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WESWES9AY, FEBRUARY 15,1905. The Sumter WatcJiman was founded in X8S0 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman at\d Southron now has the com? bined sire elation and influence of both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. How a marriage license law or a law requiring all'marriages to be recorded in the clerk's o Sice can have a ten? dency to develop a sentiment in favor of a divorce law is beyond our appre? hension. To as it seems that any re? striction that would prevent hasty and iill considered marriages would have the opposite effect, for the de? mand for a divorce law in this state comes from the victims of hasty mar? riages or their friends. We would not snake it less difficult to break the marriage tie, but more difficult for thoughtless persons to assume the ob? ligation. * ? * The hanging of Mayor McGne, of Charlottsville, Va.., for the murder of ?us wife is j a signal triumph of the law over social position, wealth and political influence. The Old Domin? ion is tobe congratulated that she possesses such justice loving and law /^respecting jurors judges and gover? nor. * * * Secretary of State Gantt is entitled to a fair showing and an unbiased in? vestigation, bat he should make a fe?l and satisfactory showing.__The people who elected^him are entitled to it. * * * The South Carolina lawyers who were so anxious to obtain the appoint? ment as Federal Judge will now calm themselves, call off their friends and resume the practice of their profes? sion. The judgeship will not be created at present .. * * * The cotton ?peculator has taken the place is the minds of the cotton growers occupied a few months ago oy the boll wfcevil. Of the two pests former has c^lne i;he South a thou? sand fold the greater damage. But the government will not spend any mersey to eradicate the speculators. * * * X ire hotel accommodations of Sum? te? will have to be increased in the near future if the travel continues to ineiease. The city is growing so rap? idly in business importance that ten .people atop at the hotel now where ?cse did a few years ago. Another and ?ar^er hotel will be a necessity in a ?eh ari time. * * * It was some old unregenerate South /.feater who said in Congress that if V/fcb? South would raise less hell and 'more hog she would be better off. It was a true word though tinged with . profanity, and the saying is true to . ?3ay. only we would substitute cotton S?T hell and add a long lits of live s coe i and food crops to the hog part, not forgetting chickens. We have nevar had enough chickens for home consumption and the whole country is eiying for more eggs and chickens. . * * Tue red hot speech that* President Roosevelt promises to deliver tonight may serve a good purpose-if it is bo$ enougb to hreakthe colo1 wave in Sew York. * * Our plain spoken Columbia corres? pondent tells the truth about the Leg? islature in-a candid manner that they are unaccustomed to, ar.d some of them may not agree with him in his conclusions, but nis?-ty per cent of the people will say amen to every word of it. We would like to know for whom ^Richmond Pearson Hobson, is acting as pie<*s agent Unless be is a very rich mao his postage account not to mention his printing bills will impov? erish him ia skort orcier if he contin? ues to bombard the cewsaper ofiicts with cricElar betters, addresses and memorials to Congress in advocacy of an immense navy. . 0e is either s rich mac who can afford to spend stoney iii advocacy of?a fad.or ihe press ?gent of some corporation that has good seasons for wishing to influence the government to adopt the extravagant saval programme propessd by Capt Hobson. If we were to venture a guess it would be that Capt. Hobson is furnishing the wind while some shipbuilding or armor plate trust pays ?he printers1 and postage bills. ? * ? An eight or nine million bale crop of cotton will mean prosperity for the South, but distress for the cotton mill operatives of Kew England and Old England. * * * Senator La timer' now proposes to secure an appropriation for assisting in draining the^swamp lands of the South. What has become of his good roads appropriation that he was going to get immediately, if not sooner. _* * * President ?oosevelt regards ... him? self as greater than Congress and has pigeon-holed the arbitration treaties amended by the Senate, When he an/afces a treaty with his great and good friends, he tautccrate of other I countries, Congress mnst not dare to j change a word or phiase in one of then::. It is to be hoped that the Senate wilmot knuckle down to Roose? velt^ high-handed assumption of unconstitutional powers. This country can do without arbitration treaties much better than it can afford to put ,up with an autocrat in the White House. * * * Pr?sident Roosevelt's startling ad dress delivered at the Republican club's Lincoln day banquet was not so rc d hot and startling after ali. * * * Charleston and Anderson will divide the new judgships, and Judges Menminger and Prince will don their robe* of office at once. Those who know them best say that they are thoroughly qualified for the places they will occupy and will reflect credit upon themselves and honor the bench of South Carolina. * * * There may be no such thing as a constructive recess, but Dr. Cram and Gen. Wood will always be ; J re pai ed to maintain that there was such a thing once up? on a time for they held on to good jobs by reason of President Roosevelt's fiction that it existed. * * * If the Legislature keeps on fooling along with the Stae Bouse investiga? tion that unsafe dome will collapse and catch some of the experts employ? ed fco calculate the stress and strain and what not flt hat causes the iron girders to bend and buckle under the weight of the monstrosity perched on the roof of the State House. * * * If it were not for dispensary inves? tigations, State Boase investigations and investigations- of various State House officials the Legislature would havo nothing to do to while away the time?. * * * The farmers of Sumter county are evidently in earnest and will mater? ially curtail the production of cotton. Reports from all sections of the coun? ty are that they are organizing and are with practical nnaminity sign? ing the pledge prescribed by the New Orleans convention. If the movement is .is unanimous in other States the farriers will control the situation this fall and can dictate prices. If the prices of middling cotton could be fixed at ten cents the lot of the cotton grower wculd be an enviable one. * ? * From what we have recently learned we are prepared to believe that the coca-cola license tax bill was the worst specimen of peanut politics ex? hibited before the General Assembly th isi. session. * * * The Cotton Growers' Association is an important, necessary and mo?t beneficial organization and will remain so until the association officers begin to reach out for political office, as some of them are sure to do. Just watch them. Tl) OUST WILLIAMS AS LEADER. Minority in Congress Not Taking Kindly to Mississippian^ Rule. John Sharp Williams's days as the leader of the Democrats in the hocse of representatives are believsd to be numbered. He probably will not serve in that place beyond the life of the present congress. He is out of touch with his party associates cn the rail? way rate question, and today he had a sbs.rp passage of arms with Represent? ative Hay, of Virginia, over the ghost of Jefferson Davis, emerging from the fray discomfited and sore at heart. The decline of Williams as a leader began at the Democratic convention in St. Louis last July. His keynote speech as .temporary chairman of the convention, which was intended as a reply to the address of Elihu Root de? livered at Chicago the week previous, was a flat failure. Mr. Williams announced some time ago that President Roosevelt bad stolen Democratic thunder in his in? ter-state commerce propaganda, and th Et he was ready to support the pres? ident^ policy on the ground that it WHS good Democratic policy. Now he expresses opposition to the adminis? tration rate measure reported by the bc use committee on inter-state and fo:reigu commerce. But he is finding little enconrvagement. The Mississippi statesman's troubles as a leader begau soon after the ap? pearance in Washington last week of William Jennings Bryan. At that time it was reported that Mr. Bryan wis instrccting the Democrats on the rs ce question, and since then Mr. Wil? liams has found it impossible to do anything with the,minority, of which he is the nominal leader. Letter to Dr. H. T.Abbott. Sumter S. C. Dear Sir : The handsome residence of Oliver Gildersteeve on Main street, f ortland, Conn was painted in 1888 with Devoe and again in 1901. There's 13 years; there are hun? dreds of such; the difficulty is to hear of 'em. Reminds of another. The Farring? ton residence, Rockland, Maine, was fainted Devoe 21 years ago; the paint was in fair condition 5 fyears ago, when we saw it; don't know any nore. Our agents the, Messs. Far? rand, Spear & Co, know. Enclose a stamp if yon write 'em. Yours truly 78 FW Devoe & Co P.S.-L. B. Durant sells our paint. RAILWAY LEGISLATION. President Roosevelt Vigorously Trying to Curb Railroads. His influence and Determination Alone Driving Republican Majority in House to Take Action to Regulate Transportation Trusts. Washington, Feb. H.-"If it had not been for the president there would have been no such legislation to be enacted by this house. It is the power of the pr?sident, the influence of the president, his firmness and his coo rage that have brought this ques? tion to the imminence of favorable ac? tion by the Republican majority." This statement was made by Repre? sentative De Armond of Missouri when the railway rate bill was under discussion in the house and soon after Mr. De Armond concluded his re? marks the house passed the Townsend Esch bill with only 17 dissenting votes, six of which, unfortunately, are cast by Democrats. The Democrats sig? nified their preference for the Davey bill by first voting for that, but when it was defeated by a paty vote they alligned themselves on the side of some progress in the direction of rate control and voted for the majority measure. * * ? As soon as the bill passed the House it was sent to the Senate and prompt? ly referred to the committee on Inter? state Commerce where it will doubt? less remain until this Congerss ex? pires, which will mean the death of the bill. Two reasons will contribute to this result. Ia the first place, the Senate is working under pressure to complete the Swayne impeachment case, which is in full blast, and will doubtless have to hold numerous night sessions to accomplish their outline business before March 4. In the second place Senator Elkins, chairman of the committee on Inter? state Commerce, is at heart op? posed to any measure involving real reform of railway rates and, while professing to be most friendly, will actually do all in his power to prevent the accomplishment of such enact? ment. His position renders his op? position powerful and while, with ? ample time at the disposal of the sen? ate, Mr. Elkins' opposition might be overcome, in the rush of the clos? ing hours of a short session such a fight would be impossible. ? * ? The President is entirely reconciled to the unavoidabJe delay in carrying out his recommendations for the rea? son that he believes that delay will only serve to whet the demand of the public for such legislaton and that eventually the country "jill secure from the Senate a more comprehen? sive and adequate measure than is the bill just passed by the House. There will be, of course, no trouble in get? ting the next House to pass a bill in conformity to the public needs and it popular demand grows ?S rap? idly during the summev recess as it has during the past few weeks the insistence of the people will make itself felt even in the Senate. * * * The Ser ate has determined to amend the arbitration treaties recent? ly submitted by the President, des? pite the letter of the President de? claring that if any amendment were adopted he would withdraw them. It is declared on high authority that if the treaties are ratified with an amendment no effort will be made to induce the foreign governments party to the treaties to concur in the change. This is perhaps true but the highest authorities have been known to change their minds and it is not im? possible that calmer consideration of this subject may result in a changed attitude on the part of the authorities in the State Department. The one executive session during which the treaties were discussed demonstrated the fact that it would be absolutely im? possible for the treaties to be ratified unless they were so amended that any subordinate treaties submitting a difference to the Hague Tribunal would have to be approved oy the Senate. Senators Morgan, Teller and Bacon all spoke in favor of the amend? ment, if the treaties were to be rati? fied, al thous h Mr. Morgan opposed the principle or arbitration itself and declared that in his estimation it would be far better if the treaties fail? ed entirely. It is not believed, how? ever, that Senator Morgan will insist on this view to the extent of filibus? tering. It is predicted with every show of confidence that the treaties" will be ratified at the next executive session. 1 ? * * The fate of the Statehood bill bas been practically sealed under the spur of the party whip and lash in the Honse. Speaker Cannon has had his way, and a rule bas been adopted in caucus providing that the House shall iusist on its original bill which com? bined Arizona and Indian Territory in one State. In the opinion of the Senate leaders such a bill has little or no show to pass that body and the ? prospects aie that all of the proposed States will remain without the Union for at least another year and that the tedious fight for statehood will have to be renewed and foughtagain in another session of Congress. In some respcets the decision of the House is a disap? pointment to members of the Senate, eveu those who opposed separate state? hood for New Mexico, because they hoped to create a State out of Okla j hom and Indian Territory at this ses ? sion of Congress. In t?ie Rpublicau caucus there were thirty-three Repub? licans who opposed the attitude of the Republican leaders but the majority has ceased to mle in the lower branch of Congress which is dominated by a lictle Oligarchy composed of the Speaker, Representative Dalzell, that distinguished and eminent statesman General Grosvenor, and a few kindred spirits * ? * . The Swayne trial, which, promises I to be replete with unique incidents lias already broken a precedent in tho Senate. A woman has ascended the rostrum ol the Senate and addressed that venerable and dignified body for the first time in the history of tbe Nation. The woman who assumed this unique roll was the proprietor of a boarding house in Texas at which Judge Swayne stayed and she was in? troduced by the prosecution to p;:ove that his expenses did not amount to $10 a day as he had certified. The woman swore that Swayne stayed at ! her house at a cost cf 845 a month j during a period of which he had cer- ' tified that Iiis expenses were 8300 a month and bad drawn that amount from the U. S. Treasury on his cer? tificate. THE NEGRO PROBLEM hU\l Roosevelt's Speech at a Dinner in Honor of Lincoln. New York, Feb. 13.-As the guest of honor at the Lincoln dinner of the Republican Club, in the city tonight, Presideut Roosevelt made a speech on the race problem. He appealed to the North to make its friendship for the South all the greater because of the "embarrassment of conditions for which ste is not alone responsible," declared that the heartiest acknowl? edgments are due to the ministers, law officers, grand juries, public men and "great daily newspapers in the South who have recently done such effective work in leading the crusade against lynching," and said that the problem was to "so adjust the relations be? tween the two races of different ethnic type, that the backward race be trained so that it may enter into the possession of true freedom, while the forward race is enabled to preserve unharmed the bigh civilization wrought out by its forefathers." Following the President, Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, responded to the toast, "Abraham Lincoln;" George A. Knight, of California, spoke on "The Republican Party," and James M. Beck, former assistant Attorney General of the United States, on "The Unity of the Republic." THE KILLING OF GREENBERG. Additional Details of the Tragedy Near Ridgeville-Mrs. Bivens Used a Neighbor's Gun. Special to The State. Ridgeville, Feb. 13.-Near Givhans ferry, which is seven miles south of Ridgeville, about the 4th of February, Mrs. John D. Bivens, wife of State Senator Bivens, had W. Greenburg, a Jew peddler, who stopped at Mrs. Bivens' when in the neighborhood, arrested charging him with having threatened her life after having made improper proposals to her. At the time she was forced to leave her home and seek protection at a neighbor's bouse. This charge was dropped up on Greenburg promising to leave the neighborhood and not return. On the evening of the 10th of February Greenburg returned to Mrs. Bivens About 3 o'clock the following morn ing, Mrs. Bivens sent for her neighbor Mr. Platt, to come to her home On his arrival she told him that Greenburg bad attempted to criminal ly assault her. Mr. Platt, leaving Mrs. Bivens and Greenburg in the house, went to Mr. R. M. Limehouse, a neighbor who lives about two miles from Mrs. Bivens'. The two return ed *o Mrs. Bivens' about 6 o'clock the same morning. As they reached the hall door Mrs. Bivens came to the door and they heard some one running through the back door. On entering the house Mrs. Bivens told them that ? Greenburg had run into the shed i room. They found the door locked Mrs Bivens brought a hatchet and they forced the door open and found Greenburg in the room sitting on a box with his banc's in his pockets When asked whv he had returned there he said Mrs. Bivens had sent for bim. At that moment Mrs. Bivens entered the room and fired up? on Greenburg with Mr Plait's single barrel breechloading gun, the shot taking effect in the neck, just below the chin, causing instant death. Mrs. Bivens then said, "God knows I did not wish to kill him, but I had it to do. " Magistrate Cummings held au in? quest upon the dead body and the jury rendered a verdict of justifiable homicide. Mrs. Bivens has been released un? der bond to appear at the next term of court. At the time the killing occurred, Mr. Bivens was in Columbia. He re? ceived a telegra.n saying, "Your wife bas killed the Jew, come at once." He- arrived at Ridgeville at 7.30 p. m., the same day. There were no friends of the de? ceased at the inquest to take charge of the body,therefore Magistrate Cum? mings instructed his constable to have it buried the next day if no one called for it. No one having claimed the body up to that time, it was buried. Sunday afternoon friends of the dead man came up from Charleston, disin? terred the body and carried it back. Senator Bivens will return to Co? lumbia tonight. -m iiii m Daily Markc? i.coori. Special by Ware & Leland's Private Wire. NEW YORK COTTON. O?en High Low Close. March 7 29 7 33 7 26 7 31 May 7 37 7 37 7 30 7 35 July 7 43 7 44 7 36 7 40 Oct. 7 54 7 54 7 44 7 49 New York spots quiet and steady, 7.70; sales 00. CHICAGO MARKETS. Opening. Closing. WHEAT May, 117 - 118 - July, 101 1-8 101 3-4 CORN May, 46 1-4 47 1-4 July, 47 - 47 7-S OATS May, 30 7-S 31 1-8 July, 30 3-4 31 1-8 PORK May, 12.00 12.90 July, 13.00 13.00 LARD May, 6.02 6.97 July, 7.07 7.07 RIBS Mav, 6.90 r..90 July, 7.02 7.02 Messrs. H. B. and C. S. Curtis will at once begin the erection of five brick stores on tue corner of Main and Din- j gie streets. All of them have already i been rented. I Cotton Growers Organize. Stateburg, Feb. li.-Pursuant to the call by the president of the South? ern Cotton Growers' Association for precinct organizations and election of delegates to the County Convention, the representative farmers of this community, white and colored, with few exceptions met at Mr. DeSaussnre Bali's ?'in hocse and the following officers were elected, for a term of one year. Chairman, R. J. Brownfield, Sect, and Trees., W. D. Frierson : canvassers appointed by the chairman, (whites) Levai Jacksorj, R. M. Cantey and Frean Mellette, (colored) Essex Taylor, Sidney Bradley and Friday Kershaw. Delegates elected to the county con? vention, were as followss (white) H. D. G. Muldrow, alternates, W. D. Frierson and W. M. Lenoir, (colored) A. Westbury. With very little opposition, which was finally overcome, a rasolution was passed unanimously adopting the reso? lutions of the Kew Orleans Conven? tion for a 25 per cent, reduction in both acreage and amount of fertilizers to be used, and a pledge to that effect as prescribed by the executive com? mittee of the Southern Cotton Asso? ciation was signed by almost every farmer p?sent. A very gratifying feature of the meeting was the presence and interest of the colored farmers of tbis section who were ably represented by the mest inflcential of their race in Statebarg township. W. D. Frierson Sec. and Treas. Special Muslin Underwear. A Jarge shipment of Mouslin under? wear due here January 10th, just arrived. On account of the delay, will j close the lot out Wednesday 22, at 25 per cent, less than the advertised price, as per our circular sent out. The Sumter Dry Goods Co. Feb. 15-wfsm. FOR SALE-1,500 bushels Genuine Peeler Long Staple Cotton Seed at SI.00 per bushel, f.. o. b. Sumter, apply to J. Ryttenberg & Sons, Sum? ter, S. C., or at our Rose Hill farm. Rural P. O., S. C. Feb 15-3t Cabbage Plants S1.50 Per 1000. I AM NOW prepared to fill any and all orders with the best varieties of Cabbage Plants. Orders filled for any amount and varieties. Write for prices for lots of ?,000 and over. Ad J dress all orders to W. F. CARR, Meggetts, S. C. j Dec. 21-3 m. List Your Property With Us?.. Whether for sale or rent. We Obtain Results. WHITE & McCALLUn, Real Estate and Insurance. Cabbage Plants and Sea Island Cotton Seed. Cabbage Plants for sale, and now ready for delivery. "Early Jersey Wakefield" and "Charleston Large Type Wakefield," two earliest sharphead varieties anet head in rotation as named. "Succession." "Augusta Trucker" and "Short Stem Flat Dutch," the 3 best flat? head varieties and head in rotation as named. Prices : Single thousand, $1-50 ; 5,000 and over $1-25 per 1.000 ; 10,000 and over, $1 per 1,0C0. Terms: Cash with order ; or, plants sent C. O. D., purchaser paying return charges on money. Our plant beds occupy 35 acres on South Carolina sea coast, and we understand growing them in the open air ; toush and hardy ; they will stand severe cold without injury. Plants crated for shipment weigh 20 lbs. per 1,000, and we have special low rates for prompt transportation by Southern Express Co. I know of other plants you can buy cheaper than mine. I sell good plants. No cheap "cut rate" plants shipped from my farm. I guarantee those that I ship to be true to tvpe and name, and grown from high grade seeds purchased from two of the most reliable seed nouses in the United States. I will refund purcliase price to any dissatisfied customer at erd of season. OUR COTTON SEED. Lint of our Long Staple variety of Sea Island Cotton* sold this, year in Charleston on Dec. 2. at 32c. per pound. Seed 31.25 per bu. ; lots of 10 bu. and over $1 per bushel. My specialty : Prompt Shipment. True Varieties, and Satisfied Customers. I have been in the plant business for thirty-five years. Wm. C. GERATY, S??'?K Youngs Island, S. C. dec 2s-3m POTATOES. WE ARE JUST IN RECEIPT OF 100 BARRELS OF THE CELEBRATED LISS TRIUHPH. We claim credit for being tlie 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 THE BEST SUITED TO OUR SOIL. 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 be sold to them as such, but of one thing you may be certain, when you buy them from us. 1 HUTED for they are shipped to us direct from the county in which they are ?rown. 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.