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?itt Sfc|M!t at? j$ffii?|ron. WEDNESDAY", JULY 8, 1903. The Sumter W atc ninan was rounder io i850 and the True Southron in 1866 The FTote?man an? Southron now has the combined circulation and influence *f both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the beet advertising medium in Sumter. Indiana follows Delaware with a race riot and mob violence. The States of . the North are, at last, learning by per? sonal experience what the race issue i really is, aad all save pharisaical Puri? tans wiill be able to understand, in measure, the conditions that confront the people of the South. The race riots in the North are to be deplored, as all violations of the law are to be de? plored, yet they will be of wholesome effect upon Northern public sentiment which may lead to a national solution of the ;race issue. The lynching at Norway was lawless? ness, pure and simple, without even the excuse that is usually advanced to palliate the crime of mob murder. The case should not be permitted to ?drop on the verdict of the coroner's jury ; an investigation should be made and the members of the mob indicted. It may not be possible to convict the lynchers, but even an indictment and a trial would have a wholesome effect and tend to deter other would-be lynchers. Weekly Crop Bulletin. ' Columbia, July 7.-The week end? ing S a. m., Monday, July 6th, had a mean temperature of about 81 degrees, which is 1 degree above the normal. ] The day temperatures ranged from 86 degrees to 96 degrees, and the nights from 68 degrees to 75 degrees, both very favorable for crop growth and de? velopment There was about the usual amount of sunshine. The winds were light, and generally southerly. The .relative humidity averaged above the normal. At the beginning of the week the ground was thoroughly soaked by the rains at the close of the previous week, and there were light scattered showers on the 2nd, and again on the ?ast day, but the ground was generally ^dry enough to permit cultivation after the 1st of July, with the exception of very low lying lands, and vi here the rains on the 2nd were heaviest A ?ew localities need rain, but generally ^thesoii is well supplied with moisture. 7Hail t&at damaged tobacco fell in Sorry county. W&ii tito exception of isolated and lied localities where the ground is j ] still too wet to work, the week was ~ the most favorable of the season on ^a?l crops, and afforded opportunity to : \ clean-fields of grass and weeds, and j vgrro^aem much needed cultivation, 'yalthough complaints of grassy fields .Continue to be received from all parts of. the State. The warm, humid weather, and the moist condition of the soil, were conditions conducive to ^growth, and all crops responded, ex- j j Cept on light soils that have been j 1 leached by the excessive rains of June, and of crops that have not b?en proper? ly cultivated. The hot weather, fol? lowing the heavy Tainfall, scalded corn and cotton in Hampton county. ?Old corn has about all been laid by, and is earing weii. Young corn has a :good color generally. On replanted bottom lands, corn is coming up to tgood stands. Cotton continues small, and on light soils is yellow, but generally it has a ^"betteir color than heretofore, and is growing rapidly, Lice have about dis? appeared. Some fields are blooming freely, in the eastern part of the State, but in other parts blooming ist not yet general, and many fields have not pat on any squares. Clean fields are the exception. Tobacco curing is in progress in all 'sections. The crop has improved re? cently, except where previous heavy Tains caused irreparable damage. Ewe is not doing well generally. Peaches and grapes are rotting ex? pensively, and the fruit crop is less promising tban heretofore. Melons sire small and late. Minor crops, pas ibores and gardens are excellent. The lhay crop promises to be heavy. Weather and Crops. Washington, July 7.-The weather bureau's weekly summary of crop conditions says : .Cotton has made rapid growth throughout tbe cotton belt, an im? provement being shown in all districts, the reports frc m the Carolinas and Georgia indicating the most decided advance. Wet weather has, however, 3oeen unfavorable in portions of Lou? isiana and Texas, where the crop is -grassy, being quite foul in Northern Tea&s, in which State boll weevils are causing considerable damage and con? tinu? to increase. In the most impor? tant tobacco States tobacco has made 5ne growth, the condition of the crop being very promising except in South? western Ohio, where rain is needed, and in Pennsylvania, where slow ^growth is reported. Catting and cur? ing continue in the Carolinas. i POPE LEO STILL LIVES. Important Operation Performed Yesterday. His Physicians Draw a Quantity of Water From His Lungs and Thus Give Him Great Relief-Wonderful Calmness and Courage With Which the Pontiff Endured the Operation. Kome, Jnly 7.-The Pope was operat? ed on this afternoon and felt immediate relief. After the operation the fol? lowing bulletin was issued by his physicians : "The test puncture of the pleura has been made and eight hundred grams of liquid taken off. A rapid examination showed that some mucus was rattling in the lung which was originally affect? ed. The Pope underwent the operation with courage. His general condition is now better and he is resting.** Dr. Mazzoni said the danger remain? ed imminent. But the illness from which the Pope was suffering was full of surprises. His Holiness might even live three days longer. The calmness with which the Pope underwent the ordeal of the operation was one of the most remarkable evi? dences of fortitude that he had given in his whole life. After a lengthy conference the doctors concluded it was advisable to operate for pleurisy, the primary purpose being to explore the affected parts. They hoped inci? dentally to draw off the collected fluid. When their determination was communicated to the Pontiff he show? ed no anxiety. On the contrary, he submitted very willingly, expressing the hope that good results might come, recalling the successful results fol? lowing Dr. Mazzini's operations some years ago for cyst. As the operation was not of a capitial nature, not suggesting the use of chloroform or other anaesthetics, the Pope lay on his bed, with his left side exposed be- , low the armpit, to the waist . Only the two doctors and two personal at? tendants were within the chamber. ; The immediate directions of the oper? ation devolved on Dr. Mazzoni, who handled the instruments and made the preparatory arrangements. First a . slight incision was made i the side of j the venerable patient. A solution of , alcohol and corrosive sublimate was ? then injected, and cocaine was use to deaden the sensation. The point of operation was just below the seventh rib, and the operation itself consisted in the insertion of a large Pravaz needle syringe. This penetrated to < the region where the matter had ac- J cumulated, and by means of suction i slowly drew it off. Under the skilful ] guidance of Dr. Mazzoni the operation i scarcely took over four minutes. { The Pope showed no pain whatever, i neither was there the slightest quiver ? from moral dread of the operation. ( Cn the language of one of the doctors, \ the cocaine so deadened the parts 3 that the Pontiff felt no more than a i slight pin-prick. 1 So soon as the liquid was drawn off ] by the suction needle the patient felt ? great relief, owing to the removal of ] bhe pr?sure of the liquid on the lung, ? and simultaneously the doctors could j hear air passing through that lung, which this morning was declared to be impervious owing to congestion. From a pathological standpoint the free passing of air was considered . satisfactory, but more so were the re? sults, the mental and physical relief ] which it brought to the Pope. He { immediately showed *an exhilarated . spirit. With a slight smile on his pallid face, he whispered his thank? fulness and bestowed a benediction on the doctors bending over him. The Pontiff even stroked Dr. Mazzoni's [ face in the benovolent way which is characteristic of him. Then with one hand he rearranged his pillow, closed his eyes and in a few moments passed into calm, healthful sleep. The doctors remained by the Pope's side, noting the regualrity of his breathing and pronounced the operation to have been in every way successful, and leaving nc ^>ossible adverse results. A Sinking Spell. London, July 6.-An agency dispatch from Rome dated 12.45 this morning says for the last three hours the pope has remained motionless. He has re? fused all nourishment and is sinking rapidly. The body is assuming the stiffness o? death. All present in the chamber are praying. O'Donnell & Co. announce in their advertisement today^that their clear? ance sale will continue only two days more-until 6 p. m., Friday. Those who have not taken advantage of this money-saving opportunity should not let it pass without looking after their interests. Realistic. He-I had a realistic dream last night She-Indeed! What was it? "Oh, I dreamed I had proposed to you and you had turned me over to your father.*' "Yes, yes. And what did father say?" "Ob, I don't know. I only know 1 woke up and found myself on the floor."-Yonkers Statesman. THE EVANSVILLE RACE WAR. Mob Cowed by the Militia-The Mayor Now Thinks Himself Able to Preserve Order-The Sol? diers, However, Remain to Aid the Police. Evansville, Ind., July 7.-City of Evansville is now under the control of Brig. Gen. W. J. McKee and Mayor Charles G. Covert, assisted by a. com? mittee of public safety, chosen by a conference held this afternoon. The conference was called by Gen. Mc? Kee, who inquired of the mayor what precaution had been taken to prevent a recurrence of last night's lawless? ness. Gen. McKee informed the* mayor that the State would not assume con? trol of the city until the municipality had exbusted its resources. After a consultation with prominent citizens who attended the meeting Mayor Cov? ert announced a committee of public safety, which will advise him.during the trouble. The committee discussed the situation with the mayor and Gen. McKee and- decided to place the guarding of the city in the hands of Chief of Police Fred Heuke, and to increase the regular police force by 32 men, making it 100. The military forces.will assist the police tonight and patrol the city. All persons found on the street who cannot furnish a satisfactory explanation of their busi? ness will be sent to their homes under guard. The plan of the committee on public saftey also provides for the relief of all the deputy sheriffs ap? pointed by Sheriff Kratz. The police? men are armed with shotguns and re? volvers, and their instructions are to force the people to respect their authority. Mayor Covert tonight made the fol? lowing statement : T anticipate no further acts of violence, but to be fair I will say I do not expect the possibility of such an occurrence as that of last night. I believe that the presence of the troops in the city and the strict measures adopted are having the effect of quiet? ing the people.'' Frank Lambie, the eighth victim of 1 bhe battle in front of the county ?ail ' Last night, died today. He was 23 pears old and a stove moulder by oe- j pupation. Lynching in Mississippi. ?i Vicksburg, Miss., July 7.-Cato Jarrett, the negro who stabbed Harry Stout to death last Sunday morning, f?as hung by a mob near the scene of bis crime this afternoon. Garrett was ' token to Natchez Saturday evening, Sheriff Brennan fearing an assault on She jail here. This morning a special ?rand jury found a true bill against Jarrett, and Sheriff Brennan notified c khe Adams county sheriff to bring the \ negro to this city. Deputy sheriff s Paul, with the negro, took passage on g the train due here at 5 o'clock this j afternoon. At Stout's crossing, a flag j ?tation six miles south, the train was t beld up by ' 50 masked and heavily j armed men who took the negro and . banged him. j Local Weather Beport. j For 24 hours ending 7 p. m., July 1 7, 1903: . 3 Temperature : Maximum, 91 ; Mini- . mum, 71; Mean, 81. Precipitation, 3.59. Character of day-Partly cloudy. 1 Direction of wind-Northeast. ] Sun rises, 4.59; sun sets, 7.09. Forecast for 36 hours ending 8 p. m., Thursday, issued from Washing- 3 bon, D. C. : ( For Sumter and vicinity-Partly : cloudy tonight and Thursday. Prob- ] ably rain on Thursday. Stationary ( temperature. _ i WEATHER CONDITIONS! The entire cotton belt was visited by showers, heavy in the eastern parts of South Carolina, Georgia and in Florida. In the northeastern por? tion of the cotton belt it is still cloudy. The western storm is moving rapidly into Manitoba followed by a decided cold wave over the central Rocky Mountain regions, with freez- 1 ing temperatures and heavy frost in 1 Nevada. The southwestern, central 1 and eastern parts of the country have 1 high, nearly normal temperatures, and the tesperature is about normal 1 on the Pacific Coast. The highest 1 temperature was 96 at Bismark the ; lowest 32 at Winnemucca, Nevada. ; F. Prescott-Bullock, 1 Local Observer, U. S. Weather Bureau. Charlottesville, Va., July 7.-South? ern railway passenger train No. 35, southbound, ran into an open switch at Rockflsh depot, 20 miles south of this city, at 3 o'clock this afternoon, smashing into a local freight on a sid? ing. The passenger engine and ex? press coach telescoped through the second class passenger car in the rear. In the latter was a party of immi? grants, all of whom were killed or in? jured. The dead number 24 and the injured number 13. Traffic was sus? pended for eight hours. DARING ESCAPE FROM JAIL Bank Robber and Murderer How He Did it. St. Louis, July 6.-Wm. Rudolph of Union, Mo., who has been confined in the city jail for several months on the charge of having participated in the robbery of the bank at Union last win? ter, and also charged with the killing of Detective Schumacher, who was at? tempting to arrest him, made a des? perate and successful escape from jail late this afternoon and tonight is still at large. Rudolph escaped by crashing through a skylight and jumping from the jail roof. When last seen he was at. the corner of Seventh and Spruce streets, running south at utmost speed. Shortly before his escape Rudolph was let out of his cell to be shaved. The exercise corridor at that time con? tained about 20 prisoners. The guards were engaged in locking up the prisoners for the night when, as Rudolph passed through the east end of the exercise corridor a fight broke out among the prisoners in the west ?nd. The majority of the guards ran to separate the fighting prisoners, and with desperate determination Rudolph quickly ran up three flights of stairs and jumped to the top of the cells, and in a flash had swung himself by the aid of an iron girder to the sky? light open and was out on the roof, 30 feet from the ground. He grasped an electric light wire and slid down 50 feet when the wire snapped precip? itating him to the ground. Regaining bis feet he ran to the street through Sergeant Dawson's residence. Rudolph succeeded in effecting his Bscape before he was missed. Suicide in Savannah. Savannah, Ga., July 6.-John Screven, manager of the Savannah Rice Mill company, committed suicide it his home today by shooting. Financial troubles of his company are oelieved to have been the cause. An jfficer of the company is missing. He aad authority to sign the company's jame. It is believed he misused his inthority, involving the company in & large amount for which the com? pany is legally if notrnorallyjresponsi 3le. The matter preyed on Mr. Screv m's mind and he shot himself. He belonged to one of the leading fann? ies of the State. _ I PAXVILLE NEWS ITEMS. \ Fourth of July School Rally Picnic. Pax ville, July 6.- The Fourth was observed here by very nearly every )ody in the community attending the ichool rally picnic at the Pax ville icademy. Efforts were made to have nvited speakers, but only one was cresent, Mr. S. P. Holiiday, superin endent of education in this county. 3e made a good, practical talk. Mr. Wheeler Hicks, son of Mr. Jesse flicks, was thrown by a mnle this norning and got tangled in the lines. 3e sustained no serious injury. Misses May and Minne Curtis and ittle sister Vivian have gone to Wil? mington, N. C., to visit their brother *ilva. Mr. Pinck King of Hartsville was aere on the Fourth and attended the picnic. Miss Daisy 'Cannon of Dover's Sta? ion is visiting at Mr. Geo. H. Curtis. Rev. S. O. Oantey of Wedgefield, pastor of the Paxville Methodist Ohurch, was able to be at his church c-essterday for the first time in a month. He has been suffering from carbuncles on his right hand. The Woman's Christian Temperance anion had their elocution contest last Friday night. Miss Rosa Kolb won the medal. The Steel Trust's Profits. New^York, July 7.-The directors of the United States Steel Coporation met today and declared the quarterly dividend of 1 per cent, on common stock and 1*4 per cent, on preferred stock. They also issued a statement showing the net earnings for the quar? ter ending June 30 to be ?36,499,528 as compared with $37,662,058 for the same period last year, a decrease of 51,162,530. Net earnings for the half year aggregate $61,568,235, as against 564,377,515 last year. Deducting amounts set aside for sinking funds on bonds, depreciation and reserve funds, reduce the net earnings for the six months of this year to $54,182,936. After payment of dividends there is an undivided profit or surplus for the six months of $17,017,047. The company has unfilled orders on hand amounting to 4,666.57S tons. Last year this time these orders aggregated 4,741,993 tons. Glenn Springs Mineral Water is a safe and sure cure for kidney troubles. The hammocks being sold by H. G. Osteen & Co., haven't a superior in Sumter, at the price. GIRL PREVENTS LYNCHING. Daughter of Barnwell Sherif Drove off Mob. Earn well, July 6.-Herbert Sanders was shot Saturday, July 4th. by Sea? born Moore, and it is said the wound is fatal. It is said there was a dance at Mr. Lewis Creech's, near Kline's, and during the dance these young men had some unpleasantness, which resulted as above. Full particulars cannot be gotten at this writing. Moore is in jail, having surrendered himself to Sheriff Creech. Last night 10 masked men went to the jail, where they demanded Moore, and being told by the sheriff's daught? er that he was at church with her father, the sheriff, they then demand? ed the keys of the jail, which she told them she would get for them from the next room, and on returning from the room she came armed and drawing a loaded weapon she presented it and de? fied them, thereby running them away. In a short time the sheriff returned from church and at once got up a guard for the jail consisting of the mayor and many of our best citizens. Noth? ing further took place during the night and the town is quiet today. The sale of the cotton compress was postponed from last Monday until sale day in August. In the meanwhile an effort will be made by the stockholders to reorganize the company and pay off the small debt outstanding. If this is done the stockholders will not lose what they have invested in the plant. COTTON CORNEA BUSTED Steady and Heavy Falling of Fu? ture Figures. New York, July 7.-The break which began yesterday in the cotton market continued at today's opening. Nearby positions were hammered unmerciful? ly and further sensational declines were recorded. August suffered most severely. That option opened at 11.63, sold at 11.54 on call and then was forced down to 11.13, a loss of 50 points from tfie opening figure, and near a cent, and a half from the high price of yesterday. NEW ORLEANS CRUMBLES. New Orleans. Julv 7.-It was a con tinuation of yesterday in the cotton market this morning. Late in th? morning August was selling at 36 points below the closing of yesterday at 12.49, and September was 77 points down, at 10.21. Chester, July 7.-Yesterday evening at 7 o'clock lightning struck a barp/ on Mr. C. C. McAliley's place, three miles below town, instantly killing Dan Vance, severely shocking Henry Heath and Cluck Caldwell and slight ly shocking George Caldwell and Burt Kejly, all colored men employed on^ the farm. A valuable horse was also killed. Ask your physician if Glenn Springs Mineral Water is not what you need, Y And your opportunity for buying CHEAP MERCHANDISE will be at an end, as OUR CLEARANCE SALE terminates with the closing of our store At 6 O'clock Friday Evening The weather has been quite warm since the inauguration of this sale, but the crowds that have filled our store during the morning and even ing hours is sufficient evidence that we are doing what we advertise SELLING AT COST. O'DONNELL & GO. JCRACK GOES THE WHIP WB F ' IN COME THE ORDERS fll^tV I MfrpMir?liia&olfe j SELLS THE VERY BEST GRADES OF f Vlb<rf^ ' FERTILIZERS / BrST I AT THE VERY LOWEST COSTEA It pays to fertilize your- lands wi|fi ( THE VIRGINIA-CAROLINA/ CHEMICAL COMPANY^ I PRODUCTS. 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