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titian on iras SCMTSB WATCHMAN, Established April, 2 SSO? lBe .)ust and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and3Tmth's." TUB TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone 1566 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 29. 1902. New Series-Yoi. XXI. So. 26 Publi&Q? S79T7 ^C?S23?.S,7; SUMTER, S. C TSRMS : $1.50 per ann am-io advance ?DTIBTI9E3ISET: On? Square fi rat insertion .,.$1 00 Bvery subsequent insertion. 50 Coa tracts for three- months, or longer wil be made at reduced rates. AU communications which subserve private interest? will be charged forjas advertieznents. Obituaries and tributes of respects will ?be charge! for. THE LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS. Interest in Control of State's Li? quor Business Overshadows all Else. Columbia, January 2L-The most exciting elections held in the State Legislature in years were held today for members of the State board of con? trol of the dispensary. It seemed to eclipse pretty much all other elections. Several hundred visitors were present for these elections and when they were over the bottom seemed to drop out of the excitement. It was a qniet, de? cent, orderly, but exciting:, election, and the floor was cleared for the elec? tions so as to avoid any disturbance. The incumbent dispensary officials were all re-elected. Commissioner H. H. Cram and Chairman Leon J. Wil? liams were reelected without opposi? tion. Mr. H. H. Evans and Mr. A. F. H. Dukes were reelected on the first ballot. Pretty much the whole legislative day was taken up with elections. This morning the Judges were elected as follows: First circuit, Charles G. Dantzler, of Orangeburg; 2d circuit, James Aldrich, of Aiken; 3d circuit, R. 0. Purdv, of Sumter; 4th.circuit, E. C. Watts, of Chesterfield: 6th cir? cuit, George W. Gege, of Chester; 8th circuit, J. C. Klngh, of Abbeville, Associate Justice, Ira B. Jones, of Lancaster. State liquor coramissioner, H. H. Crum, of Bamberg. Chairman of the State board of con? trol. Leon J. Williams, Edgefield. Members of the State board, H. H. Evans, of Newberry; A. F. H. Dukes, of Orangeburg. Directors of the Penitentiary, W. B. Love, York: W. N. Mann, Abbeville, were all reelected. What has not happened before in many years was the clearing of the floor of the joint Assembly of all no*; entitled to the privi lege. When the President of the Senate gave the order to clear the floor he simply carriedd out the resolution, bu; he gave a decided shock to the many visitors. There was such an ontpour of visi? tors that three sides of tbe gallery were soon filled with those inter?sete! in the dispensary elections and those who had for days been pulling for the varions dispensary positions. No elections in recent years approxi? mated the intense interest and work for the three places cn the State board of control. Some Warm Passages in the Low? er House Over the Redistrict? ing Bil!. Colubmia, Jan. 22.-The house met at 12 o'clock and spent nearly two hours discussing the redistricting bills. The debate started off in a matter of fact way, but was still under discussion and in a very spirited man? ner when the house adjourned. The debate took wide latitude and some of the representatives became almost personal in their statements. There was quite a number of new bills introduced yesterday. The bouse adopted a resolution in? troduced by Mr. Harvey Wilson pro? viding for the acceptance of the invi? tation to Augusta Friday in order to get some informiation on road build? ing. Afterwards Mr. Richards moved to reconsider the vote whereby the house accepted the invitation. He had heard that the senate had killed a similar resolution. Mr. Wilson explained why he had introduced the resoltuion. Good roads are of paramount importance, and then there is a social side to the question. He would like to see Geor? gia and Carolina bound closer togeth? er. Several members spoke in oppo? sition to accepting the resolution. The bouse reconsidered its former ac tion and the resolution was rejected. The matter of redistricting the State came up as the special order. There were three bills on that ques? tion. Mr. McGowan made the first speech on the question and defended his bill. We live under a dual government. South Carolina is entitled to seven congressmen. The population is 1,300,000, and the nnit of representa? tion is 191,000. Each district should approximate that number in popula? tion The several districts should be nearly equal. He showed the objec- | tions to the existing scheme of dis- i tricts. There are in the fourth dis- j trict nearly 24.1,000 people, while in another district the population is but 100,000. He fcken proceeded to show the mer? its of his bill The fourth district ! which he proposes falls about 8,000 ; short in population, but will ir. a very j few years have the requisite amount, i It is the greates: manufacturing section of the State; There is a ; homogeneity of peopies. He explain- ; ed the formation of other proposed j districts. The territory is contiguous and the districts compact, as required by the Burleigh act of congress. Mr. Weston secured the floor and told how the gerrymander act was passed to save South Carolina fr< being represented in congress by i groes. Richland and other count: had cheerfully consented to be d membered in order that they mig help to save the "black districts That act was drawn by Judge Sime ton, Gen. McCrady and Mr. Murr of Anderson. The conditions whi demanded such action have pass away, and Richland and other cou ties demand that they be restored their former alignments. The adva tage to be gaiend is that one congres man will not represent 245,000 peoj and another represent 160,000. J disclaimed any selfish desire and ste ed emphatically that he is not seekii for congressional honors. Mr. Henry J. Kinard opposed t. bill. The present arrangement h saved ns, why not let it stay? I asked Mr. McGowan what comm< bond of ninon there is between Pic ens and Newberry. Mr. Tatum asked Mr. Weston if tl Burleigh act requires that distric "shall" be of compact territory, etc. Mr. Weston after seeing a print? copy of the bill in Mr. Tatum's po session argued that while the veriba< may not be mandatory, yet the spir of the entire bill is such. The Repu< Heans have been trying to redu southern representation, and tl southern States should comply wi I the spirit of that act. Mr. Efird said he believed this wj a fight of the politicians : that the pe< pie did not demand a change. Whe they did he would favor it. E argued that the act of congress di not require any change in the di; tricts. The present arrangements i as satisfactory as it is possible to mab He moved to recommit the bill. Mr. Carter of Williamsburg gave h: reasons for favoring a change. H: county -ander the present law is badi cut up, the town of Kingstree bein divided between the sixth an seventh districts. Mr. J. P. Thomas, Jr., restate the various reasons for favoring redh tricting regardless of any part?cula measure. He said it is only justice t the counties that are now divided be tween different districts. Mr. Thomas argued that complianc with the intent of the Burleigh bi: demands a change in the districts The legislators represent the people c the whole State, and should conside whether it is not best for the whol people to redistrict the Stata. Mi Thomas made a spirited and effectiv argument. A WARM SPEECH. Then the fun commenced. Mi Cosgrove of Charleston sent up . resolution that all of the bills on thi subject be sent to the committee o: privileges and elections with instruc tions to the committee to give ou week's notice of the day upon whicl the bills were to be considered. Mr. Cosgrove said in support of thi resolution that "the voice of the peo pie" once "was the voice of God,' but is now the voice of a few legisla tors. He charged a few men with try ing to run roughshod over the wishe: of tbe people. He had passed th< judicary room and had seen mei pointing at a map with a ruler an( saying that they would "put Charles ton here," or "put Charleston there. ' There were intimations that the peo pie of Charleston even speak a differ ent dialect. He pretested aginst thi; allesred mistreatment cf Charletson, Why was not the bill introduccc through th9 committee on privilege: ar.d elections? Mr. Weston replied ina veryspiritec manner. He had served in the genera assembly for years, and he had neve: had such a charge brought againsl him. f?e repuidated the suggestior that no new idea could originate ex? cept trhough rthe committee on privi? leges and elections. It is his right tc introduce a bill if he wants to do so, and he is not compelled to sbumit il to the committee on privileges anci elections. The politics of the up countrv is not regulated by caucusses, he said pointedly. He had introduced the bill properly and it had been re? ferred to the judiciary committee. He was willing for the records of the authors of the redistricting bills to be compared with that of Mr. Cosgrove. If he had to be dictated to by the committee, "then to hell with the committee on privileges-a pd elections. Mr. Cosgrove intimated that Mr. Weston had had the bill sent to the judiciary committee because Mr. Wes? ton is a member of that committee. Mr. Wesson scored a point in deny? ing emphatically that he is a member of the committee named. The speaker gave additional information that sur? prised Mr. Cosgrove. The bill had not been referred to that committee of the speaker's volition or at Mr. Wes? ton's request, but by the vote of the house. Mr. Dominick who seemed to be warmed up, protested that the com? mittee on privileges and elections doesn't want to go to the neighbor? hood to which it had been consigned by Mr. Weston. He defended the committee. It is composed of one member from each congressional dis? trict and these bills should have come through that committee. He referred to Mr. Weston's reflec? tion on Charleston's caucus politics and stated singificantly thar they have politics in the up-country, too. Mr. Mendie Smith opposed recom? mitting the bills. It would mean that a week would elapse before the bills could ever bo considered. These bills had come up last year. The matter had been published widely and no complaints had come from the peo? ple. He declared that it would be foolish to have people como beforo the committee and make statements ir. regard to redistricting. The members cf the several counties know tho needs of their congressional districts and this matter could be settled ir. open debate. Mr. C .P. Sanders spoke along the same lines as Mr. Smith. Mr. Efird stated that he had heard protests aga inst, red i s t ri ct i ng. * The house by a large majorty voted down the resolution to recommit. Mr. M. L. Smith secured the floor to speak on the same question, but seeing the lateness of the hour had Mr. Willimas to move adjournment. This was carried and gives Mr. Smith the floor when the matter comes up for discussion in the morning THE SENATE. The senate yesterday killed Senator Ilderton's bill for a constitutional amendments to prevent corporation lawyers from holding seats in the gen? eral assembly, and killed the bill to provide for a State bank examiner. The anneal bill relating to the sale of seed cotton was also knocked ont. Senator Graydon introdcued the bill to repeal the charter of the Virginia Crolina Chemical Company, and that proposition is now squarely "up to" the general assembly. Several other bills were introduced, among them an important bill by Sen? ator Hydrick to allow the lease of several railroad companies to the Southern Railway Company.. The McGowan Bill Passed by the House Thursday. Columbia, Jan. 22.-The McGowan bill to rearrange the congressional districts of the State passed second reading in the house today and is reasonably sure of enactment as the senate favored it last year. There were several amendments proposed. Mr. Weston announced his support of the McGowan bill and the with? drawal of his own bill. The Freeman bill was rejected. When the redistricting bills were brought up for discussion, Mr. M. L. Smith of Kershaw had the floor. He made the general statement that re? districting is necesasry and further that everybody cannot be pleased with the grouping in accordance with population. He denied that there is any personal motive in the minds of the advocates of the bill. Mr. Mc? Gowan and Mr. Weston have intro? duced measures which will practically eliminate themselves from congres? sional honors. Mr. Smith declared that the framers of the federal constitution never thought of States being divided into districts. In 1842 congess provided for districts. Originally it was State representation, and the congressmen should now represent the entire people of the State as they do of the entire nation. It is necessary, however, that these representatives should be dis? tributed over the State in order to be supplied with as much knowledge of the needs of the people of different sections. He then cited figures showing that according to the present grouping of counties into districts one voter in Hampton county has as much repre? sentation as five in Greenville. H? favored the McGowan bill. He held up the ideal district and compared the districts in the several bills with this ideal, to the credit of the McGow? an bill. He called attention to the fact that all bat one of South Caro? lina^ congressmen live in the border counties. This is the result of the gerrymandered scheme now in exist? ence and the interior counties have no showing at all. Tho county cf Rich? land is so divided that one-half is tacked on to the mountain counties, the other to the seacoast. He closed with an appeal for a change. Mr. Freeman of Marlboro offered a substitute for Mr. McGowan's bill. He said that some of the districts in the McGowan bili were like gourd vines. He had consulted no candi? dates for congress in arranging his bill. He had taken the map and worked every conceivable combina? tion and he bad presented what he be? lieves to be the best plan of all. He then discussed the merits of the seve? ral bills. Mr. Bacot of Charleston offered an amendment to the McGowan bill tak? ing Beaufort out of the district with Charleston. There are three seaports, Georgetown, Beaufort and Charleston, and they should be in separate dis? tricts. Mr. McGowan said this suited him. Mr. Moses of Sumter opposed it. This would make the Seventh district top-heavy. Mr. Rainsford made a strong speech against the amendment. It would put Edgefield into a district but 50 miles wide and stretching from the sea al? most to the mountains, a worse condi? tion than any district under the gerry? mander act. Mr. Croft of Aiken made a speech in favor of the amendment. The coun iies of Beaufort and Lexington favor tt, and why not let them be changed. The amendment was adopted and the bill as amended passed second reading. The following is the redistricting plan passed by the house with the population of each district : 3L Charleston, Berkeley, Colleton and Dorchester-168,206. 2. Edgefield, Saluda, Aiken, Barn? well, Bamberg, Hampton and Beau? fort-195,509. 3. Oconee, Pickens, Anderson Ab? beville, Greenwood and Newberry 190,662. 4. Greenville, Spartanburg, Laurens and Union-181,9,33. 5. Cherokee, York, Chester, Fair? field, Lancaster, Kershaw and Ches? terfield- -190,492. 6. Marlboro,Marion, Horry, Darling? ton, Florence, Williamsburg and Georgetown- -201,757. 7. Sumter Clarendon, Orangeburg, Richland and Lexington 211,937. (This takes no note of Lee county, i The following is the plan proposed by M r. Freeman : 1. Keowee district, composed of the counties of Oconee, Pickens, Green? ville, Anderson and Abbeville IS5,627. j 2. Catawba district, composed of j the counties o*f Spartanburg, ('.'?ero- I kee, Union, York and Chester ! 182,720. > j 3. Wate ree district, composed <>f the j counties of Lancaster, Kershaw, Sum- ! ter, Richland, Chesterfield, Lee ''and j Clarendon -198,082. 4. Pee Dee district, composed of the counties of Marbloro, Marion, i lorry. Georgetown, Florence, Darlington andWilliamson rg-197,313. 5. Santee district, composed of the counties of Orangeburg, Berkeley, Dorchester and Charleston-194,417. 6. Edisto district, composed of the counties of Aiken, Bamberg, Barn? well, Colleton, Hampton and Bean fort-184,517. 7. Saluda district, composed of the counties of Laurens, Greenwood, New? berry, Edgefield, Saluda, Fairfield and Lexington-197,040. The average population of the above is 191,474. Mr. J. B. Smith withdrew his bill to divide the privilege tax between Clemson college and the common schools. Clemson now gets it all something ljke $60,000 a year. Mr. Morgan withdrew "the claim of the estate of Joseph H. Earle for Sl,066 for unpaid salary as circuit judge. Mr. Harvey Wilson introduced the following new bill-To change the amount of income of veterans eligible to pensions from $100 to $150. The senate was in session less than an hour and the proceedings were only of routine nature. No business of great importance or public interest was transacted. A Routine Day in the House and Senate. Columbia, January 24.-The House had what might be called a routine day. There were conspicuous absences from the House and there was a bare quorum of members present. Strange as it may seem, many of the members who refused to accept the invitation from Augusta were not in their seats today. Those who did not go to Au? gusta on the special trip to the Good Roads Convention pegged away for two or three hours at the work on the Calendar, and then went into memo? rial services in memory of the de? ceased members and Assistant Clerk Richards. The McGowan redistricting bill was given its third and final reading today and sent to the Senate. The House disposed of a number of measures-none of them of striking importance. Chickens and geese took up some of the time of the House today, and after much discussion, geese, ducks, turkeys and gaineas got into trouble, and are to go under the general stock law if the Senate agrees. A joint committee will no doubt be appointed tomorrow to perfect the ar? rangements for the Charleston trip. Governor McSweeney has received for himself and the State officers an in? vitation to be a part of the party to visit Charleston for South Carolina Day. The invitation will be duly accept? ed, but it could not well be consider? ed today after the memorial services, but Speaker Stevenson thought it well to advise the members so they could make their arrangements in ample time. Mr. McGowan's bill to extend the punishment for those who broke labor contracts was killed, chiefly because the farming interests in ivhose behalf the legislation was proposed did not want the additional trouble and ex? pense cf attending sessions of Court, but were satisfied with the magis? trate's jurisdiction, which is restrict? ed to thirty-day sentences. The later part of the Legislative session was devoted to the memorial services and a number of excellent speeches were made. WORK OF THE SENATE. The Senate met at 12 o'cock today and was in session for about thirty minutes. Some routine matters were disposed of, but on account of the memorial services held ? in the House at 12.30 nothing was taken up that would provoke discusison. When the special order for today the bill to fix the salaries of county officers-was reached Mr. Graber said that he had no objection to see? ing the bill again postponed, but he wanted a definite appointment made for its consideration. On motion of Mr. Barnweil it was made the special order for Tuesday next and from day to day thereafter until disposed of. On motion of Mr. Mower the bill in regard to the salaries of superin? tendents of education in certain coun? ties was made a special order for the same time. Mr. Livingston's bill to authorize and direct the commissioners of the sinking fund to sell or lease the prop? erty of the State known as the "State farms, '' except the '' Lexington farm, ' ' was, on motion of Mr. Livingston, also made the special order for Tues? day, immediately after the morinng hour. THE HERO OF SANTIAGO. ? The following concurrent resolution was received from the House, to which the Senate unanimously agreed with? out discussion : Be it resolved by the House of Re? presentatives, the Senate concurring. That the thanks of every patriotic American citizen are due to that great naval chieftain. Winfield Scott Schley, his officers and men, for their gallant conduct in the harbor of Santiago on July 3, 1898. The Senate held a night session and cleared the calendar by considering all uncontested measures and postponing until next week all others. Adjournment was taken until Mon? day night 8 o'clock. ????a- -- Over Five Hundred italian Mul- j berry Plants at Winthrop. in addition to the many Italian mul- ! berry pla??s for silk culture grown at ! the Stale colored college from seed sent by M i HS Kelly, Winthrop college : hus several hundred ready to be trans? planted, as the following note receive.! by the governor from President !>. B. ; Johnson shows : Dear Sir: We planted the mulberry ; seed which you so kindly sent us last year and now have over .">0(i plants from one to three feet high. If you wish a number of them for ' distribution, please let me know and I shall 'oe glad to send them to you.-The State. RE?L HONEST LAWYER FOUND. Wanted No Unfair Advantage of the Man He Had Sued and Stat? ed Both Sides of the Case. Newport, Ky., Jan. 21.-A case I without a parallel in the Campbell Circuit Court was tried today. The style of the case was Brown & Terrell vs. Haase, and upon its calling defen? dant's attorneys were absent. Mr. Terrell, one of the plaintiffs, arose and said he was a practicing attorney of Govington, and being directly interest? ed in the case he did not desire to take advantge of the attorneys on the other side and asked for a continuance. A messenger was dispatched for the absent attorneys,'but returned with? out either and the court ordered the case to proceed. Mr. Terrell, as attorney, witness and one of the plaintiffs, was request? ed by the court to make a .statement to the jury. He proceeded, and created a mild sensation so straight forward were his statments in detailing both sides, reading the answer in full of the defendant, in which it was alleged that plaintiffs, having given no consideration for the new note given by Haase, it could not be col? lected. After concluding both siddes the court instructed the jury. The latter was not out more than five min? utes when it returned a veridct for the plaintiffs for the full amount of the note and interest. The amount of the note was $731. Mr. Terrell is a young man and was but recently admitted to practice at the Kenton bar. Ee was comparatively a stranger to New? port attorneys until the conclusion of his case today, when all were anxious to make his acquaintance, and the verdict of the audience was that a real, honest lawyer had been found. Courier-Journal. SPENDING PUBLIC FONDS. An Appropriation of $500,000 to be Expended at Manila. Washington, Jc.n. 22.-Some of the old partisan fire was injected into the pcceedings of the house today when' the item in the urgent deficiency bill appropriating $500,000, for a military post at Manila, which the Democrats have been-using as a text for speeches in opposition to the Philippine policy of the administration for the last three days was reached. Mr. Cannon, in charge of the bill, confessed that the appropriation was snbjeict to a point of order and it went" out. In lieu thereof he offered an amendment to appropriate the same sum for the "shelter and protection'^of the officers and enlisted men of the army doing duty in the Philippines. This the J chair held to be in order, and it at j once became the subject of a very J spirited debate in which Mr. Richard- j son, the minority leader, Mr. Wil- j Hams, of Mississippi, and Mr. De Ar mond, of Missouri, were pitted against the chairman of the appropriation committee The vote on the adoption of the amendment stood, ayes 127: nays 100. Why Scheepers Was Executed. London, Jan. 23.-The war secre-1 tary. Mr. Broderick, was asked by i William Redmond (Irish Nationalist) j in the house of commons today why ! Commandant Scheepers was excuted last Saturday at Graaf Reinet Cape Colony. The secretary replied that Scheepers was shot because he had been convicted of various offenses against the usages of war, including seven cold-blooded murders of natives and the flogging of a white man. Mr. Broderick added that the fact that Commandant Scheepers was a prisoner of war carried no exemption from trial for murder or other violations of the rules of war. Mr. Balfour, the leader in the house, partially parried an interesting ques? tion put by Mr. McLaren (Liberal) as to whether any proposals in behalf of the leaders of the Boers, with the view of bringing about a settlement of the war, had been received by the government since the negotiations be? tween Gen. Kitchener and Gen. Bo? tha. "No proposals of that kind," said Mr. Balfour, "has reached us on the part of any one able to speak for the leaders of the Boer forces." The evasive reply of the government leader was taken to be a confirmation of the reports that proposals had been received from the Boer delegates in Europe but had been rejected. -I p Ut 1 ll More fish and fish eggs by 9,000,000 were distributed by the government during the last fiscal year than in the year before. The total fish and fish eggs distributed amounted, according to the annual report of United States Commissioner of Fisheries Bowers, to 1,173,833,400. The principal species were shad, salmon, lake trout, the pike, perch. lake herring, cod, flat fish and lobsters. It is of interest to note that the vield of fish on the great lakes in *1S99 was 113,728,000 pounds, valued at $2,(511,400. There were 9,070 persons employed by the fisheries, and $6,617,000 was invested, i A feature of the report is the showing j made as to the decline of the lobster- j f i sh J n ur indust ry. Supreme Bourt cn Chart Question. Lower Court's Position Sustained in Matter-Counties Won't Haye to Pay. Columbia, Jan. 21.-The State supreme court has handed down an opinion that winds up the celebrated chart business which has attracted so much attention. The decision sustains the view taken by Mr. Gunter of the attorney general's office in the opinion he furnished the county boards of school trustees when the issue first arose. It will be recalled that an agent of a Chicago chart factory, named Tutwil er, canvassed this State about three years ago and sold to county boards of school trustees about $100j000 worth of his school charts, which were placed at S37.50 each, it being subsequently alleged that they were not worth more than about $7. The charts were sold and notes taken from the trustees. When Mr. McMahan became superin? tendent of education he called atten? tion to the matter and an opinion was asked from the attorney general's office. It was to the effect that the school trustees had no authority to purchase such charts, and thereupon throughout the state the county super? intendents refused payment of the claims. In Lexington county suit was brought by the Loan and Exchange Bank, Columbia, against F. W. Sheaiy raising all the issues. Judge Ernest Gary took the same view as the attor? ney general's office, and then an appeal was taken to the State supreme court, This conrt has now sustained Judge Gary and the chart claims will not be paid by the comities. The court did not pass upon the question of the individual liability of the members of the^boards of trustees. PRESIDE^ Or. Wilson Will Spend a Year or More at European Universities. Spartanburg, Jan. 23.-Dr. B. F. Wilson has resigned his position as president of Converse college. His resignation will take effect aiter the present scholastic year. The board of trustees have, as yet, taken no defi? nite steps to secure a successor. Dr. Wilson at the end of the session in June next, will sever his connection with the college, and will go abroad to the European universities and take a course of a year or more in special studies, pursuing the branches of his? tory and philosophy. During his administration of 12 years (the total length of time of the existence of Converse College) Dr. Wilson has been the institution's pres? ident and executive manager. He has labored well, and not without results. His individuality, good judgment and scholarly attainments have dominated his every step in his honest and hon? orable endeavors to establish here an institution of whom the whole south? land can well be proud. During the 12 years of his administration, there has never been a dissenting, vote among the board of trustees in meet? ing or elsewhere, and during the same period there has never been the slight? est misunderstanding between the management and any member of the board of trustees. AWFUL w? (fm mm. Burns Himself to Death in Wal? halla Guard House. Walhalla, Jan. 21.-Alfred L. Bal lew, a Confederate soldier, aired 63, met a horrible fate last night by being burned to death in the guard house. Late in the afternoon he was locked up and at ll 'oclock tho guard house was discovered to be on fire. Help came too late and only the charred form was taken from the debris. It is believed that he set fire to the cell, as the first rescuers found the build? ing burning, the strongest ?ames com? ing from within, and the coroner's jury so rendered its verdict. Mr. Ballew came here from Green? ville county. He was drinking when locked up." The town buried his re? mains today in Westview cemetery. Expert safe crackers visited West? minster last night. The safes of T. N. Carter and Peden Bros., were blown open. About $125 was taken. Officers with blood hounds went there i this morning, but no clue could be found. Planting pecan trees has become a craze in Georgia. A correspondent of the New York Tribune says at the rate at which planting is new progress? ing there will be within the decade more pecean trees than peach trees in. that State. Mrs. Lease, the former Kansas ora? tor, now of New York, advanced the following original idea the other day,, apropos of the liquor question now being agitated there: "I would make whiskey as free as water: I would let the man who wants it drink his fill. It would result beneficially in killing off a lot of saloon frequenters, who are only a burden to the world and to themselves, and eliminating their progeny, who furnish the recruits for the great army of crime and disease, and would bring into practical opera? tion the law of the survival of the fittest.'* titian on iras SCMTSB WATCHMAN, Established April, 2 SSO? lBe .)ust and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and3Tmth's." TUB TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone 1566 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 29. 1902. New Series-Yoi. XXI. So. 26