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m SUMTER WATCH st AK, Established April. 1850. 4tBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't att be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone 15 66 Cosolidated AB?. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 28, 1903. New Series-Vol. XXII. No. 38 Ci? ^lattbinan at? Son?koii - - ?J Published 2*ery Wednesday, -Br-. pi. Gr. O^teen, SUMTER, S. C. T?BH8 : $1 50 per anuu<o-it? advance ADTBS7ISSXIK7: Jae Square first insertion.$1 00 Svery subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer vr\h oe made at reduced rates All coQtuauieations which subserve private interests will be charged for asadvertieaents. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be sharked for. HF?ii THE HOES. important Meeting Heid in New York Last Nigfel . GROVES CLEVELAND SPEAKS. The Object was to Aid Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute in the Industria! and Moral Education of the Colored People. _ i New York, April. 14.-Former Presi jdenfc Grover Cleveland was the princi? pal speaker tonight at a meeting held in the Concert Hall of Madison Square Garden, in the interests, of the Tuske? gee Normal and Industrial Institute. Among those on the platform with Mr. Cleveland were Mayor Low, who presided, Booker T. Washington, Edgar G. Murphy, Dr. Lyman Ab? bott, President Nicholas Murray Butler and Dean J. Van A m ringe, of Colum? bia ; W. H. Baldwin, Chancellor Mc? Cracken, of New York University; John De Witt Warner and George F. Peabody. Mrs. Cleveland sat in the gallery with Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, who are Mr. Cleveland's! hosts while he is in the city. Mr. Cleveland, who was greeted with prolonged applause as he was in? troduced by Mayor Low, said : I have come here tonight as a sincere friend of the negro, and I should be very sorry to suppose that my good and regular standing in such company needed support at this late day, either from certificate or confession of faith. Inasmuch, however, as there may be differences of thought and sentiment among those who profess to be friends of the'negro, I desire to declare myself as belonging to the Booker Washing ton-Tuskeg?e section of the organiza? tion. I believe that the days of Uncle. Tom's Cabin are past. I believe that neither the decree that made the slaves free, nor the enactment that suddenly invested them with the rights of citizenship, any more purged them of their racial and slavery-bred im? perfections and deficiencies than it changed the color of their skin. I be? lieve that among the nearly nine mil? lions of negroes who have been inter? mixed with our citizea?hip there is still a grievous amount of ignorance, a sad amount of viciousness and a tremendous amount of laziness and timelessness, I believe that these conditions inexorably present to the white people of the United States, to each in his environment and under the mandate of good citizenship, a problem, which neither enlightened self-interest nor the higher motive of human sympathy will permit them to put aside. I believe our fellow country? men in the Southern and late slave holding States, surrounded by about nine-tenths, or nearly eight millions, of this entire negro population, and who regard their material prosperity, their peace and even the safety of their civilization, inter-woven with the negro problem, are entitled to our ut? most consideration and sympathy and fellowship. I ara thoroughly convinced that the efforts of Booker Washington and the methods of Tuskegee Institute point the way to a safe and beneficent solution of the vexatious negro problem at the South, and I know that the good people at the North, who have aided these efforts and methods, have il? lustrated the highest and best citizen? ship and the most Christian and en? lightened philanthropy I cannot however, keep out of my mind tonight, the thought that all we of the North may do, the realization of our hopes for the negro must, after all, mainiy depend, except so far as it rests with tho negroes themselves, ;apon the sentiment and conduct of the leading and responsible white men of th? South, and upon the maintenance of a kindly end helpful feeling on their part towards those in their midst, who so much need their aid and en? couragement. I need waste no time in detailing the evidence that this aid and encoc- j rigenient has thus far been generously i forthcoming. Schools for the educa- j tion of negro children and institutions i for their industrial training are scat- j tered all over the South and are liber- j ally assisted by the Southern public | and private funds. So far as I am in formed the sentiment in favor of the j iargest extension and broadest influ- j enoeof Tuskegee Institute and kindred j agencies is universal, and 1 believe ? ti?at without exception the negroes s who fit themselves for useful occupa tiona and service find willing and ' cueerful patronage and employment j among their white neighbors. "1 do not know bow it may be with ? other Northern friends of the negro, ? but I have faith in the honor and I sincerity of the respectable white peo- j pie of the South in their relations w ith ' the negro and his improvement and well-being. They do not believe in the social equality of the race, and I thev make no false pretence in regard \ to it. That this does not grow ont hatred of the nergo is very plain, seems to me that there is abunds sentiment and abundant behav: among the Southern whites towal the negro, to make ns doubt t justice of charging this denial of soc equality to prejudice, as we usua! understand the word. Perhaps it born out of something so much deer, and more imperious than prejudi as to amount to a racial instim Whatever it is, let ns remember th it has condoned the nergoes' share the humiliation and spoliation of t white men of the South during t saturnalia of Reconstruction days, a: has allowed a kindly feeling for ti negro to survive the time when t South was deluged by a perilous floi of indiscriminate, unintelligent ai blighting negro suffrage. Whatev it is, let us try to be tolerant ai considerate of the feelings and ev< prejudiced racial instinct of our whi fellow countrymen of the South, wh in the situation of the negro probler must, amid their own surrounding bear the heat of the day and- stagg? under the weight of the white man burden. There are, however, other conside ations relating to this feature of tl negro question, which may be regari ed as more in keeping with the objec and purposes of this occasion. A friends of the negro, fully believirj in the possibility of his improvemei and advancement, and sincerely an confidently laboring to that end, it i folly for us to ignore the importance < the ungrudging-co-operation on th part of the white people of the South i this work. Labor as we will, th os who do the lifting of the weight mus be those who -stand next to it Thi co-operation cannot be forced ; nor ca it be gained by gratuitously runnin counter to firmly fixed and full en305 ment of civic advantages, or even pr? judice& We are not brought to th point of "doing or overlooking evi that good may come, when we procee upon the theory that before reachin the stage where we may be direct!; and practically confronted with th question of the negro's full enjoy ment of civic advantages or even 0 all his political privileges, there ar immediately before us and around u questions demanding our imm?diat care,. and that, in dealing effectivel; with these, we can confidently rel; upon the encouragement and assistant of every thoughtful and patriotic citi zen of the land, wherever he may liv< and whatever may be his ideas or predi lections concerning the more remoti phases of the negro problem. Thes< questions that are so immediate!: pressing have to do with the practica education of the negro, and especial ly with fitting him to compete witl his white neighbors in gaining a de cent, respectable and remunerative livelihood. Booker Washington, ir speaking of the conditions and needs of his race, has wisely said: "It is al the bottom of life we must begin, anc not at the top: nor should we permil our grievances to overshadow our op? portunities." In summing up the whole matter, there is one thing of which we can be absolutely certain. When we ^ic Tuskegee Institute and agencies like it, striving for the mental and manual education of the negro at the South, we are in every point of view render? ing him the best possible service. Whatever may be his ultimate destiny, we are thus helping to fit him for fill? ing his place and bearing its respon? sibilities. We are sowing well in the soil at "the bottom of life'" the seeds of the black man's development and usefulness. These seeds will not die, but will sprout and grow, and if it be within the wise purpose of God the hardened surface of no untoward senti? ment of prejudice can prevent the bursting forth of the blade and plant of the negro's appointed opportunity into the bright sunlight of a cloudless day. At the conclusion of his address, Mr. Cleveland introduced Edgar G. Murphy, who said : "I think that wise men everywhere are recognizing in the principal of Tuskegee one of the greatest moral assets in the life of our country today : "The South has not applauded him with undiscriminating agreement or with monotonous, though less, profit? less ncc'aim. The South has ' some times blamed him. But tne South is too fair to him and to his race, to allow these occasions of disagreement to dis? tort the broad perspective in which she has viewed and appreciated that arduous public service through which, for twenty years, in cheerful patience and unaffected modesty, he has labor? ed for the upbuilding of his humble and untutored fellows. He has greatly, doje a great work in response to great need. "North and South there have been those who have seen peril in the negro's progress. Bat if the progress of the negro bring peril with it that peril is nothing in comparison with the perils attendant on the negro's failure." Dr. Lvman Abbott, who followed, said that tho South deserved great" credit for taking up as it had an un? tried problem in helping the nergo to help himself. "And the North," he said, "has given her scant credit. She has given him schools that the North has refus? ed him and done many other ti ings to? wards his future that the North never thought of." g Dr. Abbott next spoke of the great work of Booker T. Washington and praised him in tho highest terms, declaring he had done as much for the white race as for tho colored race. His work had really brought about the union of North and South in the work that he had taken up as his life task. Quoting a remark made by Henry Ward beecher, to the effect that we should "make the negro worthy first and then give him suffrage," Dr. ' Abbott said : " We made the mistake of giving him j suffrage first and the unfortunate ! negro bas had to suffer ever since, j What the negro wants is education, i It all depends upon education whether I the negro will be a shackle to our feet m ..cv. .. .. or wings to onr body; that soon after the meeting bad begnn he had re? ceived two telegrams, one annonncing a gift of $10,000 from a lady in Ohio, and the other a gift of ' SI,OOO from a lady and gentleman in the Scnth. He said that 856,000 had been needed to pay the indebtedness of the institu? tion and that, taking the gifts into consideration, there was the small snm of $45,000 needed, for which he made an urgent plea, as well as for a further endowment sum." THE FuiifoifmiiBE. New . York Stock Market Still Feverish and Unsettled. New York, April 14.-The stock market . was feverish and unsettled again this morning as an after effect of yesterday's severe shaking down. Influential support, however, was accorded at the start today and the heavy offerings of stocks were absorb? ed and price bid up determinedly as of ten as they fell. This had the effect of restoring confidence and checking the food of liquidation. A recovery of Northern Securities on the curb to above the opening level helped to reassure sentiment on the Stock Exchange and the market be? came quiet and dull, but decidedly firm. The level of prices for the ma? jority of active stocks nile between 1 and 2 points above last night. The bear party was inclined to cover and caused a hardening tendency of the market, but the volume of dealings was much diminished on the advance and buyers were not disposed to follow prices upward with any eagerness. The demand from the bears became urgent late in the day to cover their short contracts, when a rumor circu lated that the Northern Securities Company would arrange a compromise with the Government of the suit against the validity of the company. The result was a strong and active close, with some leading stocks 2 points or more above last night's level. GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION. Against Railroads and Prevents An Increase of Rates of Freight. Atlanta, Ga., April 14.-Judge Em mory Speer, in the United States District Court at Columbus, Ga, today granted an injunction, upon the request of the Georgia Saw Mill Associations against a number of Southern railroads, restraining them from putting into effect a proposed advance of two cents per hundred in the rate on lumber shipments to the West The Coart orders that the de? fendant railroads appear at Macon on April 24, to show cause why a perma? nent injunction should not be granted. In their application for injunction the lumber dealers charge that the railroads forming the Southeastern Freight Association are working in illegal combination. , Plumbers go on a Strike. Columbia, April 14.-The plumbers went on a strike this morning for no particular reason that could be learned, unless it ie their desire to seize a pretext to demand more wages. These sort of things are of almost daily occurrence now, and nobody bothers with them much, but men employing such labor are constantly put to annoyance by petty, and some? times ridiculous, demands. It seems that a man who was pntting in a steel ceiling for a building had occasion to change some gas pipes in order to make a good job. A plumber seeing him demanded to know why he was doing plumbing work. The man in vited his questioner to a warmer clime and finished the job. This was said to have been the cause of the present strike, though it is said it ?3 a mere pretext to get higher wages. Attempt to Force North Carolina to Pay Carpetbag Bonds. Washington, April 14.-The Quited States Supreme Court today heard the argument in the case of the State of South Dakota versus the State of North Carolina, involving the legality cf bonds issued by the latter State in 1S66 to aid the. construction of tne North Carolina Railroad. Originally the bonds amounted in the aggregate to $2,500,000, but all but 8200,000 of them, which were owned by New York parties, were compromised. Of the bonds which were not thus settled $10,000 worth were presented to the educational fund of South Dakota for the purpose, it is claimed by the legal representatives of North Carolina, of giving the Federal Supreme Court original jurisdicton. The case was ar? gued for South Dakota by Wheeler Ii. Peckham and for North Carolina by George Rountree, J. H. Merriman and Joseph E. Sheppard, North Caro? lina contests the snit on the ground that the bonds were not legally issued, | and also challenges the jurisdiction of the Court. Robbed the G. ave. A startling incident, is na ratrd by John Oliver, of Philadelphia, as fallows: .*! was in an awful conditio:?. "Sty skin was almost yellow, eyes sunken, toncue coated, p in continually in ba. k and side?, nu appetite, growing weaker day by day. Turee physicians had given me up. Then I was advised to ase EleCiric Hitlers; to my great joy. the first bottle made a de ci ?ed improvement. 1 continued their ase for three weeks, ?md nra now a weil man. I know they robbed the grave of another victim." Noone should fad io try diem. Only f>0 cenis, gaaranteed, at J. F. W . De Lorine's tlru^ store. ?l. . - ' Call, see and buy our crepe paper. Osteen & Co. Call and get a copy cf Pupils Pot? pourri. H. G. Osteen & Co. BEAUMONT TEXAS BURNED. Million Dollar Firs in the Oil Dis? trict. h TERRIBLE DISASTER CAUSED By The Carelessness of a Work? man who Kicked Over a Lantern and Started a Fire in the Midst of a Block of Oil Mills. Beaumont, Texas, April 15.-A careless workman kicked over a lan? tern at one of the Caldwell oil wells on block 38, Hogg-Swayne tract, on Spindle Top, today and started a fire that resulted in the loss of property valued at $1,000,000 and caused the bankruptcy of twenty or more of the smaller companies. There were 175 wells in the three blocks of the tract and only five of the derricks and pump houses are left standing. Every com? pany that had property in .the Hogg Swayne tract is a loser. The fire swept the three blocks, covered with der? ricks and pump houses, clear of all its buildings. The derricks left are on the edges and are few and far be? tween. None of the commpanies had a cent of insurance. The fire started near the southern edge of block No. 38 and spread three ways. Pumping stations, derricks and pipe lines all fell before it. Large engines and thick pipe melted in the heat. It is estimated that 170 of the wells sustained an average direct loss of $3,000. This is exclusive of half a million dollars more, the aggregate loss on prodeuction and other dam? ages. Fifty or more wells probably, are ruined by the dropping of tubing into them as the result of the fire. Among the losers are; London Oil and Pipe Line Company, Caldwell Oil Company, Spindle Top Power Com? pany, Central Power and Equipment Company, Pumping Station Dividend Oil Company, Detroit-Beaumont. Palestine-Beaumont, Sun Company, Advance Oil Company, Queen City, Queen of Waco,' Drummers, Alamo, Buckeye, ?round Floor, Manhattan, Borealis and Buffalo. All pumping rigs, derricks and pipe line equipments were destroyed. Ex? tensive losses were sustained by owners of drilling rigs, among whom were H. B. Ford, Cartwright Oil Company, John Markham and J. W. Ennis. Mr. Ennis estimates his loss at $15,000 and others at from $1,000 to $1000. The Texas, Sun, London Oil and Pipe Line, Guffey, Higgins and other companies lost heavily through dam? age to their pipe lines. The Heywood tract was saved only after hard work. Claims Against Alliance. J _____ Columbia, April 14.-The Alliance Exchange receivership matter has never been heard by Master Verner, because the lawyers have not decided on a time for taking the testimony. The matter wa3 again brought into public prominence today by the filing of two claims against the funds on hand. The first is by Col. J. C. Coit, who was president from September, 1889, to July, 1891. He claims $548 on account of unpaid salary. Mr. Coit now lives in Washington, D. C. The second claim was by M. L. Donald? son, of Greenville. He was the first general manager, and, besides his salary, he claims that he was to get a percentage of the profits, which, he says, amounts to $1,739.50, and he makes claim for that sum. 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