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limn 8?MTXB WATCHMAN, Established April, ?SSOi lBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone, IS* 6 ?lidated Aug. 2, ISSI. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 26, 1903. New Series-Yoi. XXIII. So. 4 's Greatest and Best. Jenkins, Jr., H3 - - SUMTER, S. C ta Cb Siatt?ira: at? ?mta. \- - ..o - j o Published STOTT Wednesday, -BY JCT. Gr. Osteen, SUMTER, 8. C. TSRMS : ?1 50 per annum-ia advance ?DVCBTISEKKST: Ose Square first insertion..$1 00 Every subsequent insertion.... 50 * Contracts for three months, or longer wili de made at reduced rates. All communications which subset ve private interests will be charged for as ad versements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. CHINESE W?BSHiP SUNK. Captain of Cruiser and Thirteen Men Drowned, Crew Rescued. Hong Kong, Aug. 18?.-The Canadian Pacific Railroad's steamer Empress of India, from Vancouver, B. C., July -?7, and Yokohama, August 10, for Hong Kong, collided near this port to? da j with the Chinese crnis?r Huang Tai. The war ship sank an hour after the collision. The Empress of India saved 170 of the crew of the cruiser. The captain of the Huang Tai, who refused to leave his ship, and thirteen, of her crew were -drowned. The Em? press of India was badly damaged amidships. The Huang Tai was tender to the naval engineering college of the Southern Chinese squadron at Nan King. She was of 2,110 tons displace? ment, 260 feet long, had 36 feet beam and drew 20 feet of water. She was .built in England and had a comple? ment of 300 men. The Empress of India, also construct? ed in England, is one of the finest vessels off the Canadian Pacific Rail? road Company. She is 440 feet long and is over 3,000 tons net register. THE COLLISION EXPLAINED. Montreal, Aug. 18.-In an official explanation of the collision between the steamer Empress of India and the Chinese cruiser # Huang Tai, the Canadian Pacific Railway officials say the two vessels were running parallel courses about midnight when, without warning, the captain of the Chinese cruiser suddenly tried to cross the bow of the Emperss of India. The latter's captain immediately manoeuvred so that the collision, which he knew would be the result, should be a glancing one. The bow of the cruiser slid along the side of the Empress, but the starboard propeller of the Empress caught the cruiser and in? jured her so seriously that she sank in a few minutes. Tillman Identified. Word comes through an employe of the Burlington, relative to the pre? dicament Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, found himself in when the conductor came around for his ticket on his way to Chicago. The senator found that some one had relieved him of his annual pass and then it came to a case of identification. He told the conductor who he was and the later telegraphed to the head office in Chicago: "Man says he's Senator Tillman. No money, no ticket. What must I do?" I The Chicago officer answered : "Ask him what he thinks is the most important bit of legislation that could be enacted. ' ' The reply came: "Man who says he's Senator Tillman says the most important legislation that could be enacted, would be to repeal the fifteenth amendment." This was convincing and the order went : Ali right. Let him ride.-Chicago Dispatch. Suicide Prevented., The startling announcement that a pre? ventive of suicide had been discovered will interest many. A run down system, or despondency inva-iabiy precede suicide and something ha& been found that will^ prevent that condition which makes sui? cide likely. At the first thought of self destruction take Electric Bitters. It being a great tonic and nervine will strengthen the nerves and build up the system. It's also a great Stomach, Liver and Kidney regulator. Only 50c. Satisfaction guar Ateed&y J. P. W. DeLorme Druggist. FERTILIZER TROST CANT PAY DIVIDEND. Order of the Board of Directors Announcing That no Dividend on the Common Stock Will be Paid for the Present. Richmond, Va., Aug. 18.-The Vir? ginia-Carolina Chemical Company directors decided this afternoon to pass the dividend on the common stock. The following statement was issued : ' * To the Stockholders of the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company; Your board of directors desire to say that for the year ending June 15, 1903, the Viginia-Carolina . Chemical Company actually sold and delivered 982,000 tons of fertilizer, being an increase of i 25 per cent over its business of the preceding year. In addition to this they manufactured 100,000 tons more of completed fertilizer, which they were unable to deliver because the railroads could not furnish transporta? tion. This large increase in business necessarily involved the use of more 1 capital during the period between the sale and delivery of the fertilizer and the payment thereof by customers. This additional capital has heretofore I been easily obtained through the dis? counting of the company's bills receiv ! able of which, on July 15, J903, the company had on hand over $6, OOO, OOO, averaging about $1,000 each, and over $2,000,000 of accounts receivable con? vertible into bills. These bills have al? ways been consdered the choicest paper issued in the South, and as such have been readily available for current j funds. In the unusual finan?ai situa? tion which existed this year this course of business has become impracticable, and it. was accordinly necesssary that your , company should provide itself with sufficient additional cash capital to carry its business over to the fall months, when its bills receivable are collected. Your company, therefore, applied to Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co. of New York, who have organized a syndicate, including Messrs. Blair ??Co. the First Nation? al Bank, the National City Bank, the Morton Trust Company, the National Park Bank and the Bank of America, to advance to the company, from time to time during the next twelve months, as required, amounts which, together with its other resources, your directors deem will be amply sufficient for all your companys' needs. Such advances will be made upon the unsecured notes of your company, leaving your com? pany's assets in its treasury free for use in its current business as hereto? fore, thus indicating the high credit which it enjoys among the leading bankers. Although The company now has more than $8,500,000 cash working capital,the business offering each year has increasred to such an extent that your directors deem it essential that some plan should be devised for the permanent provision of additional cash working capital, so that the necessity for borrowing so large an amount of money during certain months of the year may be avoided. It is expected that, through the co-operation of the bankers "above mentioned, some ade? quate plan will be devised at an early date to accomplish this purpose. In the meantime, until such per? manent arrangements shall have been completed, your directors have though it best to sus? pend the payment of the dividend upon the common stock. ''Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com? pany. "By S. T. Morgan, President." W. B. Chisoolm, of Charleston, S C., retires from the the directorate and is succeeded by Edward T. Stotesbury, member of the firm of Messrs. Drexel, Morgan &, company, Philadelphia, Pa. Director F. B. Dancy, of Atlanta, also retires and is succeeded by Nor? man S. Meldrim, president of the Securities Company of New York, New York city. E. T. Stotesbury, Samuel Spencer and Henry Walters form a new finance committee. The following directors tfere present at today's meeting: K. B. Addison, S. D. Crenshaw, L. A. Carr, A. R. Ellereon, S. T. Morgan, S. W. Travers, Henry Walters, F. W. Hittle, E. T. Stotesbury and Norman S. Meldrim, the last two jost elected. Absent, J. B. Duke and Samuel Spencer. , . J?_-i ._i_Jfe THE POSTOFFICE SCANDAL The Grand Jury Resumes its Work in Washington. Washington, Ang. 19.-The grand jury today resumed its inquiry into the affairs of the postoffice depart? ment, and it is expected that at the conclusion of the investigation there will be another batch of indictments. The postoffice inspectors also are still engaged in original inquiries, and it is understood will present the facts in the cases of a number of de? partment employees, which while not criminal in character are considered sufficiently irregular to call for atten? tion at the hands of the high officials of the department. Among the cases of this character is that of W. O. Haz zard, division superintendent of rural free delivery for the State of New York, who it is charged, drew a per diem allowance of S? per day from the government as if on active field duty while confied in a hospital under treatment for a gunshot wound. These cases have not been brought officially to the attention of the postmaster general and no decision regarding them has been arrived at. THE TABLES TURNED. Thief Transferred the Shackles to Sleeping Officer. Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 19.-Albert Ecklund, alias George Johnson, who was captured at Rawlins and was be? ing taken back to Chicago to answer to the charge of grand larceny, effect? ed a remarkable escape from Detective William Marsden. Marsden left Raw? lins last night with Ecklund, and to make sure of his man shackled him to a seat in the smoking compartment of a chair car. While Marsden was sleeping besides his prisoner Ecklund went through the detective's pockets, secured the keys to the shackles, re? leased himself and then shackled the officer to the steam pipes. Having re? ceived the officer's weapons and other property, Ecklund left the train at Laraine, Marsden was not awakened by the conductor until Cheyenne was reached, when lie called for assis? tance. As .Marsden had absolutely nothing on his person to prove that he was not a prisoner, the trainmen would not release him. The railroad authorities telegraphed to Chicago for instructions, and when the train reached Sydney Marsden was finally released from his predicament. To? night he passed through Cheyenne en route to Larmc to try to effect the re? capture of his prisoner. Right of Trial by Jury. The supreme court on last Thursday decided a case in winch the right of trial by jury was involved. The case j originated in a magistrate's court in Charleston, being entitled Pinckney against Green. It seems that claim and delivery proceedings were insti? tuted against Green, whose attorney demanded a jury. The magistrate re? fused to summon a jury unless Green paid tiie costs, which amounted to 6?. j thereupon Green's attorney refused to proceed further in the case and the magsitrate decided against him. The j matter was taken to the circuit court, i but the magistrate's decision was up I held and the case went on up to the supreme court. In deciding the case j the court stated that it was simply a j macter of the right of .trial by jury in a civil case, the question of costs not entering into the case. This right is j given by the constitution and the de I cisi?n of the circuit court and of the magistrate is reversed and the case or? dered back to the magistrate's court for a new tria], this time by jury. - ^mmm Murder is justifiable sometimes The other day an old negro who had been a waiter in a big New York restaurant for thirty years, pulled his gun and killed his son-in-law, a white man. The old waiter had stood the squan? dering of his daughter's husband as long as he could, then he just killed him and surrendered to the authori? ties, remarking-"such things will happen when white folks and niggers get mixed up this thick." This is a i case where the killed should be ac? quitted in short order. A white man who will marry a negro ought to be killed on general principies. In this case it was shown that the man was a worthless cuss any way and had no business living, even among respecta? ble negroes.-Greensboro Record. ^ BIG FRAUD IN DELAWARE. Addicks, the Notorious Republi? can Politician Implicated in a $75,000,000 Fraud. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 20.-A special to the Evening Telegraph from Wilmington, Del., says: In the United States Circuit Court today George Wharton Pepper, of Philadelphia, receiver of the Bay State Gas Company of Delware, filed a bill of complaint against J. Edward Addicks, United States Senator J. Frank Ailee and others, alleging fraud in connection with a transac? tion involving the stock of the com? pany, said to be valued at $75,000,000. The bill charges the defendents, as directors, except Addicks, with enter? ing into an unlawful combination to issue to Addicks 1,500,000 shares of stock of the Bay State Gas Company without conisderation. The stock is alleged to have been transferred on July 3, 1902 The bill alleges that the stock was not issued direct to Addicks, but to another man, presumably on the order of Ad? dicks. The allegation is made that the stock was issued to Edwin M. Post, a New York broker, who is alleged to have been in the employ of Addicks, to sell the stock. It is further set forth that of the $75,000,000 of stock Addicks is believed to still control a large portion. JOHN S. WISE OSTRACISED. Richmond Society Will Have Noth? ing to Do With Negrophile. A Richmond dispatch to the New York Sun says : John S. Wise of New York has given up the attempt to get back into the upper set of Richmond society, a place he was entitled to by birth, but which he impaired by his political associations after the war and lost entirely by his recent activities in behalf of the negroes here in at? tacking the constitution of his native State. News was received in the city today that Mr. Wise had cancelled his en? gagement of a box at the Richmond horse show, which will be held in October. Last year the Wises occupied a box there, but the society people passed by it with cold stares and there was none of that hospitality shown which other visitors received. Mr. Wise has remembered the treatment, and has decided not to again face the experience. Gov. Wise's family is distinguished and his father was Virginia's chief ex? ecutive at the outbreak of the civil war, and signed the warrant for hang? ing John Brown. He fought bravely for the Confederacy, and John Wise was with the cadet battalion at their glorious New Market battle After the war, Mr Wise committed the unpardonable sin, in the eyes of Southern aristocrats, of joining the Republican party. As a consequence he was ostracised socially, and. when lie made application to become a member of the Westmoreland club in this city, he was blackballed. Within the last year, he has made himself more heartly disliked by associating himself with Jim Hayes, the negro lawyer, in an attempt to break the new constitution of Virginia. His utter? ances have been bitter, and he has paid the penalty in being a social out? cast in the State where his father was a loved leader. News of bis cancelling his engagement for a box was received here with pleasure. Civilizing Africa. London, Aug. 20.-Dispatches from Zunguru, to the colonial office, dated Aug. 17, give details of the destruc? tion of the town of Bunni, in north? ern Nigeria, by a British force of 30 whites and 500 natives rank and file. The enemy's loss was 700 killed, in? cluding the former sultan of Sokoto and a majority" of the chiefs. The British loss was ll men killed, in? cluding one officer, and 62 men wounded. Tho enemy made a despe? rate house to house resistance. Puts an End to it All. A grievous wail oftimes come as a re? sult of unbearable pain from overtaxed organs. Dizziness, Backache, Liver Com? plaint and Constipation. But thanks to Dr. King's New Life Pills they put an end to it all. They are gentle but thorough. Try them. Only 25c. Guaranteed by F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store. A CANDIDATE FOR LYNCHING. Shocking Murder of Girl of Thir teen by a Negro Man in Hali? fax, N. C. Halifax, N. C., Aug. 20.-This evening, between 7 and 8 o'clock, the dead body of Mary Jenkins, 13 years old, was fonnd in the stable of Capt. Griffin, her grandfather. Her throat was cut from ear to ear and the body was tied up in a bag. The girl's grandmother had been looking for her and, going to the stable, found it lock? ed. She put Mary's little sister through an opening in the door and the girl stumbled over the body in the bag. A negro empolyed at the place by Capt. Griffin is suspected of the crime. When searched he was found to have the keys of the stable in his pocket, a bloody knife, and blood on his hands and his clothes. He is now under guard -of a large number of citizens, as well as deputies and con? stables, awaiting the arrival of blood? hounds from Weldon, to be used to track him from the stable; The whole j town is thoroughly aroused and crowds of men have come in from Weldon armed with rifles. It is - not thought that the negro whose name is Manna Pontona, will live to see daylight. GOOD WORK IN AUGUSTA. 2,000 Vagrants Must Work or Go. j It is a settled fact that the Calvin Vagrancy law will be strictly enforced in Augusta as soon as it is signed by Governor Terrell. This has been de? termined upon by the police depart? ment, and alli that they await is the authority that will be theirs as soon as Governor Terrell's signature is affixed to the bilL The police declare that there are no less than two thousand able bodied ne? groes in the city who have no visible means of support. They rarely ever strike a lick of work, and in the" great majority of instances are not looking for work. They are never known to work steadily. It is freely confessed that all of these negroes could not get work in the city if they wanted it, but the majority could, and if the Calvin law goe3 into effect, as in all probability it will, it will be up to them to go to work or leave the city. The ^question of how these men live is an easy problem to solve. They gamble, steal, work flim-flam games, and do what is called the "waiting for the rakeoff" act. By the latter is meant that the negro women feed them from the tables of the white people of the city. It is generally known that many of the servants carrry off from their places of employment large baskets and buckets of victuals, both with and without the consent of the housewives of the city. Iii this way these men get something to eat, and depend on their wits for the little clothing they wear. "It would surprise you," declared a well posted city detective yesterday, "to know the" number of negro men who are now sitting at ease or sleep? ing in the shade, in the negro quarters of the city, and in many instances they have not struck a lick of work in months. It is from this class that three-fourths of the cases daily tried in the Recorder's City and Superior courts come. They are natural born criminals. We need the Calvin law to get rid of these loafers." "Easeman" is another name by which the idlers are known to each other.-Augusta Chronicle. Shipping Mules to Tennessee. Several dealers are engaged in buy? ing mules in the country which will be shipped to Tennessee to be fatten? ed during the fall and winter. Next spring the animals will be shipped south again and sold for good prices. It is said that a very large corn crop is being made in Tennessee this year, and that a good profit can be made in buying mules in this section and ship? ping them there to eat the corn. A great many of the mules that are now g*ung to "Tennessee came from that Sic e last spring, and some of them will doubtless come back next spring. As a rule the mules that are being shipped are of second grade quality, and many of them are being taken by the deajers from people who bought them on credit and will not be able to pay for them.-Andej UPRISING IN CHINA. I _ j Rumors of Trouble in Various Provinces in China Which Threatens to Involve the I Whole Country. Berlin, Aug. 20.-A news agency dispatch received here from Port Ar? thur says : "From the different provinces of China come reports of a rising which threatens to involve the whole country. The semi-official Novkkrai says : " 'The moment has come when, in view of the antagonism of German and British interests, an Anglo-Rus? sian rapproachement is desirable as a counterpoise to the movement in Ger? many and America, which is crossing the interests of Russia and Great Bri? tain, and to the activity of Japan, which wishes to make the straits of Corea a yellow Bosphorus. At present ! Russian and British interests nowhere clash. An Anglo-Russian alliance is possible and it is also necessary in order to protect Europe against the yellow danger. ' The Novkkrai proceeds strongly to attack the Russian papers which urge Russia to wind up her affairs in Manchuria, and which describe her policy in the far East as a costly blunder." ANARCHY IN MANCHURIA. Berlin, Aug. 20.-A dispatch to the Cologne Gazette, from St. Peters? burg, dated yesterday, says: "The situation in the far East is becoming more acute. Even in Manchuria the Chinese are assuming an insolent at? titude towards the Russians, par? ticularly towards the troops. At one place stones were thrown at the com? mander of the troops. While all Rus? sians are the objects of insult, a spirit of opposition to the Chinese Govern? ment is also manifested." Merging Southern Roads. A New York dispatch to The Louis? ville Courier-Journal says: In Wall street today it was asserted on all sides that all the Southern railways are be? ing combined into one vast system. There will be no big holding com? panies, but a genuine community of interests idea bound them all together for reasons that are plain. Tiie Rock Island-'Frisco interests and the powers dominant in the Southern railway are very f riendly, and, in fact, are work? ing together with a definite object. Some of the results of a year's work are Southern railway and Louisville control Monon, the Atlantic Coast Line controls the Louisville, and the Rock Island controls the 'Frisco, which extends into Southern territory. The 'Frisco has control of the Chi? cago and Eastern Illinois, Evansville and Terre Haute, and now the Sea board Air Line: it has an ailiance with the Illinois Central by which it gains access to New Orleans, and friendly relations have been establish? ed with the Gould lines. The Rock Island has secured control of ail the j Southern Pacific north and south lines in Texas, and it has a contract with the Southern Pacific. The Georgia Central is indirectly controlled by the Southern railway. Thus the territory north and south, is gridironed by lines directly ccn. trolled by interests working iii cp^j. plete harmony. W. H. Wells, chief of construction of the Southern, states that the com? pany has decided to posh the building of the Rabun Gap line faster than has heretofore been contemplated, and that che road will be completed in twelve months. The Southern fhas also begun the work of constructing the line from LaFollete to Jellicos by way of the Narrows, through Hickory Creek region, so that new coal sec? tions can be opened. This road will parallel the Louisville and Nashville to Jellico and obviate the heavy grade at Pioneer. End of Bitter Fight. "Two physicians had a long and stub? born fight with an abscess on my right lung"' writes J. F. Hughes of DuPont, Ga. "and gave me up. Everybody thought my time had come. As a last resort I tried Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump? tion. The benefit I received was striking and I was on my feet in a few days. Now I've entirely regained my health." It con? quers all Coughs, Colds and Throat and Lung troubles. Guaranteed by J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store. 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