Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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man an rUS 8UMTBB WATCHMAN, Established April, I860? "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aimst at be thy Country's thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Eetabliftbed Jene.;lgO Cosel ida ted Ans. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. G.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1905. New Series-Vol. XXIY. So. 28 tas at? S }f' Published Sftrary Wednesday, OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C, TCBM8 : I fl 50 per arin am-io ad vanos. iOTikVisisiit: Ooo Square first ioaertion..._...^...".$i co Every subsequent inaertion... 50 . Coa trac ts for three months, or longer wilt V ?e made at reduced rates. All cotnniQcieatiooe which ?observe private interests V? ill be cjbarged for as ad ver tiemen ts. it ' Gb?tnaries and: tributes of respects will be m ?harge?fc?. -~?lF. M LEBISUT?RE. MR. . MORGAN OF GREENVILLE DEVELOPS AS LEADER. * ' - Second and Third Reading Bills Con? sidered- Kershaw Compulsory Education Bill Continued ; *to Next Session. i . -*-. Columbia, Jan. 26.-There wa&*an incident in the house yesterday which ^raore clearly defined than anything which has gone before has defined - that the natural and undisputable leader of the ?ouse-fe Mr. B. A. Mor? gana Greenville lawyer, straight and > ' reliable, loyal and likable, modest but firm and fearless. The house had un der consideration the" historical com? mission, which, as'was' mentioned in this correspondence, is loaded with politics although it has merit but which had passed to a second reading the'day before. After Mr. Morgan vig? orously attacked the bill declaring it to be little more than an attempt to legislate out of a place his old friend, Col. T. J. Austin, of Greenville, and this was no way to go at a job of this kind the house reversed its'- position of the day before and by a decisive ma-, jority voted to recommit the bill. By an r.ye and naye vote of 60 to 45 the house killed Mr. Devere's resolu? tion ealling upon the South Carolina delegation at Washington to work for the repeal of 14th. and 15th amend? ments" ever, if the representation is r-^c^^ovrrr. ilr. Devere ,alone defended, j* and nobody attacked it. . After ?ne Nash bill had been recom mitred there were only two third read bills, that to declare the seduction of a woman under promise of marriage a crime and that for the protection of insectivorous birds and their nests, j^both of which passed and were order? ed sent to the senate. Among the second reading bills Mr. Boar's to make the deer season uni? form throughout the state passed, as did Mr. Morrison's regulating the bonds of Greenwood county officers gr and Mr. Richard's to amend the act with reference to the establishment of municipal court so to allow cities of as small population as 2,000 to establish H these courts. Mr. Kershaw's bill to reestablish the tobacco warehouse charges existing suprior to the act of the last legislature passed after a spirited debate and with an amendment limiting the charge for the sale of the largest pile to 25 cents instead of 50 cents. Mr. "Kershaw's compulsory edcuation bill was continued until the next ses j? sion at bis own request, and Mr. Her bert's, with the same object in view was passed over for the day. The South Carolina College bill again went ' over, and Mr. McMaster's bill to re ? gjffire corporation to audit and pay the claims of their employes get tan? gled up :V< a debate on which the in ?'?guraiion ceremony encroached and e debate was adjourned until today. Mr. Cothran introduced a resolution commending the efforts o f Senato "Larimer in his efforts for national road legislation, which will cause a fight for political reasons. 4jk Over in the senate a bill was passed looking t o the appointment of a com? mission to look into the oyster and terrapin industry of the coast counties, which is falling off. There was an un? favorable report in the senate on Mr. Mauldin's bill to prohibit hotel priv W? ileges and beer dispensaries. The house kiied Mr. Pittman's bill to require a uniform price for cotton seed. He said the small mills of the state favored it as likely to repress the trust which was crushing them with ? high prices in their localities and*low W prices^elsewhere. Columbia. Jan. 26.-Neither house accomplished any business today. Tne senate discussed tobacco ware? house charges and the house the Sonth Carolina college bill, no action fciiing taken on either. ?31 *assembly Judge Gary was - :ected without opposition. D. E. Kjks, of Sparta: burg was elected to succeed Judge Townsend, going in on the first baiio* *r>y one vote. The vote was as follows: Hydrick, 78; Townsend, 60; C. P. Sandes, of Spar lanburg, ,17. Seventy-seven votes were necessary to a choice. Total vote 153. D. J. Griffith was re-elected, super? intendent of the penitentiary without opposition. For penitentiary directors to suc? ceed J. G. Mobley, A. K. Sanders and ll. O. Rowland; these were nomi rated for re-election and W. D. Kirby, cf Cherokee and B. F. Holman of iJken, were put up in opposition. Messrs. Kirby, Mobley and Sanders vent in on the first ballot,, which re salted as follows: Rowland, 65; Kirby, 120; Mobley, 140; Sanders, 122; Hol? man, 12. In the last election M. Ar? thur Kibler, of Newberry, was elected without opposition to succeed Cole L. Elease, resigned, as trustee in the col? ored college at Orangeburg, i . The house judicary committee today ?unfavorably reported the biennial ses? sions measure on the ground that the amendment to the constitution had b?en improperly submitted to the peo? ple for one reason and that the amendment was not printed on the journal-of the two houses by the last legislature. Columbia, Jan. 27.-By an aye and nay vote of 59 to 46 the house killed the South Carolina University bill. It passed the Morgan bill to pre? vent fraud in the primaries with amendments engrafting the idea of Richland Democracy as to candidates filing expense accounts and forbidding candidates giving or subscribing to charity, but rejectedthe "amendment limiting the primary to qualified elect? ors. It passed, without amendment, Mc M aster's bill to prevent garnishment ajrainst railroad employes on the part ol' collecting agencies. Passed a bill to establish a state ar? mory at Columbia. At 1 o'clock the house was debating Josh Ashley's bill to abolish the im? migration bureau. The senate has adjourned to Monday alter accomplishing no business. . After continuing debate ur?til Tues? day the house adjourned for the day. t t _ Columbia, Jan. 2SL-After a brief fight the house adopted a resolution directing the speaker to appoint a committee to block out the necessary changes in the constitution to fit in with biennial sessions and report to the next session of the legislature, which means in the opinion of the h Duse, biennial sessions cannot be car? ried into effect until after the next general election. % The resolution called for a report by the committee, "with all due speed'' but that was amended by a decisive vate, so as to get the report at the next session. I The house spent the remainder of today's session with uncontested mat 1 ters. All dispensary bills were made a special order for next Tuesday. Columbia, Jan. 30.-Though not even a vote has been taken on any of fae numerous bills seeking changes i:i the dispensary law the matter is siowly but surely coming to a focus, and the fight will begin in earnest in both houses on Tuesday, when all dis? pensary bills will come up as a spe? cial order in the house and when the Raysor and Brice bills will be discuss en as special orders in the senate. Perhaps the most important bill on tie subject ?s the substitute which the house dispensary- committee will rec? ommend-important because of this recommendation. This bill is practi? cally the sa.me as Senator Manning's with the difference that the board of three directors are to be elected by the joint assembly instead of by the governor, and is strikingly similar to tie Raysor bill in the senate, except that the latter gives the purchasing power io the commissioner. The house committee bill provides for a state board of three elected by the joint as? sembly at salaries of $1.500 each and a commissioner elected by the joint assemtyy at a salary of $3.000. the firms of the directors to be for one year and that of the commissioner for tsvo years. The governor is given pow? er to dismiss the commissioner and ap? point his substitute until the next meeting of the legislature. The bids are to be submitted to the State treas? urer who is required to keep them secret under a penalty of a fine and imprison? ment. Accompanying each bid there must be a sample bottle shipped to tie treasurer of a unifrom shape, with a uniform cork and in a box of uni? form shape and size and without any distinguishing mark whatever. These bids are to be submitted by numbei corresponding to a number on the sample to the board of directors., who are required to make their awards to the number whose sample makes tho best showing on analysis by the state chemist with respect to price. The siward "shall not be for any specified amount but only for such quantile: and kinds of liquors as may be act nally required by the commissioner t< lill orders from the county dispensa ries," the commissioner being giver exclusive authority to make the pur? chases and may reject any and tha fail to correspond with the sample All-goods must be bought in bulk anc boiled at the dispensary except suer case goods as are of high grade anc standard reputation, and all left ovei at the end of the fiscal year of these kinds of goods are to be shipped back at the expense of the seller. Experl accountants appointed by the governor are to go over the books and vouchers and report to each legislature on the business done in the fiscal year ending the 30th of Xevember. The quarterly purchases are to be made after adver? tisement for bids in the state daily newspsapers and two newspapers out? side of the state and the purchases made in the previous quarter are to be published in the state. Whiskey drum? mers and agents are forbidden under a .penalty of a fi >' of not less than $1,000 or imprisonment for not less than six months to solicit a member of the state board and anyone connected with either a county or the state dis? pensary and a clerk or a dispenser or a member of the state board or any? one connected. with the dispensary who violates the provisions of this charter is to be punished by forfeit? ing a month's salary for a first of? fense and by losing his job if he re? peats the operation. In addition to the Raysor bill and the Brice bill (the amended Brice bill of last session) Representative Tool? bas a bill providing for voting out dispensaries and providing a quar? ter mill instead of the present half mill for enforcing prohibition in the count} so voting out its dispensaries. Mr. La Fitte has a bill calling for popular election of dispensers and Mr. Ford has a bill to give the governor half a mill levy in those counties where he finds the law is not being enforced to pay for extra efforts to enforce it, Doth of which there have been printed in full in this correspond? ence, which has yet been reported by the committee. Mr. Earhardt has a bill directed against the club tiger, but it is feared that it is too sweeping and might do away with reputable clubs. And nothing has been done yet with reference to compulsory education. The subject is a the head of the spe? cial order list in each house. The D. O. Herbert bill has been hanging on in the house for several days, being pass? ed over each time at the author's re? quest. The Raysor bill will come up for amendments on its third reading in the senate on Tuesday; at least that is the ordez*. Another important subject which is yet to be dealt with is that relating to taxation and the state's finances. All propositions along this line so far have been promptly killed. There is yet on the calendar Mr. D. O. Her? bert,s bill to make the final limit for paying taxes without the penalty the 31st of December, the present 7 per cent, graduated penalty applying on the 1st of January, but this bias been unfavorably reported. There is evidently a determined ef? fort on the part of the friends of Win? throp college to get sofne of the fer? tilizer tax now going to Clemson. Mr. Pollock has a bill in the house pro? posing to give 40 per cent, of the tax to Winthrop and this has been favora? bly reported, as has Senator Johnson's bill proposing a third of the tax for Winthrop, but Mr. Etheridge's bill to divide the tax half and half has been unfavorably reported because of a con? stitutional objection. There are two important bills on the calendar of the house affecting cotton mills. One seeks to extend to the mills the fellow servants liability and the other looks to the enactment of a ten hour labor law. It seems unlikely that cither will pass. Our old friend, the shad bill, has bobbed up again, as have a number of bills looking to the protection of oy? sters, terrapin and the like. A concur ! rent resolution is to be pushed forward I for the appointment <>f a committee to consider all of these kind of bills and report by bill. Neither house has taken any action ! so far regarding any change in the jury system, though there are several important bills pending looking to more secrecy in the manner in draw? ing the panels and doing away with the jury commission composed of county officers and providing for spe? cial commissions. There is said to be a nasty fight ahead over the bill to establish the new county of Calhoun. Those opposed to the new county are said to place their chief reliance in the alleged fact that the new county has not the con? stitutional area and that the old coun? ties have been cut below the constitu? tional limit. Along this line the hqgse judiciary committee has introduce? a bill to further define the manner of showing- compliance with the consti? tution to the governor prior to his or? dering an election for. a new county, providing for a non-partisan board to ascertain these facts. There are two smallpox measures on the house calendar-that making it a statutory offense to refuse vaccination and that authorizing the cities and towns to pass compusory vaccination ordinances. There are two yellow dog bills ahead of the house-that by Mr. Ash floy to repeal the present dog law, which has been unfavorably reported, and that by Mr. D. O. Herbert to amend this law. The hammers are cut for the lien law. but that there will be any change is extremely doubtful. Mr. Richard..* has a bill to submit the matter to tho people and there is another bill to re? peal the law. The senate bill looking to the crea? tion of a board of pardons has been ur,favorably reported but Mr. Nash ol Spartanburg has had better luck with ms bill in the house. Mr. Sellers has a bill on the calendar to double the length of the term of a member of the to four years and Jvir. J. B. Watson is trying to get a bill passed io increase the terms of circuit judges from four to sixteen years. There are three concealed weapons bills of importance on the house calen? dar-that by Mr. McFaddin to allow a circuit judge? and a magistrate sit li?gly jointly to grant permissioi to carry a weapon, that by Mr. Cothron calling for a constitutional amendment to make carrying a revolver a disqual iiication for office, and that' by Mr. ?tiley to amend the present law so as to reduce the penalty. A bill of general interest anil im? portance is Mr. Morgan's to provide fer the age and time in which road duty may be performed and to*fi>: the : commutation tax. This bill is put out in response to the constitutional amendment looking to special legisla? tion with regard to roads, allowing er. ch county to fix the details for itse'if. Columbia. Jan. 30.-The special leg? islative committee appointed to report upon the feasibility of the state going into the fertilizer manufacturing busi? ness reported today in favor of the scheme. The report says: .'We find there will be sufficient con? vict labor to meet anil immediate de? mands and that sinking fund commis? sion will have sufficient funds to loan the -tposphate commijrion to carry out the plans in the formulated bills." The necessary plant to put out 100, 000 tons of commercial fertilizer, the committee estimates, would cost $52S, 1SS. . The house adjourned on the debate in Pollock's bill to give half of the fer-' tiltizer tag tax to Winthrop college. During the debate a protest was read from President P. H. Mell of Clemson, who predicted a $30.000 annual deficit for Clemson if the bill is passed. The speaker appointed the commit? tee with regard to biennial sessions, Messrs. Morgan, Price and Fraser. THE REVOLUTION IN POLAND. STATE OF ANARCHY PREVAILS IX CITY OF WARSAW. Rebels Pour Petroleum in Streets and Fire Them-^Fighting Around Bar? ricades Continued Throughout the Xight. Berlin. Jan. 31.-The Zeitung this morning reports that a condition of civil war exists in Warsaw, Russia. The rebels have poured tons of petroleum in the streets, which have been set afire. According tr this paper complete anarchy prevails. A woman who was posted in a balcony in front of her house was picking oft" with a riiie the cossacks who were trying to drive the strikers from the streets. A cos? sack finally shot the woman but his own life paid the penalty. Fighting around the barricades continued dur? ing the night. At Izetochowa the rebels are masters of the situation. Martial Law in Warsaw. Warsaw, Jan. 31.-The chief of po? lice is taking the most stringent meas? ures to prevent a recurrence of yes day's disorders. Among other things he ! has put a ban on all visiting and has closed all private houses except to I their regular residents. PRINCESS HAS APPEXDICITIS. Princess Victoria. Daughter of King Edward. Was Operated on Today. London, Jan. 31.-Princess Victoria, King Edward's daughter, was operated on this morning for appendicitis at Buckingham palace. According to the bulletin issuec by the physcians the operation wa; successful and the pa? tient is progressing satisfactorily. QUEER BED FELLOWS. THAT POLITICS HAVE RECENTLY MADE TS WASHTXTOX. Democrats Heartily Supporting Pres? ident Roosevelt in Sonic of His Measures While Republicans Stab Him in the Back. From Our Regular Correspondent. Washington, Jan. 30.-An unusual and dramatic--scene was presented in the house of representatives this week, when railroad rate legislation being under discussion, the Democratic lead? er, Representative John Sharp Wil? liams, appealed in his efforts to curb the power of the railways. 'We are committed to this proposition because it is Democratic in principle." declared Mr. Williams, "and I do not hesitate to say that we are glad to find the pres? ident of the United States on the ques I tion is more of an American citizen, I more interested in the welfare of all people, than any particular Democrat ro Republican." Then turning on the Republicans, Mr. Williams said, "We will toe-mark the president's tracks on this subject and we '-all on yon as American citizens to help us to toe mark him." Mr. Williams' remarks were greeted by a burst of applause from both sides of the chamber. ?ii though it was noteworthy that many of the Republican "leaders," among them Cannon, who was not in the chair; Dalzell, Payne and others failed to applaud and even looke d disgusted. * * * Mr. Williams* remarks followed soon after a caucus of the Democratic members of the house at which it was determined to support the presi? dent in his movement for railway rate control, such action, it having been argued, being dictated by patriotic mo? tives, which should stand above parti? san considerations. It is also true that the Democrats in the senate will stand solidly in support of any meas? ure sent over from the house which carries into effect the president".-- rec? ommendations, although it is entirely possible, even probable, that Senator Elkins, as chairman of the senate committee on interstate commerce, will be able to prevent any measure of real value being reported to the senate. * * * - That there is no possiblity of rail? way legislation at this session is con? ceded by those famaliar with the Iegis tive situation. The senate leaders have craftily brought about a situation which precludes the possibility of any important legislative enactment bet?re March 4. To accomplish this end they once more made a tool of the ever willing junior senator from Indiana. Mr. Beveridge. Senator Beveridge was told to bring in the Statehood bid and that the leaders would help him pass it although they never intended so doing. Mr. Beveridge, never loath to assume a roll which makes him the center of attraction, gladly responded and for days and weeks the Statehood bill has dragged its its weary way in the senate Mr. Beveridge believing he was mak? ing progress, while the leaders de? clared that "nothing could be done un? til Statehood was disposed of "and all the while were laughing in their sleeves. Xow it has become evident, even to Mr. Beveridge that he cannot I pass his bill, but he does not even think he has been made the cats paw of the leaders. ? * * The best policies of the president have no more specious friend, no more covert enemy, than Speaker Cannon. The president recently declared that any government employe who exerted influence with members of congress to obtain an increase of salary must be discharged. This did not please Mr. Cannon, who is an arrant spoilsman, and he immediately passed the word that* "lump funds" must be abolished, and so they are being. "Lump funds" are appropriations made in lump sums for the several departments, so made thal the respective cabinet officers may. at their discretion, reward worthy employes with inrease of sal - ary. Opposed to the "lump fu:\d'" ;s tho 'statutory '-ll," that ir : list ol t'f.oes for which congress fixes the s-a'aries. Clerks 'n all depart?u ? va ce o-i-ig transferre i to the statutory roll so that their salaries cannot be hi? eren* ec except oy congress and those vvbo actually deserve and I.? whom their chiefs would like to give in? creases, must appeal to members of congress or go without. * * ? Another- instance of Mr. Cannon's efforts to defeat the wishes of the president recently came to the atten? tion of your correspondent. The pres? ident extended the civil service classifi? cation to include some 600 employes appointed as "laborers" but doing clerical work and having served sev? eral years. As long as they were "la? borers" they couid not be paid over $ 75 a month.* Several secretaries wish A MATTEROF HEALTH POWDER Absolutely Pure ed to promote the more efficient of these employes and to that end asked; the president to include them in the classified service. He did so and imme? diately the house provided that clerks so classified should receive a maximum salary of $75 a month, thus defeating the intention of the president and de? monstrating to the clerks that they must acquire "influence" with congress if they ever hoped to better their con? dition. . * * <? Instances without number could be? cked where congress has covertly de? feated the efforts of the president tc? establish an efficient civil service where merit should gain promotion and political influence prove of no avail, where the faithful trustworthy employe, rather than the political henchmen, who never fails to go out. in his district and hustle for the re? election of his congressman, should, win recognition promotion and in? creased remuneration. Usually these tricks of congress are too obscure and too complex to make it possible to ex? pose them in a newspaper article. The public does not understand, rarely can be made to understand, and too often does not care, "it is none of my busi? ness, anyway, and it is too deep for .me to understand. I haven't the time anyhow." says the average "good citi? zen," and he goes on his way entirely oblivious of the fact that what the president is trying to do by means of civil service reform is to cheapen the cost of the government to every citizen of the United States by making it an object to the government employe <o render the most and the best service of which he is capable. Of the average citizen it may be said, with apologies? to Kipling: "The worst of it we did not know. "And could not understand." \ RUSSIANS ?BM?T HEAVY LOSS. TTIEII\ FIGURES CONFIRM JAPA? NESE ESTIM ATES. The Japanese Advance Southeast o? Mukden Said to Have Been Rc pulsed. St. Petersburg. Jan. 31.-A messagt from Sachstunte, southeast of Mukden, states that the Japanese attack on La nedeangou has been repulsed. The message adds that there were ten thousand casualties from Wednesday to Saturday last week, but the per? centage of dead was small. PRINCE EITEL'S ILLNESS. Ile Ls Passing Through the Crisis To? day. Berlin. Jan. 31.-Prince Eitel Fred? erick, the kaiser's second son who is ill with inflammation of the lungs, is now passing through the crisis of his illness. The result will be known with? in twenty-four hours. MORE POWER FOR PRESIDENTS Will Have Absolute Control of Panania: Canal. Washington. D. C., Jan. 31.-The house committee on interstate and foreign commerce today authorized a favorable report on the Mann hill abolishing the present Isthmian Canal commission and authorizing the pres? ident to appoint a new commission ie accordance with the. needs of the sit uation as they may appear to him. RUSSIANS HOLD POSITIONS. Gen. Kuropatkin Claims to Have Gain? ed Ground. St. Petersburg, Jan. 31.-Gen. Kuro? patkin reports that the Russians hold all positions which they captured to the forward movement Which begaxi January 25 th. He adds that four Jap? anese attacks on the Russian right: flank have oeen repulsed;