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SUMTER, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 15, 1903.
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The United States Already Prac?
tically in Charge.
. i Washington, April 7.-Mr. Crom
*well,, counsel for the Panama Canal
Company, and Admiral Waiker called
at toe State department tociay to talk
to Secretary Hay about the work of
the snb-committee, which is to visit
. the Isthmus to appraise the Taine of
the work the company ?3 now doing
on the canal It was reported to the
f Secretary that the Company now em?
ploys 160 engineers, abont 45 medical
< officers and about 1,500 laborers and
foremen on the canal These are near?
ly allait work in the Culebra cat Five
thousand dollars a day is a modest
estimate of the money which the Unit?
ed States will be expected to pay the
Canal Company for continuing this
work.
; Admiral Walker's estimate of the
number of men to be employed on the
Panama Canal when the United States
-shall have formally entered upon the
project is 30,000. For all practical
purposes this Government now is
engaged in the construction of the
canal. Under the agreement signed
v on March 3 by Secretary Hay and Mr.
Cromwell, the American representa?
tive of the new Panama Canal Com?
pany, the work of construction was
to bo continued by the Canal Company
until the exchange of ratifications of
the canal treaty, with the understand?
ing that the United States should pay
for such construction work. The men
now engaged on the canal construction
work are principally Jamaican ne?
groes. One of the purposes of the visit
to the Isthmus soon,to be made by a
sub-cornmitte of the present canal com?
mission is to investigate the labor
supply. The local labor supply is in
suMcient to meet the demand. It is
probable, therefore that laborers' will
be drawn by the thousand from : the
Southern States and the islands of the
West Indies.
A mm nm KILLED.
Mysterious Shooting of a Noto?
rious Negro in Greenwood.
Greenwood, April 7.- E. Norris, a
notorious negro blind tiger of this
city, was found dead in a vacant field,
back of his house, this morning. Two
jugs, containing two gallons of
whiskey each, were found not far
away. A Winchester rifle was lying
by his side. There were no witnesses
to the shooting as far as known, and
the whole affair is one of mistery. Ed
Norris was best known as the worst
blind tiger in Greenwood. He at one
time worked as a train hand on the
Charleston and Western Carolina
Railroad, and could join almost any
crew at any time as extra help. He
would make almost weekly trips to
Augusta in this way, always bringing
back two or three gallons of whiskey.
It is supposed that he had just return?
ed from Augusta last eight with the
jugs found near him, and that he bad
gone to set his rifle, suspecting
trouble. His wife testified to the fact
that be had been in the house to get
the rifle, and that soon after he went
out she heard someone cali ont,
"halt!" and then the shooting began.
The inquest, held this morning,,
simply found that the deceased came
to his death from a gunshot wonnd at
the hands of unknown persons.
Bishop Joseph H. Johnson, of the
Southern California diocese, former?
ly of Detroit, gave the Protestant
Episcopal congregation at Lompoc,
Santa Barbara county, a surprise by
appointing the Rev. George S. Brown
of 'Philadelphia, rector, says a Los
Angeles dispatch to the Chicago
Tribune. Bisop Johnson was as much
surprised as the parishioners when
Brown arrived here to begin his work.
Brown is a negro, and the congrega?
tion over which he was called to preside
is white. Bishop Johnson was not
aware of the new rector's color before
his arrival. The appointment was
made as the resnlt of corrsepondence.
Brown says that in his application he
explained that he was colored, and pre?
sumed that he was coming to minister
to a colored congregation. Bishop
Johnson has decided to organize a
mission in the negro quarters of Los
Angeles and place Brown :in charge
of it_
A Great Sensation,
There was a big sensation ir: Leesville,
Ind., when W. H. Brown, of that place,
who was expected to die, had his life saved
bv Dr. King's New Discovery for Con?
somption. He writes: "I endured in?
sufferable agonies from Asthma, but your
New Discovery gave me immediate relief
and soon thereafter effected a complete
cure," Similar cures of Consumption.
Pneumonia, Bronchitis and Grip are
numerous. It's the peerless remedy foi
all throat and lung troubles. Price"50c, and
$1.00. Guaranteed by J. F. W. DeLorme.
Druggist. Trial bottles free.
FOUR FIES MAYOR.
Carter Harrison, Democrat, Again
Elected in Chicago.
STEP TO MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
Probably Means Traction Ques?
tion Will be Settled in the Inter?
est of Chicago's People.
Chicago, April 7.-Carter H. Harri?
son was elected major of Chicago to?
day for the fourth time, his majority
by unofficial count over Graeme Stew?
art, the Republican candidate, being
6,948. The total vote was : Harrison
146,232; Stewart 139,375; Cruice, In?
dependent Labor, 9,999; Breckon, So?
cialist, 11,212 ; Haines, Prohibition, 2,
848.
In the last mayoralty election the
total vote was Harrison, Democrat,
156,756 : Hanecy, Republican, 128,413 ;
Hoyt Prohibition 3,328; Collins So?
cialist 5,384. The early returns were
in favor of Stewart and at one time he
was 6,000 ahead but the later returns
cut down his plurality steadily and the
Republican leaders in private conver?
sation admitted Stewart's defeats by
about 6,000. In the first precinct of
the Twenty-first ward, in which both
Harrison and Stewart reside, the vote
was Harrison 43 : Stewart 101. In the
last mayoralty election the vote was
Harrison 82, Hanecy 4.
The chief issue in the campaign
was the traction question, both candi?
dates favoring ultimate municipal
ownership of the street railways. Stew?
art advocated an improvement of con?
ditions, making the best terms possi?
ble with the'companies. Harrison re?
commended a delay until the city had
obtained what it desired from the
companies.
? Mayor Harrison said tonight "I
regard the present election as less of a
personal victory for myself, than as a
victory for municipal ownership-a
victory which should lead to the de?
velopment of public national as well as
municipal utilities. Partisan lines
were cast aside to a great extent, but
the result is at the same time a sub?
stantial endorsement of my administra?
tion."
The Republicans elected John F.
Smulsky for city attorney by 8,700
plurality and Fred C. Bender for city
clerk by 3,700; the Democrats elected
Ernest Hummel for city treasurer by
21,700.
The new city council will be 35 Re?
publicans, 33 Democrats and 1 Inde?
pendent Democrat. The result in one
ward is still in. doubt. The old council
was 39 Republicans, 30 Demorcats, 1
Independent.
P30F?T8 OF THE STEEL TRUST.
Enormous Surplus After Payment
of all Expenses.
New York, April 7.-According to a
statement gi Fen out today by the
board of directors the net earnings of
the United States Steel Corporation
for the first quarter of the calendar
year, March estimated, after deducting
outlays for repairs, maintenance of
plant, interest on bonds and mixed
charges, were 824,656,136. The net
earnings for the first quarter last year
were $26,279,599, showing a decrease
for the first quarter of this year of
$1,623,463. Af ter deducting the amount
set aside for sinking funds, deprecia?
tion and reserve funds, there was a
balance of net earnings for the quarter
of ?21,551,189. There was a further de?
duction for interest on the corporation
bonds and sinking funds for the same
bonds, laving a balance of $16,991,189.
After paying the usual dividends on
the preferred and common stocks there
was left undivided profits for the quar?
ter of ?2,978,245. The quarter's earn?
ings show a decrease,and in a foot note
the decrease, as compared with the
same period last year, was attributed
largely to the railroad congestion,
which prevented prompt delivery.
Unfilled orders on the books for
manufactured products on April 1 were
5,410,719 tons. The preferred dividend
is payable May 15, the common June 30.
Makes a Clean Sweep.
There's nothing like doing a thing
thoroughly. Of all the Salves you ever
heard of Bucklea's Arnica Salve is the
best. It sweeps away and cures Burns,
Sore?, Bruises, Cuts, Boil?, Ulcers, Skin
Eruptions and Piles. It's only 2oc, and
guaranteed to give satisfaction by J. F. W.
DeLorme, druggist.
On March 24 it was just twenty-one
years since Prof. Koch published his
discovery of the tubercle bacillus. The
organism had been found toward the
end of 1881, after years of search, but
Koch waited and verified his work be?
fore announcing his find. The result
in Germany has been interesting. In
18S6 the tuberculosis death rate ( much
undestatedj was 31 per 10,000 living
per annum. Last year it was 21. The
discovery has saved Germany thou?
sands of lives and millions of money.
Good Advice.
The most miserable beings in the world
are those suffering from dyspepsia and
liver complaint. More than seventy- ve
per cent, of the people in the United States
are afflicted with these two diseases and
their effects ; such as sour stomach, sick
headache, habitual costiveness, palpita?
tion of the heart, heart-burn, water
brash, gnawing and burning pains at the
pit of the stomach, yellow skin, coated
tongue and disagreeable taste in the
mouth, coming up of food after eating,
low spirits, etc. Go to your druggist
and get a bottle of August Flower for 25
or 75 cents. Two doses will relieve you.
Try it. China's Drug Store.
RABE TREES FOR WHITE HOUSE.
An Imported Forest Established
at the President's Mansion.
Washington, April 6.-When Presi?
dent Roosevelt comes back from the
West he will find a forest of Dntch
green bay and box trees growing in
tubs on the masonry terraces which
stretch away from the White House
toward the treasury on the east and
the excutive offices on the west. The
trees, "which were purchased for the
adornment of the White House grounds
by Mr. R. H. McKim, the architect
of the rejuvenated White House,
were imported from Holland, to which
country the species is indigenous.
On account of the variable climate
they cannot be successfully grown.in
this country. For that reason they
are extremely valuable.
There are four large green bay trees,
the foliage of which is dark green and
grows very close and is trimmed in the
shape of a cone. These trees cost over
$200 each. There are several smaller
trees of the same species, proportion?
ately valuable, and a dozen or two box
trees, which are smaller and of which
the foliage is ' a somewhat lighter
green. Altogether the miniature for?
est, which possesses the advntage of
being easily moved about, has cost
nearly $2,000.
Why Not Butter and Eggs?
It is a fact that thousands of dollars
are sent North every year for butter.
The supply of home-made butter is
far short of the demand, and while
more is being produced in Georgia than
formerly, the demand is increasing
the more rapidly of the two, and the
deficiency is greater every year.
In a conversation the proprietor of
one of Atlanta's largest grocery stores,
said recently:
'Why don't yon people make butter?
Here we are sending to Illinois for the
bulk of our butter, and paying 33
cents a pound for it. Of course, that
is for the very choicest, but good but?
ter is costing us 24 to 28 cents per
pound. Now, why don't you folks
make it?"
"Well we ought to. That was all I
could say," he added in speaking
of the incident. "Now, why dont we?
Simply because we don't try. As a
friend,' of mine said once and the
laziest man, I think, I ever knew,
' It is so much easier not to do any?
thing.' " < >
The farmers of our State have op?
portunities to make some very large
profits, not only in butter, but in eggs
and poultry. There is probably no
article in the world so easily produced
and so easily sold at a good profit.as
eggs: yet we find farmers spending
time and money on other things and
neglecting this important source of
income. Eggs are steadily advancing
in price. They were 15 to 20 cents a
dozen, wholesale, all last summer,
an unprecedented price at that season
of the year. And during the winter,
of course, they have remained steadily
at fancy figures.
Of course, in order to succeed with
these products it is necessary to use
care and common sense. But accurate
"scientific" knowledge, which cer?
tainly increases the margin of profit,
is not necessary. Any farmer of aver?
age ability can realize handsome re?
turns on these commodities at present
prices. It costs no more to produce
them than it ever did. While we are
talking of "home industries," how
about butter and eggs?-Editorial in
Atlanta Journal.
Last Words of Great Men.
"Last words" of great men are
usually faked. I believe Tom Ochil- j
tree was one of the greatest men that j
ever li ved-the greatest in managing to
get along on nothing. When the old |
fellow was on his last legs a Catholic
priest was called in to administer ex?
treme unction. At the conclusion of
the rite he said: "Now, Colonel, you
are absolved. You may rest easy.
Everything is wiped out. You will
have a white robe and a pure spirit in
which to enter the heavenly gates." ?
The gallant old Texan, rolling over
on one side, remarked in a voice shak
ing with emotion: "Then you can tell
the devil to go to hell." Within three
minutes he was dead."
Horace Greeley was one of the most
profane men that ever lived. Cursing
was second nature to him. He even
called himself names that would cause
a duel in the South if applied to a
friend cr enemy. When he realized
that he was dying he said aloud :
"Well, the devil's got you atlast,
you damned old-. " A week after
the funeral his daughter, Miss
Gabrielle Greeley, wrote to Whitelaw j
Reid, the young editor in the Tall j
Tower, (Tribune,) to know what were!
the last wors of her father. Reid wrote I
back: "Your dear father's last words, j
'I know that my Redeemer liveth.' " j
Washington, April 7.-Senator Dan?
iel, of Virginia, has been advised by
the controller of the treasury that an
official decision has been reached and
a settlement-by offsetting of the
claims-made of the long-standing
claims of the United States and the
State of Virignia against each other.
The claim amounted to nearly $2,000,
000 each. By the terms of the settle?
ment Virginia will receive a check for
$5 and some interest-bearing Virginia
State bonds that have been held by
the United States. The bonds it is
said, will amount to over half a mil?
lion dollars.
A Thoughtful Man.
M. M. Austin, of Winchester, Ind., knew
what to do in the hour of need. His wife
had such an unusual case of stomach and
liver trouble, physicians, could not help
her. He thought of and tried Dr. King's
New Life Pills and she got relief at once
and was finally cured. Only 25c, at J. F.
W. DeLorme's Drug Store.
TILLMAN'S TRIAL PUT OFF.
?fasence of two Witnesses the
Cause of the Delay.
STATE RESISTS THE APPLICATION
For a Continuance on The Ground
That the Rule of Court Govern?
ing Continuance has not Been
Complied With.
Columbia, April 8.-The case against
! James H. Tillman has been continued
until the July term of the Court.
The motion for the continuance was
made by the* defence.
The State wished the case to be
promptly tried and insisted that the
defence had not made a sufficient show?
ing to gain a continuance.
The defence based its application
for a continuance of the case, - first,
on the affidavit of physicians that
Capt. J. A. White was too ill to at?
tend the Court ; that he was suffering
from diabetes of a serious type and
partial paralysis ; and, second, Miss
Mary Julia Roper was in New York
and could not be gotten here for the
trial
>-Capt. White in his affidavit used in
the application for bail swore that
R. H. Holzenback told him of a con?
versation with Mr, Gonzales, in which
he said Mr. Gonzales had told him
(Holzenback) that he had made Lieu?
tenant Governor Tillman "show the
white feather on several occasions and
when he met him he would make him
show it again."
Miss Mary Julia Roper is a trained
nurse and she swore in an affidavit
used in the application for bail, which
was declined, that while attending
Mr. Gonzales' uncle she heard Mr.
Gonzales say that he "had made
.Lieutenant Governor Tillman show
the white 'feather and that ho would
do all in his power against him, and
was exceedingly bitter in his denun?
ciation of Mr. Tillman."
. The defence urged that it had tried
to get these witnesses, but without
success.
The State urged that the, defence
had not made a proper, full or satis?
factory showing in its application for
a continuance, and that if such a show?
ing were made of what it was proposed
to prove by the absent witnesses it
might be admitted to , facilitate the
! hearing.
Judge Klugh decided that a sufficient
showing had been made by the defence
? for a continuance of the case and so
I directed. ,
The next term of Court in this coun?
ty meets here on the fourth Monday
in June and the* case can not be tried
now until next July.
Senator Tillman accompanied J. H.
Tillman to Court and sat by him dur?
ing the hearing of the motion for a
continuance.
To all appearances the nearly three
months in the county jail has had no j
physical effect on the prisoner, who,
but for a little sallowness, looks as !
usual. There was no unusual gather?
ing in the Court room when the motion
was made.
The continuance was not unexpected.
The State was anxious to have no
delay in the hearing of the case.
Counsel for tho defence announce
that the continuance of the case does
not mean an application for bail, and
that no such move is now in contem?
plation.
There was a spirited legal contest
over the motion for a continuance,
I participated in by Col. Geo. W. Croft
and Col. P. H. Nelson, counsel for
the defence, and Solicitor Thurmond
and Col. Andrew Crawford, counsel
for the prosecution. Gen. Bellinger,
of counsel for the State, was acting as
Judge at a special term of Court at
Newberry.
The solicitor suggested that an
arraignment of the prisoner be had.
but the defence objected and intimated
that some further motion may be made
later.
The custom in this State is to ask
for and get continuances. The con?
tinuance of the case is entirely with?
in the judgment and discretion of the
Court.-News and Courier.
King 0'Keefe"of Yap.
Washington, April 8.-The navy de?
partment is informed that the collier
Justin left Cavite yesterday for the
island of Yap, in the Caroline group,
on her way to San Francisco. The
visit to Yap is made for the purpose
of taking there a lawyer from Georgia,
who is looking out for the interests of
certain residents of Georgia, who
claimed to be heirs of the late King
O'Keefe, of Yap, who is said to have
left a valuable estate. The claimants
are the wife and children of the al?
leged King. King O'Keefe had several
dusky wives and children in his king?
dom, and they will undoubtedly resist
any attempt cn the part of the
American heirs to secure possession
of any part of his estate.
Washington, April 7.-The secretary
of the treasury has selected the Bap?
tist Church site upon which to erect
the new public building in Atlanta. \
The price paid is 6190,700.
Robbed the Grave.
A startling incident, is narrated by John
Oliver, of Philadelphia, as follows: 4*I
was in an awful condition. My skin was
almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated,
pain continually in back and sides, no
appetite, growing weaker day by day.
Three physicians had given me up. Then
I was advised to use Electric Bitters; to
my #reat joy, the first bottle made a de?
cided improvement. I continued their use ;
for tiiree weeks, and am now a well man.
I know they robbed the grave of anocher
victim." No one should fail to try them.
Only 50 cents, guaranteed, at J. F. W. De
Loime's drug store.
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Jenkins, Jr., Sumter, S. C., and your name will be entered as
a competitor in our Big Word Contest, which will close on the
First day of May, 1903, the contest to be decided by the fol?
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instance, making the word ground, and making again, grounds.
No letter can be used twice in one word.
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