Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m n n otift TJBB 8UKTKK WATCHMAN. XstabUf&ed April. IS50. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends tuon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE 80CTHR0K, Established Jone IS Go Cesolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 3, 1903. New Series-Vol. XXII. No. 44 I HAVE ONLY ONE HUNDRED OF THESE fl ACH INES, But while they last they will go for Five Dollars each, six records to go with every ma? chine. This is the genuine Columbia Graphophone, and every record bears the Columbia'trade mark, as well as the machine itself, which is of the latest design. Do you work hardball through the hot summer days ? A little recreation and amusement in the evenings will cheer you up and make happiness in the family circle. As you are not to enjoy a thousand years' so? journ in this land of flowers you may as well pick up a few lines of pleasure in passing, espe? cially when the cost does not exceed the five dollar mark. I am not living ten thousand miles away from you, and have the goods for sale, open for your inspection ; come and see them. T. B. JENKINS, Tr. Selling New Home Sewing flachines, Columbia and Cleveland Bicycles, and a high-class line of Sporting Qoods. -JM-B-wo-OT -Bf SUMTER, S. C. TSSKS : fi 50 per ano am-ic advance. IOTISTISIXIIT: . One Square* first insertion.......$1 00 ?very subsequent insertion...~. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wili te made at reduced raies. Ail communications which aubserve private interests will be charged for as ad ver tie men ts. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. TIE SSM 8f PERSIS'S ?BT. Extracts Stewing Quaint Way His Ideas and Impressions Were Set Down. Extract? from the diary of the Shah of Persia, who has quite recently been visiting England are amusing. . The Shah was mightily impressed "by the greatness and incorruptibility of the London police, and wrote concern? ing them as follows: "The English police gentlemen are men of the great? est culture and honor. Unlike those of many countries, I have been in? formed that the police of England and the-United States are almost incor? ruptible, and that it is impossible to bribe them except by the touch of gold.. These officers carry themselves with great dignity, but there have been occasions on which they have shown commendable alacrity, and have even been known to be present when tbe public peace has been threatened by certain unseemly and riotous citizens. '' The shah has a very poor opinion of the English climate, if one may judge from .ute following extract: "It is very necessary for the people of Eng? land to wash thoroughly and frequent? ly in order to clear themselves from the constant fogs and rains that fall upon them. So much dc the people of Britain love water that they some? times wash twice daily. Even the members of the royal family and the great .nobles find pleasure in this some? what childish occupation." *. This despotic monarch's opinion of English women's charms and accom? plishments is hardly altogether flatter? ing: "An English lady is very fair to look upon, fier skin is soft and clean, but her figure is unnatural and angular. She has certainly not the pleasing vivacity of a French lady, neither has she the captivating bold- j ness of an American lady, of whom many are in Loudon. An English woman is passionately fond of all animals, and is often devoted to her : husband .and children."' The shah was mightily, impressed at the great wealth of some of the English people: "Many private in? dividuals," he writes, "are almost as rich as the king himself. It speaks very highly for King Edward's kind heartedness to say that he never resents this great wealth existing among his subjects, neither does he punish them in any way for this apparent presumption. ' ' Eufaula, Ala, May 26.-Mrs. J. D. Arlington, aged 50, and her son, Robert Arlington? age 21, were murder? ed last night at Solomons' Mills, ten miles below Louisville, Ala. Before she died Mrs. Arlington named a white man and a negro woman as the murderers. Officers with blood hounds j have left for the scene of the tragedy. , Bobbery was the motive. Booker Washington, backed by An? drew Carnegie, has completed plans to establish a big tobacco factory in Bichmond, Va., to be operated by negroes exclusively. Carey Styles, white, of Greenville, was convicted Tuesday of manslaugh? ter, for kilting Walter McCarrel! last summer. Driven to Desperation. living at an out of the way place, re- j mote from civilization, a family is often driven to desperation in case of accident, resulting in Burns, Cuts, Wounds, Ulcers, etc. Lay in a supply of Bncklen's Arnica Salve. It's the best on earth. 25c, at J. F. W. "OeLonne's Drug Store. TUE JEFFRiES-GQRBETT FIGHT. Details of the Match Between Jim Corbett and Jeffries. The battle for the heavy-weight championship of the world between Jim Jefferies and Jim Corbett will be fought at Mechanics' Pavilion, in San Francisco, under the auspices of the Yosemite Athletic Club on or about August 14. The men will contest for 70 per cent, of the gross receipts, of which the winner will receive 75 per cent, and the loser 25 per cent They will be allowed to wear soft bandages and strict Marquis of Queens berry niles will govern the contest. AU the arrangements for the fight have been completed in San Francisco. Very little time was lost by the fight? ers in arranging ali the details for the match. Harry Corbett, on behalf of the club, made the fighters two offers to take their choice from. One was of TO*per cent, of the gross receipts and the other a guarantee purse of $22,500, an increase of $2,500 from the original offer which the club officials made to the fighters, Without any delay Jeffries and Corbett accepted the 70 per cent offer. ?cross the Sea to Harvest. Thousands of Italian laborers are able to work every year in the wheat harvest both of Italy and Argentina and make good wages by so doing, says the New York Sun. The fact has often been mentioned that in one or another part of the world the har? vest of wheat is in progress every month in the year. Argentina, being in the Southern hemisphere, reaps its wheat several months after our crop has been gathered and most of it sold. The Italian harvest begins in May, including not only wheat but other cereals and also hay. So the Italian fields hands are busy from May through ~the summer months. After the hard summer work at home is over thousands of them buy steerage tickets for Buenos Ayres, which cost only about $10 or $12 in the United States currency. The harvesting and other hard farm work of Argentina begins in November and ends in March. About 15,000 Italians make this journey to Argentina i every year, and after the harvest sea? son is over they return home all ready I for the harvest on the Lombardy plains. The fact that so many Italians go over to Argentina only to remain dur? ing the harvest season helps to swell the statistics both of Argentina im? migration and emigration. In the ten years ending in 1902, "808,175 immi? grants were recorded as entering Argentina. These figures, however, are somewhat misleading, for. they in? clude many thousands cf Italians who crossed the ocean merely to work in the harvest fields. Ia the same ten years there is a re? cord of 0382,572 emigrants from Argentina? 'These figures suggest the idea that the emigrants must have found _ something undesirable in Argentina, and so returned, to their Fatherland, the fact being, however, that about a third of this emigration is accounted for by the Italian farm hands, who go home to do their usual summer work in Italy. There are 165,000 workmen out on a strike in New York City. It is esti? mated that they are losing 8660,000 a day in wages and that the business of 2,500 large firms is tied up as a result of the strike. The circulation of the national banks has passed the 8400,000,000 mark, the largest amount in their history. Judge Frank P. Bonifay dopped dead on the stand after delivering a heated political speech in Pensacola, Fla., yesterday. The village of Salley, Orangeburg county was burned yesterday. Worst of all Experiences. Can anything be worse than to feel that every minute will be your last ? Such was the experience of Mrs. S. H. Newson, De? catur, Ala. "For three years" she writes, UI endured insufferable pain from indi? gestion, stomach and bowel trouble. Death seemed inevitable when doctors and ail remedies failed. At length I was induced to try Electric Bitters and the result was miraculous. I improved at once and now I'm completely recovered." For Liver, Kidney, Stomach and Bowel tron bles Elec? tric Bitters is the only Medicine. It's guaranteed by J. F. W. DeLorme, Druggist. BREATHITT GOBHTY F?EO. Second Alleged Assassin of Marcum in M Jackson, Ky., May 26. -The capture of Tom White and the return of Curtis Jett to. Breathitt county were the events today on which chief interest focused. The question of whether more troops are needed is agitating the minds of many tonight. While nothing has occurred to arouse appre? hension, there have been suggestions that do not make all feel secure. The authorities feel that if more troops shall be needed they will be badly needed and that any emergency will be abrupt. There is a well defined belief that when Jett and White shall be put on trial there will be a confes? sion and that a number of prominent men may be implicated. Mrs. J. B. Marcum, her friends and some citizens are urging that more troops be sent, believing that the^men now here and scattered among various stations could not cope with a mob of mountain men. A consultation among officers was held today, but further than or? dering another Gatling gun from Louisville, there is no indication that reinforcements will be requested. Tom White was arrested at the home of his mother, 18 miles from here, at daylight by a squad of sol? diers under Deputy Sheriff Little, who made the arrest. The house was shrrounded and White was called out. When he reached the fence the war? rant was read, ?nd accompanied by soldiers, he returned to the house and dressed. The party reached here this afternoon and White was remanded until tomorrow morang when he and Jett wll be arraigned together. At the advice of his attorney, Judge John Noble, he declined to make a statement. James Johnson, a nephew of the late J. B. Marcum, guided the sol? diers to where White was found. Lit? tle and 12 soldiers went to Winchester today and the order for Jett was hon? ored by Judge Benton. He was placed in irons and arrived he^e and was committed to jail this evening. He has employed B. F. French of Win? chester as counsel. An effort will be made by his attorney to get a change of venue. If this fails, he will en? deavor to have the jury summoned from outside of Breathitt county. Jett is bitter, against the officials of Breathitt county. He blames them for not coming to his relief. The jail is heavily guarded tonight. Jett and White were not allowed to converse with one another and occupy separate cells. A Stroag Resemblance. There was in Washington a few years j ago an old negro who was noted for his recollections of all the famous statesmen of ante-bellum days. To him one day came ?a mtber pompous ; member of a ?amparatively recent Congress, who resembled some of the \ famous forensic giants only ? in his capacity for ardent spirits. He had his customary cargo aboard and was inclined to be colloquial, so he address? ed the old negro patronizingly : "Uncle Daniel, I understand that you used to know Webster, Clay and all the celebrated statesmen of before the war times?" "Oh, yes, sir; I 'members dem all," responded the old negro. 41 Well, Daniel, 1 have been told that I look like Daniel Webster. Can you notice any resemblance?" "Well, yes, sub; you does 'mind me pow'ful of Mars Webstah in some 'specks. " "Indeed! In what particular do I remind you of Daniel Webster?" in? quired the now thoroughly flattered statesman. "Mos'ly in de bref, sub," responded Daniel:; "mos'ly in de bref!" Startling Evidence. Fresh testimony in great quantity is constantly coming in, declaring Dr. King's New Discovery for Consomption, Coughs and Colds to be unequaled. A recent ex? pression from T. J. McFarland, Bentor ville, Va., serves as example. He writes : "I had Bronchitis for three years and doc? tored all the time without being benefited. Then I began taking Dr. King's New Dis? covery, and a few bottles wholly cured me." Equally effective in caring all Lung and Throat troubles, Consumption, Pneu? monia and Grip. Guaranteed by J. F. W. DeLorme, DrEggist. Trial bottles free, regular sizes 50c, and $1.00. PANAM? ROUTE A DEATH TRAP. Plans for the Canal May be Seri? ously Afected as a Result Abandonment is Possible. Chicago, May 27.-A Washington telegram to the ChicagoChronicle says : Maj. William M. Black, who accom? panied Admiral Walker and Gen. Hains to the isthmus of Panama to look over the canal property, is still on the isthmus examining into the sanitary conditions there. Maj. Black performed excellent work along sani? tary lines in Cuba and his report upon the situation at Panama and Colon is awaited with interest. His presence in that quarter of the world is causing renewed interest in the statements of Senator Morgan and others that climate and sanitary f conditions in the region through which j the proposed canal is to pass are such that it is practically impossible for white men to live there. Gen. Hains returned to the United States convinced of the truth of these statements. The deplorable sanitary conditions during the progress of work by the old French company will be remembered. If those | conditions cannot be improved under . the regime of the United States the ,' loss of life among the workers employ? ed on the canal will be frightful. The French exerted every effort to secure proper sanitation and expended vast j sums of money to that end, but they 1 were unsuccessful. The hospital and j similar buildings erected by them are still standing, but are going into decay and will require a large amount of money to restore them. It is considered probable by many well-informed men that Maj. Black's report will be of such a nature as effectually to call a halt on the Panama canal project. It is beiieved that that report will suggest a very large sum of money for the sanitation of the line of the canal and the cities of Panama and Colon and there are men who know the isthmus well who declare that they would not be sur? prised if the repor? should be practical? ly to the effect that no amount of .sanitation would make the conditions on the isthmus very much better than tfeey were when the French company was operating there. In that event they are not sanguine about the prosecution of the work, especially in view of the reports that are reaching this city to the effect that the Colombian Congress will amend the treaty providing that ?20, - .OCKLVGOO instead of $10,000,000 shall be paid Colombia in the transaction transferring the canal from the French company to the United States Govern? ment. Inevitable Eye-Witness. The late John T. Crisp was a par? ticipant in the battle of Westport, says the Kansas City Star. He liked to describe the engagement from his point of view arid he never failed to interest his auditors. A few years ago, while seated at a "round table" in a down-town cafe, he gave, accord? ing to a friend, free vent to his won? derful imagination, in the presence of Richard Gentry and others who were at the 4cene of the battle at the time it raged the fiercest. The colonel told of the way his com? pany had charged the enemy, of how the federalists were put to flight and of how he himself had been in the fore-front of the bloody battle. Gentry, who was a member of Crisp's company, finally interrupted a beauti? ful piece of word painting about the horrors of war by saying: "Now, colonel, you know yon ran like-on that day, ? was running with yon and you kept ahead of me until we were ont of range of the union guns. Yes, sir, you ran, sir; by gad sir, you retreated, sir, and I retreated with you. ' ' Colonel Crisp so the story goes, calmly looked at Gentry for a moment and then, in his most explosive man? ner, excalimed : "I never told a good story in my life that some blanked eye-witness did not jump up and spoil it." That Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave you, if j ou used | Dr. King's .New Life Pills. Thousands of suffers have proved their matchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They make pure blood and build up } our health. , Only 25 cents, money back if not cured. , Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme, Druggist. , G0ND9HINE GRIME IN THE PHILIPPINES. Secretary Root at Last Makes Public ail the Papers in Con? nection With the Charges Against Major Howze. Washington, May 28.-Secretary Root today made public all the papers in connection with the charges made against Major Robert L. Howze of having authorized the brutal and fatal whipping of hostile natives held as prisoners at Laoag, Luzon, in the spring of 1900. Secretary Root says in part: "Howze's character and conduct afford a very strong presumption against the probability of his having done the things charged. The charges are sustained solely by ex-parte affidavits of a large number of native filipinos, who were hostile to the American troops, and who unite in telling a story, which, if it is to be believed, exhibit the most revolting cruelty. Major Hunter, who collected these affidavits nearly thre*years after the incidents to which they relate, appears by his own letters and the testimony of his brother officers to have entertained a bitter personal ani? mosity towards Major Howze. "The statements of these native affi? davits are directly contradicted by the positive oaths of Major Howze him? self and ten American, officers, who were stationed at Laoag at the time. Either the oaths and statement. of these American officers are false or the native affidavits produced by Major Hunter are false." Major Hunter, who made the charges, sent them to Governor Taft and not through the, regular military channels. The Secretary says this was "designed to secure Major Howze's removal from command and was un? derhanded and most reprehensible." Secretary Root concludes as follows : "Upon all the papers now produced, it appears that the charges against Major Howze are false ; that there were no such beatings as are described in the affidavits procured by Major Hunter; that Major Howze's report upon his investigation of the subject was a true report. "I am not satisfied, however, to leave the case here, resting upon ex parte affidavits. Major Howze has asked for a Court of Inquiry, and I direct that a board of three officers be detailed by the commmanding general, division of the Philippines, to proceed to Laoag and call before them the wit? nesses whose names appear ripon the affidavits procured by Major Hunter, and subject them to examination and cross-examination upon the facts, and call all other witnesses whom they may find to have knowledge of the facts and report the testimony. "Upon the coming in of their re? port, such further order as may seem to be required will be made for the oral examination and cross examination of witnesses elsewhere than at Laoag, having kowledge of the facts." Major Hunter, it appears from his report, made the investigation under an order issued by Lieut. Gen. Miles, commanding the army, dated at Ma? nila, November 28? 1902. Rewds are Public Property. The Texas court of appeals recently handed down a decision which is a distinct victory for the freedom of the press in the Lone Star State. The par? ticular case in question was one in which the editor of the Houston Chronicle was fined for contempt of court by a judge of that city for pub lising the testimony in a murder trial, after having been warned by the court. The court of appeals in a lengthy opin? ion holds that the judge who presided at the murder trial had no power to prohibit the publication of the testi? mony of witnesses in the case, and that his act of punishing for contempt in violating that order was without jurisdiction and consequently void. Kodol Gives Strength by enabling the digestive organs to digest, assimilate ana transform all the whole? some food that may by eaten into the kind of blood that nourishes the nerves, feeds the tissues, hardens the muscles and recuperates the organs of the entire body. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures indigestion, dyspepsia, catarrh of the stomach and all stomach disorders. Soid by J. S. Hushson &C. THE BRE?THlTT COUNTY FE?G. State Troops at Jackson Have to Fight to Protect the Prisoners in the Jail. Jackson, Ky, May 28.-Eariy last evening a body of abont sixty armed men were noticed in Jackson. They were not together, bnt kept close to each other. At midnight the prowlers began to sneak across the street from tlie bank sonth of the jail. The guards commanded them to halt. They re? fused and in reply fired several shots. The guards returned the fire. The prowlers ran about a hundred yards further and fired again. The guards then poured three volleys into them in rapid succession. Moving objects were discovered on the north side of the jail and the guards fired again and killed a cow. A few moments before the firing a flash of lightning revealed a squad of men in the hills in the rear ! of the jail, ffc was then expected that concerted action was to be made to reach the jail and the troops prepared to give any comers a hot reception, but a terrific storm was raging and it was absolutely dark, so that no furth? er demonstration was made. Col. Roger Williams left today for Lexington. "The camp of the troops was almost swept away daring the storm last night. It is thought that Col. Williams will ask for more troops and more equipment. Curtis Jett and Thomas White were arraigned today for the. murder of J. B. Marcum and pleaded not guilty. After considerable delay a consulta? tion among the attorneys was held. This consultation resulted in White and Jett filing affidavits asking Judge Redwine to remove Elizer Little on the ground of prejudice. They ajleged that Little said they ought to be hang? ed. The case was set for Monday, 'which is the first day of the regular term of Court, and there is a special term over Saturday. The grand jury is still working on the Cockrell case. Profit in Advertising. A New York publisher has interview? ed one hundred advertisers, among them the Franklin Mills, the Universi? ty Society, Ostermoor Co., the Proctor & Gambie Co., Packard Piano Co., Lyon & Healy, Keystone Watch Co., Pillsbury-Wash burn flour mills, International Silver Co., and other large concerna To the question whether they intend to increase the volume of their advertising, forty seven concerns out of a hundred replied in the affirmative. Among these forty sei'en firms are fifteen who have ad? vertised fifteen years or longer, and only three whose advertising covers a period of less than three years. Ten other firms volunteered the in? formation that they would advertise only to the same extent in future as they had done for some time past, stat? ing that they had all the business they could possibly handle. Some thirty "f the remaining firms claimed they would not enlarge their advertising appropri?tion, giving as a reason the fact that they could not increase their facilities quick enough to supply the demand for their products which further advertising on their part would surely create. The cases were remarkably few where the sum ex? pended for advertising was to be cut down in the future owing to failure or poor results. Some of the parties approached said they would increase the number of publications used, but . decrease the space. Those, however, who intended to decrease the number of publications and increase the space predominated. The conclusion to be deduced from the statements and experience of ad? vertisers of all kinds and classes is; that advertising must and does pay, no matter whether one hundred dol? lars are expended or as many thou? sands. It is only a matter of using the advertising appropriation, what? ever the sum may be, in a judicious^ and proper manner. Birmingham, Ala, May 28.-It is now reported that in addition to the eight train hands who were killed in the Southern railway freight wreck at Bryan yesterday, five tramps, four colored and one white, were killed. Their bodies were bumed. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 28.-D. W. Miller, general manager of the Aetna Coal company, was instantly killed today at Aetna." He was run over by live empty cars. He was very wealthy.