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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-06-26
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
Accident on Charleston and West
ern Carolina Road.
Special TO The State.

Special to The State.
Spartanburg. June 20.-This after
noon the passenger train from Augusta
on the Charleston and Western Caro-
lima, Conductor Colcock. jumped the
track this side the trestle over Tiger
river. two miles from Roebuck. while
turning a sharp curve at the rate of
about 80 miles an hour. All the cars
save the Pullman coach were thrown off
the track. The locomotive turned
over and the cars tilted. There were
about 25 passengers on the train. En-
gineer Henry Zeigler and Fireman R.
P. Turner, both of Augusta, were the
worst hurt. the former having severe
cuts in head and internal injuries. He
has been unconscious for hours and
his recovery is extremely doubtful.
Fireman Turner'S face bruised, left
arm and shoulder burned and thighs
badly injured. ". E. Schauefele,
news butcher, Is years old, had left
leg broken between ankle and knee !:
face slightly bruised. VIM. A. Wal
lace, of Laurens, baggage master, was
internally injured, right foot bruised
and face SCARED up. NJ. J. O'Con-
ner, of Augusta, veteran express
messenger, was bruised on the head.
Ben Nance, colored postal clerk,
bruised somewhat.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-06-26
PHILADELPHIA FRANCHISE THIEVES.
Three Millions are offered by
Wannamaker for The Privilege
the City of Philadelphia
Has Given Away.

Philadelphia. June 21.-Following
his offer to Mayor Ashbridge last week
to pay 8. 500, 600 for the street railway
franchises granted to certain capital
lists in this city by the city council, to
which he received no reply, ex-Post-
master General John Wannamaker to-
night sent a communication to Con-
gresham Robert H. Foerderer, one Of
the capitalists to whom the franchises
were granted, offering him half mil
lion dollars for the franchises
in addition to giving to the
city the sum already offered. A
few days ago Mr.. Foerderer,
in newspaper interview, is al
legged to have stated that Mr.. Wanna
makers offer to the Mayor was not
sincere, and that it had string to
it,
Mr.. Wannamaker. in his letter to
Mr.. Foerderer, denies the imputation
and continuing, says:
81 therefore renew the offer which |
made to the mayor to pay, as therein
stated, to the city of Philadelphia,
two million and half dollars, and
in addition thereto l will add half
million dollars as bonus to yourself
and your associates personally for the
conveyance of the grants and corpo
rate privileges you now possess. There
is surely no string to this proposition.
When you and your associates assign
to me the capital stock, ownership
and control of the corporations you
now possess, with the engineers
plans. I will pay to you the sum of
$500, 600 and I will pay to the city of
Philadelphia the 81, 800, 600 under the
conditions stated in my letter to the
mayor. In addition to this will
agree on the surface roads covered by
your charters and the ordinances that
3 cent fares only shall be charged be-
tween the hours of a. m. and s a.
M, and 5 and I p. M, and not over >
cents for the other hours: and | will
further agree that any time within
ten years the city Of Philadelphia may
resume the franchises upon the pay
ment of the actual money expended
and invested in the varions enter
prises covered by the charters and or
dinances, with 6 per cent, interest. 1t
is not my desire to enter upon the bust
ness of railroading or to make any profit
out of any municipal franchise: l
merely desire the people to. see how
badly they have been wronged and the
magnitude OF the value of the proper
ty of which they have been despoiled.
II you should accept the offer of this
letter, will cheerfully put the fran
chises up to auction and give the city
any sum bid for them in excess of that
which I shall pay under this PROPOSE
tion.''
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-06-26
4 SECOND BEAUMONT.
Gushers Discovered in Florida
Are Creating Excitement.

Tampa, Fla. June 1S.-Judging
from the present prospects. there will
soon be almost as mach excitement in
the lower part of Florida as exists in
Texas. Within the last few days the
reported discovery of oil around With
lacoochee. about fifty miles from this
city. has developed into positive
fact.
The section is thronged with pros
pectors who are locating all possible
tracts of land where "gusher"
might be bored and buying options at
fabulous figures.
And there are still more prospects
of some persons striking ile," and
that almost within the limits of the
city. Places have already been located
where bodies of water are thoroughly
impregnated with petroleum, so much
so that animals will not drink the wa
ter, cloths have been dipped in the
water and wrang out and oil of con-
siderable quantity detected by igni-
tion. This has caused still more
inve tigations to be made, and the re-
suit will soon be some very important
announcements.
In almost the same territory there
will soon be announcements made of
large iron ore beds. One place has
already been located with an area of
18x12 miles which is declared to be a
bed of the finest ore from which Bes-
semer steel is made.
Land almost within the city limits
of Tampa is now known to be impreg
mated with iron ore, where it is found
upon the top of the ground in consid-
erable quantities.
These iron and oil discoveries have
been kept a profound secret, and only
made known by an accident on the part
of the writer, who stumbled upon the
news in an unexpected manner.
While the oil discoveries may cause
great surprise, yet the discovery of
iron will not be quite so much Of a
surprise. It is we'll known fact that
during the civil war iron was mined
in Florida. from which the Confeder-
ate government made many of its
shells and munitions of war The ore
which has been located this time is
believed to be the outcropping of the
same vein, and is thought to exist
in largely paying quantities.
Capital will be at once interested in
the development Of these iron and oil
discoveries. There is no doubt about
the existence of these things although
many will perhaps scoff at the idea
and feel that it is a great joke to hear
of such things coming from Florida.
The State is already rich in phos-
phate mines, Fuller's earth and many
other valuable clays, and there is no
reason why iron and oil should not be
added to the products of this most
wonderful State.
1t is expected that development in
oil and such matters will begin in a
short time and that there will be great
excitement over the development of
both.
The Withlacoochee developments are
considered splendid SO far and new
ones will be in keeping with the best
that has been announced from any Sec
t;on
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-06-26

Denver, Col, June 19.-The Times
says: 4 gigantic scheme is under
way to transfer the railroads of the
United States to the government. A
Western fnancier declares that within
a few years the Rockefeller, Harri-
man. Vanderbilt, Gould and Morgan
interests would turn over to the GOV
ernment every line of the railroads
in the counrty, the government to pay
the total value of about $4,000, 900, :
go, a string of banks TO be controlled
by the same interests and to hnancier
the deal
Anderson. June IS Eugene Petit
grew. aged IS years. son of G. P. Pet
tigrew. was drowned Saturday after
noon at Jackson's Mill, twelve miles
south Of here. The river was very
high on account of the freshet and the
water was around the mill. Young
Pettigrew and two other young men
attempted to swim to the mill to pro
tect some of the machinery from the
water. The other young men reached
the mill safely. but the current carried
Pettigrew past the mill and be sank
and was seen no more. His body was
recovered the next day a short distance
below where be was drowned.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-06-26
APPLET ON BUCHANAN.

Judge Buchanan was very severe IN
his criticisms of Magistrate Youman's
ruling in a case Of Andrews Manufac-
tnrine Co., against n. c. Stack. in
which the company had brought suit
against Stack for small amount, a
part of which the defendant held re-
ceipt for. The case was set for GER
tain time, and neither of the parties
appeared, and Magistrate Youmans
dismissed the case. The attorney for
the plaintiff appealed. In sending the
matter back to the Magistrate. the
Judge spoke very sneeringly OF the
boldness of the little fellow who
had the nerve to dismiss this case, and
went on to express himself IN Ian
guage which. in our opinion. was un-
necessary and totally unjust. Not
withstanding Judge Buchanan's TRADE
calculated to mortify man, good law,
yers say that Magistrate Ioumans did
right.
We do not think it proper for a
Judge to indulge in sneerlng and sar-
castle remarks about an officer WIN
inferior jurisdiction, even II that oln-
Ger did make mistake in his ruling.
4 magistrate getting salary OF sooo
a year cannot be supposed to know as
much law as judge who gets s. 900,
vet the records of the Supreme Court
show that the magistrates decisions
are confirmed about as many times as
the decisions of some of the Judges.
It is not smart in one clothed with
authority to speak in a manner to
humiliate. when be knows that the
party spoken of cannot defend himself.
We heard Judge Buchanan remarks
concerning Magistrate loumans and
we are sorry that he spoke as he did.
If he continues in that line on all OF
the circuits his judicial career Will
not last very long after the next ses-
sion of the Generally Assembl,y y. be-
cause people Will resent an injustice
Manning Times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-06-26
SUICIDE IN COLUMBIA.

Mr.. J. Frank Clyburn, of Lancas-
ter, who has been in business here
for nearly year and half, commit
ted suicide early yesterday morning,
selecting as the place Elmwood cenle-
terv. There were no witnesses to the
shooting. The coroner's jury returned
a verdict to the effect that the deceased
came to his death by pistol shot from
his own hands and assigned as the
supposed cause melancholla. Such
are the cold facts in one of the saddest
tragedies that Columbia has had for
a long time-a young man of proml
nent family suddenly bringing his
promising life to close, apparently
after due deliberation..-The State
June %
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-06-26
BIG FIRE IN GREENVILLE.
Said to be the Most Disastrous
in its History.

Greenville. June 15.-The most dis
astrous fire that has ever occurred in
Greenville started at ll.55 this morn
inc. a conservative estimate of the
loss is 5125. 600. eight of the most prom
inent stores in the city, located in
North Main street, having been total
ly DESTROYED. At half-past ?, after an
hour of fierce burning, it was feared
that the fire would leap across the COR
ner of Washington and Main and be-
gin on fresh block, either with Lewis
& Hartzog's building or the Windsor
Hotel. It was reported at that hour
that an offer had been made by the
Southern Railway to take car to
Spartanburg and bring back as many
fire companies as could be obtained,
but this offer was declined. It looked
then as if there was danger of destruc-
tion of the entire business section Of
the city.
The roof of the Beattie building had
crashed four stories to the basement,
through avortex of fame, and the
sparks had been sent showering over
the buildings. The Greenville Light
Infantry was called out at O'Clock,
for the stocks of jewellers, haberdash-
ers and other merchants were being
stacked in the streets and a great
crowd of all sorts and conditions of
men was gathering. Every policeman
in the city was on duty, but these
were not enough to handle the crowd
and protect the goods from sneak
thieves. The soldier boys were put on
duty in side arms and with bavonets
fixed and were assigned posts through
the burning district.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-06-26
Thoussnds Sent into Exile.

Every year large lumber Of poor sufferers
whose lungs ara sore and racked with coughs
are urged to go to another climate But this is
costly and not always sure. Don't be an exile
when Dr. Kings New Discovery for consnmp-
ton will cure you at home It's the most in
fallible medicine for coughs, colds, and ell
throat and lung diseases oa earth. The first
dose brings relief. Astounding cures result
from persistent use. Trial bottles free at } +
W DeLo.me's. Price soc and 81 Every bottle
guaranteed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-06-26
Washington. June 1s.-The Russian

Washington, June 1s.-The Russian
ambassador, Count Casini, has COM
municated to the state department that
in consequence of the action of the
American government through treas
ury order of March 9, last, applying
tariff restrictions against Russian pc
troleum imported into this country.
the Russian minister of finance, NJ. de
Witte, has issued an order, dated June
7, imposing the high tariff rate of the
Russian schedule on certain American
products.
London, June 1S.-Former Governor
Hazen S. Pingree, of Michigan, is
dead. MI. Pingree died at 1l.35 to
night. His son was the only person
present. The body will be taken home.
The fatal disease was a cancerous af-
lection of the intestines.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-06-26

Molteno, Cape Colony, June is
Kritzinger and Fouche the Boer COM
manders, are busy placarding Cape
Colony with a proclamation to the
effect that in accordance with the
powers assumed when the northern
part of Cape Colony was annexed to
the Orange Free State. twenty months
ago. any persons reporting, the where
abouts of any Boer command will be
fined 500. or in default will be com
PEELED to accompany the command on
foot for three months According to
the best information there are about
, 100 armed Beers in Cape Colony
and they continue to secure few re-
cru its
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-06-26
TOO MUCH FOR BEANS.

a good many years ago / was con-
nected with a morning newspaper IN
an Illinois city, and our custom was
to 90 to the restaurant in the railroad
station for our midnight lunch, that
being the only place open at that time
of the night.
There were three morning papers,
so quite number of the newspaper
boys made the place rendezvous, and
we used to sit and talk over the things
that had happened and a good many
that had not.
This restaurant was run by a man
named Gull, and he had held up
enough trains with his lunch counter
to make himself pretty well fixed in
this worlds goods.
One night when we were all gather
ed there the 1207 trains pulled in and
among Others was passenger who re-
galed himself with plate of beans.
The lunch counter, in CulPs ab-
sence, was in charge Of a young man
who had his eye distinctly on the main
chance.
The conductor called Cali aboard 20
and the man in great haste asked
what he owed.
Fifty cents. :"
"What! Fifty cents for a plate of
beans?"
sThat's the price
wYon're joking-how much"'
Fifty cents goes.''
"Well," said the man as he paid the
money in with little evidence of tenn
per, "that's laundering price for
beans''
And again as he went through the
door he turned and said impressively-
"a laundering price for beans.
Cull's troubles began with that mo-
ment. While we were still sitting here
the railroad operator brought IN tel
egram to Gull. who had come IN IN Ine
meantime, and was chuckling over the
profits of those beans.
Gull read the telegram. All it said
was: "a laundering price for beans.
John @. Smith" !" but on the envelope
was the significant inscription Col
lect 25 cents
This was the opening shot. From
every station between that town ana
St. Louis came the vail to Gull,
laundering price for beans and each
time Gull got madder and madder
over the ''collect 25 cents" In the
morning Gull notified the boy not to
receive or pay for any more telergams,
and also read the riot act to the teie-
The next day our friend John 9.
Smith started on new game. He
would pack dozen choice brick IN
bov With the same old message inclos-
ed and ship them to Gull; This ne
did bv both freight and express,
"charges collect, until Gull was
fairly frenzied with rage.
Now. at that time Gull was playing
the market through a Chicago broker
and it happened that there was sud
den and severe slump. The broker
wired to Gull to put up more margins,
Cull's boy under instructions, declined
to receive the message. Getting no
answer to his telegram the broker
closed Cull's account at a whopplng
loss.
This was the last straw. Gull went
plumb crazy in earnest this time. He
was taken to the asylum and spent the
rest of his days there.
He used to sit day by day with his
head between his hands, repeating by
the hour the five fatal words: "A
laundering price for beans J" "A
laundering pricce for beans ''-oe.
Paul DISPATCH.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-06-26

Plymouth. June 19.-The Hamburg
American Line steamer Deutschland
arrived here at s. Is a. m. today, hav-
ing beaten her own speed record. She
covered 3,0S2 miles in days, II hours
and 81 minutes, at an average speed
of %. 3S. against % 36, her best previ-
ous record. Her daily runs were 449,
$40, 542. 552, and 460 knots, none
of which equal previous best day
runs. Her best previous days run.
made in Augspt, 1900, was 532 knots.
London, June 20.-The Copenhagen
correspondent of the Daily Mail ca bles
his paper saying that the United
States have sent another note to Den
mark in the matter of the sale OF the
Danish West Indies to the effect that
if Denmark is not willing TO sell the
islands the United States must de
mand that Denmark fortify and gar
rison the island of St John, which
would command the Nicaraguar
Canal. The situation is regarded seri
ously here, as Denmark cannot dream
of undertaking the erection of fortlii
cations and the maintenance of sarrl.
sons which would cost several NIL
| lions
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-06-26
JAPANESE
PILE CURE

A uew sEd complete treatment cons's'og o
Suppc si,ores, Capsules Of Ointment ano two
Boxes Of Olptment A never-faiiire cure ior
Piles of every nature aud degree 1t makes
an operatioo with the knife, which is pslolni,
and often results 10 death, unnecessary why
endure this terrible disease? We tsck writ
zen guarantee in each 81 box. No Cure, No
3ay 80, and 81 box, 6 tor S'. Seat oy
mail. SAMPLES free.
OINTMENT. 25c ard soc.
CONSTIPATION cured, Piles prevented,
b. Jspa. ese Liver Pellets tie great LIVER soo
STOMACH Regulator and Blood Purihefs
Small. uiid and pleasant 10 take, especlsly
adapted for children's use. so doses 50 c's.
Fc- sale oy J T W DsLorme.
Feb
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-06-26
Food cna- gaa to Poison.

puns.sTas food in the intssanss produces
effects Ike those of arsenic, but DR. King New
E,ife ipiEs ezye the poisons from c'osged bow
els gently, easily but surely, c"rirg c0nstipa
tioe. oi.liousaess, sick headache, fevers, al
Ever. kidney sad bowel troubles. Only 25c al
JEW DeLorme's.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-06-26
The Telephone to Camden.

The South Carolina Telephone Com
pany is fast completing its line Of long
distance wires from Camden to Colum-
bia. The poles are up as far as
Blainey. S. c., about twenty miles
north of Columbia. It is claimed
that connection will be perfected with
in the next two weeks.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-06-26

DAYTON, Ohio, June 19.-After sev-
-ea1 weeks suspension, owing to a
strike. work was resumed To-Day at tne
cash register plant here. All depart
Tnents were filed except those employ
5ag ;,,e Tnoulders, carpenters and machln-
5sf and 1,600 men were given employ
snent.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-03
AiKNIEW.

Editor Chronicle, will YOU allow
me liule space in your very yaIua-
Die paper.
oar school will commence soon.
The children are aIl.very anxious for
Tie school 10 commence. Gay Stall
make is the teacher
I. G. Hersmau has two of the fin
est hogs we haze seen for quite
awhile, which zoe, to show that Isaac
IS one Of the best farmers in this
community.
Hal W Hcpue and his brother
Fred, were testing the surface
coal on gone Of The farms in this
section two q. three days last week
The indications seem TO be good for u
four loot vein
a Mr. Morrison was IN these parts
one day last week looking after some
ties.
Born TO $. a Mccartney, ou last
y eduesday u,ght, girl.
One day las! week Roy Herman
ns .olung wocd down the bill when
iu snlo rJy a Silk rolled up on his
leg causing l.iie a severe pain.
y Is. McCaua,y links he sells as
,,,... .,.. .,... ..I .tL.. other ,.,.r.
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A Man with The Button.

The man that wears be button OBJ
a fraterual order is g.od man to tie
/ to. lie belongs 70 the progressive
class lie sees tie world move and
he moves with it, lie wears the
button as matter ofpride iu The
organization in which bee bold. mem.
ber-hip He wants % advertise
!acis of that member-hipa- well as
MS confidence in that order. lie
wants bis friends and The whole world
90 know IS. Hcis man of gener,u.
and humane impulses He believes
it a s-cred duty 90 protect ui- family.
and az good husband, father. and
protector. The button shows boz BIAS
done SD. You Will hud the button
everywhere in the ranks u good cii
zsnship 20 is found among Tire
tulor OF che fields tbe work shop
tbc counting house. the busy mart, of
trade lhe employers and the employ
COS iu the ha.l of legislature. ou Che
Judicial bench mud ,n ihe executive
department of government every
where so gnud man gan afford 10 be
without the protection and q fraterni.
iy that DE button represents
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C1T0HiiGII0ggS.
&ewS from DiiYtrcnt Parts Of the
County, rs Giycn 60 Is
BY Correspondents.
NlINNOGA.
Ed Chronicle:

Ed Chronicle:
After an enforced absence of some
duration. we again take our pen %
~erDr ,he happenings of Minnora
There mas nothing of Importance
occurred since oar last report, no
births, deaths OF marriages, though
Dame Ramon has for some time been
prophesying wedding between two
of our prominent young people,
Mhicn will in all probability occur in
:he gear future Anyway, Squire
Nj HASN'T; been known to smile for
an age.
H.. Isenhart has moved into his
new residence, Which is completed.
Hon 6 W. Hays was business
cal or in our burg Monday,
The fa:eral serm,n of Mrs c. a.
jaf> T.. delivered at this place last
SUNDAY bY Rev S,alnaker, was one
,f the hes sermons that it has beer
SCR good fortune Ia listen to for some
aine II was an eloquent and able
discourse delivered in pleAsaut
manner.
j. y. Craddock and Jack McNdn
ey, ot GleDvile, who have been or
,;uulor coel land i'm Ibis part of tn
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Buggies !!

Wc have ou baud @ lno ~ huggIer
Us, wc ar, going 90 acIl 80 once aud
wc are going 90 con them -a that
every pcrsgn ,hot buya one wilI gst g.
bargain ~ You weht 'n geo 90
wubit rppI7 at once They vilI
uotIat bong Ths bugeig- ore on
trhb,ron go Waidos JHyofy Ba1
Take look 90 thru Several have
been -old and every buyer has been
pleased You're &c,
FuF GpASrsvIltr CAPWfer GO.
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Sunday School Commentary
FRANK =. SWAN,
Huntington, West Virginia

iii fate seems to fnllcw the little
gasoIene packet, A. G. Barney. On
~ few weeks ago the Barney was
blown up while at the incline a. Pal.
esline being loaded for her up river
trip. She went to the bottom but
was raised and was rebuilt. Wort,
had been completed on her when on
Friday she again went to the bottom
of The kanawha while lying at ne
foot OF the l.. X X. X. incline OF
south side, her misfortune this time
being caused by improper caIkrng
/ She has been raised and is now being
repaired preparatory to resumiug hel
trade.