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' ' ' ?-.-.i.. i ? m -^ fdk sc i? TER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1S50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let ali tile Ends thou Alms ? at be :h> Country ^ thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jo&e, ise CosolMated Ang. 2,1881. N SUMTER. S. C... WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 23, 1905. New Series-Vol. XXY. No. % %\t T?t?wm at? ^juftro?i Pablis&ed Every Wednesday, OSTEEL PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. TICEME} : $1 50 per ano am-in advance. APTI2TI81I1IT! 0 ie Square first insertionT.............$l CO ? -ery subsequent insertion........ 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wilt b made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as ad ver tie me D ts Obituaries and tributes of respects will be saarged for. THE COTTON IN SIGHT. Hester's Weekly Statement of the World's Visible Supply. New Orleans, Aug. 18.-Secretary Hester's statement of the world's vis? ible supply of cotton issued today shows the total visible to be 2,701, 289, against 2,787,712 last week and 1,252,285 last year. Of this the total ^f American cotton is 1,676,289, against 1,712,712 last week and 506,285 last year, and of all other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc^ 1,025,000, against 1,075,000 last week and 746"000 last year. Of the world's visible supply of cot? ton there is now afloat and held in I .Great Britain and Continental Europe 1,515,000 bales, against 692,000 last year; in Egypt,52,000, against 65,000 last year; in India 673,000, against 361,000 last year, and in the United States 461,000, against 134,000 last fc- ? 'year. Behind in Exports of Cottons. Secretary Whittam, of the Amer? ican Cotton Manufacturers' Associa? tion, rn an article that recently ap? peared in American Industries, point? ed out that while the United States supplies the world with about 75 per cent, of -the raw material, we stand sixth in the list of nations -which ex? port cotton goods. The annual ex port of this class of manufactures ap? proximates S^V-'OO.OOO, including yarns, wearing apparel, etc., of which Great Britain is credited with $358, 000,000, Germany with $79,000,000 and the United States only with $23,000,000. India's imports last year amounted to $101,600,000, and that of China $S3,000,000, the bulk of which went from Great Britain. Mr. [Whittam says we can sell in India on an equal footing with England and every other nation, yet we harve prac? tically given this vast market for cot ton goods no attention. Some of the most weighty of our present hin drances are the lack of knowledge as to packing and shipping details for the different markets, ignorance of foreign customs, regulations and re? quirements, and aversion to extend? ing credit accommodations. There is an utter dearth in the supply of ,T>roj>erly trained commercial repre sentatives to cover foreign territory, and, finally, we do not have even the rudiments of a selling system for reaching foreign consumers at a rea sonable cost. All these attributes are essentially of slow development; but when any house finally determines to enter the race for foreign trade, it will be necessary before we can com? mand success that we give and take hard knocks, and any preconceived rosy view of big profits easily ac? quired which the beginner may hold will be speedily and effectually dis? posed of in the fierce brunt of inter? national competition. Yet persever? ance, ability and true American push will give the same results when ap? plied to potential customers, whether at home or abroad. The demand is there; its character is well defined, 'lt remains for us to decide whether our own industry shall supply at least its fair share or whether we shall re? main content to spin enough of our American-grown cotton to cover our own backs and sell the remainder ^or Europe to spin and weave to Clothe the rest of the world. A branch of the Cotton Growers' Association was organized in Abbe? ville on Friday. The jury in the case of John Clegg, :who killed his son in Greenwood t county last January, while drunk, re? turned a verdict of not guilty on Fri? day. Some grafting has been going on in the Equitable. Therefore let's abolish all the insurance companies. A newspaper in this state has not been conducted properly; therefore let's abolish ail newspapers. A min? ister has gone wrong; therefore let's close all the pulpits. Do these sug? gestions remind you of any other gsJti^-fctfons thar > on have ho.ird lately ?-Anderson Mail. SENATOR TILLMAN PRESCRIBES. TELLS HOW HE WOULD REFORM AND SAVE DISPENSARY. He Would Do Away With State Board of Control and Quit Sell? ing Speeial Brands of Liquor. Col. Talbert Talks Pro? hibition. Anderson, S. C., Aug. 16.-Sen? ator Tillman, "the daddy of the dispensary system," outlined today what he regards as essential to the salvation of the dispensary and to kill the talk of "graft." His position is very much the same as outlined at Gaffney, except that he has gone more fully into the details. Chair? man Landrum, of Spartanburg, thought the county boards were humbugs, and Senator Tillman thinks the same of the State board. He seems to put the blame for the pres? ent troubles of the dispensary first on the State board of control, and second on the general assembly, and if there is to be any complaint let it be made to Tillman. He said the State board "has been lax and alto? gether censurable," and then went on to say: "It is a wonder we haven't had a worse carnival of corruption than seems to exist" And he ex? pects worse things to come out than developed at Spartanburg. In brief, Tillman's remedy is to place the pur? chasing power in the hands of a board consisting of the governor, attorney general and comptroller general. He is absolutely opposed to to the pres? ent plan of legislative elections. Then he wants competitive bids and copies of the bids with bonds sent to the board, the chief justice and the speaker of the house. These bids are to be opened in public during the legislative session, and the lowest bid? der is to get the year's business under heavy bonds as to quality, purity and coming up to sample. No orders are to be placed outside of the order placed at the beginning of the year. No case goods whatever to be bought except on direct per? sonal order. Only X, XX, XXX and XXXX liquors are to be sold under dispensary labels, and so as to avoid changing labels, the grade is to be blown in the bottle, and it is to be hermetically sealed. He thinks this will prevent drummers going about pushing their liquors because every? thing to be sold will be known as one, two, three or four X, and no special brands are to be sold through the dispensary except in cases an I on order. He would abolish beer dispensaries. He would have the county board composed of the mayors of cities, the county supervis? or and one appointive officer. Sena? tor Tillman thinks most of the trou? ble to the dispensary has come from the legislature electing its own mem? bers to office, and he wants a clean? ing out and fresh start made, but with officers elected by the .people. Senator Tillman came here today to make an important dispensary speech, but when he was finally call on, the audience had heard six or seven hours of speaking, and he, and everyone else was tired and worn out, and he told the campaigners that the next time he wanted to make a speech he would have a meeting of a different sort The Farmers' Union, under whose auspices the meeting was held to? day, were anxious not to have the dispensary situation brought into thir. meeting, that it was adjourned sev? eral tmes, and President Glen and others explained and kept on explain? ing that the dispensary-prohibition speaking was not under its auspices, and that it had nothing to do with that part of the program. It was really funny how the Farmers' Union tried io dodge the liquor issue, and a:though the liquor talk was side? tracked until near 5 o'clock, some of thc people got hopping mad because Mr. Sherman, who seems to be a sort of organizer from out West, was not given a ehance to talk untii after Hilmar Lad had his long delayed in? ning, and some went off in one cor? ner to fctar Organizer Sherman. There is a decidedly strong move? ment in Anderson to vote the dispen? san' out. Some of the ardent friends of the dispensary thought Senator Tillman could do a great deal of good nt this time to save the dispensary. What effect his speech today wlil have, remains to be seen, but the fact is that ho made a strong argument here today, ile was provoked that he should have been "'kept on the bench" as Long as )w was. but he made a dis? passionate. H?;:.'i and good humored speech aro! presented tm- dispensary side in as strong a manner as could be done. Col. W. Jasper Talb< rt was called , upon to present the argument in j favor of prohibition. He did so very well but discussed it purely as a moral question and did not press any of the dollar and cent arguments, as did Senator Tillman on the other side. The prohibition executive commit? tee of this county utterly repudiates the selection of Col Talbert as spokes? man. While it is glad to have him and every other champion, it an? nounces that Col. Talbert was select? ed without conference with the local committee, and that they advised their friends to "hands off" at the en? tire meeting.-News and Courier. RUSSIA'S CONGRESS. National Representative Assembly to Convene in January-Event Over Shadows the Liberation of the Serfs. St. Petersburg, Aug. 19.-In a sol? emn manifesto Emperor Nicholas an? nounces this morning to his subjects the fruition of his plans summoning the representatives of the people, as outline?-" r y him in a rescript issued on Mai i 3rd last and fixes the date for the first convocation as mid-Jan? uary, and in a ukase addressed to the senate formally orders that body to register as the imperial will a law project formulating the nature, pow? ers and procedure of the new govern? mental organization. The manifesto, ukase and project are published this morning in special editions of the Official Messenger in St. Petersburg and Moscow. They will be given out for publication at noon to all the newspapers throughout the empire, many of which are preparing to issue extra editions to signalize a momentous historical event, over? shadowing in importance the libera? tion of the serfs in 1861. The national assembly will be a consultative organization in connec? tion with the council of the empire and not a legislative body. The pow? ers of the emperor remain theoreti? cally absolute. As the emperor is the supreme lawgiver and autocrat, the decisions of the douma have only a recommendatory and not a binding force, though the rejection of any legislative measures by a two-thirds majority of both houses is sufficient to prevent that measure from becom? ing law. The representative- of the people will have not only the right to be heard on any legislation proposed by the government, but also can voice their desires on new laws and will have the right to exert a certain sup? ervision over budgetary expendi? tures, j The suffrage though wide is not universal. It is based on property c qualification, the peasantry having a vote through membership in com? munal organization. A considerable portion of the resi? dents of the cities, possessing no lands, together with women, soldiers, civil functionaries, etc., are without suffrage. The imperial manifesto says in part: "We reserve to ourselves entirely the care of perfecting the organiza? tion of the douma and when the course of events shall have shown the necessity for changes correspond? ing completely to the needs of the times and the welfare of the empire, we shall not fail to give at the prop? er moment the necessary directions. "We are convinced that those who shall have been elected by the con? fidence of the whole people, and who will thus be called upon to partici? pate in the legislative work of the government will show themselves in the eyes of all Russia to be worthy of the imperial trust and that, in per? fect harmony with other institutions and authorities of the state estab? lished by us, they will contribute profitably and zealously to our labors for the strengthening of the unity, the security and the greatness of the empire, as well as for the tranquil? ity and prosperity of the people." The manifesto concludes by ex? pressing the hope that Russia will emerge triumphant from the trying ordeals through which she is now passing and will be born again in the strength, the greatness and the glory of her history, extending through a thousand years. Former Intendent McCombs, of Xew Brookland, and two accessaries were convicted at Lexington on Fri day of committing fraud in the town election. They were sentenced to the chaingang for four months. Governor Heyward has pardoned Tom M . H.-. who was serving a. term of two and one-half years cn thc Spartanburg chaingang foi- man? slaughter. Tlic pardon was granted on account of Moore's bad health. TWELVE GENT COTTOf. BIG SOUTHERX BULLS PUT UP COTTON PRICE. Brown and Hayne, of New Orleans, Open Their Campaign-Said to Have a Strong Wall Street Following and Will Put Price tc 12 Cents. Two years ago William P. Brown and Frank B. Hayne, of New Orleans, ran one of the most successful bun campaigns ever known in cotton. Yes? terday they were the leaders in a bull effort that sent prices up with a rush and they are said to be at the head of a clique representing many mil? lions of dollars that has been organ? ized to force cotton to 12 cents a pound. It is said that, acting with Brown and Hayne, is a strong Wall Street clique which is often called the "Waldorf-Astoria crowd," a Chicago coterie that is better known in wheal than in cotton, and a number of prominent New Orleans and other Southern cotton men. It is not claimed that any "pool" has been formed, but it is said all these inter? ests believe that cotton is too low, and have a sort of gentlemen's agree? ment to act together in forcing the market up. The bulls say that crop prospects are so poor that one of the smallest crops in recent years is certain. They : predict record breaking prices later j in the season. On the bear side of the market are some of the.best known members of the local cotton exchange and a ma? jority of the members of the Liver? pool Cotton Association. There are big short lines out in both New York and Liverpool. The bears argue that, no matter if the crop is to turn out a small one, the spinners of the world will not admit the fact yet, and as they have cotton enough for several months on hand, they will refuse to buy. The bulls say that if the spinner tries to depress prices by staying out of the market the farmers will checkmate by refusing to sell at a price that does not suit him and that, as the spinners have plenty of busi? ness before them, and the Southern farmers are prosperous .the spinner is ?bound to lose the contest in the end. The bulls began to rush things right at the start yesterday. The bears, of whom E. M. Weld is gen? erally looked upon as the leader, made a game fight, but they could not hold the market down. The New England mills can be depended upon to support the bears in every way pos? sible, while the South is certain to line up behind Brown and Hayne. The general feeling on the floor of the exchange is that the fight is going to be a very pretty one before it is over. Theodore H. Price has not as yet come out on either side. He insists that he is not in the market, but it is generally expected that he will ar? ray himself with one faction or the other before the fight gets very much older. D. J. Sully is very bullish, and is acting with that side.-N. Y. Com? mercial, Aug. 18. THE FEVER SITUATION. The War Against Mosquitoes Contin? uing With Redoubled Energy. New Orleans, Aug. 22.-All ships from Colon coming into this port, or other Southern ports, from now on will be disinfected and held in quar? antine for five days, notwithstanding they are being fumigated before leaving Central American ports. The general fumigation of all vessels last Sunday was so successful that it is now planned to screen all windows and doors of all houses in the city and then refumigate in this way. It is ex? pected living mosquitoes will be very thoroughly exterminated. Dr. White declares that the outlook of the situ? ation is promising. New Fever Cases. Xew Orleans, Aug. 22.-The report today shows eleven new cases of fever and six deaths at *1 o'clock. Quarantine. Aug. 22.-The Donald Steamship Company's steamer Athos, due to arrive here from Jamaica Aug lu, was sighted Inst night oft" Scot? land lightship in tow of the Atlas Line steamer Atlas. All aboard are reported well. Food ran out and it became necessary to catch fish, mishap t<> thc machinery was the rea? son for thc late arrival of the THE COTTON REPORT SCANDAL HYDE MAKES AX UNQUALIFIED DEXIAL OF THE CHARGES. Eic Says He Has Forwarded an. Affi? davit to Washington Covering His Connection With the Cotton Report. London, Aug. 22.-John Hyde, for? mer statistician of ?f? United States department of agriculture^- who at present is in London, has been under Ihe care of a physician for several weeks and is still prohibited by his physician from attending to bus ness. He has given out the following statement: "I have just seen for the first time :he revised cotton acreage report is? sued by the United States department )f agriculture on July 26. The crop estimating board reduces the official estimate of June 2 by more than L, 100,OOO acres and even goes so far is to say that I made the estimate ower than the reports received from )fficial reporters employed by the jureau warranted. To this state? ment I give unqualified denial and issert that the most trustworthy of he various sets of figures on which he report of June 2 was based af? forded the most ample warrant for ny estimate. "It is only by an entire-disregard of he reports of county and township correspondents that the department's icreage reports . can be prevented "rom once more becoming the laugh ng stock of the world. When con? cerned only with the condition of the crowing crop except under special circumstances the reports of county md township correspondents are not vithout value. When, however, these correspondents report either upon the icreage or upon the size of the crop n bales, their reports are absolutely vorthless. For Instance the crop last rear was estimated by township cor? espondents at less than 12,000,000 >ales and by county correspondents it less than ll.00u.000 bales. Failure >n the part of the board to recognize he widely varying degrees of relia dlity which characterize the reports ?f its different classes of correspond? ais will inevitably destroy the value ?f its reports for general statistical mrposes." Mr. Hyde said that he gave this in erview against the earnest protest of lis physician, and that he had for carded an affidavit to Washington overing his connection with the cot on report. He said that he expected o return to America about Octo ier . 1. EXPRESS AXD TROLLEY WRECK .Tiree Men Killed and Ten Iniuml Collision On B. <uul O. Xcar Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Aug. 17.-Three men .ere killed and ten injured late last iftht when the fast through e?pr?ss rom New York to Cincinnati, on the {altimore and Ohio Southwestern rashed into a trolley car at Winton ?lace, a suburb of this city. The en inieer of the express, S. P. Spauld iig. vas badly scalded and may die. 'hose killed and injured were in the rolley car with the exception of the ngmeer. A NEW RUSSIAN LOAN. t. Petei-sburg Banker Confirms Re? port That American Bank? ers Will Finance Russia. London, Aug. 16.-It is reported rom St. Petersburg that a prom lent banker has confirmed the re ort that a new Russian loan has een concluded in America. It is also stated today important upplimentary dispatches were sent ? M. Witte yesterday. The feeling egarding the outcome of the peace egotiations is generally becoming lore optimistic. A Young Hero. Out at the Eureka cotton mill rade Ferrell, a youth 12 years old. es a corpse. After a short illness e died yesterday afternoon. This oy was the sole support of a nam? er of younger brothers and sisters nd an aged grandmother. Besides importing those dependent upon tm. Wade has ieft a small amount f insurance, small when viewed ir ?H- light, yet great when the circura nuces under which he labored are etsidered. .He did more for thost? ..!.>. ndent upon him than many :..).? able-bodied men d<>. He may ? considered a hero as he lies cold . death. Those foi whom he ear -i : a i labore i are ?aid to be left in de?- J n rn. h\ RUSSIA FEARS mi REASON FOR REFUSING INDEM-, NITY GIVEN BY M. WITTE. Says It Is Not Indemnity Itself, B^f the ITse to Which Japan Would Put It That Russia Objects. Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 22. Witte, the senior Russian envoy, an interview this morning said th^,. japanese demands for the s-jrrende$\ of the interned war vessels and thfe. limitation of the Russian nava?^ strength in the Pacific, were not madcs with sincerity. He declines to makf> a conjecture as to the outcome of the> negotiations, but said that whatever the result of the meeting of the en-v voys is it has not been in vain. "For,** he says, "in the midst of this strugx, ?le, when war is still going on, a ne\$. force in the person of Presiden^ Roosevelt comes to the front and powerful enough to cail a halt and tc*, lead both sides to meet at the confix ence table and discuss the questions, In dispute. If nothing comes out ofc this conference, and about that I say nothing, it will make it easier when, we meet again. We have gained, ^ great deal." In regard to the indemnity, Witte said: "We cannot pay Japar, indemnity, it is impossible. If JapaJt would use the money to buy dia<* monds, clothes and other good things for her people it would be one thingv but-Japan will use the money te*, buy," M. Witte hesitated and addedi -"ships and other things. If Japan< gets the indemnity from us she wil? use it as she used the indemnity fron\ China. In twenty-five years she wiH make war with some other country*. [ cannot put that declaration in, any stronger terms." But the hopes of a settlement ot the dispute is not absolutely extirw tinguished, for M. Witte, in order to, make his position perfectly plain^ continued, "I will not pay an in.-, demnity. until ? am ordered by my. imperial master, the czar, to do sok My own views a^e not controlling, t^ im the envoy or his majesty. It is tho, will of the czar that is controling.1* M. Witte then said that Russia is ible to continue the war. having am-? Die resources to do so indefinitely. PEACE CONFERENCE BLOCKEDv Portsmouth. N. H.. Aug. 22.-The, nembers of the Russian party pro?? needed early this morning to the con*, "erence chamber in the navy yard fot?, he purpose of concluding their preparations for the afternoon's ses-. ?ion. While waiting en word from ?t. Petersburg the peace envoys havo. irranged to hold a short session to** lay and adjourn over until Wednesx lay. at which time it is hoped some? )fficial declaration will have been re* ;eived. This arrangement, however, s subject to modification and the ses.*, .ion today may be abandoned alto>. pether. The Session Adjourned. Portsmouth. N. H., Aug. 22.-An, )fficial announcement has been is?, ?ued that today's session of the peace, mvoys will be adjourned until 9:3ft L. m., tomorrow. - ? ?? ~o?- Un ARTICHOKES ARE WANTED^ Commissioner E.. J. Watson Findi Market for Them at 75 Cents the Bushel. Columbia. Aug. 19.-Commissioner 3. J. Watson is exceedingly anxious o have every person in South Caro?s ina who is growing artichokes thi$ ear in any quantity from one bushi .1 on up to communicate with him. .t once. He has received a request rom a pickle factory that wishes tt\ >btain artichokes for pickling pur* >oses this fall and this concern wish^ s to secure them in any quantity rom one bushel to 5.000 bushels tc* he shipment. The factory has of* ered 75 cents per bushel for th* :round artichokes shipped either ir\ iags. barrels or baskets delivered a^ he port of Charleston. This offers an opening to those who, tave only a few bushels of artichoke^ aised in their gardens to place them tpon the market, and should finally ead to the establishment of an in,* Lustry in the Stair. At present artichokes aro raised ::\ louth Carolina very largely for homet tickling and for feeding to stoc* 'he commissioner ts sure of a per nanon: market if" th? i.pie will fur ish the product. - - 111 ? o - -em*- ' -? ? ? Cormorant. Miss.. Aug. 17.-Henrjg 'oung. a negro, was taken from ih>% heriff and deputy last night b> a ,ui> of one hundred men m<t inched. Young shot and kitto,! EM