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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-03-20
POLYGAMIsT ESCAPES.

Salt Lake, Utah, March IL The
supreme court readered a decision
today in tie esse of john c Geaham.
appellant, formerly postmaster at
Provo, charged vish uolavful cohsbi;a.
tioD, reversing sbe lover court and
setting aside the verdict Of The jury,
also quashing the information The
defendant vas charged With unlawfully
cohabitiug with more than one woman
10 the county Of Salt Lake continuously
between the 1ss day of January. 1898.
aud the 12'h day Of May, 1899. The
points OF law involved in the appeal
we're that the offences we're nos commit
ted iu this county. as one of the defend.
ants alleged wives lives in Utsb Couo-
sy and one here. also shat the psigh bors
believed ss to sbe defendants relations
with the alleged plural wife living In
this county vas uos seGoiens upon
whieh to base verdict OF guilty
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OLoyERPoRT KY, BURNT.

Cloverpors, Ky /, March lA-Ip
the biting air of the early morning
hours the citizens of Cloverport look.
ed on, almost powerless to act today,
while fire destroyed S50O,000 worth
of property and left 1000 persons
half the populasiou-homeless Every
business house was burned The
distress of hundreds of women and
children was relieved only when
trains loaded with supplies arrived
from Louisville and Henderson
At BOOB the fire was still burning
in spots, but the remaining structures
were scattered and no further spread
was anticipated
By the bursting of q natural gas
pipe in the kitchen of q private house
shortly after midnight the building
was set a6re A high wind was
blowing and the burning embe,s
were carried to the immense tobacco
warehouses owned by the American
Tobacco company These buildings
were soon wrapped in flames and
efforts to save them were abandoned
10 order to fight the fires which were
springing up on all sides The to-
bacco company's plant, consistiDgsso of
two ssemmeries and 800, 900 pounds
OF tobacco was soon destroyed and
the FIRE continued to spread The
local fire department was totally
inadequate to cope with the fire aud
Louisville and Henderson, were asked
to send assistance AS Louisville is
rs miles distant, however, no help
arrived until 4 80 o'clock and by that
time the fire had about exhausted its
material Every business house was
gone, together with ali provisions
and clothing Over half of the resi-
dences, too, had been destroyed and
l 900 people we're wandering aim
lessly through the streets. staring at
the ruins.
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Savagery in Brooklyn.
A sixteen-year-old Girl Drug
ged and Brutally Assaulted
by Three Young Men.

New York, March l2-uncon
scious and, the physicians say, dying,
Mary Paige, the pretty sixteen year
old daughter of C Il Paige, lies at
Der fathers home. Brooklyp, the
victim of assanlt Since she was
found yesterday morning. wandering
in the streets, i, is said she has been
conscious only few minutes. when
she managed 70 gasp out shat she
had been lured to . livery stable by
three young men, forced to drink q
drug and then assaulted by the
three.
The police acted promptly after
che girls father had reported TO them
This afternoon they arrested George
Abbott, Jr, 1s years old, Of Brook
lyn. He admitted knowing Mary,
said be had taken her for a walk Sun
day night and that two other young
men bad joined them but declared
that be knew nothing of ber having
been drugged and denied that there
had been any assault. He gave the
names of the two other youths and on
Miss Paige's complaint warrants
were sworn out for their arrest
Late this afternoon the detectives
took a young man to the Adams
street police court, where be made a
long affidavit before Magistrate Bren
ner The detectives said the youth
was most important witness in the
case They would Dos permit him
to talk
This evening young Abbott was
taken before Mary Paige, and fully
identified by her as the one who had
given her the supposed drugged
liquor and assaulted her. The girls
condition was very much improved
tonight and the attending physician
says there is little doubt of her
recovery
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-03-20

Hsgood, s G. March II, 1901.
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McAagen Us Wlndham.
The Decision of Judge Gage
Reversed.

The following synopsis of the deci
sion of the Supreme Court in the case
of McKagen vs. Windbam will be
found of some interest by those who
bave followed the case in its progress
from the Magistrates court to the
court Of last resort
Henry G McKageD, respondent.
v. E T Windham ct al appellants
Personal liability of public agents
This action commencedin in a magis
trase's court is brought to recover of
the defendants $40. one months
salary as clerk of the dispeDsary ct
Sumter, and $50 additional as
damages for the plaintiffs having
been illegally discharged from such
employment The jury found for the
plaintiff $40. On the motion of the
defendants the magistrate set aside
this verdict and ordered new trial
The plaintiff appealed to the circuit
court. That court Judge Cage rem
dered judgment as follows:
"The only issue before the jury
was. as 70 the length of time The
plaintiff was employed ; it was ad
mitsed before the magistrate that the
defendants had employed the plaintiff
and the price was not in issue The
defendants made 10 contention at the
trial before the magistrate that plain
tiff's contract wss with the board Of
control and not with them as in
dividuals. The complaint alleged
the contract TO be With the defend
ants and defendants admitted it. On
the issue to the length cf service,
plaintiff testified one way and Reames
another way. the matter lay betwixt
them The jury found for plaintiff
and do not think the magistrate
should have set the verdict aside
It is therefore ordered, shat his order
setting aside the verdict be vacated,
and that plaintiff have judgment
against the defendants for $40"
The defendants appealed.
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: United States Behind in Wire
less Telegraphy.

New York. March ID -Signor
Marconi, the demonstrator of wire
less telegrsphy, who arrived here to
day, said he expected to remain in
the United States but few weeks
- Zone of the reasons for my visit, "
said be, sis to establish wireless tele
graphy stations along the coast SO
that vessels arriving and departing
can communicate with the shore.
Some of the companies are supplied
with instruments but are uuable to
use them as there are no stations.
The North German Line will use the
wireless system of reporting, but l
cannot say what other lines will use
TIE system
& SIN the British navy wireless teIe
grapby is used aud a, the present
time 40 British warships are fitted
out with Instruments They have
been able to communicate with the
shore and each other, flashing the
message, distance of 200 miles !"
"Will passenger vessels be able to
report at that distance out 2"
Certainly, and they will be able
30 communicate in foggy or bad
weather :"
sis the system much used Oh the
other side ?''
There is not so much talk in Eng.
Iand of wireless telegraphy Tor the
reason that it has become established
aDd is now used as one would use the
telephone or the telegraph This
country has been little backward in
taking hold of the matter !"
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The Hay-Pauncsfote Treaty
THE BRITISH ANSWER
HANDEL TO Mr.. Hay.
Declining to Assent to Senate
Amendments.

Washington, March IL The long
expected answer from the British
government to the state departments
Communication reci,ing the action of
tie senate upon the Hay Pauncefote
treaty was returned today.
Lord Pauncefote came to the state
department at noon by appointment
Me brought the answer With him,
.anA read it TO Secretary Hay. 1t
kwas, in form. 40 instruction from
aosd Lansdown, the British minister
II II foreign affairs, so Lord Pauncefote,
aha of this instruction he left copy
With Secretary Hay The secretary
snd the ambassador were closesed
for half an hour At the conclusion
of the conference, it was stated that
the instrucsion to Lord Pauncefote
was to notify sbe government of the
United States that the British gov
erament did not see its way clear to
the acceptance of the senate amend
ments. The note concluded with en-
expression of regret thst such a
course was forced upon the British
government There was nothing in
the nature of counter proposition,
nor was any opening left for further
sstion by the British government
1t was stated that if there is to be
further attempt to amend the Clay
yton Bulwer treaty. so as to authorize
the United States to construct a
waterway across the isthmus, then it
IS for the Uuited States TO make the
oserture the British governments
reply drops the matter at this point
The impression prevails that there
will be no immediate action looking
seward the negotiation Of treaty.
Fos the present the text of the
British answer will be withheld from
publication, on this side of the
ysser. at least, though it is said that
ate. the president has considered
the matter some general statement
may be made as the various points
developed
The British answer is quite
lengthy, as sach documents go. and
would make about two newspaper
columns. The tone of the reply is
Astiuc.ly friendly throughout, par
ticularly SO in the concluding sssur-
aDce of good vii and desire to
cooperate in the realization of this
undertaking
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CIay-Sabd VS.. Macadam.
How Sumter Can Have Hard
Streets at the Minimum
Cost

MIR Editor: Please siicw NE to
commend your editorial in the last
issue of the Watchman and southron
March 6, in regard to the improve
ment of the streets in Sumter. If
there is city in the State where
improvements are needed, in that
line, that place is Sumter Your
suggestions are both wise and prac-
tical as will endeavor 10 show 1t
is useless to undertake to maca
dsmizs all Of The streets with stones
when clay and sand will do as we'll.
This is no longer an experiment but
bas been proven beyond question.
The clay aud sand will not be as last
ing 80 stone but is much cheaper and
will answer every purpose Your
suggestion. that 9 single street be
taken aad tried, is good enc,
though, cant see the need of grad
ing the streets. They are already
leve; and will do just as they are
All they need now IS good layer Of
clay on the sand snd then light
sprinkliDg of sand on that and as soon
as they become packed, the city
would have streets much harder and
better than the ps7ements are now
| know whereof / speak because |
have bad occasion, several times. Of
riding over the roads leading into
Columbia where the above plan was
adopted years ago and | will venture
the assertion .hat there is Dot another
county in The State that can boast OF
as fac roads and as many miles Of
them as Richland eau. The most Of
your readers will know that Richland
is a sandy county, whose natural
roads we're much heavier than those
10 Sumter
bad an interview not long ago
with Capt Sigh, the pioneer IN the
business, and be assured me that the
above plan was not only the cheapest
and best, but the only one where
good roads could be had in sandy
counties.
understand that Darlington coun.
~ has adopted the Rich'and plan,
and has already begun to improve its
roads in the same way
Let the city Of Sumter try the
plan on one of its worse streets and
thereby demonstrate the good i'm
provement that can be made, and l
will venture the prediction that it
will not be many years before all of
the sand beds leading into Sumter
will be transformed into good roads
1t is certainly worthy of trial /
am not q resident of the city of
Sumter, but ss one who always takes
an interest in any step looking to
the Improvement of our roads and
streets. will ask pardon for thus
publicly endorsing your editorial and
for having thrown out the sugges-
tlons | have Respectfully.
a. < Sanders
Hagood, s G. March II, 1901.
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The pleadinge, the charge of the
magistrate and his return all show
that the Issue mentioned by the cir
cult judge wac not the only issue in
voIved
The only admission was that, ae
alleged in the complaint, the defend
ant was employed by the authority OF
the Sumter board of control and in
pursuance of resolution of the
board directing such employment.
Il was BOT necessary for the de
PENDANTS to make the contention at
the trial before the magistrate that
plaintiffs contract was with the
board of control and not with them
as individuals (unless they had de-
sired to interpose a demurrer) az
this facs appeared from the allega
tions of the complaint.
In the absence of evidence of an
unqualified intention of the partiea
to bind the officer it is rot to be
presumed either that a public agent
intends to biad himself personally OF
that party contracting with him liz
his public character means to rely
upon bis individual responsibility II
the person with whom the contract
was made has equal means of knowl
edge as to the officers authority as
the officer himself, and the officer
acts IN good faith he will not be
liable for having exceeded his au
thority and where the officers
authority depends upoa public
statute all who contract with him are
presumed to know the extent and
limitations of his authority (19
Am & Eng Enc Law, lst Ed, 497
sol
1t is not to be presumed either that
the public agent means to bind him
self personally or that the party
dealing with him means to rely on
his individual responsibility in pref
erence to that of the public Miller
v. Ford. 4 Rich 376
A public agent contracting for the
use Of the government ia Dot person
ally liable even though the contract
be under seal; and the intent Of the
officer to bind himself personally
must be very apparent indeed to
induce such construction of the con
tract { (Bodsou " Dexter, Cranch,
364
There are DO allegations in the
complaint showing that the defend
ants intended to make themselves
personally liable, nor are there any
allegations from which the law would
infer liability
The contract here sued on was
only admitted by the defendants to
have been made in their official
capacity
Judgment of the circuit court re
versed Opinion by MIR Justice Gary
Filed March II.
Messrs L D. Jennings, j Il Cliff
ton for appellant, Messrs Purdy 4
Reynolds for respondent.
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1t Saved His Leg.

Pa Danfor,h, of LaGrange, Ga, suffered
intensely for xix months with frigbtful rum
ming sore on his leg but writes that Bucklcn's
Arnicn Save wholly cured it in ten days. For
Ulcers, Wounds. Burns. Bol' Pain or Piles
it's the best salvc in the world. Cure gnaran-
teed. Only 25c. Sold by J. +. ". DcLo'me
Druggist.
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Paris, March 16 In the duel fought
oaay between Couot BoDl de Cssfell me
4od III de Rodays. the la ter vas
wounded 10 the thigh The meefioe
occurred at 3 O'CLOCK his sferooon, 10
tho Psro des Princes. whe'e many
cycling events occurred las, summer.
The Count de Dion directed the duel.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-03-20

The death rate in Sauiisge has
decreased from 1877 per 900 to %
since the Introduction Of Ameri,sn
sanitary methods
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Harrissvllle, Me. March II Rev
E,jsh Kellogg, author and preacher,
whose fame rested on bis books for
boys aod bis composition "Spa7tocus to
The Gladla,ors,' which yearly every
school boy has learned at some time,
cied at bis home today in bis Ssh
year
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-03-20

Cay Switch Ky. March Is 10 a
',kesd end collision between freight
srairs today on the Illinois Cestrsl
Railvay. three men were instantly
killed and three we're fatally injured.
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Gen Harrison will De buried ,onor-
row Sunday at 5 O'Clock
Toe proposed reduction 10 outpu. of
the Fall River cotton mills will affect
l 800 900 spindles
The Conway log cabin., 1901-01-15
NEWS OF ARKANSAS.
Killed His N.ishbor.

Geo, Livingston was shot and killed at Eureka Springs by A.. Cline. The men, who were neigh bors, quarreled on the way home over a gambling transaction. Mir. Elite, rooming next door to Living ston's, the only witness to the trag- edy, was aroused by angry talk, and from his window says he saw Cline standing in front of Livingston's gate, swinging pistol in the moonlight, and heard him say, '1'll give you some of this" At this Livinston halted in front of Hite's, and Cline, advancing upon him, seized him and by quick move ment threw him to the ground and fired foar shots into the prostrato man. Livingston struggled to his feet, ran to his house, burst in the door and fell into his wife's arms. saying: "Shorty Cline has killed me, and for no cause" Cline was recently granted pardon by the governor for gaming.
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IiiE RIGHT THING TO PUT ON. (Rans0n's Plaster js Pains Mssfer.)

From the natural impulse to s'put some- thing on' d painful spot all applications for the relief of pain have arisen.
 The most successful have ever been poul- tices or plasters, and the best of these is Benson's Porous Plaster.
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 Use Benson's Plaster for coughs, colds, chest diseases, rheumatism, grip, neuralgia, kidney trouble, lame back, and other ail- ments that make Winter season of suffer- ing and danger. It relieves and cures quicker than any other remedy.
 Do not accept Oapsicum, Strengthening or Belladonna plasters in place of Benson's, as they possess none of it's curative power. Insist on having the genuine.
 The people of every civilized land have testified for years to the superlatiye merit of Benson's Plasters; and 5000 physicians and druggists of thiscountry have declared them worthy of public confidence.
 In official comparisons with others, Ben sons Plasters have been honored with ftyy-fue highest awards
 For sale by all druggists, or we will pre- pay postage on any number ordered in the United States on the receipt of 25c. each. Accept no imitation or substitute.
 6eabury q Johnson, Mig. Chsmistss N.I.
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Second Annual Report Submitted.

The second annual report of the state capitol commission has been submitted to the governor. It states that ''the commission has dur ing the twenty months devoted to the construction of new state copi- tol building sought to follow rigidly the commands of the act under which it has been operating, and every ex- penditure has been made with this object in view" Below is given a statement of the expenditures made by the commission:
 Construction, $22,667.21.
 Administration, which includes the expense of the commission secre- tary, office, employees and attorneys fees, $7,S77 CT.
 Architect, $12,250.
 Miscellaneous, $457 .65.
 The value fthe work done to Dec. 31, 1900, is estimated as fol lows:
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State Treasurer's Biennial Report.

State Treasurer Tlos. E. Littlc's biennial report has been submitted, The statement of indebtedness shows a grand total of $1,432 .9i5,- 95, of which %l,113,000 consists of 3 per cent thirty-year bonds belong ing to the permanent school fund, and constituting not an indebted ness but a permanent endowment for the public schools. An effort will be made to have the legislature pass a law making this distinction so that the fund will not be carried on the books as an indebtedness. The total also includes twenty-two of the 6 per cent funding bonds of 1S69-10, which have not been pre- sented, and only eight of which are known to be in existence These bonds with accrued interest make il total of $5S,000, of which about $3O, ,000 is a speculative indebted ness. When these deductions arc made it will be seen that the act ual indebtedness of the state will not exceed $30O,000, while there was a cash balance in the treasury September 30, 1900, of $463, ,966.5S.
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Chadwick.

I. l.. Harvill was i'll Conway Monday.
 Mrs. Sallie Perkins returned last Tuesday from a visit to relatives in the southern part of Texas.
 Mike Chicoski, of Little Rock, {, came out last Monday on visit to relatives living near Chadwick.
 ]. M. Jeffries and Jim Bullion are i'll Conway this week attending court.
 Mir. and Mrs. l.. T. Stewart had the misfortune to lose their little daughter, Vera, last Thursday, her death being caused by conjestion. Their many friends sympathize with them in their sad bereavement.
 Louie Sohn, who has lately moved up near Conway, was down Wednesday and Thursday shaking hands with friends.
 John Martin was ill Conway Tuesday. He brought out a lot oi dressed lumber to finish up the new addition being built to his resi- dence.
 Wagons were sent to Little Rock "Wednesday to move the household furniture of Tom Jones. We are always glad to welcome good, hon est, hustling people into our town as citizens.
 Mir. Pettijofn, who at last writ ing was reported so ill, is still very low, but there are some hopes oi his recovery.
 Sad news was received Friday of the death of Mrs Ross, wife of Dr. Ross, who died at Conway several years ago. This lady had been a resident of Chadwick for many years, but was living in Little Rock at the time of her death. She leaves two children to mourn her Mrs. Neal Myers, of Little Rock and Mrs. Will Nestal, of Saltillo
 CHI. Jeffries passed through town Monday with his ugw St <. .a.. Congratulations aoIe given him on every side for being one of the lucky ones ill the Frauenthal & Schwarz guessing contest.
 Mud water every where, but we should not be Respondent as we can't expect the best of every thing all the tiue and until now the weather has been fine. We have luckily escaped any snow so far, while some of our sister states have already received their share.
 Jan. Ia, 1901.
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Ballard School House.

Spencer Lary of the U. of A. spent Christmas week at home.
 J. c. Biasinsalne spent Christ mas at his old home in Tennessee.
 Aunt Polly Shgum spent Christ mas ill this neigiiborhood.
 F. P. Snow visited his daughter, Mrs. ]. l., Vaughan, of Beryl, last week.
 Master Robert Vaughan, ol Beryl, spent part of the holidays with us.
 Mrs. Nora Birdwell, of Otto, spent Christmas week here among oh neighbors.
 Will Wright has built some new houses this winter.
 Joe Garrett is teaching school ai
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Marriage Licenses.

County Clerk T. J. Bullion has issued marriage licenses to the fol- lowing persons recently:
 J. T. Bell and Ella Williams, of Mt. Vernon.
 l.. M. Bell and Lulu Robertson, of Wooster.
 D. l.. Young and Mai Johnson, of Conway.
 Henry Logan and Daisy Golf, of Damascus.
 H. D. Ritchie, of Plummerville, and Jennie Hatcher, of Guy.
 A. M. Jones and Nettie Wilson, of Fl Paso.
The Conway log cabin., 1901-01-15

{ The recent reports from South Africa that the Boers are shooting their British prisoners, are not sur prising in the least. The English have violated all the rules. of civil ized warfare-they have burned farms, outraged women, and herd ed women and children together in towns after the style of Butcher Weyler, and it is not strange that the Boers should reta1iate i'll some way
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Ebenezer.
 George Fiddler is back again for afew days.
 Jan. 5, 1901.
Ebeilezer.
A Prominent Chicago Woman
 Speaks.

Prof. Roxa Tyler, of Chicago, Vice President Illinois Woman's Alliance, in speaking of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy, says: T suffered with severe cold this winter which threatened to run in- to pneumonia. l tried different remedies but l Aseemed to grow worse and tfrc-saedieifie upset my stomach. A friend advised me to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and I found it was pleasant to take and it relieved me at once. l am now entirely recovered, saved doctors bill, time and suffering, and I will never be- without this splendid medicine again. For sale by w. Fl. Martin x Go.