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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 35, 1302. The Sumter Watchman was toundea io 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron cow has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani festly the best advertising medium in Ssmfcer. What the Hague Tribunal Really is. The Hague tribunal, to which the Venezuelan controversy will be refer red for settlement, is a permanent court of arbitration provided for by the convention signed at the capital of Holland July 29, 1S99. It is the high est court in the world. Fifteen na tions are represented in it, each hav ing four members of this court. They are the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy, Belgium, France, Denmark, Japan, Holland, Portugal, Roumania, SpaiUj Sweden and Norway. Tans there are 60 members of this court. The American members are Melville W. Fuller, chief justice of the United States: John W. Griggs, ex-attorney general rof the United States; George Gray, United States circuit judge. 'Ex President Harrison was the fourth member. An administrative council, composed of the diplomatic representatives of - the signatory, powers residing at The Hague and The Netherlands' foreign minister, which exercises the functions. of presidents, performs the work necessary to the organization of every interaaional tribunal. The powers who desire to apply to the court for a settlement of differences must select from the general list a number of arbitrators, to be ?xed by agreement. The court may thus be composed of three members or of the entire list,- just as the parties interest ed may determine. The Charleston Appointment. Special to News and Courier. "Washington December 30.?There 5s s strong impression at the White House that Mr. J. F. Jones of Blacks burg one of the new aspirants for Fed eral office will be appointed to the vacant marshalship. ? While the President still has the South Carolina appointments under consideration he has practically con cluded to send t&e nomination of Crum and Jones to the Senate soon after the holiday recess. Postmaster General Payne, who takes a keen interest in the political welfare of the Administra tion, ^ said "today after the Cabinet meeting that he was very sorry Dr. Clayton had to be side-tracked. He seems to be a very deserving man and everything seemed to point to his selection to the marshalship. Rich Gold Vein Discovered Near Anniston, Ala. New York. Dec. 30.?A flurry has been caused in Wail street, says the World, hy the announcement of gold discovered in Alabama in sufficient quantities to make mining profitable. For more than two years the land has been worked secretly. A twenty stamp mill was erected even without the knowledge of the natives. Chance led to the discovery of a vein of ore. A company was jformed and the stock bought up by New York, Philadelphia and Washington capitalists before the news was published. The value of the ore has been averaging $36 a ton for the past sixcy days and another twenty stamp mill is going u?. The mine is twenty miles from An niston and seventy miles from Bir mingham. The ledge runs more than a mile and a half.- The pay streak varies in width from twt to four feet. A Base Adulteration, The lovers of pure sweet syrup thought they had a safe thing in the ribbon cane syrup of South Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. But their cherished hopes have departed. The Georgia syrup is now adulterated to such a degree that the Legislature is talking about a, pure food law. But the trusts and corporations controlling the syrup manufacture will out vote the Georgia Legislature. When one barrel of pure cane syrup can be con verted into five barrels with the addi tion of glucose the temptation is too great. The old time New Orleans ket tle molasses with the sugar several inches thick it the bottom of the bar rel" is a thing of the past. With the centrifugal process of making sugar the resulting molasses is poor staff. In South Carolina there is not enough syrup made for the trusts to take hold of it. Persors wishing pure syrup can get small quantities in the lower counties and it is first-class. To pro tect the people against adulterated food all the legislation possible is needed.?Carolina Spartan. injustice to the South. Washington, December30.? The Sec retary of Agriculture has issued the annual order establishing a quarantine against a number of Southern and Western States on account of the Southern, or Texas, fever. The quar antine against Texas and Oklahoma is made a month earlier this year, taking effect January i, bat it is not operative against the other States j until February 1. Except in this re spect the provisions of the order are identical with that in previous years. The prescribed territory includes Ar kansas, Tennessee, Virginia and all' States south of them. Standard is in Control. Chicago, Dec. 30.? A special to the Record Herald from New Orleans, says: "The Standard Oil company has at last secured control of the Beaumont oil field in Texas and the Jennings oil regies in Louisiana. There are only a few small companies remaining outside, and they cut very little figure in the marketing of fuel oil. The price of fuel oil has been advanced to $1 a barrel, and the in dications"are that the quotations will go still higher." MmU COURT S.C&NDAL King George to Publish a Full Official Account. Berlin, December 30.?King George of Saxony has ordered the preparation of a full official account of the elope ment of the Crown Princess Louise and the circumstances leading up to it for the Saxon people,- among whom the most fantastic stories are in cir culation, to the detriment of the royal, house, especially with reference to the future King. The scandal is undermining, according to some opin ions, the people's loyalty and respect for the throne. The dynasty being Catholic and the people Protestant, the affair is being utilized for sectari an controversy. The King's statement, doubtless, will follow the line indicat ed in the intimations supplied to the newspapers having Court leanings, published today, affirming that the Crown Princess's sole reason for elop ing was her relations with Prof. Giron, and that documentary proofs have been found showing that the elope ment had long been in preparation. The stories of ill treatment on the part of her husband, of oppressive Court ceremonial and of her fettered exist ence are classed as inventions. The Crown Princess's own account of the immediate cause of her flight from Salzberg, written to an intimate friend, presumably the Princess Therese of Bavaria, was. telegraphed from Munich this morning. It says her father, the Grand Duke of Tus cany, intended to imprison his daugh j ter either in a lunatic asylum or in an Italian convent. He had already con sulted the Court physician and several medical authorities in Vienna, with the object of obtaining certificates warranting him in shutting her up. Her father, the Crown Princess adds, was giving her no time for delibera tion. He demanded, first, that she be taken under guard to Dresden to apo logize to the Crown Prince, and that she then choose between confinement in a convent or in a mad house. King George has appoined a special j Court of seven Judges to try the suit I for divorce which the Crown Prince has decided to insitute against the Crown Princess. The Uprising in ?floroco. Madrid, December 30.?A dispatch from Tangier, Morocco, announces that the rebels have cut the aquednct which supplied Fez with water and adds that the city is now practically wihout water. It is "further asserted that unless the Kabyleh tribesmen from the south come to the succor of Fez the place must surrender within three days. The hostility against the Sultan is spreading in Fez. The Moors are ex hibiting photgraphs of him arrayed in ridiculous garb. The Sultan yester day assembled the nobles of the be sieged town at the palace and exhorted them not ts despair, assuring the chiefs that the imperial troops will" ultimately triumph. Great Britain and France have noti fied Spain that they have no intention of taking advantage of the situation in Morocco, and that they desire the maintenance of the status quo, even in the event of the Sultan being dethron ed and his place taken by th6 Preten der. These communications have re assured the Spanish Government, which is thus relieved of fears of inter national duplications. Tangier, Morocco, December 30.? Foreigners in the interior of Morocco have been advised to make for the coast, as provisions are scarce amd communications are almost closed. Th e Pretender himself is reported to be twenty miles from Fez. ? i ?_?- -??? -?xriT? Our Asiatic Squadron. Washington, December 30.?The navy department has decided to divide the Asiatic squadron into three divi sions instead of two, as at present, and to send out another flag o.dicer. The heavy battle ships will be under commander of Rear Admiral Evans, who also will be in general command of the entire squadron; the cruisers under the command of Rear Admiral Cooper, who is to succeed Rear Admi ral White, and a new division, com prising the light gunboats, will he created, under the command of Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, now comman dant of the Puget Sound navy }ard. The latter will raise his flag on the gunboat Rainbow and will have his general headquarters at Cavite. A reward of $100 has been offered by the Governor for che party or par ties who foully murdered Mr. W. F. Hudson at the Wateree Bridge at Cam den on the 19th inst. So far there is no clue to the perpetrators of this hor rible crime The reward should be supplemented, and a persistent search kept up until the right parties are captured.?Messenger. An exchange says: "Several days ago the Standard Oil Company increased the price of its product 3!o cents a gal lon to jobbers. And the next day Mr. Rockefeller, one of the principal stock holders, gave 81,000,000 to Chicago Univeristy. Ought we not to hold a meeting and pass some resolutions of some kind?" The Isthmian commission has been a very soft thing for its members, as well as for their friends who were so lucky as tc stand in their good graces. A telegram recently told how the sons of senators and representatives and other prominent men were given berths I with the commission, having large salaries attached and nothing to do. But congress voted a million for salaries and expenses and the sinecures were eagerly sought after. Notwith standing the expenditure of this large sum of money the canal is just as far off as ireality as it ever was. The Atlantic Coast Line Railway will be redistricted on the first of the year according to a plan recently de cided upon by the board of directors. The entire system will be subdivided into six districts, where formerly there were three, and ' the dis tricts will be known as Richmond, Norfolk, FayetteviKe, Wilmington, Charleston and Columbia. It is under- ! stood that several promotions will j be made as soon as :hese changes go into effect, but it is not known yet I who will be superintendent of this \ district. M?RDER MYSTERY IN NORTH CAROLIN! Remains of a Policeman Found Eight Weeks After He Disappeared. Charlotte, N. C, December 30.?A special to the Observer from Durham, N.-p., says: News reached here tonight that the remains of John Rogers, a policeman, who disappeared from his home at Virginia, on the Norfolk and Western Road, some eight weeks ago, were found near that station on Saturday by a party of hunters. The body was so badly decomposed that recognition was only possible by the watch -and clothes of the deceased. The story told tonight is that about eight weeks ago a negro was killed in Virginia. His body was found in the early morning and with the finding of the body Officer John Rogers disappeared. It was generally supposed that Rogers killed the negro. Rogers had money in the bank and it was found that this had been taken from deposit. Later the members of his family re ceived a letter stating that Rogers had gone to Asheville, N. C, and that he would "not write again, but for them notNto be uneasy. This prevented uneasiness on the part of the family until the dead body was found by hunters. The supposi tion is that Rogers killed the negro, drew his money and attempted to get out of the country, but that he was run down"by friends of the dead negro, killed and then robbed. Rogers, it is said, was engaged to a well-known young lady in the com munity. The whole mater is wrapped in mystery. This story is told by pro minent citizens living in that section. It is impossible to verify it tonight on acount of there being no telegraph or telephone connections there. Real Tragedy on the Stage. Marion, Ind., Dec. 30.? During a rehearsal of a Western drama at the opera house in South Marion last night, William Fogleson, 18 years of age, playing the hero, shot and in stantly killed Oliver Miller, 25 years old, who was playing the part of the villian. The tragedy was accidental. Fogleson's sister says she believes her 9-year-old brother got hold of the weapon and substituted real for the blank cartridges. ggjOTBEB FOOL KILLED. He Wounded a Beautiful Girl and Then Killed Himseif. Washington, Ga., Dec. 29.?Sallie Edmonds, a beautiful girl of 18, is slightly wounded, and Chick Harris, aged 36, is dead by his own hand as a result of his infatuation for the girl. Harris was married and had two chil dren. Mr. and Mrs. Harris and'Miss Edmonds were guests at a Christmas party given by a neighbor in Lincoln county. Harris pleaded with Miss Edmonds to leave the party and elope with him immediately. She laughed at him and refused to even consider the proposition. Harris became en raged and drew a revolver and started firing at the girl. One shot entered her arm and she fell shrieking. Think ing he bad killed her Harris turned the weapcng upon himself, sending two bnllets into his body. He died this morning. New York as an Apple Producer. Statistics compiled by F. E. Daw ley, secretary of the New York State Fruit Growers' Association, show that New York is the leading apple-pro dncing state of the Union, with Ohio second and Pennsylvania third.. Missouri may have mere acreage set to apples than any other state, but when it comes to filling barrels with the fruit, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio can beat her three and four times over. Missouri is credited with hav ing no less than 20,040,399 apples trees, but she stands sixth in thj matter of production. New ^ork has 15,054,832 trees, but her productive capacity is barely equaled by the combined ca pacity of the states of Msisouri, Kan sas, Illinois and Arkansas. Every tree in New York state gives an average crop of Z}-2 bushels, giving a total pro ductive capacity of 52,415,700 bushels, and putting the Empire State in the first rank, with more than 16,000,000 bushels to spare over 36,816.900 bushels produced in Ohio, and an additional million bushels in Pennsylvania. There are fifteen states in the United States which have more than 5,000,000 apple trees within their borders, showing that the apple is a popular crop. One fourth of the state's apple crop is raised in the counties of Orleans, Erie, Wayne, Monroe and Niagara. Niagara is the garden county of the state. It is estimated that the fifteen states which lead in apple producing gave 172,329,18' bushels of apples this year, as compared with 184,198,180 bushels in 1901 and .220,891,229 bushels in 1900. The native Filipino who aided Gen. Funaton in the capture of Aguinaldo has been tried and condemned as a murderer. Gen. Funston is a brigadier in the United States army. Rewards ?and justice?are not always evenly administered. The Pennsylvania coal miners refused to work during Christmas week, and as a conesquence there has been a shortage in the coal supply, as the coal is being shipped from the mines as fast as it is dug. This is the story of the operatives and the railroads. International law is a funny thing. According to our state department, it is perfectly lawful for two big na tions to turn looso 13-inch*guns on one little nation to collect a debt, while if an individual creditor went after his debtor with a 32-calibre pistol he'd get jailed if not hung.?Houston Chronicle, Ind. One evening last week the. bicycle of Edwin Brunson, son of Mr. J. E. Brunson, was taken from the front gate of his father's residence, while he stepped into the house a few minutes. No clue as to the whereabout of the wheel could be obtained but on Tues day morning the wheel was found at the same place from which it was taken, but not in the same condition. Several spokes were broken and one of the pedals was out of shape, . An operation for appendicitis was suecesfully performed on Sidney White Friday afternoon at Dr. Ba ker's infirmary, and, having passed a comfortable night, his condition next day was as satisfactory and encouraging as could be expected. If no bad symp toms develop hereafter, a safe" and speedy recovery is hoped for. Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Grossman were ! the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Kohn, Columbia, on Christmas day. : In the afternoon Christmas exercises j were held at the Mission in the mill . district with large attendance. Photo '? graphs of the Mission, Missionary and ?' wife, Mission workers, and adults and \ children of the mission, together with I some homes of the operatives, were ! taken which will, with discriptive : matter, be published in a Philadel phia paper. The annual Christmas tree for the First Baptist Sunday School was a pleasant affair as usual. A large crowd attended to help the little folks enjoy themselves. The music and recitations were good. Santa Clans did not fail to remember every scholar. All went away delighted with the jolly old fellow, and satisfied that the report of his death was only a cruel joke. A feature of the occasion was the presentation of a handsome chiffo I nier to Rev. and Mrs. Brown. Mr. L.I. Parrot with his committee of ladies spent Christmas eve day distributing good cheer among the de serving poor of the city. Contribu tions for this purpose were unusually liberal and not a family was overlook ed. Fruit, groceries, toys and money were given. There were none who did net have an ample supply. We hope this good work, which has come to be an honored custom, will never be aban doned in Sumter. The committee de serve the thanks of the community for the thorough manner in which the work has been done. The annual barbecue supper given by tbe members of the police force, which was held in the Council 'Cham ber on Tuesday night, December 23, was a thoroughly pleasant and enjoyable affair. The supper was one to delight the lover of good viands and there was such an abun dance that even the mighty men of Sumter's standing army, the lusty Mayor, the able bodied Aldermen not to mention a preacher and newspaper men, made but little impression upon it. All who were present enjoyed the occasion and will look forward to next year's barebeue with keen anticipa tions. g We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement in this issue of J. Ryttenberg & Sons. It has been the custom of this well-known firm to hold an annual stock-taking .sale dur ing the first part of each year, at which they sell all goods carried over in stock-taking at cost. They have special reasons this year for carrying out their custom and their advertise ment this week announces that they will positively sell all goods at cost for cash. The Chicago and Florida Special. To induce tourists from the East, North, and West to visit Florida and other Southern resorts, each year the Southern Railway undertakes to do a little more than in previous years to make the resorts of Florida and the South more attractive to the people of the East, North, and West and this season have put in service the best tourists trains that have ever been operated in the South. The first of these trains established is 's The Chicago and Florida Special,'' first trip southbound, January 5th, 1902. This train will have through sleepers from Chicago, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Detroit, Cincinnati, and Louisville and are run through to St. Augustine m very quick time. Train will consist of very best Pullman cars* dining cars and club cars etc. Between Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Jackson ville, Florida there will be also pro vided on this train a first-class coach, which will be of much accommodation to travel between Chattanooga Atlanta, Macon and Jacksonville. Between Chattanooga and Jacksonville, the train will only stop at Rome, Atlanta and Macon. Northbound this train will lv. St. Augustine, 8.15 a. m. ; lv. Jackson ville, 9.20 a. m. : Pass Atlanta, 6.20 p. m. : ar. Cincinnati next morning at which place the sleeping cars diverge to various lines reaching Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Pitts burg, the same afternoon. This "Chicago and Florida Special" was inaugurated by the Southern Railway two seasosn ago, but this season the train will be better than ever before, and will do very much towards divert ing the people from Chicago and the Northwest to resorts of Florida, in stead of as hereofore they going to Mexico, California, etc. Southern Railway also operates train known as "The Florida Limited," which is a through train from Cincin nati to St. Augustine, schedule time of train between Cincinnati and Jack sonville is tweny-four hours. The run from Jacksonville to St. Augustine is made in an hour. This train has through sleeper from Cincinnati to St. Augustine : Chicago to St. Augustine via Lousvillo: Kansas City to Jack sonville via Memphis, Birmingham and Atlanta. Northbound, this train will lv. St. Augustine, G. 10 p. m. : lv. Jackson ville, 7.45 p. m. : ar. Atlanta, next morning, ar. Cincinnati, same after noon. From the East Southern Railway will establish first trip Southbound, January 12th, 1903, their famous "Palm Limited," which is probably the finest tourist train in the world. This train Southbound will lv. New York (daily except Sunday) 12.40 noon: ar. Jacksonville, 2.20 p. m. : ar. St. Augustine, 3.30 p. m. Northbound, this train will lv. St. Augustine (daily except Sunday , 11.10 a. m.; lv. Jacksonville, 12.20 p. m; Ar. New York, 4.13 p. m. This train, the "Palm Limited," in addition to double daily service operat ed all-year-round between New York and Jacksonville via the Southern Railway. It is hard to describe the magnificence of these special Florida trains as run by the Southern Railway ;! about ail that can be' said of them j is, that they are composed of the finest cars that tho Pullman Company i can build. W. II. Tayloe, Assistant General Passenger Agent. Gen. Miles is having a great time in ! China, where he is being treated as j the "whole thing" by the dowager, empress. i Of Value to Cane Growers. A pamphlet entitled "Fertilizing Sugar Cane," written by a practical ; sugar planter from Hawaii, has just j been published by the German Kali ; Works, 93 Nassau Street, New York, j N. Y., and a copy of it can be obtain ! ed free by writing to them.- No doubt ] many of our readers will be interested to learn how this crop is treated so as to produce large yields of cane and I sugar and the pamphlet mentioned con j tains many valuable points pertaining ! thereto. The Old Almanac. Chas. H. Fletcher's New York Almanac has ever been one of the fore most in attractiveness, and the 1903 edition is no exception. It has a hand some, lithographed cover that almost says: "Take me home with you." It contains th*, usual number of jokes, much valuable information relative to the care of infants, a record page in blank for baby's early days, and prob lems that will help to $ass away many a long evening. Here is one: A child asked her father how old he was, and the father replied, "I am just six times as old as ycu are, but in twenty-four years you will be one-half as old as I." What were their ages? We understand that this Almanac may be had for the asking, either at drug stores or direct from Chas. H. Fletcher, of New York City. Charleston has the prospects of get ting a big oyster canning factory. A representative of a big Baltimore con cern is now there looking over the Seid. He has not specified publicly what amount from Charleston would be considered a bid. A novel scheme has recently been evolved by which a train will not only be lighted by electricity, bnt the power will be obtained by a rotary fan attached to the front end of the loco motive. Tests nave shown that on an ordinary train five cars can be il luminated in a night, and that the battery in the morning will have nearly its maximum charge of electricity. Military Election. An election for Colonel and Lieut. Colonel of the 2d Regiment, S. C. V. I., will be held on January 1st at the S. L. I. Armory. The polls will be open from 10 a. m., to 4 p. m. The candidates are for Colonel D. O. Herbert: for Lieut. Colonel E. R. Cox, F. W. Glenn. C. B. Yeadon, Captain S. L. L STOLEN?One double barrel Ithaca hammerless shotgun 12 gage: 30 inch stubb twist barrels, also one black frame bicycle not newt with red striped rims, double tube tires, new hunt 76 saddle, now handle grips and branded Special, small name plate. The latter was taken on 18th inst., A reward of $5 will be paid to any one finding them. W. S. Reynolds. | Dec. 31?It. Jenkins Bros, have just received a large shipment of ball bearing, drop head, New Home machines. See them. Under Ma sonic Temple. July 30. JERUSALEM OAK SEED?"Wanted" Jerusalem Oak, or worm seed, < clean from leaves and trash, received in any quantity, and cash paid for same at 2 cents per pound, delivered at No. 15 S. Main street. J. A. Renno. Dec. 24?2t. BUY ONLY The High Grade Fertilizers, Manufactured by The W. C. Macmurphy Co., of Charleston, S. C,, Successors to the Wilcox & Gibbs Guano Co. No cheap materials used. *No low grade goods made. We would call your special attention to the WILCOX, GIBBS & CO ?S STAR BRAND MANIPULATED GUANO, which has given general satisfaction for 35 years, and has proved to be the best cotton and corn fertilizer made. Our WILCOX & GIBBS TOBACCO FERTILIZERS are second to none on the market. 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