 25 mile? to the southward, with a population of 6,500; Quilota, 20 miles to the northwest, with a population of 10, 000, and villages ali around, were de? stroyed. Most of the damage was due to fire, which started immediately after the first shock. , The whole population is sleeping in the hills, the parks or the streets. Food is very scarce. Milk costs two Chilean dollars a liter, and it is almost impossible to obtain meat, even at high prices. The railroads are all destroyed. Rain, which began to fall imme? diately after the first shock, stopped an hour afterwards. The nights are very cold and windy and the people sleeping in the open are suffering greatly. The captain of a steamship which has arrived from San Francisco says that the situation here is worse than that following the disaster at San Francisco. Another Report via. Galveston. Valparaiso, August 19.-Via Gal? veston. Texas.-Proportionately the catastrophe here is considered great? er than that which befell San Fran? cisco. Valparaiso and neighboring towns are wrecked and partially burned and in all the towns of the Anconogue Valley conditions are sim? ilar. In the southern portion of Chile severe shocks were felt at Tal cahuno. Conception. Talca and Zone, but there the disaster was not appall? ing. As yet no authoritative news has been received from Santiago, al? li tough a courier is shortly expected. Quakes recur from time to time, but are steaily diminishing in force. As to the dead and wounded an accu? rate estimate is as yet impossible, but it is believed that the former will ?.xce^d 1,000 in this and surounding towns. The authorities here have the sit? uation well in hand and have assum ed control of th* ^!'-*ribution of food. Steamers dispatched both north and Toops and pro? visions, ar usands of tons of wheat ? e held in stores here and r believed that a food famii r. Martial law has ruled aiso since the first day o: and the entire population is camping in the open. Tlie only wire working is subterra? nean and sea cables of Central and South American companies, which marvelously escaped unhurt. CHECKING UP DISPENSARY. Internal Revenue Department More Rigid Than Usual-Exact Purpose of Present Inspection Not Quite Clear, But It May Be Moved By Determination to Buy Only From Bonded Warehouses-Revenue Re? ceipts Considerably Lower. Columbia, Aug. 15.-The Federal government through its revenue de? partment is conducting a most rigid and thorough insepction and investi? gation of the State dispensary stock. What the object is nobody seems tb know definitely. The government's rep? resentative in the checking up that is being made of all items is guarded in talking, preserving the usual cau? tion, which the government requires in such matters. He says he is giv? ing the dispensary the usual whole? saler's inspection, but he does/ not seem to know why this is so much more complete than it has ever before been. He says that if any irregular? ities occur involving fraud the gov? ernment will proceed to close up the shop. But he smiled when the con? tingency was mentioned, and said there need be no fear along this line. Some of the State dispensary peo? ple think the inspection is a result of the State board's recent adoption of a resolution looking to purchases exclusively from bonded warehouses with the commissioner taking out a rectifier's license so that the blending may >be done at the State dispensary. Those holding this view of the mat? ter say the government wants to .have a complete official listing of the stuff now on hand in preparation for the change. But the objection to this interpretation of the inspection is that the resolution has been re? garded ell. along as merely a political move made for the purpose of in? fluencing the last State Democratic convention. And yet a member of the board said today that it was likely the board would put the resolution into effect this month. Commissioner T?tum advocates such a change. It is hardly to be expected that the State dispensan- will be found to be dealing in unstamped whiskey, and by some it is thought that the inspection is merely for the purpose of affording the government opprtunity to check up against its cwn men. The govern? ment has had a representative at the State dispensary and the State has a man there to check against him. On top of this stuff coming in passes thorough insepection. Last year it turned out that the reason that the ' government held up about 150 bar? rels of stuff shipped from the Big Springs distillery was that an error had been made by the government's inspector at the other end of the line. The revenue receipts for this State for the last fiscal year show a falling off as compared with the year ending June 30, 1905 o(f over $200,000, but Commissioner Tatum thinks this fall? ing off is largely to be accounted for by the fact that the present board has purchased very little- from thc Richland distillery. Patrons of the dispensary have manifested a prefer? ence in these cheap graes, for what is known as double-stamped whiskey, | which is made by the small distil- j leries throughout the State and, for McSmurle's product at Camden, and the board has been taking all of this ? it coul get, but these sources of sup- ? ply meet only a small portion of the | demand. 1 Mr. Stone, a Traveling Man, and Oth? ers Wounded By Drunken Negro. Saturday night Jake Valentine, a negro, bad ou an over-loa'd of dispen? sary booze. He went into the store o: Mr. T. C. Scaffe on South Main Street, and because he could not be waited on at once, he made use of vile epithets in the presence of ladies. A gentleman resented the insult by throwing a can of condensed milk at the head of the impertinent negro, who dodged, and the can hit Mr. Stone, a commercial salesman, with terrific force in the forehead, inflict? ing a painful wound. It was thought at first that Valen? tine had thrown the can, and in the general mix-up that ensued, Mr. Stone, while in a half dazed condi? tion and holding his head, was stab? bed twice in tfee back by Yaientine By that time Mr. T. M. Bradley was upon the negro, who inflicted a pain? ful wound in his hand and stabbed bim once in the back, besides cutting his coat in several places. Messrs. D. China and J. F. Reid together with Mr. Bradley soon overpowered ^he negto and he was turned over to the police officers. None of the mounds were se.rion?. The account cf his trial and convic? tion appears under the head 'In the Recorder's Court." Barnwell, Aug. 16.-The first bale of new cotton for the season was sold here today by Mr. W. B. Cave and bought by Lemon Bros. at 10 cents. The bale weighed 496 pounds. Time changes ideas and conditions. There's a lot of things which the up to-date young woman of to-day does which are good for body and health. She takes Hollister's Rocky Montain Tea. Tea or Tablets,*35 cents. Chi? na's Drue Store. EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. Tiley Will Be Held in Each County the Third Friday ia September. Columbia. Aug. 16.-The following important circular letter to county school superinendents sent out today touches several matters of interest over the State. To the County Superintendent of Education-My Dear Sir: The next county teachers' examination, will be at each county seat. Friday. Septem? ber 21. Please make announcements in ample time, accordingly. We shall forward you by express in a few days a supply of a paffphlets, containing a graded course of study with prices, text book contract, li? brary law. rules and list. Please let us have your annual re? port (if not ready now) not later ? than October 1. Please thoroughly advertise the ! j fact that there will be an examina? tion on August 31 for additional scholarships in the University o? j South Carolina in the following coun- j ties: Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Bam? berg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston,- Chester' Clarendon, Dor? chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, George? town, Greenwood. Hampton, Laurens, Lee, Marion, Newberry, Oconee. Pick ens, Richland, Sumter, Williamsburg. Sincerely yours, O. B. Martin, State Superintendent of Education. XOW IS THE TIME. Sauamer. Is Best Season to Cure Ca? tarrh-Hyomei Sold Under Guar? antee. Summer is the best time in the whole year for the treatment of ca tarrhai troubles, and J. P. W. De? Lorme urges every reader of the Item to use Hyomei now s nd be-per? manently cured. Unlike the ordinary treatment for co?arrh. there is no stomach dosing when using Hyomei. The remedy is Plained through a nea-; pocket in? haler that com**? ir every outfit, and its balsamic healing air penetrates to the most > emote parts of the n.>>e, throe L and lungs, searches out and kills the catarrh germs, in all parts of the respiratory organs and soothes and heals any irritation there may be in the mucous membrane. Hyomei is not alone the only nat? ural treatment for catarrh, but it is the only one sold under an absolute guarantee to refund the money un? less it gives satisfaction. I. kills ail disease germs and restores the mu? cous membrane of the'' throat, nose and lungs to perfectly healthy condi? tion. The complete Hyomei outfit costs but $1.00, extra bottles, 50c. J. F. W. DeLorme sells Hyomei under an abso? lue guarantee to refund the money if it does not give satisfaction. You run no risk at all in baying this guar? anteed remedy. .?a?a??a???a??ae?aaaaaasaaa i Bagging' and Ties, i "1 m m m m m m You may not need as much bag? ging and ties this year as you did ? last, but you must have some, We contracted for our supplies in this line very early in the season, and at lower prices than we can duplicate them at today. It is possible that we have too many, and we will, therefore, be anxious sellers. Our stock consists of ali weights in As well as New Arrow Ties saws We are not offering second? hand bagging or ties of any kind, as we do not think it pays, par? ticularly when people are dispos? ed to hold cotton. We think it will be to your interest to see us before buying your supplies in this line. m i m m m aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Very Low Rates -TO New York and Return -VIA 4 Southern Railway Account On account of the Home-Coming of Hon. Wm. J. Bryan the South? ern Railway will sell tickets to New York City and return at rate of ONE FARE PLUS S2.25 from all coupon ticket stations. Tickets on sale August 28th and 29th, limited to leave New York returning on September 4th, 1906. The Southern operates on all through trains, Pullman Drawing room Sleepers and Southern Railway Dining Cars-High-Back Ves? tibuled Coaches. For full information, consult any Southern Railway Ticket Agent? or write G. B. ALLEN, R. W. HUNT, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Division Passenger Agent,