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ras SUMTES WATCHMAN, Xstablithed April, 1850* "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at be thy Country's thy God's and Truth's. THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established jn_e. sse Cosolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. (SEPTEMBER 14, 1904. New Series-Vol. XXIV. Sn: 8 - gghHshsd Eras? Vadneafia?, 1ST. C3% ?stren? SUMTER, S. 0, $1 50 per aanuca-ie a?racce. ADT?STISSXSST: .?e Square first insertion,--......$1 CO - ^ery subsequent insertion....... 50 Contracts for three cionths, cr looser wil? Se :_*de. at reduced rates. All eonjiaacic&tioss Trhich subserve pr?vate rrere?:? ^??! becbareed fcrasadTertieoieats. Obituaries acd tributes of respects will be ?-Arged fe?. S OMIT ? TEH IR1I0? 8B0P. Hester's Report Shows That Cot? ton Crt^? of1993-04 Aggregates bat i9,91f,374 Ba?es. New Orleans, La., Sept. 6.-Secre? tary -tester's annual report was issued in full today. He puts the cotton crop of 1903-4 at 10,011,374 bales, a de? crease of 716,185 under that of 1902-3. He says that compared with last year in round figures, Texas, including Indian Territory, has increased 45, 000 bales. The group known'as other Suif States, consisting of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ok? lahoma, Utan and Kansas has lost .430,<%T0, and the group of atlantic States, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ken? tucky and Virginia has fallen off 332," 000. ^ Mr. Hester's report on the cotton crop of the different States is given as follows in thousands of bales : Alabama 1,000, against l,O50 last year. ?1 f Arknsas 705, against 1,000. Georiga 1,325, against 1,470. Florida 55, against 55. Louisiana 824, against 824. Mississippi 1,387, against 1,404. North'Carolina 583, against 575. South Carolina 825, against 950. Tennessee, etc, 451, against 509. Texas and Indian Territory 2,876, against 2,831. Total crop 10,011, against 10,728. He makes the actual production of Indian Territory 266.555 bales, against 369,251 last year ; of Oklahoma 177,057, against 166,000 last year, and of Mis? souri 34,367, against 35,906 last year, the two last being, included under the head of Tennessee, etc. T He puts the average commercial value of che\ crop at 361.38, again? $44.52 last year, and the total value the crop at S6r?501,548, against $480, . 770*282 last year. In reference to the total value Mr. Hester says that while the crop smaller bj seven hundred and ?d thousand bales than last year and less by 1,263,000 bales than the ero of 189S-&9 which was the largesgt eve marketed, it has brought a bette return in money values than any eve produced in the South. Referring to the increase in valu over last year be gives details as to - prices, showing that while the lowest ; range of last season was from tember to January inclusive, this yea? the highest range of values was dur? ing the period of marketing the bul' cf the crop and the result was fanners obtained more of the advan? tage af the rise instead of its coming as sana! after the cotton had p: out of their lhasas. In other wc ike re mete marketed up to January 31 of this year an round figurres 8,010,000 ' which soid for $447,710,000, while up to the same period last season the aaonit mrfceted was .7;9S5,000 which brought $336^665,000, a difference cf enly 25,<3Q? ?ales and an increase in the affiottsi recieved of over $138,000, OOO. Forher.reiexring to crop values, Mr. Hester ?sys that when rt ie considered that the eoofei&ed values of the past three crops, resulted in .payment to farmers, co cn se os carriers, merchants and other handlers of o per .?3-536,000, 000, their importance as a great factor, ia the prosperity of fcae South and of the ec eire country may be fnl?y appre? ciated. The consumption has beea divided as follows - Alabama 212,398, increase of 394. Arkansas L.444, decrease of i,_7L Georgia 419,761, decrease of 6,138. Kentucky 20,341, decrease of 1,029. j Louisiana 16,121, decrease of 1^82. Mississippi 31,84, decrease of 6,157. Missouri 4,341, decrease of 382. North Carolina 530,814, decrease of sam South Carolina 563,980., decrease of 49.295. Tennessee 4,773, decrease of 2,773. Texas 16,736, decrease of 6,871. Virginia 56,939, increase of 14, 89L Total consumption of the Sooth 1,919,252, a decrease under last yeaf of 81,477. ________ Wheo troubled with constipation try Ch^a?tx-r?ain's Stomach aod Liver Tablets. They are eapy to take and produce no grrpJUfc* ur other unpleasant effect. For ?ale? by China drag store. Montgomery, West Va., Sept 7. Wade Hillstein, a passenger on the Cheseapeake and Ohio train yesterday shot and killed Frank Howard, a ne? gro, because the latter entered the train at Paint Creek and took a seat beside him. Hiilstein leaped Trom the rapidly moving train and made h s escape. CASTOR IA For Infests and Childi sn. flt KM Yta 8a?i Always B&agot S-MSi Sha "BEFB8EB?Y" CL?BS SAID 18 SE GENERAL. Report From Florida of Many in Existence-Five Located in Leon County. Tallahassee, Fla., Sept. 6.-Since Saturday night's trouble it has been learned that there are five "Beforeday clubs'' in Leon county. While it is said these clubs were organized last Christmas there are a number of ? per? sons who will make affidavits to the effect .that these clubs have been known ! in Leon county for the past three I years. It*is asserted^that -about three years ago* a negro appeared in Richmond, Va., (many averring that he came di? rect from Wsbington city),- who made ; an incendiary speech advising mem? bers of his race to do all manner of 1 mean things. He^ad vised the organ I ization of the "Beforeday club." This organization bas become national in ! its character.. The clubs in this I county are located at Tallahassee, Lake Hall, Lake Jackson, Dawkins Pond and the Meridian neighborhood. Many of the best negroes of the coun? ty have refused to become members and are not in sympathy with such an organization. It is firmly believed here that Mr. Epps was a victim of this organiza? tion, and many of the people in this section are nervous and excited, but there are numbers of men in Leen county who are brave and determined, and who are prepared to meet and settle this issue squarely. DISASTROUS WRECK IN MISSOURI. v I i Nine Killed and More Than Fifty Wounded on Wabash Road. j Warren ton, Mo., Sept. 7.-It devel ! ODS that in the wreck yesterday on the j Wabash railway more people were kill I ed and injured than at first expected. I Officials of the company this morning ^announced that nine passengers were ! killed, while the list of injured will j reach fifty. The wrcek was caused by the east bound passenger train jump? ing the track. The dining car being thrown to\ the left and the day coach down a steep embankment forty feet. Under the debris passengers were pinioned for hours pitifully appealing for help. As fast as possibe passengers were ?ken to Warrenton and cared for. The train is said to have been running sixty-five miles an hour. Over-Sea Markets for Cotton Goods. Consul-General Skinner writes from Marseilles that he believes American trade in cotton goods may he greatly extended throughout the Mediterra? nean,Red sea and Persian gulf regions. Although the American cotton trade in these markets is now considerable, many of the consuming regions are not reached at all, and the business is limited elsewhere to the operation of a few highly favored houses, whose buyers have established themselves in New York. The general attitude of the American cotton manufacturers and their selling agents has been un? favorable to the development of the export trade, because of their insist? ence that their goods be purchased in the United States through exporting brokers, who attend to all the details of shipping and of exchange. In short, American cotton manufacturers do not seem to be organized to do bus? iness directly in the consuming mark? ets; they employ no foreign agents, and they have at various times dis? couraged possible buyers abroad who have initiated correspondence in the hope of obtaining cotton for export in the United States. The inevitable cons?quence of this situation ie that, a?ide from a Red sea trade in un? bleached cotton sheetings, oar ex? ports to the regions meutioned are ex? ceedingly limited. German and Ital? ian commercial travelers seek the con? suming markets, satisfying them to a considerable extent, and in many cases the large baying houses have agencies in Manchester, where their requirements are catered to by Brit ifi;h manufacturers. A few important firms buy in New York what they can? not obtain in Manchester, and their <iemands constitute our export trade ist the near east. Thus it would seem aw if trade could only be developed by being on the ground and personally soliciting orders. -MB? -4B??- -- . Race for Governor in 1906. Candidates for governor in 1906 will soon beat work, and there are plentv of tl?em. Lieut. Gov. John T. Sloan of Columbia and Speaker M. L. Smith of Camden are almost certain entries, as is M. F. Ansel of Greenville, who made such a fine ran two years ago and won fronds all over the State more friends than votess because many people who liked the man were pledged to some other candidate. As other probable candidates in 1906 may also be mentioned Mayor R. G. Rhfitt of Charleston and F. H. Hyatt of Co? lumbia.-Greenville Mountaineer. In Praise of C^^berlain^ Col? ic, Oholera an?r Diarrhoea Re med}-. "Allow me to give von a few wo<-d* in praise of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and i iarrhoea Remedy.'' says Mr. John Hamlett. of Eagle Psss, Texas. 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The committee, and editors inspired by the "Star Spangled Ban? ner," rendered by the band, climbed the hill to Judge Parker's house. Judge Parker raet~them at the piazza j and after a general handshaking the Darty stepped out on the lawn *and Charles W. Knapp, of the Sr. Louis Republic spoke for half an hour. When Mr. Knapp concluded Judge Pakrer stepped to the edge of the piazza and was greeted by tumultous cheers. Mr. Knapp's address consisted most? ly of a eulogy of Judge Parker and assurances that he would have the strongest support of all the editor's present. The speaker predicted a sweeping democratic success in No? vember. Judge Parker, after expressing his pleasure in welcoming to Rosemount, repre36ntativs of the American press and pointing out the power the news? paper have said: "There are ques? tions of great importance to be jiassed upon by the people in November, questions that will be your duty, and, therefore I know your pleasure, as well, to present honesltly and so clearly that the people well under? stand them.'' Continuing he .stated that he would take up but one feature of the republican party platform, namely, That the republicn party had displayed a high capacity for rule and government, which had been mace conspicuous by the incapacity and in? firmity of purpose of the Democracy. Judge Parker said, he would just compare Clevelands administration with any administration of the Re? publicans since 1860. Comparision he said will show that under Democratic control the administrative purity of the father's had been observed ic the conduct of the government that not one of its departments bad been per? meated, as of late, with corruption rivalling the day of the star route ! frauds, that a successful effort had ! been made to check the growth of ex? penditures, that it resulted in each instance in cutting down expenses within the control of the executive department of government below that of preceeding administrations. After 1863 the Republicans bad increased expenses and in some instances so great? ly as to indicate reckless extravagance and waste ot the people's money. He concluded with an appeal for perfect hnnony in the conduct campaign. THE FREIGHT RATES CASL Important Matter te Be Settled in a Short Time Hew. - Colombia, Sept. 7.-The freight rate case, wbien has been so kmg pend? ing, wi?l now be sottied by the rail? road commission within forty-days. Today tfee railroad commission noti? fied the attorneys on both sides that all arguments must be filed in the j next thirty days, and that ififteen days addiriaaal woald be given for farther written amendments to the ease. The prospects of the c?se being set? tled will be a gratifying statement to every merchant in the State. The ; case has .been .pending for several mont hiv. aad ir was necessary once to go over jill of the second day's pro? ceedings. The petition calls for a general re? duction iii many classes of goods in this State aud claims discrimination in favor of North Carolina and Vir? ginia. OB account of the slowness in filing the arguments and the fact that Chairman Garris was busy with the campaign, the case was not decided re? cently, because time was wanted to study the matter thoroughly. Mr. Garris, cowerer, stated this morning that he wished to settle ap all matters pending before going out of office, so that the new mem? ber would have a clean sheet to start with. The order filed today will bring replies at once, and as soon as a date is fixed within the required time the case will be decided once for all. ? Just which way it will b? .is, of: course, a matter of conjecture, but the board has several preceden tst to study up and the argumentts submit ted will have carefni attention. The order is as follows: Messrs. Mil? ler & Wbaley, Attorneys, Charleston, S. C.-Gentlemen : It is this day ordered by the board of railroad com? missioners that attorneys for petition? ers in the (rase of the chamber of commerce of Anderson, chamber of commerce of Columbia, chamber of commerce of Spartaiibnrg, chamber of commecre of Charleston, board of trade of Greenville, boaid of trade of Greenwood, board of trade of New? berry, the Piedmont Wholesale Gro- j eera' Association and the bureau of ! freight and transpotation of Charles-J i ton, be allowed thirty days from rhis date to complete their testimony be- ! fore this board. Thereatfer^. fifteen ' days will be allowed for argument. ; This notice has been served on the j various repesentatives of the rail- ! roads. By order of the board, C. W. Garris, Chairman. j George Williams was legally execut? ed for rape at Monodsville, W. Ya., Friday. The crime was commit? ted in Joly. PROMINENT VIRGINIAN HELD FOR WIFE MURDER. Arrested and in Jail in Charlottes ville on the Charge. HB Claimed that He was Assaulted in His Own Home and His Wife Killed. Charlotteville, Va., Sept. 7.-Ex Mayor Samuel T. McCae was arrested this afternoon on the charge of wilful? ly and.. premediatedly murdering his wile on the night of Sunday, Septem? ber 4. The arrest was mado while cit? izens generally were attending a pub? lic sesi?n of the coroner's jury which had rendered no verdict at midnight. The warrant was sworn ont by Police Justice A. D. Dabney and served by two policemen of the city. Mr. Mc? Cae made no resistance and is now in the city jail. When McCue was arrest? ed he submitted to being searched by the officers and kissed his four chil? dren good-bye. He said to them: "By the grace of Ti od I will come out of this trouble 'Al right.*' McCue stated that he was assaulted and his wife murdered on last Sunday night. His story immediately aroused supic ion. His testimony and that of others before the coroner's jury strengthened the suspicion against him and the ar? rest followed. Crowds are gathering in the city to? night but no mob violence is feared. The city militia being absent from the C'ty at the army manoeuvres at Manas sas a special jail guard of 30 men was summone . NEGRO LYNGHEO IN ALABAMA. Mob Fired the Jail and Defied the Officers of the Law. I Huntsville, Ala., Sept. 7.-After setting fire to the jail and smoking out the prisoner while the fire department was held at bay with- guns and the sheriff, his deputies and the soldiers outwitted, a^ mob estimated at over 2,000 persons lynched Horace Maples, the negro accused of murdering John Waldrop, by stringing him to a tree on the court house lawn tonight. This action of the mob was taken notwithstanding strong protests made by Solicitor Erle Pettus and H. Wal? lace? Jr., in stirring speeches in which law and order were pleaded for eloquently. The crowd began to gather this aft? ernoon and tonight as soon as; the de? tails of the crime spread throughout th? country in which Waldrop had a number of friends and before the "mi? litia, which was ordered from Birm? ingham by Gov. Cunningham arrived, the mob had swelled to enormous pro? portions. The sheriff and his deputies pluckily stood their guard but they were powerless before the mob and the fire. The local military company was called out but they were outwit? ted by the men ?ho conceived the idea of smoking out the prisoner. At 10.25 o'clock the jail was fired in the back yard and burned fiercely, a dense smoke spreading through the upper stories and cells of the building. The fire department was not allowed to approach within a block of the scene and was driven away with bul? lets. The command on the outside would allow nobody to enter or come out until the person of Horace Maples was surrenudered to the crowd. The sheriff and his guards would not give isi but in some manner the negro got through a window and Jumped out of tfae building into the crowd. He was chased down and a rope thrown around his neck and be was pulled ap to the county court house. There was an im? mense crowd on the lawn. While Maples was confessing his crime and implicating a white man and two negroes, John H. Wallace, Jr.., and Solicitor Erle Pettus deliver? ed impassioned addresses trying to dis? suade the mob. They were hooted down in turn but finally when Solid-, tor Pettus called on ali who were in favor of the law taking its course to hold up their hands, about half in tlie big crowd of several thousand did so. There was cheering for a moment but the men with the rope pulled the negro away. Threw the end of the rope over a limb and drew him up. Tibe negro was dead in a few moments. A crowd will make an effort to'capture the negro's accomplices but no more disorder is feared to? night. During the attack on the jail United States District Judge Shelby issued an order for the United States deputy marshal to protect United States pris? oners in the burning building and ob? tain names of ?til parties engaged in endangering the prisoners* lives. j Gainesville, Va., Sept. 8.-At 9 j o'clock this morning General Bell, i commander of the Brown army began j his attack on the Blues for the pur? pose of for^ng his way toward Wash I ington. Tlie"lupposed ultimate ob? ject of this movement being an assault on the capital of the United States. This is the second and last of the m&noeuvere problems laid down by Geneal Corrbin, Corps Commander, the first being ended yesterday at noon. Owing to the exhausted COH dition of the troops after the past two days of fighting, the beginning of the second problem was set forward nine lion rs. Fearful Odds Against Him. Bedridden, alone and destitute. Such, ia brief was the condition of an o?d soldier by name of J. J. Havens, Versailles, O. 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The Mikado's forces are said to have captured one hundred and thirty-two wagons of provisions and thirty-eight wagons of ammunition at Pankiaupn, aud nine? ty-seven field guns, most of them un spiked, and several thousand small arms at Chang Kiapnsho. From We Hai Wei it is reported that heavy cannonading was heard last night in tho direction of Port Arthnr, and that boats outside the harbor re? port seeing flashes distictly. Nothiing further has been obtainable. ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE IM? MINENT. St.Fetersburfg,Sept. S.--A brief dis? patch was received this afternoon from Gen. Kuropatkin dated at 0.30 yes? terday. The dispatch says that Gen. Kuroki is 27 miles east of ,the railway and Gen. Oku 20 miles west of it. SThe general staff expects a general battle within the next day or two. Gen. Kuropatkin adds that his rear guard extends several miles south of Muk? den. Fighting has been continuous. Tokio, Sept. 9.-According toa dis? patch received at Tokio today 3,000 Russian corpses had been found by the Japanese up to Wednesday. Many more are believed to have been taken north by the retreating Russian army. This is taken to indicate that the Rus? sian losses were terrific. The opinion expressed by a majority of papers is that another battle will occur north of Mukden. Rumor of a Russian Disaster. Paris, Sept. 6-- The Petit Parisian has a disptch from St. Petersburg containing the rumor that General Kuroki has succeeded in isolating a force of 30,000 of Gen. Kuropatkin's rear guard and that they have been forced to surrender. . Rome, Sept. 9.-The newspaper Italia Militaire has a dispatch from Tokio reporting that the Japanese forces have reached Mukden. The dis? patch adds that no serious fighting occurred in the immediate vicinity of the strong hold, the Russians having retired beyond that place. St. Petersburg, Sept. 10.-Advices from the front indicate that there will be a long lull in the fighting while the Japanese replenish stores of ammuni? tion and bring in reenfoicements. A newJEurooean Brigade, has just reach? ed Gen. Kuropatkin, who is thereby able to give a rest to the troops recent? ly engaged. Experts here do not ex? pect the Japanese to make any real progress before cold weather sets in, which is liable to stop everything un? til spring, when the Russians will be ready to begin offensive operations. St, Petersburg, Sept. 10.-Ordinary camp life set in at Mukden today and prevails along the whole of the im? mense front of the Russian army. The Japanese advance from the south and east bas been stopped and Russian baggage trains have been proceeding uninterruptedly since Wednesday. Thousands of the Russian wounded have been sent northward, but the Red Cross nurses are still working night and day at Mukden to bring re? lief to the most seriously injured, ?he inactivity of the Japanese is as ?ribed to the absence of mountain roads by which they could make the advance. On Thursday Mukden and the neighborhood were flooded by a terrific rain storm, but the roads a:re now drying. London, Sept. 10.-The Chefoo cor? respondent of the Renter Telegraph Company reports that the Japanese losses at Port Arthur during the pa.?st few days exceed twelve thousand. Sour Stomach. When the quantity of food taken is tco large or the quality too rich, sour stomach is likely to follow, and especially so if the digestion has been weakened by con? stipation. Eat slowly and not too freely of easily digested food. Masticat? the food thoroughly. Let five hoars elapse between meals, and when you feel a full? ness and weight in the region of the stomach a'ter eating, take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and the nour stomach may be avoided. For sale by i China's drug store. -- Greenville, Tenn., Sept. 7.-Early today several robbers entered the Greenfield postoffice and blew open the safe. They made two unsuccessful at? tempts and the third time brought it open. Nitro-glycerine and * other chemicals wore U6ed. About $lf)0 in cash and S?oO in stamps were taken out of the safe. Postmaster Farmer has been authorized by the postoflbee department to offer a reward of ?20<> for the capture of the robbers. A Boy's Wild Ride For Life. With family around expecting him to die, and a son riding for life, IS mises, lo get Dr. King's New Discovery for Con? sumption. Coughs and Colds, W.H. Brown, of Leesville, Ind., endured death's agonies from asthma: but this wonderful medicine gave instant relief and soon cured him. 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"Indeed, the numerical superiority of the Japanp?8 is astounding and in? comprehensible, for after losing enough men at Port Arthur and else? where to form a perfect army, their effective strength appears only to in? crease and they still are concentrating fresh bodies of troops on the Liao river. "The battlefield was a perfect infer? no, Gen. Stakelberrg was wounded, but despising death he remained im? movable at his post throughout the day, regardless of the rain of shot around him. Several officers cf his staff were killed or wounded. In the evening Gen. Stakelberg notified Gen. Kuropatkin that he could hold the po? sition or take the offensive if neces? sary. . "Among the incidents of the day was the slaughter of two Japanese battalions which were pursued through the Chinese corn and grass to Saitaz and surrounded by the Russians. They resolutely refused to accept quarter, preferring death. "In another Ipart of the field the Japanese shelled and captured by as? sault onejof the*Russian trenches, only to find too late that it had been abandoned by the Russians and oc? cupied by their comrades. They fell upon the postrate bodies and flooded them with tears. "In one case a party of Japanese officers found a body of their men Re? tiring in disorder and drove them back to the battlefield at the point- of the sword. "The Russian frontier guards died at their posts, refusing to surrender. It was the anniversary of the creation of the?r regiment which they had cel? ebrated the night previous. They lost a large proportion|of their officers. "At many points the combatants stoned each other. "Of late the Russians have learned to mask their batteries more effectu? ally and thus have gained a sensible advantage over the Japanese. "The Russians worship their guns and to quote Gen. Kuropatkin's ad? monition, 'Soldiers, die for your guns as you would?for your flag. 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