Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m 8CMTJBB WATCHMAN. JEstabllshed April. I860? 'Be Just and Fear not-Let ali the Ends thou Aims*- zz te thy Country's thy G-od's and Truth's. Cosolidated log. 2,1881. ?H? TRUE 80I7THKOM. Established June, ISC SUMTER. S. C, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 14. 1905. New Series-Yoi. XXIV. No. 42 Sjjt 88atfbra aub i^tinm Published Smy ^rednesd&r, OSTEEL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 8UMTEB, 8. C. TBBMS: (1 50 per ?ODam-io advance. ADV1BTI8BK1??t O i? Square first insartioa $1 CO ? -erv subsequent insertion~. 50 Contracta fot three months, or longer will b ? m*dc at reducedratse. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as ac versements. Obi tu ?tries and tributes of respects will be charged for. THE NATIONAL CiPiTiL MORROCO SITUATION ATTRACT? ING ATTEXTIOX. The Standpatters Have TTon a Vic? tory? and Xo Extra Session of Congress Will Be Called by the President. . Washington, June 12.XPresident Roosevelt has startled th? diplomatic ?^ world by his frank identical note to Russia and Japan in which he ex - presses, in terms regarded as* evtra ordlnarily forceful for the language of diplomacy, his urgent desire that peace between the belligerents may be speedily accomplished. It is gen erally assumed that the President, as a result of his extensive communica? tions with both the Czar and the Mi kado, conducted through the United States; Ambassador to St. Petersburg and the Japanese Minister to Wash? ington, was assured that such an ap? peal would be welcomed by both na? tions. In fact no other hypothesis would account for the publication of the precise language of the appeal. "The- President feels that the time has come when in the interest of all mankind he must endeavor to see if it |.:>" is not jaossible to bring to an end the terrible and lamentable conflict now being waged," says the President and further along he says, "The President accordingly urges the Russian and Japanese governments, not only for their own sakes, but In the interest of |? ice whole civilized world, to open di? rect negotiations for peace with ont another." While the note is not ex? ceptionally emphatic for the Presi? dent, it is remarked that in diplomatic parlance the expression "urge" is par? ticularly strong and would ordinarily fy be replaced by such an expression as "hopes for" etc. The effort of the President to se? cure direct negotiations rather than further to act as intermediary will prove a relief to many who have watched the negotiations with no lit f tie anxiety fearing that Japan at least would look to the United States to in? sure good faith on the part of Russia, an insurance which the President would assuredly be powerless to give; especially without the sanction o? i. Congress^ If the belligerents act up W on the President's appeal there will undeniably be added another triumph to ^the administration of Theodore Roosevelt, The Moroccan situation is begin? ning to attract considerable attention although somewhat overshadowed by .* the peace negotiations. Germany has issued an invitation to all the powers signatory to the Convention of Mad? rid, negotiated in 1*80, to attend an international conference to take steps to preserve the open door in Morocco and as the United States signed that convention it is invited to the new conference. Moreover it is intimated that President Roosevelt intends to send a representative to this confer? ence, although ty so d >ing he would run the risk of seriously offending both Great Britain and France, es t pecial?y the latter. It will be remem 9 bered that Fiance and Great Britain negotiated a treaty whereby th< former guaranteed the open door in Morocco for thirty years and when the treaty had been duly signed its ^ contents were communicated to Ger f many. Immediately, or almo.-t so. Emperor William made his plans to go to the Mediterranean and f.uch at Morocco. While there or soon after he had been there and as a sequel to his visit the Sultan rejected the pro? posals of the French Foreign Minis? ter M. Delcasse. Now the emperor calls an international confernce to undo the work of France and G;eai Britain and do it over again alon? lines that will give Germany a han 1 in the affair. With all this, the United States is, of course, little concerned, but it is matter of regret to conser? vative statesmen that the president should entangle this country in the affair. The plea on which the presi? dent will act will be the protection of the foreign trade interests of this country, but as the United States j sold to Morocco during the last fis* cal year less than $1,000 worth of goods the plea is obviously some? what spacious. Considerable interest is manifested in what is termed here the peaceful revolution of Norway against the rule of Sweden. The particular interest which attaches in Washington being due to the fact that it has resulted in the return of Minister Grip who was popular in the national captltal. The outcome of the revolution is also looked for with interest especially as it seems possible that Norway may establish a republic following the lines of the United States, but it it hoped with some modern improve? ments. Arrangements are practically com? plete for the trip of Secretary Taft to the Phillipines and it is sregarded as noteworthy that few members of Congress of any particular standing, especially in the Republican party, will make the journey. There are a few of the more prominent Democrats but the leading Republicans in both houses of Congress are conspicuous by their absence. The reason of this is not easily explained, although it is said that the older men in both par? ties regard the trip as too expensive and arduous to permit of their un? dertaking it. If the the judgment of prominent Republicans is zo be accepted the president has run up the white flag before the assaults of the standpatters and will not call congress in special session next fall. The stand patters have been insisting that there would be no extra session for sometime but recently Senator Hansbrough, after a long talk with the President came out and told the newspaper men that he believed that the standpatters had won the day. Senator Hansbrough is one of those Republicans who be? lieves, as did the President a short time ago, that the people are being robbed by those tariff schedules which require revision. Moreover, the Sen? ator is standing by his colors, but he is likely to have a hard time explain? ing to his sconstituents in the next campaign why the president did not do the same. FAST TRAIN Between New York and Chicago Makes Schedule Time Without Difficulty. Chicago, June 12.-The west bound - "Pennsylvania Special," the new eigh? teen hour train, which left New York ?at 3:55 Sunday afternoon, arrived in Chicago at S:50 this morning, three minutes ahead of the scheduled run? ning time. The only mi.-hap was a hot box at Mansfield, Ohio, where fifteen minutes were lost. New York, June 12.-The east bound "Pennsylvania Special" arrived here at 9:22 this morning establishing the eighteen hour run between Chica? go and New York, a distance of 904 4-100 miles. The previous sched? ule between the two cities was twenty hours. MORE PEACE RUMORS. It is a Matter as to What Russia Will Accept, ami What Japan Will Agree io. St. Petersburg, June 12.-There are many rumors in regard to peace to? day in government circles, but it is noticeable that hardly two officials have the same view. The correspon? dent of the Publishers' Press in mak? ing a round of the offices today heard nt least seven different versions of what Russia was prepared to accept in the way of peace demand?, and what officials believe Japan willing :o agree to. Washington, June 12.-It is official? ly annonced that Russia has formally assented to the proposition of Pres? ident Roosevelt and that she will ap point plenipotentiaries to discuss with plenipotentiaries appointed by Japan on terms of peace. The time and place <-f tlie meeting is now being considered. Washington, Juno 12.-The Rus? sian ambassador is in conference with the President. The German ambas? sador and Japanese minister aiso have appointments with the President to? day. Fire in Alcolu. Alcolu, Juno 12.-A fire broke out in the big mill of D. W. Alderman & S<.ns Co., today at 3:30 P. M.. which threatened to become serious, as a strong breeze was blowing at the time. The fire service, however, is admirable and the fire was extinguished before it had time to spread. What is known as th^' "dust" house was the only building burned. ? * RUMORED SENATOR TILLMAN WILL STUMP THE STATE. FOR PROHIBITION. Columbia, S. C., June 12.-The county campaign started in various parts of the State to vote out the dis? pensary has become epidemic. Pick ens having joined Cherokee in the dry column and petitions looking to the same end being in circulation now in Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg, Union, Oconee, Williamsburg, Char? leston and Newberry, and this and other evidence of a change of heart on the part of variouss classes of peo? ple against the dispensary have start? ed some interesting political talk, which seems to outline some impor? tant re-alignments for the coming campaign-county as well as State, senatorial and congressional. Among other entertaining phenom? ena held out as probable is Senator Tillman stumping the State for pro? hibition. His close personal and po? litical friends assert with confidence that he will certainly be found doing a stunt of this kind in case it is dem? onstrated that the State is determined to rid itself of the dispensary. And the prohibitionists will get numerous other strong advocates from the dis? pensary ranks. Among other promi? nent politicians who have climbed aboard the prohibition band wagon recently are ex-Congressman Jasper Talbert and United States Senator John L. Mc'Laurin, both said to have aspirations which they hope to real? ize in the coming campaign. Tne prohibitionists alone are not strong enough to carry the State, their voting strength being only 20,000, but there are many dispensary- advocates who have been accepting the dispen? sary as the next best thing, who, it is said, are now willing to join the pro? hibition ranks. And there is always a large whiskey element ever ready to join either the angels or the devil's imps to beat the dispensary. There has been nc effort so far to organize the prohibition forces, bul the leaders say this will be done in the immediate futuro, and that the campaign will be pitched with a view to capturing the legislature as well as the State offices. Not only a State ticket will be put out. they say, but every county will be organiezd so as to elect members of the legislature who will vote against the dispensary and for prohibition. On whom the cold water people will centre their energy for governor is so far altogether a matter of specu? lation. Mr. J. A. McCullough, of the Greenville bar. and Mr. C. C. Feath? erstone, of the Laurens bar, have both indicated recently that they would not be non-conductors should the lightning strike in their immediate vicinity. The ultra-dispensary people are concentrating on Col. John T. Sloan, of Columbia, for governor, because among the other candidates for gov? ernor M. F. Ansel, of Greenville, is re? garded as a prohibitionist, and the Speaker of the House M. L. Smith, of Cameron, and State Senator Richard I. Maning, of Sumter, are regarded as too luke-warm. Chairman Hub Ev? ans of the dispensary directorate and State Senator Cole L. Blease, of New? berry, have been regarded as proba? ble gubernatorial candidates, but neither will make the race. Mr. Ev? ans wants to retain his present posi? tion-which pays $400 a year-and Senator Blease feels that he can hold the dispensary cause better by run? ning for attorney general, quietly di? recting the dispensary strength to? ward Col. Sloan as he goes along. Experienced politicians say that high license is an impossibility in as thoroughly democratic a State as South Carolina-that is, an impossi? bility as a ^permanent arrangement. The constitution forbidding the sale of whiskey except under dispensary regulations the prediction is there? fore made that if high license law is I passed by the next legislature (or by the new one succeeding it), tho ex? clusive or monopolistic features of an arrangement of this kind will cause its death at the succeeding election in favor of low license. Before concluding it might be sala hy way of parenthesis, as it were, that it is felt here that the efforts to vote out the dispensary will not suc? ceed either in Charleston or Ander? son. In fact the Charleston petition has been withdrrwn and it is under? stood that the Anderson paper has no substantial backing. When you want job printing done In the best styie give the order to the Osteen Publishing Company. THE ANTI-TRUST LAW. ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN VIO? LATED BY SOUTHERN RAIL? WAY. Suit to Be Entered in Federal Court By Aiken Cotton Mill Companies -An Important Case. Columbia, S. C., June 8.-Mr. D. J. Southall, of the Aiken bar, was here today in the interest of the case he is preparing to bring against the South? ern railway to test the validity of that road's absorption of the South Caro? lina and Georgia, the Asheville and Spartanburg and South Carolina and Georgia extension roads, which mer? ger he claims is in violation of the Sherman anti-trust act. Mr. Southall will institute proceed? ings on the criminal side of the fed? eral court in Charleston this we^k in the interest of the several cotton mill corporations in the Aiken distric4-. which he claims the Southern has bottled up in the matter of freight rates. Mr. Southall says he will bring out evidence to prove secret confer? ences in New York, at which a con? spiracy was entered into to put in ar? bitrary rates and do other things in violation of the law. He says that though the merger has been an ac? complished fact since 1902. it has been only recently that the road has been bold enough to proceed in viola? tion of the federal statute, moving cautiously heretofore on account of the heavy penalties threatening for violation of the State law against own? ing and operating parallel and com? peting lines. The legislature of 1902 passed an act authorizing the merger of these roads with the Southern, which has been operating them since as parts of one and the same road. Then a num? ber of suits were started to test the validity of this act, which it was claimed was passed in violation of the constitutional provise against a road acquiring or owning or operating a parallel or competing line. Then came the act of if-04. which caused so much strife and bitterness in the con? gressional race, in which Mr. S. G. Mayfield, who advocated the lull in the senate, was ono of tho candidates. This last act provided tor a test of the validity of thc former act, but carried a proviso which wiped out ail penal? ties accruing prior to 1C?<"?2. on the ground, presumably, that tho merger was made by sanction of an aot of the legislature, whether that act was con? stitutional or not. It is also contend? ed that the 1904 act is unconstitution? al on the ground that if provides an exemption in a special case. If the case now ponding before ?he Supremo Court is decided in favor of tho road the penalties amounting to over a million dollars are wiped out; that is. if the merger was in violation of tho constitution. There has been some brilliant legal work and masterly lob? bying in this case, there is scarcely any room for doubt. The Edwards and other cases brought against the Southern prior to 1902. involving up? wards of $100,000 in penalties, are still pending. THE PICKEXS DISPENSARY. Governor Hcyward Informs County Board That it May Close Dispensary Columbia June 13.-Governor Hoy ward decided to take a hand in the Pickens dispensary affair today. In a letter to County Chairman Cox of the Pickens board he says: "After a conference with tho attor? ney general's office I am advised that under the law it comos within the province of tho county board of con? trol to close dispensaries when the people have decide against thom, and 1 call your attention to this mar er that you may he properly informel and I trust you will give it your prompt attention." THE STRAWBERRY LOSSES. Atlantic Coast lane Agrees to Reim? burse Strawberry Growers. Wilmington. X. C.. June 12.-Tho Atlantic Coast Lino assumes responsi? bility f"r tho losses occuring in the Chadbourne section of the strawberry belt, on May 5. rt, and S $1.40 a crate will be paid and for the other days $1.75 was agreed on. Tho number of crates for which the company has agreed to pay is unknown hero, lt is expected that the losses along the coast will be adjusted in a few days. Washington. Juno 12.-Secretary of the Treasury Shaw contemplates making tho anouncement that the payment of twelve million dollars in? to tho treasury hy government depos? itaries, due under recent call July 1st, will not be required until July 15th. . h BIG COTTON FIRE. WAREHOUSE IX BROOKLYN DE? STROYED BY FIRE. Five Firemen Were Seriously In? jured By Collapse of the Roof. New York, June 8.-Five firemen were injured, on$ of whom, John Carbish, will probably die, while fight? ing a stubborn fire in the warehouse of the New York Dock Company in Brooklyn this morning. The men were at work on the roof when it suddenly gave way, burying them in the burn? ing cotton. They were rescued in an unconscious condition by fifteen or their fellow firemen who dashed into the burning building at the risk of their own lives. The warehouse which was one story and 300 feet long and 250 feet wide, was filled to the roof with bales of cotton. The loss will be heavy-, as the entire building, with contents, was burned. MAKING THE FARMS PAY. Wonders of the Seed Box as Worked Out Els whore-Science in Agriculture. According to Dr. H. J. Webber, chief of the breeding division, De? partment of Agriculture, who accom? panied the "corn special" through Western Maryland Friday and Satur? day, the realization by the farmers of the importance of selecting seed for their crops and the consistent pursuit of this principle through their work would result in an increase in all crops which would almost, if not quite, keep pace with the growth of the demand and would add millions of dollars to the annual value of ag? ricultural products. The simple little seed box, easily made on any farm, easily kept and requiring no scientific knowledge, re? duces the problem at which farmers have been groping in darkness like a man searching for the phisosophef's stone to a mathematical precision which is wonderful in its simplicity. What tho farmer learned by slow stages, some of it through tradition from father to son. some of it gath? ered from farmers' meetings, some ol it the r? suit of individual experience and observation, but all of it involv? ing great waste of human energy and unnecessary loss of actual money val? ue, may now be grasped with exact? itude. Of coures, there arc a few wealthy men whose lane] is used more for rec? reation than for serious pursuits, who have been applying scientific methods to the tilling of their soil. On the great farms of the West and South? west scientific methods are used, but the mass of the small farmers still work their land by traditionary meth? ods. Dr. Webber and other members of the Department of Agriculture are trying to carry scientific knowledge right into the midst of men like the farmer at Union Bridge, who said last Friday: "Tell me how to farm after I've been doing it for 30 years! Well, 1 guess not!" Can Bc Used For Tobacco. The seed box can be applied to thc testing of seed tobaco as well as corn, and a "tobacco special" to one of the lower counties in Mai viand is among the crusades in prospect. Dr. Weber, who is also a cotton expert, has made arrangements to lecture on a "cotton special" tour through Texas in August and so the work of grafting the new limb of scientific knowledge on the old tree of farming is going on. The agricultural experiment stations, supported by the Federal Government and scattered throughout the states, have been doing good work in this re? gard for years, as a rule without fi? nancial aid from the states they ben? efit. Some fanners have been attend? ing them for a long time, hut more have not. Those who have been at? tending have in many cases sent their sons to the agricultural colleges con? nected with the experiment stations, where the boys get a thorough know? ledge of scientific farming and a gen? eral educa;ion. The scientists say that this disposition is growing and that the slow, plodding one who chic? his living from lbj soil, content to take what Nature seemed willing to give, is rapidly giving place to tr.? bright .enthusiastic man who ^rets up a od makes the earth unfold ne.v l.ys teries of fruitfulness. Of course, weather conditions may still do much to make all his work go for naught, but his other enemies are being rap? idly put to rout, and it's "Hail to the scientific farmer!" Dr. Webber was raised on a farm in Iowa. Short of stature and stout of frame, he possesses good digestion and unfailing good humor. which come from youth spent on thc farm. 5 A MATTER OFHEALTH? POWDER Absolutely Pure HAS HO SUBSTITUTE ?? IHM I _ ?? J_ _ _ j, Because of his youth thus spent he is particularly enthusiastic in his work. Great Tilings Already Done. " Breeding of seed is undoubtedly of the first importance. " said the doc>. tor, as he sat at a window of the !ec*v ture car of the "corn special" anc\ watched the wooded heights of the% Blue Ridge give place to the fertile farms of the Cumberland Valley, theh> outlines stretched before one in a, miniature made by distance. "It is* care in the selection of seed which, has produced the sugar beet of Eu? rope, the introduction of more nitron gen, more vitality, into the beet. A search for proper seed enabled a?. farmer in the Northwest to produce an apple which would grow in the? cool climate of Minnesota and adja-?. cent states. He grafted the crabapv. pie on another. "It is care in the selection of seed? which has enabled some of the farm-* ers in the western states to increase their wheat yield between three and. five bushels an acre by the introduce tion of the more hardy 'blue-stem* ..heat. You have about 10;0OG,O.0Q acres planted in wheat in Maryland^ Suppose the 'blue-stem' was taken ur? generally here-its 'oread making dualities are as great as those of the> ordinary wheat-and suppose w? made an increase of three bushels to. the acre in Maryland; at the present price of wheat this would mean a, great increase in the wealth of the. Testing Macaroni Wheat. state." Dr. 'Weber said that the Department of Agriculture had been experiment-? ir.g with the hoary macaroni wheat of Europe, very little of which iu raised here. "The experiments." IIQ continued, "prove that there is nc? reason why it should not be raised; here. It is coaser than our own wheat and not as good for bread, t>ut ir. would prove a valuable crop, and i^ grows prolifically." Mr. C. Bosley Littig, Mr. \Y. L Amoss and all of the members of th?\ "corn special" party said at the end of the trip that they were sure tho. farmers had met them in a respective-., manner and that the "special" would bring much good to Maryland.-Balti*.. more Sun. -?>-? -?-* ?i - WILL INVESTIGATE v Charges Made by Cotton Growers' As> sociation. Washington. Jun.- 12.-Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is determined i<\ probe to the limit the scandal in his department growing out of charge^ preferred by the Southern Cott-or* Growers' Association that advance in-^ formation had bren allowed to leak: out of rho chief of statistician's' office as to g ?vernment crop reports. At his own request Assistant Statistician Holmes is un.1er suspension pending full investigation. Chief Statistician. Hyde*, who left a few days ago for ^ vacation has been summoned to re^. turn at once. Secretary Wilson say^ there is no suspicion against Hyde^ but he wants him to assist in the in* vestigation. Secret service mon ar? noV. at work both in Washington an<* other cities and are seeking informa* tion from tho brokers interested lr\ the conon market. SUIT TO RECOVER One Hundred and Ninety-five Thou, and Dollars is Settle?!. New York; J;..-.*- :2.-Thc- sr,i( brought by Mrs. [da Wood to recove? $195.000 alleged to have been lost \i\ the pinchas.- of securities of th*, wreck. .! United States Shipbuilding Company, came up itt the Supremo Court this morning. While the case was adjourned until Wednesday it is admitted by counsel for Mrs. Wood, that settlement has been effected. No particulars o' the settlement are ob? tainable.