The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 31, 1906, Image 1
THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850.
u>n<?>Hd&ted Aug. 2,18SI.
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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