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WE?HESDAY, /ULY 16?, 1902. The Sumter Watchman was ?ouodec is ISSO ?od the True Southron ia 1866. The Watchman and Southron bow has tee combined circulation and in?uence of bota of tbe c?ld papers, and is mani festly the best advertising medium io Samicr. W, S. Graham, Chief of the Suinter Fire Itepaitment, has replied in the most effective manner to the slanderous charges o? the. Camden pernea- and the Wateree Messenger, submits ^signed statements from whose veracity cannot be ques in direct and explicit con .diction of the charges made by the d (^niden firemen and to statements he adds the signed statements of She Captains of-all the r hose wagons teams that the rnament ?ras fairly and impartially ducted and that they have no complaint to make. Mr. Graham's statement should convince any fair-' minded man that the charges of cheat ing made in the Wateree Messenger are untrue and without the 4east' founda tion or excuse, and should end the controversy. Col \ Elliott who has worked so < tizizgly and accomplished so much for J Charleston since he has been in Con gress, was given an ovation in that tafy la??i night. Charleston owes Col. Elliott a great deal and it is gratify ing to observe this indication that Charleston people realize that debt and. have a feeling ?f gratitude. Gratitude' is a rare thing in politics and is a virtue to be commendod when displayed. Tie. 13oer war is over, Lord Kitchen er has returned to London and the ] war office soldiers are in a state of miisd m a??icip?tion of the inevitable exposure of their mismanagement of: the war. It is openly asserted that! an : ia^?st?ija^ce^ optile/ English war o&ce will briag to light greater aboses and scandals than existed in our war de partment during the Spanish war. Evans and L?t?mer made a pretense of wanting to'^?ht. on the stand at St. (^rgee the other day; where it. was pract?c??jr certain that they would be separated by bystanders. ?fter the meeting Latimer went to Evans* room to see him, but Evans refased to talk to his. adversary and left the hotel. For a man who is eter nally boasting that he is game and characterizes his opponents a *1 feath er-legs, ?> this conduct appears pecu liar. It looks like John Gary "hack 1 fe I 'c .1 t c e t t ' John Gary Evans faced a hostile au dience in Charleston last night and had to undergo the ordeal of an at tempt to howl him down. But for the eSort of Chairman Thayer and the Other candidates he- would not have been allowed to speak and as it was his speech was made under difficulties. Chickens are coming home to roost, and the howling down process, of which Evans was a beneficiary ten years ago and of which he then evi dently approved, he now regards as an outrage. _______ Capt, D. C. 3eyward js certainly the leading candidate for Governor, if the reception he is meeting with at the campaign meetings is an index of ^popular sentiment The reports thus far show that'he is the most popular candidate in a majority of the counties the campaign party has vis ited and in the remaining counties with perhaps three ex ceptions, he is regarded as second choice of the crowd. His vote will be large in every county in the State and with the big majorities quite a num ber of counties will give him he is sure, from the outlook now, to be in the second primary. The press reports to the effect that the Boers dissatisfied with i;he terms imposed by tbe British may renew active warfare, are scarcely to be credited. There is doubtless much bitterness toward the British among the conquered Boers, and that there will be ill will and friction for years no one can doubt, but it is entirely improbable that the Boers will under take to renew tbe war. s; b t. t: C s f: t S t d t F r a C J m tfl e Cotton mill building goes on stead ily in the up country while nothing is being done in that direction in the lower part of the State. The Pied mont eection already manufactures a' great deal more cotton than it pro duces and it is strange that the capital ists of that section find it profitable to lild mills while in the lower and _?>tern counties where the supply of >t$on is greatly in excess of the local demand, cotton mill building has come to a stand still. The Senatorial campaign meeting in Orangefenrg Thursday was the most largely attended and the most lively yet lield. \Latimer and Evans had a hot tilt ank all of the candidates threw more vim Vigor and bitterness into 'their speeches than heretofore. It is expected tbott before the campaign closes considerable bitterness will develop between Evans and Latimer, Hemphill and Latimer and Johnstone, Latimer and Hemphill. As the candi dates move toward the np country they are expected to get warmer and more personal in their remarks and the political records that some of them would prefer having the public forget will be aired. The Chicago speculators having made a million out of the forced ad vance in the price of corn, have with drawn from the market and the price dropped '15 cents a bushel yesterday. 1 President Schwab o? the Steel Trust has made an affidavit that the property of the trust has a. market value of $1,400,000,000; and still the trnst mag na^es ali not satisfied and are trying to get control of more property. WEEKLY CHOP Bl?LLET?M. Columbia, July 15.?The tempera ture for the week ending Monday, July 14, averaged nearly normal, with a weekly mean of .about 81 de grees. The highest maximum was 108 degrees at Stalvey on the 6th, the lowest minimum 66 degrees at Liberty on the 12th. The sunshine averaged nearly normal, with gener ally cloudy weather prevailing during the closing days of the week. De structive high winds accompanied thunder storms in Pickens, Newber ry, Chester and Chesterfield counties, that damaged corn and cotton over small areas. Scattered light showers occurred on the 7th and 8tfa, and during the re mainder of the week. at some point or points, each day, with heavy rains over the southeastern portions on the 12th, that broke the severe drought which prevailed in that portion of the State Other points in the northern, central and western counties also had heavy rains over limited areas. The jrjBatest amount for the week was 4.99 inches at Chersw Although drought conditions have been greatly relieved, nevertheless there remain large areas tfhere the rainfall was insufficient, and where crops continue to need rain. Theae areas are not confined to my particular section of the State, >ut occur in almost, every county. The effects of. last week's excessive 2oa? and dryhess are reflected in this reek's1 reports, . but in places, where ?opious rains fell there already has >een a partial recovery, except where he crops were ruined. Corn was severely injured by last reek's weather, and some fields of d? and very young corn were * ruined, specially over the eastern portions of he State ; but where not too near ma urityy it has improved. recently, and gain looks promising, although the xceedingly* bright prospects of a few reeks: ago have been permanently in ured. Early corn has all been laid y in good condition, while late bot om land and stubble com are grow g nicely. Cotton received a severe set-back, ut is slowly recovering, except on andy soils, where the plants are bedding leaves and squares, and have egun to rust, and are blooming to he top. Hail damaged cotton in sec ions of Abbeville, Newberry,|Pickens, Jhesterfield and Chester counties. Soil worms have appeared in Ander on. In general, cotton is blooming reely and fruiting heavily, although he plants are undersized as a rule, iea island cotton was greatly benefit ed by the heavy rains along the coast. Tobacco was injured by the heat and rought, and it is too nearly matured o be benefitted by the weather now irevailing Cutting and curing made apid progress, and the crop is being marketed . Bice shared in the general deterior tion, and has also become infested rith caterpillars in Colleton and Georgetown counties. Peas look well, dany sweet potato slips recenti ly ransplanted, died from the effects of he heat, and slips for replanting are ixceedingly scarce . The Exposition Claims. By request of the secretary of the reasury the comptroller of the cnr ency has formulated a plan for bring ng the claims within the appropria ;ion of $160,000. He suggests that all daims be presented and approved be fore any payments are made. When ill claims are in and proved the treas ?ry will make out a warrant to each claimant. If the total amount of the daims is 8160,000 or less, then each warrant "will be for the full amount of ;he claim. If the $160,000 is not mough to pay all claims in full then *ach warrant will be for a proportion ne amount of the claim. Charleston, July 15.?Mr. W. L. ?arris has returned to the city from ??Washington, where he took the oath )f office as postmaster of Charleston. 3is bond was filed with the depart nent last week, and the commission was made out and sent to Oyster Bay tor President Soosevelt's signature, rhe commission was expected here yesterday, but it did not arrive, the lelay having been caused in sending it ? and from Oytster Bay. It should irrive here this morning, however, md just as soon as it is received Mr. Karris will t&\e charge of the office. CASES OF WALLER ?ND DAY. Speculators Unable to buy up all the Spots?Bui Gates Made $1,500,000 on the Deal. Chicago, July 15.?The famous cor aer in July corn came to an abrupt termination today when it became inown that shorts to the extent of a *ood many million bushels had effect id private settlements with Harris, Grates & Co., that the deal was at an and so far as the steel magnate was concerned. The July price responded to the settlement by a quick drop cf L5$? cents to 6i% Later it recovered a fraction and closed'at 65}^, substan tially the price of the cash article. The corner at one time promised many millions of profit and the farmer whose well-filled cribs line the tracks of nearly every railroad entering Chi cago is held responsible for the disap pointing end of the corner. There were substantial reserves from the bumper crop of 1900 and the large yield of 1901. This corn has been held for satisfactory market. The farmer did Gen. Chafee Says that the Natives Killed by the Orders of Waller and Day did not Deserve their Fate, that Waller was Crazy and Day Re sponsible. Washington, July 14.?The incom ing Philippine mail brings the full printed record of the proceedings in the courtmartial cases of Major J, W. T. Waller and Lieut John H. A. Day, of the m?rine corps, growing out of the killing of some native bearers in Samar. The record shows that Major Waller was acquitted of?the charge of murder, but that Gen. Chaffee, declaring that "there has been a miscarriage of justice in this case," disapproves the finding'and the acquittal, with the exception that, while Waller should not have been found guilty of murder, the Court should have included a lesser offence. Gen Chaffee's endorsement is very strong, and he declares that, with the exception of three who deserted, no overt acts were committee by the na tives, who, on the contrary, "sent to their death, they continued to their last to carry the arms and ammunition of the men after they were no longer able to bear them, and to render in their impassive way such services as deepens the conviction that, without their assistance, many of the marines who now survive would also have perished." In the case of Lieut Day, who was also acquitted, Gen. Chaffee disap proves the finding to the specification and charge of murder. He said that Lieut Day should have known that his commanding officer, Major Waller, had for three weeks been under a test of mental and physical endurance such as few men are called upon to under go; that he was sick with fever, his temperature was 105 and his body covered with painful. sores. Day was the only officer not sick on duty and in the full possession of his faculties, and his plain duty was to counsel delay in the execution of the orders to kill the natives. Gen. Chaffee re fers to the order of Major Waller as 'tainted" and says "that it should have prompted him (Day) to a posi tive dis#oedience of the. same," Notwithstanding the disapproval the two offiecrs were released as they could not be tried twice for the aame >ffence. ? ' . SOUTHERN CROP "PfiOSPECTS. Cotton is Recovering From the Recent Drought. Washington, July 15.?The follow ng is the weather bureau's weekly nommary of crop conditions : Very favorable temperatures pre vailed during the week ending July .4, in a districts east of the Rocky noun tains except the central and east rulf States. The latter have suffered iomewhat from excessive heat, but lave received much needed rains, re ieving to a geat extent the severe Irought. The corn crop, as a whole, the principal States has made very avorable progress. In the southern states late corn has improved some what, but the early corn is very poor. Vinter wheat harvest is about com peted, except in the northern portion >f the winter wheat belt. Spring wheat is sow heading in the lorthern portion of the spring wheat egion and the general outlook con inues promising. Oats continue in >romising condition. A general improvement in the con lition of cotton is indicated, although the central and eastern districts the riant is small, and blooming to top is ixtensively reported. In Texas, except the region of drought which com )rises less than 10 per cent, of the ;otton area, the crop has made rapid growth and in many sections the crop Drospects are flattering. Tobacco is doing well, though small the middle Atlantic States. Cut ting and curing are in progress in the Carolinas and some of the early plant id in Tennessee is ready for topping. THE JULY C0R?? CORNER. not begin to take advantage of the situation until the price of July got up in the seventies and when it finally reached 90 cents the Chicago market was deluged with cash corn. For a while the Harris Gates people kept the market cleaned up, but steadily increasing quantities began coming 1 and the prospect ?f loading up with a lot of 80 cent, corn which they might ; not be able to later dispose of at over 60 cents|became somewhat appalling. Without warning they withdrew all support, settled with the shorts and closed the deal. 2 It is estimated that Mr. Gates' profit will not exceed $1,500,000. This amount will be divided up between ten or a dozen millionaires who 'were ? interested in the deal. Mr. Gates and his friends have between 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 bushels of cash corn which they must dispose of before the corner can be called absolutely settled. This corn represents the "corpse" which in every corner ever remains the tumb ling block to success. If the average price of the Harris-Gates holding should^ prove well up to the 70 per cent, point the clique has on hand several million bushels of corn which cost its holders in excess of the present market price. Eight here is the salient point. Wiill it be necessary to market this large holding of corn at less than it cost? THE FRIARS MUST SO. The President is not Moved by the Vatican's Reply. Washington, July 14.?The reply of Secretary Boot to the dispatch of Gov. Taf t has been cabled to Rome. It is in the nature of instructions as to what rejoinder shall be made to the Vatican in answer to its first general reply to Gov. Taft. These instruc tions to Gov. Taft were prepared before Secretary Boot left Washington, but were submitted to the president. The position of the United States is unchanged and tho instructions of Scretary Boot, issued before Gov. Taft went to Rome, that the friars should be withdrawn, are adhered to in every essential. The . rejoinder is so couched that there will be a con tinuation of the negotiations. geeiig latir yTTegmie; Openly Object to the Terms of the New Allegiance. Pretoria, Transvaal, July 15.? The settlement of the annexed territories is not being accomplished without considerable friction. This is espe cially noticeable in the bitter hatred ind persecution on the part of the Boers who stayed in the field to the md of the war against the Boers who served as British scouts. It is said that some of these nation si scouts have been shot or beaten. k> intense is the feeling that many of ?e burghers who fought consistently :o the end, distinguish themselves 'rom those who surrendered during ;he war by wearing a green badge. The Transvaal and Free State colors ire also worn, and the custom is en ?ouraged by the Dutch who did not ;ake an active part in the war. Many of the burghers assert that ;hey were induced to agree, to surren ler by the false representations of ;heir leaders, who painted the terms ;oo rosily. Discordant elements are lumerous and any attempt to place ;he burghers who surrendered during ;he war in authority over those who ought throughout will conceivably re mit in a renewal of hostilities. ????????? The majority of the Boers have ap jarently in no way abandoned their ?ationality and some of them preach ;he advisability of opening Dutch ?chools so as to keep alive their na ionality. The whole situation so jristles with difficulties that there are lot lacking those who doubt if the locument signed May 31 was really ;he final settlement of the South Afri an trouble. THE BILLION ?OLLAR TRUST. /alue of Property of the Steel Trust is Almost Beyond all Probability. Newark, X. J., July 15.?The an swer of the United States Steel cor DOration to the suit brought by J. \spinwald Hodse, Wm. H. Curtiss ind Bernard Smith, who asked for an njunction to prevent the company Tom carrying ont its bond conversion plaD, was filed today before Vice Chancellor Emery. The case was put )ver until July 23. The answer was sworn to by Charles M. Schwab as president. The assets >f the properties of the subsidiary com panies, it is stated, include 400 pro ducing mills of the value of $300,000, XX); 75 blast furnaces of the value of ?48,000,000; iron and bessemer ore properties of the value of $700,000,000; coal and coke properties of the value 3f $100,000,000: natural gas fields of the value of $20,000,000; cash in bank to the amount of $66,000,000, and over ^80,000,000 of material in process of manufacture. The total value of the company's property, including cash and cash as sets, is placed at $1,400,000,000 by Mr. Schwab in an affidavit which is part Df the corporation's reply. The com pany's earnings are stated to be at the , rate of more^than $140,COO, 000 a year. ! A saving of $30,000,000 a year is cred ; ited to the ore properties and it is esti j mated that the ownership of transpor ! tation facilities saves the company 1 $10,000,000 annually. I The earnings c * the added coal and I coke properties are stated to be more than $1,000,000 a month. These statements as to the values and earn ings were presented to disprove a charge by the plaintiffs that Mr. Schwab, the president, and Mr. Trim ble, the secretary, made a i:alse certifi cate when they certified that in their judgment the properties were worth at least the par value of the preferred stock after deducting all indebtedness. Fell Into the Pee Dee. -- "CD Bennettsville, July 15.?This after noon while Eobert Chaffin was crossing the Pee Dee river with a Standard Oil wagon, a section of the bridge on the Society Hill side fell and threw the team into the edge of the river. Chaffin was severely bruised and one leg was fractured. The colored driver's \ head was badly hurt, the wagon wheels ! were smashed and the mules were hurt. All were rescued. ._; WANTED?To have 500 bushels fine R. R. P. Seed oats threshed be fore August first. Address stating terms. E. W. Dabbs, Goodwill, S. O_July 16?It Furman University, GREENVILLE, S. C. Will begin the next session on WEDNES DAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1902. Location, convenient and healthful. "Courses of study, elective or leading to B. A. and SS. A. degrees. Full corps of instructors and ample mess accommodations for lessening cost of boarding. For details apply to the President. A. P. MONTAGUE, LL. D. July 16?2m._. ?rangeburg Collegiate Institute, ORANGEB?RG, S. C. BEAUTIFUL and healthful location. Ar tesian water.. Repaired and remodeled buildings. Special courses in Music, Art, and Elocution. Prepares for the Sopho more and Junior classes in the best col leges of the country, or the business re I quiresaer.ts of life. Thorough and syste ! matic foundation work the aim. ? For catalogue ai d particulars write to ; jul 16 JAS. R CROUCH, Pr?sident. c f THE VEGETABLE FAT SUPERIOR IH QUALITY AND PURITY TOALL OTHERS ?-ADDRESS?))J^? SAV?NNAH.GA' Mil r ? %?s^ - ??;?' HEr^earro?oLcaj THE CAROUNAS* G?TORGlft. i AT C?8T FOR CASH Our Entire Stock of Spring and Sum mer Clothing and Straw Hats. I ill U