Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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rex di? s TSR WATCHMAN. K?t?b?i?hed April, 1S50? "3e Just and Fear not-Let ali the Ends thoa Aims t at oe thy Country -5 thy Grod s and Truth's, s THB TRUX SOUTHRON, Established June, 13 ? Cos?} Mated Aug. 2,1881. New Series-Yoi. XXT. Mo. 12 Published S'sery Wednesday, -BY OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, 8. C. TBKHS : ?1 50 per aa Dam-io idva&oe. A O T 1 B T I 8 I M I < T : O ie Square nrst insertion..................?1 W ? -er j subsequent io ser tien ......... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wilt b 221 de kt reduced ratea. Alt communications which subserve private interests will beebar^ed for as adveriieaienis. Obituaries acd tributes of respects will bp snarfed for. . _s_ THE FREIGHT CONGESTION. __ V ~ - \ . General Superintendent Anderson and Division Superintendent Porter Here to Straighten Mat? ters Out. From the Daily Item October 6. As an illustration of the prompt manner in which the^ Atlantic Coast Railroad Company's officers at Wilmington respond to requests for better services at this point, or for anything else asked for within reason, we print the following telegram re? ceived last evening by Secretary Rear? don of the Chamber of Commerce, in reply to a letter mailed to General Manager W. N. Royal yesterday morning, about the delay in shipping . cotton from Sumter and delay in de? livering freight, owing to the alleged lack of cars and force at the Sumter depot: Wilmington, N. C., Oct 5, 1905. Mr. E. L Reardon, Sumter, S. C.: Your communication of the 4th has just reached me. Mr. Anderson, our general superintendent, leaves here tonight for Sumter and will spend to? morrow there and give the matter ;<about which you write his personal attention, and I feel sure he will put everything in proper shape. I thank you for bringing this matter to my at? tention. W. N. Roya,, General. Manager. General Superintendent A. W. An? derson arrived this morning, and with Division Superintendent C. L. Porter, of Florence, who arrived yes? terday with an extra force of hands i to help catch up with the business congestion at the freight depot, and Commercial Agent C. G. Rowland, began to look into the situation at once, with the result that the situa? tion has already been relieved and everything will be done to facilitate rapid shipment of cotton, and prompt handing of all freight at Sumter. Mr. Anderson said that all of the official^ of his company highly value the bus? iness, and the great friendship of the people of Sumter for the Atlantic Coast Line, and that they jealously guard the valuable patronage and good will of Sumter, and that he will be glad to visit Sumter at any time the Chamber of Commerce thinks his presence necessary. Division Super-. intendent C. L. Porter expressed the same views. Th two superintendents explained that there were several un? avoidable reasons for the delays in shipping-out cotton. One reason be? ing that about 599 cars are loaded along the lines which have not been emptied on account of the lack of ves? sels at sea ports. Another is that, at Sumter owing tq the railroads being anxious to accommodate the business men, the railroad cotton platforms have been and are still crow*ded with cotton which has not been prepared for shipment. The consequence is that the cotton prepared for shipment cannot be gotten to the loading plat? forms to be put into the cars, ?and new cotton coming in every day there is a mix up of old and new cotton. Sumter undoubtedly needs more cot? ton platforms of her own. Mr. An? derson said he did not claim that the Atlantic Coast Line is not somewhat to blame for the delay, on account of the hold-up of their cars as stated above, and they were trying to do ev? erything possible to relieve the situa? tion. But even to an outsider it is ap? parent that the Atlantic Coast Line is not altogether to blame. Division Su? perintendent Porter will remain here and do everything possible to get freight conditions back to normal conditions and he requested the secre? taire of the Chamber of Commerc to promptly let him know what was needed here at any time. Mr. Ander? son went to Columbia this morning, it b^ing apparent that Mr. Porter and the local officials,, with extra help, can handle the situation. The directors of the Columbia The? ological Seminary will meet Tuesday to jtake action on the election of a president of the institution. Rev. Theron H. Rice, of Atlanta, has been recommended for the place. James J. Hill, the Northwestern railway millionaire, will spend the winter at Aiken. THE PRICE OF COTTON. Frank Hayne Says Rull Pool Amply Able to Suing the Cotton Mar? ket at Its Will. A special to the Atlanta Constitu? tion from New Orleans says: Frank B. Hayne, the noted cotton bull operator, returning to New Or? leans today, after a three month's ab? sence on the floor of the. New York cotton exchange, declared that the bull pool now* ouerating to raise the price of cotton is the richest pool ever organized in America, and is amply able to do what it has set out to ac? complish. Hayne's statement regarding the pool have broken the mystery which surrounded the new aggregation which expects to put cotton at the top notch. Heretofore the greatest secrecy has been maintained regard? ing every detail of the pool's person? nel and movements, and even Mr. Hayne was not ready to give the wnole matter to the public. He stated, however, that the pool was not composed of Southern men, although many New Orleans men, he declared are very bullish on cotton. Mr. Hayne would not admit nor deny that he was in the pool himself, but stabed that his ideas were in line with the ideas of those in the deal, which was that cotton is cheap at the present price, and that during no month of the coming year will the staple sell for less than 10 cents. Hayne estimates the crop at 10, 500,000 bales. The demand, he says, wiil be eenormous. STATE OF LOUISIANA Appeals to United States Court for Titles to Oyster Beds in Mississippi. Washington, D. C., October 6. When the United States Supreme court meets Monday for the" October term it will have a docket of 451 cases pending for argument. The first ar? gument to be heard will be the case of the_State of Louisiana vs. the State OT Mississippi over the ownership of oyster beds west of Delta, Miss. Louis ana has possession and wants title. Hannis Taylor, a foremost American international lawyer and member of Alaskan boundry commission, --wttf plead Louisian's case. There will be heard an argument in the McGuire-Blount case from Flor? ida, which involves the real estate controversy which Judge Swayne, who was tried in impeachment pro? ceeding last by the senate, insisted on trying the case, although one of the party alleged that one of the judge's relatives was interested in the case. From the South will also come sev? eral peonage cases involving the un? limited right of a state to punish and imprison its citizens. THE COUNTY FAIR. From The Laily Item October 5. I A meeting of the officers and sev I eral of ^he directors of the Sumter ! Fair Grounds Association was held ?at the city clerk's office last evening, j Present: Messrs. R. F. Haynsworth, ! H. C. Haynsworth, W. M. Graham, W. W. McKagen, Mayor Dick, Willie Bultman and E. I. Reardon. Absent: Messrs. A. K. Sanders and H. B. Richardson. I After thoroughly discussing the condition of the organization, it was i decided that the association would j hold. a county fair this faii, the exact date to be decided upon as soon as the balance of the stock is taken. It was decided that the association will purchase and pay spot cash for its fair ground site, and pay for all fencing and necessary buildings, leaving no indebtedness whatsoever upon the grounds or buildings. Ev? erything will be paid for before the fair grounds are thrown open for business. The following committees were appointed to continue soliciting subscriptions for stock at $10.00 per share: Ward No. 1.-Messrs. Willie Bult? man and W. B. Boyle. Ward No L>-Messrs. R. F. Hayns? worth and W. M. Graham. Ward Xo. Z.-Messrs. W. R. Del gar and H. F. Wilson. Ward Xo. 4-Messrs. Geo. W. Dick and J. H. Levy . Secretary E. I. Reardon ami As? sistant Secretary W. W. McKagen were instructed to accept any sub? scriptions to the capital stoek which may bc offered. The comptroller general is receiv? ing frequent requests for dispensary school money. He cannot send it out because he cannot get the money, and lias none on hand. The dispensary authorities promised to turn the school profits for this year over the latter part of September, or the first of October, but it has not yet been turned over to him. The dispensary j has not turned over a cent of this year's profits from the dispensary for thc use of the schools. GILLIS GOES FREE. The Jury After Only Twenty-Seven Minutes Deliberation Declares the Killing of Whitaker Was Not Murder. Camden, October 7.-When court convened at "9:30 this morning the building quickly filled with the spec? tators who have followed the progress of the trial of J. E. Gillis for the mur? der of McRae Whitaker with such in? tense interest. Judge Gage charged the jury with? out, delay. His charge fully covered thev law of homicide, following the usual lines. The jury retired and after being out only twenty-seven minutes re? turned a verdict of not guilty. THE CAMDEN MYSTERY. Mr. R. W. Porter, Who Was in Com? pany With Mr. McDowell, Was Found With a Broken Skull. Columbia, October 4.-Governor Heyward was asked today by long dis? tance telephone to offer a reward for the murderer of Robert McDowelL The statement is made that there is a great deal of excitement in Camden over the case, and to add to the ex? citement, this morning Mr. R. W. Porter, who is a mem? ber of the jury in the famous Gil? lis case, was found about two miles from Camden with a fractured skull. Governor Heyward was advised that there has been no connection shown, nor is it thought that the waylaying of the juror in the Gillis case had anything to do with the trial that is now going on. This morning about 7 o'clock, Mr. Tom Ammons, rural free delivery mail carrier, found Mr. R. W. Porter, of West Wateree, with a deep wound in the back part of his head, near the Wateree bridge, at Camden. Mr. Porter is in a semi-conscious condition. He does not know any? thing, except that he was with Mr. McDowell when he was knocked d' 5. ?r. Porter is one of the jurymen in the Gillis and Whitaker case. He is a man about 55 years of age, is married and has several children. Mr. Porter, when found, did not know where he was or how he got there. Mr. Ammons brought him back to Camden, and took him to Dr. Dunn's home. Dr. Dunn found that he had a fractured skull and a wound in the back part of his head ^about three inches long and one and a half inches deep, he sewed up the wound, dressed it, and sent him to the Wa? teree House, where he is now resting. Dr. Dnnn says that the wound, in all probability, will prove fatal. Mr. C. L. Evans, the proprietor of the Wateree House, whose hotel is next to the store of Mr. McDowell, says that last night about S:30 o'clock he, Mr. Mathis and Mr.. Porter were in Mr. McDowell's store talking. Mr. McDowell was just getting ready to close up the store when Mr. G. W. Wilson came in and bought a box of candy. Mr. McDowell took out" a small sack, which was on his black oil cloth book case, to make the nec? essary change. Mr. Evans says the sack looked as if it contained about ten or twenty dollars in silver. He does not remember whether Mr. Mc? Dowell put the money in his pocket or in the book case. Mr. McDowell then closed the store, and Mr. Evans, Mr. McDowell and Mr. Porter started home. Mr. Evans left them at his hotel, and Mr. McDowell and Mr. Por? ter went on their way home. Mr. Porter usually stays with Mr. McDowell when in Camden, as they are kinsmen. The only thing that Mr. Porter knows is that he was going home with Mr. McDowell, and at some place and at some time, he was hit on the head and that is all that he knows. The place wehere he was found is at least two miles from where the rob? ber or robbers, held them up. The doctor and everyone think it strange that a man in such a condition could wander so far; they think he must either have been hauled or carried down there. _ In his dazed condition. Mr. Porter found himself in a Held. He did not know where he was. or how he got there. The first that he knew he was wounded was when he took off his hat and found his head cut. He walked over in the darkness until he came to the lot where he was found this morning by Mr. Ammons. .Mrs. A. C. Watts, who lives directly opposite where the hold-up took place, says that about :?:^o last night she heard two distinct licks, she ran out of th.- house, but heard nothing or saw nothing more. A little later Rob? bie McDowel found his father tiaere. - mmm - ? i - - R. W. Simpson, Jr., will shortly sever his connection as e.liter of the Greenville News. The name of his successor has not yet been announced. ENDORSED BY DR. JOYNES. The Well Known Educator Says the j State Needs a University School. From The Daily Item October 7. The following letter was received today by one of the committee from Dr. E. S. Joynes, of the South Caroli? na College: "I clip the following from The State Is An Excellent Idea. Sumter Item. We are not so ambitious as to ad? vocate the establishment of a college. We believe that a high grade academy or university schcol where more thor? ough work will be done, and there will be less fuss and feathers than is usually to be found in the average fresh water college, is preferable to a, college. What we need in Sumter is a high school that will educate-not a diploma factory. A school whose cer? tificate would admit the boy who com? pletes the course to the University of Virgiaia would be worth more to Sum? ter and South Carolina than a college with a large output of half-baked A. B.'s and an annual distribution of LL. D. degrees. The country nov/ has too many colleges, so-called, and too few first class schools. Sumter can and should establish a school to enter this mote difficult but' less occupied field of real usefulness. "I do* not know how far the editor of The -Item represents the views of others besides himself in Sumter, but it seems to me that his suggestion is a good one for Sumter. "There is no need for more colleges in South Carolina. There are plenty of them already, easily accessible to the people of Sumter. But a good, strong academy-which shall not call ieself a college-is a real desidera? tum, not only for Sumter, but for the whole State-the lack of which is felt as a defect in our educational sys? tem-a defect which in like degree ex? ists, so far as I know, in no other State. "It would be a fine thing if the in? terest lately aroused in your town in behalf of a college could now take the wiser direction in behalf of such a school. I 'Wish that you might inter? est yourself in this behalf." - . DISPENSARY ELECTIONS. Voted Out ot' Lancaster and Korry, But Holds on bi Florence. Florence. October 3.-The dispen? sary election today polled a. larger vote than was expected yet it is light, not over C'? per cent., judging irom nine boxes out of 17 heard from. The chances are that the dispen? sary has won by a slight majority, thougn it is not certain which side will win, as there are yet eight boxes to hear from. Of these it is pretty certain that Effingham, Oak Grove, Savage. Pleasant ^Grove and Back Swamp will give the dispensary a ma? jority, while it is uncertain how Han? nah and Motts will go. There was no election at Sardis, as the boxes failed to get there, so it is reported. One thing is certain, neither side will win by a large majority. The Elecetion at Conway. Conway, October 3.-Returns from today's election are very meagre, twelve precincts of 27 gave 478 against the dispensary with 155 for it. It is hardly probable that other boxes will be heard from tonight. The heaviest polls are incuded in those reported, it is not thought the vote against the dispensary will hardly be lessened. Indication's are that not more than 1.000 votes will be polled, as little interest is shown. The oppon? ents of the dispensary feel sure of a decided victory for prohibition and those favoring it are not sufficiently anxious to see it carried to spare the time to go to the polls. It is sure that Horry can be counted upon for a safe three to one majority. Loses in Lancaster. Lancaster, OctobVr 3.-The dispen? sary has been voted out of Lancaster county by an overwhelming majority. -The total vote in the county is: For dispensary, 117; against dispensary, 939. COUNTY TREASURER REMOVED. J. B. Patterson was Found to Bc $4.187.73 Short in His Accounts. Columbia. October 4.-The comp? troller general's ofiice having found him $4.1S7.73 short, the governor to? day removed County Treasurer J. T. Patterson from office. The comp? troller says the shortage is due to mismanagement and negligence rath? er than criminality. McCaw. Estes Mayes, colored, will h.- tried in the United States cotfrt in Green ville for tearing down rural mail boxes, which is a serious offense un? der Federal statutes. THE COLLEGE COMMITTEE. A University High School Recom mended for Sumter. At a recent meeting of the commit? tee appointed by the Chamber of Commerce to consider the removal of the college now at Clinton, the fol? lowing paper was adopted. It speaks for itself. Judge Purdy and Mayor Dick were not in the city today and hence they could not be seen by those who se? cured the signatures of the members of the committee not at the meeting: We, the members of the commit? tee appointed by the Chamber of Commerce, to secure for Sumter the Presbyterian College of South Caro* lina, regret exceedingly the turn that those affairs have taken; but our ar? dent desire is to reap from the hopes that have been sown more than a "harvest of barren regrets." To that end it is believed that since the edu? cational conscience has been quicken? ed, now is the time to make plans for the future whos? fulfillment will re? sult in permanent benefit to Sumter the city that we love so well. We have considered with care the several sug? gestions that have been offered and have selected the one outlined below as our own. This plan is offered for the consideration of the public. Our system of city schools now em? braces eleven years' work including ten grades. A certificate from our schools entitles the holder to entrance to the Freshman class. With two years added a certificate would enti? tle the holder to entrance into the Junior class. This would give Sum? ter a system embracing twelve grades and the 9th, 10, 11th and 12th grades would f Ji'm a university high school. It is better to have a first class uni? versity high school than a second class college. Many places have what are called collegiate institutes; Sumter would be the only place in South Car? olina whose graduates would be prepared for the Junior class. This would give our boys and girls two years longer at home at the most formative period of their lives and would furnish them with more individual instruction than they could procure at college. It would place within the reach of all two more years of college work and would give to our community many more college graduates; for after a student had gone that far he would almost certainly take two years more at some good college to obtain his cer? tificate of graduation. The curriculum of a school of this sort should include three depart? ments: 1. Classical-Scientific. 2. English-Scientific. 3. English-Commercial. The Classical-Scientific would pre? pare for classical colleges those stu? dents desiring to take the degree of A. B. The English-Scientific, for the de? gree of P.. S. The English-Commercial, fo| busi? ness. The difficulty after establishing a college would be to maintain it. No college is self-supporting. Every col? lege requires either an endowment or an appropriation. The objection to having a feeder for Clemson would be that the educa? tion of all of our boys would be di? rected towards agriculture or me? chanics. The State of South Carolina would hardly feel justified in estab? lishing in Sumter a feeder for Caroli? na and Clemson. Our best opportunity therefore is to have a University High School of our own. An extra levey of two mills would enable us to furnish and equip and maintain a physical and chemical lab? oratory, and provide a department of? fering courses in stenography, type? writing, book-keeping. commercial law and telegraphy. A thorough course in English Lan? guage and Literature would be offer? ed in all of the departments. ? In the classical department Latin. Greek, French and German would be taught. Each course would be an elective one and it could be arranged so that students from the city who might not desire to be regularly enrolled could take certain branches of any depart? ment. A building that would meet any requirement*- could be erected at a cost of $15.000 arni tins building would bo occupied by members of grades 9 to 12 inclusive. This University High School would be unier the direction of the City Board of Education and under the su? pervision of thc superintendent of the City Schools whose duty it would be t>> see to it that an unbroken contin? uity should be maintained frotn the 1st grad" through the 12th. Tin's University High School would at once crown our city with a most { unique distinction, make our system I Be Sure to Use Only Cream ot Tartar Baking Powder mn III II Food made with alum bating powder carries aluni to the ?tomach unchanged Scientists have positively demonstrated this and that such food* is partly indi? gestible and unhealthful. of schools the envy of the other cities of the State, and give to Sumter's coming generations opportunities un? dreamed of in ?he past. R. D. Lee. Richard I. Manning.. E. C. Haynsworth. L. L Parrott. H. Frank Wilson. Hugh C. Haynsworth. R. F. Haynsworth. Marion Moise. John M. Knight. Neill O'Donnell. W. B. Boyle. E. I. Reardon. C. M. Hurst. C. G. Rowland. S. H. Edmunds. A. B. Stuckey. H. J. Hafby. BENNETTSVILLE COLLEGE. Dr. Byrd Explains the Plan to Have Two Presbyterian Colleges in South Carolina. Bennettsville, Oct. 6.-The matter of establishing a college at this place is still being considered by the people of this section. A small but earnest mass meeting was held here Tuesday night and resolutions endorsing the idea were passed and committees ap? pointed to begin the work of renewing; the subscriptions made and to solicir others. The meeting was called for the pur? pose of receiving the oilicial report cf the board of trustees of the Presby? terian College of South Carolina or the action taken by that board in Co? lumbia last Saturday. Rev. S. C; Byrd was present as the representa? tive of the board, and in presenting-" their report made an earnest plea for the college. He took the position that" the action of the board had not been made clear by the newspaper reports and that the ideas of the board were; not fully understood. After discuss? ing the question at length he sum marized the action o-f the board, about as follows: First, that it was-thef sense of the board that the Presby? terian church can support two col? leges in South CareHna, one in thei western part off the State and one 1x2 the eastern part, one to be establish? ed . at Bennettsville and one at Clin? ton; second, that th? people of Ben? nettsville should be memorialized tc* renew their subscriptions withVth& foregoing idea in mind; third; that iff the subscriptions should be renewe?' then the board would request the sev? eral presbyteries to establish the two. colleges, which should be equal ?HL every way. This report was discussed and the" following resolution was offered ancl adopted: "Resolved, by those present of the subscribers to the fund for the estab? lishment of a Presbyterian college at Bennettsville. in mass meeting assem? bled. That it is the sense of this meet? ing that we endorse the proposition of the trustees of said college, and hereby {.ledge our hearty support tc same, and agree personally to renew. ->ur subscriptions to said fund, and W-s each agree to use v>ur personal influ? ence to srcure the steadfast support of each subscriber to that fund, andi to meet in mass meeting on October 12th for the further consideration et the subject." Other committees were nppo'nre'i to take up the work ami push it for? ward. A number of short talks were* made hy those present in support o-i the proposition and there can be nc* question ?is t?? tin- strong desire e.f Bennettsville people to secure a col? lege.-The State. --? V ? ? > ? te. - Israel Stevens shot and killed Toi? Pressly Friday night about 10 o'clocfc at an Odd Fellows' hot supper in thc v.nper part of the county. Both thc parties were colored.