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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-06-06
Especially Personal.

The gentleman who about days e bor-
rowed- our las, No. of Harper's Monthly Mag
azine on the day that il cam before We had
opened it) on promise to return it next day,
has forgotten to do so. Will he please let Us
have 1t to look over.
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Death.

Miss Bessie White, daughter of Dr.. Judsou
White, of Foreston, died on Monday after a
long illness of typhoid fever. The funeral
services were he'd at Foreston yesterday
afternoon.
Died in Sumter, S c., June 5tb, Mrs.
Maria NJ. Bailey, relict of the late William
s.. Baily, aud sister of the late L. G. Pate Of
this city, in the Slst year of her age. She
was born 10 North Carolina but has lived
here since the war. She was a consistent
aud 2zealous member of the Baptist church,
aud a heightened christian friend and
neighbor.
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The Cut in Freight Rates.

The rate war now going on between al
the Southern railroad and steamship lines
has become so general that on yesterday the
cut was extended to all interior points. The
cut is a decided one and will enable the
merchants TO get goods from the North at
much less expense than ever before. The
rate per hundred ponds from Northern
points to Sumter are now as follows:
Class.
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School Primary
Total number of votes

The Executive Committee met on Friday
morning and declared Messrs. Mood, O'Don-
nell, Noise and Gaillard the Democratic uom-
inees.
The ticket nominated is acceptable 10 the
peopls.of the city, and there have been many
expressions Of satisfaction that both interests
have representation on the Board. In the
hands of the men nominated the Graded
Schools are safe, and under their manage
ment the Schools will continue to prosper and
assist in building up the community.
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Thirty Days Clear1ng-ont Sale.
A great opportunity is cow being offered
to buyers of Hats and Furnishing Goods. by
Brown, Cattino 4 Delgar, to get these gaods
for thirty days at from Is to 80 per cent
reduction for spot cash. See their adver.
tisement.
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Hoods Pills are hand made, and perfect
in proportion and appearance. Csc. per box.
MIR. Robert Wingate, the Sewing Machine
Agent, has removed from the Masonic Tenn
pie TO the store next door to BuItman h Bro,
on Main Street.
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The Bicycle Races.

The bicycle races Monday afternoon were
attended by a fair audience, and those who
did go out were fully repaid. The race be-
tween Messrs. Arthur Wilder and Walter
Folsom vas very close and exciting. When
they came down the home stretch it was i'm.
possible to say who would cross the line first.
In the half-mile race between DR.. Alva
Solomons and Mr.. Sol Ryttenberg the last
quarter was made in the fast time of 80 Sec
onds.
The official report of the races is as fol-
lows:
Quarter M;e-Gass I'll. A. Rytteuberg,
lst; G.. N. Marshall, End j. J. Watson, u.
l.. Kicker. Time SO seconds.
Half Nile Class lie. Alva Solomons,
lst s.. j. Ryttenberg, 2ud. Time LIS.
Quarter Nile Glass 3.-Arthur Wilder,
lst; W. NJ. Folsom, I'd. Time 4s seconds.
One Nile Class Al. Watson, LIST; l..
A. Ryttenberg, I'd; G.N Marshall, J. C. R.
Wilder. Time 4.05.
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The Charleston, Sumter l. Northern R. R.,
which is not a member of the Associated Rail-
ways of Virginia and the Carolinas has met
the above rates.
While the cut is of great benefit to the mer-
chants of SUMTER and will be taken adyan-
tage of by them, yet it appears that there has
been an unjust discrimination against Sumter
in the cut. Sumter has not received as low
rates as several other towns not as advanta-
geously situated, and it is difficult to under
stand or explain the Discrimination. AS an
example of the discrimination, the rate on
goods from New York TO Camden and Rock
Hill may be quoted as follows:
New York and Philadelphia 10 Rock Hill
and Camden:
Glass Q 6
80 81 .26 81 .ls IA
1t will seen by a comparison that Sumter
pays about twice the rates that Camden and
Rock Hill do, aud it is evident that there is
something wrong.
LATER.
The C. S. l. N. R. R.. yesterday afternoon
issued a circular giving the following rates on
freight from New York and Philadelphia:
Glass 2 81 6
"a On &c 81 ~
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China's Soda is the best, and every one
should test it.
Where is that crowd going? To China's
Drug Store for some Of that fine Soda Water.
If you owe Wiuburn, the photographer,
anything, you will oblige him by paying
the same at once.
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This cut gives Sumter the same rate receiv-
ed by Charleston AID Columbia and removes
the discrimination mentioned above. The G.
S. l. N. is to be thanked for the lower rates.
Mr.. Abe Ryttenberg here and Mr.. Marcus G.
Ryttenberg in New York have been at work
for some days to secure lower rates and have
done much towards obtaining the reduction.
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Use Excelsior Baking Powder, prepared
only by DR.. Al. China. Guaranteed to be
chemically pure. Price IS cents per pound,
2 ounces for S cents, etc. e.o.w-tf
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Gardner of Charleston furnishes Kingman
with Soda Water. Next door to the Simond's
Bank.
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NEW ADVERTIsBMENTs
Personal.

Miss Minnie Atkins is in the city.
Mr. T6os. G. Mcleod is in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Dove are visiting in Beaufort.
Nj. B.. F. Wilson, Of Aayesville is in the
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-08-10
Out of Work In New York.

At recent meeting Of New York
Central Labor union reports were made
by several organizations as to the num-
bers belonging to their organizations
who are out of work.
The Tin and Sheet Iron Workers
union reported 80 per cent out of work;
Reliance Association of Marble Cutters,
80 per cent; Progress Association Of
Steam Filters Helpers, 80 per cent;
Granite Cutters union, 20 per cent:
Woodcarvers' union, 55 per cent; Gid
ers' union, 50 per cent; Plumbers and
Gas Filters union, 10 per cent; Progress
i've Painters union No. i, SO per cent:
Terra Gotta Workers union, Is Der
cent; Varnishers' union, SO per cent;
Machine Stone Workers, so per cent;
Plasterers' Laborers' union, 10 per cent
Remember these are skilled trades,
and that the statistics deal with organ
lied labor, which in New York always
has moro than its prop sf the
situations The figures. indicate that
The depressio ion & still holds on il New
York
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-08-10
EACH WOULD BE A GOVERNOR.
Fisher In Michigan, Overmeyer In Kans:
and Clark In Arkansas

Fisher In Michigan, Overmeyer In Kansas
and Clark In Arkansas.
Three Democratic standard bearers
recently nominated for governor in as
many different states are David Over
meyer Of Kansas, James P. Clark of
Arkansas and Spencer O. Foster of
Michigan. But one of them, Fisher, is
a native of the state to whose guberna-
torial chair he aspires. David Over
meyer was born near Circleville, O., in
1847. He was educated in Indiana at
the Asbury university in Greencastle,
was admitted to the bar and hung out
the proverbial single at Vernon in
1870. In 1883 he removed to Topeka,
where he soon rose to the head of his
profession. His political faith has
changed as many times as his residence.
He was brought up a Democrat, became
a Republican before he was old enough
to vote, followed the fortunes of Re-
publicanism until he located in Kansas
and then returned to the Democratic
fold. He is the leader of the antiprohi-
bitionists in Kansas and was member
of the legislature in 1884.
Spencer O. Fisher was born in Hills
dale county, Mich, 81 years ago, locat-
ed in West Bay City in 1870 and soon
made a fortune in the lumber business
and in real estate, banks, street railways
and other enterprises He was elected
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-08-10
DAv1D'O1ERMEYER.

DAVID OfERME9ER.
SPENCER @. FISHER. JAMES P. CLARK.
mayor of West Bay City in 1882 and
was reelected two years later. The
Democrats then sent him to congress in
1885. He was renominated and re-
elected and remained in WASHINGTON
looking after the interests of his district
two years longer. 49,
John =. Clark, Arkansas Democrats
candidate for the governors chair, was
born in Mississippi 38 years ago and
removed to Arkansas in 1879. He chose
the law as his profession, and hard
work aud natural talent have won for
him high place among the legal lumi-
naries Of the state. In 1887 he was
elected to the legislature, and two years
later he secured q seat in the senate, of
which body he was made president. In
1892 he was elected attorney general Of
Arkansas, and his recent nomination
Tor governor was the unanimous act Of
the Democratic party. His ambition ia
by no means gratifed, for it is said that
he has both eyes on the toga Of United
States Senator James Z. Jones, whose
term expires two years hence
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-08-10

human ranks. Beautiful carriage horses,
with arching necks, overdriven by care,
less, heartless drivers, fell in their
tracks, and SO did patient. toiling truck
horses. Triumphant Sol that day spared
neither man nor beast who ventured to
brave his fury without taking the proper
precautions. A messenger boy and the
opulent president of a trust to whom
the lad was carrying a telegram yielded
at almost the same moment; bare armed
women bending over washboards and
suds and favorites of fashion attired in
thin white garments, laborers Juggling
hods up ladders, and, stripped to the
waist, undergoing industrial agonies in
refneries and iron mills, were among
those who fell. There were more victims
among the poor than the rich, for the
poor, in the nature of things, were not
SO often provided with the buckler of
health and strength for defense and were
forced to remain at work in spite of the
danger.
One who fell was a slender, handsome
youth who was on his way to the death
bed of his mother: Another was "well
groomed' man of the world who was to
be that day married to sweet girl who
never knew how much she ought to
thank the sun for his work her whole
life through. Still another had fallen
heir to fortune and was about to enter
into possession thereof. Yet another
sat in locomotive cab over whirling,
speeding drivers and held the fate of
hundreds Of passengers by 1.-THE limit
ed'' in the hand that grasped the lever
till the sun forced it to relax it's hold.
Perhaps the saddest case of all on that
day of death was the termination of the
life of gentle, kindly soul whose ener-
gies had long been devoted to alleviat-
ing the miseries of others. If he had
chosen, he might have fled to the sands
Or the heights, for he was not lacking
for money, as were so many Of those
whom he visited from day to day:
But he thought not of himself. From
dawn till midday he threaded his way
down the narrow, odorous, heated alleys
Of a great city, climbed the narrow, rick
ETY. stairways that led to the homes of
the poor and the suffering, and each
squalid abode visited was somewhat the
better because he had been there In
one place he left fruits and delicacies,
in the next money. and in some only
kind words, but everywhere he was well
coined and his return longed for. It had
never occurred to him that he ran per-
sonal risks in doing what he conceived
to be his duty, though it often had to
his friends, who tried in vain to control
him. 1t is doubtful if he would have
swerved from his course if he had
known the certain result, though he
might have taken more precautions and
SO avoided the worst; but, ever careful of
the safety and comfort of others, he was
needless of his own. 1t was little aft
er noon that a strange pallor spread
over his fine features and strange
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-08-10

faintness seized upon his every faculty.
The poverty stricken beneficiary with
whom he was talking noted the change,
and, awestruck, shrieked for help.
When it arrived, the heats deadly work
had been accomplished, and the Door
and the needy Of the narrow, noisome
streets he was wont to visit had lost the
best friend they had ever had
But the day was not one of misery
quite unmixed. In fact, it was day Of
great hilarity to many persons. Some
padded about in the waters of the sea,
OF lakes and Of rivers. Some swung idly
IN hammocks shaded by trees or the
wide roofs Of zephyr swept verandas.
Others, with rods and flies, sought the
shade Of forests, beneath which flowed
llmpid and fish filed streams. Yet
others sailed the waves and sang and
shouted and laughed defiance to the tor
rid tyrant Of the skies. But even these
were fain to consult the mercury, and
even these bought evening papers eager
~ that they might scan the monday
"indications'' for the coming 10 hours.
The portly ice dealer, the acquisitive ice
cream vender, the smiling seller of soft
drinks, the barkeepers and those who
sold watermelons struggled and hustled
the whole day through, vainly trying to
furnish their cooling wares fast enough
to meet the demand.
Sing Low and Wun Lung and laun-
dry men, and laundry women laughed
with joy as they took note generally of
willing collars and cuffs and shirt fronts
and figured upon the extra profits that
would come to them because of the days
perspiration. The humorists of the
comic weeklies melted and wrote Jokes
about Christmas and the north pole, and
the decks Of the excursion steamers were
crowded with those who sought relief,
if only for but a few brief hours
When the night editor got to his desk
at 6 O'Clock in the evening, the city
editor said: A~ <@~1 -
''I've had that new reporter, Snaps,
at work all day getting up comic
special on wilted collars and other
timely heat topics. He'll have column
and turn, maybe two, and Phabers, the
artist, has some corking pictures for it.
Then I've got four men out on the
drowning of 40 or so bathers down at
the beach. That ought to be good for
all we can get. And I've ordered
1000 word special about river excur-
sion boat capsizing with 100 on board.
Don't know how many are lost yet. The
police headquarters man teleph that
81 have been overcome about town, and
I've got men out for q general heat story
for what it is worth. Going to be an
other all fired hot evening, I guess.
hope you 4 get through all right. Good
night = ]. .. MARSHALL.
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The American Railway union re-
stricts it's membership to railway serv-
ice, each man on road has the same
employer, and interests are as nearly
identical as it is possible for the inter
ests Of two individuals to be. The
Knights Of Labor try to direct the trade
interests Of a thousand and one callings
at one and the same time, and If the
policy Of the past few years is followed
they will gobble up as many railroad
men az they can when they can. There
was q time when I thought the whole
labor movement might be combined in
the Knights through the trades district
system, but the shortsighted men who
had control Of the order thought they
could drive the trade organization ont
Of existence and organize all the work
ers into mixed assemblies They opened
the war upon that line, and the trade
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-08-10

ALONE WITH HER GRIEF AND HER DEAD
"Yes, - was the weary reply; there it
is, Clear; slight, variable winds; ris-
ing temperature ,"
"Heaven defend us!' moaned the
night editor. "Such weather this year
Of great news is enough to drive man
out of the business -
Conversations somewhat similar took
place about the same time in nearly
every morning newspaper office between
the oceans, but everywhere the men
worked and sweltered steadily away as
If their lives depended on the exertions
of the hour. In time in every office the
daily miracle Of getting the paper to
press and out upon the street was &C.
complished, and the tired workers went
home in the gray of the morning to sleep
or to toss, as the case might be, the long
hot day through.
A little later the sun rose out of the
Atlantic's green waves. Little rocked
Old Sol of the suffering his burning
rays were that day to infict upon de-
voted humanity. Before his fierce light
certain mists that had gathered over
night in some localities were dissipated
like 4 BREATH and ere the day was an
hour old those who labor in the light
were sweltering and grumb]ing as the
men on the morning papers had swell
tered and grumbled the night before.
The suns first victim on that awful
day was a little babe, child of the
tenements All night long it's grief
St71al I,
81 it as it lay, scarcely conscious, in the
sitting little room under the metal roof
which she called "home." All night
long her soul had gone out in despairing
prayers for showers and cooling breezes.
Zoo poor even to buy a paper to see for
herself what the Indications were, as
she was too poor to take the child to the
country Or the seashore, she asked in
formation of a neighbor slightly better
off than herself. When the words that
had been YEARLY read in the newspaper
office few hours before were repeated
to her, her heart sank. At 8 o'clock her
forebodings were justified, for the frail
life left the child's body, and the poor
mother was alone under the metal roof
with her grief and her dead. Some who
knew of both said the child was better
out of its misery, but she could not see
it so.
The next victim was a sturdy young
farmer, broad of shoulder, clean of limb,
erect Of carriage. He went out into the
fields to toll in the fierce heat with an
unwonted lassitude stealing over him,
for he had not slept we'll the night be-
fore, and the sultriness of the morning
had destroyed his desire for food. At 10
O'Clock he fell fainting in the field and
was tenderly borne away by hard hand
ed companions. But he recovered his
health and strength, for he was not one
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-08-10
can make. q

HAVEN s. P1NGREE: part OF that sum.
for he has plowed up all the vacant land
in Detroit, and the unemployed of the
city are raising potatoes and beans on
it. The result is that no man who
desires to work this summer need
starve next winter. Mayor Pingree is a
very original and picturesque character.
He was born in Ipswich, Mass, in 1910,
and in 1854 began learning the shoe
makers trade in factory at Hopkin-
ton, Mass When the war opened, he
joined Company F of the Fourteenth
Massachusetts infantry and was in the
battle at Spottsylvania Courthouse,
where 500 of the l, 600 members of his
regiment were killed.
Pingree then joined the First Massa-
chusetts artillery and shortly thereafter,
while on special duty, was captured by
Mosby's men. General Mosby saw
that Pingree wore good clothes and at
once ordered the young private to change
with him. Pingree was then sent to diff
ferent Confederate prisons and spent
five months in Andersonville He was
exchanged in 1864, but Immediately re-
enlisted and served during the remain
der of the war.
In 1865 he made Detroit his home
and began work in shoe factory as a
bench hand. Soon thereafter he started
factory of his own. Eight persons
were at first employed, but the business
has been SO successful that the factory
now has over 700. Mayor Pingree is
a Republican, but he never dabbled
in politics until 1890, when he was
urged to run for mayor: He did so
and was elected. He at once locked
horns with various local monopolies
that he believed were overcharging the
people and is said to have reformed
many alleged abuses He is now serving
his fourth term as mayor of the city
and it is said proposes to make fight
in the legislature next winter for the
seat of United States Senator Mcmillan.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-08-10
THE FURY OF .l'fIESUN
UNTEMPERED BY COOLING CLOUDS
AND BREEzEs, IT Is TERRIBLE. y

. .ts : y
A Trail OF Pr s,stration, Insanity and Death
Left In the Luminary's Track on Each
Day of Excessive Hcat-Su1try Weather
Has Also It's Humorous Side.
1t was midnight at Washington.
o'clock at Boston, IL o'clock at Chicago.
In hundreds of morning newspaper
Offices thousands Of editors, reporters,
copy readers, proofreaders and compost
tors sweltered and toiled and grumbled.
Some Of them swore. For it vas hot
night from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
''Mr. Slashitt said certain night
editor to the telegraph editor as the lat
ter unrolled huge bundle Of kilograms
written on thin manifold paper, -"
i"has Indications come in yet?''
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-08-10

+ Texas were as densely populated as
the state Of Massachusetts,, it would
have population greater than France
and Great Britain combined or about
rs, 600. 900.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-08-10

city and an give the
world an exam
pie Of practical
charity that is
worthy Of emula-
tien. Last winter
Detroit spen t
$3.50, 900 in car
ing for her poor
and unemployed.
This year Mayor
Pingree is saving
the city a large
f~o-k ~ x1A
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-08-10

On June II three Of the general off,
GERS of the Knights Of Labor, three from
the American Federation of Labor, two
from the Farmers Alliance, one from
the Bottle Blowers and one or more
from each Of the railway organizations,
excepting the Telegaphers and the
American Railway union, met in St
Louis pursuant to the call Of the first
named I have already referred to the
agreement adopted at this meeting to
hold semiannual conferences. The par
agraph referring to representation in
these future conferences reads: The
representation in the conferences shall
be from the general assembly Of the
knights Of Labor, the American FEEDER
alton Of Labor, the various brotherhoods
and orders Of railway men and such ma
tional and International organizations
pf wage workers and farmers as are not
affiliated with any Of the before mem