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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-08-29
Editorial in the State.
sary, Democratic Executive Com;
r;.tee sGolunb nbis S. G::<s

In a telegram of twenty words
to Mr.. Dan Tompkins, con-
siderately opened and given to the
press by Governor Tillman, Sena-
tor Butler yesterday projected a
bomb-like sensation into South
Carolina politics.
1I hereby withdraw my letter
fled with you on the 10th June,
announcing my candidacy for the
United States Senate" These are
the Senator's words. When we
analyze the letter to which he
refers we find that it is carefully
guarded in its terms. It first
announces his candidacy. 1t
then .spresumes" that s'the can
didates for the Legislature which
will elect the United States Sena-
tor will abide the result of the
primaries set for August 3Oth
next" It then requests a sepa-
rate Senatorial box in which each
voter at the primary "nay express
by his ballot his preference for
United States Senator and adds,
s'and / hereby pledge myself to
abide the result of the vote thus
cast in the said primary" s'The
vote thus cast''-that was the ex-
tent of the Senator's pledge.
There will be no ''vote thus cast"
Senator Buffers opponent, Cover
nor Tillman, has not permitted
it.. He. has taken care, through
the Irby committee, his creatures,
that no direct vote for Senator
shall be had. Senator Buffers
pledge, therefore, was made void
bv the non-fulfllment of the con-
dition upon which it was based
It hardly needed withdrawal
although the withdrawal does
serve to remove any shadow Of
obligation to abide the result OF
the primary for members OF the
Legislature.
It is not to be imagined for a
moment that Senator Buffers
withdrawal of his pledge implies
the abandonment of his candidacy
for the Senate. We are not IN his
confidence, but we are very sure
of that. It means, instead, that
be is at last prepared to admit
that B. R. Tillman is an enemy OF
Democracy and his Ring organl.
zation mere personal machine
devoted to the betrayal OF the
party it processes to serve. Ihls
is and has been The States plat
form, and we congratulate Senator
Butler upon mounting it, even al
the eleventh hour. One by one
those anti-Tillmanites who e
strenuously opposed the Straight
out movement of 1890 are coming
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-t"dm Is admit its rightfulness. -Four
years. of Tillmanism have con-
yiinced : them Of what was known
by some of us in 1S90Ethat Till
manism is anti-Democracy. We
are glad they are learning the
truth at last.
j Senator Buffers telegram must
mean that his fight will be carried
to the general election and that
we shall, after years of bitter ex-
perience, realize the duty of sepa-
+ rating the true from the false
Democracy, and making our battle
upon principle. On such basis
alone can the enthusiasm of the
Democracy Re aroused and victory
be earned.
Insthe eyes Of the country alid
ssiaa lHedudgnene of HE National
Democratic party there will be a
Justification most sample=for this
course. { s. Here IS Governor Till
man profesangs allegiance to a
ssBebrm i party, notaa Democratic
party declaring that the Demo
erascIalT;sy 81; s IS s'fottenand doom
edxdaefaat s seeking election to
the United States Senate as a
means. of promoting the destruc-
tion Of the democratic party by a
union with Republican and Pop
ulists; avowing. that he only waits
f for r "a light IN The west" to guide
him out. Of the Democratic. camp,
and that when be goes he.Will take
his people with him. How shall
We he excused to the Democracy
Of the Union if we permit him,
without an effort, to be elected
with such an understanding, mere
.lys because he has the control of a
party machinery which has been
perverted from Democratic to Pop
ulistic purposes !? Reform rings
and Reform conventions exclude
us from any influence even in this
primary to which Populists and
Republicans have been formally
admitted. There is no way left of
purifying the organization within
itself. T. has come to this, as we
have long seen that it must come
that we must choose between
surrender and the extinction of
the Democracy in. thiss State and
that resistance which we owe to
our party fealty and to our own
self-regpect and well-being. There
must be such resistance in 1896 or
South Carolina will be irretriev-
,ably.lost to the Democracy. It
were better to meet the issue now
before we are utterly subjugated
and enslayed.-The State.
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Another Club Out for Pope.

Cheraw. August 22.-At meeting
of the .'Reformers" at Bear Creek, in
this county. six Pope delegates we're
suggested to be voted for in the primary
on the 2Stb. There is great dissatis-
faction among the "Reformers" 10 this
county at the nomination Of John Gary
Evans. The Conservatives are sitting on
the fence and enjoying things not
caring much as between Dr.. Pope aud
Gary Evans
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NoBetter off Phan Negroes.

For many years past We have been
running the State of South Carolina
without the negro vote, and now,
alas, we have come to the pass of
running it without majority Of the
white vote. Add the IS, 600 or 40, 900
Reformers who did not take part in re-
form primaries to the $4,000 Conser-
vatives, aud it foots up g. 900 or 72,-
600, voters. AS regards the privilege
of voting. these 81 900 or 72. 600 white
meu of South Carolina are not one
whit better off than negroes. And
still we put up with it it!-Edgeteld
Chronicle.
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TIE Populist party iu this country
abound in some unique statesmen,
and also ip some original privates IN
the ranks. Farmer Stanley, of To-
diana, is one of these. He has en-
tered euit against Congressman Bynum
for the difference between 45 cents and
81 25 bushel on his two years crop
of wheat-5,600 bushels-ou the
ground that Bynum said on the stump
that if Cleveland was elected wheat
would go up to s1.25 a bushel. He
now wants Mr. Bynum to pay him the
difference. but it doesn't appear in his
complaint that Bynum seduced him
by these assurances into voting for
Cleveland.
Judge Aldrich has rendered his
decision ia the Aiken Dispensary case.
It proves sort of boomerang for the
plaintiffs. While on tee hnicality they
secure the writ of prohibition they
asked for restraining the city council
from interfering, they are told in so
many words that they are doing an
illegal business. that the pispensary
Act of 1893 is unconstitutional.
Friend or foe to the dispensary system
will commend Judge Aldrich for the
honest and clear cut decision be has
rendered. If it does nothing else, it
straightens matters out and shows
that Governor Tillman has not all the
judiciary in his pocket.-Aiken Jour
IL .,3 Rnviom
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Corbett aud jackson accept the pro-
position of the Sioux City club to fight
for a purse Of $4,000. The fight
will take place somewhere near Sioux
City.
The leading negro preachers of the
State met in Columbia last week and
appointed a committee to prepare
memorial to be presented to the next
Legislature asking for the separation Of
all denominational work from Claain
University. The position is taken that
the connection of the Northern Metho-
dist Church with the University gives
it too much color Of denominational
school
The new Southern Railway Company
has set aside a fund which has for it's
object the promotion of small industries
along the several roads embraced 10
the system Such fund cannot but
prove a profitable investment. and it
shows at the same time commend
able spirit on the part of the manage
ment to build up the territory through
which its lines run. From whatever
view considered, the policy is wise
one.-Charlotte News.
The Atlantic Coast Line has fixed
passenger schedule for the train it
will atart running into Augusta on
September g.. It will leave Florence
at 3.20 a. N. and arrive in Augusta
at $50 a. N. Leave Augusta at 2 P.
m. and arrive at Florence at lis. At
Florence trains will connect with trains
going north aud south Trains will be
run solid all the way through to New
York with the exception of the engine
aud crew, which will stop at Denmark.
At recent meeting Of the Charles
ton Cotton Exchange the following re-
gulations 10 regard to classification Of
cotton we're adopted /:
with view of conforming more
closely to Liverpool classification, on
aud after September l, 1894. the grades
of cotton in this market shall be lowered
one half grade and shall be designated
as follows: Middling fair. fully good
middliog, good middliug, fully middling.
middliug, fully low middling. low mid
ding, fully good ordinary, good ordi-
nary.
1t takes 5000 mail-cars to distribute
Uncle Sans mail, aud the New York
division alone requires 8l9 railway
post.clerks to handle it Last year
these clerks handled l.207, ,220,5
pieces of mail bound past their division.
Of which 753, ,976.835 were letters.
To geta clear idea of the immense amount
of mail matter in this number of let
sers, suppose they averaged four inches
in length and are laid end to end They
will stretch and over line 1915 miles
long. All railway post.clerks must be
quick aud intelligent and have a
thorough knowledge Of the geography
of the whole country In the second
division there are $4,000 post-ofices.
and the clerks know every one. This
system Of railway post-ofices has proved
SO valuable (says the writer from whose
interesting article in Harper's Young
People for August 21st these facts are
drawu) that it is now being operated on
the transatlantic steamships.
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Cotton Destroyed by Worms.

DALLAS, Tex, Aug. 24.-In the
face of general belief in the
magnificent condition Of the cotton
crop, the Garland News, published in
the heart Of the cotton region Of
Dallas County, states in that section
half of the crop has been destroyed
by boil worms, and that if the
showers continue the crop is likely to
be entirely destroyed.
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From the e State Aug. %.


A considerable sensation was caused
in political cireles ysaterday morning
when i became ~kpoRn that Sepator n
c. BuS@ef 1aHdoalY dscidads . gtse
the DsnScasic pri1arg.the gp-py aed
VAS soinf no tie general election With
leeiaahsyg skeh ID seseh osqass. A!
frst it was little hard to understand
exactly What the Senator meant IN his
announcemeut, bat now there is no
doubt.
It was about II o'clock yesterday
morning, whes Secretary Ds rs Roqp-
kins, of tho Sals DenoeraHc executRe
committee, received tie following tele.
gram from the Senators addressed to
lid ssssc1kary sg1ff l6e sdnqiaea:
.:W Washpgsoa. B. c., Aug: II:
II hHsN sithdragtAep!Per dgd
with ydasos s6s l7th srs1StE Of JaSe,
apnonncing py candidacy for M thg
United Statesssasate. 9SNSbas
- .M. G. Butler"
TIN kfslh.iseA the Letter. w6skh : ag ahe
..sTSeaa Th0sSsins, ssesrs-
tary. Democratic Executive Com
matee, ,ggGolun bis,sS, G:Ss
sDear Sir: + hereby announce my
selfsas csahdase for she Unlted Ssstes
Senate for. the. term beginning March
4th, 1895. presumet6e candidates for
the Lseisl.nres which will elsc.: the
United States Sanator will abide the
result of the primaries set for August
3Oth next. | hereby request that q
sepa,ste box. be provided 81 the State
Executive Committee a. each and every
yosing precinct 10 the State in which
each voter mag sexpresssby his ballot
his preference for United States Seoa-.
tor; said separate boxes 10 be managed
under the s.m- rules as other ballot
boxes IN the pptinsries. aud 4 hereby
pledge myself 70 abide the result Of
the vote thus cast 10 at the said pri-
mary. An early reply will obiige. Very
truly. NJ =. buLrEk.
WHAT IT MEANS
The telegram esidentlys had refer
ence to the 6rsspars Of Senator But
ler's letter, Fhere he. announced hln,
self g candidate for the United
Ssases Senate The letter was an OFF
cial notice TO the so-called Democratic
comm;stee that se wss.a eandidste with.
10 the party organization. The tele-
gram could net have had any reference
to What he said about pledgipg him
self.- as that was only 10 case the
separate box was allowed, and that has
NOT been done.
wHArseApr. cApsRs SAYS
sWbee Capt John GCapers. Senator
Bstles,s reprssenta.iye here, vas seen
hesaid s.T6e telegram must speak for
itself. Certain it is, however, that it
places Gen. Butler entirely independent
Of the action Of the primary on the
28th. Yoa will kRow . great deal be-
fore ten days .elapsa. and Jon eaa. rest
assured that Senator Butler is still a
most active factor in State and Ma
A;onaf politics.
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Sheriff Sumter CO
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VIOLENCE DENOUNCED.
President Debs' Opinion of the Alleged
Train Wreckers.

President Debs' opinion of the Alleged
Train wreckers.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. 2O.-Afte1
President Debs had carefully read the
report Of the arrest of the Battle Creek
train wreckers, he said: "You cannot
quote me too strongly as denouncing ell
such acts of violence. If these men are
guilty. they ought to be punished to the
full extent Of the law. / do not say they
are or are not guilty, but il the prosecu-
ton have the evidence this report says
they have, then they have been guilty Of a
tiendish crime. l cannot comprehend
how men can commit such a deed. 1t is
worse than cold blooded murder. 1t
makes no difference whether or not the
accused men are members of the Ameri
can Railway union. The American Rail.
way union does not shield crime. If any
of our men are guilty Of crime they must
suffer for it. i do not recognize the
names Of the men as any l know. l may
know the men, but l do not place them
by their names. / remember the Battle
Creek wreck, but l do not now recall
that it was even limited then that strik-
ers caused it,"
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TOLEDO, o., Oct. 2O.--A social event OF
a romantic nature occurred in this city
last night. Colonel Isaac Morrow, gov.
eminent immigrant inspector at this
port, was married to Miss Edith Gilmore
When the Toledo exposition and Midway
plaisance opened last fall, among the
representatives in the congress Of beau.
ties on the Midway was Miss Gilmore, who
sat among the others as a type of Scotland.
The beauties" all registered at the
Aldine hotel, where the colonel boarded
He is inclined to be "giddy," although
70 years of age, and he soon became
smitten with Miss Gilmore. He endeav-
ored to induce her to give up posing as a
professional beauty, which she agreed to
do, incidentally promising to be Mrs.
Colonel Morrow. She is but Is years of
age,
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QUARTER SECTION
Conflicting Claimants Have a Fatal
Quarrel For Posses
sion Of 1t.
One Was Killed Outright and the
Murderer Became a Raw
ing Maniac.

PERRY, o. r., Oct. 20.-A murder oc.
Cured at Kildare, some miles above here,
this morning. Prof. E. Il. Hand, prin-
cipal of the Kildare city schools, and G.
F.. Rohr, formerly mayor Of Arkansas
City, are claimants for the same quarter
section of land lying in the Perry land
district, near Kildare. About 6 o'clock
this morning Rohr went to the claim to
start several men to blowing and there
met Hand, who forbade him to pillow a
furrow. Rohr did not obey and entered
the field. When upon the inside Prof.
Hand shot him four times through the
body with a Winchester. Hand, in COM
paDy with his son, left at once for New.
kirk to give himself up. They had not
proceeded far before Hand became crazy
and began shouting at the top of his
voice all the way to Newkirk, and there
he alarmed the whole town with his
ream He was jailed. Both men are
prominent.
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ceived an appointment from the Metho.
dist board Of foreign missions to journey
in the Orient. The itinerary of the trip
to China included Chicago, and Chicago
was too much for him. 1t was there,
she says that he fell from grace. In
China his conduct grew worse and his
transgressions reached a climax when he
fell in love with a dressmaker.
Mrs. Kepler wrote to the missionary
society and Mr.. Kepler was ordered
home. He arrived in Boston in 1893
and there deserted her. She attributes
all his faults to his experience as a
drummer" prior to entering upon his
career as a divinity student. Mr.. Kepler
did not appear in court and a decree was
granted by default.
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HEIR,
Massachusetts Burglar Who Ought to
Have Millions.

Massachusetts, Burglar Who Ought to
Have Millions.
HAvERHILL, Oct. 2O.-Frank Hunt
Frank Little, and a a named Robin.
son broke into the house of Farmer ia.
cob Crosby, three miles from this city
on Aug. 10, and demanded 500 which
they had seen him draw from the bank
Crosby seized a shotgun and one of the
three men shot him. Little, in a con.
%fessiop, asserts that Hunt held the
weapon. The trio are in Jail here.
1T appears now that Hunt is a de.
scendant and one of the heirs of the
three Cook brothers who owned the brig
Hornet which was seized by the French
government and pressed into service dur
ing the French revolution, its cargo Of
sugar confiscated, and the crew made
prisoners. After the revolution the
French government upon demand paid
ar indemnity, and for ninety three years
this money has been on interest in the
United States governments hands, and
now it is estimated to amount to $1,000
900. Congressman Cogswell had the
bill passed in the house to settle the
claim, but in the senate it was referred
to a committee, which failed to report it
hock
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CALAMITY HOWLERS ANSWERED
Encouraging Revival Of Business Re.
ported from All the Great
Cities.
Official Condition of the Banking
Institutions from All Quar-.
tiers.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-The reports
from the banks in the reserve cities OIL
the last call Of the comptroller of the
currency have about all been received,
and the showing indicates an encourag-
ing revival of business. The increase in
the loans and discounts which is report
cd in all the large cities is especially
significant. The loan and discount
feature of the bank returns is accepted
generally as a safe index of tho condi-
ton of the country.
The returns made by the New York
banks are more significant than those
from any Of the other large cities in the
East or West. On the last bank call in
July, the New York institutions reported
loans and discounts to the amount Of
S344,4l7, 42S. Since then the amount has
been increased to S36O,3OO,459. This is
an increase in loans for the three months
of sl6,0O0,OOO. The individual deposit
accounts Of the banks also show an IL
crease for the same period of upward Of
s26,OOO,OOO.
The returns from the banks of Boston,
Philadelphia, Chicago, st. Louis, Gin
%cinnati, P%ittsburg. Detroit and Balti-
more all show a like encouraging condi-
ton. Comptroller of the Currency
Eckles says the reports show an un-
doubted boom, and that banks share the
general confidence in the retarn of in
creased prosperity. "These returns"
said he, will, l am cure, furnish an
answer to the calamity wailing of the
campaign speakers"
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TABOR'S
The Colorado Ex-senator May Yet Pull
Through.

The Colorado Ex-senator May Yet Pull
Through.
DENVER, Col, Oct. 2O.-Ex-Senator
Tabor is now in a position to straighten
out his financial entanglements, and in
the district court this afternoon made
application for an accounting upon vari.
GUS contracts and obligations, and asked
that present notes be cancelled. Shortly
after the filing of this petition the assign
ment papers Of the Tabor Amusement
and Real Estate company were placed
on file. This step was taken to prevent
the foreclosure Of a mortgage held by
Mrs. Laura d. Swickheimer, or Smith,
upon the Tabor opera house and Tabor
block. Mrs. Smith claims S4l,9OO inter
est money on a short loan, and the ex-
senator seeks to have the claim reduced.
F. f. Edbrooke and Peter McCourt are
named as assignees.
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ShOrt-Lived Happiness.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Oct. 19.-Joseph
Ortiaga aud wife Of Los Lunas went
down to Belen on a visit to the parents
Of Mrs. Ortiana, and just as they were
leaving for their home in the evening
Juan Will drove up to them and put
three bullets into the body of Ortiaga,
death resulting in a few hours. Will
and Ortiaga courted the same girl and
about fifteen days ago the latter gave
her hand in marriage to Ortiaga. Will,
so it is said, swore that when an oppor-
tunity presented itself he would kill his
rival, and yesterday evening he carried
out his design.
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Hanged In an ArbOr.

MILLv1LLE, Oct. 2O.-J. B. Sparks, q
retired machinist, hanged himself from
the grape arbor in the rear Of his fine
residence on East Powell street. Mr.,
Powell retired at his usual hour, SEEM
ingly in the best of spirits. Nothing more
was seen or heard Of him until his wife
discovered him suspended by a towel
from the top Of the arbor. Mr.. Sparks
had been melancholy for several months,
and once before attempted to take his
life by taking laudanum. but was foiled
by his daughter. He had been connected
with II. d. Wood e. Co. for the past
twenty years as master mechanic. He
leaves six children.
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A DRAWN BATTLE
China Says There Was a Big Fight
in Which Neither Side
Was Whipped.
ON THE BANKS OF The YAlU
Rebels in Southwest COrea Appear ia
Be Creating Considerable
Trouble.

LONDON, Oct. 20.-A dispatch received
from Shanghai today says that according
to Chinese advices a severe battle has
been fought on the lower portion Of the
Yalu river. The Japanese are said to
have crossed the river and attacked the
Chinese, but after fierce fighting the
Japanese were repulsed. Both sides are
said to have lost heavily. The Chinese
do not claim a conclusive victory, but
declare that they will maintain their
position. No confirmation of the dis.
patch is o~btainable, but it is thought
probable that fighting has actually
occurred.
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LAST OF HIS RACE.

laqNartlett Drained With a Hickory
"A fff Club.
CHAN, Ala, Oct. 19.-Near
- Gave, Marshall county, George
81 aged 60 years, and David
his nephew, became involved
eErel about the amount Bartlett
~ Hubbard for cutting some
Each seized a hickory club,
bard used his stick first and
Bartlett's skull, causing
ibbard escaped, and a posse
- 1rsuit may deal out summary
s il he is caught. The
\ . Bartlett works the extermin-
q his entire family. His son
ne shot and killed near Alfalfa
by an old enemy. The
son, Alexander, became in
IN a quarrel with a negro farm
week ago, near the place where
pr was slain, and was stabbed to
His youngest son, Thomas, while
the Tennessee river last Satur-
drowned by his skiff upsetting.