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TS! SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850? Cosolidated Aug. 2> 1881. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 29, 1903, THE TKCE SOCTEISON, Established Jane, ISO Sew Series-Vol. XXII. No, 52 World's Clreatet and Beit T. B. Jenkins, .3 TE33^_3PI_iE3 ftt??st?ud Sro? TTedsesday, -2Y B3? Gk Osteen, SUMTER, S,. C. rauca : $i 50 pe: ano am-ia advance. ADyiK?!81IIlT: Ose Square fi wt insertion...................$l 00 ?very subsequent issertion......... ......... 50 Coo tr?ete foi three months, or longer vii! oe made at red iced rates. All commani cations wbicfc nubserve pr?vate interests will be charged for as advertiements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be ?barged for. LEE, TBE PATRIOT. Rev. Lyman Abbott Endorses Judge Emory Speers Estimate of Ge?? oral Robert E. Les. The following editorial in the Out? look of July il will indicate th? im? pression mada on the liberal thought of she country by Judge Speer's Emory college addrsss on General Lee: "The Loyalty of Robert E. Lee," * ' At the commeneemen t exercises of ; Emory college, at Oxford, Ga., Judge Emory Speeir made an eloquent plea fcr^the honoring of Robert E. Lee, the commander of the Confederate armies, as a national, hero. After a brief ac? count of General Lee's ancestry and education, andan explanation cf the motives which determined his decision to support the Confederate cause in spite of his dread and hatTed of dis? union, Judge Speer sketched in warm and vivid southern phrase his career 'and comportment during the war, and recounting incidents and estimates throwing light on his character, at once spiritual and human, chivalrous and practical, aggressive and unsel? fish, brave and mild, immole and dignified, concluded with an appeal to the nation to accept Lae among the great patriote of America. We -call attention to this ?peech of Judge Speer's not simply because of the honor it offers to a man who was worthy of admiration equally for his consummate military genius, his gentle courtliness and his high Christian character, but more espes?% because of the explanation which it offers for the -ec.-c.rse of a man of these 'qualities in leading armed forces against his country's flair. Robert E. l?ee was never an advocate of secession. He was a. devoted sup? porter of the Constitution and an earn? est believer in the Union. When the acts of secession were passed and. the Union was menaced, ire was distressed and dismayed as truly as any northern? er. In a letter to his wife in January, 1861, from which Judge Speer quotes, he says of Washington: "How his spirit womld <be grieved couid be see the wreck of bis mighty labors! I will - not, however, permit myself to believe, until ail grounds of hope are gone, that the frail of his nobie deeds will be destroyed and his precious advice and virtuous example will soon be for? gotten." And again, writing on the same day, he says of the dissolution of the union that it would be the great? est of calamities, "an accumulation of ail the evils we complain of," and "nothing bat revolution." Judge Speer, himself a southern man, sums up Lee's attitude with these words: "He knew i;hat so soon as the cohe? sive influence of present danger was withdrawn, the states to compose the Confederacy might again separate. He clearly faw that instead of a proud and united nation, which was winning the admiration and commanding the respect of the world, the American states, North and South, might soon present a shameful spectacle, the de? spair of the friends of popular govern? ment everywhere, a snarl of wrangling communities. * * * " He might have seen the soil of the opposing republics in war after war drenched in fratricidal blood * * ' *? and the genius of American freedom perish by the folly and fury of those who once worshipped at her shrine." For a man with such devotion for the Union and such dread of anything that might destroy it to give himself to the cause which aimed at its de? struction would have been absolutely impossible, except for the strongest conceivable motive. Robert E. Lee found that motive in his loyalty te his conviction*. No motive of self-ad? vancement and personal glory could move bim even when coupled wbith his belief in the prime importance of the Union. He was offered the com? mand of the armies of the Union io which he believed passionately but answered the messenger from Presi? dent' Lincoln with tbe exclamation : "Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four million slaves in the south, I would sacrifice them all to the Union ; but how can I draw my slword upon Virginia, my native state?'" To him duty meant duty to his state ; honor meant going with his state to victory or defeat We can well believe that he inflicted upon his own sensitive soul wounds which never wholly healed^ when he took up tiie cause of disunion, which - he dreaded, the cause of anarchy, which he denouned, for the sake of ^ the state to which he felt himself in highest duty bound to cleave. It is hardly possible that any man in the north could have gone through the spiritual struggle that Robert E. Lee went through during the days when war was threatened. In the north those men that wavered were choosing ! between a low motive and a high one. Robert E. Lee was beset by two con fticting high motives. That he chose to follow that high motive which kept him with his state. The Outlook believes to haye been an error of political judgment but it was not an error of political morality. He who is loyal cannot be a traitor, and Lee and the men of his stamp were loyal to their conscientious convictions as were the men who fought against them. The test of patriotism, like the test of any other moral quality, is not sucess, but loyalty to conviction ; and by that test Robert E. Lee stand3 today among the purest, though among the most tragically misled and misunderstood of aptriots. One of the most pathetic, from one point of view, from another one of the most stimulating and enlightening, ut? terances that have come to us from the desperate day "before the breaking out of the war is in a letter ic which Lee mentions his own son, an officer in the regular army at the time: * 'The times are indeed calamitous. The brightness of God's countenance seems turned from us, and His mercy stopped in its blissful current. Tell ?ustis he must consult his own judgment, rea? son and conscience as to the course he may take. I do _ot wish him to be guided by my wishes ??r example. If I have done wrong, let him do -better. The present is a momentous question, which every man must settle for him? self, and upon principle."" The man who wrote these words can teach lessons of patriotism to America of today. The defeat of his armies, which meant triumph to the south as well as to the north, may have changed his conception, of what duty to his country signified but his loyalty to that duty as he conceived it was as steadfast as after his defeat. It is such steadfast loyalty that is the essence of patriotism. At some other time we may inquire into the nature of the two diverse conceptions of patriotism which con? tended for supremacy during the days of the civil warr. It is our purpose here to emphasize the truth that others who were loyal to the one con? ception were as truly patriots as those who . were loyal to the other. The real issue was not between patriotism and want of it, but between two forms of patriotism, one ? state, the other national. If willing? ness to sacrifice what is passionate? ly prized next to honor itself is any criterion as to the degree of patriotism that begets such sacrifice, then those southerners of whom Robert E. .Lee is the type are to be counted among the patriots whose lives constitute the real riches of the nation." GEN. CASSIUS CLAY DEAD. Louisville, Ky., July 22.-A tele? phone message from Richmond, Ky., says: Hon. Cassius M. Clay, the "sage of White Hall," former minister to Russia, and a widely known Ken? tuckian died at his home at White Hall at 9.10 o'clock tonight. His chil? dren are all at his bedside. Some of them have not been in their fathers' house or seen him in years because of his peculiar hallucination that thy are in a vendetta sworn to kill him. Fire at Heath Springs. Keshaw, July 22.-At 11.30 o'clock last night fire destroyed five stores, one livery stable, the depot and ali the warehouses at Heath Spriings. The fire is supposed to have started in a vacant store where some boys were seen smoking. 6QVERN0R HEYWARB OFFERS Ble REWARD. Expresses His Indignation Over the Killing of Dennis Head In Lexington County, Columbia, July 22.-Gov. Hey ward returned to the city yesterday, and in an interview regarding the recent killing in Aiken county of Dennis Head, the negro, said: "The recent kiUingf~-of Deoabi. Head by a mob in Aiken county is f_e climax of a spirit of lawlessness which means danger and disgrace to South .Carolina. I shall administer to the perpetrators of such . an inhuman outrage as stern a rebuke and as con? dign punishment as are afforded by, the laws'of the State of South Caro-1 lina. -1 fully realiz that nothing can be done until the identity of the slay- j ers has been revealed. That those who committed such a deed keep in the dark is self acknowledged guilt. Every aid that the law affords to ap? prehend and punish the guilty parties will be invoked and I shall do my ut? most to see that the law is vindicated. In order to further this to the very best of my ability and for the addi? tional reason that a determined effort shall be made and kept up I have offered a reward of $500 f?jj^the ap? prehension and conviction or'the par? ties who committed this deed. "I have written to Solicitor Davis informing him of the situation as I have gathered it from the newspapers. I regret to . say that, though I have waited several days for official notice regarding this lawless act, not one report has reached me through the officers of the law. I am very indignant about this killing. There seems to have been no reason whatever for such a crime and the action of the guilty parties is entirely indefensible. -The State. Bessemer asd His Work. "Forty-eight years ago the metal? lurgical world of that time was great? ly startled by the announcement that a Mr. Henry Bessemer proposed to read a paper at the meeting of the Britisli Association on the manufac? ture of steel without fuel. Its was natural that such & paper should eeroke general interest and much increduli? ty," says the London Iron and Coal Trades Review. ""The only descrip? tions of steel then produced were the crucible and puddled varieties, both of which required a large consumption of fuel. The total quantity of steel produced throughout the world ?was hardly more than 5,BO,000 tons. More than one-third of this quantity was produced in Great Britain. The re? mainder was made chiefly ia R_ss?a, France, Sweden and Germany. The , United States pro?aeed one at all. The cost of the manufacture of the pre-Bessemer steel was so great that it could only be applied in homeopathic doses to such industries as cutlery, where the selling price of the ultimate product was very high. The idea of producing steel witho_t fuel natural? ly, in these circumstances, opened up a vista of possibilities that have since then been more than folly realized. Today a single average American Bes? semer plant will produce, and does pro? duce, almost as much stael in a single month as all the countries of the world then produced in a whole year. The cost of producing steel prior to Bessemer's invention was from ?30 to ?70 per ton, according to its .quality. By the Bessemer process, steel equal? ly suitable for many purposes lia? been, and is daily being, produced for ?3 per ton, and the railroads of the world are almost universally laid with rails made by Bessemer's process.'* Washington, Juiy 22.-Charles Hedges today was removed from the office of superintendent of free delivery of the postoffice department on the charge of falsifying his diary and loaning his travelling commission. It is charged that he reported himself at various places, when, in fact, he was not at those places on the dates mentioned, in some instances being hundreds of miles away. Habana, July 22.-When the remain? ing United States troops leave here they will be escorted by a Cuban de? tachment and will be thanked and congratulated by President Palma for their exemplary conduct. The govern? ment is proceeding with the negotia? tions for the purchase of the private lands within the naval station's area. KING EDWARD IN IRELAND. Crowds Line the Route of King Edward and His Company. The King Makes a Special Reply to the Committee Presenting the Address of the City of Dublin and a Joint Repfy to the Other Deputations. Dubiln, July 22.-King Edward and Queen Alexandria, accompanied by the Jord lieutenant, the Earl of Dudley, and Princess Victoria, their suites and other officials, drove from the vice regal lodge to the castle, which they reached shortly before ll o'clock this morning. Crowds along the route greeted their Majesties with continu? ous cheering. The King, who wore a field mar? shal's uniform, received in the throne room a large number of deputations prior to the levee, which opened at noon. Altogether sixty-three deputations presented addresses. Replying to the Dub?in citizens' committee, the King said there was no part of his dominions in which he took greater interest than Ireland. The Queen and himself had long been in sympathy with the movements tending to advance the social and material well-being of the community. Replying jointly to the other ad? dresses his Majesty said he rejoiced to hear of the awakened spirit of hope and enterprise among his Irish people, which was full of promise for the fu? ture. It would be a source of profound happiness to him if his reign was coincident with a new era of social peace and industrial and commercial progress for Ireland. After the levee the King returned to the vice regal lodge, where he was joined by the Queen. Maude Gonne (Mrs. McBride) hung a black flag outside her residence yes? terday, in memory of the Pope, she said. It was pulled down by the police, whereupon Maude Gonne, sup? ported by lady friends, hung out an? other black,flag, and, arming them? selves with pokers and boiling water, defied the police, t who summoned re? inforcements. But they made no fur? ther attempt to haul down the flag, which was again displayed today. IFS UP TO ROOSEVELT. Washington, July 22.-President Barrett, of the local organization of bookbinders, today announced that every bookbinder in the Government printing office and the members, of the allied unions will quit work if W. A. Miller, assistant foreman in the Government printing office, whose dismissal from that office the Presi? dent recently revoked, is permitted to resume work. The union gave .oat a statement reciting the developments in the case and charging Miller with using scurrilous language about those employed under him and slander? ing the bookbinders' organization, of which ke was a member. The statement says that the trouble originated in charges against Miller^ that the charge was considered by a committee employed to adjust differ? ences; that Miller not only refused to; make an explanation to a member of the committee deputized to call on him, but spoke in an insulting man? ner. "Our organization," the state? ment recites, "does not or cannot dictate the policy of conducting the affairs of the bindery in the Govern? ment printing office. Miller's methods were the most unbusinesslike of any foreman in the office and his tactics in punishing men under him were con? temptible. In office and public places he made use of scurrilous and abusive epithets about employees, causing a distrust in his division as to perman? ence of employment." He also is charged by the anion with having sought to influence legislation derogatory to the interetss of the society. The statement closes as fol? lows : "The union has never requested Mr. Miller's discharge from the Govern? ment printing office. It should be noted, however, that our constitution forbids us to work with a suspended or expelled member. We learned that Mr. Miller had been discharged on legal charges preferred by the public printer in accordance with the civil service laws. Our evidence clearly de? monstrated that he had continually abused the public printer in public places." The statement makes per? sonal allegations against Miller, and says that affidavits have been placed in the hands of the proper officials for full and complete investigation: Mr. Miller is now in Minneapolis. GiEENE-GAYNOR GASE. The United States Allowed to Ap? peal lo British Privy Council. Lnodon, July 22.-The case of the United States for the extradition from Canada of John F. Gaynor and W. B. Greene came up this morning before the privy council on the petitionof the United States for leave to appeal. Sir Edward Clarke, for the petitioners, presented the case. Counsel, in? structed by Charles Russell, for the respondents, said important law points were involved. The respondents not only welcomed, but were anxious to have the matter finally disposed of, though they did not admit the state? ments alleged in the petition. The Lord Chancellor granted leave to ap? peal. Quebec, July 22.-The cablegrams received here today from London in regard to the Gaynor-Greene affair are rather contradictory. At Mr. Tascherau's office a cablegram was re? ceived stating that counsel for the ac? cused consented to the granting of the appeal as they wished to have the matter finally disposed of by the privy coancil. At Mr. MacMaster's office a cable? gram was received stating that the privy council have granted leave to ap? peal, and :hat the lord chancellor had stated the offence charged with clearly extraditable. Washington, July 22.-A cablegram has been received here from Mr. Mc Master, Canadian counsel for the United States, in the Greene and Gaynor case,^announcing the granting of the leave fo appeal. While i: is not possible to state ac? curately the immediate effect of the judgment of the privy council, it is regarded as a notable victory for the United States. The case will now go up on appeal, for deliberate considera? tion of all the questions involved, from the decision of the single Canadian Judge to the privy council of England. The final result is the surrender of Greene and Gaynor by the Canadian authorities; is foreshadowed. Brutally Tortured. A case came to light that for persistent and unmerciful torture has perhaps never been equalled. Joe Golobick of Colusa, Calif., writes "For fifteen years I endured insufferable pain from Rheumatism and nothing relieved me though I tried every? thing known. 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Washington, Jnly 22.- Notwithstand? ing the publication of dispatches from various foreign cities questioning the extent of the promises made to the American Government by China and Russia, respecting Manchuria, the officials here^positively decline to add to or take one word from the state? ment published from Washington just before the departure of Secretary Hay, to the effect that satisfactory assur? ances had been recieved that two or more Manchurian ports would be opened to i;he world's trade. It is quite certain that China, which is here re? garded as the sovereign power in Manchuria, made these pledges, and it is equally certain that the United States Government fully intends that they shall be kept. The detatiis re fered to in the original statement as requiring adjustment are still unset? tled, but the State department is patient, resting in full confidence of the opening of the ports required within a reasonable length of time. It is true, as stated in the London dis? patches, that Japan looks with sus? picion upon the Russian pledges re-" lative to Manchuria, and has in? timated to the State department that they are not satisfactory, but so far the department sees no reason to ac? cept that view. WHERE IS MR. HAY NOW? Pekin, July 22.-Prince Ching, the president of the foreign office, has written to United States Minister Con? ger refusing to open towns in Man? churia. Ir. his letter te dwells upon the impossibility cf China opening io foreigners towns which are not in her possession, but which are held by Russian tr Oops, and points out the complications which would be likely to follow. It is believed here, however, that a compromise may be reached by includ? ing one town-Ta Tung Kao-in the new commercial treaty. Washington, July 22.-Inasmuch as the Chinese Government, recently has expressed rte willingness to yield to the desires of the United States for open ports in Manchuria, the officials here are at a loss to understand the communication sent by Prince Ching to Minister Conger refusingg this con? cession. They have received nc ad? vices on the subject. The Man Who Works. Young man, you say you haven't been giver a fair chance in Iii? to make something of yourself ? Look at William E. Corey, who has just been elected president of the United States Steel Corporation- at a salary that would make a man rich in a few years. Do you think he had a "pull?" He did. Fifteen years ago Corey was pushing a wheelbarrow in the yards of one of Carneige's mills at Braddock. And this wag bis 't?s&>"" He wheeled so much r?iore ison, in as day than the men at his elbow that he was soor made foreman over th*n;.. In other words Corey wasn't afraid te? 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