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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-27
PERSONAL. ]; j

Mr. &. DuPra. ot Pissah spent Yesterday
in town.
llss K,,is ogs,oa i visi,ias Hiss Bes-
sie Jersey
lIs. John K crosssell q 10 tho city for :
ssew days shay .ss
II. s. I. Kesls, Il a.,ss,ille. speat yeasss-
s3ay II town q
Dr. B. g !. Badger, of Snmmerlop, is the
znsat ef Af. G. 81 Stubos.
1lrss II. Aiksls and sous of Atlantis, Ca.
ssre visiting IS. B. q Aikeiis
NJ m sW DESC Ch4mps.s Of Wisacky vas
IA sown festerdsy 90 business.
Ms Eou II .sPaae is visiting hisr sister, Mrs.
ar. b Psse Of Gibson. \. g q
MSsR. Il. Warren has gone 10 NeRberry
do asbussness Tor the Telephone Co.
Hrs. J.Ef. Roseh and danshters have re-
s1sned homs from their summer trip
hiss Jossphine Mccall of Darlington, is
visiling her rssis4er, aaifTas s. 81 DeaC Champs
Judge RDehanan. who has tleen holding
eorrt in Anderson, resurped 20 this city FRI
aday
Mns Madeline Ffsaser, of GSeorgetow who
has been visit;ng her ster, Ars. .. q. Dick,
! uf Ssafennrg, tor 8 rn0nth or more is IN the
5 esy
The psesent ecodi dition Of The stseefs reminds
% all Ehat sha next campaign wii hinge on
tise qnestier OF paving Main and Liberty
sSfrests. Ssh
,ft. g. II Hurst, il returned yesterday
from Phiadel where be bas heen engaged
ui busiaess iorE q couple off yeara. BE will
Z spSnn 4 shrrt II ID The city 55sss.
Ms 80 ~. ~ M. ~ Colnm,,ias
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-27

4 Welcome Bargain il Silks.
Silks like other things move quickly 4,
Schwartz's-Tbe stocks are kept changing
daily by such movements as this
For this Sale lot of beautiful Novelty Silks
10 all the newest styles, comes to you at
prices that means % Fer cert saved.
The Secret Knowing EoH and What
to Buy.
10 pieces New two-toned Tafetas, latest
combinations, for the sale, sc !.
Is pieces new Fancies for waists and
trimmings. worth e0c, 69c
10 pieces new Waist Silks, only waist
lengths each style, regular ST., SIC
10 piecesaSurah Silks, all colorings, for
the sale, 22c
2 pieces black Faille Silk, worth regu-
lar Csc, special, 49c
patterns in all Silk Gros Grain Bro
cades for waists and skirts, worth 55c, 62c
| pieces black Silk, 23-in, the 81 kind,
for the sale, SIC
patterns elegant Satin Brocades, worth
90c aud S., all for the day, 7cc
2 pieces black Satin Ducbesse, all pure
Silk, regular 90c, CSC
Is pieces Brocade Fancy Silks, new de.
signs for Waists, 33c
2 pieces Black Satin, the Soc kind, for
the sale, 39c
/ piece 27.in Black Satin, all pure silk,
extra heavy, 93c
! 8 pieces fancy Waist Silks, for this sale
only 23c
Some new arrivals in choice evening Silks.
all to 60 in this Sale.
Is pieces silk Velvets, all shades, for this
sale, Soc
To be quickly remnant is the glory Of
Dress Silk.
Quickly chosen-Rapidly Sold.
Thus favorites disappear, leaving only little
ends. For this sale all our remnants are
assembled and marked at exactly
Half Prices.
These Silks are invited to change owners and
the inducements are the prices.
sals-eloYes-sale,
Is dez Kid GloveSa4 buttons, tans and
blacks, worth 81, 73c
5 doz Foster Lace, ST Gloves, eighty
damaged, sale price 59c
doz Undressed Moquetaiers, regular
81, for sae. 69c
One lot Kids, odd sizes, spotted, Csc
ew meritorious and wanted goods, bring the
our popularity. Solid values keep and add
ser.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-27

Car Load Soc Horses and Mules jnst re-
csiyed Prices TO sui, use cent cotton. W
5. Bo5le. Oct 27-3s
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-27

Is pieces 42-in Fsncy Dress Goods, new
weaves. the Csc kind, sale price l6c
20 pieces 36-in Henrietta, al! new shades
and black, TIC
IS pieces, aIl.weol French F!anuels, Ro-
man Stripes AID Pldids, worth 35c 23c
10 pieces 36-iu henrietta, beautiful col
orinps, newest shades and black, sale
price, 22c
II pieces Fancy Scotch Flannels, new ef-
fec,s, all.wool, worth 35c, 23c
pieces all-wool Serge, 36in, in navy,
black, brown and green, 22c
2 pieces grey all-wool Fannels. These
are 81 in, regular 45c, 36c
6 pieces all wool Henrietta. 42in, all
shades and black, regular 40c, 32c
20 pieces Fancy Novelty Dress Goods
No two alike. regular 45c, 34c
S piecrs Ladies' Cloth, 54-io, the 79c
kind, for the sale, 59c
il pieces Novelty Silk Mixtures, latest
design, regular SOC, 3Sc
8 pieces elegant Silk and Mohair Novel,
ties, regular soc, for the sale, 44c
pieces 6ne Roman Stripes, Plaids and
Fancy Weaves stylish, regular 55c, 49c
pieces 44-in all-wool Serges, sold regu-
larly 60c, A7c
3 pieces as-io, al!-wool Serges, they
won't last long at 22c
pieces, 40-iu Satin Velours, beautiful
designs, make sty lish Suits, for the day, 32c
Black Dress Goods, prices same as on last
sale, with this offer one more time:
All Dress Goods 6ought during th:s sale, Skirts
miu be made in our D,sssmaking Department
for Sl.0O
Nothing but good, sound, solid values in n'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-27

Unbiased judgmeu. places this Dress Goods
store where it belonas-at the top.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-27

NEW The Dress Goods Show continues
DRESS ISuch richness aod variety are
GOODS new even to Schwar,z's.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-27

Rober, Washington, colored, lahorer al.
Mr r. " Jeakin' 8 gin, had his left band se-
yeiely cut in the gin last Thursday. He wili.uot
lose his hand it is tboaght, bn. It will be
sonetime before it viii be OF any nee 10. him..
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-16

Oakland on June 1 and returned 10 the
City on the hoat arriving shortly before
6:2O P. NJ. He went into a restaurant on
East street, ate two sandwiches and drank
two glasses of beer and then commenced
to walk slowly westward on the south side
OF Market street.
When he left the restaurant he looked
al the ferry clock and saw that it was 6:25
P. NJ. On reaching Battery street he
crossed Market street, walked along Bat
terry TO Bush and a lion. Bush to the Mills
building, arriving these about 6:40 P NJ.
He would only take two or three minutes
10 walk from Hoffman, Rothchild & Co. s
corner to the Mills building.
AS he passed Hoffman's store he saw
two men standing in front of the Battery
street entrance, with the door open. One
man was little taller and stouter than
the other and he stood in the open door
way facing the sidewalk. Trey seemed to
be talking in an animated manner, and
just the old gentleman passed them the
larger man said. Come inside ana I'll
settle with YOU" He did not know if
they went inside. as he ontinued his walk
and turned the corner.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-16
UNREVEALkD LETTERS.
Two of Them Said to Be of Great
importance in the Coroner's
Hands

peculiar point was referred to by
Chief Lees last night. Two letters sent
from Colorado Springs by Charles Hoff-
man to his brother Isaac reached here
after the latter's death.
Chief Lees accidentally learned that a
friend of Charles Hoffman had received a
dispatch from him to get the letters and
return them to him unopened. The Chief,
accompanied by Coroner Hawkins went
to the office of Hoffman, Rothchild 81 Co.
and asked TO see the two letters, but was
told that they had been turned over to
Rothchlld & Ach.
The Chief and the Coroner went to
RothchiId 81 Achs Office and were told
that the two letters had been locked up in
their safe.
The two letters have been produced, >"
said the Chief last night, "but / observed
that one of them had been opened /
drew their attention to that fact and Roth
child said they were just as he had got
Them"
At the time the other envelope was
opened officially it was found to contain
besides business letter private note to
Isaac to the effect tnat he wonld take a
day 10 think over his Usaac'sl domestic
troubles. The letter that Chief Lees dis
covered as having been opened was writ
ten on the following day, but unlike the
other 1t contained no private note to Isaac
about his domestic affairs.
These two letters are now in q sealed en-
velope in the Coroner's hands. He says
they will be opened in due time and read
to the jury during the inquest.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-16
MRS. LUTH WENT AWAY.
But Her Husbands Sister Explains
What Was Meant by
the Letter.

OAKLAND, CAL, June 15.-Mrs. Luth
left for the East on May 81, and will b.
away some months. Her husband is en-
ployed at Wells. Fargo & Co.'S in San
Francisco, and resides with his mother at
1l14 Seventh avenue, bat was not home
tonight
81 guess can do more toward explain
ing that letter than any one else" ssid
Miss Luth tonight. my brother does
not know anything at all about it, and I
am sorry now that he does not, because
things look so different from what they
really are when they are dragged out in
this way. 1t was my sister in-law's de-
sire to go East early this year, but she had
not sufficient money, and she did not like
to draw too heavily upon her husband
'She told me that she wanted some
money. but did not tell me she had writ
ten to Mr.. Hoffman. She did tell NE that
she had written to a friend OF mine. max
ing the same request, and told her l d id
not think 1t was just the proper thing TO
do. She must also have written TO Mr.
Hoffman. 1t was not an unnatural thing
for her TO do, as she was employed mp TO
eighteen months ago as companion to Mrs
Hoffman.
"She was anxious to go East and to
place her daughter IN school and was
short of money. She told me tnat she had
tried to make loan and that she d d not
let her husband know of it. She left here
two weeks from last Sunday, and believe
MI. Hoffman was found dying the follow
ing Tuesday evening. Her husband will
not be home till late tonight but he
knows nothing about that letter. and i
wish now that he did.
While Mrs. Luth was with the Hoff-
mans everything was pleasant and agree
able in the family, and Mr.. Hoffman
seemed very fond OF his wife. 1t is a pity
that the letter was ever written"
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-16
beard OF TRADE ACTIVE
Its First Success in Opening the
Free Market on the
Water Front.
Christian Endeavcrers Against Men
tioning Wine in the Boards
Souv mir.

The regular meeting of the State Board
of Trade was held at 16 Post street, g
large attendance being present. The
board will publish 10, 900 copies of a beau
tiful ard instructive souvenir for the
Christian Endeavor convention for free
distribution. Articles upon all matters OF
interest have been accepted from thirty
or more OF the best writer's of the coast,
and the whole has been edited by w. II.
Mills. The purpose of the State Board OF
Trade in going to such great expense in
getting out this souvenir is to advertise
the State in q legitimate and fair manner,
and in this endeavor Editor Mills ran
across a STUN bling block.
One of the best articles, in his opinion,
was upon the wine industry OF the State,
Its past, present and future, and its bene-
fits as one of the principal Californian
industries. When the dummy" souvenir
book was presented to the local commit
tee of Christian Endeavorers that article
raised rumpus which resulted In the
edict that the article in question must be
stricken out of the souvenir, for the En-
dpavorers would not recognize as their
fficial souvenir any book in which wine,
its product or consumption is favorably
mentioned. Eiitor Mills was up STUN p,
so TO speak, and for once in his life was
Obliged 10 take water, and 1t was decided
by the hoard TO issue 10000 copies of the
souvenir in which no favorable mention IS
made of wine. In fact il will be strictly
speaking a cold water edition, nothing
stronger than mineral water receivin &
favorable mention. When this agreement
is complied with the board will issue Sec
oEd edition upon which there VIII be no
strings and the wine men will have a
cEance.
The special committee, composed of B.
n. Rowley, Mark q. Mcdonald and Craigie
Sharp, whose mission was to ascertain
why the progress of establishing a free
market on the water front as permitted by
law, made its report. 1t was, in sub
stance, that Harbor Commissioner Col
non, the principal worker for the free
market, has been i'll. Upon the other
Comm iss toner's has been brought to bear
all the large influence of the com mission
men and draymen. The latter's drayage
a present amounts to nearly $1,000 day,
and much of tins would be saved to the
community at large by the es ablishment
of Tree market. The interest of the
produce dealers may be easily compre-
hended. After some effort, the board s
committee got the Harbor Commissioners
to take action, and Jackson-street wharf
was set aside for the free market. There
are only five acres of space on this wharf,
which is none too much for the purpose.
The Harbor Commissioners also dele
gated to the Board Of Trade the right to
20 ahead and start the ball in motion.
The committee was instructed to prepare
application blanks for tho.e who want
space in the new free market. 1t is not
expected that the next venture will be a
brilliant success on the start, but that in
time the people and producers will grow
into a closer business relationship.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-16
4 h. l.

talist system" from the socialistic stand
point, the speaker said:
The profit m ongerIng tn ief, unlike the
land thief, who simply and unbushlngly
SITS at the door OF nature and collects toll,
Is as busy as the devil and twice as M s.
chievous
None of the thieving trinity is half so
enterprising. On the shallow but deceiV-
ing plea of exchanging the products of
Iaoor, and thus, as the argument goes,
aid ng production, at least nine-tenths OF
ms time and labor is devoted to the pre-
VehIlon OF exchanges. Living by the
profits shaved from goods in transit, his
ingenuity Is strained TO the utmost and
MS Efforts TO the breaking point to keep
the goods In constant transit and thus pre-
vent the products of labor from reach
Ing the consumer until they are loaded
down with unnecessary debts, that oblige
the producer TO deliver up forr-fifths of
hls product before the thieying circle is
com plete.
''The entire capitalist system is based
upon the plunder OF the working people
and the entire plant of Sto eE land, the
tools OF prod uction bought with the prod
ucts from sto en- land and the surplus
values called capital, which are the stolen
proceeds OF stolen land, and stolen ma
chinery operated by the robbed for the
benefit OF the robbers is worked know
ingiy and consciously to the end that
idieness may live in luxury and sensuality
and toll tremble before its masters, beg
ging permission to work on terms OF
pinching penury and sou;-effacing misery
and sorrow, crowding our jaiIs with Grim
inals and the potier'5 field with the
corpses of workingmen aud working
women"
Mr. Martin will deliver the same lecture
at Washington Hall, Eddy street, this
evening. 1t was announced that Rev.
William RAIDER will deliver q lecture al
the Turk-street Temple this evening on
Economic Revolution"
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-16

reported that 100 boys had been cared fol
during the year.
Treasurer Bates reported the principal
receipts during the year as follows:
Subscriptions and donat ons, $l706 so;
Mary A. Crocker trust. $500; State aid,
$l5o6 Is; from San Francisco County
under section 1883, $12. 900; board OF chill
dren, 1919 so. The large expenditures
were: Food. S5692 II; payroll at home
and com m issions for collecting. $952S 95;
repairs and improvements. $1166 81. The
cnildren's savings bank contained June
a balance o. $495 81.
There is a balance to the credit of the
general fund, which fund, including a
SIS, 900 legacy from the estate of DR.. Wash
1ngton Ryer, amounts 10 81, $40 %.
Senator George G. Perkins is president
s. c. Bigelow, vice-president; Charles r.
Allen, secretary, and d. Z. Bates. treas
urer. The trustees, besides these, are: L.
ID. Bonestell, Charles e. Green, Louis T.
Monteagle. Charles A. MuTdock and A. A.
Watkins.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-16
FAULKNER'S INNOVATION
Delivers Pointed Address to
Parents on Commence.
ment Day.
Reasons Why Boys Are Taken Away
From Schoo Bef re They Begin
10 B. Educated.

K. d. Faulkner principal of the Franklin
Gram mar School, introduced an innova-
tion yesterday in the school exercises by
inviting the mothers of the pupils to at
tend. One OF the objects of the meeting
was TO make teachers and parents better
acquainted and to make the pupils feel
that though they all might not be able TO
get to the head OF the class, their efforts
in that direction were appreciated. 1t
was a departure, as Principal Faulkner
said, from the time worn custom of hold
ing graduating exercises in which the
brightest of the pupils declaimed for the
admiration of the visitors and in which
the rest showed by appropriate exercises
the progress they had made during the
year.
All these exercises were prearrange
and rehearsed over and over again with
out, in the greater mum Der of cases, CIV
ing a fair indication of the work of the
pupils during the year. Principal Faux
ner made an address to the parents. i'm
pressing upon their minds the evil effects
of taking the children away from school
before their education had fairly begun
This was more often the case with bows
than with girls, and the girls are LETT to
continue their studies. Such q course,
he said would soon solve the suffrage
problem, for the women would possess all
the education, leaving the men to De the
common drudges-with little or no ability
10 cope with the gentler sex IN the easy
roads of life.
To the 200 mothers Mr.. Faulkner ex-
planned the system of manual instruction
given in the school. One of the most i'm
portant branches was cooking IN which
the girls were given forty minutes IN
struction each week. The boys got ninety
minu es at the tool benches each week.
He concluded by saving that the COM
pulsory school law should be enforced and
not allowed 20 remain a dead letter. An
additional section should be added pro-
hibiting the emp oyment of children be-
tween The ages of and IA years.
Bows were taken out OF school to take
the places of men al lower wages and this
was not a desirable state OF affairs, be-
cause it not only injured the boys but the
fathers OF families whose wages were
needed by them for the support tand educa-
tion of iheir families. Boys believed that
own living, and this was one OF the rea-
sons why boys left school before they
were properly educated. Another was the
greed of the parents to have their children
assist them in the accum ulation of money.
which would also make them indepen-
dent Then there was q refractory spirit
In some boys, and they wished 20 get out
into the world free from parental con-
troll.
The school has been very popular and
successful, as more than 200 pupils have
been added to the roll during the past
wear.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-16
PIRATE OR VIOTIM2

Strange Tale OF Chinese Quarter
masteI-Water Front Notes.
Sam How, Chinese quartermaster on
the British steamer Hupeh, shows two
wounds on his head which he says he got
while fig T. ting pirates on Chinese man
of-war. One scar was evidently made by
q bullet that struck him giancing blow
on the right temple and gouged out a
piece of the bone. The other is a scar on
the back of the head which m ght have
been prod uced by club. How, however
asserts that the bullet went clean through
his brain and came out atthe back of his
head. Leong Sam, another Chinese on
board, tells another story. He asserts
that Sam How was pirate, and received
his wounds when Chinese man-of-waE
swooped down on his boat.
The British collier Wellington arrived
from Nanaimo, B. c., on Monday in diff
culties. Part OF her machinery broke
down and she had to make port under a
slow bell. She will be towed TO the bunk
ers to-day and the work of dischargIng
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-16

Will begin atonce. The Dunsmuirs have
secured men TO take the place of tie
strikers, put as trouble is expected the
police Will bs on hand 10 preserve order.
Strange to say this is a case where the
trouble is the employment of union men
In the pa1aee O. non-urion engineers.
Chief Whartinger Root and Assistar
Chief Wharfngsr Scott had an adventnrsV
With derellct and half-sunken lighter
Monday afternoon. They were ont in the
State tug Governor Irwin when tbev saw
the lighter drifting down on the coost.
defense boat Monterey. They ran mn
alongside of it and one of the crs,
jumped aboard to make a line fast The
lighter began to sink with his weight and
he was only rescued with difficulty. Ha
had made the lin fast. however and
when his weight was removed the Ii ghter
came to the surface again. After consid-
erabie difficulty she was towed to tha
mud fats and there securely fastened to
pile. Had the derelct struck the warsbip
considerable damage would have been
done.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-16
CAST ASHORE BY THE TIDE
The Body of William E. Vaughn
Was Yesterday Re-
covered.
He Sailed to HIS Death on the Ill
Fdtsd Yacht R gina Several
Weeks Ago.

The body of William E. Vaughn, one of
the crew of the wrecked pleasure yacht
Regina, was washed ashore yesterday and
is now at the Morgue. The body. which,
az far as features are concerned. is past
recognition, having been in the water for
several weeks. was identified by the cloth
ing and small fob-anchor found in one of
the deceased's pockets. A. ]. Vaughn, a
brother of the unfortunate young man,
read in the evening papers of the finding
OF The body and hurried to the Morgue.
He was shown the fob and other effe cts
found on the body and identified them as
those OF his brother. After giving instruc-
tions to the Coroner's deputies and ar
ranging for the removal of the body, Mr.
Vaughn returned to his home, sad at
heart, and told his family, which had been
hoping against hope, OF the finding of the
OdV
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-16
MORE CARTRIDGE TESTS.

Coroner Hawkins Makes Some
Experiments With Pieces of
Human Skin as Targets.
Not satisfied with the tests he made
some time ago, using paper as targets,
Coroner Hawkins has made some new and
more interesting experiments with re-
volver, black powder and smokeless pow
der cartridges and human skin.
The results OF his tests convince him
that even smokeless powder cartridges
will leave unmistakable signs of powder
stains on the human skin when fired from
as great a distance as twenty inches,
about the limit OF the range of a person
shooting at hims But there is no
question in his mind. judging from the
results OF these lastexperimeuts that black
powder cartridges, such as were in the
pistol with which the killing OF Hoffman
was accomplished would disfigure the
Cuticle
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-16
A TRINITY OF THIEVES.
p. Ross Martin Lectured the South
Park Political Economy Club
Concerning 1t.

P. Ross Martin delivered last evening
an address before the South PARK Political
Economy Club. having for lis title "a
Trinity of Thieves"
As socialist OF the most pronounced
order, Mr.. Martin arraigned the three
thieves in caustic fashion. The name of
the first and most potent Of the trinity he
called the land monopolist, the second the
middleman, or the man who lives on the
profits accruing from the ramitications OF
trade, the third the usurer.
Having reviewed and scored the "capi-
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-16
FRAGMENTS OF LETTERS.
The Mystery Surrounding Them
Solved by Their Restoration
by the Coroner.

Two envelopes, containing fragments OF
letters introduced by Chief Lees as exhib-
its in the Coroner's inquest, have been ex-
amined and the mystery surrounding
them has, in consequence, vanished. The
bits of paper, which the detectives be-
lieved contained a key to the Hoffman
destruction or murder of Hoffman,
proved to be. when pasted together, two
letters written to Mrs. Hoffman by some
iriend or relative. A perusal of the re-
stored letters served 10 establish the fact
that they had no bearing on the case and
they were cast aside as incompetent, ir-
relevant and Immaterial.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-16
BOYS AND GIRLS AID.

One Hundred Boys Were Cared For
During the Last Fiscal Year
The annual meeting of the Boys and
Girls Aid Society was held yesterday
afternoon, and the reports of the office RS
were very promising. Secretary Allen