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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-07-26
THE LEDGER's CHARes.

This editorial charged Col. Till
man with "being a gambler, u
liar and drunkard.%" Col. Till.
man was reading the article, stop
ping for vigorous and sarcastic
characterization on it's contents.
The article stated that County
Chairman Il. B. Butler and Mes
srs. McCaw and Ssrratt could
substantiate what was said.
forming to Mr.. Butler Col. Till,
man asked to hear from him.
Replying Col. Butler said: 'I
know absolutely nothing about
the statement aud the man @ho
wrote it did SO without my an
thority."
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-07-26
"KNEw, HE WAS LYING. ''

Mr.. DeCamp maintained that
Col. Tillman knew he owed the ac-
count when he denied 1t and he al!
so insisted that the contents of the
two letters revealed this fact. Mr..
DsCamp further remarked as he
finished reading the letters that
Col. Tillman had never paid the
bill and knew that he was lying
when he wrote the letter. Col.
Iilifnapk asked MI. DeGamp 10
hand him the letters. MIR. De-
Camp refused to do So. Col. Till
man insisted. Mr.. DeCamp again
refusing, saying they were his
property. Col. Tillnnn sad he
only wanted to read them, and
Mr.. DeCamphande them to him,
standing by Col. TIllnan while he
read. After reading Col. Tillman
said:
CAN'T REMEMBER HIS DEBTS.
eff only had one matter on
my mind at once | would have
known, but after consulting my
books and finding the error, l
sent him the money due him"
Mr.. DeCamp then wanted to
know if it took six letters to 6nd
out one mistake in set of books.
fhere was much noise and excite
ment in the audience, much cheer
ing, some Kissing. Not major
ity of the audience by any means
were cheering. Most of the noise
seemed to be in favor of Tillman,
but Mr.. DeCamp, who firmly and
aggressively stood his ground,
was by no means without friends
and supporters Finally Char>
man Butler regarding that Col.
Tlllmsn's time limit had expired,
adjourned the meeting.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-07-26

Educate Tour bowels With Gsscareta.
Candy Caehartlc, cure constipation forever
Aa-s soc. IL O. =. q. f"u. druggists refund moaeg.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-07-26
DeCAMP WAS THERE.

Col. TiIlman was proceeding in
vigorous aud sarcastic character.
iZation of the article when Editor
Decanp OF The Ledger stepped
upon the stage and r.iyancing di
rectiy to Col. Tillman, whom he
faced, said: 81 am The man who
wrote the editorial and am respon-
sible for it, Turning to Col.
Butler, Mr.. DeCamp said:
"Have you not been drinking
with Col. Tillman IN Columbia -
"Not more than with YOU"
replied Mr.. Butler. Cheers.
The crowd was veIy noisy and
vehement now and the ladies' left
precipitateiy, the scene being
stormy and threatening. Cheers
for Tillman and some for Del Camp;
various cries and suggestions
to both and general movement
amsng the audience. The chairs
mans gayel and other noises were
heard Mr.. DeCamps stood his
ground resolutely and again ex-
pressed with determination his
authorship and responsibility"
A TERRIFIC CoMMoTIoN. y
Then you are the author Of
something of which you should
be ashamed" said Col Tillnan.
Mr.. DsCamp's cool reply made a
terrific, commotion when he said:
"Col. TiilmaD, can prove you q
liar over your own signature -
Col. Tillman requested him to do
so and Mr.. DeCamp went to his
Office for the proof. In the mean
time MI. Csughman who had been
absent, Nied to speak but no one
heard.
DeCAMp BRINGS PROOF.
Col. Tillman was proce eding
with his speech when Mr.. De-
Camp returned, producing the
two letters below, be stated again
that he could prove Col. TlllWan
falsitier and read the letters
which wefe>in reply to bills sent
from time to time regarding ad.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-07-26

verhslng account whlch he had
not been able 20 collect. Follow
ing is verbatim copy of toe
lrtlers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09

Washington, March 31-Eforts are
being made by the friends Of Estes g..
Rathbone to get pardon for him from
the sentence of the Havana Court.
Senator Hanna[has requested the
President to issue a pardon for Rath-
bone, but this the latter has declined
to do. The President, however, has
promised to send for the papers in the
case and have them thoroughly review
ed. 1t is stated that unless he finds
something radically wrong he will
allow the verdict to stand.
The Post will say tomorrow that
Senator Hanna proposes to introduce
a bill, which will provide for the
trial of Rathbone before Court in
the United States, under American
law and American methods. The
Senator claims that under our laws
evidence not admissible under the
Cuban procedure will aid Rathbone.
The Post will say:
- It is quite likely, of@course, that
some consideration will be shown to
Reeves, who became States evidence,
and action in his case may be expected
soon after Gen. Wood s return to Cuba.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
stsss
Regulation Of Water Rates.

That the police power Of a city ey-
tends to the regulation Of water rate
rs sustained In the case Of Mayor, etc,
OF city of Knoxville VS., Knoxville
Water Company, 81 Southwestern
Reporter, 075. The defendant water
works company was o1gnaizedsunder
the Knoxville city charter, authorlz-
ing the city to provide water-Works
and providing that The municipal au-
thorties should have the power, by
ordnance, to regulate water rates, and
also providing that the act should not
interfere with the police or general
powers Of the municipality. The city
was one Of the largest customers Of the
water compay, and reduction in the
water rates was resisted by the water
company on the ground that the ordi-
nance impaired the obligations of prior
contracts. and was, therefore, void un-
der the Federal and Tennessee consti-
tutions. The Court does not sustain
this view, however, and points out
that the right to regulate water rates
cannot be objected to. so long as the
reasonableness of the rates is subject
to judicial review.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
A Mill Crisis in Augusta.

Augusta, Ga, April 2.-The fol-
lowing notice, signed by the president
of the nill In which it twas posted, was
put on the bulletin board in every
mill in the Augusta district today:
- Owing to the demand made on the
King Manufacturing Company for an
advance of 10 per cent, accompanied
by notice that if not granted its
operatives would refuse to work after
Saturday, April 5, and said demand
having been refused, notice is hereby
given to the employees OF this COM
pany that should such strike be
inaugurated this mill will close indef-
nitelv on the eve Of Tuesday,
April So
This order is result Of the action
by the Manufacturers Association to
fight the unions 1t means that if the
strike goes on in the King Mill, as
scheduled, every mill in Augusta,
Graniteville, Aiken, Warrenville,
Vaucluse and Langley will be closed,
throwing 10,O00 operatives out of
work. Union leaders insist that the
strike will take place on Monday, al
though many operatives are opposed
fo it
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09

As Major Gorgas is about to give:
way to Cuban sanitary. officer for
Havana, he thus snnssup the work#he.
has done: The army took charge of.
the health artment.of Havana when
deaths we're occurring at the rate Of
81, ,252 per year. It gives it.up with
deaths occurring at the rate Of 5,720l
per year. 1t took charge with small:
pox epidemic for years. It#gives it up
with nota single case having occurred
in the city for over eighteen months. 9,
Although the city is as populous as.
New Orleans, in January there were:
ont FIVE deaths from typhoid fever and
three from diptheria. From Septem-
Der % to the date Of the report not al
case of yellow fever occurred, although
the disease had been epidemic there.
for two hundred years Major Gorgas
believes that the mosquito is the sole
carrier Of yellow fever germs, and he
has waged war on that insect accord
ingly How thoroughly he has done
his work in that respect samcientlv
appears from the statement that in
January 1000 houses were inspected
and in only IL were larvae found. y
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
Never Another Skate.

Senator Bacon, of Georgia, is clean
Esheven and bald-headed. Once when
young man, he wore long, flowing
side whiskers. When the roller skat-
ing craze Of Is or 20 years ago struck
Georgia, Bacon was the crack skater
of his town. One night he was out on
the floor of the rink making fancy
figures, when two amateurs, hand in
hand, bore down OF. him. He tried to
get out of the way, but couldn't.
The two skaters bumped into the
embryo senator. One caught hold of
his whiskers on one side and the other
took a grip on the other side. Yelling
with pain, Bacon, tried to shake them
off, but they clung until all three went
to the floor together. -
Bacon got up, took off his skates,
went home and shaved. Since that
time be hasn't worn either skate or.
whisker.-Baltimor News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
a Boer Var Scandal.

LONDON, April st Morning;
Leader publishes the alleged story Of
The crimes which led sto the Court.
martial and execute OF two Austral-;
ian officers IN South Africa. which is
jnstnoW exciting keen indignation N.
Anstrali
The newspaper asserts That several
officers Of this particular irregular
corps shot natives like RABBITS and
they. areseYen suspected Of numbering"
men OF their own command Theinci-
dent which led to their Court marhal
was the cold -blooded zexec1tious' by
those oficers-of ten Beers supposedly
;haynge20, ,o00, who were journeying.
toPietersburg to surrender. Aus
italians stopped the Beers tride them
by Mock Court-martial and ordered all
to- be- shot. This was done by a.
squadron of the soldiers after some Of
the non-commissioned officers had
refused to carry out the death SEN
tence The officers then ransacked.
the BoeT.wagons, but found the sD, :
OO0 was in Transvaal paper money
Lieut.. Hancock, one of the. .Austfa-
Hans concerned. fearing a German.
missionary would divulge his jnforma-
ton, shot the missionary dead.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
Draqooa Guards Surprised.


Londo AApriil Kitchener
ina adispatchsff rom Pretoria made pub
dc 5Ms evening, announces that the
Second Dragon Guards fought a
:sharpSrear guard action. near Bosch
mans Kop, during The evening. of
March 81 Four officers are known to
shaVebeenW n Is further details
.ofcasnalties have been received.
IshIe column commander Cox
;LaWleE, detached the dragons with
hesobjectsof surprising a Boer laager.
reported to have been located 10smiles
east OF Boschnan' Kop. The dra-
goons found the Beers strongly post
ed and Sburgh subsequent
1y iargely reinforced, with the result
that dragons had to fight a hard,
rear rgnard action u order 70 regain
;thesmain column II,hie heavy firing
called upC hawleF his troops.
sTho droyesef the Beers he latter's
loss IS reported to have been heayy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
Want 70 Buy the GaI!ows.

The ga.lows which was used. in the
execution OF Oliver Greer at the coun-
.ty jail has not been torn down. There
are several murder cases to be tried at
the next term of court and Sheriff
Green has an idea that he may need it
again. Anyway, he says, he won't
have it torn down yet awhile.
Several citizens have been wanting
TO buy the gallows with view of
building chicken house out of it.
They believe that chicken house
built Of the lumber in the gallows
would be forever safe from the de-
predations OF chicken thieves.
But the sheriff won't make any
promises. He says that If it is found
that the county will not have any
further need for the gallows he may
buy it himself. The sheriff keeps
chickens and he says he might as we'll
have thief-proof chicken house as
anybody else.-Anderson Mail.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
JOB LoT PoL L.ITlcIAns. G !!
Odds and Ends and Left Overs of
ait Parties Meet % Organize

April move for
the formation OF an allied party COM
sprisIng gadherents;o Of an parties opposed
80 the ERepub1i demands, or as the
SeaH the meeting stated, union
ssof the reform forces against plutoc-::
took defnit shape this after
noonsWhen 81 convention attended by
about 2Oesd delegates reresenting eight.
States and asn1any different parties
ssWasseaHed order.in this The
work today was Of preliminary
nature, tempoEaT organization
being Effected and committees APP,
spointed TO prepare for the permanent
Organization. sEE.hEe conFent1o ad
..j5o1Tned clock this afternoon:
tomeetsagaiin ttomorrowmorn
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
Advance in Cotton Predicted.

Special to The State g. -
New York, April 2.--As to the cot
ton situation, Theodore II. Price IS
sued this statement tonight:
szs4sI believe prices to be on the eve
Of yerv sharp advance which viii
shortly carry cotton considerably
above 9 cents in New York. Receipts
are falling off with an abruptness that
indicates complete exhaustion. Ex-
ports of ctoton today are 1900 bales,
or about four times the receipts. 1t
IS becoming more and more evident
that the supply of cotton is absolutely
Insufficient for the worlds srequire-
ments. At present prices southern
mills are making eager inquiry in
New York for cotton to be shipped
them from here. The bears ton1ghs
seem to be really more concerned
about the situation than at any time
previously this season.
Theodore 81. Price. 2
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
The DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
1t Will Meet in Columbia at
Noon on May Fl.

Columbia, April 3-The Democratic
State executive committee tonight
ordered the State Convention to be
held in Columbia on May 21 at noon,
During the day quite number of
members of the committee suggested
that it would be a good idea to hold
the Convention in Charleston in view
of the Exposition then being at its
best, the cheap rates and the general
desire to go to Charleston. The Ex-
position authorities promptly acted
upon the suggestion made IN good
spirit by members Of thescommittee,
and extended formal invitations that
the Convention meet in Charleston.
Before the meeting Of the commit ttee
those who advocated the Charleston
idea thought the proposition would=be
rwhelmingly adopted and gladly ac-
.cepted, but:When the committee met
'consti itutional objections were made
and the expected support faded down
to seven votes as against twenty-one.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
Al SpLLDING RESIGNS.
Base Ball War at Last Settled.

New York, April 2.-The National
league baseball war is practically end
ed. a. g. Spalding has resigned his!
claim as chief executive Of the big
organization aud the Office will Be
rendered to VIM. G. Temple Of Pitts.
burg. There will be no further con-;
test in the courts. 1t was. decided to
play under the same rules as last
year. The foul strike rule was incor=i
porated in the book Of rules.
Itwas decied that the pitcher should.
not have more chan one minute IN.
which to warm up prior to- any one
inning before delivery OF the ball:.h
not being allowed to- deliyermore than
five balls; before the: play. zss
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
SUMTER. S. c.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL. 9. 1905.
MAS0Ns ON a LARK.
.Shriners Do Not Represent Seri-
Gus Side of Grand Lodge.

Grand Master Walter M. White
head. of the South Carolina Grand
Lodge, contri ibutes card to the
Charleston Evening Post Thurs
day, called Drawing the distinction
between Ancient Free Masonry and
the order of the Mystic Shrine with
the end in view that the public should
not confuse the serious order with the
amusement branch Of Masonry, about
which SO much is being written and
talked now in connection with the
coming celebration Of Shriners day at
the. Exposition. Grard Master White
head explains that the Mystic Shrine
with all its amnsements and attrac-
:tions is not Masonry, although the
only prerequisite for membership in tbe
Mystic Shrine is that the applicant
must be either a Knight Templaror a
Mason Of the 32nd degree of the Scot
tish Rite.
Among other things Grand Master
Whitehead states: s.a'=
is to be expected that the .pro-
fame, = the uninitiated who has never
slearnedsthe beautiful system of moral
ity that Masonry inculcates, may con-
:clude from the absurd, farcical parade
and the reference to hot sands, %. hot
air. . sober camels, ,, astute astrol-
!oger, = rope ends, ''and other fantastic
and nonsensical terms, that Masonry is
unworthy the attention of serious and
dgnifed men
Such, however, is not the case.
The Shrine should not be .confounded
with the Masonic system, as it is
neither Masonry nor a branch of
Masonry While it diverts its mem
sbers4 and amuses the gaping crowd the
grand old order Of the Masonic frater-
nifty, which has survived the criticism
of centuries of inquiring thought, sur
vived the hostility Of Gro wned and
mitered heads, grown grander as it
has grown older, which has secured
the fealty of sages, philanthropists
and dpatriots, which has dried the tears
of orphanage, hushed the wall Of
.widowhood, helped the stranger to
friends and the poor to benefactors
will continue to move forward down
the centuries undisturbed and undis-
mayed by the silly pranks and foolish
antics of the Mystic Shrine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
0Ieomargarine Hard Hit.

Washington, April 3.-At the con-
clusion Of lively debate today the
senate passed the so-called oleomarga-
rine bill by a vote. Of 80 to 331
The discussion was largely in the
nature of a reinforcement Of previous
arguments on both sides.
The measure as passed BY the SEN
ate differs in some respects from that
passed by the house Of representative;
Tt provides that oleomargarine and
kindred products shall be subject to
all the laws and regulations Of any
State or territory or the District of
Columbia into which they are trans
ported, whether in original packages
or otherwise, that any person who
sells oleomargarine and furnishes it for
the use of others except to his own
family, who mix with it any artificial
coloration that causes it to look like
butter shall be held to be manufac-
lturer and shall be subject to the tax
provided by existing law; that upon
.oleomargarine colored so-as to resem-
BILE butter a tax of 10 cents pound
shall be levied, but upon oleomarga-
rine not colored the tax shall be one
fourth Of one cent per pound that
upon adulterated butter tax of 10
cents a pound shall be levied; and
upon all process butter the tax shall
be one-fourth of one per cent. per
pound. The manufacturers Of process
or renovated or adulterated butter
shall pay. an annual tax of $500, the
wholesale dealers shall pay tax of $3.50
and the retailers a tax Of .S84 per
annum. The. measure provides Tegula-
tions for the collection Of the tax and
prescribes minutely how the various
products are to be prepared for market.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09

Copenhagen, April 3.-Durng an all
day executive SESSION today the Lands
thing, The upper house, discussed, with
no result, the treaty providing for the
sale Of the Danish West Indian Islands
to the United States. The probabih-
ties now are that the Landsthing will
reject it unless plebiscite provision
is attached.
Allahabad, British India, April 81
Hndda Mullah, the fanatic, who has
in the past endeavored to embroil
Great Britain and Afghanistan has
started for Cabul. the capitalof Afgha-
nistan. with 5000 armed followers It
is feared that his arrival at Cabul will
cause disturbances, as the widow of
the late Ameer is opposed to him.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
Augusta Operatives Determined.

!. Augusta, April 8. "a meeting Of
the local textile union tonight the
operatives decided to disregard The.
notice posted yesterday in the mills
and a strike was definitely ordered
into effect in the King mill Monday,
April 4 The action is somewhat "a
surprise to mill men, the general
belief being that sufficient organiza-.
tion was lacking for such a move and
they now contend the decision is forced.
by a few leaders over the wishes of a
majority O. of.operatiyes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
Don't Let Them Suffer.

Often children are tortured with itching
mud burning eczema and other skin dis
eases but Bucklen's Arntca Salve heals the
raw sores, expels Inflammation, leaves the
skin without scar. Clean, fragrant.
chead, there's no salve on earth as good.
Try it. Cure guaranteed. Ouly csc at ]
F w DeLorme's.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
He Kept His Leg.

Twelve years ago J..W. Sullivan. Of
Hartford, Conn, scratched his leg with
rusty wire. Inflammation and blood
poisoning set in. For two years he suffer
ed intensely Then the best doctors urged
amputation, shut, . he writes, 81 used one
bottle Of Electric Bitters and 1-2 boxes
of Bucklen's Arnica Salye and my leg was
sound and well as ever.' For Eruptions,
Eczema, letter, Salt Rheum, Sores and all
blood disorders Electric Bitters has no
rival on earth. Try them. JEW DeLormc
will guarantee satisfaction or refund
money. Only SO cents.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
STATE HOUSE MOI. READY ].

The Governor has cancelled the call
issued for a meeting Of the, sinking.
fund and State. House commissions
which was to have been hel ats12 M:
on April 8, 1902. Assthes. work on the;
State. House viii not be- ready for final;
inspection on EApril s. this meeting OF;
the State House, commission and Of
the sinking fund viii not Bes held
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
Receiver for Anvil insurance CO..

Savannah, Ca, April ohn Nor
.ris was appointed receiver for the
Anvil Insurance company this evening
upon the application Of dissatisfied
policy holders. .Fhe$ company recently
sold out to the. American Guild and it
is claimed by the policy holders that
the face value of their policies was to-
be cut down. ass: ss
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
Don't Let Them Suffer.

Often children are tortured with itching
and burning eczema and other skin dis
eases but Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals the
raw sores, expels Inflammation, leaves the
skin without scar Clean, fragrant,
cheap, there's no salve on earth as good.
Try it. Cure guaranteed. Only 25c at
J T WDeLornne
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09

Gafney, April Last nigh ht be-
tween Sand 8 O'Clock, a negro known.
here as Billy Bluesh shiirt, shot andh killed
a negro woman named Cora Rice.
Blueshirt left at once and is being
hunted. Another negro named Bud.
L1ochart has been arrested by Sheriff
Thomas as accessory and placed IN
iail ss5=5l
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09

Rome, Ga, April alter Hen
"a negro charged with attempting to,
criminally assault Miss Blossom
Adamson, 15-year-old girl IN this
city yesterday afterno Jon was taken:
from Jail tonight by q, 0oo. people, who.
battered the prison doors down, ands
hanged him to an electric light polein
the principal portion Of t6is cit Al
:yolley was fred afterwards and fully a.
Thousand bullets entered The nergo's.
body
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09

III tie Rock, Ark, April
sthentic returns give the Glowing,
revised figures on the United States
senatorship: For Jas. CLARK, 744E:
members Of the general assembl Jas;
K Jones, AZ; doub btffu1 ThereSare:
135 members and the numbe er required
stoselect as senator is 68. The election
of Clark is now assured. $500