Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I*?Tfc SC?TX? WATOaHAK, RatablJ?had April. JS?O. Be Just and Fea- nor-- Let aU the Ends~Tb.cn Aims i at r>erb-. Co-.ir.trv> -.nv Ood ?.m Truth s tlosolida?ed Ang. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C. WEDNESDAY. TUNE 7. 1*06 THE TRUE 80UTHRON. Established Jene, 1 SQ New Series-VoL XXT,r. So. 4? Published Sirerr "STod^esiay, OSTEEL PU3USHIN6 COMPANY, SUMTER, 8. C. TCRlfS : $? 50 per sr; nu co-io advance. AOTi&riBiKiif: O e Square first insertion.............$1 CO E evy subsequent insertion... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will h rot de ut reduced rates. Ail communications which TO beer ve private atar?ate ?r?H oe charged for as ad vert ie ?nen ts. Obituaries and tribu tee of respects will be Charged tor FR?*i3? OFFERS TO MEDIATE. RUSSIA'S AT* Ci VT ?S ANXIOUS TO MAJO iwr: Czar Bas Xot Yet Replied to Message as He is Undecided Whether to Continue War or Not. Berlin. June 6.-The correspondent of the Publishers Press is able to state authoritatively that the French gov? ernment has instructed the French ambassador at . St. Petersburg to in : form the Russian . government that France is wiHing to act as the me? diator between Russia and Japan. The communication was sent to the French ambassy immediately after th? Russian defeat. No reply has yet been, received, because the czar is undecided whether the war is to be continued or not. mm THE mmm COMPLY. Has Increased its Capital Stock to Seventy-Two million Dollars. Trenton, N.J., June 1.-The Seaboard Company filed a cer? tificate with the Secretary of State late this afternoon in? creasing its capital stock from $4,000,000 to $72,000,000. * Of this amount $18,000,000 is pre? ferred stock, $18,000,000 second preferred, and $36,000,000 com? mon. The increase was decided upon at a meeting of the direct? ors of the company held today in Jersey City. The company was originally incorporated on May 15, 1895, to manufacture, buy sell, mortgage and other? wise dispose of rolling stock and other railway equipment. The officers are Thomas Achenbach, president; Wm. Blenton, vice president; John G. Quimby, sec? retary and treasurer. It is provided that the first, preferred stock shall bear 5 per cent dividend, which shall be non-cumulative till 1910, when they shall become cumulative. The. second preferred stock is to bear 6 per cent dividend and is subject to redemption after three years at the option of the holder at 110. The first pre? ferred stock may be converted into second preferred at any time at the option of the holder. The Seaboard Company is au? thorized to exchange any stock or bonds it may hold for first preferred stock of the Seaboard x Air Line Railway or any com? pany in which the latter may be merged, provided that such pre? ferred stock shall not exced $18,000,000. The company is authorized to acquire stock of the Seaboard Air Line Railway and voting trust certificates for the same and may issue in pay? ment thereof shares of the Sea? board Company in accordance with the modified plan of the Seaboard Air Line adopted May 16. The Seaboard Company may vote stock of the Seaboard Air Line Company as it may hold for the consolidation of the Sea? board Air Line Railway with the Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway and the Sea? board and Roanoke Railroad or either, and may accept the plan of consolidation of January 12, or a modification of the same or a new plan. It is provided that stock cannot be voted for any Other consolidation except with tho consent cf 75 per cent of the stock. S. h. L. SPREADING OUT. MAXY NEW BRANCHES BEING PROJECTED IN THE STATE. Union Road Completed and May Be Be Extended to Spartanburg. -Greenville Also to Hace a Road. Columbia, June 5.-There seems to be a general growing interest in a movement to increase the number and importance of Sea? board connections in this State, and this together with some other schemes that have recently been pro? jected pictures . unusual activity in railroad construction in this State for the immediate future. Whether the Seaboard or the communities interest? ed took the initiative in the several different enterprises that have been blocked out to extend the Seaboard's territory in the low country as well as in the prosperous Piedmont section, where the cotton mils alone furnish a big freight business, is of np immed? iate concern to the numerous South Carolinians whose business will be fa? cilitated and property enhanced in value by increased railroad facilities. Certain it is, however, that activity in these yarious projects has become marked almost simultaneously. The Uni<-n and Glenn Springs rail? road has just been completed and put in operation giving Union and neigh? boring mills a Seaboard connection at Pride's, and a movement has been started at Spartanburg to build a con? nection between Buffalo, the present western terminus "of the new road, and Glenn Springs, which would bring the Glenn Springs railroad into use as far as Roebuck, which is only six miles from Spartanburg, the most im? portant cotton mill county in the State. The Seaboard could then go into Spartanburg over the C.. & W. C tracks or build a line of its own from Roebuck. Then in the opposite tier of Pied? mont counties there is a scheme to establish a ' Seaboard connection for Greenville, with its numerous cotton mills, at Greenwood by an extension of the old Carolina and Knoxville road from Greenville to Greenwood. This road is now in operation from Greenville nearly to the North Caro? lina line, and the Seaboard would threfore have a connection to Tran? sylvania county and almost to the Tennessee coal fields. A completion of these two spurs in the Piedmont would with the construction of a 30 mile line between Greenville ' and Spartanburg give the Seaboard a belt line through Greenville, Laurens. Greenwood; Newberry, Union and Spartanburg counties. The men backing the proposed Chattanooga. Anderson and Atlantic railroad, which represents a consoli? dation of two similar schemes, are not talking for publication much just now. but the newspapers published along the line of the proposed route apparently place great faith in the ultimate success bf the enterprise. The officers are Albert A. Martin. Chicago. president: Frederick A. Johanson. Chicago, first vice-president: J. E. Brazeale. Anderson, secretary. In addition to these the members of the directorate are J. R. Lea, Chica? go; N. B. Neely, Milwaukee; P. E. Mc Culiy. Sr.. B. F. Whittier, J. J. Fret well, Anderson: R. A. Hamby, Clay? ton, Ga. Columbia, business men have manifested an interest in the proposed road, as it is thought here that the line might "be extended by this city, but so far as the merger papers filed here a few days ago show, the Augus? ta territory stands just about as good {.har.ee of getting the road, which, it is thought, will have its coast termi? nus at Port Royal. There has been no revival recently of the project to establish a Seaboard connection for the manufacturing town of Rock Hill at Harmony, which is only 21 miles distant, but business men from that section here recently say that there is good reason to hope that the line will be built in the not far distant future. Eut Sumter and Charleston seem confident that the scheme to establish a Seaboard connection for them at McBee and again at Munroe with the proposed Carolina and Virginia road will succeed The proposed route is IS5 miles long and extends from Charleston, through Berkeley, Claren? don. Sumter. Lee. Kershaw and Ches? terfield counties. The new road is to cross the Columbia-Georgetown boat line nearr Sumter and Columbia and Georgetown are therefore more or less interested directly. Still another Seaboard scheme pro? poses a Seaboard connection at Mc? Bee from Florence by Da.rlin.erton and Hartsville through the tobacco dis- j trict. Speaking of this road a Dar lingtonian writes: "The matter of great moment to the town, and which is being- vigorously pushed, is the effort to secure a Sea? board connection. The towns of Darl? ington, Florence and Hartsville are interested, the committees represent? ing these thriving communities have for the past week or two been taking concerted action. The scheme is to run a branch to the Seaboard at Mc Bee via Hartsville, Darlington and Florence, and President Williams of the McEee and Jefferson road hub been in active consultation with the committees. Propositions and count? er-propositions have been made ana it is more than probable that results will follow the therough-going busi? ness men are back of the scheme." STILL FOR WAR. , Official Organ of Russian Ministry Comes Out for Continuation of Struggle. St. Petersburg, June 1.-No? va Vremya, which is regarded as the mouth piece of the gov? ernment, which was silent yes? terday on the question as to whether or not the war is to continue, when government po? sition was unknown, today con? tains a strong editorial article in favor of th$ continuance of the war. The opinion prevails here that the government is de? termined to await the outcome of the land battle, which is ex? pected to begin soon, before set? tling the peace question. The report yesterday that a revolt had occurred in the Man? churian army was without foun? dation. St. Petersburg, June 1.-Ad? vices from Berlin say that Kai? ser William yesterday forward? ed an urgent dispatch to the czar urging him to make ponce with the Japanese. It was ac? companied by an authograph lette* from the German ruler pointing out why Russia should give up the present struggle. Tokio, June 1.-The wound on the head, sustained by Ad? miral Rojestvensky is a slight, outer fracture. His other wounds are slight. Washington, June 1.-Minis? ter Griscom reports this morn? ing as follows: "In addition to the main force it is reported that four Russian ? second class cruisers and sub? sidiary vessels have been de? stroyed. The Autora and Almaz hitherto unreported are thought to have been sunk. "The Almaz has been report- ? ed by the Russians as having ar? rived at Vladivostok, "Attention is called to the fact in the report that Japanese tor? pedo boat operations were high? ly successful and the majority of the large Russian vessels were sunk as a result of them." Headquarters Kurokfs Rrmy, Manchuria, June 1.-The news of the great naval victory won j by Adimral Togo has reached here and has been told to the soldiers. The news was received quietly. London, June 1.-Baron Hay ashi today received from Tokio a copy of the seventh repon made by Admiral Togo to his government regarding the re? cent naval battle. The report shows that the total losses of the Japanese number about SOO men. Three torpedo boats sunk were all the vessels lost by Jap? an. Admiral Togo says it will be several days before a detail? ed report of the losses as well as the captured, can be made. On Monday while Dr. L. M. Ro? per was marrying Miss Birdie Lan? caster, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. S. T. D. Lancaster of Glenn Spring's, to W. F. Estbrook, of Marlboro county. Mrs. Lancaster, mother of the bride, was stricken with paralysis and died in a few minutes. M U?mai G?PIT?L. WILL CALL SEPCI&L SESSION AF? TER FALL ELECTIONS. Some Poli?flac ITa?k and Gossip One Hears at the National Capital Between Sessions. Washington. ,June 5.-President Roosevelt has capitulated to the .'stand patters." He has agreed not to call congress in special session until after the fall elections, although they are few and unimportant and . it is obvious that they are put forth as a reason for postponing the session only for effect. According to the presi? dent's own announcement he has agreed not to summon congress to Washington until November 13, pre? cisely three weeks before the date set by law for the beginning of the regular session. Those who have heard the president's emphatic as? sertions that nothing would prevent his calling congress in session on Oc? tober 16, now believe that there will be no special session whatever. The "stand patters" are. moreover convinced, and with reason, that the president has himself delivered a death blow to tariff revision in the next session of congress. Having persuaded the president to postpone the special session until No? vember 13, the "stand patters" will now proceed to show him that that leaves only three weeks before the regular session. They will add that nothing can dissuade congress from adjourning the spacial at lease a week before the date for the regular ses? sion. December 4. and that means that the extraordinary session would last just two weeks, a ridiculously short time, as everyone admits. The rea? son that congress would insist on ad? journing a week before the date of the regular session is tha the mem? bers would be determined to_ secure their extra mileage. It will be realized that when congress last permitted a special session to be merged into a regular session. they lost their extra mileage. Now the president will be asked if. in his estimation, the two greeks of special session is worth to the people the .'5190.000 for mileage which it is certain to cost. That he will be compelled to reply in the neg? ative seems almost assured. It may, therefore, be safely predicted that there will be no special session of congres next ta??, which is precisely what the opponents of tariff revision and railway rate legislation want. Senator Gorman, speaking for the Democrats in the Senate, promised Senator Aldrich, the Republican man? ager of the upper chamber, that the Democrats would permit any tariff bill sent over by the House during the special session to come to a vote be? fore the beginning of the regular ses? sion but that was when the president had agreed to call the extraordinary session for October IS. Now that the president ha^ gone back on that agreement at the behest of the 'stand patters" Senator Gorman could not be asked to agree to' a vote at the cur? tailed special session, even if the house could frame and send over a tariff bill which it could nor. With the tariff disopsed of so far as the special session is concerned, the House will claim that it i s im? practicable to send over to the senate a tariff bill at all for fear the dis? cussion might be prolonged, the business of the country has too little time to become adjusted to the new schedules before the fall elect! ms and the Republican members of the house suffer at the polls as a result of tin unsettled condition of the business during the fall of 1908. This argu? ment will doubtless prove quite suf? ficient for the president and the tar? iff revision policy of the administra? tion may now be laid away on the shelf as one of the policies killed by the president's vacillation. But the president regards railway rate legislation as even more import? ant than tariff readjustment, it may be said, and this is doubtless true, but is not the postponement of the special session a yielding on this im? portant issue? It may not be. It is possible that the president will yet win out out on that policy and will refuse further to yield to the in? fluence of the leaders of his par? ty but those who fully appreciate the magnitude of the struggle he has undertaken in this direction fear that he will have to content himself with very little remedial railway legisla? tion. And meanwhile, "the tariff hogs wiil have all four teet in the trough," to use his own expressive metaphor, while the consumers will be absolute? ly unable to secure that beautiful .'square deal." He himself has said that they cannot ?ct a squar? deal in the absence of the adjustment of the tariff schedules to the changed cone tions. The president's selection of Charl J. Eonaparte is proving an even grea er shock to the Republican politicia: than was at first anticipated. M Bonaparte is a conrirmed reforme too old to change his ways and abs< lutely intolerent of the methoi whereby so many Republican politic ians attain success. He is a dete mined enemy of the spoils system ar the Republican politician who corni to seek his influence in behalf of thi that or the other contractor who hi .'always voted straight and contril uted generously to the Rep?blica campaign fund" will find little corr fort in a rigid Bonaparte. The pol ticians seem to appreciate this fa< and they are giving vent to the: wrath in unvarnished terms. Mor? over, it is pointed out that Mr. Bona parte has quarrelled with both of th Republican factions in Maryalnd an his selection will do nothing t strengthen the party in that Stal? lt is just possible that the piesidti selected Mr. Bonaparte because h wanted him in the cabinet and neve thought of the effect on the Republi can organization in Maryland, but th thought is absolutely inconceivable t the average Republican politican. - m ? ' i i m - GOVERNMENT REPOST Q?ESTi?NES Southern Cotton Association Ask for Fgures. Atlanta, Ga., June 2.-Owinj to a difference of 7 per cent h the government report issue< today and the Southern Cottoi Association report issued Ma? 31, on the reduction in cottoi acreage, the Southern Cottoi Association has taken actioi looking to a verification of thi two reports. Secretary Cheatham, of tb Southern Cotton Association has been instructed to take th* matter up with government of ficials and today addressed th; following letter to Statistician John Hyde, at Washington, call ing on him for the sources o: the government's information: "Atlanta,. Ga.. June 2.-Mi J. D. Hyde, Statistician, Wash? ington, D. C.-Dear Sir: Thi government report on reduction in cotton acreage for 1905, is? sued from your department at noon today, shows a difference of 7 per cent less than the re? port issued by the Southern Cot? ton Association at New Orleans May 31. The Association has been most painstaking and con? servative in its report and de? sires to verify it with that of the government, and will ask that you forward to its office a copy of the detailed sources from which your report was made and the manner of its fin? al tabulation. "The Association also stands ready to furnish your depart? ment with similar information, giving names and postoffice ad? dresses of the 17,500 reporters and business in which they are engaged, from which reports the Association tabulated its final estimate. "A prompt compliance of your office with this request will very much oblige, yours truly, Richard Cheatham, "Secretary Southern Cotton Association." Sentenced to Death. Birmingham, Ala., May 3*. A special from Cullman, Ala., says that the jury in the case of John Williams, charged with the murder of State Senator K. L. Hipp, returned a verdict of murder in the first degree today and fixed punishment at death. Williams was sentenced to be hanged June 14th. Williams* son, aged 20, begged the court to permit him to be hanged in his father's stead. Williams is a farmer and shot Hipp while he and a deputy were attempt- j ing to levy on some of Williams' j property. An appeal will be I taken to the Supreme Court. POWDER Absolutely Pure MB NO SUBSTITUTE THE POISONED CONVICTS. Columbia, June 2.-TherQ was arsenic in the dinner which poisoned 110 of the convicts at the State prison Tuesday. Dr, W. B. Burney, the State chem^ ist, has not made his formal fe* port of the analysis undertaken at the request of Capt. D. j% Griffith, superintendent of tho penitentiary, but he said in-, formally last night that he hac( discovered the presence of arse nie in considerable quantities ii* the sample sent him for exami* nation. The prisoners who were pois-* oned have recovered from tho severe illness and none was left in the infirmary yesterday. Supt. Griffith and Capt. W, W. Adams, captain of the guard, made a careful investigation Wednesday and yesterday anc* they have arrived at the conclu sion that th poison was put into th cabbage with malice, and the party guiIfy~of the crime has been spotted. As was stated yesterday the convicts were sickened by eat? ing a dinner cf cabbage ccokecj in a large pot. Thinking that not even a convict should be so inhumanly depraved as to seel* to poison his fellow convicts iii such a manner, Capt. Griffith was disposed at first to believe it possible that there might have been come chemical change brought about by reason of the fact that the cabbages were some time and that soda ha<} been used to facilitate the pro* cess of cooeing. Yesterday experiments were made with the same pot and with other pots. It was found that in no case did the cabbage show any signs of poison from the use of soda in the cooking, But in a perfectly clean pot used daily some of the green poison on the window was added. Tne color imparted to the cabbage was the same as that observ?e} in the dinner that made the con* victs sick. Convicts ate volun* tarily with no bad effects result* ing from the greens cooked with soda. Of course none of them, would try the mess cooked with Paris green. DEALERS IN LAP ROBES ?1 HIPS. REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY. ll East Liberty Street. May 17-tf.