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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. u>n<?>Hd&ted Aug. 2,18SI. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 31, 1906. THE TRUE SOT7THROX, Established Jone, 1866 New Series-Vol. XX?. No 28 Jfe Ratete w? Sartfenra. Published Every Wednesday, -BY OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: ?1.50 per annum-in advance. Advertisements: One Square first insertion.$1.50 Every subsequent insertion. 50 j 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. LIQUOR BELLS HELD UP. No More Bills to Be Paid Until They Are Scrutinized by the Investigating Committee. Columbia, January 25.-The dis? pensary investigating committee held a meeting this afternoon. Under the provisions of the Act just passed the committee is given the right to hold up payments of such claims against the dispensary as it wishes until it examines the books, correspondence and records on which such payments are claimed, and provision is made that no claim need be paid until the account is presented in person. I The committee hopes to get son^e information in this way. The com? mittee this- afternoon gave Messrs. Christensen and " Lyon authority to hold up any and all such oils as they thought necessary. The sub-committee had advised Commissioner Tatum not to pay any bills until the committee specifically authorizes such payments, and Com? missioner Tatum will be formally ad? vised that under the provisions of the Act he should not pay any bills. All bills are to be held up. There has already been considerable complaint about this provision, but the committee intends to follow the Act, and, as this is the only hold that it has, expects to see what it will 'do. It is likely that all bills will be held up until this committee has ample time in which to examine them and this will probably be for two or three weeks or more. Meanwhile.- the dis? pensary hardly has the cash on hand with which to meet the bills, many of which, however, are not yet due. On ihe ls? of December the dis? pensary owed* fon stock and supplies $544,000 according to its report. The committee will hardly pay or authorize j . the payment of any bills for'liquors that may now come in, or which may have \bcen ordered in the last few i days or weeks, because the State lias j stock on hand of a million dollars, and j under the Mower Act the dispensary i is restricted to a stock of $400,000,\l and it is held that all stock in excess j of $400,000 is bought in violation of law, and should never have been or? dered under the terms of the Acts of the State. The committee has agreed to hold its first public meeting under the new Act on "Wednesday in <sw\xx*i bia. This meeting will be public, and it I is likely that the first afternoon will \ be consumed with the Spartanburg I muddle, in which there is no real inter- j est. The session will be held at 3:30 j o'clock, and it is hoped that the Su- | preme Court room can be obtained J for the hearings that are to begin next ! Wednesday afternoon. WOFFOI?D BOY KILLED. Grady Miller, of Alabama, Fatally ? i Wounded a "Negro and Was Himself j KMed. Montgomery, Ala., January 26.-A special to The Advertiser from Flo rala, Ala., says: Grady Miller, the 16-year-old son of Dr. R. L. Miller, was last night shot and killed by the negro porter of the Lake View hotel. There were no eye witnesses to the shooting, but the pis- : to! shots were heard. A search was made and nearby was found the negri.. . in a dying condition. He lived long enough to say that he and Mi?lcr had engaged in a pistol duel. There is no way to ascertain the cause of the trag? edy. Young Miller was home for a few days from Wofford College. S. C., where he had been attending school, j CARNATION DAY. A Sentimental Tribute to tho Memory of President McKinley. ? Washington, January 20.-Crinia- : tion dav was generally observed at j the capital and by thousands of pri? vate citizen^, o face-holders and visi? tors who are wearing President Mc? Kinley's favorite flower today. Great boquets of carnations occupied the place cf honor on the desks of Pres? ident Roosevelt and Secretary Loeb. THE LEGISLATURE. Dispensary Investigating: Committee Asks for More Money. Columbia, January 23.-Among tho new bills introduced ^n the House today was one by Mr.] Nash appro? priating $30,000 for a State exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition, and 'one by Mr. Lyon to give the investi? gating, committee 310,000 ?more for expenses. This brings the total ap? propriation for the committee up to $13,000, $9,000 of" which have al? ready been spent. The Senate today killed the John? son bill to prevent strikes and lock-, outs in cotton mills by injunction powers against the mill managements by a vote of 21 to 16. The house passed Brantley's bill re quiring $500 county license of medi? cine peddlers and requiring their stuff to be labeled and endorsed by some reputable physician. McCaw. Columbia, January 26.-The dis? pensary investigating committee today sent a letter to Commissioner- Tatum directing him to hold up payment on accounts of every description except pay of constables and dispensary em? ployes. Josh Ashley made a vigorous fight against Mr. McFadden's bill author? izing the police of cities of not less than ten thousand inhabitants to make arrests within three miles of the city limits, but the House not only snowed him under, but amended the bill so as to apply to all cities and towns. Ashley's kinsmen have had trouble about scooting up the, town of Honea Path. The Debate on the Morgan local option bill was adjourned until Mon? day night at the request of both sides in order to get a fuller hearing. The House killed Mr. Clay's bill ex? empting cotton mill operatives from road duty and Mr. D. O. Herbert's bill exempting miltary from road and jury duty. McCaw. The Senate. Columbia, January 26.-The Senate reported favorabl bill to revoke Rich? land Distilling Co.'s charter, on San? der's anti-Bucket Shop bill and un? favorably on the oil inspection bill. The Senate adopted concurrent res? olution calling, on the State board of education to make as few changes as possible in the school text books. It passed the biennial session bills. It refused to kill Blease's bill re? quiring the State colleges to give ten days Christmas holidays. This is dif? ferent from the House bill which gives two weeks. The House killed Brice's bill pro? viding for election of school trustees by popular vote. McCaw. Columbia, January 27.-No business j of particular interest was transacted ; by either house of the legislature to- j day. They were typical Saturday ses- j sions on both sides, the day being spent in clearing the calendars of un- j contested local bills. A great mass of these were passed in each house. Columbia, January 23.-Both the Senate and the House today passed a great mass of third reading bills, the product of Saturday's passing of local i uncontested matters. The House killed Mr. McFadden's bill allowing police to make arrests within three miles of city limits, and Josh Ashley was overjoyed. It passed Mr. Arnold's bill, to allow all school ? districts to vote bonds for school pur? poses without coming to the legisla? ture for permission, j The Bankers' Association bill pro? viding for the appointment of a State ? bank examiner and assistant was dc 1 bated, but did not. reach a vote. c _1_ j In the Senate. ! Senator Maul din's bill to declare I Calhoun's birthday a holiday in th-, schools got back on t.he calendar I through courtesy to the author and ithe Senate reversed itself and passed the bill. i The Senate, by a vote of 20 to 12, .indefinitely postponed the bill to re : peal the law providing for extra terms of court, by special judges, which means that Representative Cochran's bill on the same subject is doomed, although the House favors it. McCaw. Columbia. January 30.-The Senate passed the House Winthrop College Christmas Holiday bill today, but in an amended form so it will have to go back to the House. Senator Cole Blease in his remarks in favor of the J bill referred to "lobbying by wire from Washington" against the bill, but he mention... d no names. Congressman Legare did some of the wiring, it is j understood. McCaw. Richland county has been so well manage d in the past year that -the taxes will be reduced. IGEN. JOSEPH WHEELER ! WAS L?1D TO RES i j Willi Military Honors in Arlington Cerne J iery Monday Afternoon. ! PRESIDENT ATTENDED THE FUNERAL Body Lay in State ali thc Morning, and Was Viewed By Thousands. United Daughters of the Confeder? acy Sent Appropriate Floral Tribute. Washington, January 20.-With all honor due his rank, Gen. Joseph Wheeler was bui'ied in Arlington cem? etery this afternoon. The remains were followed from the capitol to the place of herioc dead among the Vir? ginia hills by men who had fought under him in two wars, and beneath two flags. Behind the caisson on which the body was borne marched veterans of the Confederate army and of the Spanish-American war. All the morning the remains iay in state at St. John's Episcopal church and were viewed bj* an almost con? tinual stream of government officials, army and navy officers and plain citi? zens. The body arrived last night accom? panied by immediate members of the family. From the station it was es? corted to the church by detailed mem t b?rs of the United Spanish American war veterans in full uniform under command of Major Hodgson. Through? out the night they kept vigil beside the body, being relieved this morn? ing by a similar detail from the reg? ular army. At 10 o'clock the church doors were thrown open for the view? ing of the remains. Across the top of casket was laid the general's dress uniform, hat and sword and about it were arranged an hundred or more? beautiful floral tributes, among them being one sent by the United Daugh? ters of the Confederacy, a represen? tation of stars and bars in roses, bear? ing the letters, "U. D. C." The funeral services at 2 o'clock were attended by President Roosevelt and several members of his cabinet and a large concourse of army and navy officers. The seivices were co*? ducted by Rev. Roland Cotton Smith, rector of the church, assisted by Rev.-J Earnest A. Stiles, of St. Thomas' church, of Xew_ York. The body was j carried from the church to the flag draped caisson in waiting without by ) six non-commissioned officers of the United States army, passing between two lines of Confederate veterans. The official escort to the cemetery consisted of a battalion of engineers, squadron of cavalry with band and a battery of field artillery. A brief service was held followed by the firing of three volleys and the sounding of I taps. The organizations that participated in the funeral were Camp "A," Wheel? er's calvary, composed of men who fought under the general in the Civil War. They came to Washington from Atlanta on a special train, arriving last i night. A KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HOME. Cities or Towns Who Wish thc Home are Asked to Make Their Wishes Known. j Columbia, January 25.-At the last ! meeting of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias a commission, con? sisting of Henry T. Thompson, of Co? lumbia; Chas. C. Simms, of Barnwell, and Geo. S. Mower, of Newberry, wa. appointed to report on the desirabilitv of a permanent, home for the Knights of Pythias, and thc location thereof. ?This commission met here this after ?noon, and will report that it thinks it j extremely advisable to have such a ?home. The commission had hoard of j the desire of certain communities to ? have this permanent home, and any and all interested are invited to com? municate with Col. Henry T. Thomp? son, chairman of the commission and he will give full information. Any j <?;Ters or in duermen ts should be ad? dressed to Coi. Thompson, in Colum ' bia. and he will, ol course, hold nh ?sealed propositions for ih< entire com? mission. The out:n,,\- is decidedly fa v 3:J..'1,; tor the building of >.. ch a per? manent home for the Knights of the State. The committee will receive bids on their central home until April 1. Charleston is to be mad-.- port of call as soon as the wir. less telegraph is in full oj?.-rat?(m. T; Mathis, a negro, who raped a ne? gro girl in Saluda county, has bren captured and committed to jail. Mr. Phillip Hambright. aged 60, was found dead in a field near his home in Cherokee county Wednesday. it is not known whether his death was due to natural causes or to foul play. GEN. WHEELER DEAD. The Old Cou federa te Succumbs to Pneumonia After Brief Illness. Sketch of His Life. . New York, January 25.-Gen. Jos? eph Wheeler, C. S. A., and a brigadier j ! general of the United Slates army ? since the war with Spain, died at 5:35 j . o'clock yesterday afternoon at the ! i home of his sister, Mrs. Sterling Smith, in Brooklyn. j - j Joseph Wheeler, soldier, born in Au- i gusta. Ga.. September 10. 1S26. He j ! was graduated at the United States ? .Military Academy in 1859 and assign j ed to the dragoons. After a year's ; service at the cavalry school for prac ! tice at Carlisle Pa., he received the ! full rank of second lieutenant, but on ?April 22, 1S61, resigned and entered ?the Confederate army. He was made I colonel of the Nineteenth Alabama in j fantry on September 4, 1S61, and served principally in the West. At Shiloh he commanded a brigade and covered the Confederate retreat from the field. In July, 1862, he was transferred to a cavalry command and engaged in raiding Western Tennes? see. During the Kentucky campaign of that year he had charge of Gen. Braxton Bragg's cavalry and fought at Green River and Perryville. He com? manded the rear guard of the Confed? erate army when it retreated into Tennessee, and on October 30, 1862, was promoted to brigadier general. At Murfreesboro he was in charge of the cavlary, and thereafter he was contiuously active in contesting Gem "William S. Rosecrans' advance, also attacking his flanks, raiding in the rear and destroying his trains. On January 19, 1S63, he received his com? mission as major general and oppos? ed the Union advance at Chattanooga. He commanded the cavalry at Chick amauga and after the battle crossed Tennessee ^*iver and fell upon Rose? crans' line of communications, de? feating the force that was sent against him and destroying over 1,200 wagons with stores. On this raid he ?suceeded in damaging federal prop? erty to the value of $3,000,000, but, after losing 600 men, was driven back to northern Alabama. Subsequently he took part in the siege of Knoxville and covered Bragg's retreat from Lin? coln Ridge and Lookout Mountain. During the winter and spring he icontiually harassed the Union troops. ?and on the advance of Gen. William [T. Sherman's army toward Atlanta, he j opposed every movement and fought j almost daily, often with his men dis I mounted. July 27-30 he fought the [raiding force cf Gen. Geo. Stoneman, j Gen. Kenner Gerard and Gen. Ed ; ward M. McCook, and captured many j prisoners, including Gen. Stoneman j and all the artilieiy and transporta? tion. On August 9. 1S64, he was sent .by Gen. John D. Hood to capture the [national supplies, burn bridges and 'break up railways in the rear of Gen. ! Sherman's army. Passing through northern Georgia, he went into east , ern Tennessee as far as as the Ken? tucky* line, and thence through mid die Tennessee back into northern Ala j bama. During this raid, which lasted i one month, he was continuously en ' gaged and ruined much property. He j was unsuccessful in destroying Sher ? man's communications, and was final {ly driven back by the national cavalry, j When the Confederate commander be ' came convinced of the impossibility . of arresting Sherman's advance, j "Wheeler was sent in front of the army to prevent the Union troops from raid? ing and foraging. He then engaged in the defense of Savannah, and for his defense of Aiken received the thanks of the legislature of South ; Carolina. Gen. Wheeler received his ?promotion to the rank of lieutenant 'genera; on Febraury 23, 1355. and continued in charge of the cavalry un ; der Gen. Joseph E. Johnston until the : surrender in April, 1S65. Tho death og Gen. James E. E. Stuart, on Moy ll, . l;>64. made him senor ea vally general of the Confederate army. After the war. he studied law. which, orofession j and the occupation of cotton plant? ing ho followed until 1SS?, when he ' was elected to congress as a Demo ? erat and took his seat on December 5. ; ISSI; hut his place was successfully ?contested hy Wm. M. L.->we. and he i was unseated June 3. 1SS2. He was relected to the same congress on the death of Mr. Lowe, a few months later, and served until after the war with Spain. In May, 1S9S, he was made major general and was active in the war with Spain. Tried to KU! Himself. Gaffney, January 26-Pryor Scruggs who is in je.ii charged with attempted assault "?i a negro woman, attempted to hang himself with his bedding, and win n prevented tri"3 to hill himself by eating In's electric globe. Xot all women who are proud of! their figures are expert calculators. Have your cake, muffins, and'tea bis? cuit home-made. They will be fresher* cleaner, more tasty and wholesome. Royal Baking Powder helps the house wife to produce at home, quickly and eco? nomically, fine and tasty cake, the raised 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. DISPENSARY DISTRIBUTION. Large Fund for Public Schools-Hun tired Thousand Dollars. Columbia, January 25.-Comptroll er General Jones today announced the final distribution OJ: the State dispen? sary profits for 1905 which, go to the school fundas of the various counties. Another distribution hud already been made. The total, in this final distri? bution is sligtly over one hundred dollars. The following is a statement of the division: Abbeville.$ 3,079 70 Aiken. 2,S80 75 Anderson. 4,560 75 Bamberg. 1,467 75 Barnwell. 2,425 IO Beaufort. 1,3S0 SO Berekeley.. 1,S66 65 Charleston. 4,5S0 25 Cherokee. 1,537 60 Chester. 2.163 10 Chesterfield. 1,516 75 Clarendon. 2,132 00 Colleton. 2.00S 75 Darlington. 2,003 25 Dorchester. 1,021 70 Edgefield. 2,094 30 Fairfield. 2.511 60 Florence. 2.231 60 Gcorgtown. 1.149 05 Greenville. 4.224 20 Greenwood. 2,531 50 Hampton. 1.723 $5 Horry.. 2.101 50 Kershaw. 1,601 95 Lancaster. 2.235 35 Laurens.. 2,741 35 Lee. 1,544 50 Lexington. 2.31S 20 Marion. 2.S79 75 Marlboro. 1,779 65 Newberry. 2,392 S5 Cconee. 2.0S5 40 Orangeburg. .... 4.93S75 Pickens. 1.S07 40 Richland. 3.037 S5 Saluda. 1,SS5 45 Spartanburg. 5.242 10 Sumter. 2,440 45 Union. 2.153 50 Williamsburg. 2.316 15 York. 3.497 35 Total.? 100.241 50 The total amount of State dispensa? ry profits during 1905 was $1CS. 675.77. Tho balance from the pre? vious year was $50,000. The total dis? tributed was $2IS.675.77, paid out as follows: In .April. 1305, to county treasurers for county schools. $112. 434.27; summer school. $1.000; teach? ers institute. $5,000, and the distribu? tion just made. $100,241.50. DICKINSON IS INNOCENT. Eliza Bunch Makes an Affidavit That She Swore Falsely. Bamberg. January 29.-Tn the pres? ence of two well known etizens Eliza Bunch, upon whose testimony W. C. Dickinson was arrested and charged with th.? death, of B. F. Reid by giving him poisoned whiskey, today made an affidavit that her testimony was false and exonerating Dickinson from all ' ila me. in her affidavit the woman gives as a reason for the attempt to pine:' the responsibility on Dickinson that some ?>ne told her that unless she did so "her neck would crack for it. ' Other affdavits were m ide J'y prom? inent persons today which practically establish a;? alibi for Dickinson. Sampson Steele, colored, who shot and killed another negro in York county several days ago, has been ar? rested and lodged in jail at Yorkville. j j SOUTH CAROLINA UVE STOCK ASSOCIATION, Programme cf the Fourth Annual Meeting February 8 and 9, 1906? Y. M. C. A. Hall, Columbia, S. C. Thursday, February 8. 16 A. M. Live Stock. "Report of the President'*-Mr. B. Harris, Pendleton, S. C. "Practical Stock Feeding in South Carolina1-"-Dr. Tait Butler, Raleign N. C. "The Dual Purpose Cattle-The Cattle for the South"-Hon. Samuel B. Woods, Charlottesville, Va. General Discussion. Thursday, February 8, 2:30 P. M. Business Session, to include Reports of all Committees and Vice-presi? dents. Election of officers. Thursday, February 8, 8:00 P. M. ' Dairy. "Southern Dairy Markets"-Prof. John Michels, Clemson College, S. C. '"Dairying in South Carolina"-Prof. Ed. H. Webster, Chief Dairy Division, tr. S. Department of Agriculture, j General discussion. Friday, February 9. 10 A. M. Live Stoik. "Eeef Cattle in the South*'-Prof. Geo. M. Rommel. Animal Husband? man. TJ. S. Department of Agriculture. "Sheep Raising in South Carolina" -Mr. T. L. Buiow. Ridgeway, S. C. i General discussion. Friday, February 9, 2:20 P. M. Stock Judging. A demonstration at Dr. J. E. Heise*s. stable. ; "Beef Cattle and Hogs**-Prof. Geo.. J M. Rommell. Animal Husbandman, U. j S. Department pf Agriculture, j "Dairy Cattle"'-Prof. John Michels*. ! Clemson College, S. C. "Mules"-Hon. James Stackhouse,. j Marion, S. C.. "Sheep"-Mr. T. L. Eulow, Ridge? way, S. C. Friday. February 9. 8 P. M.. Poultry. "Poultry Raising in South Caroli? na*'-Hon. Theo. E. F. Holzhouser,. Columbia, S. C. Texas Fever Ticks. "The Influence of Fever Ticks on the Cattle Industry"-Prof. Louis A. Klein, Clemson Coliege. S. C. General discussion. The railroad rates for this occasion will be reduced to one and on.cthird j fare plus 25 cents for the round trip, <>n the certificate pia n If the rail? road agent has no certificates fer this 'purpose, the pm chaser should buy a j straight ticket to Columbia and take a receipt stating that the ticket was purchased for the purpose of attend? ing the meeting of the Agricultural Society and the hive Stock Associa? tion. This receipt will insure the proper reduction being made when the return ticket is purchased.. Bi H. Bawl, Secretary and Treasurer. Six Women Burned. Lowell. Mass.. January 27.-After he fire which practically destroyed the Richardson Hotel early this morning, was extinguished, the b< dies of six women were found, or. the upper doors where they had been penned by the danns and smoke. Twenty, who. were injured, by jumping from the windows, are at the hospital. A Salvation Army corps will estab? lish headquarters in Charleston. This is probably another result of the dis? covery of deep water on the bar re? cently made by Commander Winslow, Admiral Dickens and Col. Hemphi?L