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j ISBatBS/ w WATCHMAN, sated Aai. S. 188 farcin airti Soutbron. Wednesday and Satunlay ?BT? PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTBR, ft. C. $Ht par annum?In ad vane*. ? Bauart; Brat Insertion.il.ts SNtsry subsequent insertion.ft Ceatreete fee three moat ha. or ltttger win he made at reduce* ratee. Ail oemmenleetlona which sub? serve private latereate will be charged BBJ Oust no Hot and ferBjtjtst ef teepeeta arc mm mafieis. COLUMBIA OOlfcCMRNS ROB BJBD TUX STATE. (Bans Glas* \ i Company and Car Which Were to Fatten on to Comet. Cetaatbia. Ftb. Si.?The State of Be*** CeroBaa has given notice of suit fee ttet.too again* the owners of the Distillery Company and .?et against the osnert of the OH as Company. ifetW ths act recently passed by ?general assembly, thit action SB *w' *. either one of these con pan dispose of any property In1 ttssi Stete until the Anal settlement of I The dispensary commission was to Bate met yesterday, hut only three members were pr?sent, and no state? ment was given out. Dr. Murray and Melters. Patton and Wood were here yesterday. The suits were filed with tee olere of court of Rtchland coun? ty Cot T. B. Felder of Atlanta, who| been assist ins the commlostlon In out sraft, stated yesterday .had read with interest an edl The state last fall. In which inquired why the class so much Jlegeo ta CpJBhx r. c* a negro, OhSrl. v tH%:BSibb fotOakland, afoi ftosster, er. ? the e was loom ea ta er. who to m#ke' tbr>| arrtet. rounded arm Up. Mr. SluW| staue that Ms prisoner Baa made full confession, statins* that Be rede the mule to Bumter and turned It loot?i. ? At th* same time the mule wn* stolen someone entered the ?Harvln hcose end got off with a coat. The ne? gro did not say anything la his con fseslon about entering the house. It ts thought thst he knows something abort It. however, and something may out at the preliminary hearing. Centenarian Mew. Cr ester, Feb. II??Samuel Varna* core. Chatter county's oldest cltlsen, died at the home of his son, Adam Vamadore. three miles west of Ches? ter, on Bundey et the age of 103 years, having been botn In Falrfleld county October II, llOf. Frutn youth he had passtd a quiet life on the farm In thlt county. He did hit duty as a soldier In the great Wer Between the Sec? tion* He Is survived by nine child tea. Bet daughters and four sons. Funeral service was held by Rev. C O. Brown, burial In the ehurch ysrd ef Pleasant Grove Presbyterian engten. ?toed April, 1IM. ?Be Jest ai l._ SUM' AN ENEMY OF THE SOUTH MIL SKILL SECRETARY OF COM? MERCE AND LABOR. Sappreesed Report of Special Agent That Wan Favorable to This Sec? tion. Washington. Feb. 12.?That C. P. Net 11. commissioner of labor, under Secretrry Nagel, is a hobby-rider, and a dreamer no one in the newspaper business here would deny. Once set In his way he Is hard to move, and, unfortunately for the south, hs has decided in his own mind that thou? sands of women and children are be? ing worked to death there In the mills and other industrial plants. So that he and others might ride their hobby horses more persistently and more gracefully congress has in two differ? ent lots aproprlated $100,000 for the purpose of sending a horde of cranks through the country to gather Infor? mation bearing on their side of the labor question. Reteredge Started the Ball. Senator Beveredge of Indiana, it will be remembered, In a speech on the floor of the senste, January 29, 1907, intimated that tens of thousands of children were btlng murdered an? nually In the south. At the time Senators Overman. Tlllman, Ba? con and others took him to task for his unwarranted attack. But, it was then that congress made an appro? priation of $150.000 for an investi? gation, and authorised the secretary of commerce and labor to ascertain the facts. Commissioner Nelll organi? sed about one hundred agents work? ing In squads and sent them into the field. Twenty or more were dispatch ed to Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina to look Into the cot? ton mill situation. Others went to glass, silk and clothing manufactur Ing districts. The south was pointed out as the place where children were stunted, mistreated generally, and debased. Nelll. It was said at the time, instruct" ed his hirelings to find these condi? tions. Later it has been alleged, that ***** oT'hls agents wtro found\what he desired them to And were promot? ed and that those who found better things were fired. The stories told of the findings of some of the agents that went south sound like the tales of Baron Munchauaen. One young woman, a sociological crank from Vassar, discovered one mill with a pit cave, where children were hidden away when visitors called. At* an? other mill, in the moutains, she learned that at the approach of any suspicious looking person the poor, down trodden boys and girls were told to run for their lives. This crea ture, It Is said, delighted Nelll so that he boosted her to the very top of the list. T. R. Dawley's Experience. Thomas R. Dawley, Jr., a native of New York, received quite a different treatment. He was told to g0 south and Investigate the conditions of the mill operatives before they left the farms. In other words he was to compare their present state with that of former days when they were crop? pers and tenant farmers, Dawley was not the man Nelll was looking for. He investigated and reported that the conditions at the mill were bet? ter than those on the farm. He de? clared that they not only had more opportunities, but actually Improved Industrially, morally, socially physi? cally and financially. Dawley was told to write out his report. He alleges that Nelll tried to make him change his Impressions, contending that he had not seen the true conditions and urging that, whatever the investigation revealed, children should not be allowed to worl:. "If a child Is found wallowing In the gutter In tilth and, it should not be taken out of there for better con? ditions, if It means work," Nelll Is re? ported to have said. Ordered South Again. Di.w1e>. he says, was sent south a*:aln to do all his work over. He then got up a printed schedule, com? prising a hundred inquiries, bringing out <<very phase of life In the country and at the mill. With this he work? ed 41 districts, covering about a dos? en counties sad 200 families. It was discovered that children?"men who were children thirty years before"? had been promoted to foremen and superintendents and In some in? stances had become mill owners. Os making it known that he had found nothing but favorable informa? tion, Dawley was turned off by Nelll, and the report suppressed. Dawley allegas this In charges made against Nelll to the secretary of commerce gnd labor. The'Status of the Case. The charges of Dawley are to the id Fear not?Let ail the ends Thon Ala TER. 8. a. SATURD MEAT COMBINE DEFIANL HARDER GRIP ON FOOD SUPPLY ANSWER TO THREATS OF PROSECUTION. Grand Jury Will Consider Proceedings I Against Trust?Cold-Storage Ware I houses to be Examined. _ I New York, Feb. 22.?Proceedings against the so-called Beef Trust will j occupy the time of the grand Jury of i Hudson county when it meets again tomorrow morning In the court house in Jersey City, and formal indictments are expected. It developed today that the misun? derstanding between the ideal board of Health and Pierre P. Oarven, the county prosecutor, had been smoothed out and that health Inspectors would see to it that the cold-storage ware? houses are thoroughly examined. There seems to be little check to the activities of the concerns which compose the National Packing Com? pany in the use of the storage meth? ods as a club with which to compel the payment of their prices. "If you do not give what we ask for this meat now," is the form the ulti? matum to the retailers Is said to take, "wo will freeze it." Into the ice boxes the meat goes, and every month a quarter of a cent a pound Is charged against it. This tax the consumer must eventually pay. A year Is as one day, so far as pack? ers are concerned, the prosecutor* de? clares, unless for some reason they should wish to "freeze out" some in? dependent abattoir, when quantities of I the frozen food are released. Abuses engendered by the cold storage practices are under the obser? vation of the authorities, not only In New Jersey, but in other States. There is evidence, it is charged, that meats have actually beeen held in storage for years, to prevent their being dis? posed of in accordance with the usual methods of legitimate trade. The; Increase of the price of meat, despite the fact that the New Jersey grand Jury had voted to indict the of? ficials of the trust, indicates that the officials of the packing companies are not yet influenced by public sentiment, and believe that they can defy all prosecution. The action whlc'i has already been undertaken is ba?<>d on the charge of conspiracy, and it is not unlikely that the matter of public health will be made the subject of separate action by the inquisitors of Hudson county. Mr. Garven said this evening that owing- to the close watch kept on his office by the agents of the trust he must be extremely guarded in discus? sing bis plans. They Like Criticism. Sumter councllmen dislake to sen e, for the reason that they have , to sacrifice their business Interests, and get criticised. This may be so In a small town, but In the larger cities we have known Alderman to sacrifice their business just for the sake of the criticism that attaches to the duties of City Council?and what the criticism carries along with It.? Charleston Post. A man Is usually willing to admit that his wife is his inspiration until he makes a real hit. effect that Neill Is Incompetent and that he deliberately and willfully set out to get facts to establish a pre conceived hypothesis concerning con ditions affecting women and children laborers. Secretary Nagel appointed BenJ. C. Cable, his first assistant, and Charles Earle, his solicitor, a com? mittee, to investigate the matter# For three weeks these gentlemen have been hearing testimony. Some of the witnesses swore that Neill destroyed stacks of valuable stuff that it cost the government thousands of dollars to collect. It has been years since the lnvestl gatlon commenced, but no report has appeared. Neill has groped about for data to prove his notion about condl tlons In the south. The first $150, 000 was used up, and then the JtOQUd, and now it Is alleged, other funds are being employed. No reports ar yet in sight. Thc? Power IVehlnd AH This. Dawley declares that the National Child Labor committee, with offices In New York, is egging Neil on. This means that the blow Is aimed dlrectlv at the industries of the south. Before this case?"the Dawley Neill case"?is over, some Interesting things may crop out. It is a fact that certain men stay here In Washing? ton to lobby for the National Child Labor committee, and other similar organizations. If Dawley sustains h!s charges, Nelll should be thrown out. Southern congressmen are becoming Interested In the matter. cmo i u t 00 tby Country's, Thy God's an AY. FEBRUARY 26, RIOTIXG IN STREETS CONTIN? UES UNABATED. Mob Put State Fencibles, Crack Mili? tary Company, to Utter Confusion ?Three Boys Have Been Fatally Wounded. Philadelphia, Feb. 22.?Three boya were shot and probably fatally wounded, while s??veral received leas severe wounds today in riots which followed the resumption of service by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company. The shooting occured In attacks on cars in the northwestern section. Market street, the principal busi? ness throughfare in the heart of the city, was the scene of disturbance during the entire day. Cars were stoned and two policemen were rougly handled by a mob of several thousand persons. A dozen arrests were made and the prisoners placed in a trolley car. This was stormed by the mob and two of the prisoners escaped. Preparations were made by the authorities to call upon the entire force of the State militia If the po? lice tomorrow are still unable to cope with the situation. President Murphy of the Central Labor union still regards a generak strike of all trade unions in the city as Inevitable, although Organizer Pratt is reported to be opposing this move. A delegation of labor leaders left for Washington today to ask Senator Penrose to use his influence for a peacable solution of the trou? ble. Members of the State Fencibles, an independent military organization ot about 200 members were placed on duty today, armed with load? ed muskets. They were detailed in the Kinsington mill district in the northeast, which 1? a hotbod of union sympathizers. In their first skirmish they were badly beaten by a mob, who paid no attention to the drawn bayonets and snatched the muskets fronCk the hands of the young militia? men. Members of the State Fencl b'es, according to Mayor Reyburn, acted as though they were on a picnic, allowing girls in the mill dis? trict to wear their caps and cut the brass buttons off their clothing. At one point a group of rioters captured a member of the Fencibles and car? ried him several hundred feet from his post, where they stripped him of his coat, hat, and cartridge belt and gun and threw him into the sewer. A non-union conductor was bad'y hurt at Sixth and Market street late this afternoon when a crowd attack? ed his car after a boy had pulled the trolly pole from the feed wire. Policemen drove back the crowd at the point of revolvers and started the car. It had gone but a short distance when a heavy iron weight thrown from a window crashed through the roof of the vehicle. Fifteen policemen quartered In the barn of the Philadelphia Rapid Tran? sit company at Ridge avenue and York street narrowly escaped death tonight when the entire northwest corner of the building was blown away with dynamite. The explosion occurred Just as C. O. Pratt was about to address a meeting of car men at a hall at Ridge avenue and Dauphin streets. This building, as well as others in the vicinity, was shaken by the shock of the explo? sion. How the dynamite was placed In the car barn Is a mystery. The State Fencibles, after being harassed and beaten all day by a mob of thousands of strike sympa? thizers along Lehigh avenue, were withdrawn at nightfall. The militia had been powerless against the mob, but a half dozen mounted police had ridden up and down driving the riot? ers before them during the afternoon. Only two cars were run on this Hne during the afternoon and both were badly shattered by stones. Police? men in this locality were fired upon by a strike sympathizer, who had concealed himself In St. Simeon's church at Lehigh avenue and Hutch? inson street. This enraged the guard? ians of the peace and they returned the fire, hitting W. E. Collins in the groin. He was removed to the Epis? copal hospital. Director of Public Safety Clay to? night expressed himself as being sat? isfied with the way the police have managed to handle the mobs up to date. According to a statement Issued to? night by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company, the amount of damage and the number of assaults committed by mobs was greater than on any previous day of the strike, although the territory covered by the cars of the company was considera? bly less. Two hundred and ninety PHILADELPHIA ^' FOR AID. STATE ORGANIZATION SUMMON? ED TO THE CITY. State Police, Numbering Two Hundred Meh, Called to Philadelphia to As? sist in Suppressing Riots by Street Car Strikers?Transit Company Claims War Will be Continued Until It Wins. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 23.?The po? lice officials of this city today virtual? ly acknowledged their inability to cope with the present strike situation when a request was made of John C. Groome, superintendent of the State police, that the two hundred members of his command be brought to this city for police services. This request was made notwith? standing that serious rioting was less frequent today than on any day since the strike of the street car men went into effect last Saturday. The State police are expected to reach here to? morrow morning, and will doubtless be sent into the Kensington district, where the State Fencibles had such an unpleasant experience yesterday. While the police were busy keeping tracks clear for the lines In Kensing? ton, the lines in other parts of the city were run on much reduced schedules, and on several of the West Philadel? phia and down-town lines no attempt was made to run cars all day, al? though these sections were compara? tively quiet. The shopping district on Market street, in the heart of the city, was again the scene of almost con? tinuous disturbances, especially at the noon hour. No one was seriously in? jured, however. Telegrams were sent to President Taft and Senator Penrose by the offi? cials of the Street Car Men's Union today, saying: "Union men on Strike here offer services for operation of mall and newspaper cars, as was done through? out last strike. Company refuses to allow union men to continue to ope? rate mall cars, and has today forced off their mall cars by summary dis? charges. Interference with ncail ope? rations, therefore, comes from the company and not from the strikers." The Union men claim that the com? pany is interfering with the operation of mail cars to give it a chance to ask for Federal Intervention. SUICIDE AT COLUMBIA. Young Man Kills Himself In House of Ul-Repute. Columbia, Feb. 23.?Leaving a note saying: "I love a Spanish girl. She doesn't love me. T would rather be dead than alive," J. W\ Padgett, Jr., this afternoon committed suicide in a house of ill-fame In Columbia. Pad? gett entered a room of this house this morning about 11 o'clock, and when a woman entered the room, in the af? ternoon he was strangling and gasping for breath. Physicians were summoned, but it I was too late to save the life that was almost gone. Using opium and mor? phine, and a half-pint of one star whiskey, the dose taken was enough to kill, and In spite of the efforts of two pyhsicians. Padgett died about 5.30 o'clock. "The Spanish girl" referred to in the note left, is an inmate of the house. Padgett was 25 years of age, and lives at Lykesland, nine miles from Columbia. TILLMAN CONTINUES TO IM? PROVE. Now Believed That His Recovery is Assured, Barring Complications? No More Bulletins. Washington, Feb. 23.?Senator B. R. Tlllman of South Carolina continu? ed his favorable progress today and barring complications, it is believed his recovery is assured. He spent a good night and his condition this morning showed renewed evidence of the gradual abatement of the paraly? sis and aphasia. After Dr. Pickford visited the senator this morning he announced that the patient's condi? tion was ;?o favorable that he would Issue no more bulletins. "Senator Tillman's condition con? tinues to Improve all the time," was the doctor's statement. Percy Noodles says that he used to have a room mate who was so narrow m'nded he had to part his hair cross ways. It Is still possible for some one to sur? H that Mr. Peary be retired as a major general.?Springfield Re? publican. five cars were demolished, making a total of 750 cars which have been put out of service since the begin? ning of the strike on last Saturday. ron? ?OUTHRON, EBtabltsbed lue, 1*M ies?Vol. XXXI. 5o. L FOB TIMM mm. WHAT OLD DOMINION DOES FOR ITS UNFORTUNATES. Maintains Four Hospitals?6pecial Colony for Epileptics and Separate Institutions for Negroes Included. Richmond, Feb. 22.?The State of I Virginia has four hospitals for the care of its insane. There are three? i the Eas:ern, located at Williamsburg, founded in 1773; the Western, at Staunton, founded in 1838, and the Southwestern, at Marion, established I In 1887, all of which are for the ex? clusive use of white patients. The Centra'., devoted to the care of the negro insane, is now situated at Petersburg. It was first established in Richmond, in 1870, but in 1885 was removed to the present site. These institutions are supported by an appropriation made by the Gen? eral Assembly. The Eastern has accommodations for about 900 patients, the report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1908, the last one available, shows a total of 884 patients, divided as fol? lows: 449 male and 385 female. The per capita cost of maintaining the in? stitution is 3150.41. The Eastern has an 85-acre farm run in connection, much of the work being done by the patients. The farm supplies a great abundance of vegetables and food stuff for the use of the hospital, l>ut not enough to supply the demand. The ftrm yielded a net revenue of $1,843, according to the report men? tioned above. A mattress and broom factory is also operated at a profit, the last report showing a net return of $1,148. The patients also help to keep up repairs and to operate the laundry. The value of the Eastern plant is placed at $410.214, and the State ap? propriation for the last fiscal year, enced September 30. 1906, was $99, 471,59. The returns from pay pa? tients were $1,956.93, while other Items of resource, such as sa es and rent of State property, were 1425.39. The report /?^ the .**rost<rn ^ t?te Hospital for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1908, *%1ves a total of 977 patients?485 male and 4 92 fe? male. The per capita cost fit the Western has seperate buildings for I transportation of about $1.03. The Western has seperate buildings for the care of consumptives. A small farm Is operated, but it has been so recently acquired that no figures as to its return can be given. ' Under the control of the officials of the Western Hospital will be placed the epreptic colony, a site for which has been bought just outside of Lynchburg. It is planned to have the colony In operation in 1911. All patients of the Eastern, Western and Southwestern Hospital who are suf? fering from the malady will be sent there for treatment. The report of Commissioner Bau serrman for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1909 shows that the State appropriation for this hospital was $119,000.48 and that the receipts from the pay patients were about $2,891, while other sources of reve? nue netted $4.700. The Southwestern at Marion has an enrolment of 631?300 male and 331 female. The farm and garden operated in connection with the hos? pital shows a net balance of $4,830. This hospital drew an appropriation from the State of $75,000 and receiv? ed about $1.500 from paid patients, while other items of revenue brought in $397. The Central Hospital, at Peters? burg, is devoted to the treatment of negro patients, who numbered at the close of the 1908 fiscal year 1,285? 598 male and 687 female. The per capita cost of maintaining this hos? pital is $101,78, this figure including the cost of tran8poration. The plant of the Central Hospital is valued at $516 060 and has a fine farm of 500 acres attached. The last report shows that this farm yielded a net revenue of over $11,000. For the last six years tuberculosis patients have been segregated and a new cottage costir $6,000 has Just been built for their use. The State appropriation for this hospital was $131,000, and about $3,340 was received from the rent of State property. During the 1908 session the Legis? lature passed a law which provides that no citizen of the State of Vir? ginia who is an inmate of a hospital for the Insane shall be charged any of the expenses connected with the maintenance. This law had not gone into effect when the reports quoted above were made up. There are those who would rather have troubles than nothing to talk about