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o uti) V 01 THE SUMTER WATCHMAN", Established April, 1850. 'Be Jost and Fear not-Let all the ends Thon Aims't at be thy Country's, Tay God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, 186ft' olidated Lug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1905. New Series-Vol. XXY. No 25. Ck W?t?mai m?t Sratlnm Published Every Wednesday, -BY ?STEE? PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: $1.50 p?r annum-in advance. Advertisements: O?e 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 j for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects * will be charged for. A XOTABLE CASE IX DAKLLXGTOX Suit of the Charleston Savings Institu? tion Against the Darlington Trost Company. Darlington, December 21.-The first reference in the case of the Charleston Savings Institution against the Darlington Trust Company was , held in Darlington today, before Thos. H. Spain, special referee. This i3 an action to. set aside a deed of the prop? erty formerly known as the Enterprise Hotel Company to the Darlington Trust Company. f The late Mr. Robert Keith Dargan president* of both the companies, id the Charleston institution claims it the deed is a fraudulent one, for ie reason that the 'directors of neith one of the institutions knew uny of the conveyance; that Mr. his father and mother, were ?tically the owners of the Enter? prise Hotel Company, and that, using his offices as president of both con? cerns, he unloaded at a fictitious price.1 s for mozje than the property was worth, the^ Enterprise Hotel Company on the ^arlington Trust Company with? out the knowledge or consent of the directors of these institutions. Messrs. Joseph VV. Barnwell, "Don _^ald M. Frost and P. A. Wilcox werev prese*h%. . representing the Charleston Savings Institution and Messrs. Geo. H. Edwards, W. H. Stevens and W. P. Dargan represented the Darlington Trust Company. Several witnesses, among them A. G. KolloCk. D. D., Witcover, S. Wol? fram, formerly directors in the de? funct Trust Company, were intro? duced and their testimnoy tended to show that the matter was never re? ferred to a'full meeting of the direc? tors, but it was developed that several of them were advisory directors only, - and were not present at all of the - meetings held. Several documents . among them the deed from the Hotel Company to the Trust Company and the teller's book of the Trust Com? pany, were introduced in "evidence. Nothing of a sensational nature W^LS developed in the testimony today. The hearing was adjourned, subject to the call of the referee. COL. FULLER'S REPORT. The Condition ot the State Militia Commented On. Columbia, December 21.-Col. E B. Fuller, ?he United States army of? ficer stationed here to report on the condition of the national guard of this State, has submitted his annuual re? port to Governor Heyward. The re? port is very full in every detail and Colonel Fuller goes / into the weak? nesses of our militia as he sees it from the standpoint of a trained army of? ficer. In the very first paragraph he calls attention to the requirements of the new code which makes it necessa? ry for officers to stand an examination for their positions and commends the action of the adjutant general in re? quiring this. Colonel Fuller calls attention to the reduction of the militia as required by law and states that from a purely military standpoint there should have been a further reduction. The annual inspections are? touched on and at? tention is called to a number of com? panies that did not attend these in? spections as ordereS1, and the poor at? tendance in the companies mentioned. There is also mention made of the loss of property, belonging to the gov? ernment by the carelessness of the commanding^ officers The adjutant general now requires that these offi? cers be put under bond. There is little improvement in tar? get practice and there is need otf more attention along this line. Acknowl? edgement is made of the attention shown the officer by the adjutant gen? eral's department. The first annual meeting of the ^South Carolina division of the South? ern Cotton Association will be held In Columbia in January and the lead? ers in this movement are now pre? paring for the gathering. It is ex? pected" that there wili be a large at? tendance and that the meeting will be one-of great interest. THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD NOT DELAY. Senator Tiiiman Says the Tribunal is itself on Trial. PEOPLE DISTRUST THE BOARD. Defeat of the Dispensary Under Brice Law ElectioTis a Protest Against the Management. Augusta, Ga., December 21.-Sana tor Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina was in the city today for a few hours. "The senator was able to talk for only a short while but during that time he said a few things about politics that are of interest to the pub? lic. ?Senator Tillman was asked as to the dispensary situation in South Carolina and he said that in his opinion the re? cent voting out of the dispensary in the various counties was but an ex? pression of the people of dissatisfac? tion; with the present hoard of direc 'tors 'of that institution. . .'Senator, what do you think of the recent actions by the Supreme court of South Carolina?'' asked the\state's representative. "In my opinion the supreme court is trying to shirk the duty imposed upon it by law. They have tried ev? ery means to avoid the issue and the people have the right to demand that these questions be settled at once." "What do you think of the investi? gating commission?" ,4The commission started right and as yet have only scratched the sur? face of the rottenness of th? dispen? sary and if they had been empowered by the legislature or authorized by the courts to imprison witnesses for con? tempt no doubt they would have ac? complished much. But as it now is, the commission is under the concur? rent resolution passed by the legisla? ture, powerless to compel the witness? es to testify, and while L^doubt very much if the commission can legally do so, the supreme court ought to de? cide the point. If the court will say that the commission has the right to rule, witnesses in contempt then they can accomplish much. This point should be decided by the court with? out- further delay, for the court now has the entire confidence of the peo? ple but if they shirk their duty this time their usefulness to a large ex? tent is at an end." - Senator Tillman here went on to say that the action of the court in dodging the issue will have the effect of ending the.work of the investigat? ing commission, for the legislature meets on the 9th of January and at the present rate the court would not have decided the question by that time. j The senator said that the commis? sion had done good work and if it had not been hampered by the defective resolution it would have undoubtedly been able to show to the legislature at the next session some things that would have enabled the legislature to take some decisive action. "I cannot understand," said the senator, "how the lawyers in the leg? islature could have permitted such a resolution to pass. It was only a con? current resolution and did not receive the signature of the governor and I do not think that the commission thus created can rule a witness in contempt. But at present the com? mission is bound and unless the court grants the power sought by it the members will ?only have scratched the rottenness." "What do you think of the recent voting out of the dispensary in the va? rious counties and especially in Edge field, your home county?" "Weil, to start with, the Brice law only allows about one-third of the people to vote and I take voting out of the dispenasry by these counties is a protest against the manner in which the present board of directors conduct the business." "What about the board of control now in office?" "I understand that at the next meeting of the legislature the, present members will stand for re-election, using this as a means to get vidica tion from the charges that have been so sweepingly made. Li they do stand all that I am going to do is to watch and see the men who vote for them. Then ? can tell the honest men in thb legislature from the dishonest ones." / From the senator's manner at this juncture it was easily seen that the present board would not get his vote if he were in the legislature. Senator Tillman said that in his mind there is no doubt that the leg? islature will at its next session discuss the dispenasry matter* thoroughly and but for the commission being practically powerless in the legislature would undoubtedly have come defin? ite information to work upon. From the dispensary situation the talk drifted into the national political pot and when asked as to the recent ousting of Bishop, the $10,000 press agent on the canal commission, Sena? tor Tillman said that Bishop was a personal friend of Roosevelt and thai no matter what action was taken hy? the congress Bishop will get a soft berth somewhere. In this connection it will be interesting to note in this morning's dispatches the information that Roosevelt has appointed Bishop a member of the canal commission at a salary aggregating the amount he previously received. Senator Tillman said that the matter of the press agent was so unusual that even the influence of the president could not deter the senate from taking definite steps. The senator gave the impres? sion that he believed that Roosevelt will, at all hazards, provide good jobs for his friends. . "Bishop to Roosevelt is an alter ego," said Senator Tillman with em? phasis which seemed to indicate that the fight on Bishop was not yet ended. When the senator was asked as to the action of congress in the matter of the .examination of the national banks, he said that as it had come out in the insurance investigations that there had been contributions i made to the Republican campaign fund many thought it" wise to see if the national banks had a hand in the matter. As the men in the banks who are Democrats were at that time j "Gold Bugs" and endeavoring to de? feat Bryan it was folly to look to them for any information and the only way that .this could be arrived at would be through a committee appointed by congress. This was the reason, said the senator, for the move for the ex? aminations of the banks and he thought that the matter would have some attention after the Christmas holidays.-The State \ COTTON ROOT BARK SALABLE. The Methods of Preparation for Market-What it Is Worth. To the Editor of the News and Courier: The large manufacturing drug houses are again, in the market for cotton root bark. At present prices for farm labor and the known value of such labor in planting fall sown crops, no cotton grower can afford to gather cotton root-bark ?or less than ten. cents per pound, delivered at the nearest rail? road station. If growers ' will stand firm and refuse to gather or sell for less than ten cents, they can secure that price The method for preparing cotton root-bark for market is as follows: 1. Only the bark of the root belcw ground is wanted. Iriis may be col? lected at any time after the lint ir, gathered until earry spring or uni:! such time as the bark when peeled shows black streaks sn inner side 2. Cotton root-bark must oe-strip? ped from the woody core while frosh. The fresh bark peels very easily and should be removed as whole as possi? ble. Before peeling wash the roots free from sand and clay. Dry the peeled bark under a shed or other water-tight cover. Turn -the bark ev? ery day until as dry as hay. Drying takes about a week. 3. The dry bark ma, be packed in clean sacks, barrels, or boxes. Drug? gists will not buy less than one hun? dred pounds. Most of the larger man? ufacturing druggists will buy good bark in lots of one ton or more. 4. To secure sale for cotton root bark growers should first collect a small lot of three or four pounds or so and dry it carefully. Then mai: samples of about iou:- ounces to each of the houses named below, stating how much bark can bo supplied. u. We advise that the bark be sold f. o. b. at nearest depot, and that no offer of less than 10 cents per pound i be accepted. If no satisfactory offer is received from the samples sent, do not collect more bark. 6. All the firms named below buy cotton root-bark: Sharpe & Dohme, Baltimore, Md.; Huth Bros. & Co., Baltimore, Md.; Higgins & Walters, Baltimore, Md.; Davis & Davis, Baltimore, Md.; J. L. Hopkins & Co., New York; Schief flin & Co., New York, N. Y.; Parke Davis ?fe Co., Detroit, Mich.; Freder? ick Stearns & Co., Detriot, Mich. Gerald McCarthy, Biologist, North Carolina Department of Agri .culture. . Mr. John H. Marshall, for many years a member of the News and Courier staff, has decided to retire from the newspaper business and will go into the grain and brokerage busi? ness. ""he Charleston county board of control has ordered all dispensers in Charleston to cut out their telephones. X- -" .'->.-.::.: can be ordered hy tole GOVERNMENT CLAIMS CONTROL IN MOSCOW. Fighting, However, Continues and Rein forcements Are Coming. TROOPS GUILTY OF SAVAGE TORTURES. Many Innocent Citizens Have Suffered at the Hands of Insurrectionists. Troops Riding Through City and Firing on Least Provocation. St. Petersburg, via Odessa, Decem? ber 26.-The troops at Moscow have secured partial control of the city, but ; fighting continues in many of the out : lying districts. The revolutionists have sent urgent appeals to other cities for assistance, and it is stated that 30,000 strikers from Suevo with artillery from Lithuani? are now marching toward Moscow to assist the insurrectionists. The government is censoring all messages from Moscow, so that it is impossible to learn the true conditions existing there. Trav? elers who left Moscow Sunday, how? ever, say that though the strikers were being beaten in street battles they were fighting with the utmost courage, and had inflicted great losses on the troops. The soldiers are re? ported to have lost 800 men up to Sunday. The troops have been ren? dered extremely savage on account of their losses. Their officers find it in? possible to restrain the men from per? petrating the most savage tortures on anyone failing into their hands. Pa? trols of troops are riding through the city firing immediately if they see even three or tour people together on the street. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of Interest Condensed and Par? agraphed for Quick Reading. I The Brice law election held in Sa? luda county Tuesday resulted in a large majority against the retention of the dispensary. Waverly /airman has been ""given a verdict of $1,250 against the Sea? board Air Line by the Yovkville court. He sued for $20,000. Exports of cotton goods to China have been as follows: For the ten ?months ending October 19, 1904, $9, 657,707. For the ten months ending October 31, 1905, $27,405,475. This shows where the surplus cotton is go? ing and why cotton is high. .While out bird huting Saturday af? ternoon, near Patrick, Chesterfield county, Luke Poison accidentally shot his first cousin, Frank Poison, who died from the effects of the wound on Sunday morning. The load of Xo. 4 birdshot struck young Poison in the abdomen. The boys were about 18 years old. The boys were about 18 a verdict of accidental killing. Governor Heyward has received from Dr. James Evans the ?nnual re? port of the state board of health. Dr. Evans calls attention to a number of matters of various import and finally recommends that a State health ofhcei should be employed. A Confessed Bigamist Blows Out His Brains. Norfolk, Va., December 22.-B. J. Gibbons, aged 37 years, after leaving a letter in which he. admitted he was a bigamist and expressed undying love for two wives, put a bullet through his head at his Norfolk home today, dying in a short time. Mrs. Gibbons No. 1, with her two young children, is here, while, accord? ing to the letter left by Gibbons, wife No. 2, whom he married in Valdosta. Ga., December 14, is now at a hotel in Atlanta, Ga. Nothing has been found to indi? cate who wife No. 2 was prior to he? marriage to Gibbons except an affec? tionate letter signed "Emma" and written from some point in Florida to Gibbons before their marriage. Gibbons formerly was a Methodist preacher in Princess Anne county, Maryland, where he married wife No. 1 10 years ago," but lately has been employed as a traveling salesman for a Richmond house. Gibbons, who had been away from his Norfolk home for several weeks, returned last night, telling his wife here that he had been on a visit to their old home in Princess Anne, Maryland. Glad He is Dead. Atlanta, Ga., December 22.-Mrs. B. J. Gibbons, the second living wife of B. J. Gibbons, who committed sui? cide at Norfolk, Ya., today, when seen late last night, said: "I am glad he is dead. I have no regrets to ex? press." Mrs. Gibbons No. 2 was form? erly Miss Emma Holcomb of Valdos? ta, Ga., where she was recently mar? ried to Gibbons. She said she would make ^e^home in Atlanta. The Absolutely Pure ? Baking Powder Made of Cream of Tartar, and Free From Alum or Phosphatid Acid Royal Baking Powder renders bread, biscuit, cake and all flour foods liner and more healthful. Baking powders made from alum, phosphates and other harsh, caustic acids are lower in price, but they are injurious ta the stomach. " The mjurious effect of alum on the pucous coat of the stomach is positive and beyond dispute; it is both an irritant and an astringent The use of alum in any article of food or article used in the preparation of food should be prohibited. ? JOHN C. WISE. M.D., MecBcal Inspector, U S. Navy. RATES FOR CONVENTION. The Railroads Have Announced a Rate One Fare for Round Trip to New Orleans. Nev/ Orleans, December 21.-Rail- j roads in the cotton belt of the South have announced a rate of one fare for the round trip for the mass conven? tion of the Southern Cotton Associa? tion to be held in New Orleans Jan? uary, ll, ^2 and 13. This is the same rate given last January -wh-sn tire , farmers, merchants and bankers from Virginia to Okte.homa to the number of 3,000 met at New Orleans to organ? ize the association. The coming meet? ing is the first general convention to have been held since the original meet? ing and indications point to even a larger attendance. President Jordan states that he would like to see 5,000 delegates at New Orleans and in view of the remarkable and enthusiastic co-operation of the cotton producers during their eleven months of organi? zation, Mr. Jordan's estimate may not fall much short of the desired num-'1 ber. The New Orleans mevting will be held under the auspice of the New -Orleans Progressive Tnion and New Orleans Cotton Excha-ige who are de? fraying all expenses. Secretary Henry Mayo of the New Orleans Progressive Union announces that Odd Fellows' Hall has been selected as the meeting place. This is one of the largest halls in the city and is on Camp street fac? ing tlie square opposite the city hall, just five blocks from Canal street, is well heated and lighted and conven? ient to the various exchanges, the ho- j tels and all street car lines. To Create High Schools. Columbia, Dec. 20.-The Southern Education Board has offered to sup? ply a salary of $1,500 a year to any ; university in the South to engage a 1 man to push high school work in the I State. The offer has been accepted by thc University of Georgia, and if the uni? versity idea of the trustees of South Carolina College is carried out it will be made to this State. The facts were learned this morning from the State superintendent of edu? cation, who is receiving letters regard? ing the meeting of the county and city superintendents of education to be held here December 27 and 2S. From letters received it is evident that there will be a very large attendance, and the speaker at the joint session will be Professor Jos. S. Stewart who holds the position in the University of Geor? gia mentioned above. Mr. Stewart will address the meeting on his work in Georgia as outlined. The meeting of the county superin? tendents will be held in the Senate chamber at the Capitol, and the. meet? ing of the city superintendents will be held in the parlors of the Jerome Ho? tel. Among the prominent educators from other states who will be pres? ent, is Prof. Lawton B. Evans, of Au? gusta. Lancaster, December 20.-Bess Reed, colored, fourteen years old. was accidentally killed today on W Mci). Brown's river plantation. While play? ing about the gin house her clothes caught in the shafting, hurling her against the ground and breaking her neck. LESSON OE THE CHICAGO SMASH? Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, Inter? prets to the Public the Meaning cf the Recent Financial Sensation Itt Chicago. To the Eidtor of the News and Cou? rier: Queer how long it takes the pub? lic and then the press to find that a cjiaiii, even a frenzied finance ^"K is not endless once a link has dropped out, to say nothing of a dozen linkst I was obliged to send the public a " year's^COjrtouou^^i^^ Insur? ance befc*?eThey realized the fact that the big thieves were the ones yet out side prison. The result of my first message tc* the President calling ripon him to* jump examiners into banks and trust companies simultanoeusly, so assets could not be shifted, was the fail of Walsh's chain structures. Walsh's statement of yesterday covers the grafting to a jointed fit. "If I had more time I would have pulled, through and made millions for my? self and associates." " That is what I have been calling at? tention to. If the big frenzied finan? ciers are only given time enough to juggle people's savings, they caa make millions, but if they slip up, the people take the loss. Walsh's shortage of six to twelve millions was nobly taken care of yesterday by-No, no,, by the frenzied financiers with their own money, but with the money of the people in the banks controlled hy? the frenzied financiers, and the excuse ! was as good as the pickpocket's, who j frankly told the Judge: "I need the j mun." j The frenzied financiers said in sub? stance: "We are all loaded with stocks and if we don't stand by one another there will be a panic, and we will, lose," so they baled in another six to I twelve millions, and if they pull: ! through they will get the benefits. If i not, the public will get what they are ; now so well used to. But, will their 'baling go for naught? For the coun ? try is honeycombed with such chain? I as Walsh's, and I am calling the at j tention of the authorities to them, j There is one in the northwest of eight banks and trust companies, one in Ohio of five at least, two more in Ch?-_ cago, one in Boston, and Nev/ EnglancL of 23, another of eight, while in New York one at least of ever 80, and another of 30 edd, and the Lord only knows how many more, all of which' will go whenever the Washington au? thorities pounce on them simulta? neously without giving them a chance to swap assets. The men who stacked another six to twelve millions of depositors' sav? ings behind the Walsh's plunge yes? terday should be given the same med? icine as Milwaukee Bigelow got, and. they probably will after the next one or two exposures, which are now on* the way. Thomas W. Lawson. Boston, Mass., December 19. C. P. Price has been arrested in Greenville for the illegal practice of" medicine on a warrant sworn out by Dr. Davis Furman, president of the South Carolina Medical Society. The barn and stables of H. T. Thom? as, of Bethune, were burned Thurs? day. Three horses and a number of vehicles, besides corn and forage,, were destroyed.