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?k ??latrbniaii w? ?W?\)XM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1905. * The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1856 and the True goutkron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now bas the com? bined circulation and inflaence of both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sum ter. ' Czar Nicholas is beyond peradven? ture a miserable weakling, without the courage or firmness to meet a crisis and face the gravest situation in his? tory of Russia^ His running away from St. Petersburg, "at the express wish" of the czarina." as the reports have it, is proof of his lack of courage and now hechas taken his bed, a ner? vous wreck. What a weakling to be tte autocrat of all the Russians! * ? * The action of the Peabody Board of Trust in deciding to dissolve the trust and to appropriate $1,0.00,000 for the endownment of the George Peabody College Xor Teachers. Nashville. Tenn., means a great deal for education in. the South. The Peabody College for Teachers will become the leading in? stitution for the professional training of teachers in the United States and its graduates will go out to all parts of the country to improve and develop the schools. Th? Peabody Normal Col? lege under the fostering care of the Peabody Board and the State of Ten? nessee, has done a great work, with limited means, for the cause of edu? cation in the South during the last twenty years. But the scope of the work will now be extended and the results that will be accomplished will oe proportionately greater. This one million of the money given by Pea ?ody will be of more benefit and will accomplish greater good than all the millions that ?drew Carnegie has giv? en for building libraries for self ad? vertising purposes. * * * . The Blease dispensary investigation Dill is taken as a joke "by most people in South Carolina. > The legislature would save money by. adopting a res? olution declaring the great moral insti? tution to be without fault or blemish and'that a coat of "whitewash is not seeded at this time, ..v \ * * * Cotton buyers here and in fact . throughout the. south express the fear . tfcat the damaged ootton, which is bound to come unjess great care is taken by the farmers in the matter of storage, will entail a great loss to the Siolders of cotton. Let us impress up? on them to see to it now, while in time, to have their cotton well examined; removed any damage 'that may have started and see to it thatTft is properly stored. Otherwise thousands of dol lars will he lost to the farmers' by rot? ten cotton. ?STATE HOUSE REPAIRS. _&_ ." The controversy over, the repairs to .thia State House has been brought to public attention again by the report of the Xegistative committee, appointed to supervise the work, wl>ich was -- made . public . Monday. The report, which is quite lengthy, sustains, in the nain, the c?ntentio?-of Architect C. C. j "Wilson that the work heretofore done is defective and that the dome in its present condition is unsafe. The-re , port is based upon the testimony of Messrs, William Martin -Aiken, of New York, formerly Supervising Architect ' of the treasury at Washington, W. B. ; "5V. Howe, civil engineer and architect, .of Spartanburg and Prof. F H. Col cock, professor of mathematics and derril engineering in the South Caro JSna College. - - The most important sections of the report are as follows: ^Messrs. Coicock and Howe made . an extendc-d report, in which they showed that thc? girders carrying the adorne were considerably overloaded, sud that it would not be safe to put Jiirther weight upon them. ""Mr. Aiken reported that his exam? ination "proved very conclusively that ?certain members of the iron trusses oarxying the dome, are unquestionably overloaded, and are strained beyond sehe sale weight they are built to car? aar," and, ?eferring to Mr. Berle's re? pon, ne says: "Mr. Berle surely knew that methods involving such slender margins of safety were neither employ? ed, nor were they even considered in the office of the supervising architect of the treasury department at Wash? ington." "Thus it,will be seen that these dis iSfiguished and eminent experts con? demn the work in the respect indicat? ed, and sustain Mr. Wilson's report to the commission that the girders bear? ing the dome are overloaded, and that it would not be safe to put further strain upon them, or to leave the structure with its present load, with out material reenforcement. Acting in the light of these reports, the commission concluded to do no other work than that of installing the feating and ventilating plant, and to report the whole matter back to the general assembly for its consideration and instructions to the commission. "It must be very evident to every member of the general assembly who reads and carefully considers the sev? eral reports, ?that the girders bearing the oome will have to be reenforced strengthened if the dome is .al lowed to remain as at present con structed. ' The commission are of the opinion that it would be better, and in thc lon^ run more economical, for the State to remove the dome entirely and put up one more in keeping with the main body of the building and more scientifically and architecturally ad? justed thereto. The dome itself is so defective in its construction that in the course of time "it will have to be removed and another one put in its place. Therefore, the work that is now done upon it will be only temporary. The commission would, therefore, rec? ommend that the present dome be en? tirely removed and a new one con? stricted according to the best archi? tectural and engineering ideas. "?Should' the general assembly come to the conclusion not to remove the present dome, the commission would then recommend that the girders sup ! poruing the dpme be reenforced and strenghtened, and that the inner dome be made secure, if it is allowed to re? main in its present position." Architect Milburn may be expected to make? an extended reply to the crit? icism of his work and the whole busi? ness will be hrashed over again, with? out accomplishing any good. Perhaps when the dome "topples over or falls down into the lobby everybody will be convinced that it was not properly con? structed. A glance at the work on the exterior is sufficient to convince a rea? sonable man that the new work is not to b^ compared with the old. THE CHICAGO BLUE-BEARD. Coroner Investigating the Death of One of His Wives. Chicago, Jan. 31.-Dr. C. W. Lewke, the coroner's physician, said today he wou.d ask for the continuance of the inquest over the body of Mrss. M. W. Hoch, whose death led to the revela? tions concerning Joann Hoch, the Chicago Blue-Beard, who has been ar? rested in New York. The physician has :iot concluded a chemical analysis of tie woman's stomach and it was v - found impossible to find an indictment against Hoch for murder, but there still will be charges of swindling and bigamy and in marrying some twenty odd women held against him. Big Four*s President. New York, Jan. 31.-Fresident M. F. Ingalls, president of the Big Four railroad, resigned today and William H. Newman, of the New York Central, was elected to succeed him. Railroad Rebates. The railway presidents have grav? itated to Washington and have talked out,., in meting with more frankness than at any previous time: and this is to be commended. Very few of them have hertofore really accepted .the doctrine that great highways of traffic in this country are public rather than private institutions, to be managed chiefly for the public benefit. They are now making a great many admissions of a significant sort that the public will nat -fail to treasure up. They are willing'to'let it be known, for example, tdi.at the practice of re? bating, .was a jnontsTous"evil:' ?nry t'hey assure us they. haye: at last,'-and very recently,' so perfectly :succeeded by their own efforts in ridding thern .selvei; of these pernicious .habits that they fsel quite sur? they can stay re? formed without any further attention from the government or the public. Some of them, however.- do not feel quite so sure, and admit that they are afraid that they may be led again into temptation and fall from grace ?hrough'the cajolings of the trusts and powerful shipping corporations. The simple fact is that American railroad? ing has long been fall of the practice of favoritism and discrimination against the ordinary 'shipper. What with rebates, paid in all kinds of hid? den and roundabout ways to favored concerns in which railroad m?n have themselves to frequently been side partners, and what with the exactions of private car lines and forty kinds of subsidiary corporations for private benefit and against public interest. American railroad administration has been permeated w?th rottenness and corruption. It is encouraging that the railway magnates should go to Wash? ington and confess that they have been' great sinners in the past. But it is scarcely becoming that they should of? fer quite so active a hand as they have been extending for the shaping of the legislation so urgently needed to pro tetc the public against their confessed shortcomings. - American Monthly Review of Reviews for February. Fraud Exposed. *A few counterfeiters have lately been making and *rying t<> sell imita? tions of Dr. King* New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs, ('olds and other medicines, thereoy defrauding the public. This is to warn you to beware of such people, who seek t<> profit, through stealing the reputation <>f remedies which have been successful? ly curing diseases for over 35 y ra rs. A sure protection, to you. is our name on the wrapper. Look for, ?i ":? all Dr. King's, or Eucklen's remed: s. a? al; others are mere . imita;:>:.-. M. E Bucklin & Co.. Chicago. Hil. . ?i i Wind? sor, Canada. OLD TIME RACE-TRACK SHARP. How Dave Smith and His .Running Worked Kansas City* Sports. A decrepit old man living on the outskirts of Salina in a rickety old wagon and living on the bounty of gen? erous citizens recalls to Judge Dan Wagstaff a time when this old man was a noted race horse sharper. His name is Dave Smith. Many years ago he possessed a running horse known as Buckshot, which could beat any? thing in Kansas in a quarter dash. His game was to drift into a town with Buckshot hitched to a thumble down wagon. Then he would sift around among the horsemen and af ter a drink ortwo would intimate that he had a "hoss" whih could go some. His innocent country way never failed to impress the sports with the idea that they had caught a sucker. And it was an impression that was not re? moved until Smith departed a day or two later with all the loose cash in town. One time many years ago Smith poked into Atchison with^his ram? shackle outfit. In some manner the sports got wind of the-fact that the old man's horse was thc famous Buck? shot. They though they saw a way to do the old man up for all his posses? sions inasmuch as he always employed a local- rider to ride his racer. Their game was to get a rider upon Buck? shot who would pull him. They suc? ceeded only too easy. The old man ac? cepted the rider who offered his ser? vices without the slightest hesitation. Furthermore he bet the Atchison sports to a standstill, putting up mon? ey on Buckshot until no more was to be had. The horses were called to the post. They were to go from a standing start, or a 'held start," as the fellows used to call it. .The old man ambled out to the track with Buckshot, rider up, and took his station ready for the word "go." And just as the word was given he jerked a snap loose and the bit dropped from Buckshot's mouth leav? ing the rider with nothing to pull on. Then he fetched Buckshot a clip with a quirt, and the old horse went down the track like a greased streak of lightning and loped home an easy win? ner.-Salina Republican. FUNERAL OF MRS. WITHERSPOON Half of thc Vast Congregation Com .. posed of Negroes. Some of Them.. Former Slaves. Goodwill, Jan. 29.-After an illness of six days Mrs. Nancy R. Wither? spoon, relict of the late Hamilton G. ; Witherspoon, Esq, died Friday night at her home "Coldstream," near Brick Church. At 12 o'clock today her re? mains were tenderly laid away, in God's Acre" from the church she had worshipped in since she came here as a young bride fifty odd years ago. The church was filled with friends who came from far and near to pay this sad tribute to her memory. About half of the vast congregation was com? posed of negroes, some of them former slaves, their chihldren and grandchil? dren, and tenants whho had looked up to and honored her all their lives. Nearly all of her immediate family were present. Dr. McKay, the pastor of Brick church, being her ssori-in-law. Dr. Edmunds of Sumter conducted the services, asisted by Rev.- Ger?, G. Mayes who was broughth up iii Brick Church Mrs. Witherspoon leaves one'hrothter, Dr. Harvey Witherspoon of York county, hehr girlhood hhome. and two sisters, Mrs. Corbett of Camden and Mrs. J. Reid Muldrow of Brick Church j one son. Mr. Robt. Witherspoon of York county and four daughters. Mrss. D. K. McFarland of Charlottesville, Ya., Mrss Geo. E. Wilson of Charlotte, N. C.: Mrs. W. J. McKay and Miss Hamilton Witherspoon of "Cold? stream," all of whom were with hehr during the last few days except Dr. Witherspoon and Mrs. McFarland. One daughter, Mrss. Geo. P Harrison of Opelika, Ala., died about four years ago Mrs. Wittherspoon lacked but three months of being seventy years old, and until reccently gave active attention tr? her plantation affairs The extent of her many good workss will never be known until the "great accounting," for sheh was very averse to anything like publicitty. "A Mother in Israel" has gone to her eternal rest there to receive her "reward for the deeds done in the body." That it will be a gloriouss one all who knew her have full assurance.-The State. Afraid ol' Strong Medicines. 0 Many people suffer for years from rheumatic pains, ana prefer to do so rather than take the strong medicines usually given for rheumatism, not knowing that quick relief from pain may be had simply by applying Cham? berlain's Pain Balm and without tak? ing any medicine internally. For sale by all druggists. -mm ? i mm Poisons in Food. ?Perhaps you don't realize that many pain poisons originate in your food, but sonn- day you may feel a twinge of dyspepsia that will convince you. Dr. King's New Lifo Pills are guaranteed t<? cure all sickness ?ha- t > poisons of undigested food-<w money back: 25 cents at J. F. AV. DeLorme's. Try them. TAG TUX DEBATE. Fight in House Over Effort to Give Share to Winthrop. The Legislature is Jogging Along Killing Time in Fruitless Dis? cussion and Nothing Doing. Colombia, Feb. 1.-There was a spirited and a more Jess acrimonious debate in the house yesterday over Mr. Pollock's bill to divert 40 per cent, of tbe fertilizer inspection tax from Clemson to Winthrop College, bringing out the old prejudices and jealousies between the friends of the various State institutions and denomi? national colleges and resulting in the threshing over of the special commit? tee's report on State colleges in which it is urged that Clemson is getting en? tirely too much money by comparison with what the other State colleges are getting. The bill finally passed the house amended so as to give Winthrop the remainder of the 1 tag tax after Clemson has gotten 875,000 a year cut of it. . This tax varies and the friends of Winthrop headed by Mr. Pollock fought this amendment, which Mr. Pollock declared would have the effect of defeating the objects sought in . the bill. This tax which was started in 1S90 lias varied from year to year, going ap low at 830,000 one year. Last vear it reached high water mark at ?118,000. One last iab was thrust in the house today at the Blease resolution to in? vestigate the dispensary by Mr. Ash? ley and those lined up with him. His motion to reject the report of free conference, which would have had the effect of killing the bill, was snowed under, and the report was adopted. The report recommends that the house recede from its amendment to limit the pay of the commission to 30 days and from its amendment that the evidence witnesses may give being used against them in court, and adds a paragraph to the resolution calling for an inquiry into the legality of beer dispensaries as they have been con? ducted and are at present being con? ducted. Over in the senate the president of that body cast the deciding vote for an amendment to the new county measure which gives the appointment of the surveyers board of three to the governor instead of having the pro? posed new county appoint one, the op? position ono and these two the third. The senate debated the Rayser com? pulsory education bill at length, but adjourned debate after tho bill was amended so as to limit the imprison? ment peuallty to 20 days and bar pro? secutions unless instituted within 30 days and fixing the age at from 8 to 12 years. By a vote of 17 to 20 the senate rejected an amendment to ex? cept parents owning less than 8300 worth of real estate. This would have put practically every mill operative in the State outside of the law. It was offered as substitute for Senator Cole L. Blease's amendment seeking to have the State pay each child who had to go to school under the law but who was dependent on his own labor for a living $5 a month wbilo attending school. The joint meetings yesterday after? noon and last night to the house judi? ciary committee and senate privi? leges and elections committee to con? sider the Calhoun county matter and the Ashley bill to cul; off 18 square miles of Abbeville to Anderson county, brought out a great conflict in evidence on the part of half a dozen surveyors. And evidence was also adduced to- show that the new county did not have either the consti? tutional population or wealth. The surveyors for the opposition gave evidence to show that both Edge field and Abbeville would be left without the constitutional aroa of .500 square miles by cot less than 25 square miles and the new county would lack the required 4C0 square "miles by 40 edd sanare miles. The survey made by Representative W. il. Yeldell for the new county showed the new county tn have 40 square miles, Greenwood, to ho left exactly 500 square miles, Edgefield 50:> square gailes aud Abbeville 502 square miles and the new county claims a population of 15,915,^ over 1,000 in ex cess of the constitutional requirement cf 1-124 of the population of the State. This fraction of the State's population . would according to the last census allow the new county a rriinimum population of ld,815. The propositon to slice Abbeville for Anderson, which if it succeeds will of courso defeat the new county inas? much as this would leave Abbeville shy of enough to yield what Calhoun is compelled to have, was not reached. The meeting adjourned at ll o'clock last night to reassemble at 3.30 this afternoon. Yesterday's sessions may be safely regarded as resulting against the new county, which has been hav? ing a fierce struggle to get born all along. There was a grave doubt rais? ed certainly as to area if not also as to wealth and population. In this connection the question has been raised as to whether several of the new counties already established have complied with the constitution? al requirements but the su^rome court bas determined that the finding Qf the legislature is final and there is no hope, as some have surmised, of breaking any of the counties already formed even if it is shown that any of them have failed to meet any.or all of the constitutional requirements The sessions of the joint meeting have been largely attended. About J 100 prominent men from the territory I affected have been present and the j galleries of the seuati where the I meetings are being held were crowded. Magistrate ll ar by will be at the j Court House on Friday from 10 until ; 1 o'clock. Ile desires all persons, ? who have lost bicycles in the recent j raids and whose wheels or parts thereof j have been recovered, to meet him at ! some time between the hours mention? ed, tor the pnrpcFO of idertifyinc their whtels and to make ailidHVits upon which warrants can ba ?s>ui-o. Thc Ladies' Aid Society wi I rate! at the Synagogue tomorrow, Inursray aLernoon at 4 o'clock. STRAUSS-ROGAN COMPANY. Mercantile Company With $15,000 Capital Organized in Summer? ton. Summerton, Feb. 1.-The stock? holders of the Strauss-Rogan Com? pany met yesterday and organized by electing: the following officers: President-A. A. Srauss, of Mayes ville. Vice President-Isaac Strauss, of Sumter. General Manager-Thos. S. Rogan, of Summerton. Secretary-A. P. Burgess, of Sum? merton. Treasurer-A. A. Strauss, of Mayes viile. This company which is capialized at 8^5,000 takes over the business of A. A. Strauss at Summerton. A. P. B. Czar Hears Workmen. St. Petersburg, Feb. 1.-The Czar received thirty three workmen at Tsarkoe Selo at 3.30 this afternoon and listened to their complaints and demands. Concessions to Strikers. London, Feb. 1.-The St. Peters? burg correspondent of tbe Publishers Press wires that representative work? men of all of the big factories are now conferring with Governor General Trepoff. Next Monday the Governor will meet ali masters and representa? tives of the men with the view of granting the workmen freedom of meeting and bring about the end of the strike. Bomb Throwing in Paris. Paris Feb. I.-The fourth attempt to explode a bomb ia^ this, city was discovered this morning when an in? fernal machine was found lying in. tiie avenue Beacteuil. This is the fourth attempt within two days. If there have bee nany removals since the canvass for Mr. Bradley's directory was made he requests that he be no tied by postal card of same, or if any ene contemplates changing their place of residence or business within the next ten days will please notify him. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the Mother's Favorite. "The soothing and healing proper? ties of this remedy, its pleasant taste and prompt and permanent cures have made it a favorit with people every? where. It is especially prized by mothers of small children, for colds croup and whooping cough, as it al? ways affords quick relief, and as it contains no opium or other harmful drug, it may be given as confidently to a baby as to an adult. For sale by all^ druggists. HELP BUILD SCHOOL HOUSES. Part of tbs Dispensary Profits to be Set Aside for That Purpose. ^Columbia, Feb. 1.-The house today after two hours debate passeed Mr. Richards bill tD encourage the erec? tion cf adequate public school build? ings. The bill as amended sets aside 5 per cent of the county dispensary fund and when a district raises 8100, the county board is authorized to ap? propriate 850 for a building. The original bill made the subscription amount 8300 and the county amount 8100. Strike in Wasaw. Warsaw, Feb. 1.- The strike move? ment in Warsaw province continues to spread. Practically all employees of manufacturng districts in. the pro? vince are now oat. Thc Best Physic. *\Yhen you want a physic that is mild and gentle, easy to take and cer I tain to act. always use Chamberlain's Stomach and Live Tablets.. . For -sale by all druggists. j The Sumter Business College open ! de the day sessions very encouragingly I today. Prof. Lippard is much pleas I de with the quality cf students inter j ested, and is confident he can double j their wage-earni ag ability. Agonizing Burns. I *Are instantly relieved, and perfectly j byhealed, ,by Btickien's Arnica Salve, j C. Rivenback; Jr., of Norfolk, Va., that writes: "I burnt my knee dreadfully; it blistered all over. Bucklen's Arni? ca Saly^e stopped the pain, and healed it without a scar." Also heals all wounds and sores; 25 cents at j. F. W. jbeLorme: ' druggist. Startling, But Time. * People the world over were horri? fied on learning of the burning of a Chicago theatre in which nearly six hundred people lost their lives, yet moree than three thousand peo? ple died from pneumonia in Chicago during the same year. Every one scarcely a passing noticce. Every one of these cases o:: pneumonia resulted from a cold and could have been pre? vented by teh timely use of Cham? berlain's Cough Remedy. A great many who had every reason to fear pneu? monia have warded it off by the prompt use of this remedy. Tae follow? ing is an instance of this sort: "Too much cannot be said of Cham? berlain's Cough Remedy, and especial? ly for colds and influenza. I know- that it surely cured my daughter, Laura, of a severe cold, and I believe saved her 'life when she was threatened with pneumonia." W. D. TV'ilcox, Logan, X. Y. Sold by all druggists. WE ARE JUST IN RECEIPT OF 100 OF THE CELEBRATED We claim credit for being the first to intro? duce this potato, and if we never did our patrons any other service we are entitled to some commendation for this, as it has proven itself THE BEST PRODUCER, THE BEST EATER, THE EARLIEST VARIETY AND THE BEST SUITED TO OUR 50IL. Every cross roads store in the country now sells "Bliss" potatoes, or what they think is the "Bliss" and they are doubtless honest in their representation, for they may oe sold to them as such, but of one thing you may be certain, when you buy them from us. ?PUD MIHI for they are shipped to us direct from the county in which they are grown. We have never been able to fully supply the demand for this seed, and our object in buying so freely at this season of the year is, that our customers may get what they want, and permit us to re? order if need be, in ample time to supply a later demand.