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" ?|e u)ntd)mon ono Southron. ---------------^---- ---^- ? ran SU2ITJEB WATOBHAHi JCatftbllflhed April, 1850? **Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at be thy Country's thy God's and Truth's.' THJE TRUS SOUTHRON, &<jtafc?i?hed Jnae, iss Coselidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 29, 1905, Sew Series-Vol. XXIY. No. 3$ Published 37877 Ve4?0sd&7? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, 8?MTBR, 8. G. TERMS : $1 50 per ano nm-in advance. A ? T s a T18 ? ac B a ? : Oie Square first ;23ertion....M............$l CO ? 7ery subsequent insertion........ . 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will b . made at reduced rates. All coawnanicatioog which subserve private interests will be charged fer as ad ver tiemen ta. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be sharged for. ANTI-JIM CROW CAR DECISION. Maryland Court of Appeals Decides That Jim Crow Car Laws Are Not * Applicable to Inter-State Pas? sengers. Annapolis, Md-. March 22.-In an opinion delivered today the Court of Appeals held that the act passed at the last session of the legislature, commonly known as the "Jim Grow" law and requiring steam railways in the State of Maryland to furnish sep? arate compartments for white and col- j orded passengers, is .valid so far as it affects commerce within the State, but invalid aa to Inter-State passengers, and must he construed as not apply? ing to them. Wm. H. H. Hart, the ap? pellant in the case, is a resident of Washington, D. C. He was arrested for refusing to go into the compart? ment assigned to colored passengers, while he held a through ticket from New York to Washington on the cars of the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company, and was fined $5 and costs by the circuit court for Cecil county. From this ver? dict he appealed. The court of appeals upholds the right of common carriers to make reasonable regulations pro? viding for the separation of the races, and also the right of the legislature to impose such regulation?.- lipon com? mon carriers. However, in the matter of imposing such regulations upon carriers engaged in inter-state com ""?tTci-ce.^the" Maryland court regards the decision of the United States court in the case of-Hall against Decuir as conclusive. In that case the Supreme Court held that those engaged in in? ter-state commerce in the state of Lousiana should give all their passen? gers equal privileges as to the parts of hie conveyance they should occupy. NO MORE TRANSFER CHARGES. Overcharges on Freight Rates-The Railroad Commissioners Make an Investigation. It seems that for some time past the North Western Railroad has been charging "its patrons in this city ex? cess freight charges for transferring cars. The matter first came to the at? tention of Mr. B. C. Wallace, when he discovered that an excess charge on a carload of wood had been made by the railroad, and he reported the same to Mr. H. D. Barnett When complaint was first made the extra amount was accounted for as the usual'charges for transfer. The matter was immediately reported to the railroad commissioners who took St under consideration, and came to this city this morning to look into the facts of the case. The investi? gation proved that the charges were without warrant of law, as they are only allowed when freight has to be transferred from the track of one company to that of'another. The Northwestern had been charging extra for getting their cars in a suitable place from which they could be easily approached, for the purpose of un? loading-a duty which was incumbent upon them in the first Instance. ?. Commission er Earle stated to a re? porter of The Daily Item that when a reason for the extra charge was ask? ed of a representative of the railroad he said it was either an oversight or a mistake. These mistakes have been occurring with marked regularity in the past, and now that the attention of the railroad company has been so forcibly directed tc matters that they were in the habit of overlooking, it is hoped that they wi?i, in the future, keep within the provisions of the law. SOMEWHAT WORRIED New York, March 23.-John D. Rockefeller is said to be exceedingly annoyed at the protest made by the congregational ministers against the acceptance of his $100,000 to the board of foreign missions. While no state? ment has as* yet been forthcoming, it is believed that he will withdraw the gift. Medenord, Mass., March 22.-Dr. Elmer Hewitt Capen, president of Tuft's College, died this morning from an attack of pneumonia.. BI SHOP POTTER DISCUSSED. People of Colombia Seeking Explana t?on of His Position. By W. H. McCaw. Columbia, March 23.-The Bishop Potter .incident is the talk in cultured circhis here just now, as it doubtless is in a number of other communities in the state. The head of the Episcopal church in New York has been very popular here and elsewhere through? out the State, and it is with surprise and disappointment that his friends jin ttds section see him displaying so much temper when called upon civilly enough to explain his unwarranted slander of social conditions in this State. He said, according to the New York Globe, that the prevalence of miscegenation in this State showed that an anti diveroce law was not the solution of the social problem, and when asked for an explanation from Columbia replied curtly saying that "common civility" would suggest that the inquirer first ascertain whether, there was any connection between the publication and what he really said, and inasmuch as there was none and the comments of the inquirer were "impertinent and unwarranted." Af? ter lie wrote this and refused to an? swer further letters he had himself inteiviewed in the Globe to the effect that he had no apology to make for what he said previously and reiterated that in view of conditions in this state that this State's claim to superiority "wa3 at once comic and pathetic." Most people remembering Bishop Potter's prominence and Iiis undoubt? ed talents and his great zeal are at a loss to account for his "loss of bal? ance" in this incident, but others are finding an explanation in the Kyrie Ballew incident, and the scandals which grew out of its airing in New Yoris a few years ago, and which in? volved a member of Dr. Potter's fam? ily. This, it is thought, accounts for his bias, and has somewhat embitter? ed Mm on the subject of divorce. Mrs. James Brown Potter, his daughter in-law, was a very handsome woman, and very talented. A member of the faculty of one of the State college who was a teacher at Uni DH college in New York while one' of Bishop Potter's brothers was presi? dent of Union, came into more or less intimate contact with Bishop Potter and his three brothers, and knows the m all to be vain and egotistical. He was therefore not surprised at the. bishop's display of pomposity in this SoL\th Carolina incident, about which he ought to have spoken "with better knowledge since he has visited this state and is an intimate friend of Bish? op Capers, and remembering the Kyrie Ba'lew incident is not at a loss to ac? count for the bishop's acrimony and priestly frown. Your correspondent's informant went on to explain that in a curious sort of way the late. Rev. Dr. A. Toom er Porter, of Porter's academy in Charleston was the indirect cause of Mrs. Potters becoming involved with stage people. Bishop Potter was a groat friend and patron of Dr. Por? ter, who was frequently entertained at the Porter home when he went on to New York on begging expeditions foi- his school which was established at the close of the Civil War. Mrs. James Brown Potter became interest? ed in his enterprise and organized pri? vate theatricals among her fashionable friends in New York as a benefit. She took the leading part and the shows w?:re ? great success from both a financial and artistic standpoint. Many New York papers spoke highly of the splendid histrionic aient Mrs. Potter displayed, but Dr. Potter compliment? ed her with some reservation. He was very grateful for her effort in behalf of his school and honesty compelled him to acknowledge that her display of talent was remarkable. But he told her then that his knowledge of human nature had caused him to fear that he had read that in her eye while she was at work on the stage and heard the applause of her 'acting which meant that she had been caught by the stage fever. She laughed lightly at the time, but subsequent events proved that his fears were well founded. She was finally divorced from James Brown Potter, who is now living in Rich? mond. She afterward married another. New York, March 25,-Maurice Barrymore, the actor, who has been an inmate of the Long Island Home for the past six years, died this morn? ing of paralysis. He was the father of Miss Ethel Barrymore and Jack Bar? rymore, both well known on the stage. Columbus, Ohio, March 25.-About $200,000 worth of property was de? stroyed by fire last night in two of the Columbus Dry Goods Company's buildings on High street. The fire, which burned all night, gave the fire? men a hard fight preventing its spread. DISPENSARY INVESTIGATION. Information Given Out Respecting: the Proceedings at the Meeting Last Night. The dispensary investigation com mitteee met in Sumter last evening in the office of Hon. T. B. Fraser. Those present were Senators J. T. Hay, chairman; Cole L. Blease, N. Christen? sen, Jr., Representatives T. B. Fraser, J. Fraser Lyon and D. A. Spivey. Mr. Gaston was prevented by sickness from attending. The sub-committees, among which the work has been divided, conferred with the chairman who indicated the lines along which they will continue their work. The sub-committee com? posed of Representative Fraser Lyon and Senator Niels Christensen, Jr., stayed over today and looked into the affairs of the Sumter dispensary. The rest of the committee went home this morning. The committee accepted the resig? nation cf Colonel Bacon who had been elected accountant and chose Mr. W. W. Bradley, of Abbeville, to take his place. STORY DISCREDITED. China the Only Power Likely to Ask tins Powers to Take Action. London, March 23.-Despite dili? gent inquiry as to the connection of the cabinet meeting with the report that is called for the purpose of con? sidering peace proposals made for in? tervention by powers in the war in the Far East, no official confirmation has been forthcoming. At the Japanese legation, however, there was an inclination to believe the report to be true. China was suggested as the power that might have asked other powers to interfere. The secre Itary of the Japanese legation discuss? ing the matter said he would not be surprised if China had taken such ac? tion on the ground that the contin? uance cf the war was doing serious damage to her territory. Further dis? cussion was refused except to express skepticism as to China's ability to in? duce the powers to intervene. London, March 23.-The Central News reported a cabinet meeting ex? traordinary will be held at noon to? day for the purpose of considering proposals which will be made for in? tervention by powers to end the war. The power which has taken the initia? tive has not been disclosed. London, March 23.-Baron Hayashi has received the following dispatch dated March 21: "Our detachment, which is following the enemy, has en? tered .Chautu, twenty miles north of Kaiyuan. The enemy, in a large body, is retreating in disorder towards the northwest, along the railway. St. Petersburg, March 23.-It is re? ported that a desultory conflict has occurred at Changogun, 100 miles north of Tieling, where Gen. Linevitch is preparing to delay Gen. Oyama in order to give time for completing ar? rangements to defend Harbin. UNCLE SAM'S WARD. Minister Dawson Suggests That United States Take Charge of San Domin? go Without Treatry. Washington, March 25.-The state department this morning received from Minister Dawson a dispatch suggesting a temporary solution of the international difficulties of Santo Do? mingo, pending the final action by the United States senate. He suggests that an American citizen be appointed as commissioner to collect and disburse the customs receipts of the country in accordance with the terms of the treaty. He says the officials of the Do? minican government agree to this, and are desirous of its adoption. ACCDDENT IN TUNNEL. An Unusual Occurrence in Subway Under the East River. New York, March 27.-Four men were injured and the lives of eighteen others were endangered this morn? ing as a result of an unusual accident in the East River tunnel which is be? ing bored to connect Brooklyn with New York by a subway. The pressure of compressed air against the working shield proved too strong for the mud? dy soil and blew holes through to the water. Those injured were close to the shield. The force of the explosion gave the men ample time in the other part of the compartment to open the gate and drag themselves out before the water reached them. St. Petersburg, March 27.-It is stated that Gen. Batianoff has been appointed to the command of the third army . COTTON GROWERS' EMBLEMS. Buttons Being Sent Out Irom Atlanta By the Thousands Atlanta, Ga., March 25.-Thousands of emblems of the Southern Cotton Association are now being worn in every State in the South. The demand for these emblems is exceedingly heavy and a large office force has been busily employed in the emblem bureau of the association, filling the orders which have been pouring in for some time. The official emblem, which is being furnished by the association for a small sum, in order to help carry out the work of organization, consists of a button which is worn on the lapel of the coat. On the button is an exact re? production of a cotton bale. Above the top of the bale there is the statement, .Tn Unity There Shall be Strength." In the centre of the bate are the let? ters, "S. C. A." Under that is the statement, "Twenty-five per cent. Re? duction," and just under that in red letters, "We Will Do It" Banks all over the country are or? dering large supplies of these buttons for their customers, warehousemen, guano factories, plow manufactories, grocery merchants and commission m?n are also purchasing them in large numbers for distribution among their patrons as well as individuals. Large numbers of these emble:ns are being i ordered; hy the county and district or? ganizations of the Southern Cotton Association for the benefit of the members. The Tmtton shows that the wearer is in thorough sympathy with the southern farmer and his fight against the New York speculators to put down the price of cotton to a figure where it means ruination to the South to pro? duce it The emblem bureau, which is lo? cated at 1420 Empire building, Atlan? ta, Ga., is working day and night to supply the big demand. ^ $50,000,000 FOR UNIVERSITY. Stated That John D. Rockefeller Is Committed to Raise Tl at Amount for Pet School. Chicago, March 25.-It is believed among a majority of students and many members of the faculty of the University of Chicago that John D. Rockefeller is committed to the task of providing a fifty million dollar en? dowment for the school. The belief is based on a letter received from Mr. Rockefeller last week in which he ex? pressed the hope that Harper's life be spared in order that he might carry out his cherished wishes for the ad? vancement of the growth of the uni? versity. President Harper's cherished hope, according to the faculty, is to see the University endowed with $50, 000,000, which he considers will make it possible to complete his scheme for a gigantic educational institution. ROCKEFELLER'S MONEY. Boston Clergymen Divided in Opinion as to Whether Church Should Accept. Boston, March 27.-Numerous clergymen in and about Boston de? voted considerable atte:ion in their sermons yesterday to i:he offer of $100,000 as a gift by Joan D. Rocke? feller. There seemed to be a division of opinion regarding the acceptance of the offer. Those favoring acceptance styled the gift a bit of restitution, while others thought the money too wickedly accumulated to be accepted for missionary work for which it was intended. All the Row Kicked up in Boston Af? ter Money Was Secured. Boston, March 28.-While the storm of indignant protests against the acceptance of $100,000 from John D. Rockefeller by the American board of foreign missions was at its height, nearly half of the sum had already been accepted and is now in the treas? ury of the mission board. The fact that $41,500 of the sum has been in the possession of the board for some? time was made public today by Mr. James L Barton, the foreign secre? tary. This acceptance makes it exceed? ingly doubtful that the balance will be refused. Barton said that when the board informed him the gift was ac? cepted an order for th?i amount now in the treasury was at once made. The president's committee, which meets at 2 o'clock this afternoon is expected to take final action on the matter. Small Boy Lost. New York, March 27.-Despite a search being made of all freight cars which left the city since Wednesday no trace has been found of 7-year-old Johnnie Donohue, who, it is supposed, was carried off in a freight train on Wednesday night while playing in a freight car in front of his home. GEN. K?ROPATKIX REMAINS. j He Accepts Appointment to Succeed Gen. Linevitch in Command of First Army. St. Petersburg, March 22.-The Russian army in Manchuria is still to have the services of Gen. Kuropatkin, who is considered by many, in spite of his series of reverses, the best gen? eral and foremost strategist of the Russian army. Sinking all feeling of personal bitterness because of his su possession and all the old time enmity between himself and Gen. Linevitch in a patriotic desire to be of service to the fatherland, the former commander in chief volunteered to remain in any capacity with the army which he had so long commanded. The tender has been accepted by Emperor Nicholas and gratefully received by the new leader of the grand army. London, March 22.-A dispatch to the Reuter Telegram Company says the Russian army has reached a place of safety, but the stragglers have been cut off by the Japanese. The haven reached by the Russians is not given. St Petersburg, March 22.-A dis? patch from -General Linievitch says a body of Japanese cavalry, accompa? nied by a force of infantry has ap? peared in front of the Russian-'out? posts at Machantay. FLOOD OF IMMIGRANTS. Largest Number on Record Expected to Arrive This Spring. New York, March 22.-The an? nual spring rush of immigrants lias come according to Commissioner of Immigration Watchem and Chief Junker of the statistical division. Eleven thousand immigrants were re? leased in this yesterday and day be? fore. From the present outlook more immigrants will come into this port during the months of March, April and May than ever before dur? ing this time. It is noticeable that Russian immigrants are on the in? crease at this port. A Blow at Rockefeller. Boston, March 21.-Congregational ministers representing Boston and va? rious sections of New England, have forwarded to the American board of commissioners for foreign missions a protest against the acceptance by the board of a gift of $100,000 from John D. Rockefeller. The petition, which was prepared by a committee chosen at a meeting of the clergymen, protests against the acceptance of the gift on the ground that the Standard Oil Company, of which Mr. Rockefel? ler is the head, "stands before the public under repeated and recent for? midable indictments in specific terms for methods which are morally in? iquitous and socially destructive," and that the "acceptance of such a gift involves the constituents of the board in a relation implying honor to? ward the donor, and subjects the board to the charge of ignoring the moral issues involved." NO EXTRA SESSION. New York, March 23.-Secretary Shaw, before leaving for Washington today, emphatically denied the state? ment attributed to him to the effect that the president is likely to call an extra session of congress this summer to take up tariff revision. The story that Senator Allison, chairman of the senate finance committee, is in New York sounding business men on the tariff revision measure was ridiculed by local politicians today. Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Washington, March 23.-President Roosevelt has tendered the office of as sitant secretary of the navy ?o Truman H. Newberry, of Detroit, Mich., and the proffer has been accepted. Mr. Newberry is a prominent busi? ness man of Detroit. He will succeed Charles H. Darling, of Vermont, who some time ago tendered his resigna? tion to the president to be accepted at the president's convenience. Letter to J. W. Dennis. Sumter, S. C. Dear Sirs: Currie Hardware Co. At? lantic City. N J, had been dealing in paint for more than twenty years ; and last year found-out Devoe. This is how they did it. Bought two cans, took-off the labels, sent to a chemist for analysis. The chemist found it pure; and they took our agency. That is the way to find-out a paint ; but not every dealer can do it. There ought to be public provision for mak? ing good things known without a cost. It's a pity American citizens haven't got it. The people want it, even more than the trade. Yours truly 91 FW Devoe & Co. P S- Durant Hardware Co. sells our paint. A HATTER OF HEALTH ^^^^^^^^^^^ POWDER Absolutely Rare HAS MO SUBSTITUTE RAILROAD ASSESSMENTS. State Board of Assessors Have Raised the Valuation on Some Roads. Columbia, March 24.-The State board of assessors adjourned yesterday until April 1st when the work of as? sessing for taxation the property of railroad companies will be completed* Some assessments were delayed on ac? count of the opinion of the attorney general as to the application of the franchise tax law to intrastate busi? ness. The board raised the assessment for the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens road from $5,000 to $6,000 per mile* the assessment of the Lancaster and Chester -road from $700 to $3,250, and the Charleston and Western Carolina from the Georgia line to Spartanburg was made $8,000 per mile, and from the Georgia line to Beaufort $7,500 per mile. The Southern Express Company was . made $100 per mile, against $85 last year. The assessment of the Pullman Palace Car Company was not changed from $100 per mile, or a to? tal valuation of $146,643 for the state. The Postal and Western Union Tele? graph Companies were not changed, the assessment being $35 per mile of wire in the state. The American'Tele graph and Telephone oCmpany was valued at $90,000 against $65,685 last year. The Southern Bell Telephone Company was valued at $400,000 against $215,592 last year. The other assessments remained the same for the present. There was no change made in the assessment of the Seaboard Air Line, whose attorneys raised a vogorous protest Wednesday on the present figures. It has been hinted that this matter will go into the courts. -mi ? GREENE-GAYNOR CASE. Quite an Excitement Caused in the Magistrate's Court in Montreal Yesterday. Montreal, March 23.-Considerable excitement was caused in the Magis? trate's court today when counsel for Gaynor and Green virtually accuseds Judge LaFontaine, extradition com? missioner, of being under contract with the United States in connection? with the extradition cases. Many personalties were indulged in. Judge La Fontaine indignantly denied the-charge, but agreed to withdraw an?? allow the case to be tried before CLief Justice LaCoste. Donald McMas ttr, who represented the United States, characterized the accusation as a falsehood. The suggestion to have the case tried before the chief justice will be argued later. Mr. Taschereau, chief counsel for* the defense, then moved for a suspen? sion of the proceedings on technical grounds in support. He presented two telegrams, one to a id on* u cm the. minVtcr : ' iusii?.e, who, Mr. Taschereau argued, had the right to determine whether the accus? ed had committed an extraditable of? fense or whether the basic principle of the extradition treaty was being violated. "The minister of justice," declared Mr. MacMaster, "a law partner of the chief counsel for the defense, has no more authority to suspend these pro? ceedings than a man on the street. The minister of justice in Canada is a very important personage, but it seems to me he would have had great? er regard for tre proprieties of legal jurisprudence if the had not allowed his name to be attached to an appli? cation for a writ of habeas corpus to set the accused free." Judge La Fontaine ?vermied M/, aschereau's motion. Dr. W. J. Spillman, the agrostologist of the department of agriculture, has been in Columbia for several days. He is making a tour of the South visiting experiment stations and addressing farmers' meetings.