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I. ?Ije tU a tel) m an anD iSoutljroiu - _ ?_ rna SUMTER WATOHMA?. Established April. 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Ainis't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established Jone i = 6 > Cosolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 10, 1903. New Series-Vol. XXII. . Xo. 45 liars I HAVE ONLY ONE HUNDRED OF THESE il ACH INES, s:s s.?SS?-srs.S;aS'S-sssa ? 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 Columbiartrade 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. TC*? I ?. ZT 5 liing Nw Hom Swing flachins, Columbia and Cl veland Bicycls, and a high=class lin of Sporting Goods. "Published Srsry Ve?&es&ay, IST. cst. Osteon, SUMTER,. S. C, TCS3C8 : fl 50 per acacm-ia advance. ?DTSBTIESXICT: Jae Square St3t insertion.......$2 00 Iverj subsequent insertion....... ........... 50 ?. Contracte for three montas, or longer will De made at reduced rates. Al! communications ichica subserve private interests will be charged for as ad verdemente. ; Obituaries sad tribales of respects will be charged for. UMR PBOFITS IN TiBPEHTiiMS. Twenty-Three Per Cent More Turpentine by New Method of Tapping Trees. Also Better Grade of ftosia-The New "Cup and Gutter" System Taking Place of Boxing. Washington, June 1.-The turpen? tine industry is receiving the benefit of discovery by Dr. Charles. H. Berty, an expert of the Bureau o? Forestry, the importance of which may be realized by the enormous gain in profits it secures for the turpentine '"operator. By a new method of tapping .trees, called the cup-and-gutter sys? tem, Dr. Berty has secured an in? crease over the old method of 23 per cent, of turpentine, besides uniformly hi^h grades of rosin. ? The demonstration of this increase is based on careful and elaborate experi? ments conducted by Mr. Berty at ""?cilia, Ga. One-half ef a first, a second, a third, and a fourth year crop was managed by the box system, the other half by the new cup-and gctter system. Every effort was made to have the conditions in the two divisions exactly similar and to make the comparison a just one. The in? creased output of 23 per cent, secured by the cup-and-gutter system during -the season of 1902 is guaranteed by Dr. Berty as being absolutely reliable for the turpentine orchard at Ocilla, rGa, and he believes there is no reason for not accepting it as representative of the increase that may be secured by this system throughout the tur? pentine belt. The experiments of 1902 showed the following gains of the cup and gutter ?*er the box system on a basis of one crop : First year, $4.12.54 Second year, 311.54 Third year, 513.38 ' Sourth year, 516.48 -?Fo striking and significant were the results of the Ocilla experiments that "turpentine operators have eagerly seized upon the discovery, and all over the South the new method is sup? planting the old. Dr. Berty has been constantly in the field this spring, installing the equipment of the new system under the direction of the Bureau of Forestry. Up to the pre? sent 345,000 cups have been installed by the following operators: Baxter & Co., Fargo, Ga., 21,000 cups; Florida Tie and Lumber Co., Middle? burg, Fla, 21,000cups ; Bast Coast Lum? ber Co., Watertown, Fla.., 31,000 cup; Powell, Ballard & Co., Ocilla, Ga., 40.000 cups; E. L. Vickers & Co., Adel, Ga., 15,000 cops; J. T. Hunt & ?o., Asburn, Ga., 21,6? eups; J. C. JdcCaskill & Co., Bainbridge, Ga., 21,000 cups; J. H. Tallevast & Bro., Braidentown, Fia., 10,000 cups;D. M. Deen & Co., Onega, Fla., 30,000 cups; fi. H. Elarbee & Co., Elarbee, Fla., 51,000 cups; Bay Naval Stores Co., Bay St. Louis, Miss., ? 0,000 cups; AvSeesoms, Bonifay, Fla., 10,000 ? <Jups; J. Coleman, Bonifay, Fla, j ?6,000 cups; Johnson, Cromartie & i Co., Altoona, Fla., 21,000 cups; Nixen ! Lucas, Wedowee, Fla., 21,000 cups ; ! P. H. Baker, Campville, Fla., 1,000 cups; R. B. Lutterloh, Tallahassee, Fia., 1,000 cups; The Ellis-Young .Company, Savannah, Ga, 20,000 cups; E. Y. Fry, Stockton, Ga., 1,000 cups; W. C. Alford & Co., Cottondale, Fla., ,3000 cups. Mt, The unbroken forest of longleaf pine that once extended from southern Vir? ginia through the Sooth Atlantic and the Gulf States to eastern Texas has -been greatly depleted. More than half the original forest has been exhaust conservative turpentine op?rai ors estimate a standing supply of gin timber sufficient only for fift y9ars of box cutting. The indiff?re with which this destructive met! was everywhere once regarded been succeeded by a. conviction t something must be done for the t pentine industry, that some metl must be found of extracting turp?n t which will not prevent similar c tinned operations on the same tre The present method of boxing is ne lessly wasteful of the products i needlessly harmful to the forests, "box" or cup-like cavity is cut in i bas? of the tree to receive the re which flows from the scarified i\ above. The box itself does not c< tribute any"additional flow of resin ; the contrary the deep cut, by weak* ing the vitality of the tree, rea lessens the flow. It is an unnecessj wound, inflicted in the most vital pt of the tree reducing its vigor, less? ing its pc wer to stand against t wind, exposing it to the attacks disease, and furnishing an unnecessa: ly large amount of exposed- inflaj mable material to feed the next fi that burns over the frest. The future of the forest that h been heavily turpentined by the bi system is speedy decay and death. The cup-and-gutter system is ful described in Bulletin, 40, entitled " New Method of. Turpentine Orchar ing," just issued by the Bureau Forestry, and by Circular 24, whi< was sent out to tnrpentine operate several weeks ago. Briefly, the equi ment consists of an earthen, cup a tached to the tree beneath its scarifie face and serving to catch the res: which drips from the two galvanize iron gutters above. The earthen ct takes the place of the injurious bo: or hole cut in the tree, but the ne system may be applied to boxed as we as to unboxed timber. The cup-and-gutter system works j great advantage both for the turpei tine operator and the owner of timbe lands. It assures the former ?n in mediate increased profit at very litt! additional expense, and benefits tb latter by inflicting the least possibl damage to his timber. The^new sy? tem has many additional advantage! No change is necessary in the labe of cutting faces on the trees, in whic the negroes of the turpentine belt ai especially skilful. The placing c the equipment, which is extremel simple in construction and may b fitted to trees of all sizes, is easil done by the regular turpentine laboi er. It is held so firmly in place as nc easily. to be destroyed by accident and yet it may be easily and cheap! removed at the end of the season. Turpentine operators and timberlam owners who have seen the results o the cup-and-gutter system are enthusi astic abont it. It means much for th turpentine industry; much also fo the owners of southern pine lands who have seen their fine timber lane laid waste by the destructive boxing, ? method of turpentining that inflicts s< little damage on the trees is a mos important factor in the problem of pre serving southern timberlands, and ai such it marks another advance in the progress of forestry.-Press Bnlletir Bureau of Forestry. Southern Patagonia as a Fanning Country. Civilization is claiming her own, even in Patagonia, Punt Arenas, ox Sandy Point (Latitude 53 degrees, ) ia a city of five thousand inhabitants, with banks, shops, hotels and an opera house. The main industry of the country is wool growing and that, in spite of the poor transportation facili? ties and the lack of a market for mut? ton, is exceedingly profitable. It j engages British capital quite ex? tensively. It has never been supposed I that Patagonia would ever be turned i into a garden, but it would seem, i from Mr. Hatcher's account, that in ? some of the river valleys at least, the j chief bar to agricultural success is j the lack of tillers of the soil. Con? cerning the Bio Chico, an alluvial j valley two hundred miles long, with i an average breadth of five miles, Mr. Hatcher does not hesitate to say that if such a valley existed anywhere within the United States, displaying the same or similar conditions, every acre r*f it would within five years, be occupied by prosperous farmers, and that it would within a period of ten years, support a population of not less than fifty thousand persons, with prosperous towns connected with the coast by an efficient railway and tele? graph service. Some day the over? crowded countries of the Eastern Hemisphere may here find an outlet for surplus population.- A?aewean Monthly Review of Eeriews. WILL DOUBLE TRACK. The Southern to Spend $25,000,- j OOO for Betterments. President Samuel Spencer, of the J Southern railway company, who is in I Washington said that the road will be double-tracked between Washington and Atlanta, and $25,000,000 spent on betterments, including double track? age. It will be impossible to complete this work in one or two years but it j will be prosecuted, until it is finished. Portions of the line will be doubled tracked to relieve the present crowded condition, and then the'-double links will be connected. The shops of the Southern at Alex? andria are among the largest in the country now, but it has been found that more is required of them than they are equal to at present. A con? siderable part of the $25,000,000 will be expended in this department of im? provements. Additional buildings will be erected and new improved, machinery will be installed, requir? ing the employment of many addition? al men. The double track system will allow the Southern to operate many more trains dai?y than formerly and new I and fine roiling stock will be purchased 1 and placed on the line. It. is probable that the entire schedule will be changed. The already fast time made between Washington and Atlanta will be increased greatly, as there wiil*be no delay at sidings and little or no danger of collisions. It is also ex? ceedingly probable that the block signaling system will be adopted and placed in use along the entire line. This will be one of the greatest im? provements of all, as it minimizes the danger to the utmost. Many more freight trains will bft run when the two tracks are in service, and articles shipped from the north to Atlanta and New Orleans and other points south of Washington will reach their destination in much quicker time than has heretofore been the case. With the single track system freight trains are compelled to take the sid? ings at frequent intervals to allow the fast passenger trains to have the right of way, and these stops cause much delay and inconvenience. This change brings Atlanta and this part of the south into closer connection with New York and the north than ever before, making Atlanta the farthest southern terminus of a double track road. These improvements have long been contemplated by the management ,of the Southern, but the congestion of traffic on the road within the past year has rendered it absolutely neces? sary that steps be taken at once to remedy the trouble, and the announce? ment that came from,President yester? day settles the matter once and for all. The improvements will be made, and at a cost that assures their being of the first magnitude. This under? taking practically means a new rail? road from Atlanta to Washington, and is one of the indications of the tre? mendous growth of the business of the roads that enter this territory. -Atlanta Constitution. Texas Cattle to Africa. A Fort Worth, Texas, dispatch says : Richard Carrow, associated with Ma? jor Walter de Maud of the English army, who has a contract to furnish the government with Texas breeding cattle, to be used in replenishing the war-devastated veldts of South Africa, has left here with nine car loads of young bulls and heifers for Pensacola, Fla., where a ship load is now being made up for the voyage to Durban. The English government found that shipments made to South Africa from Argentine were not protfiable, as com? pared with those made fom Texas. The last Argentine shipments were affected with mouth and foot disease, and the authorities would not permit the cattle to land, and the entire ship load was drowned in the sea. The previous shipments from Texas have demonstrated the loss in transit does not exceed i y<? per cent Asheville, N. C., June 2.-Col. Frank Coxe, proprietor of the Battery Park at Hotel, died at 9 o'clock this morning, at his Green River planta? tion, in Rutherford County, of heart disease. He was in splendid health yesterday, and his death is a great sarprise and a matter of wide regret. He was one of the most successful men of Westen? North Carolina, being worth a million dollars or more. MONEY PANlf j? CANADA. \ Banking Firm Failed for Ten Mil? lion Dollars. Toronto, Ont, June 2.-A. E. Ames & Co., bankers and brokers, closed their doors at noon today. On a win? dow was posted the following : "Owing to the continuous decline in the securities market we have found it necessary-to suspend payment and would ask the indulgence of our friends for a few days until we can prepare a statement of our affairs and decide what is best to be done. "Ames ? Co. The liabilities of the firm are hard to get at, but rough estimates make them show as follows : To depositors* in the savings bank branch about $200,000. No estimate can be given of the lia? bilities to clients whose stocks were being carried on margins, but they will be hundred^iof thosuands of dol-' lars. To bankers asa financial institutions on stocks the liabilities, it is expect? ed, will reach ten millions. Liabilities under this head are se? cured by the stook plus the margins, so that there is no possibility of loss to the lenders-urrless all stock values disappear. The bank managers of the city are optimistic. One banker said ^ "We are all right. We have looked after ourselves and any money advanc? ed to A. E. Ames & Co, was secured." The assets of the firm will not be known until their statement is given out, but it is thought they consist of its equities in the stocks which it has been carrying with the help of banks and other financial institution. .PANIC CAUSED IN MONTREAL. Montreal, June 2.--The worst panic in the history of the Montreal stock market was caused by the announce? ment today bf the failure of A. E. Ames & Co, of Toronto. Prices de? clined to the lowest level of the year. Ames is the son-in-law of Senator Cox, one of the wealthiest men in Canada. Cox is a director of the Dominion Coal Company, in which Ames & Co. are said to have been trading heavily. Uncle Sam Paid for Joke. At the time when some anxiety was felt ia Washington regarding the health of Governor Taft, of the Philippines, Secretary Root cabled an inquiry as to his condition. The Gov? ernor anwered saying that he had just completed a horseback journey of twen? ty-five miles and "stood the trip well." As Mr. Taft weighs 250 pounds, the Secretary could not resist the temptation to inquire by cable: "How is the horse?" The correspondent of The New York Sun, who is with the President's party on the Western junket, de? scribes an incident of the trip as fol? lows: "The dispatches have told of the feeling of Senator Simon of Oregon that Mr. Roosevelt was discriminating against Hebrews. One of the first things that the President did after be? ing seated at last night's banquet in Portland was to send for Rabbi Wise, well known in New York, and he kept him by his side for more than half the evening. Senator Mitchell had to sur? render his seat in order that the Presi? dent might have Dr. Wise with him, Then when the populace outside the hotel granted the request he summon? ed Archbishop Christie to accompany him to the platform without any other escort, and the freedom of the nation? al administration from religious pre? judices was amply and decisively de? monstrated." A question of jurisdiction between two trades widely divergent from each other has arisen and may require some fine splitting of hairs in its solution. The Amalgamated Meat Cutters' and Butcher Workmen of America have chartered a union of pigs' feet shavers at the stock yards, and now that all the work of getting an organization on a solid basis has been accomplished the barbers step in and claim jurisdic? tion. Walter Mathis, a member of the State board of arbitration, has volun? teered to settle the vexed question, John Floresch, president of the Pack? ing Trades council, and organizer of the Pigs' Feet Shavers' union, claims that the barber's contention is far-fetched, because no soap is used in shaving pigs' feet.-Chicago dispatch to New York World. BURYING VICTIMS OF TORNADO. But Gainesville's Business Pre? ll ceeds as Uusual. / _ The Dead Have Been Put Out of the Way as Rapidly as Possible. ! Gainesville, Ga, Jane 1.-This city has tonight practically recovered from the stupefying effect of Monday's ter? rible wind storm. With a large num? ber of the dead already buried and with the work of relief proceeding rapidly and methodically, the streets are again assuming their normal appearance and the business of the community is going on as usual. The work of the citizens o? Gainesville, both men and women, has been heroic in aiding suffering, and the response-from At? lanta and other cities, in the shape of supplies and financial assistance, has been no less marked. Physicians are now here in sufficient numbers to at? tend all the needs of the injured, but there is yet great need for antiseptics and other medical supplies. There is urgent necessity for more nurses. Physicians who have visited Gaines j ville urge that all who are in a posi ; tion to do so volunteer their service / at once. Transportation and board are being furnished all volunteers,. so~ that while there will be no compensa? tion, except the satisfaction of doing a noble work for suffering humanity, there will be no expense. Secretary of War Root has telegraph? ed Senator Clay and Congressman Tate that the Governor will send tents and such other temporary assistance as may seem necessary. About sixty funerals of victims were held last night and today. There was no attempt at any sort of ceremonial ; in many cases not even a clergyman was present. The bodies were rapidly consigned to the earth, with a hastily uttered prayer or the singing of a hymn. For half an hour almost one funeral a minute was conducted in the desolate village of mill cottages, where the tornado wrought its greatest havoc The latest tabulation indicates that the death total will be between 85 and 90, the estimate of 100 given last night having been somewhat excessive. Six more dead bodies were identified today -Ora English, Odom Skinner, Paul Waddell, S. D. Lo vern, Lula Jackson and a boy named Adams. Eight dead bodies are still unidentified. Victor Montgomery, of Spartan burg, S. C., president of both the Pacolet and the Gainesville Cotton mills, said that the Pacolet Mills would be put in running order again at once. Con? siderable time must, of course, elapse before the Gainesville Mills, whose plant was almost demolished, can be again in operation. Driven to Desperation. Living at an ont of the way place, re? mote from civilization, a family is often driver, to desperation in case of accident, resulting in Burns. Cuts, Wounds, Ulcers, etc Lay in a supply of Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It's the best on earth. 25c, at J. F. W. DeLoTme's Drug Store. No mau can forecast the political situation twelve months ahead; but just now, io the judgment of the Star, Judge Parker and Senator Gorman are the favorites for the Democratic Presidential sommation. Of the two Parker is probably the more available man.-Wilmington Star. j That Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave you, if jon 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 jour health. Only 25 cents, money back if not cured. Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme, Druggist. Anderson, June 2.-The storm here yesterday cut off ail telegraphic com? munication until today. George Ham mick was killed by lightning on the piazza of his home at Orr Mills. The house was badly tom up, but no one else was hurt. Hammick was about 25 years old and leaves a young wife. 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 Core cures indigestion, dyspepsia, catarrh of the stomach and all stomach disorders. Sold by J. S. Hushson ANOTHER MISSISSIPPI FLOOD. Crest of the Freshet Approach? ing St. Louis. The Gauge Wednesday Night Marked 31.7 Feet and a Rise of 35 Feet is Expected. St. Louis, June 3-Slowly the Mis? sissippi River crept up the levee today inch by inch, until, between sunrise and sunset the gauge marked a rise of six inches and tonight stood at 31.7 feet. Tlie surface of the flowing water was thickly strewn with driftwood, which seemed to increase as the day drew on, indicating that the crest of the flood is approaching. A number of frame houses, submerged to the roofs, passed St. Louis, and now and then a dead animal, but no human bodies were seen, although a vigilant watch has been maintained. Harbor department officials look for a thirty-five foot stage by Saturday. In South St. Louis several houses along the river's edge have been flooded, but the occupants have re? moved their property and vacated. On the Illinois side there is a more serious flood condition. Venice, situated north of East St. Louis, is in almost im? mediate danger of inundation. A rise of one foot more will submerge the .west portion of the town and manu? facturing industries will Suffer heavy losses. Between Venice and East St. Louis is a low land area used as farming lands. Water now covers this area to a depth of 12 feet, forming a lake about a mile square. Many "squat? ter" families have been forced out, leaving everything behind. People along the river have received general warning, and it is believed that all in danger- have escaped to higher ground. RUSSIAN JEWS imune. Committee in Odessa Organizes the Jews for Self-Protection in Case of Riots. Berlin, June 3.-Advices received here from Odessa, u^der date of May 28, say the Jews are now prepared to defend themselves intelligently. Sev? eral thousand revolvers have been im? ported since the Kishineff massacre, so that at present almsost every Jew, man or woman is armed. These who were unable to buy weapons received them as gifts from the defence com? mittee. A system of communication has also been agreed upon, so as- to spread a warning throughout the city when there is an outbreak of violence in any quarter. Families residing near each other will concentrate fer defence, and every second man will join what might be called au expedi? tionary corps, to take part in aggres? sive defence where rioting is actually going on. The Jewish safety commit? tee is also reported to have arranged with the workingmen's associations for aid in the event of outbreaks. Arms have been distributed from Odessa to the Jews in other cities of Russia. The Tageblatt today prints a dis? patch from St. Petersburg; announc? ing that a law was published there this day, giving a list of 101 towns in Russia in which Jews are allowed tc acquire land and live without restric? tion. Jews are temporarily forbidden to buy land outside these places,, where they will be legally settled. There is a Frenchman in New York' who says he has discovered a process; for making a substitute for kerosene1 from water, at a cost of one cent a gal? lon which gives five times as much light and heat as kerosene. That is the fellow we have been looking for for ?>ome time. John Rockefeller has been putting on too many airs since he has become a multi-millionaire. 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. 4iI endured insufferable pain, from indi? gestion, stomach and bowel trouble. Death seemed inevitable when doctors and all remedies failed. At length I was induced to try Electric Bitters and the result was miraculous. I improved at once and now Fm completely recovered." For Liver, Kidney, Stomach and Bowel troubles Elec? tric Bitters is the only Medicine. It's guaranteed by J. F. W. DeLorme, Druggist.