The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 04, 1903, Image 7
SIS THOMAS UPTON
WITHDRAWS OFFER
To Present a Cup for a Trans
Atlantic Yacht Race in Defer?
ence to Emperor William.
London, Oct. 29.-Sir Thomas Lipton
has defintieiy withdrawn his offer to
present a cup for trans-Atlantic yacht
race in 1904, and has made way for
Emperor William, who will present a
cup through the New York Yacht club
or the Atlantic Yacht club.
This result was attained by an inter?
change of telegrams.
To the offer by Si? Thomas to with?
draw in favor of Emperor William the
latter>sent the following reply: I
"Neues Palace, Oct 28, 1903.- Sir
Themas Lipton, London :
" Ydur resolve to withdraw your offer
for my sake has deeply touched ma,
-and I hasten to thank you for your
generous intention and accept your
proposal. j
"1 was prompted to offer a cup in j
hopes of encouraging ocean racing, I
with the view tc stimulate designers
and builders into ' producing a
class capable of keeping the
open sea easily and combining sea
worthiness with safety and comfort,
without sacrificing everything to
?peed, i. e., to develope a sound type
of cruiser. I believe this class of
yacht wonld most appeal to tbose who
love the sea, and who do not wish to
xise their craft exclusivley for racing
purpses.
" Once more, my most sincere thanks.
(Signed.) * William, LR"
?REIT S?C?ESTOF STATE FAIR.
thirteen Thousand on Grounds
Thursday.
It was impossible to get at actual
?figures last night either as to the
attendance at the fair or the number
of people brought into the city by the
Tarions specials yesterday, but official
estimates indicate that the high-water
marks of Thursday of last fair have
been overreached in both particulars,
and that therefore this is again the
*' biggest Thursday" in the history of
the society, both in point of attend?
ance at the fair and in the number of
visitors in the city on account cf the
fair.
And the big day is not yet, as today
and tomo row are expected to be equal?
ly "big days" on account of thecarni
Tai parade tonight and the circus to?
morrow. In fact the railroads are ex?
pecting their heaviest hauls Saturday.
The number of people coming into
Columbia on Thursday of last fair
week was placed at 18,000 after a can?
vass of the records at the end. of the
week.
Fair ciScials estimate the attendance
on the-grounds yesterday at 13,500,
and that 20,000 people have attended
"the fair so far. To a representative of
The State-last night President Hayner ?
.of the Fair society expressed himself;
as delighted with the results so far:1
""This is in serrai respects the
.greatest fair we have yet had," said
MT. Hamer. *.* With one exception
.every departemnt is fuller and better
than it was last year, and this is strik?
ingly true of the poultry and various
live stock departments. This is the
best fair I have ever seen, and I have
missed but one in 18 years. This is
fully as big a Thursday as the record
smashing Thursday of last year, and
the attendance so far is fully jap to
what it was at this time last year.
The State, Oct. 30.
Caught the Last Fish.
A small black boy who passed
thronen -he Georgetown streets at dusk
the other evening carrying a long sap- ;
ling fishing pole over his shoulder,
gave a new twist to the conventional
tale of fisherman's luck. As he plod?
ded along he regarded proudly cut of
the corner of his eye, a feeble, flaccid
locking catfish all of four inches long,
swinging at the end of a string which
he carried in his other hand.
"That's pretty good, so far as it
goes," said a Georgetown citizen,
who was standing at his front gate as
the small black boy went by with his
haul, "but where are the others?"
"Dey hain't ary othuhs," replied
the black boy, coming to a momentary
halt. "Dis is de only one dey was in
de rivuh-~an' Ah got him."
The Georgetown citizen scratched
his head thoughtfully and looked a
bit sorry that he had spoken.-Wash?
ington Post.
Development of Water Power.
The most recent announcement of
plans for the utilization of waterpower
in the development of electrical energy
is made in the organization of the
Southern Water Power Co., which
secured control of several water powers
in the Piedmont section of this State.
This company is capitalized at $2,000,
CO0 and Eastern capitalists are largely
interested in it ; also the Pelzer Manu?
facturing Co., and other large cotton
mill corporations in the Piedmont
section. It is stated that the develop?
ments will, furnish electric power un?
equalled by any other previous devel?
opment in the South. Greenville and
other towns within a radius of fifty
miles are to be supplied by the com?
pany. Surveys are reported to have
been completed, but Ellison A. Smyth,
president of the Pelzer company, states
that plans have not been matured.
Messers. Lockwood, Greene & Co., of
Boston, Mass., and Greenville, S. C.,
will be the engineers in charge.
Columbia Record.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Is Pleasant to Take.
The finest quality of granulated loaf
sugar is used in the manufacture of Cham?
berlain's Cough Remedy, and the roots
used in its preparation give it a flavor
similar to maple syrup, making it quite
pleasant to take. Mr. W. L. Roderick, of
PoolesviUe, Md% in speaking of this rem?
edy > says: '"I have used Chamberlain's
Congh Remedy wiih my children for sev?
eral years and can. truthfully say it is the
best preparation of the kind I know of.
The children like to take it and it bas no
injurious after effect. For sale by China's
Drugstore.
IS. BOOTHR
KILLED IN ll WRECK.
i She Was Consul in kerina of the
Salvation Army.
TWENTY-SEVEN PERSONS INJURED.
The Brake Rod of the Sleeper
Dropped Down and Catching in
a Switch Derailed the Train.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 29.-Mrs.
Emma Booth-Tucker, consul in Amer?
ica of the Salvation Army, wife of
Commander Booth-Tucker and second
daughter of William Booth, founder of
the army, was killed in the wreck of
the east-bound California train, No. 2,
near Dean Lake, Mo., 85 miles east of
Kansas City on the Sante Fe at 10
o'clock last night. Col. Thomas Hol?
land, in charge of the Salvation Anny
at Amity, Colo., was fatally injured.
Twenty-seven persons were more or
less seriously hurt. The dead and in?
jured were taken to Fort Madison,
Iowa.
Mrs. Booth-Tucker was rendered
unconscious and died within half an
hour after being injured. Her skull
was fractured and she was injured in?
ternally.
Mrs. Booth-Tucker was on her way
from a ' visit to the colony at Amity,
Colo, to Chicago, where she was to
have met her husband today.
MTS. Booth-Tucker, who was Miss
Emma Booth, married Frederick
Tucker in 1888. He assumed her name
as part of his own. He was born in
Indiana and lived there several years
after the marriage. He was commis?
sioner of the army in Indiana. ' Mrs.
BootbXTucker and her husband were
appointed to command the army in
America in March, 1896, succeeding
Eva Booth, who had supplanted her
? brother, Ballington Booth, who had
been removed by the general.
Mrs. Booth-Tucker was said to be
the ablest of all the Booth children.
She had enthusiasm tempered with cool
judgment and executive ability.
CAUSE OF THE WRECK.
Topeka, Kas., Oct: 29.-James Hur?
ley, general superintendant of the
western grand divison of the Sante
Fe, said today in connection with the
Wreck at Dean's Lake :
"The brake-rod of the sleeper drop?
ped down and caught on the switch,
this quickly derailed this car, another
sleeper, the dining car and Pullman
following."
THE HUSBAND'S GRIEF.
Chicago, ? Oct. 29.-Commander
Booth-Tucker, who arrived in Chicago
today, expecting to join his wife here,
was prostrated by the. shock of his
wife's death. At the Salvation Army
headquarters the commander asked for
bis wife and expressed surprise that
she had not met him. As gently as he
could, Gol. Sowtbn, in charge of the
Chicago station, said :
"Commander, your wife is dead.
She was killed in a wreck."
Commander Booth-Tucker - stagger?
ed, raised his hand to his forehead
and exclaimed : "God help me; is it
true?" and fell in a swoon.
The Atlanta Constitution very truly
says that when the Southern farmer
gets himself in snap? to live the bet?
ter part of the year without credit, ten
cents will be the minimum price of
cotton and there will be no market,
ing under duress. -The old advice
hog, hominy and diversification.""
"Disquieting rumors" set going in
Chicago, and absolutely false, started
? run on the St. Louis banks, which
was kept up for several days. Fortu?
nately no harm was done but
widespread ruin might have been
accomplished.
About 50,000 men in the Pennsyl?
vania coal fields have been "laid off"
cr placed on shorter working hours,
so that the anthracite market may
not be overstocked. The New York
Herald says an effort is being mp.de
to curtail the production in the bitu?
minous coal mines also, and that it
has been informed that the method
adopted to secure the end desire! is
to cause a car-famine.
Now is the time for Indian summer,
according to the old Virginia interpre?
tation, which holds that a frost must
precede the mild and-dry season, which
annually comes to us on the eve of
winter. But nowadays it is taught by
some observers and writers that the
true home of the Indian summer is in
the Upper Mississippi Valley and that
the haziness in the atmosphere is due
to minute particles of dust carried in
the exceedingly dry air.
"Save enough on your suit to buy
you a hat" is the rather attractive
text of Sumter Clothing Company ad?
vertisement elsewhere *in this paper.
This firm sells the hand-tailored cloth?
ing of Schloss Bros. & Co., "The best
clothes makers," of Baltimore, Md.
They are the largest manufacturers in
the world of men's attire, and their
Brighton Sack is one of the most
popular suits. A very handsome suit
can be had for so little money as $15.
Raleigh, N. C,. Oct. 29.-A special
from Asheville, N. C. says: The grand
jury has summoned several witnesses
to give evidence before that body con?
cerning alleged irregularities by em?
ployes of the Biltmore estate and it is
stated as almost certain that true bills
will be found against them. The men
concerned belong to prominent fam?
ilies and the indictments will produce
a sensation.
A Cough is only a Symptom.
A cough ?3 not a disease but a symptom
of disease. A cough alveayft indicates that
either the throat or lnu^s a:e affected.
When the murar lining of the throat or
lungs becomes inflamed the irritation caus?
es coughing. Don't neglect a cough. It
may be the symptom of serious throat
or lung disease. Rydales Elixir kills the
germs that cause the trouble, soothes the
irritated mucus membrane, gently stimu?
lates the nerves that control the respira?
tory organs and thus helps nature to
speedily restore normal conditions and
. healthy action. ' All dealers. ;
HESTER'S WEEKLY STATEMENT.
Cotton Receipts for October Show
a Decrease of 32,000 Bales
Under Last Year.
New Orleaus, Oct. 30.-Secretary
Hester's weekly cotton statement
issned for the 30 days of October
shows a decrease under last year of
"32,000 and a decrease under the same
period year before last of 217,000.
For the sixty days of the season that
have elapsed the aggregate is behind
the same days of *-~t year 538,000,
and behind the same days year before
last 173,000.
The amount brought into sight
during the past week has been 517, -
315 bales against 453,259 for the seven
days ending this date last year, and
530,199 year before last.
The movement since Sept. 1 shows
receipts at all United States ports to
be 1,961,745 against 2,208,475 last year ;
overland across the Mississippi, Ohio
and Potomac rivers to northern mills
and Canada 44,067 against 158,586 last
year ; interior stocks in excess of those
held at the close of the commercial
year 252,876, against 392,146 last year,
and southern mill takings 349,000
against 386,500 last year.
The total movement sinceJSept. 1 is
2,607,688, against 3,145,707 last year and
2,780,830 year before last.
Foreign exports for the week have
been 264,225 against 263,206 last year,
making the total thus far for the sea?
son 1,272,362 against 1,510,947 last
year.
The total takings of American mills
north and south and Canada thus far
for the season have been 625,837 against
752,925 last year.
Stocks at the seaboard and the 29
leading southern interior centres have
increased during the week 152,016
bales, against an increase during the
corresponding period last season of 82, -
. 615.
Including stocks left over at ports
and interior towns from the last
crop and the number of bales brought
into sight thus i?r for the new crop the
supply to date is 2,775,487, against
3,360,781, for the same period last
year.
GHIGKAMAUBA PARK.
Seven Hundred and Ninety Acres
Additional Have Been Acquired.
Washington, Oct. 30.- In his annual
report of the Chickamau^a national
park commission Gen. H* V. Boynton
says that since the park has been de?
signated as a national maneuvering
ground 790 acres of additional ground
has been acquired, a part of which has
been chosen as a permanent eavalry
post. The arrangement of the post
has not interfered with the marking
of the additional track. The general
also says :
"It is also a matter of satisfaction
to the commission that for another
year the-practical use of the park by
the government has contiuned by
maintaining a field camp of the Sev?
enth cavalry within its limits. In
view of the wild reports of the un
healthfulness of the park, which gain?
ed currency during the war with
Spain, it is proper to say that the
health of the soldiers camped there and
of the park force and its laborers has
continued exceptionally good. The
water throughout the park has proved
excellent, and an abundant supply has
been secured for the encampments and
the new post from flpwing wells."
Texas Yellow Fever.
Laredo. Tex., Oct. 29.-The official
yellow fever bulletin tonight, shows an
improvement. It is the following :
New cases, 7 ; deaths, 1 ; total cases to
date, 587 ; toial deaths, 52. The situa?
tion in Nuevo Laredo also shows an
improvement, three new cases and one
death bieng reported from there yes?
terday. Monterey reported four deaths
and 10 new cases last Tuesday.
Millard Lee Must Hang.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 29.-Millard Lee,
a young white man, will be hanged
here tomorrow for the murder of Miss
Lila May Suttles, near this city, May
25, 1902. Th.e question of Lee's sanity
was investigated by tho supreme court,
and the decision of that court that he
was of sound mind when the crime was
committed was affirmed by the supreme
court today. Gov. Terrell has refused
to grant a respite and the legal execu
ton will take place tomorrow. Lee
has been respited five times before
and today expressed his anxiety to die
rather than suffer longer the agony
of uncertainty.
The Be?t Liniment.
"Chamberlain's Pain Balm is considered
the best liniment on the market," write
Post & Bliss, of Georgia, Vt. No other
liniment will heal a cut or bruise so
promptly. No other affords such quick
relief from rheumatic pains. No other is
so valuable for deep seated pams like
lame back and pams in the chest. Give
this liniment a trial and you will never
wh-h to be without it. Sold by China's
Drug Store.
? Confederate Veterans Reunion, Augusta,
Georgia.
Low Rates Via Atlantic Coast Line.
Tickets on salo November 9 and 10.1903from
all points in Georgia and South Carolina be?
yond a radius of one hundred miles of Augus?
ta, and November 10 and lilli from points
within radius of one hundred miles of Augus?
ta, and for trains scheduled to arrive in Au?
gusta before noonof.'November 12. 1903. Final
limit of all tickets will l>e November 13. 1H03.
The rate from Sumter to Augusta and return
for this occasion will be $100.
EL M. EMERSON, W. J. CRAIG,
Traffic Manager. General Passenger Agent
Only Makes a Bad Matter
Worse.
Perhaps you have never thought of it
but the fact must be apparent to every
one that constipation is caused by a lack
j of water in the system, and the use of
j drastic cathartics like the old fashioned
j pills only makes a bad matter worse,
j Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
are much more mild and gentle in their
effect, and when the proper dose is taken
their action is so natara! that one can
hardly realize it is the effect of a medicine.
Try a 25 cent bottle of them. For sale by
China's Drug Store.
COTTON CROP LESS
THAN LAST YEAR'S.
According to Special Report Is?
sued by Bradstreet-No Top
Crop Worth Mentioning.
New York, Oct. 30.-This year's cot?
ton crop is estimated to be no larger
than, if it equals, that of last year,
which was 10,727,000 bales, according
to a special report to be issued to?
morrow by Bradstreet's. The report,
which is based on special inquiry made
by Bradstreet's correspondents through
th6 south, will say :
"To the main leading question as
to the probable yield this year as com?
pared with last, the unanimity of the
opinion pointing to a yield below that
of 1902 is notable. Two states, Ala?
bama and Louisiana, report a probable
increase in production.
Texas shows much diversity of
opinion, the net result being a crop
about equal to last year, while the
other States report decreases, most
notable in South Carolina, Missis?
sippi and Tennessee, with smaller re?
ductions in North Carolina, Georgia,
Arkansas and Florida. Three fourths
of the questions point to the belief
that no top crop worth mentioning
will be gathered, but the answers to
the question of grading and staple show
it to be better as a whole than last
year. Although the general concen?
sus of opinion is that the crop will be
smaller than a year ago, it is pointed
out that the higher price ruling, the
advance on last year being 1 to 1%
cents, makes the crop, potentially as
valuable in a money way, -as a year
ago. Making all allowances for under?
estimation, the reports as a whole pciift
to a yield in bales no larger, if indeed
it quite equals, that of last year, which
saw a commercial crop of 10,227,000
bales marketed."
??I ll ? winn
In the Hands of the Trust.
Not satisfied with the report that the
Fertilizer Trust will raise the price
of its manufactured product next year,
leading farmers of Laurens county have
called a meeting at which they will
endeavor to suggest some plan by
which they will not be forced to sub?
mit. Pratically the entire business is
controlled by the trust. "When it met
with financial difficulties two months
ago* the impression went forth that in
time the farmer would have to make
up the deficiency, and if what the
Laurens people believe is true that is
exactly what will happen. It is said
that the rates will be increased about
four dollars a ton, which will cut
deeply in the revenue of the agricul?
tural class and will entail hardships
which will be unfortunate to say the
least. Eleven of the most prominent
farmers in the county issued the call
for the meeting to be held on Novem?
ber 6, and if they find that the old
tariff will not be continued they will
urge their brethren of the field not to
buy. It is not a boycott. Heretofore
the planters have been helpless.
They had every reason to express the
most genuine regret when all of the
plants in this and other States, with
a few exception, passed under the con?
trol of the combine, and when the
stock was watered and thrown on the
market every man with cemmon sense
realized that speculators would try to
get rich at "the expense of the impov
verished element in the South.
Among other things the farmers say :
"We are informed that this increased
price is not based on any claim that
these concerns are going to give us a
higher grade of goods nor do they rely
upon the argument made upon the
occasion of a former raise in prices,
that it is on account of the raise in the
prices of cost of the material used in
the manufature of their goods, but
solely on the ground that they are sell?
ing their goods too cheap. Now are
we not already paying a high price for
guano? Would it not te better to
farm without guano than io give more
than we are already paying? Shall we
sit idle and let these concerns go ahead
and arbitrarily fix the price of every?
thing we buy without even a mild
protest?
The matter is of vital interest to
every farmer in South Carolina. This
year, they are being paid more for their
cotton, but it will not help them to
any extent if they are required to give
up exorbitant sums for fertilizers.
Just how they can meet the crisis,
should it develop, is not an easy pro?
blem, but if they unite, and will stand
together, refusing to purchase th s
manufactured article at excessive rater,
the trust will find that it cannot a?oru
to squeeze when there are few planters
to buy. It may be chat something
practical will be suggested at the
Laurens meeting, in which case it will
doubtless meet with the hearty snp
and co-operation of the masses on
whom we depend for our living.
Greenville News.
Burglars at Work.
Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 29.-The safe
in the Florence Cotton mills at Forest
City, N. C., was blown open by burg?
lars last night and between $1,( 00 and
82,OCO in cash secured.
If the retail grocers are to organize
to protect themselves against frauds
and dead beats the organization is all
right. If, however, toe ultimate ob?
ject is to stifle competition, perhaps,
the people will not welcome the new
association enthusiastically.-Colum- j
bia Record.
fi T ll J** L L ? I t? ?j y & f -
A ^ CAL CURS FO?
"&? A JLa *R. X J?t. -
It has recently been discovered t'-r.?
the germs thc: produce Malaria, breed
und multipi> tu the intestines and from
there spread throughout the system
by means of the blood. This fact ex?
plains why Malaria is hard to cure by
the old method of treatment. Quinine,
Iron, etc.. stimulate the nerves and
build up the blood, but do not destroy
the germs that cause the disease.
Rydale's Ionic has a specific effect
upon the intestines and bowels, freeing
them from all disease breeding mi?
crobes. It also kills the germs that
infest the veins and arteries. It drives
from the blood all poisonous matte!
and makes it rich and healthy.
RYDALE'S TONIC is a blood
builder, a nerve restorer, and a Malaria
destroyer. Try it, it will not disap
ooint you.
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Hie Kind Yon Have Always Bought, and winch has been
in use for over 30 years, has borne the Signatare of
and has been made under his per
??^^"2^; sonal supervision since its infancy.
K ?'?(??#?46 Allow no one to deceive yon in this.
AU Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare?
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep*
The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
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Drug Co., A. J. China, and the Sumter Phar?
macy. May 27
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