The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 11, 1903, Image 3
TBE OHS WEES
OF EXTRA SESSION.
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Senator Morgan May Force Pana?
ma Matter to Front.
Washington, Nov. 8.-The first week
of the extra session will be devoted
to the usual preliminaries of a new
session of congress. The proformance
for the week is to have four brief ses?
sions and an adjournment on Thurs?
day until the following Monday. To?
morrow the proclamation calling the
congress in extraordinary sessions
will be read. This will follow the ap?
pointment of a committee to notify the
president that the senate is ready io
receive any communication he has to
make. On Tuesday the president's
letter will be received and read. Ad?
journment will follow its reading as a
caucus of Republican Senators is to
be held in the afternoon.
Wednesday will "be devoted largely
to the introduction of bills and Thurs
y day will be a short legislative session
* unless discussion of the Panama situ?
ation is precipitated by the introduc?
tion of resolutions asking for infor?
mation. It is the intention of Sena?
tor Morgan to introduce resolutions
on the subject, and these may be dis?
cussed under the rules on the day fol?
lowing their presentation. The Repub?
lican members of the senate will inter?
pose no objection to a discussion of
the Panama canal question, but it is
not likely that any action may be
taken until after the committees are
reorganized.
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, Nov. 8.-The house of
representatives will be called to order
at noon tomorrow by Clerk: McDowell
and after the proclamation of the
president convening congress in extra?
ordinary session is read, prayer will
be offered by the chaplain and the
roll will be called by Slates. Mr.
Gannon, who has been selected as the
unanimous choice of his party for
speaker, will be formally elected.
After the oath of office is administered
to him by the "father of the noose,"
the speaker will administer the oath
to ?he members generally. The old offi?
cers of the house will be reelected and
Speaker Cannon will appoint a com?
mittee of the senate to notify the
president that a quorum *of the two
houses has assembled aed that con?
gress is ready to receive air? communi?
cation he may desire to matte. After
adopting resolutions agreed on by the
Republican-caucus making the ' rules
r of the Fifty-seventh congress the rules
of the Fifty-eighth congress and fixing
an hour for the convening of the daily
sessions the drawing of seato will take
place. Dus necessary preliminary
work having been disposed of, the
hons*; in ali probability will adjourn
out of respect to the memory of mem?
bers who have died On Tuesday the
house will listen the reading of the
president's message. For the remain?
der of the week little can be accom?
plished bat it ts andexstood to be the
desire of the boase leaders that con-1
sideration of the question <of reciprocal
trade with Cubs be pushed as rapidly
as possible.
It is said te be probable that the
committees of the house may be named
at this session, bet it is said that not
much headway caa be made in the,
matter of complete organization of
the house within two or three weeks,
and that little will be attempted in
the way of general legislation until
after complete organisation has been
: accomplished.
?QK6&ESS EVENED.
Cannon Was Elected Speaker as
Slated by the Republicans.
Washington, Nov. 9.-The Fifty
eighth congress convened im extraordi?
nary session at noon today in accord?
ance with the proclamation of Presi?
dent Roosevelt, for the purpose of
enacting legislation aeeessary to make
effective, the Cuban reciprocity treaty.
The day was devoted ?imply to person?
al greetings and osagnta&taon. The
house elected Josy, G. Cannan of Illi?
nois speaker, f .
The house assembled the largest
membership in its history, and the
scene before the ga val fell in that body
was one of animation, both on the
floor and in the cloak rooms ?ad in the
lobbies and corridors. The-day was
crisp and bright, aad the capitol
building presented the appearance of
a new structure with its coat of white
paint and complete renovation with?
in.
Crowds of eager spectators, both
mea and women, thronged the corridors
and rotunda of -the capitol early in
the day, and the galleries to which
admission was had by card only were
taxed to their capacity long before the
hour for assembling arrived. Com?
mittee rooms, which had been in the
hands of the renovator during the re?
cess, were thrown open and many in?
formal receptions were held by popular
chairmen. With the speakership'ques
tion cut of tbe way in the universal
endorsement of Mr. Cannon there was
nothing to worry the legislative mind
and the day was given up to the senti?
ment of the occasion.
WASHINGTON eOSSiP.
The Fifty-Eighth Congress in Ses?
sion-Other Matters of Import?
ance.
Washington, Nov. 9.-Congress meets
here today and after a short time
spent in organizing the new House,
the Fifty-eighth Congress will be in
complete working order. The Presi?
dent's message for the extra-session
will be a short one and will deal exclu?
sively wi til the question of Cuban re?
ciprocity, which is the special busi?
ness before Congress. On Saturday
the party caucuses were held and both
parties chose their leaders, in what
promises to be an intensely interesting
and politically important session. The
Cuban reciprocity legislation must
originate as a bill in the house, and
when it pets to the senate there will be
much tariff talk, which the republi?
cans will encourage, believing that
the country is with them, and further
more that in this way they can prevent j
a discussion of the scandals in the !
different departments. In if act they
I seem to have chosen the tariff discus?
sion as the lesser of the two evils. The
condition of affairs in Colombia may
be considered in the Senate and there
is a chance that an attempt will be
made to ratify the Chinese treaty at
once, in order to forestall Russia's ac
tion in Manch c.ria.
Those politicians who believe that
the labor vote wiii be a large factor in
the campaign next fall, will, watch
with interest the proceedings of the
Convention of the American Federa
ton of Labor which meets today in
Boston and where the question of the
-"open shop" will be discussed by
the delegates from the entire country.
President Roosevelt has always posed
as a friend of labor and he wishes the
laboring men to take his view of the
decision in the Miller case. It is
hardly by mere chance that at the
very tim6 when this question will
come before the Federation, Secretary
Loeb, on behalf of the President has
sent invitation^to six members of labor
unions in Butte, Montana to come to
Washington to dine with the President
at the White House. The date has
been fixed as Novmber 18th. Perhaps
the president believes that the laborers
will be as flattered by this attenttion
as the negroes were by his dinner to
Booker Washington.
Viewed in the light of their effect
upon the presidential campaign, the
recent elections are regarded by the
democrats here as a great victory for
the party. The republicans were
severely defeated in Maryland, where
President Roosevelt did all in his
power to aid his party in a contest
where he and his unpopular attitude
on the negro question formed the main
issue. Much of the credit for the vic?
tory is due Senator Gorman, who calls
attention to the President's unwarrant?
ed interference in state affairs, and to
the danger of his policy toward the
negroes. The Senator's chances of re?
ceiving the democratic nomination
next summer have been thus greatly
increased, and he is recognized as a
strong rival of President Roosevelt for
the highest honor in the land. If he
is nominated the race issue will be?
come the main issue in the campaign,
and it is known that many Northern?
ers of the President's own party do not
countenance the Booker Washington
dinner and all that it implies. In New
York city the republicans were unable
to continue in power under the name
of Fssionists. The democratic mem?
bers of the present Fusion government
were reelected on the Tammany ticket
which was headed by Representative
McClellan, a democratic member of
Congress. Representative . William
Randolph Hearst played an important
part in this campaign, as his papers
were the only ones which opposed the
Fusion candidates. This will probably
insure Hearst of the New York delega?
tion at the next national convention,
and his great influence with the labor
leaders as well as the support of his
powerful papers in New York, Chicago
and San Francisco, will make him a
strong candidate for the democratic
nomination. As the political situation
now stands he and Gorman are the
most likely-candidates. The demo?
crats lost in Ohio, where the republi?
can success is regarded as a personal
victory for Senator Hanna, who is now
being boomed for the republican nomi?
nation, apparently in spite of himself.
Hanna is popular with the p?rty in
Ohio and in the East and has many
powerful friends, who unless he posi?
tively prohibits it, will continue to
boom him for the nomination. The
President is popular in the West and
his friends are equally determined
that he shall be the choice of the
national convention. It is certain
that President Roosevelt fears Hanna
as much as he does Gorman. The
Roosevelt-Hann a question may yet
completely destroy the repoublican
harmony.
Owing to. its influence upon the
canal, the revolution in Panama is
given far more attention than is
usually paid to such disturbances in
the South American countries. Ever
since the Colombian government re?
jected the canal treaty there has been
talk of secession in Panama, and of
then treating directly with the United
States, so that the water way could
be constructed at once. Panama bas
has now declared her independence,
adopted a red, white and blue flag,
entrusted the government to ? triumvi?
rate representing the different politi?
cal parties driven out, without blood?
shed, all the Colombian troops who
did not join the revolution, and is
now asking recognition by the United
States government. The name of the
small republic, with its population of
about 250,000, is Rep?blica del Ismo,
(Republic of the Isthmus). United
States warships are now at Colon and
Panama and marines have been landed
to see that there is no interference
with traffic on the isthmus. In fact
the Navy Department had the ships
ready and so near the scene cf trouble
as to arouse a suspicion that it was
well informed of the plans of the revo?
lutionists. The European press; ac?
cuses this country of being directly re?
sponsible for the secession of Panama,
but as they are anxious for the com?
pletion of the canal they seem to make
little objection. There is no doubt
that we could come to terms, more
quickly and more satisfactorily witli
Panama than with Colombia, and
Senator Cullom of the Foreign Rela?
tions Committee of the Senate expresses
a general opinion when he says he
hopes th6 revolution will succeed in
establishing a government so that we
may g*?t to work and bnild the canal.
The rightfl of the United States on the
Isthmus are defined in a treaty signed
with New Grenada, a state of which
Colombia is the remaining fraction, in
1846. In this treaty we guarantee the
suzerainty and property on the isthmus
to New Grenada (now Colombia) and
accept the obligation to maintain at
all times an open traffic on the isthmus.
If we were to recognize the ind?pend?
ance of Panama, we should have to
consider it as the part of New Grenada
to whicii the treaty applied and to
guarantee it in possession of the
isthmus. This would be virtually estab?
lishing a protectorate over the little
republic. Many people regard the
order sent to our consular officers to
recognize the de facto government as
the first step in this direction.
Glass, Glass
Now that cold weather has set in
and you must have all the window
glass in, you can save money by pur?
chasing your window glass from us,
we bought glass cheap and will sell it
cheap, putty and sprigs also
China's Drug Store.
rlNov. 7-tf.l _ ^
LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHED.
The brick work on the new school
building has been completed and the
roof is now in process of construction.
The circus that was headed this way
a few weeks ago bas switched off and
Sumter will escape the visitation this
year.
For the second time a mean thief
entered Mrs. L. B. Cooks yard, 30 S.
Washington street, Saturday night
taking two pots of flowers.
'?J City taxes may4 be paid without
penalty until December 1st, but on
that date the penajty will be imposed,
unless the city council prefers to in?
dulge taxpayers and pay interest to
the banks.
It is rumored that another large
lumber mill will be established in this
city in the near future. Philadelphia
capital is said to be backing the enter?
prise, but local mill men will be inter?
ested to a considerable extent.
Supervisor Seale is keeping the
chain gang hustling and is doing ex?
cellent work on the roads. All that
he needs to perfect the road system of
the county is a larger force^ of hands
which could be provided if the va?
grant law was rigidly enforced.
Miss Sallie McDonald . was knocked
down Thursday afternoon on Main
street by the long coupling pole of a
wagon which was turning a corner
just as Miss McDonald started across
the street in the rear of the . wagon.
She escaped serious injury.
Sumter people do not realize how
good a town they live in until they
visit other places similarly situated in
this State. There is more life, more
business and more progressiveness to !
the square inch in Sumter than in any
two other towns in the eastern half of
the State.
JJA runaway horse created some
excitement on Main street one day
last week by dashing on the sidewalk
in front of Levy & Moses' store. The
horse was headed directly for the plate
glass windows of the store, but was
stopped within a few feet of the win?
dow by becoming entangled in a truck
which happened to be standing on the
pavement in front of the store.
A cotton mill in Sumter, unless it
should be a very large one, would be
able to buy all the cotton it would
need on the local market and thereby
save freight on raw cotton. Sumter
is the best and biggest cotton market
in the State and it is strange that cot?
ton mill capitalists have not taken
advantage of the opportunity here
offered for the establishment of a mill
long ago.
. A wild horse, a long rope and a negro
at the other end knocked down two
electric light poles at the corner of
Liberty and Washington streets Wed?
nesday, broke an arc lamp to pieces
and tangled-the wires. The poles were
rotten at the ground and. when the
combination of horse rope and negro
ran into one of them it fell and drag?
ged the other down with it.
The old Nixon House, hereafter to
be-known as The Jackson, which has
. been remodelled from top to bottom
and is practically a new structure, is
nearing completion. It will be one of
the most .modern and up-to-date hotels
in the State and will be provided
with every comfort and convenience,
and will be handsomely furnished
throughout
It is stated on good authority that
the Atlantic Coast Line will, in the
near future, build a new track connect?
ing the Central B. R. with the main
line near the old C. S. & N. Junction
so that the . passenger trains over the
Central may come directly into the
passenger station instead of backing in
and out as at present This will be
a decided improvement and will result
in saving time on the schedule between
Charleston and Columbia.
City taxes are due and payable this
month, but City Treasurer Hurst is
writing few receipt s. After Novem?
ber 30th a penalty can be imposed and
City Council should at its next meet
ng adiopt the rule that was enforced
with such good results last year. On
December 1st a penalty of 5 per cent
should be imposed, on January 1st a
penalty of IO per cent should be im?
posed, and on February 1st, the full
penalty of 20 per cent should be re?
quired of ail delinquents. The city
meeds the money due in taxes to pay
current expenses and to pay interest
bearing certificates of indebtness now
heh! by the banks. If the penalty is
not imposed comparatively little taxes
will be collected until subsequent to
January, for most taxpayers postpone
until the last moment the payment of
taxes.
Funeral of W. A. Nettles.
Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock the ?
fnneral services of the late W. A.
Nettles took place in the Presbyterian
church at Wedgefield. When Judge
Nettles died, a good man passed away
and no more impressive object lesson
of veneration and affection to the
memory of such an one could have
been found than was witnessed by the
very large concourse of neighbors and
friends who gathered from miles
around to pay this their last tribute
of esteem. Among these -was quite a
large number from Sumter. The
church was entirely filled. Those
who tenderly bore their dead friend
within the sacred precincts of this
consecrated building to have breathed
over it, according to our beautiful
Christian usage, comforting and in?
spired thoughts from the word of
kGod, were Messrs. F. E. Thomas, H.
Drane Tindal, H. R. Thomas, Peter
Mellett, R. L Manning and W. M.
Graham.
As the large immediate family of
the deceased passed up the aisle, fol?
lowing their lifeless loved one, the
congregation by one common impulse
of sympathy rose. This act, simple
and spontaneous, was more expressive
of grief than the most eloquent lan?
guage could have expressed.
Rev. J. C. Bailey, pastor of the
church, officiated. He read many
solemn and consoling texts of scrip?
ture, praJyed with affecting earnest?
ness and quoted with much feeling
from Longfellow a description of
"God's acre." That beautiful hymn,
"Jesus Lover of My Soul," was most
tenderly sung.
We felt that the echo of those hal?
lowed words from that Holy Book, the
earnest prayer of that righteous man
and the sweet strains of that precious
hymn had not passed away but rather
settled like some fragrant flower upon
that bier.
The "God's acre" in which he was
buried was at the side of the church
in the same beautiful grove. Around
that open grave all gathered. Among
that sorrowing group were many faces
from around his old Privateer home
faces of those who loved him and whom
he loved so welL After a prayer by
the officiating clergyman, loving bands
filled back those cold clods as tenderly
as they could. The choir sang the
while "Nearer My God to Thee"
which dulled those cruel sounds. Upon
the grave rested flowers that some
poet has beautfully described to be
"God's smile."
Around the sacred spot stately pines
like sentinels will keep their silent
watch and leaves of varied dye will
carpet with their beauty the hallowed
place, writing upon the ground as
with the finger of God the truth of
immortality ; for as they are dead the
boughs which gave them birth and to
which they were once united still ever
lives.
Judge Nettles was a brave Confeder?
ate soldier, a good citizen and one
who loved God. Could enduring marble
hand to posterity, a nobler eulogy.
Nov. 10. G.
Supervisor Seale says he needs more
hands on the road and that under his
system of management it is quite easy
to take those who are accustomed! to
lead idle and disorderly lives and with?
in a few days transformed them into
capable road builders. It is a haven
of industry for vagrants and a reforma?
tory for the disorderly.
DISPENSARY PROFITS.
The Biggest Money-Making Concern HI
the State of Sonth Carolina.
The dispensary is a money making
establishment and it goes on piling up
the profits in season and out of season,
short crops and dull times in legiti?
mate business lines seeming to have
no effect upon the steady stream of
dollars that flows into the dispensary
till. The banner month for profits at
the local dispensary has heretofore
been December 1902, but the sales and
net profits last month exceeded that
of the banner month to a considerable
extent, and it is believed that both
this month and December will exceed
in sales the month of October. The
gross sales last month were $11,99 L30;
and the net profits to be divided equal?
ly between the county and city were
$2,482.68.
The net profits of the Mayesville
dispensary for the month of October
were $359.03.
The total profits received by the
county from the Sumter and Mayes,
ville dispensaries were $1,420.85.
PIERCE JONES
EXPOSITION CO. SHOWS.
SIX DAYS,
Commencing fionday,
November 9th.
Something doing all the time.
OPEN DAILY.
Nov 6-5t
Save Enough on Your *5uit
T~To Buy You a Hat! ^333
If you can do this without skimp?
ing the quality or sacrificing one
particle of the style or fit, isn't it
wisdom to do so ? Your common
sense answers "yes."
This S the true economy that al?
ways follows intelligent discrimina?
tion. We are here to save our pa?
trons money, and at the same time
give them the best their money will
buy,
We sell the hand-tailored cloth?
ing made by the famous house of
Schloss Bros. & Co., "the Best
Clothes Makers."
Their mint-mark of sterling
merit is found on the collar of
every coat, and is an indisputable
evidence that the makers are not
ashamed of the goods bearing their
label.
THE BRIGHTON 5ACK
Is shown in the picture. It is a wonderfully popular type of
the three button, single-breasted suit, with every detail of
workmanship correct and substantial, made in swe.ll Scotch
Cheviots, high class Cassimeres, rough, plain and fancy Worst?
eds. It is a marvelous value for so little money as
A "merchant tailor" would charge perhaps twice as much to
bring forth no better. Then think of the delay ?
Drop in and let us talk it over.
SUMTER CLOTHING 60.,
OUTFITTERS.
Phone 170.
PROFIT BY EXPERIENCE:
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The sale we have just conducted
having proved so successful, has
taught a double lesson. It has proved
that it is best to sell goods at a
small profit and sell in quantity.
It has proved that purchasers
will buy where they get the
Right Goods
AT
Right Prices.
We intend to profit by the experi=
ence we have gained, and hope that
you will do likewise.
We thank the public for the very
liberal patronage given us, and the
consideration and patience shown
during the rush hours of the sale.
J. RYTTENBERG & SONS.
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