The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 09, 1901, Image 2
Protecting His Rascals.
McKmiey Refuses to Trans?
mit Report od the Cuban
Postal Stealage,
Washington, Jan 8 -The presi
dent todaj adut. a message to the
senate declining to accede to the
request of that tody made in a reso?
lution passed tho l9th of December
and. addressed to the secretary of
war, for the Ira 38 m it tal of the Law
abe report io reg ard to the irregular i
ties in connection with the postal
affairs in Goba The declination is
considered exceptional and it is
possible it will create more or less
discussion
The presidents message says : "Ic
reply to a r?solution of the senate of
Dec 19, 1900, directing the secretary
of war to transmit to the senate the
report of Abraham L. Lawshe giving
in detail the resc.lt of his investiga
tion made under the direction of the
war department into the receipts and
expenditures of Coban funds, the
senate is informed that for the
reasons stated in the accompanying
communication from the secretary of
war, dated Deo 28, 1900, it is not
deemed compatible with the public
interest to transmit tho report to the
senate at this time 99
ROOT'S EXPLANATION.
Secretary Soot's explanation to
the president was conched in the
following language :
"The document referred to is a
confidential report of an investiga?
tion made nnder your authority for
the puspose of enabling you, through
this department.to properly direct the
prosecution of certain offenders
-against the laws of Cuba
The prosecutions are now pending
While thy are pending it is not, in
my judgment, qon pat i ble with the
public interests that the report should
be made public
"I transmit a copy of the report
together with the resolution for your
action or instructions " j
Arraigning Plutocracy.
Eon AbramS. Hewitt, son in law
of the late Abram S Hewitt, de
nounced Bryan, we believe, among
other things, ?or "arraying masses
against classes " That was before
the election. Si ace the election,
- Mr Hewitt is making some public
addresses, along the ?Bryan line, and
ont Bryaniog Bryan, to our notion
His most recent- utterance, at a
?burch meeting, is as follows :
.*Since 1840 our national wealth
ii has iccreased five times as fast as
our population. Who shall say that
with that ' wonderful increase in
wealth there is not means in aban
dance, to remove al! the misery and
ail the evtf conditions among the
humble classes which at present are
stains and sores on our body politic ?
The advance of industry which has
brought us this wealth beyond th?
wildest 'dreams of avarice bas also
.broughton conditions which make it
an absolute impossibility for some
people to tive decent, respectable
lives.
"The rich have not even begun to
do what .they ought to dn Men that
I almost worauip for their generosity'
and solicitude in proportion to their
their wealth the half that was given by
families a generation ago. If theee
terrible tenements, these over-crowd
ed districts, these dark and foul
dwelling places, and al! the attending
miseries, most go witb industry, tben
I woaid to God that every industrial
centre would, be destroyed, as were
Sodooi and Gomorrah of old, and men
be driven back to thu land, where
they can at least haw the breezes
and the green, grass and the sunshine
aud the blae of beaven- to look up
to"
In attacking plutocracy we do not]
Fee .-.ii any speech of Bryan's tnat was
a? terrible as una arraignment from
Mr Hewitt-a very rich man iodtct
iog und coiideusaiug men ?.f his own
eras* And yet Mr Hewitt, a pre
sumo* j vf? democrat, did what h*
con'd last November, to keep in
mo!;-,':! th? very forces he sow exe?
crates In the North Anaer;can Re
view f.*r December. Lord Charles
Brt'-sftird arraigns English society
as a tree totten from top to bottom,
bee*u*e of plutocracy, which has
aorropted beauiy, intellect and com
Bayree It: is strange that men who
not h>-ig ago nbnatd Bryan for array- j
ing class against cias* are just now
engaged ia the same business with
moen more lurid articulation and
emphasis -Augusta Chronicle.
FAILURES LAST YEAR
New York, Jan 3 -There were
9 913 failures with liabilities of
$127.184,505 and assets of $60,119,
895 reported to Bradetreets in 1900,
a gain of 2.8 per cent in number
over 1899, and an increase of 6 per
cent or about twice the former per?
centage ic liabilities, but assets only
equalled those of the preceding year
An increased number of failures is
noted in the middle, western, north?
western and southern states. The
increase in the south is S per cent
As regards liabilities, perhaps the
best of the statistics, the heaviest
gain ie ia the northwest, 68 per cent,
while the middle states gain 45 per
cent, the southern states 38 per cent
and western only 1.3 per cent.
DISAPPOINTED.
WE HAYE BEEN TELLING OUR FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS FOR THE PAST
three months that after January 1st, they would find us in our new store, but that date has
passed and here we are at the same old stand.
We never realized how tull of disappointments the world was until we began building
probably some of you who have had similar experiences can sympathize witli us. Our original
contract provided for the completion of the building by Sept. 1st, and finding that impossible,
we determined to move with the opening of the new century, but failure on the part of ccfti
tractors to deliver necessary material has forced us to defer the matter for nearly thirty days.
WE HAYE APPOINTED
The days we will move, and as we will be obliged to almost suspend business, we ask our
friends to arrange their wants so as not to call on us on these dates We name these two days
because they are the first of the week and in our experience the days on which the least busi?
ness is done. We see nothing to cause further disappointment except the inclemency of the
weather, as all the material necessary to complete the building is on hand, and our contractor
assures us he will be ready.
We have just completed taking stock and find ourselves with more goods on hand than ever
before at this season. This is not due to the fact that our business has been less, but a large
percentage of our stock was contracted for in the Summer, when we expected to dispose of it
from our new store where we would have had better opportunities for doing so. In order to
facilitate our moving and to convert a liberal percentage of our goods into cash which we are"
very much in need of, we offer
OUR ENTIRE STOCK
At Cost At Cost
FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
This is the greatest opportunity eyer
ottered the people of Sumter County
To supply their wants, as we have no old or shop worn goods, but good clean stock, bought
within the last six months and at prices at which they cannot be duplicated today.
eagerly accede to his r?qaest, but
several have iosisted OD being kissed.
Theo came the discussion Ooe hope
fal woman sprang to tho fore with a
suggestion for a tare preventive
"Let us," she said eloquently, "io
etruot the young men in the evita of
kissiog."
But ber hearers bad little faith ia
male humanity. A choras of voices
cried :
"Inr?ircof young aeo ! Why issy
like it I7'
Mo specific method ?as agreed ot,
bot it was decided that ail should do
their utmost to break vp the kif sing
habit wherever found. They w?nt away
from the meeting feeling a pro foo od
sense of their daly toward misguided
oscniators and resolved to be stern and
inexorable io their warfare.
A POETIC VIEW OF IT.
Josb Wink, in Baltimore American.
(The Demores; W. C. T. ?. of New
York has instituted iao anti-kissing
crusade as an adjunct to its temper?
ar, ce work.)
Ob, sbno the ruby-tioied lips
With piquant pecker pouted.
By tbem yoor bes: intents are mest
Incontinenti? routed.
Beware tbe coy, uplifted chlo,
Witb dice pie in the center,
Uoiess, wheo 'tis TOO late, you'd be
A con?cieoce-?trnck repenter.
Wben blushing cbeefcB are close to yours,
Heed not their near location,
And manfully corded yourself,
A void ir. g osculation.
'Tis better to avert yoor face
From all tbe lonely mietes
TBan to contract tbe habit of
Acquiricg varied kieeea.
No wine bas sparkle unto
Tbe eyes tbat canee os trouble,
Aod dimplej have allurements wbieb
Oat-Donble any buofcie.
Intemperance is t&c enough
A very frightful spectre
Bot shun, ob, shan tbe puckered lips
With their delusive oectar.
DUD & Co.'a Weekly Report.
New York, Jan. 4 -R G. Dun &
Co 's Weekly Review of Trade to?
morrow will say :
In spite of the interruptions of the
holidays and of the unusually heavy
annual settlements in all lines of busi?
ness, the New Year opens with indi
cations rjf further progress There is
no lack of contracts offered at steady
prices in the country's leading indus?
try ; and in some departments of
cotton goods there is better move?
ment, though speculation has depress?
ed the price of the raw material
Otherwise a decline in wheat is the
only noteworthy movement in staples.
It is explained by a reduction in the
floor output at Minneapolis, some
mills shutting down, while the foreign
demand at Atlantic seaboard cities is
not brisk. The ordinary measures
of business continue to make gratify?
ing exhibits.
No alteration has yet occurred in
quotations of iron and steel products,
and this industry on such a firm fouo
dation that most large concerns have
maintained wages at the old scale, ie
stead of making the reductions anti?
cipated Iron ore prices are also un?
changed, and no action is now ex?
pected until March, although a lower
rate was looked for early io January.
Coke is firmly held at Connellsville.
and there are fewer idle ovens, while
the much discussed tall in prices ap?
pears confined to inferior qualities at
outside furnaces Pig irons sells
freely for delivery up to April, and
there is no indication of weakness.
AD American company is the low?
est bidder for tho large bridge at
Sydney harbor, Australia. The pur?
chase of 700 acres near Pittsburg by
a leading steel company indicates
great enlargement of its plant Aside
from one reduction cf wages at blast
furnaces in the Mahoningand Shenan?
doah valleys, the week's news ie
most encouraging in this, the greatest
of American industries
The market for textiles bas been
featureless, as the holidays, and stock?
taking reduced business to limited
dimensions. Wool bas again declin?
ed, making the average of 100 quota?
tions. 19 28 cents
Sales at the three chief eastern
markets amounted to only 3,121,000
pounds for the week, and there is
much uneasiness over the statements
of large stocks at the end of the year,
while recent failures have not tended
to improve the tone.
Cotton goode have not the same
difficulties to contend with, but an
abnormally high price for raw mate?
rial acts as a check on this industry.
Local jobbing and retail trade is
brisk in boots and shoes, and many
manufacturers are behind with orders,
yet uneven distribution of business
has left some shops ready to make
concessions. Shipments from Bos?
ton for the week were 82,443 cases,
against 91,665 a year ago Sole
leather is purchased freely, but less
activity io uppers tends to weaken
prices Exports of sole from this
city were heavier in December than
in any previous month last year, but
the total for 1900 fell 306,935 sides
beiow 1899. For the first time in
many weeks there was some recovery
in hides at Chicago
Powder Mill Fxplosion
Remores everything in si^ht: se do drastic
rameril pills, but both are rai^h.'y dangerous.
Don't dynamite the delicate machinery ot* yo?r
body with calomel, croton oil or aloes pills
when I>r. King's New Life Pills, which are
gentle as :i summer breeze, <lo the work per
fectly. Cures, headache?, constipation. Only
25e, at J F \V DcLormc's drug store. 2
Yale's football team paid out nearly
$1.300 for medical attendance.
WORRIED ABOUT THE
ARMY.
Washington, Deo 31 -Seererary nf
War R )o? bad a Irtou conference wsrh
Pre ident McKinley today, at witch
rhev vewcd in detail th< armv filiation
Tbfy wer?? 'Ogother ovpr aa hour and
a h^lf So importtnt wa* tho confer
ero* tbat tho President ppot tu word
chat bp could no' be dis'urbed ano
Rpv?*ral Senators and Represen natives
who bai grow tired waiting left
When Secretary Roof deparfed he wa?
very uncommunicative Beyond saying
that the President and bc bad gone
over the entire situation not only io
China and the Philippines, but in Cuba
and P mn Rico, he declined to make
any sta'emenr.
COTTON STATISTICS.
Liverpool. Jan 4 -Tho followiug
are the week.y cotton statistics :
Totai eales of all kinds 29,000 ;
j American 25 OOO ; English spinners'
j takings 57.000 ; total exports 8,000 ;
; imports of all kinds 121,000, Ameri
; can ? 14,000 ; stock of ail kind? 682,
? 000, American 5'*7,000 ; quantity
j afloat all kinds 263,000. American
230,000 ; totai sales cn speculation
i 100 ; total salea io exporters 700.
! The first cargo of Amenoso coal for
! Russian warship* wa* j-hii ped from
! Norfolk Va , for Port Arthur on Thurs
[day
FAMINE IN RUSSIA
St Petersburg. Jan 1 -A dispatch
receivpri here today from Vladivos
tock report? that famine threatens
the Amor and Maritime provinces
The crrps there are bad, and ?he
railways, being almost wholly en
gaged for war purposes, cannot be
used for the transportation of food to
the inhabitants In addition the
prohibition of foreign coastwise trade
has prevented importations into the
threatened provinces The situation
id deplorable and becoming worse.
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First Governor of Australia.
Sydney. N S W, Jan 1 -The
Karl of Hopetoun was today pworn in
aa the first governor of the Federated
Australian co?ooie.p, amidst scenes uf
pageantry such ae never before had
been attempted in tho antipodes,
Scores of thousancs of people partic?
ipated in thc demonstra tio and gen
eral jor marked ibo occasion. The re
f>'oio?? of thc commonwealth waa in
fe';s:6 ? by tb? message which
Q-ieco Vic?oria sent through ibo
colonial secretary, Joe (?o*niber!ain,
ano ?as rend hy thc Kiri of Hopetoun:
Mr G B Allen, divinion freight
and passenger agent of the Southern
Ky. at Charlearon baa been appointed
assistant general passenger agent ol
that road with headquarters ?it St
Lo;] is
I Negro Lynched in Wilson f
ville, Ala.
! Birmingham, Alu, Jan 1.-A special
! t<? The Age Herald fro? Wileonville,
! Ala. tty* :
Liais MnAdams. a ne*ro, who oat
and porously lojared J M. Ray at this
plaoe Christmas eve, aod who was
arrested in Cbildersburg yesterday, was
i t?keo from offiaers by a mob of 100
j moo this afternoon and banged foar
miles from this place. The mob quietly
di-per.?edt and as every man wore a
mapk tb"<*e is no cloe to the identity of
any of ?he lynchers.
Dr Hermann Baer Dead.
Charleston. Jan 2.-Hermann Baer,
M. D., cf this city, died of apoplexy
tonight. He was in the 7lat year of
his age. Dr Baer was a native of Ger- I
many, corniog to ibis country in 1848 j
In his youth he was a school leaober,
having taught in both the Preston and
Hampton farail:os Though a Hebrew !
ty hirth he was one of ihr tnent prom - i
inent iayiuen of thc Methodist Church ?
of tni?- State Hr was for revers! years |
oheirman of the '.?ay* and means oom j
mittce of thc city council
The (jualifieo voters of Congaree j
township, L-xir;g?on county, decided i
Dy ii vote of 35 to 9 8gain?t annexation
to Jticblano county, at a special election
held yesterday.
Anti-Kissing Crusade.
Atlanta Jotroal.
The kissiog girl has DOW aa active
and declared foe io the Deforest brauen
of the W C. T. U.
Bj formal vote, after ao exhaustive
discueuioo pro and coo, the ladlee ol
tnat society adopted a radioai ?DM kiss
ing policy, pledging tbemseNei to pat
a stop to promionoos osculation ?moog
young women and yourie meo, caiiiog
in a polioeman if necessary N *t even
an eogaged couple are to be exeapt
"No kissing (exoapr. of babies or kio*
folks) for the unmarried" is the bard
and rast law laid down by ibes- foes of
ojoula'ioD.
Tbe discussion preceding che vote on
the question was most illuminating nor
to eay instructive The question dis?
placed a live discussion on the salle.
Mrs Anna Hatfield, a lady of apparent?
ly wide observai ion, dec?an d that
'.neotar quaffed from red lips was more
fruitful ot consequenoes than any alco?
holic beverage ever distilled "
Sbc declared that thc young women
of today indulged in a tremendous
amount of kissing and bugging and
added with deep conviction : "And
(bey like ir, too "
"Thc amount of hugging and kissing j
(hat {?orne girls-of our very bt\*t
families, too,-jubrrir to is literally a
menace to i ar morality I know a j
\oung man very well who i-zy* hs j
rarely leaves a girl without kiding her I
good night. He says they not only j