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 be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHROX, Establish;*! June, I860 ?.*n??iusatea AUS;. 2a 1881. ??? |Eatt|?p at? ^ra^m Published Every Wednesday, -BY O STE EN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: $1.50 per annum-in advance. s Advertisements: One Square first insertion...... $1.50 . Every subsequent insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. AU communications which sub? serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes ot respects will be charged for. ENLARGING CLEMSON COLLEGE. Another Dormitory to Ile Built at a Cost of $70,000. Columbia, April lO.-It is the pur? pose of the trustees of Clemson Col? lege to increase the capacity of that institution so that at the opening of the term next September the school will accommodate 800 or 850 boys. The board of trustees at the meeting yesterday decided upon the expendi? ture of about $70,000 to secure this ad? ditional equipment. '< The dormitory \equipment will be enlarged to accommodate 200 boys additional to the 660 now in attend? ance. This is not to exceed $30,000 in cost and the details are left with the executive committee. Another important step was the decision* of the board to concentrate the heating and power plants. These have been scattered, and are now barely adequate. Some of the boilers have been in use for 15 years. It was decided to build a central power plant at a cost of $25,000 in addition io us? ing the available material. This work also will be under the^ management of the executive committee. An act of the last legislature re? quires-the inspection of cotton seed meal used for food stuff. This increas? es the amount of privilege tax and also increases the work exacted of the department. Therefore the board has decided to erect an additional building at a cost of between $5,000 and $6,000. The entire fertilizer inspection plant will be removed from the chemical laboratory. It is stated that the college now has a teaching force adequate for a school of 1,000 young men. There is room in every department for increased at? tendance and the new dormintory is all that will be. needed in the way of space. There are 250 boys in the agricultu? ral department The building of the agricultural hall and the requirement that the study of'agriculture be a* part j of the regular curriculum has given new interest to this department. The Southern Cotton Association's work and the revival "of interest in farm work general ly has also helped a great deal. ? Tn jthe- mechanical department j every ??mber^ of .the graduating class already"''has profitable employment promised send there are hot enough men :'tor fill vacancies offered. Under the recent act :of * congress1 the Adams fund? supplementary'to the j I Batch fund, ^ri'l give the '-experiment / station $7,000 for experimental -re-j search. Next year 'this ?ill * be fa* creased to ?9,600 and each'year there- ! after ft'will be Increased-by^.O00 un? til 1910, when the appropriation will be $15,000. From that time lt wft? remain ai fixed amount. Clemson now Sets $15,000 from.the Hatch fund, for experiment station and. $12,000 from the Morrill fund. The additional $7, 000 this year will be appreciated on . account of the improvements to be made. The principal source of reve? nue for the college is the privilege tax on fertilizers which this year will show an increase of $25,000 over last year. LEWIS R. REDMOND DIES. i -? j The Former Notorious Moonshiner Whose Daring Deeds Were Once the Talk of the State. _ i Seneca, April 13.-A few days ago there died about seven miles east oi : Seneca a quiet farmer, whose name j about 30 years ago was perhaps as fa- \ milir.r to a multitude of people in j this country as nearly any other at that time. Lewis R. Redmond, the noted moonshiner, by his daring, vio? lations of the revenue laws, his many hair breath escapes, his final capture and conviction, his imprisonement at Albany and his pardon by President Cleveland, became a notable charac? ter. Many things were credited to him that did not belong to him, but a simple recital of his life experience would prove thrilling reading. For a number of years he has been leading the quiet, unobtrusive life of a farmer in this county. He leaves a practical, energetic wife and several THE FORMOSAN EARTHQUAKE j SOUTHERN PART OF ISLAND DE? VASTATED BY SEISMIC DIS I TURBAN CE. A Large Number of Natives Killed, Hundreds Wounded and Thousands of Houses Totally Wrecked-Full Details of the Calamity Not Yet Known. Tokio, April 16.-Tre latest advices from the Island of Formosa confirm the previous reports of the destruction of a number of villages in the south? ern part of that island by the earth? quake. The town of Kagi was com? pletely destroyed. The casualties at Daigo were seven killed, 38 injured and about 400 buildings wrecked. In the Ajensui district three were killed and fifteen injured. Over 11,000 houses collapsed in this district. -\-' EXPLOSION OF THE KEARSARGE. Washington, April 14.-Two years to a day later than the fatal Missouri disaster, and as every- sailor imme? diately recalled, on a Friday and the 13th of the month, six men were done to death in the forward turret of the battleship Kearsarge by one of those accidents which acquire additional terror for sailors because of their ob? scure origin, andv almost impossibility of prevention. , The Atlantic fleet, the strongest fighting fleet America has ever owned, had been ?or weeks engaged in the^ most severe drills in the waters of the Carribean Sea, culminating in the quarterly target practice. This prac? tice was just about concluding with most satisfactory results up to yester% day, and it was confidently expected at the department, upon the basis of preliminary reports, that all records would be broken in the matter of rap? idity of fire and efficiency of the gun? ners. But today, just at the close of the week's work at the department, came a cablegram from Rear Admiral Evans, the commanding chief of the Atlantic fleet, telling of a dreadful ac? cident on "one" o"f~his best ships, the Kearsarge. The news came from Cai? manera, a little cable station at the mouth of Guantanamo Bay, indicating that the Kearsarge itself had arrived it that place. The message reads as follows: "Caimanera, April 14, 1906. "Secretary, Washington: On April 13, about 3:15 p. m., shortly after completion of targen practice of Kear? sarge forward turret, while the pow? der was going below three sections of a 13-inch charge of powder were ig? nited. Charge of powder in other lift just below and one section inside 13 inch remained intact. Cause not yet determined, no accountability. Mat- ; ter is being investigated. Lieut. Jos? eph' W. Graeme, gun umpire, has been ' sent to Maryland, in a very criticial state abouts p..m.-The fallowing have,, alnce dlsO.: ^tieuX^ Hudj?ins^ turret^J -fleer; Peter Xorherg, gunner's mate; j Theodore Naegely. seam on, Antonio: Thorson, . ordinary seaman; Julius Az I Koester, tuxret captain0 flrrst -classy El-;, .Hs H. Athejv seaman. The', following was; dangerously injured^ by accident, :? \ recovery doubtful ; W; : King; ordinary ? aaa man. . Will fcnry dead at; Ouarvtan^ \ arno. -Vessel uninjured." ,w* I POLICIES REINSTATE?. New York, April 15.-The new management of the Equitable Life As? surance Society, through its efforts to restore policies which were allowed to j lapse the past year, has discovered that it was the small policy-holder who ' suffered most from the fear inspired in the long period of scandals. It has i found that the agitation last year re-] suited i?: lapsing 27,385 policies for 11.000 or under in Equitable Life. Of the total number of lapsed policies in j that institution 84 per cent, were for $3,000 or less. Oniy one policy for $250,000 was allowed to lapse. The new management of the Equit? able is doing everything it can to re? instate policy-holders who allowed their contracts to lapse. President Paul Morton announced recently that the Society would renew lapsed con ? tracts of last year on the same foot [ ing as they were when discontinued. In the last ten days the management of the Equitable has. it is said, re? ceived more than 4,000 applications for reinstatment at the home office. Mony others are applying to the So? ciety's agents throughout the country. On an average, applications are com? ing in at the rate of 200 a day. -. In the municipal election in ^Van? ning Tuesday for mayor and aldern.<m for the next two years everything pass? ed off quietly and the following were elected: Mayor, D. M. Bradham; al? dermen. H. B. Mouzon, J. W. Rigby, James F. Dickson, W. R. White, J. W. Heriot and E. L. Wilkins. EMBEZZLERS SENTENCED, i _ GREENE AND GAYNOR GO TO i TILE PENITENTIARY FOR FOUR j YEARS. i I - i In Addition They Arc Required to Pay j a Fine of $575,749 Each Unless Tiiey Can Prove Themselves to Be Paupers and Posses Not 3Iore Than Twenty Dollars. Special to The Daily Item. Savannah, Ga., April 13-Green and Gaynor were this morning sentenced to four years each in the United States penitentiary at Atlanta, and to pay a fine of $575,749 each, the amount of their embezzlement. The defendants may be relieved of the fine by taking an oath that they are possessed of not more than $20. GREENE AND GAYNOR GUILTY. Convicted on Each Indictment With? out Recommendation-^Jury Out . Three Hours. Savannah, Ga., April 12.-Benja? min D. Greene and John F. Gaynor were found guilty of conspiracy against the government, presenting false claims and embezzlement in the Federal court for the Southern district of Georgia today, and tomorrow Judge Emory Speer will pass sentence upon them. The defendants were found guilty, with no recommendation, upon each of the indictments. The verdict was returned a few minutes before 2 o'clock, after the jury had been out three hours and a half. For 14 weeks the case had been in progress and there was the stillness of the tomb in the court room as Judge Speer asked the jury if they had agreed upon a verdict. Foreman Hope Thomas answered in the affirm .ative and the three indictments were taken and the findings read by the clerk. The jury at the request of the counsel for the defense was then poll? ed and each member stated that the verdicts rendered upon the indict? ments were his. The maximum sen? tence that the court may impose un? der the law is an* aggregate term of 17 years in the penitentiary and a fine of $575,000, the amount of the al? leged embezzlement. It is not be? lieved, however, that the sentence will be of extreme severity. Before ad? journment until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, when sentence will be pro? nounced, Judge Speer said: "I have no disposition towards these unfortunate men except to be just as merciful as my* duty under the law will permit." The minimum sentence permissible under the law is two years in the pen? itentiary and a fine of $1,000. The clerk read to the court a com? munication from the jury in which the members tendered their heartfelt i thanks to the . court, the attorneys, on ? . -j both sides, the marshal and the other officers, of the court /or the .kindly ; consideration^. shown them and the matter, in which they had provided j ?or .their comfort and welfare. . j " jJudge Speer,. |n. reply, thanked the ; jury and: said:' , ,t. .... j ',, "Since it is true .that no^iury in the yniled States, perhaps in this, century has! had an. ordeaL more severe than yours, surely also it is. true that you have rendered a' service more likely; to be of .benefit to the people of this great republic in the future. The court wishes to thank you with all his heart for the manner in which you have per? formed your duty. Wishing you God-: speed, a safe return to your. homes and families, a long life and much happiness, you are discharged by the court.'* ? The defendants* counsel will not discuss the next. steps .to be taken- in* the case nor will District Attorney Ma% ion Erwin say what will be done re? garding indictments against Oberlin M. Carter, Michael A. Connolly. Wil? liam T. and Edward F. Gaynor, who were jointly indicted with the defend? ants convicted today. Mr. Erwin this afternoon received a telegram from Attorney General Moody expressing the congratulations of the president and attorney general about the outcome of the case, upon which Mr. Erwin has been engaged for seven years. HOMICIDE IN CLAREDOON. William Brimson Shot ami Killed By Wade Butler, Both Colored. Manning, April 16.-In a dispute about entering Santee swamp, on lands over which Brunson has had control. William Brunson was shot and killed today by Wade Butler with a shot? gun. Both are colored. Butler is sup? pose a to have escaped in the Santee swamps. Mr. W. E. Lucas, has resigned the presidency of the Darlington cotton mill and Mr. G. H. Milliken of New York has been elected to succeed him.' STATE G?PIT?L NEWS. DISPENSARY DIRECTORS SAY THEY HAYE PLENTY OF DOTTLES. The Tillman Piano Accounted for By Mr. Malone, the Man Who Sold it: to Senator Tillman-Two Negro Swindlers Arrested-Horry People Indignant Over Respite of Murderer. Columbia. April 10.-The State board of dispensary directors held an extra session today to consider the situation regarding a supply of glass, and to look into a number of other important matters. "You can say that there is no dan- j ger whatever of the State dispensary j closing down this summer on account of a short glass supply," said Chair? man Rawlinson, who was called out of the meeting. "We have plenty of time to provide for a supply of glass and I ' plenty of good bids to choose from. We ' will not award the contract till the j 17th of May, the limit fixed by the leg? islative resolution, because we want to study the situation thoroughly and canvass the bids well. We have a supply in sight to last through most of the summer, and there is plenty of time to provide for what we will need after that. The Carolina Glass com? pany is still due us 22 cars on the old ^Flaccus contract, and with the supply on hand and that coming in from the j su*b-dispensaries we have no reason to get alarmed about the matter." It is understood that Senator Chris? tensen/ of the investigating commit? tee, has written the board asking for a full statement regarding the last quar? terly purchase, for a full list of the awards made and prices paid. The board has not yet acted on the request. The board will be in session several days. Attorney J. E. McDonald will not report to the board regarding the legality of the purchase of the old board, which Senator Tillman says should not stand, until the meeting to be held on the 17th. * * ? At a meeting of the new State house commission today it was decided to call for bids for a new roof for the capitol building. The advertisement will ask for bids for a copper, terra cona or siate roof, and the commission seems now disposed to favor a copper roof on the ground that it will be more economical in the end because it will be more durable. The present roof is of gravel, and, of course, can last but a few years longer. But the principal objection to th& roof the Mcllvaine, Unkefer concern put on, is. that it 'oaks badly. This was the chi?f working point of the prosecution in the suit against the contractors and architect. ? m m 9 John Levy, who also gave his name as Charlie Miller, and Joe Mitchell, both colored, were'arrested this after? noon in Mamnaogh's udry goods store for working -ss* ?mars swindling grame, whereby they fleeced a number of ne? groes. The pair, whS .?cera to come from Newberry, represented them* selves as finemet/ wci^ng'^ror the Western Union Telegraph company, according to the story ?^d by their victims.' . They' told Locy Long, Dora Hiller and others that they'were about to bring a'large number Workmen to the city to work foi the company and proposed to Lucy " and then to Dora that" if they w?nld put up t?o toward paying the $25 necessary to taking out a boarding house license that Miller and Mitchell would put up the r?rnaining $15. Mr. Miller, for whom Dora works, being Informed of the scheme, watched the two and, gathering a number of suspicious facts, yanked them in and turned 'them overdo the polic?. . v. *'?" Senator TillrrJan in his recent mani? festo, called attention to the fact that the State dispensary is not reducing its employes in proportion to the loss of business incident to the clos? ing of dispensaries in 15 counties. I - -_. _ \ I Commissioner Tatum, when asked about this yesterday, stated that he does not propose to let his office be conducted with a short force and. on the other hand, he will not keep in his offices more men than are neces? sary for the proper management of the affairs of the institution. He has cut off one inspector, although as a matter of fact the business of the dispensary has decreased only about 12 1-2 per cent, for the first quarter of this year, as compared with the first quarter of last year. The sales this quarter were $136.000 less than for the first quar? ter of the former fiscal year, when the total was $767,853.SS. As a matter of fact, according to Mr. Tatum's es? timate, the difference in sales would have been reduced by $50,000 had the dispensary had the g?ods with which to supply orders this year. There is more work in the office of the dispen? sary now, on account of the investiga? tion. Mr. Tatum requires more detail i ed work of the inspectors. They are j now regarded as auditors, and are re ; quired to check up the bank books of j the dispensers and to examine every j case. If there any suspicious circurn j stances, every bottle must be exam I ined. The inspectors are R. TV. j Nichols of Laurens, M. M. Floyd of Spartanburg, TV. F. Lamar of Colum? bia and P. B. Caliison of Greenwood. McCarthy resigned some time ago, and on the first of April started a bank at Swansea, and Dean will be off the force on the first of May, by his own resignation. * * * In reference to the insinuation of Mr. J. Fraser Lyon that there was something crooked in connection with a piano which Senator Tillman ac? quired soon after he became governor, Mr. M. A. Malone, from whom Senator Tillman says he got the piano, says he remembers the transaction perfectly, because the piano went to the mansion soon after Senator Tillman became governor. The price paid was $325 and there was no graft about it, says Mr. Malone. Governor and Mrs. Till? man came to the store together to se? lect the instrument, taking it on trial finally. Columbia, April ll.-A number of South Carolinians will attend the gen? eral reunion of Confederate veterans in New Orleans. The chief starting point will be Columbia, special car leaving here on the morning of the 25th to carry Commander Thomas TV*. Carwile and his party of sponsors and others. The official train will go out by Greenwood, Anderson, Atlanta and Montgomery. ? * * Col. Henry T. Thompson today an? nounced that he would not be in the race for adjutant general to succeed Gen. John D. Frost, w-ho will also re? tire from politics. Col. Thomson has decided to devote his entire time to his insurance business. He is a thor? ough military man with a splendid re? cord and there is regret expressed that he cannot enter the race. Col. Thompson was commander of the sec? ond regiment that went from this State to Cuba. His retirement from the race leaves the fieid to Col. J. C. Boyd, Lieut. Col. Lewis W. Haskell, Major Charles Newman and former Assistant Adjutant General TV. TV. Bruce. * ? * There.are no further developments in the slot machine case. Since it has been decided to try the case in Mag? istrate Moorman's court the attorneys on both sides have been preparing their evidence and arguments and will be ready for a hearing in a day or so. Mr. Moorman is out of the city just now but is expected back today. . * 9 'The danger of landing from a mov? ing street car on the wrong foot is Illustrated in the case of William Days, a negro who died here today -from injuries he received on Saturday Iii jumping from a car-on Main street between Lumber and Richland. - ..*.... Mr. J. T. Mundy, who has been the local representative of the Standard Oil-Company here, has been made as? sistant-district-agent of the new di : vision . now dn. charge of -Mr,. E. -S. ; Player.-.The business-formerly- handled j "at the local office will "hereafter be 'handled at . the district headquarters under the corps of clerks recently.em? ployed. v Columbia, April 13.-The State board of dispensary director has "sat on" Senator Christensen and Repre? sentative Lyon, of the dispensary in? vestigating committee in the matter of the latter's demand for a list of the purchases made at the last meeting with prices and amounts ordered out,, and "has refused tb keep the samples "intact." Director Black replied through Clerk Mobley to the letter from Mr. Chris? tensen along this line, to the "fleet that while the board was at all times ready and willing to assist the com? mittee in protecting the interest of the state and that the books and rec? ords bf the board are open at all times to the members of the committee, "they do not feel called upon to fur? nish you with a copy of the orders for purchases." and "they wish to say that the board is the custodian of the samples." / Mr. Christensen was not satisfied with this and wrote to ask that at least one other member of the board pass upon his demands. This is the reply he got. dated yesterday: "Dear Sir: I am directed to say that the board concurs with jMajor Black in my letter to you of March 31st. These purchases have been referred to a number of times in the recent spirited controversy between Senator Tillman and Mr. Lyon, Senator Till? man intimating that the investigating committee is trying to assume the purchasing power and needs investi gating itself and Mr. Lyon insinuating that the purchases have not been made to the lowest bidders. * * * Prepararations are actively going forward to entertain the veterans at their reunion here. The aim wii? be to make it a reunion not only in name but in fact. Entertainments af va? rious kinds are being devised, and one change from the regular order witt be made which will doubtless prove very popular. The intention is to cut down the number of speeches and their length. Speeches are good, enough in their way. but it is believed that there has been so much of a good thing heretofore in that line that vet? erans and everybody else were sur? feited with them. Hence the proposed cut, especially needed this year, when? there are liable to be so many "but ters 'in' who will want to get in a word edgeways in favor of their can? didacy for some particular office. Since the appointment of Mr. Leroy F. Youmans to the office of attorney general there have been many compli? mentary references to him in the press, of the State. Some of the State pa? pers have even suggested that he be elected to this position without oppo sition as a mark of the esteem of the people of the State. Yesterday he was as'ked directly if he would of? fer for election and he stated that such was his intention. He said*that he would act upon the advice of his friends in numerous parts of the State, suggestions offered without conference or solicitation, and he would enter the primary this summer seeking the nomination. * * * Columbia is going to be made the distributing point for a greater part of the fruit sold in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia and brought here by the Fruit Dispatch Company on its steamers from the West Indies to Charleston. Columbia, April 12.-Hon. B. E. Nicholson of Edgefield has reminded Governor Heyward of- the action of the legislature providing for the sur? vey of the line between the counties of Edgefield-~?n? \ Aiken. The same act provides for the resuivey of the. line between Sumter and Lee coun? ties. In order to have *hese surveys made the governor must appoint the I surveyors within three months of the approval of the act, but he cannot ap? point the surveyors until the proper recommendations are made to him? -\-;- $ TWO KILLED IN EDGERIELD. Edgefield, April 13.-Two negro -homicides have occurred in Edgefield this week within two days of each*, other. The first one took place sexen-^ or eight miles west of the town-Gus<~ Garner shot and instantly k?lect James Moss. The shooting happened - in the public road. Garner claims that on Sunday last the deceaseds gave him a severe beating anj$ deb? elare d his intention . of>: kii#ng him', ?and that on their meeting ibis: week Moss attempted to carry." this threat ?into execution and that he shot in seif*, -.defense. Garner at once came ? and . .surrendered .to?SherM! ?>utzs. . .The other- kt?hpg wa? near Trenton. Joe Ryan-got.? into a fight with his wife and i?-t^? disturbance a negro., girl', about- 12-ijears of age was shot, and she.died.soon.after. This last ne- . gro. has. not been -landina -in jail yet. ^IMPORTANT TO SUMTER. Profit -By This and Find Saleguar?l Afc?Ufet* Many IHs. Nothing is more important to Sum? ter ;than the good health of her peo? ple. How can they fiiil their place in this-busy town unless they are well? No one trouble is responsible for more nervous ills, sleeplessness, gen? eral debility, weakness, back-aches, rheumatic pains, even ill-temper and peevishness, than indigestion. Fortunately, a combination of rem? edies, called Mi-o-na stomach tablets, has been discovered that absolutely cures indigestion and restores to health and strength the whole diges? tive system. The use of Mi-o-na is a safeguard against many ills; it acts directly upon the gastric glands, re? stores perfect action to the digestive organs, aids the assimilation of food and so strengthens the whole digestive system that you can eat anything at any time without fear of indigestion. Just one little tablet out of a 50 cent box of Mi-o-na before meals for a few days, and you will soon regain perfect health and strength, and be able to eat anything digestible without fear of stomach difficulties. So reliable is Mi-o-na in curing all forms of stomach weakness and trou? bles that J. F. W. DeLorme gives a signed guarantee that the remedy will cost nothing unie s it .cures. Mi-o-na sells for 50 cents, and,is invaluable to any one who suffers with indiges? tion, nervousness or weak stomach.