The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 12, 1902, Image 7
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mm\h eoMSTtTUTioM,
Megr? Lawyer Says Fight Will be
Made to Establish a Test
Case for Supreme Court.
The final steps in the matter of test
ing the constitutionality of the suffrage
> clause of Virginia's new Constitution
was taken late yesterday afternoon
when the well known negro lawyer,
James H. Hayes, of this city, repre
senting Edgar Poe Lee, a negro of
. Jackson Ward, filed notice of suit
^ in the United States Court for $5,000
against James H. Bradley, John A.
Haley and John McEneany, members
of the Board of Registrars for Jackson
Ward.
Hayes has not yet filed his bill in
the matter and said last night he
probably would not do so for thirty
days.
He said further that the suit was
one of many which * he would file in
different courts, in the next few days
with the view of getting one upon
which the validity of the new suffrage
clause was to be tested in the Su
preme Court of the United States.
"I shall file a similar suit shortly
in the City Circuit Court and others
in the United States Court both in
the Eastern and Western districts of
- the State," saidxthe colored lawyer.
"My object in entering* so may is to
secure at least one which will go up
for judgment in the court of last re
sort. We^ mean business. We have
th? mone'y and will spare neither
money nor talent in our effort to
break down the laws which take from
our race the right of suffrage."
Hayes says that his client was de
nied the right to register under the sol
dier clause in Jackson Ward when he
had his papers of honorable discharge
from the'United States service, hav
ing fought the Indians on the frontier
in the '70s. This is the case that was
appealed to the Hustings Court and
was dismissed on the ground that the
service alleged to have been rendered
by the negro Lee was not in such
"time of war as was contemplated by
the new suffrage clause, and that
therefore the man was- not enitled to
register under the military clause.
~ When asked if Senator Thurston
judge Lewis and "Captain John S.
Wise would appear .with him in the
cases referred to above Hayes would
not say directly but practically ad
mitted that they would be with him
if a test was made in the Supreme
Court.
When reminded of what Captain
Wise had said here recently about not
appearing until the money was raised,
Hayes said: "I have just sent Cap
tain Wise a certified check for an
amount which it required four figures
to indicate, so you may draw your own
conclusions as to his present attitude
with reference to the matter."
It is not generally believed that any
thing will come of the matter in the
end for it is . a well known fact that
the most influential white Republicans
of the State will not only join in the
movement, but are really in favor of
the new Constitution.?Richmond,
Va,, Times, Nov. 6.
Capers Supports Tolbert.
Washington, Nov. 7.?District At
torney John 6. Capers and Collector
of It tornai Bevenne Micah Jenkins
called at the White House today and
conferred with the president in regard
to the vacancy in the Charleston col
lectoxship of customs. This being
cabinet day the president was unable
to take the matter up'but an appoint
ment was made for tomorrow morn
ing.
Mr. Capers, representing the regular
Republican organization, is supporting
R. B. Tolbert for the office, but W.
D. Cium is being pushed by the color
ed Republicans. It is expected here
that the president will follow the re
commendation of Capt Capers and ap
point Tolbert.
Southern Buys independent Tele
phones.
Union, Nov. 7.?L. W. Floyd has
sold his entire interest in the tele
phone business. The system here and
at Spartan burg, Greenville, Green
wood, Clinton, Prosperity and other
places has been sold to the Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany. The news of the sale does not
take very well here, as it gives the Bell
system full; control ; then on the other
hand the home system has run down
so that the Bel! taking charge it is
hoped good service will be given and
that instead of having to take two
phones one will give all the connections
necessary.
The Plymouth Rock.
A schoolteacher in one o? the charm
ing rural suburbs of Philadelphia,
where fancy gardening and the rais
ing of "Philadelphia fowr* are gen
eral among the residents, recited to the
class the story of the landing of the
pilgrims, and. as the children had been
taking up the work, she requested each
scholar to try to draw from the im
agination a picture of the Plymouth
rock. Then it was that the Httle fellow
got up and raised his hand.
"Well. Willie, what is HT asked the
teacher.
"Please, ma'am, do you want a hen
or a rooster drav,n?" carne the unex
pected reply.
Mneical Snelli*.
A French naturalist claims that there
are few if any animals which have a
higher appreciation of music than
snails. Place some snails on a pane of
glass, he says, and you will find that
as they move over it they will make
musical sounds similar to those which
a person can produce by wetting bis
finger and then rubbing it around a
glass tumbler. Complete airs, he points
out, have been played on tumblers in
this way, and he expresses the opinion
that quite as good results can be ob
tained by using snails instead of fin
gers.
Enthusiasm gives life tf what Is in
visible and interest to what has no im
mediate action on our comfort in this
world.?Mme. de Sta?l.
I HESTER'S COTTON STATEMENT.
Receipts 287,000 Bales Ahead
of Last Year, But Row Fall
? ing Off?Snail Exports.
. New Orleans, Nov. 7.?Secretary
Hester's weekly cotton statement is
sued today, shows for the seven days o j
November a decrease under last year
of 56,000 and an increase over the same
period year before last of 12,000.
For the 68 days of the season that
have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of
? the same days last year 2S7.000 and
! ahead of the same davs year before last
! 197,000.
' The amount brought into sight dur
ing the past week has been 461,203
bales against 516,707 for the same
seven days last year and 449,644 year
before last. The movement since Sept.
1 shows receipts at all United States
ports 2,596,521 against 2,355,217 last
year;.overland across the Mississippi,
Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern
mills and Canada 209,18S against 236, -
036 ?last year; in interior stocks"-rs>
excess of those held at the qlose of the
commercial year, 431,5 against 404,
774 last year ; a??d southern mill tak
ings 442,500 against 397,168 last year.'
The total movement since Sept. 1 is
3,679,710 against 3,393,175 last year,
and 3,483,196 year before last.
Foreign exports for the week have
been 193,840'against 271,225 last year,
making the total thus far for the sea
son 1,769,135 against 1,660,262 last year.
The total takings of American mills,
north and south and Canada thus far
*for the season have ? been 892,124
against 842,319 last year.
Stocks at the seaboard and the 29
leading southern interior centres have
increased during the week 150,922 bales
against an increase during the corres
ponding period last season of 103,412.
Including stocks left over at ports
and interior towns from the last crop
and the number of bales brought into,
sight thus far for the new crop the
supply to date is 3,894,784 against
3,752,862 for the same period last year.
A GITY SEWER FARM.
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Experiment in Pasadena, Califor
nia, Proves to be Remark
ably Successful.
(From the New York Herald. )
Pasadena. Cal., November 4.?This
city has a unique institution which
other municipalities would do well to
imitate. It is a "sewer farm11 that is
already more than paying expenses
and bids fair to aid materially in
balancing the yearly budget before
many years are gone.
The sewer farm consists of 300
acres, five miles south of town, which
were bought unimproved a few years
ago. The land was connected by
pipes with the sewer drainage of th?
city, and all the sewage is conveyed
hither and spread over the ground.
The result is that land that bad been
regarded as worthless has been made
to "blossom as the rose."
The council has a special committee
whose business it is to look after the
farm. A superintendent, S. O. Mc
Grew, is appointed and resides on
the farm with his family. Be. keeps
four hired men steadily and employs
as many others as are necessary from
time to time.
Recently the work of picking the
walnuts was begun. This year's crop
from the city acres promises to yield
about 350 sacks of 100 pounds each,
which should bring a revenue of about
$3,000 into the city.
Mexicans from the ancient village of
San Gabriel are employed to pick the
walnuts off the ground after they are
flayed from the trees by the farm's
hired men.
It is an interesting sight to behold,
the se?oras,* se?oritas and their "less
industrious husbands, sweethearts and
progeny going through the orchards,
earning from sixty -cents to ,$1.50 a
day at gathering the nuts. . ?
The farm has a walnut washer on he
ground. The Mexicans husk the nuts
as they pick them and then they are
carted to the horse power washer, after
which they are stored in a big barn
on the premises to await the highest
bidder.
Considerable hay is raised on the
sewer farm each year, as well as other
farm products, and now ninety fat
hogs call the place "home."
More land is constantly being laid
opt in products of all sorts. Several
citizens have expressed their willing
ness to pay the city a handsome
price for the sewage, but the council
has found that it pays better to keep
farming in the municipal family.
Shakespeare Moliere.
A correspondent finds these notable
points of resemblance in the careers of
Shakespeare and Moliere:
The father oT etvch was In trade and
apparently destined his son to follow
his occupation. The early education
of both was neglected, and we know
nothing in their after training that
conferred on them their perfect knowl
edge of good breeding and distinguish
ed manners. Neither of them was hap
pily married. Each beeaon? manager,
author, actor, f?ac? prodwed a con
siderable Dumber of act bent lea ted dra
matic works. Bach wne eareletw about
publishing his works, or, rather, object
ed to do se lest they should be acted
by rival dramatic co?npemes. naya of
each were collected by actors and ilrst
published in a complete form after the
'death of the anthers.
Euch touched up or produced plays
that are lost or of doubtful origin.
Each disregarded novelty of plot, bor
rowing from various sources. Each
disliked his profession. The personal
character of each was gentle, kind,
generous. Each had ? profound knowl
edge of human nature. Each preferred
the idea or matter to the comparative
disregard of the manner. EneZi had a
remarkable fecundity ?wl fertility o:'
production. Each died ai ?he age o?"
fifty-two.
Finniie*?,
Jones? Denr me! You say you often
lay down the law to your wife. How
do you go about it?
Bones?Why, all you need Is firm
ness. 1 usually go into my study, lock
the door and do it through the key
hole. _
OOELL'S MAJORITY 10,000.
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Democrats Make Charges of
Fraud?Many Democratic Bal
lots Have Not Been
Counted.
New York, Nov. 5.?Although the
unofficial reports from the State ap
! parently showed Odeil's reelection by
10,798 plurality, Mr. Coler his Demo
! cratic opponent, refused to concede
j defeat, declaring that he wished to
wait for the official count of the vote.
Mr. Coler' statement was followed
by a rather sensational announce
ment from Secretary Mason of the
State Democratic committee, that he
refused to concede Odeil's election,
that fraud had robbed Coler of many
rotes up the State and that Senator
Hill and Chairman Campbell of the
State committee would come to New
York this evening to decide on a plan
of action. ?
About the time these statements
appeared, a rumor was circulated that
ISoler intended to make a contest in
the coourts and simultaneously The
Evening Journal issued an -?x^is-JS/li
tion declaring that former Senator'
Hill, Chas. F. Murphy and Hugh
McLaughlin claimed Coler's election.
This report together with the state
ments made by Mr. Coler and secretary
Mason had caused 'considerable ex
citement in the city.
Mr. Coler's statement follows:
"I think, personally, it would be a
good thing to watch the official count
up the State closely. Why don't they
distribute McCuliagh men up there
as well as here in Greater .New York?
Suppose the Democatic ticket had re
ceived say in the neighborhood of 150,
000majority in Greater New York, there
was nothing to have'stopped the Re
publicans from claiming the upper sec
tion of the State by at least 200,000.
What the Democratic party needs up
the State is tried and true material
who will look carefully after the
party's interests. I don't mean by
anything I have said either last night
or this morning that I in any manner
concede the election of my opponen t. I
want to wait for the official count, for
my latest advices are that the vote is
very close. I am hopeful of receiving
today news that will put a new com
plexion on affairs in this State."
John A. Mason, secretary of the
Democratic committee, speaking for
the committee, issued the following
satement:
" We concede nothing. Odeil's elec
tino is simply a claim. We will not
admit his election until every defec
tive ballot or alleged defective ballot
has been scrutinized and every vote
that of right belongs to our party is
counted. The alleged defective ballots
uncounted for the Democratic ticket
by Republican inspectors are more
than enough to elect Coler. We have
evidence of wholesale debauchery and
corruption In Orange, Oneida and Al
bany and Erie counties, and in the
cities along the New York Central Rail
road. "The defective ballots and
the chicanery practiced on the three
judrciial districts where the Republi
can State machine bent every energy
to elect Atorney General Davies, is
alone sufficient to change the result. ;
"We shall contest every foot of
ground."
David B. Hill and Frank Camp
bell will be at the State headquarters
this evening and a meeting of the
State committee will be held either
this evening or tomorrow and a plan
of action will be formulated.
Col. Dunn, the chairman of the
State Republican committee, when
informed today of the report that the
Democrats threatened to contest the
election, said:
"If they start anything of that kind
we will give them all the contest they
want right here in New York county
and they will wish they had never
heard of contests."
The revised figures for governor are
as follows :
Odell 133,836; Coler 123,038. Odeil's
plurality 10,798 .
Her Tl?w.
A little'three-year-old miss while her
mother was trying to get her to sleep
became Interested In a peculiar noise
and asked what it was.
"A cricket, dear," replied her moth
er.
"Well," remarked the little lady, "he
ought to get himself oiled."?Chicago
^News.
Hqnesty.
If honesty is the best poiicy in busi
ness, it is also the best policy when
one has done wrong and is confronted
with the question whether he shall
confess everything frankly or make
excuses. A transparent excuse is worse
than none a? all.
After a man is married he discovers
that nis wife"* golden tresses ?re notb
in? ili thn work! but red hair.?Phila
delphia Ueeccd.
Very ?rrftv.tinjr.
*Once in aw hilf. even now." remark
ed the wilier, "you hear <A some Eng
lishman who s?rs or.r Revolutionary
war w?s the uiof^t ?nnjwiess rt*t>eIl?ori
In history.' Isn't is Irritaringr"
"Decidedly so.** r."?pended the Boston
young women. "If thing is cause
less, how can it Ih> any more cause
less'/*'?Chicago Tribune.
The YThol* Thin*;.
"Blxby seems to think he's the whole
thing s an expert authority on- sport
ing instters."
"Yes: he appears to regard himself
as pretty nearly big enough to wear
golf links to fasten his shirt cuffs."?
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
When we deserve it we don't mind
abuse. It makes us careful. But the
trouble is we never agree with our
critics as to when we deserve It.?Atch
ison Globe.
To Improve ihe Horse.
If some owners of horses would
spend more for feed and less for whips,
they would have more spirited ani
mals.?Atchison Globe.
Edward I. was ? feet 2 Inches high,
and it is said that the tips of his mid
dle fingers extended below his knees.
STUDENT DROPPED
FROM THIRD STORY.
Dangerous Prank of Students at
the University of Tennessee
at Knoxville.
Knoxville, Term., November 7.?
Though every memebr of the faculty
denies positively that such was the
case, an attempt to haze a student of
the University of Tennessee today re
sulted in an accident which nothing
but a miracle prevented from beine:
fatal.
J. L. Wiliford, of Memphis, was
the victim of the prank. A party of
hazers seized him; but he escaped"and
fled to his quarters in Hume's Hall.
There the door he had locked was
broken down and he was seized and
dropped out of a three-story high win
dow. A pool of water was all that
broke his fall, a distance of fifty feet,
and even then his shoulder was dis
located. His comrades, who regarded
him highly, realized what they had
done almost instantly, and have since
done everything they could to atone
Jpr the trick.
Scene From Real Life, at the Wal
dorf-Astoria. -
New York, Nov. 7.?"Oh, there's
papa: look, mamma." The little
figure that clasped the kid-glove hand
of the handsome young matron, all
in gray, quietly let go. Merrily the
feet sped do?vn the Thirty-fourth
Street corridor of the Waldorf-Astoria
to meet the well-dressed, clean-shaven
young man who was coming toward
him, with another woman fashionably
attired and as pretty as the first.
This was the meeting of Mrs.
Hanna, No. ?, wife of Daniel *R.
Hanna, son of Senator Hanna, and
her youngest boy, Dan, Jr., with his
father and Mrs. Hanna No. 2, the
woman who has taken the place of the
boy's mother. Embarrassed, the hus
band patted the boy on the head and
hurried on. There was no sign of re
cognition between the grown people
Meanwhile the tears were welling
into the little fellow's eyes at his dis
appointment. His mother hurried
him into his room.
SHALL IT BE....
Having tried all other remedies,
will you continue to suffer
through false pride ?
Don't Be Foolish.
Repeated Eye Headaches sap one's
vitality and bring about a gen
eral nervous break down.
Let us relieve your head
ache by removing the
cause.
Save your eyes and nervous en
ergy.
E. A. BULTMAN,
Jeweler and Optician.
Dr. Z. F. Highemith in charge of
Optical Department.
17 S. Main Street, Sumter, B. C.
Phone 194.
H. L. B. Wells, Attj. fi. T. Eiens.
WELLS & EDENS,
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Moise.
MONEY TO LOAN, in sums to suit, on
personal property or salaries. Sell cotton
seed meal, nitrate of soda, all kinds of
fertilizers, plantation supplies.
Buy cotton seed, corn and peas All
transactions cash. Get our prices before
you buy or sell. No safe business will be
refused. Oct 7?lm
LOOK, LISTEN!
Only a few more of those 2G-inch frame
Chainless Ramblers left and they are sell
ing at $60 on installments. They are the
only Chainless made that 1%-inch tires
can be used on. I have the chain ones at
$35 and they are really worth $50, come to
see them. A large shipment expected ev
ery day.
The American Cycle Manufacturing
Company, are now moving headquarters
to Hartford, Conn., and they have Sold me
a lot of wheels from the New York branch
at a discount, so, if you will see me next
week I may be able to sell you a few of
those $40 Tribune and Rambler at $25.
Do not forget that I am the only one in ;
Sumter who keeps a full line of high grade ;
shot guns and rifles and they are offered
at very low rices. Come and see them
and compare prices.
Yoa had beet buy your bicycles now, for
the American Cycle Manufacturing Com
pany have gone into the hands of
receivers and they say they folly intend
advancing prices in the near future. I do
not say this because I want to sell you. It
is little trouble to see me beforo buying
elsewhere, and after showing I do not
require you to buy. Always buy where
you can do best.
I have Mr. Boswell with me who
is an expert paper hanger, and have
any. and all grades of wall paper,
and wouid be glad to do your work.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Call and
see rae before trading elsewhere.
Yours to please,
W. S. REYNOLDS,
30 W. Liberty Street.
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75 Head on hand.
A ?LEY D. HARRY.
Sept 17