Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i n nit ron ?BM SUMTMB W ATCHMAN, 3E-taMi*hed April, 1850? **Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims t at be thy Country's thy God's and Truth's.' THE TBCX SOUTH KO*. f>tHbll?hed Jane, 186 Cosolidated lng. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 15, 1906. 5ew Series-Vel. XX1T. So. 34 Cfo Wi attlranm at? jirat&rra. PtiWIffbed Bray Wednesday, a-BY OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C, TERMS : % fjl 50 per annum-in advine*. lOTlBfI81MIIY! One Square first insertion..................$1 CO Srer.r subsequent insertion........ 50 Contracts for Ca ie months, or longer will fte m*de at redaced rates. All commncicstrons which ?observe private interests will be charged for as ad ver tie meats. Obitoaries sod tributes of respects viii be saarged for. NEWS IN TIE STATE CAPITAL WAREHOUSE PLANS HAVE KEEN FUT OS BUSINESS BASIS. Capitalists Hare United Forces With tbe Cotton Growers and Will Work for the Emancipation of tho Southern Farmers. By W? H. McCaw. Columbia, March 8.-The ware? house committee of the South Carolina Cotton Association met here yesterday and permanently organized by elect? ing. "E. ?W. Robertson chairman and Mr. P. H. Weston secretary. An insurance expert, in the ]>erson of Mr. E. G. Seibels and a representa? tive of Architect. C. C. Wilson's of? fice were called in to give estima tes as to the insurance rates and the cost of erecting warehouses throughout the State. Mr Seibels said that a basis rate of 50 cents could be secured for cotton stored in well protected standard warehouses of the cheapest make, and that by a special arrangement even as low as one-fourth per cent miirht be obtained. Of" course the warehouses would have to be provided with sprinklers and be of the most improv style. The architect said that these ware? houses could be built 4# by 100 feet with gravel roof and best patte rn for $1,800, the sprinkler-system to cost , about 25 per cent. more. Such a house would have a capacity of 1,000 bales. A 500 bales capacity warehouse could be built for $800. If storage for "any more than 1,000 "bales is r?quir?d sep? arate warehouses should" be built. The follow:Lng resolution ty Mr. Burnett was adopted: "That it is the sense of this commit? tee that we recommend to every com? munity in South Carolina where the necessity for warehouses exist to build these warehouses through their own efforts, or by outside assistance ic prof? fered at a cost of from $800 to $1,200 with a storage capacity, respectively, of from 500 to $1,000 bales of cotton." Mr. LeRoy Springs, ol Lan easier, in? troduced the following, which, was adopted: "That we urge upon the farmers the importance of storing their cotton promptly on being ginned in the standard warehouses where they can get negotiable warehouse receipts, thus saving it from loss in weight and damage * and putting it in negotiable' shape so that they will not be forced to market it except at their own pleas ttse, as it has been demonstrated by the action of the New Orleans con? tention that reasonable prices can be maintained irrespective of the size of the crop by the judicious marketing of the cotton, which can only be accom? plished by the effective warehouse sys? tem." On motion of Mr. E. D. Smith this was added to the resolution: "Any information as to construction or outside assistance can be obtained by communicating with the Columbia office of the Southern Cotton associa? tion. "Resolved, That a copy of this reso? lution be flied in this o?ice and that a copy be given to the press with the request that all county papers copy ?tM Mr. C. Lu Bernis, of Richmond; Mr. Bernard Cohn, of Baltimore; M r. John GUL of Baltimore; Mr. H. P. Page, of Richmond and Mr. P. H. Gadsden, of Charleston, were here yesterday to look over the Columbia Electric Street Railway, Light and Power Company's plant They spent the day looking over the property from a spe? cial car. They represent the concern that owns similar plants in Tampa, Jacksonville, Charleston, Spartanburg and other Southern cities, and i: is un? derstood that they have on op :ion on the property here. There have been rumors of a pending deal for several weeks, but it was not consummated to? day. The state has an almost forgotten case on the docket of the Supreme Court of the United States. Tne late Franklin M. Mackey suggested that the state was not legally liable for the payment of internal revenue license on account of the dispensarios. The revenue department decided against him, as did also the United States Court of Claims. He appealed to the Supreme Court, but before the case was reached Mr. Mackey diec!. Mr. Charles A. Douglas, a former Colum? bian, but now living in Washington, has been appointed to represent the state in Mr. Mackey's stead. Edgar Simpson, the negro accused of attempting to criminally assault little white girl in this city about two weeks ago, has been been arrested in Lee county and a deputy has been sent for him. A telegram from Florence an? nounces that the Federal Court has adjourned there on account of small? pox. The court met here today. Columbia, March 9.-From the number of delinquents among the small corporations in the matter of the new franchise tax law it is apparent that there is some misunderstanding among these concerns as to the scope of the law. Every company of whatev? er character that has received avchar ter from the secretary of state is lia? ble to the taxj, and the time for filing returns expired the first of March, al? though the tax itself may be paid any time before the first of April. The railroads, cotton mills, cotton seed oil mills and all other big concerns have paid up. Another warning will be sent the delinquent small corporations in a few days. The penalty fof failing to comply with the requirements of the act are heavy-$500 for the original offense and $100 a day for each day the tax remains unpaid. Of a large number of notices sent out to Charles? ton small corporations, over 150 have been returned, the presumption being that these concerns, though chartered, either did not start up business at all or soon went out of existence. The commission appointed by the city council here to secure names to a petition of freeholders for an election on the question of issuing $400,000 in 'bonds for the purpose of putting in a new and improved system of water? works is being freely signed and the necessary majority will likely be se? cured in the next few days. So far, the fcqpimission says, only two persons approached have refused to sign the petition. Of the 1,547 freeholders in the city over 600 have signed. The plans and specifications for the new plant have been fully drafted and they have been approved by an expert board consisting of the head of the Massa? chusetts board of health, the head of the United States army hospital ser? vice and others. Governor Heyward has signed- the act requiring him to appoint a game warden in each county in the state, who in consideration of theiir exemp? tion from road and jury duty are re? quired to report to each tern of court any violation of th?* game laws touch? ing the protection of game and insec tiverous birds. A very pleasant duty it will be difficult to find men to fill with? out more substantif compensation. The governor wants the county dele? gations to send him the names of men who will serve so that he may make the appointments. Governor Heyward has received a letter from Mr. S. E. Smith, brother of Mr. J. T. Smith, Jr. who was assas? sinated at Williston last week, saying that a reward of $1,000 had been of? fered by prfssate subscription for the apprehension of the murderer, and saying this would be duplicated, if necessary. The governor has not de? termined what mount he will offer. Columbia, March 9.-A protest which Mr. Pinckney Brown, of Aiken, has lodged with the railroad cvjrnmis sion against the Southern railway charging him for 35.000 pounds O'i a car of hay shipped from Augusta, when the car actually contained but 27,411 pounds the rate being 8 cents a hundred, my end in Mr. Brown's su? ing the road, in which case he will have the hearty co-operation of the railroad commission. In answer to the commission's request for an explana? tion Traffic Manager Powell falls back on a table printed by the commission fifteen years ago, in which the mini? mum weight for car lots is placed at 36,000 pounds for car lots is placed at says this was the length of the car in which Mr. Brown's hay was shipped. The commission, however, claims that its exception sheet printed in this same report of 1890 establishes a minimum car weight for hay, fodder and straw packed in bales of 20,00 pounds, which takes a class K rate, excess to be charged for proportionately. A rule of the commission forbids a road to change a rate without notification to and approval by the commission, and the Aiken incident is regarded as such a change. The matter has resulted in the commission promulgating a circu? lar, effective the 13th of this month, saying: "Carload minimum for all car? load shipments within the state, re? gardless of the length of the car, shall be minimum carload, 20,000 pounds, excess to be charged for proportion? ately, unless otherwise specified, no excess allowed because an unnecessa? rily large car is used." Any increase in the rates, directly or indirectly, is regarded with disfa? vor by the commission, and especially so at this time when the business of the various roads is increasing rapidly in this state. The Coast Line's Decem- ? ber report just in shows an incn in gTOSs earnings over the previ December of over $50,000, -while October business was $45,000 in ex< of that of October, 1903, and last S tember outstripped the previous S tember $24,000. With the Southern October business was $77,000 aheac the previous October and Novem was $45,100 ahead of November, li The Seaboard has enjoyed similar i creases. At a meeting of the state ho commission Architect Wilson was J -thorized to call for bids for a n roof for the capitol to be construe of tin, terra cotta or slate and b will also be asked for equipping 1 offices of the comptroller general a secretary of state with fire pr< shelving. A recent fire in which ms valuable records wer lost in the s< retary of state's office accentuates 1 need of this improvement in that i fice. The South Carolina capi building is about the handsomest its kind in the south now that the oi side additions contemplated in t original plans have been made, and t commission hopes to make the insi compare favorably with the outsi in the near future, though there ha been some heatrending wastes a mismanagement due to politics ere ping into the work of completing f work. The present commission seei to be doing its work thoroughly a; well. The sinking fund commission m yesterday but transacted little mo than routine business. The comm! sion has on hand about $150,000 ava able for loans to the counties, b with a few exceptions, in which Sur ter, which gets $8,000 was include the matter of making loans was defe red. The commission decided not lease any more oyster lands, for whi< there were a number of application until the legislative commission a] pointed to look into the matter ca report. along this line will be konwn uni the inspections have been complete Those troops which pass the best e: animation will be retained. But those, troops that will not be r< fained in the active military of tr state and which will not therefore t entitled to the state appropriation, wi not be driven out of service. They wi be encouraged to maintain their O] ganization, either as calvary troops c as infantry companies. Their usefu ness in protecting their communitie ?as too often been demonstrated. It is quite likely that about a doze infantry companies will also be drop ped from the active lists, there bein now a surplus of infantry and mor than it is possible to care for unde the new law, which requires so mue better equipment and effiiciency tha formally. Just what companies will b retained and what dropped will b known at the end of next month. The feeling over in Darlington i that the sentence of John Nell, given ; life term in the peniteniary, and Bol Small, given a death sentence, for th murder of the negro, Frank Scott ?will be allowed to go into ef feet without appeal to the suprem? I court, so strong is the sentimen against the men, although they ar white and their victim a negro. Smal Columbia, March 13.-The practi cal certainty is that the present regi ment of calvary, which in the capacity of individual troops has for so man: years exercised such an excellent re straining influence on the negroes ii the lower portion of the state, will b? dropped from the organized militia o: the state. Adjutant General Frost saic today that it would be impossoble t( keep up these troops in such a con? dition of equipment as would allov* them to pass muster under the nev? Dick military law. It will require nol less than $55,000 to properly equip this regiment, and to bring it out on en? campment would entail great expense, A squadron of four troops will be re? tained, consisting of about 200 men, o equip whom will require a trifle over $16,000. What troops will be retained in the service cannot be said until Col. Ezra B. Fuller, now out on inspection, completes his work on the 28th of April. Among the troops likely to be dropped is the historic Light Drogoons of Charleston, though nothing definite has been sentenced to hang on the 5th of May. Nell is a mere boy, scarcely out of his teens, his limbs not yet having lost their youthful centeur nor his face their boyish down. His bearing upon j the stand did not impress one unfavor I ably and the prevailing impression ; seemed to be that it is the old story of a boy far away from home being led astray by evil companions, among strangers far from his North Carolina home. He was deeply moved and sob? bed convulsively. Small's bearing, on the contrary, did not create a favora? ble impression. That the jury thus dif? ferentiated betweep the two defend? ants was not a surprise. Sam Marks, the negro whose appeal to.the supreme court was decided against him, was resentenced, and he is to hang on May 5. There has been a decided change in sentiment at Darlington, however, and it is likely that a strong petition for executive clemency will be presented in the near future. Marks, it will be remembered, was convicted of the murder of the white man, Hill Langston, and the militia had to he called in to protect him from the mob. The case against Mose Ham, who was Mark's co-de? fendant, and who was given a life term, was nol prossed, the supreme court having decided in his favor. President Barr of the Seaboard tele? graphs there is nothing in the Atlanta newspaper reports that the road's shops at Abbeville are to be removed to Atlanta. President Barr's telegram says: "There is no foundation for re? port that shops wiJl be removed from Abbeville." The directorate of the Piedmont Manufacturing Company, one of the oldest and most succesful cotton mill corporations in the State, has elected Mr. W. E. Beattie to fill out the un? expired term of the late Col. James L. Orr as president of the Piedmont mills near Greenville. Mr. Beattie is the son of Mr. Hamlin Beattie, for many years president of the First National Bank of Greenville and now vice-president of the mills. The new mill president was for a number at years cashier of his father's bank and served as presi? dent of the Reedy river mills. He is a capable man and the stockholders will likely make him permanent president at the annual meeting in May. UTTER ROUT if MUKDEN. RUSSIANS FLEEING NORTHWARD IN SCATTERED BANDS. Tokio Has Information That Russian Army is Hemmed in Gen. Nago Having Cut Through Russian Centre and Hastened North Tokio, March ll.-The latest dis? patches from the front indicate that the Russian retreat has become a rout. The Russians are flying northward, the Japanese following closely. So vig? orous and relentless has been the pur? suit that whole divisions of the enemy have been cutTinto small sections. A wedge has been driven through the whole Russian centre on the Hun river and a great force of Russians enveloped. The Russians lost heavily and a large number have been cor? ralled. War experts here are of the opinion that Gen. Xogi with his Port Arthur veterans, has cut his way through further north and will prevent the Russians from piercing the cordon formed around them. The estimated number of men Gen. Kuropatkin has lost is between 20,000 and 50,000, not including those taken prisoners. Oku's Great Capture. With General Oku's Armay (un? dated)-"We have captured Sujaton station where the main Russian supply depot was located, after a desperate conflict, securing enormous quantities of supplies, including 60,000 rifles and cartridges." Russians Fear Famine. St. Petersburg, March ll.-Private advices from the front state that 900 officers of ~ae Manchurian army sent a petition to Gen. Kuropatkin de? manding a *<2?lusion of the hostilities owing to the .^cr>?? of famine. TERRIBLE LOSS SUSTAINED BY RUSSIAN FORCES. Gen. Kuropatkin Leaves 26.500 Dead on the Field of Battle-Thousands of Demoralised Fighters Take to the Hills. Washington, March 133-Two dis? patches which have been received from Minister Griscom, dated Tokio, March 12, read as follows: "It is officially reported that the Japanese army captured 20,000 pris? oners before the 11th." "Another official report says: "The Russian losses are 155,000, of which 40,000 are prisoners; 26,500 are dead on the field, and there are almost 90, 000 other casualties." A Sweeping Victory. Washington, March 9.-Minister Takahira has advices from Tokio that the Japanese expect to occupy Muk? den today. Field Marshal Oyama has reported that he has beaten the enemy in every direction. Berlin, March 13.-A dispatch from St. Petersburg reports that Senior Page Tsarkoesels, a personal attendant of the czar, has been arrested and that an investigation revealed the fact that the page was in regular communica? tion with the revolutionists and had chemical mixtures within the palace. j THE MUKDEN DISASTER. Summary of the Russian Losses in Men, Gun and Munitions. London,. March 13.-While Gen. Kuropatkin has apparently succeeded in saving ir?ore of his artillery than seemed possible, his losses in men, am? munition and commissariat supplies in the battleof Mukden are far greater than earlier reports indicated, and even that portion of his army which he succeeded in extricating from the positions around Mukden is still in se? rious danger. The Japanese generals, realizing that with a little more speed they could have inflicted a crushing defeat on the Russian army after the battle of Liao Tang, determined not to again allow an opportunity to pass and are follow? ing after the defeated and sorely tried Russian army. While a small portion of Kuropatkin's army has reached Tie Pass,, the greater part of those who escaped from the battle of Mukden are still struggling northward, * mg at last accounts between twelve and sixteen miles from their goal, with the Japan? ese, flushed with victory and reinforced by fresh men, harassing them from all sides. Even should the remnant of the army reach Tie Pass, it is hardly pos? sible for it to make a stand there against the overwhelming forde oppos? ing it, especially as the Russians must be worn ont and weakened by the loss of men, guns; and ammunition. It is more likely that Kuropatkin will fall right back to Harbin with what he can save, and wait there for the reinforce-' ments that St. Petersburg already has promised him. A possible obstacle to the plan is Gen. Kawamura's army, which has not been located and which may also be heading for the northern capital. Gen. Kuropatkin admits that 1,190 officers and 46,931 men are not re? sponding to roll calls. This is ?rather vague. It may or may not include the thousands of wounded who have been sent north, and again it may not in? clude the losses suffered by the third army, with which the commander-in chief was not in communication for some time. The figures given by the Japanese war office appear more rea? sonable, namely 40,000 prisoners. 26, 500 dead left on the field and 90.000 killed or wounded, the latter figure, of course,, including the dead found by the Japanese. The Russian losses, therefore, total over 100,000 men, or more than one-third of the whole army. The fact that the Japanese re? port the capture of only sixty guns in? dicates that Kuropatkin at the last moment succeeded in sending a con? siderable portion of his artillery north? ward on the railway. . Succeeding field reports increase the extent of the Russian disaster. It will require months to supply and reor? ganize the Russian armies. Estimates of casualties given by captives reach forty per cent. The artillery losses were especially heavy. The captured guns have not yet been counted, but the au merous captured stores and munitions are valued at millions of dollars. This loss materially adds to the crippling of the Russian armies. The Japanese people are receiving details of the vic? tory with calmness. Tokio and other cities are exceedingly quiet, and the re? cent admonition of the people to re? frain from spending money in celebra? tions and devote their savings to war charities is being universally obeyed. The Japanese losses up to this morn? ing were reported as 41,222, not in? cluding the army which pushed north between Mukden and Fushun. Official Russian is determined to car? ry on the war, and St. Petersburg re? ports that orders have been issued for the mobilization of more troops. This may prove a difficult task with the temper of the Russian people in its present condition. There is still hope in St. Petersburg that Russia can ex? haust Japan financially, and for months there has been talk of an army on the Siberian border, which would compel Japan to keep her vast^army in Manchuria. NEW YORK STRIKE BROKEN. New Tork, March 10.-The strike on the Interborough Rapid Transit Company's lines has been thoroughly broken by the repudiation of the strike by Grand Chief Stone of the Brother? hood of Locomotive Engineers and President Mahon, of the Amalga? mate Association of Railway Employes last night. Scores of the strikers ap? plied for their old positions this .morning. The company told the men that they would rank them in seniority and they must take their turns for ad? vancement. By the failure of the strike the road has been made an open shop. Philadelphia March ll.-Tho coron? er has been notified that the dredgers on the Delaware river have brough* : > the surface off Tiago street wharf the corpse of a man sewed up in a bag. The indiquions point to murder. A MATTER OF HEALTH POWDER Absolutely Pure HAS NO SUBSTITUTE HOLOCAUST IM NEW YORK. ! TWENTY BURNED TO DEATH IX j TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE. Hie Hard Work and Daring of the Fireman Alone Prevented a Mnch Greater Loss* of Life. New York, March 14.-In a fire in a tenement house at 105 Allen street this morning twenty people were burned to death and ten others in? jured so severely that they were re? moved to the hospital. Fifteen bodies have been removed from the ruins and are so badly burn? ed that no identification has yet been made. Six people are still missing. The ' tenement was an ol*-fashioned five story structure with two apartments" in front and two in the rear.. Twenty fam? ilies, consisting of 140 persons, lived in the building. The fire, which started in a paint shop in the rear, spread like wild fire and it is believed to have been of in? cendiary origin. Lietenant Bonner, a son of the former fire chief, scaled a red hot fire escape five times apd each time brought down . a woman and -child.. - Finally Bonner became se. exhausted that he fell against the fire escape and ? would have been roasted to death had he not been rescued by his comrades. Many of the inmates were rescued by the firemen forming a human ladder. ~~ A RELENTLESS PURSUIT. News From the Front all Black for the Russians. . - Tokio, March 13.-The latest dis? patches from the front show that the Japanese are following up their ad? vantage gained by the previous days of severe fighting and are keeping up a relentless pursuit of the fleeing Rus? sians. At least half of Gen. Kuropat kin's army has been killed, wounded, captured or demoralized. The rem? nants of those cut off from the divis? ions, have been driven into the hills. The pursuit of these bands is being kept up and it is believed that all must eventually fall into the hands of the Japanese. Queenstown, March- 13.-The- Cu? nard Liner Lucania, which returned last night, owing to a mishap, will re? sume her trip tonight. The hawser pipe was broken intwo places, and the boat shipped so much water that she was considered, to be in too dangerous a condition to continue her trip. -- - J. R. Lucy and H. C. Anderson, two boys who ran away from Bingham school, Asheville, N. C., were captured in Spartanburg a few days ago and were sent to their parents, Colonel Bingham receiving to receive them back into the school. Venice, March 13.-In an explosion of the boiler of an Italian torpedo boat during experiments here today three men were killed and five injured. Washington, March 14.-Among the nominations sent to the senate to? day is Louis Summers, of Virginia, to be collector of internal revenue for the Sixth district of Virginia. New York, March 13.-Six persons were injured, some seriously, in a col? lision between a surface car and a truck on Third avenue this morning. I New Orleans, March 13.-Com? mander-in-Chief Lee. of the Confeder? ate Veterans, has issued a proclama? tion thanking congress and President Roosevelt for the return of the Con? federate flags, declaring there is no longer a South or North. Pittsburg, March ll.-Seven persons were hurt in a trolley accident this morning by the car in which they were riding jumping the ?rack at a sharp curve. The car plunged over a ton foot embanl ment alighting on one end. Five wore seriously injured.