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TS* 8?MT?R WATCHMAN. K?tablished April, 1850? Be Just and Fear noe-Let all the Ends thou AUU?.- ai r>e r/nv (7oan,try s thy God s and Truth's. THIS TRUS SOD7BRO?, KstabUahed Jose, i SO Co* ol Mated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C . WEDNESDAY. MAY 3, 1905. New Series-Vol. XXIY. S ? 4? PsfcUshod S y ar y Wedreaday, --BT OSTEEM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 3GMTS3, 8. C. TSE MS : $2 50 per so o am-io ed va Doe. iDritTitiant: 0 e Square 6rst insertion... ? .^^....^$1 CO E ?ry subsequent insertionT..._ 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wili b i3f.de at reduced ra tes. Ail communications which subserve private interest* ?iii becoarged for as advertiemente. Obituaries and tribctes of respects viii be Ifor. THE SOUTHBOUND. Conditions Must be Met-The Com? munity That Fails to Vote cr Sub? scribe Bonds to Aid in Boild This Road Will Not Get lt. (Winston Journal.) To the Eidtor of the Journal: I wish I could feel as optimistic as you indicated you do in your article on tl te Southbou nd railroad in Tues ? day's paper. You said, in comment \ mg on the High Point movement, that the Southbound will be built and spoke ar. if there was not longer any .certainty about it. As I said, in the ; ; ' beginning, I wish I could feel this way about it, but to my mind it is by no means a certainty unless every dol J lar that is now proposed to be sub? scribed by the various : towns and townships is voted, but while I do not feel it as a certainty, still I do believe that to vote these subscriptions means' the road, while on the contrary I feel absolutely sure that the failure to vote these subscription means the loss of the road. My reasons are first, the proposition is that we must raise $500,000 to secure the road. Where is it to come from? All that is in sight- now if every dollar is voted as now proposed, is as follows: Winston township $100,000. Broadbay $15,000. Mi?way $5,000. - ? ' Lexington $125,000. Jackson Hill $5,000. Anson county $50,000. This makes $315,000. ^ Snree parties here have subscribed ^ privately $10,000, making a total of every dollar now in sight only $345, 000, which leaves $155,000 short of the $500,000 dollars, required, this we hope to raise iii Charleston, orf if Charleston fails us, in Southport, or from other parts, but this is by no means certain, ? an is yet to be done, but I will say that Col. Fries is doing all in his power to get this money up. I have written this that the whole "Situation may be freely understood so that no friend of the movement may relax his efforts to secure this great enterprise for this section. The effort being made by the differ? ent sections to secure this road should wake us up to the importance of this movement and to realize w3?at we will lose if we fail this time. My friends I hope The Journal is correct but I tell you in my opinion it is uncertain, and we may make a serious and grievous mistake if we do not contin? ue . each one of us to do all in our power to secure this road and I am certain every subscription proposed is vital to this measure. , C. A. Reynolds. THE NEW RAILROAD. The Only Obstacle is the Price De? manded for Rigbts-of-Way. The Bishopville Vindicator, refer? ring to the party of railroad men who made a tour of inspection of the route of the proposed railroad from this city to Bethune and the Seaboard Air Line, has this to say: "The party consisting of Major Bushnell and Captain Davis of Flor? ida, Mr. W. H Ingram and Major . Lorir.g Lee, reached here last Thurs? day evening and spent the night. Next morning, accompanied by Hon. T. G. McLeod, they resumed their journey over the proposed route to Bethune j and were very much impressed with the section of country through which they passed. The scheme for the new road is by no means dead if the right of way and terminals can be secured on rea- j sonable terms. The people living be- I tween here and Bethune are very j anxious for the road and will do all they can for it. Between here are ! Manville and the eastern limit of j town seoms to be the hardest set from i whom to get reasonable terms. "It is sound business judgment to ! ask a fair remunerative price for right-of-way, but an unreasonable de? mand sows poor business tact and a want of public spirit. Major Bushnell and Captain Davis took the train at Bethune and we may hear from them again soon." i ' SOLICITOR'S BAD B3E4K. ARREST OF KERSAW MEN FOR LYNCHING UNWARRANTED. His Detective Has Skipped the Corni try and There is no Evidence Against the Men. Columbia, April 29.-It seems that Solicitor Henry made a "bad break" in employing Henry Dowie to work up the evidence against the lynchers ! of ?John Morrison at Kershaw last Oc? tober, and which culminated the oth? er day in the sensational arrest of such prominent men socially and in a business way as Stewart W. Heath. John L. Stevens, W. E. Belk, Dick Belk, Burwell Truesdale, J. S. Holden, S. F. Gardner, Jr., H. J. Gardner, S. W. Welsh, Frank Hough, along with a negro named Tom Shot Jones. At the preliminary hearing before Mag? istrate Caskey at Lancaster yesterday Howie, who had skipped out, was put on the gridiron hy the lawyers for the defense, who denounced him as a fraud who had spent the state's mon? ey in joints in Charlotte, Atlanta, Chester and elsewhere and had caus? ed the arrests for nothing. The solicitor admitted that he had no witnesses and he shouldered the entire responsibility for employing Howie, but he urged the magistrate to continue the case until Wednesday, as Howie had promised to produce the evidence by then. He admitted the ar rest of the men was a surprise to him, but said he had been given to under? stand that it had been done to pre? vent the defendants from deflecting a certain important State's witness whom they were after at the time of the arrests. The case was dismissed and the case against others for whom warrants were out were nol prossed by the solicitor. "I was too busy to take the matter up," said Solicitor Henry, when the lawyers on the other side got to press? ing him hard on account of the turn the case had taken. "I had no time to confer witt* witnesses. Why, your honor, I kne*- that this would be an honor, I know that this would be an unpopular ca.de. I have life-long friends in Lancaster county, who, I knew, would become estranged. My God, have I got to make enemies to do my duty?" Solicitor Eeuy wants to occupy his time right no* forgetting all about this affair so zar as what the people I of Lancaster or anywhere else will think of his conduct. He evidently made a mistake of the head, which the best of su do at times, but it is impossible for as fundamentally true and as nat? urally fearless and honorable a man as J. K. Henry to i mistake of the heart. The splendid personality of Mr. Hen? ry is too well impressed upon ' the hearts of those whQ know him for a thing of this kind to be of ar>y last? ing importance against him. A. C. L. SPREADING OUT. Rumors Generally Believed That it Has Leased the L. & N. New York, April 26.-It is report? ed that preliminary papers have been signed leasing the Lousville and Nashville railroad to the Atlantic Coast Line on a guarantee of 7 per cent, on the Lousiville and Nashville stock. The report has not been con? firmed. Officials of the Atlantic Coast Line declined to talk concerning the re ! ported guarantee on Louisville and Nashville stock. The Louisville now pays at The rate of 6 per cent, per annum against 5 in the years 1901-4 inclusive. 4 in 1900, 3 1-2 in 1899 and nothing in the five preceding years. The Atlantic Coast Line purchased $30,600.000 of the Louisville's $60,000.000 stock from J. P. Morgan & Co., in 1202. The purpose of guaranteeing a 7 j per dent, dividend has been reported in Wall Street ever since Lousville's advance this season from 134 1-2 to 150. The stock sold up 1 3-4 to 156 1-4 today, but broke sharply when the afternoon reports were cir? culated. Atlanti Coast Line stock fell today from 163 to 166 ?-2. It sold at 169 1-2 last week. j BALTIC FLEET AT DAGAL. French Squadron Has Been Mobilized to Preserve Neutrality of French Waters. London, May 1.-A correspondent of the Reuter Telegram Company at Saigon, Cochin China, says that the Baltic Fleet is lying off Port Daga!, forty miles north of Kamranh Bay. The French squadron has been mobil? ized the correspondent says, and the neutrality of French waters is being maintained. TUE MONSTER COTTON CROP. XO WONDER THE PRICE WENT DOWN. Census Bureau Report Places the Crop Of 1904 at 13,584.457 Bales. Washington April 28.-The cen? sus bureau today issued the final re? port on the crop of cotton grown in 1904. The crop as returned by ginners, including linters at 13,584,457 bales of 500 pounds, exceeds the crop of 1903 by 3,491,386 bales or 35.4 per cent. The largest crop prior t& 1904 was that of 1898, which, according to the commercial returns, was 11,235, 000 bales. Texas has held the first rank as a cotton state for twenty years. In 1904 it produced 3,134,677 bales, Georgia was second with 1,960,151, passing Mississippi, which was second in 1903. Mississippi was third with Alabama in the fourth place. PENSION FOR TEACHERS. Andrew Carnegie Gives $10,900,000 to Provide Pension for Broken Down College Professors. New York, April 27.-The an? nouncement was made today that An? drew Carnegie has given a fund of ^ten million dollars to provide for "re? tiring pensions for teachers of Univer? sities, colleges and Technical schools j in our country, Canada and New : Foundland. "Carnegie's aim is to in ?sure faithful teachers a competence after they have reached the age lim? it, to assist others who have been forced to retire earlier in "life on ac? count of physical disability and to raise the standard of teaching in ed? ucational institutions, where younger professors wTould be able to continue salaries. Everything is in readiness ior the successful inauguration of the scheme. A commission of trustees, in? cluding all of the chief educators of t?ie country has been selected. THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR. Laurens Paper Says Give Heyward Another Term. Tho Darlington News is a fairly safe newspaper to follow in choosing men to vote for. Its judgment of public men is right in nine out of ten cases in South Carolina politics. It is al? ways outspoken. It has a way of say? ing things bluntly sometimes but its sayings are mostly true. Eecause of the value that we place upon the News and because we have more con fidence in its honesty and candoi ? than we have in some people's we reproduce the following from its col? umns: "Of all those who have been spoken of for governor thus far the Hon. Richard L Manning, in the opinion of The News, is best equipped for the position. In addition to being well versed in the affairs of the State, Mr. Manning is a man of sound business judgment, a quality much to be desir? ed in these days when South Carolina is making such strides in the indus? trial world. Of course, the election is too far off to commit himself, but The News thinks that Mr. Manning is the right man for the place." Now we also believe in the worth of the Hon. Dick Manning. We think that there are few men in public life in this state who are as good as he, but we cannot decide for Manning for governor just now. For two reasons: We are suspicious of Manning's dis? pensary views. We are willing to swallow Hey ward, dispensary and ali, but if a change is to be made we pre? fer the dispensary. Captain Hey ward has been a sugar-coat to the dispen? sary pill. ?Our second reason is that we favor compelling D. C. Heyward to run ; again next year. He can be made to I run. We hope the people will dis cr>ura,ge all others from running. Let us have peace. j The Newberry Herald and News : ; says that a third term would be a ! ' bad precedent, that Heyward is a good ] man but "there are others." Newber i ry has three men suggested: H. H. Evans, C. L. Blease and A. C. Jones. We take it for granted that the Her I aid will support a Newberry man one of the three. Six years, or three terms as governor, is equal to one term as United States senator. A sheriff elected twice serves longer : than a governor. We should like to know who The Herald and News favors. What has it to conceal? If it has a man it pre? fers to Heyward, why not name him? If it has none it prefers to Heyward why not join the Advertiser in urging the re-election of the incumbent? Laurens Advertiser. i CONFERENCE FOR EOU?iTION. I i - TILE OPENING SESSION HELD EX j OPERA HOUSE. A Large and Distinguished Body Of Educators Present in Columbia. Columbia, April 26.-The exercises of the Conference for Education in the South were formally opened to? night in the opera house in the pres? ence of a most distinguished audience. The opera house was tastily decorated with red, white and blue bunting and flags of the Union, interspersed with those of the Palmetto State. On the stage there were men who have occu? pied a focal point in the educational world. It was a company, as Mr. Og? den expressed it, with hearts attuned to doing the most good for their fel? low men. The opening night was de? voted to the formal opening of the Conference, the eloquent address of welcome by Governor Heyward, the annual address of President Ogden, of New York, and a masterly address on the interpretation of the Conference for Education from a Southern stand? point by Dr. George H. Denny, presi? dent of Washington and Lee Univer? sity. The addresses were all of a high or? der and particularly appropriate for the opening occasion. The address of Governor Heyward was received with great enthusiasm. Then came the views of the Conference from the president, whose very name is regard? ed as identical with that of the organ? izaron. Mr. Ogden is quite a distin? guished looking man, of somewhat ad? vanced years. He spoke with convic? tion and force and what he had to say was frequently punctuated with applause. His remarks relative to many prominent educators were hear? tily cheered, and Mr. Ogden laid spe? cial stress on the fact that his ad? dress was very general in the outline in the work and scope of the Confer? ence. The chief address of the evening was that of Dr. George H. Denny, the distinguished and able president ot Washington and Lee University, Gov? ernor Hey war d's alma mater. The evening was rounded out with a de-' lightful reception at the State House. The ceremonies were opened by Su? perintendent E. S. Dreher, superin- j tendent of the Columbia Graded Schools, who introduced Governor Heyward. President Robert C. Ogden was then presented and made a clear and emphatic address, and especially on the work of the conference, he made a strong and excellent address. The last talk of the evening was that of Dr. Denny, of Washington laud Lee. There were many prominent educa? tors on the rostrum. Besides Gover? nor Heyward, Mr. Ogden and mem? bers of his party, whose names are ; mentioned elsewhere, were on the stage and in addition were: Dr. Wm. T. Harris. United States commission? er Of education; Dr. E. A. Alderman, University of Virginia; Dr. W. B. Hill, University of Georgia; Dr. G. H. Den? ny, of Washington and Lee; Dr. J. W. Abercombie, president University of Alabama; Dr. Wickliffe Rose, Sean of Peabody College; Dr. Burris A. Jenkins, president Kentucky Univer? sity, Lexington, Ky.; Dr. C. D. Mciver, North Carolina Normal College; Dr. C. W. Dabney, University of Cincin? nati ; Dr. Brown Ayres, University of Tennessee; Dr. D. B. Johnson, Win? throp College; Mayor Gibbes, Dr. Eenjamin Sloan, South Carolina Col? lege; Judge I. B. Jones, supreme court, ' Gen. John D. Frost, Dr. G. B. Moore, ? South Carolina College; Dr. E. S. Joynes, South Carolina College; Mr. W. A. Clark, Columbia; Dr. W. W. Daniel, Columbia College; Dr. H. A. White. Theological Seminary; Mr. Charles M. Merry, superintendent of I public schools. Covington, Ky. Presi- j dent Ogden mr.de the announcements for tomorrow, after which the visi? tors and hosts went to the State House to attend the reception. The newspaper correspondents with j the Ogden party have been filing : thousands of words of reports from here of the opening session of the , Conference. The Western Union Tel- ' egraph Company had four extra oper? ators at work tonight. The reception at the State House j tonight was a great success. It was a surprise to the visitors and they | said it eclipsed the receptions at pre? vious gatherings in the elegance of I the guests, etc. The State House, I which was the scene of the reception, | looked brilliant indeed. Columbia. April 27.-The morning session of the eigth annual Conference for Education in the South was given up to the Conference of Southern States Superintendents of Education, this being one of the features of the big conference. The most interesting feature of the morning was the rather impromptu symposium in the chapel of the South Carolina College at S:45 this morning, the speakers being Mr. Robert C. Ogden, the Hon. Seth Low, Dr. St. Clair McKelway and Dr. E. A. Alderman. The students of the college were gathered in the chapel for the regular morning exercises which were varied by these addresses. Mr. Ogden said that although he was the presi? dent of an educational movement, yet he was remarkably ignorant, for his life had been lived in a prosaic occu? pation and he was only a plain Amer? ican business man. That there was a growing demand for educated men in the business world he had no doubt, as no work is so well done that it can? not be done better. And in the callings of life, in which young people wrere brought into contact with other peo? ple it w?as even more valuable for the world demands intelligent and well in? formed men in every line of business. Mr. Ogden called special attention to the common fallacy that modern col? lege education did not fit a man to & into the business world. In his opin? ion the fact that education generally tended towards idealism was commen? datory in itself. Idealism and common sense carried into any business in the world would accomplish much. Mr. Ogden was followed by the Hon. Seth Low, who spoke upon the atttitude which a young man should have towards the various public ques? tions of the day. It is too often the case, he said, that men form their ideals of things, and then go to work to find the facts which sustain those theories, ignoring those that are not in accord with them He advised the young men to get first their facts, and base their ideas upon these. Mr. Low referred to the time when he was president of Columbia University, and said that the name of Franis Lieber connected that university with the South Carolina College. The name of Dr. Francis Lieber, who was for many years a professor in the South Caro? lina College, is written deeply in the traditions of the College, and Mr. Low said that it is the same writh Columbia University, where he afterwards be me one of the most distinguished professors. That Lieber was a great man, said he. was attested by the fact that at the Hague Peace Conference, to which Mr. Low went as a represen? tative of the United States, the doc? trines laid out by Mr. Lieber were adopted with a few modifications. Mr. Low laid special stress on the college education, as it generally produced open-mindedness and breadth of thought. These qualtiies, he said, were commendable in all walks of life and were responsible for much of the advancement of the world of to? day. He told of a distinguished Ger? man scientist, who, while visiting this country, was a guest of Columbia Uni? versity, and who said that if a man discovered one new law of nature he had done a service to the world of lasting benefit Dr. St. Clair McKelway, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, then addressed the students, and in his usual delib? erative manner of speaking made a profound impression on his audience. He said that he was beside a journal? ist, a member of the state board of regents of Xew York and that he was deeply "r tcrested in the corai:?t?on of the schools of the State with the State University. He won applause when he said that the State University in South Carolina should be like Alex? ander Hamilton planned that Colum? bia University should be in New York, the centre around which clustered all the other schools. Dr. Alderman, president of the Uni? versity of Virginia, was the next speaker and the last. He made a speech which was received with un? usually prolonged applause. Among other things he said that he had re? cently read an excellent article in the Atlantic Monthly on the "Difficulties and Dangers of a College President." Sometime he said he wanted to write or get some one else to write an ar? ticle on the pleasures of a college president. He spoke of the type of the student in the South and said that he vr?s more serious minded than the student of other sections of the coun? try, spending less time riding in au tomobiles. yachts and the like. A reception was given the attend? ants on the confrence this afternoon On the campus of the South Carolina^ College, at which four or five hun? dred were present. The visitors were received on the lawn in front of the president's house. At the superintedent's conference the State superintendent of the fol? lowing states were present: South Carolina. Xorth Carolina. Georgia. Alabama. Texas, Tennessee and Ar? kansas. Each of these spoke on dif? ferent phases of the recent progress of education in the Southern states. The Xigiit Session. At the night session of the Confer A MATTER OF HEALTH POWDER Absolutely Pure OAS NO SUBSTITUTE ence of Education a bright and clever young woman, Miss Natalie Curtis* won the honors of the evening. She was a complete and most delightful surprise. She has for years been a worker among the Indians in the far West and hers was a beautiful tribute to the poor Indians, to their sense of right, to their traditions, poetry and? music, with a charm that was elo? quent and the ring of the true woman? she asked for an awakening of publier interest in the Indian and the neces? sity for saving the Indian race, the Indian soul and their poetry, music and traditions for the real American. The Indians have a sweet and spon? taneous regard for that which is pure and right. Miss Curtis said that the Indians had traditions as rich as any in the world, and a music and poetry that has merit and force. The Indian war songs, she said, were really ex? pressions of love and affection or* sympathy. Miss Curtis illustrated her pretty and eloquent talk by singing some of the Indian songs. The wast audience owes President Ogden a vote of thanks for having presented as a: surprise so charming a speaker as? Miss Curtis. The audience tonight was the largest of the session. Presi? dent Ogden presided with delightful ea.se. He made occasional announce? ments relative to the special. trains, baggage and exhibits, and he did so? in a pleasant way, frequently throw? ing a bit of fun. Tonight's program included three excellent speeches, all? of the orators speaking straight from the shoulder. Superintendent J. H. Phillips has been a marked success? as superintedent of the city schools^ of Birmingham, Ala. He is one of the* most successful of southern teachers He has made a most remarkable ex? ecutive officer. His speech on the? schools of the south was excellent. The subject of compulsory educa? tion is one of all absorbing interest and it was discussed with marked! ability, vigor and force by Superin? tendent W. H. Hand, of Chester. Mr Hand had what might appear to be a. dry topic, but he received a curtain? call and won the highest commenda? tion from a ciritical audience. The final address of the evening: was delivered by the Hon. Seth Low;, the conspicuous and leading educator of New Yorrk. Mr. Low made a most favorable impression here tonight. When he was presented he was hear? tily applauded and in opening his ad? dress he said that he came here- with Mr. Ogden to see and learn, arid every man and woman in Mr. Ogden's party came to Columbia to see and leam;, and could say with perfect candor that he and ali would return home: with new inspiration, new courage and new love for our country. He had" learned much and parenthetically her said that the man most offensive to him was the man who knew it all, andi was unwilling to admit that he didi not know it all.-News and Courier NED MACK HINGED. Negro Pays the Penalty in Manning: fi>r Murder. Manning. April 2S.-Ned Mack, fie negro murderer, was hanged in the jail yard today at 11:15 o'clock in the presence of a small crowd of of? ficials and witnesses. The trap was sprung at 11:15 an 1 he ? was pro? nounced dead in about 13 minutes. Death was due to strangulation, his neck not being broken by the fall. It will be remembered that an ef? fort was made to save Mack on the ground of insanity and that Governor Hevward granted a respite until as. commission of doctors made a thor? ough examination ana pronounced him sane. York. Pa., April 28.-A wreck of a passenger train caused by a misplaced switch, occurred at 8:17 today and resulted in thirteen being seriously in? jured. The railway officials believe that an attempt was made to wreck thc train.