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?? ????iiiiii???imrani 1 ?'? ? . ' '* i ; WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 190! -a ~The Sumter WcUchnuiTi was founder 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. V Watchman and Southron-nov has the e bined circulation and influence of bot the old papers, and is manifestly the advertising medium in Sumter. juee county has accumulated qui lat of debt for a baby county, whoa the taxpayers begin paying, piper they will find that dancing new. .county waltz is an expem business. * * * The Ben law has its fan Its, bu is far better than sn usrestr? mortgage ovfcr g to wieg crops wc be, and we believe ?he _ Legisla? ?y/ was right in ftifesiag to repeal law as it now stands. The lien la\ the grow th of years and is a sa feg n for those who need advances to m ? crop. Repeal it and the cn system will continue - and floui as never before .and the ills we 1 complain of . will be intensifi?e hundred fold. ? * * Clemson holds a tight grip on privilege tag tax on fertilizers and plausible theory that farmers* s are ihe beneficianes of the tax p by farmers on the fertilizers tl cse is still potent to prevent adv sion of nay part of the fund to ase of Winthrop, which educates^ many farmers* daughters as Clem*, educates farmers' sons. Clems is a most excellent institution aac1 doing a great work for the conn but as a farmers college exclusively is a failure. A l?rger percentage the graduates of Clemson leave i State to accept situations else whs titan of any other-college in Sot Carolina. The - college turns out el fcrieal engineers, 'machinists, text experts, and dyers, ten to one to f, mers' and nine out of ten imm?diat* leave the State to find employment /The public building for Sum! is assured au? the appropriation $50,000 secared through the un ti ri ?fforts of CoKgressman Lever will gi ns a building that ;wiUbe an orr ment to the city and will fitting house our postofiice, TJbe pub] fcxLilr?ng was first suggested and pi ^:5tr ?t?y advocated by the^DaSy Ite " the apprVpriasioa that has be? ?d bj Mr Lever is the fraitii rem the Daily Item Feb. 17. - views in reference to subsidi ?sg sad protecting manufacturing e: ?crprises as a means of inducing the establishment in this city, which -M E. L. Witherspoon expressed in ti paper read before the committee, c Manufactures, are interesting, if n< altogther convincing. The extract from this paper w?ich were pnblishe yesterday will oe productive of disco* sion Se* Ur. Witherspoon defines hi } posi tion so clearly and cirjmmstanti ally that there caa be no doubt as t where he stands. ?~Wh?Ie he may nc succeed in convincing a majority c t&? members cf the Chamber c Commerce to his way ot.thinkiag, th discussion of the policy he advocate will certainly be- productive' of goo results. We cannot endorse Mr Witherspoon^ plan to exempt al manufactories from taxation ia pei petuity, for if his plan was adoptei and adhered tu, the benefit tir* would be derived from factories wouh be indirect in character and the bur den of direct taxation for the suppor cf the city government, which woul< increase in geometrical ratio with tin growth of the town, would fail en tirely.upoa the other citizens not s< fortuna te as to be engaged in mano '?'_/-' factoring. Any business, manufac turiug cr other, that can be made t< yield a ne? profit of 25 per cent should pay its just proportion of thc ?. cost of maiataiaing a modern maaici B?pal government that affords the fae ggtory police and fire protection, anc B/^ives the city lights, water and othei necessities. We believe that it is goce . policy to grant to all new enterprise! Hp:ibe constitutional exeopticn, fer five years, and that, in exceptional case, it ought be the part of wisdom and pub? lic policy to rant a bo LUS as an in R-dneement for a factory to locate here. But we cannot go to any greater length. We do not believe it would K be wise to keep out a factory desiring to locate here because another of the same kind was already established. ^ What would High Point, N. C., amen?t to if this policy bad been en. forced after the first furniture factory ?as successfully established? Is it probable that it would be the prosper? ous city it now is? Would the one factory make it the furniture manu? facturing^ center of the South that it now is with its 29 prosperous factories, all engaged in turning ont furniture and shipping it to all parts of the country? We do not bali eve in the policy cf protection as applied to National, . State or municipal affairs. Protection breeds trusts and monopolies and monopolies are inimical to the public welfare and to the individual citizen. * ? * The legislature adjourned today and without a careful scrutiny of its jrco^ee clings to refresh the mi mary ; not a single art of any especial value or importance can be placed to the credit of the session. A majority of the members were new men, repre? sentatives fresh from the people, as the saying goes, and it may be that their freshness accounts for their in? efficiency. In the last hours the one really meritorius bill that had es? caped slaughter was killed and there will be no reformatory for youthful criminals established. If anything compimentary can be said of the work accomplished by the legislature at this session we would be glad if those who have the knowledge would speak up. * * * ?f tile Nihilists h?v? determined td kill the Czar W?e? fi? shall have signed a constitution fdr Russia- he cannot be blamed if he delays Signing the constitution indefinitely. . ? * Corporations are to be taxed on their real property on the sanie basis or a little heavier than real estate and are to be required to pay a license tax in addition. This is equalization of taxes after a fashion. The New Railroad. We have faith that the new railroad that will give Sumter a connection with the Seaboard Air line will be built. Our faith is not the far away, ultimate, sometime in the horey headed future sort either. Sum? ter needs this road and must have it to round out her com? mercial development, and it is going to be built in the imme? diate future. It is true that the progressive and public spirited men of Sum? ter and Bishopville who have given their time and money to the promotion of this road for the benefit of their respective communities have met with a serious unf?rseen and disap? pointing obstacle in the refusal of property owners in the vicin? ity of the town of Bishopville to give or sell on reasonable terms Sie right-of-way for the rail? road, and the town of Bishopville itself as a corporate body has failed to extend to the enterprise, that means so much for the town and county, the helping hand of liberaity and encouragement that wasto be expected, but ?nev? ertheless and notwithstanding : this obstacle we are confident that the Sumter and Northern railroad will be built. The'road may not be built on the line originally projected, it may be necessary to avoid the obstacles raised up in its path by adopting another route from Scape O'er Swamp to a junction with the Seaboard Air line, but bethis as it may the road will be built and Sumter will have a di? rect route to the Northand to the coal fields of the West via the Seaboard Air Line before many years haye passed. The outlook now is not en? couraging and the foundation for our faith is slim and '.inpal? pable but the faith is in us and we believe and are hopeful, even confident against all circum? stances and evidence that point to the present defeat of our hopes. Reduced to the last analysis we have nothing now to stand upon but the fact that Sumter needs the road and that Sumter usually gets what .she needs. Tokio, Feb. 20.-The Russian forces to the south of Mukden are constructing light railways to the upper Shahke river. This move is thought to pressabe an attempt b^Gen. Kuropatkin to turn Gen. KSirokr s right flank. Ossining, N. Y., Feb. 20.-A. double electrocution in Sing Sing prison this morning. Frank Rim ieri, who shot and killed Feller, an Italian junk dealer of Brook? lyn, October 1st, 1903, and Adolf Keening, a young German who strangled Mrs. Emma Strauss man May 3, last, paid the penalty j for their crime. The electrocu- i tions were successful. Berlin, Feb. 20.-Tagblatt re? ports that the peace party has. gained the upper hand in Russia eclipsing the hitherto predomi? nant war party. Peace, says this paper, is now in sight in the Far East. London, Feb. 20.-A dispatch to the Central News from the Polish forntieir says the Russian authorities have stopped large quantities of bombs which were smuggled across the frontier, presumably for Russian anarch? ists. New York, Feb. 21.-Ten coal iron directors met here today and. issued a statement stating that the directors or officers knew nothing of the reported ne? gotiations by their comnari?ps for amalgamation with other Southern iron comp?nies. m F.RE IN i?lDIfiS&PflLIS. One and a Half Million Dollars' Worth of Property Destroyed. Indianapolis, Feb. 20.-Prop? erty valued at $1,500,000 was de? stroyed by a fire that swept a portion of the wholesale district here last night. For four hours was destruction threatened and every engine in the city and su? burbs was at work on the fire. One fireman was injured, but not seriously. The fire started in the milinery establishment. of Fahnley & McCrea, wfifch faces Jackson ?tre?i It so?tt Sgr?ad to the Kiefer Drug Company's store, St. Nicholas Hotel, Savoy Hotel,, Griffith's Bro.'s millinery hou?e andthe wholesale house of Bel?t?cfa Company, dealers in fire works. Aa'eclosi?n" follow? ed. There wer? ?l?? ? number of explosions of oils and dr?g? in Kief er's store. The fire continu?e! tox spread to the Shortm?n House, St. Charles Hotel, United States Express Company's ware rooms and finally to the Grand Hotel. The fire was then gotten under control. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items o? interest Condensed ?nd Par agraphed for Quick Reagin?. W. B. Martin and. Benjamin Bostick, of Scotia, ?>. C., were drowned Saturday While shoot? ing ducks on a stream ftear Sa? vannah, by the capsizing of a boat. John Dean, of Anderson, S. C., and Roy Emerson, of Tacoma, w?re1 drowned in Levy lake near Palm Beach Fla., Saturday by their boat capsizing. Ed L?ney, shot his brother, Tom Laney, Saturday night at their home" ,near Cheraw, in nicting a fata* wound. They were drinking, Mayor R. G. Rhett and others of Charleston haye>rganized the Southern Colonial Immigration Association with a capital stock of $100,000. ; The Richalnd Law ?nd Order League has commenced a cru? sade against the Shylock loan companies that prey upon . the poor whites and negroes of Co? lumbia. Action was instituted before Magistrate Moorman against the Bibb Loan Company and the Townsend Loan Compa? ny Saturday. John Davis shot Charlie Ad? ams at Gadsden, Richland coun? ty, inflicting a serious wound in the abdomen. Mrs. Ferguson, aged 70 years, was burned to death at her home at the Orr cotton mill, Ander? son, Saturday. The home of Mr.,J. A. Puck? ett, of Laurens, was burned Sunday. It was a six-room cot? tage- owned by Mrs. Emma Rus? sell. Col. Robert T. Jaynes, of Wal? hall, is a candidate for United States district attorney in the new federal district and has the endorsement of the Walhalla bar. Mr. B. B. Easterburg, of Barnwell county, was struck by the Southern Railway's Palm Limited Sunday afternoon and seriously injured at a crossing near Barnwell Court House. His horse was killed and his buggy wrecked. Mr. Mack James, af Darling? ton county, was shot in the ab? domen by West Skipper Friday night and seriously wounded. James was tryinbto stop a row between Skipper and another man. Carrie Hammond, colored, was killed on a trestle near Spar tanburg Saturday by the Glenn Springs railroad train. The two banks of Florence have doubled their respective capital. Gov. Heyward has ordered elections held in the two new judicial circuits for solictors on March 24tb. There are quite a number of candidates already in the field and more coming. v A charter for a Pickle factory company with a capital of $10,000 has been applied for by citizens of Sum? merville. Gov. Hey ward leaves Wednesday afternoon for New York to attend the annual banquet of the North Caro? lina Society, and deliver an address. Gov. Glenn of North Carolina will also be present. Orangeburg will build a new city hall, and a lot for that, purpose has been purchased for $6,200 The machine shops and roasters at the Hail? Gold mine, Lancaster coun? ty, were damaged by fire last Satur? day to the extent of $30.000 to $40, 000. London, Feb. 20.--The details of Prince Louis of Battenberg^ visit to America have been made public. He starts in October, ac? companied by a cruiser squad? ron, stopping at Newport, New York, Annapolis. He hopes . < ? Prc^idoi:t Roosevelt ni Washing'- : ton when he reaches ti at city, i TERMS OF PEAGE. The Conditions That Russia is Willing to Accept to Secure Peace With Japan. London, Feb. 22.-The St. Peters? burg correspondent of the Reuter Telegram Co., confirms published re? ports that the Czar and Council of Ministers have peace proposals under consideration. The dispatch says : "The question of peace has not only been formally discussed, but the con? ditions on which Russia is prepared to make peace have been agreed upon. These are as follows: "Korea to be placed Tinder Japanese suzerainty. "Port Arthur and the Liaotuiig p?nifi&ula t? be ceded to Japan. "Vladivostok to be declared a neu? tral port with au open door. . "The Eastern Chinese Railroad to be placed under neutral international administration. "Manchuria, as far northes fi?f bin, to be restord as an integral part of the Chinese Empire. "The difficulty lies in settling the question of indemnity, upon which it is known that Japan insists, but it is said that this difficulty is not insuper? able. "Themost ti?stwGffchy opinion at St? Petersburg is that in view of the internal situation and ?th'? enormous difficulty of tarrying on the wfif* peace on the terms outlined will be conclud? ed within a comparatively short time if the indemnity^ question can be ar? ranged? but it is quittf possible that Russia will risk another ba?tle before a decision is reached." Alderman Lumber M iii Damaged About $5,000 Saturday Night. Alcolu, Feb, 18/-The lumber mill of the D, W. Alderman & Sons Company was seriously damaged by & ?re which brofcs out in the boiler: sheds about 12' o'clock Saturday night. Before the flames could be' gotten under control eight boiler sheds and about 30 feet of the lumber con? veyor were burned. Two of the engines were damaged and two of the big smoke stacks fell. The total damage was be? tween $4,000 and $5,000. The mill will be shut down three or four days* until repairs can be made. BIRMINGHAM ?0AL jg BiS?TER. Birmingham, Feb ?21,-Rescuers are at work iii Virginia mines where ex? plosion' occurred late yesterday after? noon and irhprisond one hundred and fifty rainers, labored all night digging through tons" of debris in an effort to reach the ehtbrhbed men. A report early this" ni?rriing it was said that sixty dead, have been found but this as yet is* t?ncomf?rmed by known diggers near the place where the en? tombed men ate supposed to be. ?J At 9.30 this morning' a telephone message says probably alljhopes of finding any men alive bav?" bee it aban? doned. * Birmingham, Feb','- iii1.- By nine o'clock this morning nins'foodies had been taken-from the raine.-. Over one huudred bodies are .still in th'?'mine, and it is certainly believed tb?f ali the men are dead. This is believed from the fact that dead^men recovered are so begrimed with dirt they are unrecognizable. The men are a thousand feet from the surface. - Brmingham, Feb. 21.-Evidence found by rescuers indicate that atfer the explosion, which resulted from "windy shot" due to over charging, atfer black damp permeated the-mine making it impossible for any one to live in it. So severe" was this after damp that many rescuers were over? come and bad to be taken to the sur? face. Wives and children cf the en? tombed men present a pitiful sight around the month of the mine. Hun? dreds of miners out ?.of the district hurried to the scene for the purpose of aiding in the rescue. COTTON*LETTER. New York, Feb. 21.-It looked very much ,as though shorts were trying to buy in cotton sold higher and at prevailing prices on the rise. That is when the bear crowd bought March from 7.40 up the crowd sold May and July around 71-2 then the March was sold out yesterday and this morning the May and July was covered abou t where it was sold. The net gain has been a good profit on the March and no loss if any on the May and July. Now the operation will probably be repeated. It will have to be repeated to get any cotton here for delivery on March. Just as long as March sells around 7 1-2 or 7 3-4 there will be no selling. The south can get more than this for cotton in the south say nothing of sending it way up here at a cost of 3-4. Cotton recently sold at 8 cents in some southern markets, where can any short get cotton to de? liver on March at 7 1-2 in New York? In other words there has been no change ,in position by reason of the last advance. The short is in just as bad fix at 7 1-2 as he was at 7 cents. Until cotton COTTIPS Ol?t ?TI Viinr <>V>ii-r?!-~ tV0T""*' will be fi . change h. iii- cotton GR??T FIRE IN BOSTON. Docks and Steamships Damaged and Much Freight Destroyed. Loss $1,500,000. Boston, Feb. 21--In the most ex? tensive and disastrous fire this city has seen for years piers 3 and 4 of the Hoosac tunnel docks were totally de? stroyed. The steamships Halton and Hall, of the Furness line and Phila delphian of Wilson-Furness-Leyland line, were badly damaged. Hundreds of thousands dol?ais' worth of freight on the piers and the cargoes, in the vessels were wiped out by the fire be? tween 1 and 4.30 o'clock this morning. Three of the crew of . tfce Pbttadel pni?u j Jos Houmpriee, Mawlo Brown and John La war reportedIfflW The loss is estimated at il.gOOjbxy? All missing have been accounted for. +?a? -i Manila, Feb. 21.-Major Car? rington was today sentenced to serve sixty years and five days' imprisonment for falsifying gov? ernment vouchers for the amount of $1,500. He was tried and convicted on five counts. Charleston, S. C., Feb. 20. Gus Def ord, alias William Smith en route here from Rochester,, N. Y., for trial for postofiiee rob? beries in this state, escaped from United States marshal last night at Cades, ,S. C., by jumping through the car window while unguarded. FOR SALE-1,500 bushels Genuine Peeler Long Staple Cotton Seed at $1.00 per bushel, f. o. b. Sumter, apply to J. Kattenberg & Sons,. Sum? ter, B, C., or at our Bose Hill farm. ih?aj ?: OM ?. Qt": Feb 15-3t Washington, Feb 21.-The death knell to the railroad.legis? lation in the senate for thi? Ces? sion w?S announced today when g&ifttor" Elkins, chairman on in? terstate Commerce committee, speaking O? ih? fioor of the sen? ate, practically Says formal no? tice of all efforts to secure such legislation had been abandoned. Cabbage Plants S?.50 Per ??0?. I AM XOW prepared to fill any and all orders with the best varieties of Cabbage Plants. Orders filled for any amount and varieties. Write for prices for lots of 3,000 and over. Ad? dress all orders to W. F. CARR, Meggetts, S. C. Dec. 21-3m. List Your Property With Whether for sale or rent. WHITE St MCCALLUM, fi?al Estate and Insurance. Ca?ge Plaiit^ and Sea Island Xfett?? Seed. Oabba^T.|pf-*0ts.for sale, aid m>$ ready .for" delivery, ."Early Jersey Wak'???ld*v an<5 '.Charleston Zpge Type wakefield" .%> earliest sharphead varieties and head iff rotation? as named. ..Sucd^fon." "Augusta Treker" and '.'Short Stets Plat.DiT2ch." the 3 flat? head varieties and ??'?d in rotation. as .liitried: Pri.C?y Smgl? ?housaritf.. 81.50 ; 5,906 ano over S1.25 per 1.000 ; 30',490 and over, Siper Terms: C??h witJi order ; ?r> plants s?ni C 9' iivi?!?rcIlaser Payinj?rstnrn charges on juQrtey. Our pf in* beds occupy 3$sacres on feo&ifc ; tou?ft" and hardy :: nt wef*fe 20 lbs. per .Southern Express Co. I1 know of other plants you can my cheaper than mi^e.. I sell giod" plants. NO ?heap "cul rate" plants shipped from my farm. I guarantee th-*?e that I sMp to be true tb #rpe anc-' name, and grown from high grad?-seeds purchased fit? two of the j?osfxeliabl? see? nous?s in the United States. I will ref und1 purchase price to .irby dissatisfied' customer' a* erd of season. ? . .. , OUR COTTON SEED. Lint of our fong Staple variety afc Sea Island Cotton' so?? this year in Charleston on Dec. 2, at 32c. per pwind. Seed 61.25 per bu. ; lbts'of 10'bu: im ove? SI per bushel. ... My specialty : Prompt Shipment. True T^rieties, and Satisfied Customers';. t'h?ve fceea in the plant business for thirty-five years. ,. . - Wm C. GrERATY, Island, S.S. SEED POTATOES aga WE ARE JUST IN RECEIPT OF 100 BARRELS 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 TH E 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. 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. ^?