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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-05-12
Tariff Bill Reported

Washington, May 4 4-The upexpect.
ed has happen again. To the surprise
of everybody except those in the con-
6deoce of the senate foance committee,
the tariff bill was reported to the sen-
ate to-day When the committee N ct
this mornlog Senator Jones showed
every evidence Of complete satisfaction.
The Democrats saw that opposition vas
useless. After glance at the ZIG
pages OF the bill a motion to report the
bill to the seoate at once was adopted
BY vote OF 8 to 5. Jones votiog with
toe Republicans WA. he got for bis
vote nobody WHO is authorized to speak
can 'e,I. Whether it vas the aoroga
ton cf the Hawaiian treaty, or whether
he voted With the Republicans f:om
preference will remain part Of the
unexploited history cf the bill.
Promptly when the senate opened Sen
a,or Aldrich presented the bill, asked
that it 60 on the calendar until May lS
aad that 5000 copies Of it be printed
sor the use Of the senate It was all
over in two minutes and the first battle
vas won without firing gun. 1t is
c,n6deotIy predicted that debate on
the bill sill eud before anybody knows
it, and that by June Is it will be in
conference between ;ne houses. As re-
ported to the senate is is not the DIog
ley bill. There have bsea radical de-
partures 10 making up the schedules
and sweeping reductions in rates al
along the line.
Among the important changes, the
following may be noted Change of
date when the bill is to take effect from
May l to July l. the elimination Of
the house retroactive clause aod the
provision relating to reciprocity. For
the aster1s substituted the following {:
That whenever any country, depend
eucy or colony shall pay or bessow d.
rectly or indirectly, any bounty or
grant upon the expectation of aoy ar
ticle OF merchandise from any country.
dependency or colony and such article
or merchandise is dutiable under the
provisions of this acr. then upon i'm
portation of any such article or mer-
chandise into the United States, wheth
er the same shall be imported directly
from the country Of production or 9th
erwise. and whether such article or mer-
chandisc is imported in the same coodi-
tion as when exported from the country
of production, or has been changed 10
condition by re-m.aufacture or other
wise, there shall be levied and paid 10
all cases.. 10 addition to the duties
otherwise imposed by this act an addi-
tiooal duty equal to the net amount of
such bounty or grant, however, the
same be paid or bestowed The net
amount of all such bouDties or grants
shall be, from time to time ascertained,
determined aud declared by the secre-
tary Of the treasury who shall make all
Deedfu! regulations for the Identification
of such articles and merchandise and
for the assessment and collection of
s.c5 additional duties
The house provision ir the tariff bill
keepiog in force the Hawaiian recipro-
city treaty is stricken ous, the e6ec:
being Indirectly to abTogate the treaty
aaG imposing the same duty ,on Ha-
waiiaa sugars as is imposed 90 sugars
frcm other countries.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-05-12
Bradstreet's Observations.

New York. May 7-Bradstcaet's TO-
morrow will say: F&voea5le busiaess
features this week iocirds taa GOTTA
aed declise Of water in tie fooded dis
tr;s's of the Mississippi: R:ver valley 7,
ii. port;oa Of ,shich planting 5as be.
gun better demand fer staples at Bal
s:nore, ST. Louis. Omaha, ,ii;..wausee.
81. Paul and Sioux Fails. and large
sales of iron ore to Western furnaces.
and eevival.of activity among coua-
try merchants in some cen!ral Western
States. Unfavorable trade features
ipciade the further decline Of prices for
Bsssemer pig iron aud steel b;ilets,
with production of pig iron lie excess OF
consumption aud the prospect favorable
for blowing out uumber of stacks
Cool weather West, mas checked the re-
tail demand. and complaints are re-
ceived fron Wholesale dealers 10 shoes,
clothing aud dry goods.
Low temperature has retarded the
growth Of cotton and corn in Texas.
aod 10 Kentucky, the leaf tobacco crop
will be short. The Lake trade outlook
is not satisfactory the movement Of
building materials is slow mer
captile collections show no improve
meot and the spring trade in general
continues disappointing
Exports of wheat from both coasts Of
the United States aud Canada this
week (Aour included as wheat) amount
to 1.799, 322 bushels, as compared With
1855. 600 bushels last week. 1882 :
600 bushels in the week year ago,
2.S05, 900 bushels two years ago. = :
SIS 600 bushels hree years ago, aud
as coutrasted with 1000 bushels
ia the like week of 1893 Exports of
Indian corn amount to 3,127,7Sl bush.
els this week. compared With 3.657,- :
600 bushels last week ,S9l 900 bush.
cir ia the week year ago, 933, 600
bushels iuo years ago. 10000 bush :
els three years ago, aoo as contras'eu
with 1,046, 900 bushels in the like
week of 1893
The total number of business failures
throughout the United States this week
does hot vary materially from wha:
nag be regarded as the average in re
cent years for CORES spoudipg period,
amounting 20 22S. against 244 last
week, 2G7 in the week year ago. 224
in The week n 1895. 1913 in 1894 and
2I9 io 1898. There are 80 business
failure reported from the Dominion of
Canada this week, compared with 81
last week. IS in the week one year ago,
81 two years ago and 30 in the like
week of 1894.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-05-12
Nav TO-.

Laureus Tucker, white man living
10 Lauseps county went fishing with
his wife on Saturday night. leaving
their four children locked up in the
house. The house was burned aud ali
of the children we're cremated.
N W. Nelson, president of the
Metropolitan Bank Of Richmond, Va,
was found dead 10 lis bath room 90
Saturday morning He shut himself
10 the room and turned on the gas.
He was - years old and had been 10
i'll health for long period.
Biggs & Fiemiog's tobacc prize
house in Wilson, n. c., " yurned
Saturday. Loss on building SIS, 900,
on tobacco $4,000.
1t is feared in Montana that the
Cheyenne Indians are meditatiog an
outbreak
The German leaders are urging the
rcichstag to enact realia:ory tariff laws
against American goods 90 account of
the DiogIey bill
Tie steamer Maggie. of the Wacca-
nav river !iae, vas burned at Conway
on Saturday uigh..
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THE MAN IN CRAY.
FRANK L. STANTON. T.

FRANK L. STANTON.
Here be is in a wreck OF gray,
With the b.szen belt of the sc. S. a."
Me3, do you know him
Far away,
Where battle olackened the face Of day,
And tie RAPID rivers ir crimson fed,
And Gods white roses were reeked 10 red,
His strength be gave and his ulood he shed-
Followed fearless where Stonewal led,
Or, galleped wild 10 the wake of Lee,
In the dashing mad artillery
She!led the rauks Of the enemy
For the South that visa anc the South to be
O, bore bis musket with wouoded hands
O'er icy rivers and turriog sands
Leyeied s!raigt. a; The hostile caods
Tha: spread like Death through the ravaged
lands
Men, DO you kno. hin Grim and gray,
He speaks to you i,om the .er away!
There be stands on the prison sod
4 statue carved ty the hand of God /;
Ard the death be dared and the paths be trcd
Plead for him il voice tna. seems
Wild ard sad with bat.le-dreaus.
And memory's river backward streams
With its strange unrest and crimson CLEANS
There be stands like hero-see
He bore his rags and his wounds for ye
He bore the fag CT the warring South
With red.scarred hands 10 tie cannon's
mouth
By beaver see as did that dag.
His red wounds CLEAN through the rags of
grey
Men of tne South, your heroes stand
Sta1ue-ike in the oew-born land
Will ge pass them by? viii your lips coz
DEAN?
TIE wounds on their brave breasts plead for
them
Shall the South that they gave their blood to
Give them oaly naneless grave?
Nay for The men who faced the fray
Are her's in trust t:lf the Judgment Day
And God Himself 10 the far sweet-lauds
Will ask their blood Of their country's
hands
Soldier You in the wreck Of gray,
With the brszen belt of the &C. S. A, ~
Take my love aud rny tears to-day
Take then-all that hsve to give.
But by Coos grace, while my heart shall
live,
1t still shall keep in Its faithful way
The camp-6res lit for the man in gray
Aye! till the trunp sounds far away,
And the silve: bugles Of heaven play,
Aud the roll is called at che Judgment Day
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Barber yesterday said: "You eau
Just say for me TO the public, that if
there is any other ofense for which
these parties can be indicted, then
this Office stands ready to prosecute
therefor"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-05-12
Take &iOHlN.SONS
CHILL & FEVER
TONIC. z
FROM THE WIRES.
May 8.

Way 8.
Senator Ca:!, os Florida, mas with
drawn from tue race for re. election and
Chipley leads.
The scdooosr saGcy Lass put into
Charlestoa Thursday night loaded with
liquor aud the captain was arrested
when be went ashore
State Treasurer Collins, of Florida,
has been found $4,000 short in his
accounts
Gov. Atkinson aod Judge Turner
speos yesterday 10 Columbia inspecting
the penitentiary. To-day they are in-
spec,iDg the State Faru a; Has ood.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-05-12
BOTH GIVE BOND

1t was about 2:30 o'clock when Mr.
CASTOR walked into the Office of the
magistrate and surrendered himself
he having been informed by the
magistrates constable that he was
wanted. He waived a preliminary,
and gave bond for his appearance al
the sessions court in the sum cf $500
His bondsmen were Gen. John Gary
Watts and Maj. B. B Evans
About 4 o'clock the same proceed
ing was gone through with as to Mr..
Sc'uggs He came up in response
to similar notice from the constable,
Mr. Hartin His bond was fixed in
the same amount. His bondsmen
were James g. Payne and w. j
Scruggs
Attorney General Barber says that
tue punishment fer the offense charged
upca conviction is imprisonment and
fine in the discretion of the Judge
the imprisonment not to exceed seveA
years 1t is not of necessity in the
State penitentiary
Mr. Castor said yesterday that he
had nothing to fear; he had done
nothing wrong so far as be knew, and
intimated that be did not even think
he would employ counsel to defend
him.
There has been considerable talk
as to what offense these two men
should be prosecuted for. Breach Of
trust. grand larceny, housebreaking
in the case of Scruggs and numerous
other otfenses were looked into, but
the attorneys could not find where
any OF them would lie upon the evi-
denee presented. Attorney General
Smyrna times., 1897-12-15
PERSONAL.

Rev. and Mrs. A. Stengle returned
home from Laurel, Md, Monday, and
went the same day to Onley, Eastern
Shore of Virginia. He was called
thither by the illness of his father-in-
law, expecting to get home to-day.
Miss Lizzie Bishop, of Cheswold,
was the guest of Miss Bett Smithers
last week.
Joseph H. Carter and E. H. Beck
left on Saturday for Snow Hill on
cunning expedition and Ross Coun-
selman has gone to Houston for the
same purpose.
Geo. Hyatt, of Wilmington, has been
appointed baggage master of the
Smyrna Branch road.
Capt. Geo. I. Walker, whose wife
and children spent last winter in
Smyrna with her sister, Miss Sadie
Mitchell, died last week at Colorado
Springs The remains were brought
East and inferred to-day in Mt. Yer
non cemetery, Philadelphia. He had
been a victim of consumption the past
year or two, and had only reached his
34th year.
Mrs. VIM. NJ. Lewis and daughter,
Miss lrma, are visiting Wilmington
friends.
Henry c. Conrad, Esq, of Whining
ton, visited Smyrna last week and
made a friendly call at the TINES Of
fee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank F. Evans. Miss
Ethel H. Cooper and Miss Elizabeth
Denney, have been spending several
days in Philadelphia.
Miss Mary Collision, of Dover, who is
teacher at the big Oak" school. was
entertained during the Institute bv
Miss Gertrude Smith.
Miss Blanch Cochran, of Middle
town, has been visiting Mrs. Margaret
Bailey.
Miss Anita Marvel, of near Leipsic.
was guest of Mrs. R. V. Hynson last
Mrs. A. W. Sullivan and daughter
of Shiloh, n. j., who have been visit.
ing the family of DR.. c. O. Swinnev.re-
turned home to-day.
Roland W. Bell who has lust finished
a three year enlistment in the U. s.
Navy most of the time being on the
cruiser minneapolis" returned home
last week. He is undecided wheather
he will re-enlist or enter some other
business.
Emmett Lewis, who has been engi-
neer for the Smyrna Shirt and Hosiery
20, leaves his position to-day to go to
Merchantville, n. j., to learn electrical
engineering under Frank L. Wright.
Smyrna times., 1897-12-15
Pictures OF Early Governors Wanted.

We give in another place an inter
estlng scrap of history about Lieut..
VIM. Odenheimer, written for our last
issue but crowded over to this The
writer belongs to a historic family and
last week received a letter from H. c.
Conrad, Esq, librarian of the vii
mlngton Historical Society. inouir-
ing II she had any portraits or pictures
OF any kind of her great grandfather
Hon. John Cook and the Hon. Thomas
Collins, and if so, would she bewillipo
to donate them to the Governors room
IN the State House at Dover. He men
TONED that he was cO-operatiDp with
the Legislative Comitttee in obtoipir,,
hkenesses Of the Governors of Dela-
ware. Hon. John Cook has many
grand and great-grand children. amono
them the Petersons, Corbits, Clarks.
Cooks and ClOaks and it is thought
that among some of them NAV be found
an old time miniature that could bo on
larged. The same would also appiv TO
Hon. Thomas Collins, whose Guber-
material home was "Belmont," who
has large family of grand and great
grand children. If any of the de-
scendents Of these men have the like
nesses above referred to, it would be
well to communicate with Mrs. Peter
on-Speakman.
Smyrna times., 1897-12-15

In his annual message to Congress
last week President Mckinley used the
expression, cit gives me pleasure to
extend greeting to the Fifty Fifth Con-
gress." The New York Herald criti-
cises this expression as not good Eng
lish, though we fancy that most people
will read it over more than once to de-
tect its bad grammar. The criticism is
that it would be simpler to say it
''gives him pleasure to greet Congress"
"a distinction without a difference. A
critic says:
Perhaps it is commoner in Ohio
than here, but here also looseness of
speech prevails-sOmetimes even in the
newspapers, or in some dictionaries.
But the dictionaries are not in them
selves authorities. Their business is
not to legislate but to register, and the
examples they give are not to the pur-
nose "
Smyrna times., 1897-12-15
Sunday at the N. E. Church.

On Friday afternoon Mrs. Stengle
received telegram of the death of her
brother, Geo. H. Clark at Laurel, Md,
near Washington, which of course was
quite a shock as they had had no init
nation of serious illness. Both the
Rev. and Mrs. Stengle left on Satur-
day, to attend the funeral on Sunday.
This required on his part some one to
supply his place i'll the pulpit on Sun
day. This was done in securing Rev.
ThOs H. Haynes for the morning ser
vlces-it being the quarterly admins
tration of the Holy COmmunion-con
Quoted in that dignifed manner, mel
lowed by love and good fellowship, so
adapted to an occasion of the kind.
Rev. L. w. Layfeld preached at
night. The third appointment for the
day for him was at Jerman Chapel. the
subject announced in these columns
being The Meaning of Paradise, or
the intermediate State from Christ's
reply to one of those crucified with
him; To-day shalt thou be with me
IN Paradise. The invitation extended
to Mr. Layfield to transfer his services
to Asbury church also extended to his
congregation, and they were there, and
seemingly most everybody else.
The congregation not only filled the
auditorium but overrun into the gal
lery, filling the end and part of the
sides. Not since Conference have so
many persons been ont at a regular
preaching service
The subject occupied the attention
of the Reverend gentleman for nearly
forty minutes and his well defined
positions based on scriptural texts.
coupled with his popular style of de-
livery, claimed the earnest attention
of his large audience throughout the
discourse. Without attempting a syn
opsls of the sermon it might be said
that the main thought brought out was
that Paradise or the Intermediate state
is not Heaven with its perfection of
blessedness, condition that does not
occur until after the Judgement, when
the soul and the body will be united:
then and not till then will the final an
complete reward be given.
Both the good and the bad go to this
intermediate state; while this is true.
the happiness of such depends upon
state and conditions, and not upon
place.
Each person makes and knows his
place independent of any awards as
signed by the Judge. Probation
ceases with death, as is clearly set
forth in the parable of Dives and Laz-
arms
Smyrna times., 1897-12-15

IT was not until several days after
the first publication Of the Whining
ton Sun which took up and ventilated
the case of VIM. n. Boggs and the con-
spiracy of the seven thieves who as
sisted him in robbing the National
Bank at DOvor, that it appeared in any
of the other dailies, now they are full of
1t. They seemed really afraid of ituntil
letter over the signature of Mr.. Caleb
BOggs appeared acknowledging the
correctness of the statement and say
ing that when W. y. Boggs realized
his aituatiOn, be was well aware that
his only alternative was to be a scape-
goat for the whole gang; he knew too
that some Of the members of the gang
had much rather stand trial before a
Delaware court for murder in the first
degree than to be exposed for robbing
the bank, and having every reason to
believe that justice would not be meted
out either to himself or to the scoun-
drels whom he had aided in the rob
berry, by a court or jury unbiased by
political corruption, he fed the coun-
try
Ee-terday quote Harry
s President Of the bank
as saying, Il feel sure that VIM. y.
Boggs will be back soon but he will be
brought. We want Boggs and the
men who were connected with him.
The statement is made that 'The
bank officials are pretty well satisfied
that the money was used in stock spec
ulation, and one of them is authority
for the statement that had Boggs been
able to hold on to the stocks he was
carrying on margains last summer
until the September rise he could have
paid back all the money taken from
the bank.
John Ii. Batemen, who was cashier
Of the bank at the time, says editionally
in the Sentinel, eff our information is
not awry, this is but the initial step in
the movement on the part of the San,
to give to the public in full the com
plete and detailed story of the bank
robbery, which almost paralyzed the
community by its mystery and magni-
tude, by which very suddenly hushed
mp and was then spoken of only in
whispers. Let the full truth be told.
the public interest demand it."
Smyrna times., 1897-12-15

All goods marked in plain figures
and one price to all at Allees, Dover. y
The Brady Steamboat Company re-
ceived barge load of coal at their
wharves this week.
L shall close out what guns have on
hand at cost, as do not want to carry
them over. Alfred Tilghman. II
w. II. Greenwell has completed
stock yard near his shambles liz Ken
ton and is fattening twenty head of
steers.
John H. Bishop bought the house
and lot Of Martha A. Brister, in Ches-
wOld, for $50, which was sold at pub
lie sale by Sheriff Shaw.
VIM. F. Dunn extends a cordial in
vitation to all in selecting Holiday
Presents to examine his stock. He has
a collection of books also. Il
At least two of the teachers have
spoken to us in complimentary terms
of the good order that was maintained
in and about the Institute last week.
and it added very much to their enjoy
ment. The Balcony, which was
crowded most of the time, day and
night, usually contains the restless
class, but the presence of Policeman
Garner corrected all this and made it
a desirable place for many of our cit
liens to occupy.
Chairman of the Light and Water
Committee, II. S. Anthony, is trying
the incandescent lamp experiment on
Mt Vernon street which privilege was
granted him by the Board at a previous
meeting. All along the street between
Union and Main he has placed 80 c. p.
incandescent lamps and taken down
the ares, and in fact he has doubled
the quantity by placing them between
the squares. These are on the COM
merical circuit and are allowed to burn
all night long. The experiment is
proving satisfactory to the residents
of that street and many hope it will be
adopted over the whole town.
Smyrna times., 1897-12-15
First Lieutenant VIM. H. Odenheimer.
United States Navy.

Upon reading a short time since in
your valued paper the interesting ac.
count of the patriotic address of Hon.
Thomas F. Bayard upon the occasion
OF the reception given in Wilmington
TO the gun boat of that name, l Thought
perhaps it might be interesting to some
OF your readers to hear of another hero
IN the naval battles of 1S11-12. thouoh
not al Deiawarean.
First Lieutenant William Odepbei-
mer was engaged in the naval battles
between the Wasp and the Frolic and
also was actively engaged in the battle
between the Constitution and the
Guerriere, and in the latter battle be
was wounded and fell, and after strup-
Cling in the water for some time was
rescued, but died soon after his return
home, from the wound and exposnre
incident to that battle, and was buriad
with the honors of war, in st. Paul's
church yard. Philadelphia.
Lieutenant Odenheimer was tho
uncle of Mrs. G. E. c. P-Speakman
Of Belmont Hail." this place. be
being a half brother of her mother
Mrs. +. d. Boxer. An interesting
fact in connection with the military
funeral of Lieutenant Odenheimer was
that the late Mr.. Edward d. Boxer. of
Philadelphia, remembered, he said
when boy being present at this fu-
neral (and seeing the crowd and hear
ing the drums and music and firing of
incident to such an occur
rence) climbed mp tree in the church
yard so as to be able to see it all. little
thinking that more than fifty wears
aiterward he would marry the sister of
the man so honored in his death
Lieutenant 0denheimer was also an
uncle of he.late VIM. H. Odenheimer
OF New Jersey, Protestant
church. a p 9
Smyrna times., 1897-12-15

elOquence. 1t was thought bymany to
be the effort of the Institute, and GER
tainly a most fit ending to the closing
exercises of the sessions.
The entertainment of the Ariel
Ladies' Sextette was splendid combi-
nation. The talent displayed was far
above the average of concert compa-
MES. Miss Gertrude has a soprano
voice of great power and sweetness,
and shows the result of studious cult
vatiOn, Miss Grace had amost excellent
contraltO voice and her bewitching
manner made it all the more effective.
In initiating the dialect of childhood,
Miss Marguerite excelled anything
ever given here. She was encored time
after time before the footlights. Take
it all in all, Supt. Tindel furnished a
most excellent program of entertain
ments, and the people of Smyrna will
not forget the Impressions made for a
long time to come.
Smyrna times., 1897-12-15

THE heavy drain in the U. S. Treas
ury because of the pension demands is
causing a close look at the finances,
and making Economy" the watch
word of Congress. The estimate of the
deficit by the Secretary of the Treas
ury for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1899, amounts to 500, 900, 600 i'll round
figures In view of these figures, the
necessity of the most rigorous super
vision of and careful economy in ap-
preparations is keenly felt, and by
none Others more keenly than by the
chairman and members of the commit
tees which have jurisdiction of appro-
priatiOn bills The total of the esti-
mates of current ordinary expenditures
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1899, as was transmitted to the House,
amounted, in round figures, to $685.
000, 600, including estimates under the
head of public works" amounting to
S73, 600, 900, of which $40, 600, 900, in
round figures, is for the improvement
of rivers and harbOrs, and S13, 900, 900
for Notifications and other works of de-
fense. After a sharp debate the pen
sion bill for S14,OOO,OOO was passed.