Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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itnli? ?ti? o uti) ron r * SUstTKK WATOHMAS. Bit?b?it?ed April, 1860t 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims i at t>e thy Country s thy Good's and Truth's IHK TR US SOUTHRON. Established Jone, 188 s osoli?ated ABS. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. O . WEDNESDAY. MAY 24. 1906. New Series-Vol. XXIV. So. 44 Ck MatdMra w? Sa?itljrmt Pzblisiol ?7637 "Wednesday,. OSTEEff PUBLISH INS COMPANY, 3UMTBB, 8. C. $1 50 per ac acm-io advance. A9TISTI8IVIC?: O ie Square first insertion.,.$1 CO E*ery,s?b8e<?uentioseTticn^...^. 50 Contracts for three mouths, or longer wilt b eade at reduced rates. AH cotntaaoications which Bubserve private . interests will be cbarged for as ad versements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be sharked for. SOUTHERN COTTON GROWERS. Membership is Increasing-Presidents to Meet in New' Orleans Iiast of This Month. Columbia, S. a.. May 17.-Secre? tary Armstrong, of the Southern Cot? ton Growers' association, was here to? oday in conference with the officers of the South Carolina association, on a trip through the South perfecting and systematizing the statistics that are coming from the various state associations in order to secure a more thorough and reliable general organ ization.. He says the'figures he has gathered so far show a membership of 1,270,000 already filled, 800,000 of which are on record at the central office with postoffice addresses. He says that two-thirds of this member? ship represents farmers who h?ve pledged a reduction of 25 per cent. Mr. Armstrong told of plans which had been perfected for a meeting of state presnidents to be held in New Orleans the 30th of this month, when .those presidents would report to Har^ vie Jordan as to the acreage in each' state, and he said that the thorough" manner in which these figures would be brought together would make the general report more reliable, self-ev? idently, than any government report ; had yet been. Step by step the re - port of acreage will come from pre -; ^cinct to township and thence to coun- j ty and thence to state organization, three farmers and three others in terested in 'manufacturing concerns ^ making a report from each precinct. This general report at New Orleans will be made three days ahead of the government report. The coming com? parison of the two reports will be most interesting. CHINESE SCPPM? PROVISIONS. - One Hundred and Fifty Junks Willi Supplies for Baltic Fleet Off St. John's Island. London, May 18.-The correspon? dent of the Star at Hong Kong re? ports that a fleet of one hundred and fifty Chinese junk*?, fully laden with provisions for the Baltic fleet, was sighted off Kwangichauwan ?.St. John Island) on May 16th. The junks are evidently under the direct con? trol ot the Russians. BEER DISPENSARY. State Board Took no Action on the Question Today. Sumter, May 18.-There was no ac? tion taken today in the beer dispen? sary matter, Director Tow ill being still absent. He will be at tomorrow's meeting, however, and something is expected to be done. Somerville, N. J., May 17.-Charles Duffield, one of the jurors in the trial of George H. Wood, lor the^murder of George Williams, is suffering from lumbago and the opening of court was consequently delayed this morn? ing for over an hour. Hong Kong, May 17.-Admiral Ro Jestvensky's fleet left Hon Kobe bay on the Annan coast on Sunday morn? ing and it is said the -Baltic fleet, numbering fifty vessels, was seen leaving the bay. The captain of the Wong Hoi gives exact d?tails of the position of the different vessels consti? tuting the ffeet and says the flagship dipped her flag in salute to Wong Hoi. Tokio, May 17.-The steamer Shuyhtmaru while on her way to New Chwang struck a mine near the Miao Blands in the Gulf of Pechili on May 14 th. The vessel was beached on El ?ot Island. New York, May 17.-With all the respect due the last veteran of the war of 1812 the remains of Hiram ei?nk was received here today and they will lie in state in the governor's room of the city hall for twenty-four hours, when they will be escorted to Cypress Hill cemetery. The body was escorted from the Grand Central Station to the city hall by regulars of the United States army as well as several military and civic organiza? tions. 8R&KB LODGE K. OF P. NEXT MEETING TO BE HELD IX SUMTER. Steps Taken to Select a Permanent Meeting Place and to Erect Cas? tle Hall-Officers Elected. Beaufort, May 17.-The Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias has trans? acted a great deal of business in spite of the continued round of pleasure that has been provided by the people of Beaufort The grand lodge has taken the first step toward locating a permanent meeting place and erecting a hand? some castle hall. The ways and means committee in a report recommended the appointment of a board to investigate the matter and report at the next session. The recommendation was adopted and the following were appointed: Henry T. Thompson, Columbia; Carroll C. Sims, Barnwell; George S. Mower, Newberry. There is a srong feeling among the most influential members of the grand lodgeI to erect a grand lodge castle hall and the chances are that he movement will be crowned with success. The following officers were elected: Grand Chancellor-D. A. Morgan, Greenville. Grand vice-Chancellor, M. Rut? ledge Rivers, Charleston. Grand Prelate-Mendall L. Smith, Camden. Grand Keeper of Records and Seals ?-Rev. J. H. Thorn well, Fort Mill. Grand Master of Exchequer, W. G. Harvey, Charleson. Grand Master at Arms-W. R. ] [Bristol, Beaufort v Sumter was selected as the next place? ol;.meeting. "PREMISES ARE PREMISES.' The Opinion of Attorney-General Gunter Cannot Posibly Offend the Most Exacting Beer Dispenser. Columbia, May 17.-Attorney Gen? eral Gunter, in a lengthy opinion to? day answered the three questions pro? pounded by the State board of dis? pensary directors with regard to beer dispensaries, but it is not thought that the board itself will make an announcement until tomorrow. The question whether the law allows pay by royalty, in lieu of salary, is an-; swered in th? affirmative, as the question as to whether beer dispens? ers may bottle their own beer. The definition of premises is lenghty and somewhat complicated, but in brief it may be said that the opinion defines "premises" to be whatever the county board designates as premises. In other words, the opin? ion is all that the most fastidious beer dispenser could desire. Regarding premises the opinion says: "When the county board has designated or provided a suitable place in which to sell liquors that suitable place become premises on which liquor cannot be opened nor malt liquors drunk. Were a provis? ion of this nature directed to indi? viduals, premises under such cir? cumstances would be limited to some piace over which such individual had the Jegal right to exercise authority or control. This rule applies to the governmental agency having the se? lection and control of the place where liquors are sold and of course cannot apply to places over which the county board has no authority. There is no law authorizing the county board or any other officer to provide a drinking place. If such be attempted it is without warrant of law. It follows then that premises is such a place as is provided by the county board for the sale of liquors and over which the state agencies have control. This trust is devolved upon that body to be performed ac corrding to the expressed meaning and purpose of the law. The Wilmington Star is about right when it says : "A woman will generally acknowledge the corn or else give herself away by blurting into crying, but man -man ,true to his instincts em? phasized in the Garden of Eden when he turned state's evidence about the apple incident and jut Eve in a hole, even unto this day always has an excuse, puts the blame on somebody else or tells a lie out of the whole cloth when anybody gets him in a corner." I Ira S. Pitss has been appoint? ed postmaster at Westminister j by President Roosevelt. LAURENS MILL FIGHT. Milliken Faction Enjoined From Voting Stock and Mr. Lucas Re? elected President. Laurens, S. C., May 20.-By a somewhat startling turn of affairs, W. E. Lucas was re? elected president pf the Laurens cotton mills. After having been enjoined from voting the stock which they owned, the Deering-Milli ken forces left the annual meet? ing of the stockholders of that mill and the following directors were elected: W. E. Lucas, C. C. Featherstone, and Alex Long, of Laurens ; J. W. Norwood and J. E. Sirrine of Greenville ; F. J. Pelzer, William M. Bird and W. W. Ball, of Charleston. The directors, met subsequent!^ and elected Mr. Lucas president. Mr. N. B. Dial was to have been a member of this board, but he withdrew from the meeting. The. tactics of Mr. Lucas and associates caught the Milliken faction unawares. The latter had entered the meeting and had presented the proxies of absent stockholders. Mr. Au? gustine T. Smythe had nomi? nated the Lucas ticket when G. H. Milliken arose to present the names of the opposing ticket. At this moment the order of Judge Klurh was served on him. After a ?cess of 15 minutes* Mr. John B. Cleveland an? nounced that Mr, Milliken had been served with a restraining order and moved that an ad? journment be taken for two weeks. This was opposed by Mr. Smythe, who called attention to the fact that this was the an? nual meeting of the stockhold? ers which had been duly organ? ized, that it was incumbent on this meeting to elect directors for this company for the ensu? ing year and under the by-laws if *it failed to do so a very ser? ious question would arise wheth? er the present president and di? rectors would hold over, that it was therefore essential to the proper management of the af? fairs of the company that the officers should be elected by the meeting, and that it was only proper to notify Mr. Cleveland and his' friends that the meeting would proceed to discharge its duty in the premises. By a vote of 20 to 13 the meeting was not adjourned. Mr. Ball suggested that in view of the litigation started, and probably to last for months, it would be a good idea to ad? journ until the next annual meeting if Mr. Milliken insist? ed that this injunction is unfair. When the motion to adjourn was lost, Mr. Milliken through Col. Cleveland demanded the re? turn of his proxies. This was refused by the chairman, Mr. C. C. Featherstone, on the ground that the proxies are in the cus? tody of the meeting as a part of the records. Mr. Carson then announced the withdrawal of Mr. Milliken and associates from the meet? ing. Mr. Meserve stated that in withdrawing the Milliken party claimed to take away a majority of the stock. However Mr. Hatch remained and inter? posed objection to the sec? retary casting the vote of the stockholders for the nominees proposed by Mr. Smythe. This forced a vote by stock represent? ed. Mr. Lucas and the other nominees received each 1,293 votes. While this is not half of the entire stock of the mill, yet it was a majority of the stock present. And the meeting had already been opened in due legal form. This ended the meeting of the stockholders. The State. , ROOSEVELT'S POPULARITY. Advocacy of Democratic doctrines Strenqtnening His Hold With the Masses. His Stand on Railroad Regulation Popular With People-Railroad Bosses and Party Leaders Worried. Washington, May 19.-But one topic has been discussed in Washington this week and that is Theodore Roosevelt. His bold stand regarding the necessity of Federal control of the ironed highways o: the country, his declaration that the Federal government must exrcise a "su? pervisory and regulatory func? tion over the great highways of the country," made to the Chamber of Commerce at Den? ver, revived the hopes of those Democrats who have rejoiced at seeing the day when a Republi? can president should espouse a policy so essentially Democratic hopes that had become faint the constantly repeated, al? though unwarranted, reports that the president would content himself with only such railway rate legislation as would prove acceptable to the railway mnaa gers. Then came the news of the unbounded enthusiasm with which the president^ had been received at the Iroquois club of Chicago, that strong hold of the Western Democracy, the oldest Democratic club in Illinois,, where Mayor Dunne and the staunchest Democrats in the or? ganization, cheered to the echo the ] words, not a Republican president, but of the president of tie United States. And at that banquet the president as? sured the Democratic mayor that in his efforts to preserve order and enforce the law he should have the hearty support of the president. Earlier in the day, speaking of a delegation of strikers which called on him, the president had said: "In every effort of Mayor Durne to pre? vent violence by mobs or indi? viduals, to see that the laws are obeyed and that order is pre? served, he has the hearty sup? port of the president of the United States, and in my judg? ment he should have that of ev? ery good citizens of the United States." Speaking at the club, and to Mayor Dunne, he said, that in all contests with mob vi? olence, "if ever the need arises, back of the cities stands the states, and back of the states stands the nation." When the president made this declaration the enthusiasm knew no bounds. It had the ring of pure Ameri? canism and his Democratic au? ditors recognized that ring as quickly, perhaps more so, than would have a gathering of the president's own party. Naturally the question arises in the minds of the Democratic politicians, what will be the outcome of this enthusiasm for a Republican president? Of course, opinions differ on that point but many of the Demo? crats in Washington, and among them some of the keenest observers of public affairs, de? clare that the immediate result will be the reversal of the pres? ent majority in> the House of Representatives. And they rea? son in this way : "The president has won the confidence of the entire people. He is urging, and next fall will urge- in stronger terms than ever, that legislation shall be enacted which shall so control the railroads of the country as to make them serve first the interest of the people by whose authortiy they exist. But this was hardly an issue when the present house was elected, especially when it was nominated. It was not an is? sue when most of the present senators were elected. Therefore the men who now sit in the na? tional congress do not realize the grasp which this issue has taken upon the public mind, as they are, in many instances, be? holden to the railroads for their elections, or at least for the campaign funds with which they were elected, they will not, dare not, vote against their patrons. The president will be defeated in his every effort to secure efficient railway legisla? tion in the next congress, and then will come the cyclone which will send into oblivion those statesmen who have so long blocked the wheels of pro? gress in congress and their places will be taken by a newer and younger generation. The railroads, still fighting for mas? tery, will nominate the Repub? lican candidates and the people, aroused to an appreciation of their responsibilities by a Re? publican president, will send to Washington a Democratic ma? jority which will be pledged to carry into effect the railway recommendations of Theodore Roosevelt." It is even predicted that the very railway men who this year are fighting with all their energy the legislation ad? vocated by President Roosevelt will, two years hence, be beg? ging congress to enact this leg? islation, rather than the more radical laws which the people will by that time demand. * One prominent Eastern rail? road man, one who is now pres? ident of an Eastern road, after long services as a high official of a road in the Northwest, ad? mitted to your correspondent this week that he regarded the legislation advocated by the president as inevitable. "It has got to come," he said "and we might as well face the inevita? ble gracefully." Unfortunately, however, the railroads seem about to repeat the mistake they made with regard to organized labor. They fought labor or? ganizations to the death, their own death. Now they admit that the labor organizations are easier to deal with than were the disorganized elements which by their protracted fight they embittered the laboring men, and now the unions elect as their officers men who are bit? ter against the railroads. Sup? pose, however, that the rail? roads had foreseen the inevita? ble and yielded gracefully. Then, today, they might have had men to deal with as officers of the labor unions who were reason? able. The unions might even have been persuaded to elect of? ficers who were mutually agree? able to themselves and to their employers and the gain to both would have been incalculable. It is a wise man who knows when to quit. The time for the rail? roads to quit is right now and although I am president of a great railway system I would gladly join my colleagues in saying to the president and to congress, 'enact such legislation as you deem necessary and we will do our best to live in ac? cordance with its provisions. We bury the hatchet. Treat us tenderly as a conquered enemy which stands ready to swear al? legiance/ " John Ballinger, an Anderson photographer,, cut Bud Warren a few days ago, inflicting ser? ious wounds. Walter Hill, an Edgefield ne? gro, in a fit of jealousy brained his wife with the butt end of a gun a few nights ago, killing her instantly. He first tried to kill the woman by shooting her. A MATTER OFHEALTH ^^^^^^ |^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ POWDER Absolutely Pure sm m SUBSTITUTE Weekly Crop Bulletin. Columbia, S. C., May 23-The first of the week ending Mon? day, May 22nd, was warm, the latter part very cool, especially the nights. There were local high winr's accompanying thun? derstorms on the 16th that diet some damage to fruit trees. The latter part of the week was fair with sunshine in excess of the normal amount. There were- general rains on the 16th, heavy in places, and. occasional showers in the east? ern counties on the 17th, after which the ground dried rapidly.. Cultivation of field and crops, made rapid progress during the latter part of the week. There is still widespread complaint of grassy fields,- and a probability that some land planted in cot? ton will have to be abandoned owing to a scarcity of farm la? borers. Labor is scarce in all parts of the State. Cotton planting has been "fin? ished, and more than two-thirds has been chopped, with chop? ping still in progress. Cultiva? tion has been begun. Stands of cotton are generally good" though there are numerous re? ports of plants dying on gray lands in the western counties and on sandy lands in the east? ern counties, owing to too much rain and the recent cool nights* In some of the southeastern counties, some fields have been plowed up and replanted. Ex? cessive rains and lack of culti? vation caused the plants to turn red or yellow in many places, and the recent cool nights have checked its hitherto rapid growth. The first squares were noted on the 19th in Colleton county. The general condition of the cotton crop is poor though promising in a few localities. Corn is suffering from want of cultivation and is turning yel? low, but where cultivation has. j been practicable it is in good condition. Stands are generally good except on bottom lands where worms continue destruc? tive. There is yet much corn to be planted on bottom lands, in the western half of the State. Tobacco is doing well. Rice planting is delayed in the Georgetown district by high tides. The week was favorable for truck and shipments of po? tatoes and beans were heavy* The strawberry season is over. Wheat is promising where not rusted or damaged by the Hes? sian fly. Fall oats are fine, and spring oats have improved rap? idly. Oats are ripening in the eastern counties and some have been cut. Pastures are fine. Peaches are plentiful in the eastern counties; but are very scarce in the western ones. The first shipments of peaches was made this week. Apples are scarce and the trees continue to blight. Melons, gardens and other minor crops continue to do well. If you want to get in touch with the people advertise in The Daily Item.