Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the ends Thou Aims't at he thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's.'' THE TRUE SOUTKR?X, Established June, Gosolidated Aug. 2, 1881. New Series-Vol. XXV. No. 18 . ??MWM ?nib <iau%M. Published Every "Wednesday, -BY OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Tenas: $1.50 per annum-in advance. Advertisements : One Square first insertion.$1.50 ? . - Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. - THE ENGROSSING DEPARTMENT. Attorney General Will Appoint all of ?ie Clerks Himself This Year. _ Columbia, November 23.-There has been more or less complaint from year to year that the engrossing de- j partment has not been performing properly the work of that end of the I legislative machinery and that the j clerks have been having too little to do at times and too much at other times. From a statement sent out from the office of the attorney general | yesterday, it appears that that of- ! fice will hereafter assume the respon- ; sibility for the appointment of all the j clerks in the engrossing department and that a kind of civil service exam? ination must be passed before the ap? plicants will be eligible to appoint? ment. The statement 'follows: "All applicants must submit an original composition of about 200 words, upon any subject they may choose, in their own handwriting up? on the legal cap paper herewith en? closed. Such article is for the infor? mation of this office in considering the qualification of applicants. "It is advisable to get the endorse? ment of your county delegation to the general assembly or as many thereof . as possible. Give full name and ad? dress." ---^-.-- - Bradstreet's Trade Review. New York, November 24.-Brad? street's tomorrow will say: Mild open weather favors in a high degree the unprecedented activity in all indus-" -trial lines but unfortunately affects retail trade in wearing apparel and retards collections, which also feel the adverse influences ofr the country? wide freight congestion. Evidently, in an effort to avoid trouble frpm this latter source holiday trade at whole? sale is active beyond all preceding years. In wholesale and jobbing lines the backwardness of retail trade is re- j fleeted in slower record trade than j expected, but confidence in the gener? al outlook is evidenced by the liberal orders reported for spring goods. Per- ? haps the most marked evidence of confidence in the future is found in the metal markets which display a strength of demand and of prices not usual at this season. Railway earn? ings show further expansion, the gain for the first half of November being about 9 per cent. . Business failures number 224 for the week against 192 in 1904. A Remarkable Corn Crop. In these great and good times of eleven cents cotton, of which South Carolina has produced about one mil? lion bales, The News and Courier takes off itS| hat to Mr. J. M. Woodley, of Dalzell, Sumter, the "Game Cock County," the grower of an average of fifty-one and one-half bushels of corn to the acre on ninety acres of land, who has yet to harvest a crop which will average as high from 85 acres. Eight thousand, seven hundred bush? els of corn-that will be his crop, placing the average at an even fifty bushe!s to the acre-and at 70 cents the bushel it will be worth six thous? and, one hundred and twenty-five dol? lars. One inevitably recalls the great Drake crop-when more than 250 bushels were harvested from a single acre in Marlboro County and the rec? ord for the world was made that still stands-but the Woodley record which our Sumter correspondent re? ports seems in another way equally remarkable.-News and Courier. Union Will Claim Share Union, November 24.-This county has decided to put in a claim for its portion of the dispensary profits. The last money received by the county superintendent of education from this fund was paid last April, and that was not a payment to^that date. The dis? pensary was not closed in this county until two months ago, so there is due this county its share of the profits for at least six or eight months of the current year. The county attorney will take proper steps to have the matter adjudicated in the courts. EDUCATIONAL MEETUS* G S. Superintendents of City Schools and County Superintendents of Edu? cation to Meet in Columbia. Columbia, November 24.-The of? fice of the State Superintendent of Education is sending out notices of the approaching meetings of the city superintendents and of the county su? perintendents of education. These meetings will be held during the Christmas holidays. Superintendent Martin says in his letter to the coun? ty superintendents: "As you will.remember, the County Superintendents' Association is due to meet here during the Christmas holi? days. The City Superintendents' Asso? ciation has already appointed its meeting for December 27 and 28. Railroad rates have been secured on the certificate plan for this occasion. I have thought best, therefore, to call the" County Superintendents' Associa? tion for the same date, namely, begin on the evening of December 27, at S o'clock, and adjourn at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the 28th. "Arrangements have been made for Prof. Joseph S. Stewart of the Uni? versity of Georgia to address a joint meeting of the two associations in the State house at 12 o'clock on December 28th on the subjject of high schools. If you have any suggestions to make as to topics to be discussed during the meeting of the County Superin? tendents' Association, please send them to me at once and I shall refer them to the executive committee for incorporation into the programme." DEPARTMENT DAILY PAPER. Keep Coinmission Will Recommend Publication of an Official Daily Gazette. Washington, Novemmber 25.-The Keep commission, appointed to in? quire into the business methods of the various departments, is considering the advisability of recommending to the president the establishment of an official daily gazette. The daily pa . per ""would contain all orders of the I departments. - . DRY COrXTY CCOXSTABI.ES. Governor Heyward Has Decided to Change His Policy. Columbia, November 25.-Governor Heyward decided today to make a de? cided change regarding his policy as to withdrawing constables from coun? ties voting out dispensary. In coun? ties going dry in the future the con? stables will be retained from the be? ginning, but in the case of these al? ready dry the old policy will remain in force of withdrawing the constables until the facts warrant their return. This was decided upon in order that the new policy might not have an ex post facto effect. In the case of Wil? liamsburg, which went dry this week the constables will be withdrawn. McCaw. Darlington Paid Up. Darlington, November 24.-No of? ficial levy has been made as yet, but County President E. M. Williamson, of the Cotton Growers' Association, ascertained today that Darlington county's proportion was $600 and he forwarded to President E. D. Smith ; this afternoon a check for that amount. The townships clubs of the Cotton Growers' Association met .Tuesday and adopted the plan of levying on each landlord an assess? ment of ten cents for each bale of cotton grown on his place. There was a prompt response today. Pres? ident Williamson is enthusiastic, and says that Florence has already adopted the plan used by his organization, and that other counties are inquiring about it, with a view of adopting it. Tiffi STATE HOUSE JOB. An Expert Architect From the North Roasts tl ie Work. Columbia, November 25.-In the State house suit today Architect W. M. Aiken, brought here from the North by the prosecution to examine into the work of the architect and contractors, was on the stand all this morning, and he made a powerful witness by his direct, incisive, ani? mated testimony. He went over both the work and the plans and specifica? tions in detail, and said that though the latter were vague, still if they had been followed the new work would have been in keeping with the old, and satisfaction would have re? sulted. He roasted the work general? ly, i McCaw. Manchester, England, November 25. -An earthquake shock was felt here last night. The shock awakened sleepers and knocked over chimneys on many houses. WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER. \ Judge Penfield Returns From Brazil. ! I Where He Investigated - Ger? many's Colonies. Washington, Nov. 26-The return I of Penfield of the State department from his more or less mysterious mis? sion to Brazil, has caused an immense amount of speculatation among those in Washington not on the inside. And in this case there are very few who are on the inside. The concensus of opinion seems to be that he was sent to South America for a more serious recreation that the inspection of con? sulates, which is one of the standing jokes of the department, and it is ru? more that his real mission was to look into the extent of German colon? ization in Brizil and see what effect if any it was likely to have on the Mon? roe doctrine. Now this if it was a fact, displays a rather apprehensive attitude on the part of the adminis? tration toward German doings in South America. It is no secret that Germany has for many years had a covetous eye on South America as a posible site for German colonies. She would like to plant them there if she could and'failing that, she wants all the Latin American trade she can get, which is after all only natural. The administration could have learned without going to the expensee of sending Judge Penfield ^to-*-?rSzil that Germany has already settled a very large number of her subjects there, that they do not take up the customs of the country and are not absorbed as they are in the United States. Also they have the bulk of the foreign trade there with England, France and the United States coming a good way after. Of course'if Ger? many ever feels that she is strong enough, she may try to ignore the doctrine which says the whole Ameri can continent is for Americans. Any nation will go just so far as she dares in trenching on another's rights if it suits her convenience. International law is not an exact science yet and there is little conscience in interna? tional dealings. The navy department ?sir.ee long before -Admiral Dewey's thrush with the German admiral at Manila has had a plan of sea cam? paign against Germany all plotted out and there are a great many officers who would like to try it in operation just to see how it would work. But it will in all probability be a very long time before there is even the possibil? ity of armed clash between the two countries and Judge Penfie?d's report to" the State department while it doubtless will be interesting is not likely to be of much importance. There is excellent neves for the manufacturers concerned in the an? nouncement of Secretary Shaw that he at least will not jeopardize the busi? ness interest of the country by recom? mending any financial legislation in his coming message. He has been "seen" by several important business delegations recently and assured them that the condition of the country was perfectly satisfactory from a financial standpoint and that so far as his ad? vice went the president would not in? corporate any financial recommenda? tion in his coming message. The sec? retary contented himself with gene? ralities and did not say what the fig gures would be a grat deal better than last year. It could be that with 9 out being very much. There will be another factor that will have to be reckoned with, how? ever, and that is the expenditures of the Panama Canal Commission that will have to be met out of the treasu? ry till a bill is passed authorizing the issue of bonds. The Spooner act au-' thorized the issue of bonds, it is true, but there will have to be additional legislation before they will be avail? able as the basis of Xationla bank cir? culation and unless they are made so available it will be hopeless for the government to dispose of them even at par. From one of the lessons learned in modern warfare and emphasized in the late Russo-Japanese war, Gen. Crozi? er, chief ordnance officer, has ordered entrenchment tools for the use of the enlisted men in the United States army. According to this order the en? tire army and part of the organized State militia will be supplied and every soldier will have a small steel shovel to carry with his other equip? ment. It will add something to the weight of his luggage but not more than has been taken off of the weight of the modern gun, and he will doubt? less be willing to carry it, for it will in many instances save his life. The improved rifles carry so far and have such penetrating power that there is scarcely any protection from them ex? cept a hole in the ground which this spade is intended to dig. Mrs. Roosevelt gave her first recep? tion of the season io the diplomatic corps on Friday afternoon when the ladies of all thc embassies were her guests. The invitations, issued through the state department, wore? in Mrs. Roosevelt's name only. The reception was in the "Blue Room" and Mrs. Roosevelt had the assistance of the naval and military aids assigned to the White House. These it will be remembered, are Lieuts. Grant, and Lee, the grandson and grandnephew of the distinguished leaders on opposite sides in the Civil war. Mrs. Roosevelt introduced this diplomatic reception three years ago in order that many of the newly arrived diplomats might meet her previous to the official re? ception of New Year's .day. There was no order of precedence observed as is th custom of Xew Year's and at other state functions. GLOOM IX UNION. Tlie Cotton Mill Failure Hit Local In? vestors a Hard Lick-Farmers Lose Cotton. Columbia, Xov. 27.-Persons who have visited Union (those causally manifesting a desire for information merely for private consumption as well as newspaper correspondents who were. eagerly searching for facts for publication) have been struck by the extreme reticence of the people of Union regarding the sub? ject of Mr. T. C. Duncan and his just? ly celebrated five milion dollar cotton mill failure. Union people 'shy off from the subject, as do the people of Darlington when the matter of Robert Keith Dargan and his failure and sui? cide arc mentioned in Darlington. The people of Union themselves have been struck a hard blow by this fail? ure. Although much of the stock was held by outside capitalists there is a large number of individual local hold? ings, some of them for large amounts. The story is going the rounds that one prominent Union man who lost over $75,000 by the failure has had his hair to turn snow white since the crash, although this is a man of less than forty years and owns early $200. worth of property outside his cotton mill interests. He is a altogether de? serving man and a capable business man. In the case of a prominent firm which has been prosperous there has been a combined, .loss on the part of its members of nearly $100,000. In addition to these there have been in? dividual losses in Union of from one to ten and twenty thousand. Mr. Dun? can still has his strong personal friends in Union, but their number has been greatly diminished of late. This little instructive incident comes to the knowledge of your cor? respondent from a reliable source: A few days ago a Union county farm? er walked into his lawyer's office at Union and related tire sad information that had just been imparted to him that there was neither any cotton in the warehouse nor its equivalent in money at the mill office for the 200 bales of cotton he had stored in Mr. Duncan's warehouse, and that he would have to bid thc price and value of the product of his toil an affection? ate farewell. The cotton market was on the rise at that time and he wanted to sell, and he wanted the lawyer to make the mill authorities 'come across" at once. The lawyer smiled a sad and bitter smile and said: "You had as well take steps to for? get that 200 bales of cotton, as many others similarly situated are doing. I invested $100,000 in those enterprises Take my certificates of stock and car? ry them down there to those mill of? ficers and tell them they can have them if they will take Tom Duncan out and hang. I mean it, cousin of min though he is." The farmer wended his way back home, but thoughts have not been re? corded cither in dashes and exclama? tion marks or otherwise. A RAILROAD HORROR. Twenty Passengers killed on a Mas? sachusetts Road. Boston, Xov. 27.-Twenty bodies have been received thus far from the wreck resulting from a rear end col? lison of the Montreal express with a local passenger near Bakers Bridge, on the Boston and Maine railroad yes? terday evening. More than twenty five injured have also reached here. The majority of the injured have been '< taken to the hospitals. The wreckage is still piled up on the track and it is ! thought that there may be more bod? ies beneath the pile of smouldering : debris that marks all that is left of < the two rear coaches of the local. The accident was one of the worst 1 ever occurred on the road. Fire add- ; ed its horror to the telescoped cars 1 and victims pinioned beneath the < wreck were burned to death. London, Xov. 28.-A dispatch to a j iK'ws agency from St. Petersburg says j that the entire Russian fleet is now ' in command of a revolutionary ad- < mirai and that the warships are i threatening to shell the town. j Have your cake, muffin cuit Lome-made. They wi cleaner, more tasty and wholes Royal Baking Powder helps th wife to produce at home, quickly anc nomically, fine and tasty cake, the raise hot-biscuit, puddings, the frosted layer cake, crisp cookies, crullers, crusts and muffins, with which the ready-made food found at the bake-shop or grocery does not compare. Royal is the greatest of bake-day helps. ROYAL BAKiNG POWDER CO., NEW YORK. 250th Anniversary. The two hundred and fiftieth anni? versary of the landing of the first par? ty of Jews on Manhattan Island is to be celebrated by the people of that race throughout the country on Sat? urday, the 25th instant. It is possi? ble that a few Jews had reached North America before this party ar? rived. But this was the first party, and their coming caused something of a commotion. They had been driv? en out of Brazil and took refuge in New Amsterdam because that was at the time Dutch terrritory and the Dutch had been less hostile to the Jewish race than other nations. Nev? ertheless. Governor Peter Stuyvesant would have driven the refugees away, but that he was forbid by the Dutch East India Company, in which there were Jewish stockholders. This party were so poor when they landed that their baggage had to be sold to pay their passage. That was the begin? ning of the Jews in New York. They now constitute one-sixth of the popu? lation of that great city and own one fifth of its wealth, their holdings be? ing estimated at a thousand million dollars. There are today more Jews in New York city than ever lived at one time in any other city-more than Jerusalem ever contained, more than there are today in the German Em? pire, France and Holland combined and twice as many as there are in all the British Empire and South Amer? ica. In the size of its Jewish popula? tion the United States, stands third among the countries of the world, and nearly half of all the Jews in the United States live in New York. The number of Jews in the world is esti? mated, in an instructive article by Charles M. Harvey in Leslie's Week? ly, at 11,000.000. Of these, accord? ing to Mr. Harvey's figures, 5,000.000 live in Russia, 2.000.OOO in Austria and 1.500.000 in the United States. In the number of its Jewish citizens the United States will soon stand first, for they are coming at this time to ou** shores at the rate of 100,000 a year, or 1,000,000 in a decade, and with the cruel persecutions in Russia the tide of emigration to this land of freedom and toleration will grow stronger. lt was said that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church. And so the Jews have thrived under persecution. Their industry is untir? ing, the perseverance is unceasing. They have triumphed over all obsta? cles-over prejudice, over persecu? tion, over jealousy, over unjust dis? criminations. For centuries they have been the leading bankers of the world and having their fingers on the purse strings it has often been for them to say whether nations shall go to war or remain at peace. Since more just.? and humane laws have admitted Jews into the walks of political life they have excelled as statesmen, as orators and as jurists. Disraeli, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, was a great statesman and a distinguished author. Judah P. Benjamin was one of the ablest of American lawyers. In all the walks of life Jews may be found in the front ranks. There are eminent Jewish lawyers, teachers, authors and physicians. There are among them ?reat bankers, successful merchants ind manufacturers, and in the hum? bler ranks of life they are busy work? ers. To this ancient race Christendom >wes its religion and the world its grandest literature. Its poetry and its history go back to remoi > ages, rhe seven hills of Rome, iii" Eternal ; "itv. were the homes of wild animals i ion riv three centuries after the i ?salms of David were written and 1 sung. The laws of the most enlight? ened nations and the Christian sys? tem of morals rest upon the Jewish code, which was promulgated more than 700 years before the birth of Solon, and Moses wrote history nearly nine hundred years before Herodotus, "the Father of History," was born. Ealtimore Sun. An Estimate From Sumter. Sumter, S. C., November 18, 1905. Editor "The Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin:'' As it may be of some interest to your readers to more fully acquaint themselves with the cotton situation, I give you the benefit of my reports on the cotton, an i that they may more fully appreciate the value of the same I give you my estimate for the pres 'ent year, and also my estimate made on December 1, 1904: 1904 to Xov. 1, 1905. Virginia. 16,605 12,146 X. Carolina.. .. 704,990 559,962 S. Carolina... . 11176,063 917,903 Georgia. 1,926.73S 1,593,796 Florida. SO.245 52,631 Alabama. 1.4SI.260 1,156,107 Tennessee. . .. 333,223 276,333 Mississippi. . . 1.S06.S35 1,223,937 Arkansas. 935,534 633,904 Louisiana .. .. 1.113.016 651.523 Texas. 3.21S.003 2,354,637 ludian Territory 4S0.73S 338,311. Oklahoma .. .. 339.025 231.529 Missouri. 51,7S1 40,415 Total. 13.664.056 9.90S.139 In the above estimate I have based my cLcuIations on the most reliable information, and while it will be slightly under in several states it will show at the end of the season to be not very far from right, and I may add that it will prove the maximum. In the Atlantic States it is slightly under what the crop will be. but Tex? as, Mississippi. Arkansas and Louisiana will not make near the orop indicated in this report, and all in al!, it will prove as indicated in my former esti? mates, less than ten million bales. Georgetown's Celebration. The people of Georgetown are mak? ing elaborate preparations for the en? tertainment of many thousands of vis? itors at the Centennial Celebration which will take place on December 19th. The railroads have granted a low rate and many from all parts of the State will no doubt avail them? selves of the opportunity to see the "awakening" thai- is so much talked about in the coast country of this State. Many pleasing and attractive features have been provided for the day. The marine parade will bc es? pecially attractive. The Thiri regi? ment will . attend in a body and many diversions are pro'mised. Inasmuch as this is the event of Georgetown's lifetime it is likely that the event will b?* tiade notable. ATTACK OX ODESSA. Mutinous Warships Sail From Sevas? topol to Attack Black Sea Moro pol is. Warsaw. Xov. 2S.-Advices receiv? ed today from Sevastopol state that the mutinous seamen who are in pos? session ol' two ot the warships in the port have weighed anchor and start-, cd for Odessa. The authorities at Odessa ha>> e re? ceived orders t<> prepare the coast battery and he ready for action lira inst the mutineers in ease it is necessary to defend the city. The nhabitants are panie stricken and are eaving the city in large numbers.