The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 02, 1902, Image 4
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1902.
Tbs Sumter Watchman was ?ouode:
in 18?O aod the True Southron in 1886
The Watchman and Southron now has
the combined circulation and influence
o' both of the old papers, and is mani?
festly the best advertising medium m
Samter.
Those who are responsible for the man?
agement of the Charleston Exposition
are embarking in a doubtful experi?
ment when they seek to pull off the
Jeffries-Fitzsimmons glove contest
(prize fight) on the Exposition
grounds- The encounter will attract
an immense number of sports to
Charleston and the gate receipts will
be swelled, but there are too manv
people in South Carolina who are
blindly prejudiced against the prize
ring for the.undertaking to be a profit?
able advertisement of the Exposition.
The reaction will injure the Exposi?
tion more than enough to counter-bal?
ance the immediate financial returns
from the fight
Dr. A. Toomer Porter, who died in
Charletson SJunday night, was one bf
the strongest and most notable men of
his day and generation, and the influ?
ences of his life work in the cause of
education in South Carolina will be
felt for years-to come. His labors
were effective and the results he
accomplished", with the limited
resources available at the inception of
the undertaking were wonderful. Yet
like all strong and determined men he
made enemies and his motives were
mpugned and his purposes question?
ed. It may be that there was some
truth in the criticisms of his ene?
mies, just grounds for the aspersions
of those who could see little good in
him, nevertheless, if all this be grant?
ed it is but admitting that he was not
a perfect character, and when all is :
said and the final estimate of the man !
and his work comes to be made, all j
must admit that he was a strong char- j
acter and that his work was of incal- i
eulabie benefit to the State, that he j
gave back far more than he received.
The charges of bribery in connec?
tion with the purchase of the Danish
West Indies was a sensation for a day
in Washington and there were unmis?
takable evidences cf great uneasiness
and alarm on the part of many Repub- j
iican Congressmen when Congressman
^Richardson sprung the matter in the
"House; but the sensation has grown
-stale already and the alarm and
uneasiness has been allayed. In all
probability there was more or less j
bribery and a great deal of corrupt |
j^obb^lng in connection with the trans?
action, but the lobbyists know too
well how to coyer their tracks to be
. proven guilty by a Congressional
investigation. The lobby is too strong
^nd has too many friends at court, too
many accomplices in high position for
the guilty ones to be exposed and con?
demned in the house of their friends.
The official figures showing the in
. come and losses paid by the foreign fire
insurance companies having agencies
in this State have been made public
by the insurance department of the
Comptroller General's office. The re?
port as to the American companies
doing business in the State has not yet
been issued. There were 27 foreign
fire insurance companies represented
in the State last year. Of this num?
ber "> withdrew from the State during
the year and have made no. report as
to the loss they sustained. Of the ;
remaining companies 9 paid fire loss?
es exceeding their total incomes from
?premiums, and 13 received incomes
from premiums exceeding the losses
paid. The total income of all the
companies was $316,117.80 and the
total amount of losses reported was
$198,826.47. The insurance business as
a -who?e is thus -shown to have be?*n
far from unprofitable in South Caro?
lina last year, notwithstanding the
statements to the contrarv that have
been made in justification of the recent
advance in rates.
Senator D. S Henderson, of Aiken,
arrived in the city this morning and
will spend today and tomorrow here.
Mr. Henderson is a candidate for the
seat in the U. S>. Senate now held by
Senator McLaurin, and he is regarded
by many as the strongest candidate in
the field. His ability, his legislative
experience and his comprehensive
grasp of public affairs render him emi?
nently fitted for thc position to which
he aspires.
We were struck with the Sumter
exhibit. In it is advertised the Sum
ter telephone. Mr. J. M. Bell says
that the information that he received
from this exhibit alone fully repaid
him for his trip. One o? the employes
of the manufacturing establishment,
who understands every phase of their
manufacture, has charge of the tele?
phone exhibit. It is here that every?
body may get a drink of the finest
water in the state. It is absolutely
pure, and one man devotes his entire
attention to serving those who are
thirsty.-Chester Lantern, March 25.
Gen. Wade Hampton celebrated his
S?th birthday on Friday, March 29th.;
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j WEEKLY CROP BULLETI
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Columbia, April L-The w<
conditions during March were
; able, as is characteristic of the n
' both as to temperature and rai
although the mean of the forme:
j the average of the lajtter were
about normal. The coldest da}
the 19th, on which date freezing
perature, with thin ice and a g
freeze, occurred over the whole i
but fortunately vegetation was
ward and many fruit buds had s<
ly begun to swell, this minim
j the damage from the Cold wea
j The closing week was quite warm
favorable for work, with the exce
of a heavy rain storm that swept
' the State on the 29th, that de
farm work for a few days. This s
was followed by high, drying v
that dried the surface ground qu
and made it again tillable by the
of the month. Previous to this st
the rainfall had been generally
and evenly distributed throughou
month. The drought over the sc
eastern counties was practically re
ed by a heavy rainfall on the 15-1(
Preparation of lands, and sp
planting, are about as late as
were last year, which is to say, a
ten days later than the ave
season. Slow progress was made
the western counties, where farm v
is backward, and the season very ]
Here some corn lands have been
pared and a little corn has been pl
ed. but planting has not become g
ral. Over the eastern and cen
counties, upland corn planting is
under way, and some early plantee
up.. The ground is too cold, howe
for favorable germination.
Usually cotton planting is well ur
way over the southeasten counties
the first of April, but this year coi
planting during March has been c
fined to the extreme southeastern ]
tion, principally to Beaufort Com
where about one-fourth the conti
plaied acreage has been planted, m<
ly of the sea-island variety. La
have been largely prepared and
awaiting suitable planting weath
over the eastern and central counti
where by April 10th it is expected
work will become general. In :
western counties, the preparation
cotton lands is backward, and pla
ing will be late, although during 1
latter portion of March the work
preparation . advanced rapidly, I
^planting will be dealyed until i
ground becomes warm enough for t
favorable germination of seed.
Tobacco plants, in beds are sm
for the season, but they are pientii
and healthy.
Rice lands are being prepared
rapidly as practicable, but freshets
the rivers have delayed the work
the Georgetown districts, where no
has been planted. In Colleton Conn
planting is weil advanced, bei;
about half finished.
The copious rainfall over the coa
truck regions made the early vegetal
crop very promising, although tJ
freeze of tho 19th did considerab
damage to strawberries in bloor
white potatoes, cucumbers, mus!
melons, snapbeans, squash and beet
1 all of which were hurt and some ki]
! ed. Truck seeding was about finish?
by the close of the month, and pe;
were :.n full bloom, while asparagu
cabbage and lettuce are being snippet
About two-thirds of the fall sow
oats were winter killed during la:
December, and January sowings di
not come^up well, but that portion (
the crop that escaped winter killin
looks well. Much o? the land upc
which early oats were killed w?
resown during February and Marc
with fair results. The scarcity of see
oats on the farms, and its high price
prevented the full acreage of that tha
was winter killed from being resowi
Oats cn sandy lands suffered the great
est damage.
Wheat was not materially hurt b
winter'killing. and although small an
with thin or scattered stands, look
fairly prornisiiii*. In places it is in
fested by a small fly, supposed to b
the hessian fly. Rye and barley ar
in aboun the same condition as wheat
that is to say, small and late.
It is the opinion of most of the cor
respondents, that the freeze of the 19tl
did not injure the fruit prospects t<
any considerable extent, as but fev
peach trees and some pear trees wer
in fal? bloom, while late peaches anc
other fruit trees had not begun t<
bloom at that time.
GHARLESTOMFS ^BI??OR" FIGHT
Was Only One Made-Jeff is Sh]
-Fitz. Insists.
New York, April 1.-Only one bic
was received in this city today for thc
Jeffries-Fitzsimmons fight, lt war
that of the Charleston Athletic club,
which offered the fighters 75 per cent,
of the gross receipts or a guarantee ol
$20,000. The club agreed to hold thc
contest between May 15 and June J
and offered to give the contestants the
entire proceeds from the picture privi
leges. After the bid had been receiv?
ed a telegram was sent to San
Francisco to ascertain if any bids foi
the fight had been received there, and
the matter was deferred until a reply
colud be received.
; Late tonight a reply was received
from Jeffries. He said he did not
think the contest could be held at
Charleston and he wanted the Charles?
ton men to post the full 826,000 as
forfeit.
Fitzsimmons immediately sent back
the following reply to Jeffries:
" Charleston is the best bid and by
articles of agreement wTe are both
bound to accept it. Have every assur?
ance of no inferference. If you really
want to fight accept or think up some
better excuse than you have given.
Your demand for 826,000 forfeit is
ridiculously unreasonable. !I am ready
to sign and post forfeit now."
MILLIONAIRES VISIT
THE CATAWBA FALLS.
Development of Great Water
Power Seems Certain-Dukes
and Others Interested.
Special to The State.
Chester, April 1.-A party of busi?
ness men from Winnsboro in register?
ing at one of the hotels here Wednes?
day afternoon engaged several rooms
for parties that were to come in that
night on one of thc trains from the
north. This incident as trivial as
it may seem, may prove one of the
very greatest significance to this sec- j
tion, in fact to this State and to the j
whole south. The Winnsboro party j
consisted of Messrs. J. Q. Davis, T.
K Elliott and J. E. McDonald.
These gentlemen, as is well known,
have for several months been interest?
ed in the development of the Catawba
falls power, and the supposition was
soon made that they were here on
business of this nature. This sup?
position was proved correct when early
the next morning the Winnsboro gen?
tlemen and those who had joined them,
who as was afterwards learned were
none other than*the multi-millionaire,
J. B. Duke, president of the Ameri?
can Tobacco company, and his asso?
ciates, B. N. Duke, treasurer of
American Tobacco company: George
A. Watt, capitalist ; and W. A.
Erwin, president of a number of cot?
ton mills in North Carolina : took an
early train for Fort Lawn, the nearest
railroad station to the falls. The
party at once proceeded to the falls,
which is one of the most magnificent
water powers in thc whole world.
Through the Winnsboro gentlemen as
agents all the lands surrounding these
falls have been quietly bought up, and
they now have all the property in that
vicinity necessary to the accomplish?
ment of their plans.
PEAGE PROP'ilSALs'lN AFRICA.
-.
Number of Boer Commanders
Willing for Peace and There
Seems to be Prospect of Suc?
cess of Negotiations.
Pretoria, Monday, March 31.-Presi?
dent Steyn and Gen. De La Rey have
been located and a meeting between
them and Acting President Schalk
Burger is expected to be arranged
without delay. It is reported that
Gen. Botha will also attend the con?
ference.
Commandant Mears has sent in word
that his command will abide by the
decision of the Boer government.
Commandant De ^Villiers, who has
been operating in Kimberly districts,
has sent in a flag of truce, asking
for terms.
The peace movement, however, has
in no way interfered with the military
operations. The, British are again
sweeping the northwest districts of
the Orange River Colony, where it is
believed they have about 1,000 of Gen.
De Wett's men within the cordon.
Heidelberg, Transvaal, Monday,
March 31.-Commandant Alberts has
called a meeting of the Boers in his
district, to take place 35 miles east of
the Springs station, in order to dis
cuss the proposal for a general surren?
der. It is said that Gen. Hana Botha
has summoned a similar meeting at
Amsterdam.
A party of constabulary and native
scouts was ambushed near here March
30. Six of the party were killed.
The Boers eluded pursuit.
Surrenders are occurring daily in
the Standerton district.
Pretoria, April 1.- Thirty-nine Brit?
ish soldiers were killed and 45 injured
in a railroad wreck March 00, near
Barberton, Transvaal Colony.
London, April 1.- -The war office
in reporting the railroad wreck at
Barberton, Transvaal Colony, merely
says that it was accidental. Thc vic?
tims nearly all belonged to the Hamp?
shire regiment.
-.1.
Brutal Murder in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, April 1- Fearing
that he would be arrested for theft,
William H. Lane, a colored butler,
shot and killed his employer, Mrs.
Ella J. Furbush, her ll year old
daughter Madeline, and probably
mortally wounded another daughter,
Eloise, aged seven years, at their
home, 652 north fifteenth street,
shortly before noon today. Lane, who
is 25 years of age, escaped from th
house and four hours later was cap?
tured by Philadelphia detectives while
waiting in Camden, N. J,, to board
a train for Bridgeton, N. J. He was
immediately brought to this city, was
identified by little Eloise, and con?
fessed his crime.
THE PANAMA "CANAL.
Washington, March 31. - Senor
Concha, thc Colombian minister, de?
livered to Secretary Hay today a
definite protocol between the United
States and Colombia, embodying the
terms under which Colombia will
agree to concede the rights necessary
for the construction of a Panama
canal. It is understood that Colombia
gives unqualified consent to the sale
of the rights of the new Panama Canal
Company to thc United States Govern?
ment and the consummation of its
offer of $40,000,000. It is stated that
the protocol embodies adequate and
satisfactory provisions for the comple?
tion, maintenance, control and opera?
tion of a Panama canal by this Govern?
ment. It was stated most positively
today that, beyond the 5,000,000 francs
(about $1,000,000)) in stock, which the
Colombian Government holds in the
canal company, no portion of the $40,
000,000 will revert to Colombia.
It has been made clear that the
protocol delivered today withholds
the city of Panama from United States
sovereignty. Panama city is prac?
tically the State of Panama, for there
is no other town of importance within
the State. Thc administration of
justice within the canal belt
is provided for in the shape of
mixed tribunals, and the right to pur?
sue criminals charged with crimes
committed within the limits of the
belt to any part of Colombia is be?
stowed. Compensation for the canal
rights is desired to be in the shape of
an annual rental of about $750,000.
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QUARTERLY STATEMENT
OF THE CONDITION AND BUSINESS OF
Tte "Bank of SMer," Siter, S. C.
At the close of the quarter ending March
31, 1902, published in conformity with
the Acts of the General Assembly.
ASSETS.
Loans and Discounts, $209,934 22
Bonds, 12,000 00
Furniture and Fixtures, 1.500 00
Cash on hand,. Cash Items and
Cash due by other Banks
and Bankers, 28,514 92
Total. $251,949 14
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in, $ 75,000 00
Deposits, 149.605 43
Due to other Banks and Bank?
ers, 824 40
Rediscounts, HL550 00
Undivided surplos. 1".969 31
Total, $251,949 14
Tiie State of South Carolina, I g g
Sumter County, \
L W. F. RHAME* Cashier of 4iThe
Bank of Sumter," do solemnly swear that
the above ?tatement is true, to the best of
my knowledge and belief. %
W. F. RHAME, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
1st day of April A.D., 1902.
R. J. BLAND, [L. s.]
a Notary Public for S. C.
Correct Attest :
W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, >
President. f DirectorS(
R. L. COOPER, [ L>irectors
RICH'D L MANNING. )
April 2,1902.
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TRESPASS NOTICE.
ALL PERSONS are hereby warned
against trespassing upon any of my
lands in Sumter County, in any 'man?
ner, and especially as to taking there?
from wood or straw. The law will
be enforced against anyone who may
be found disregarding this notice.
R. C. McFADDIX.
April 2-4t*
T?e S?ate of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTES.
By Taos. V. Walsh, Esq.. Probate Judge.
Whereas, Mrs. Sarah L. Lacey, widow,
made suit to me to grant her Letters of
Administration of the estate of and effects
of Thos. E. Lacey, deceased,
These are therefore to cite and admon?
ish all and singular the kindred and cred?
itors of the said Thomas E. Lacey, late
of said County and State, deceased, that
they be and appear before me in the
Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter C.
H.. on" April 15th, 1 !*<?!'. next, after publica?
tion thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon,
to show cause, if any they have, why the
said administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand this 1st day of
April. A. D.. 1902.
THOS. V. WALSH.
April 1-1 2 9 Judge of Probate.
The best typewriter ribbons for all
standard machines for sale by H. G.
Osteen & Co.
i - THE GOODNESS
Of this store shows not here or there,
but everywhere; in every part of this
great building, the real excellence and
economy of O'DONNELL & CO'S,
merchandise must at once appeal to all
discriminating shoppers.
WE ARE EXPERTS
in the matter of store-keeping, and are
ever busy with niodern ideas, like the
skilled artist who is inspired to new
touches.
Do you wonder why so many buyers
turn to this store? Below we will give
you one of the many reasons;
Commencing To-dav,
We will place on sale 50 dozen Men's,
Boys5, Misses5 and Children's, Straw,
Duck and Crush Hats at just one-half
their real value. Your choice for 25c
Yours truly,
April 1.
If You Need an Easter Suit,
To obtain these you must inspect our
line of Sf rouse Bros.' celebrated high
art clothing; where you will find those
patterns and styles that delight the eye
of a "Swell Dresser."
If You Need a Hat,
You want a Howard, which is the em?
bodiment of style and quality.
WE HAVE THEM.
J. RYTTENBERG & SONS.