The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 25, 1906, Image 4
WEDNESDAY, A PH IL 25, 1906.
The Sumter Watchman was founded in
*?60 and the True Sou?iron m 1886. The
Watchman and Southron now has the com?
bined circulation and influence of both of
-She old papers, and is manifestly the best
^advertising medium in Sumter.
HELP FOR THE HELPLESS.
The complete destruction of San
vEYancisco, the ninth city of the United
-States in population, by earthquake
-and fire is the greatest and most ap?
palling disaster that has ever befallen
-airy community in America. The
-survivors are left more destitute and
in more dire need of immediate assist
-ance than the people of any other
.American city have ever known. Con
ogress has acted with unexampled
vpromptness in appropriating $1,000,
.800 for their relief and from the large
-cities of the North and South large
-sams ot money have already been sent
"by telegraph to the stricken city. The
response to the call for help has been
generous, but there will be need for
Scullions more than is now available.
-Every town and hamlet in the country
cshould contribute toward relieving the
distress of the destitute Californians.
-Sumter should, and will, we are confi?
dent, contribute on this occasion, as
-she has in the past, with promptness
-and wiih generosity.
The mass meeting of citizens held,
? last night decided to raise $1,000 for
t?e San Francisco sufferers. The city
.council will make up any deficiency
-Sn the sum raised by popular subscrip?
tion. Those present at the iaeeting
; -?ave $*50l
'State Medical Examiners.
''Columbia, April 21-Governor Hey
^ward today made the appointments
of the members of the State board of
omedJcaJexs-miners.
The matter was under consideration
.tat the recent meeting of the State
?medical Association, and the appoint?
ements were made at the instance cf
the president of the Association, Dr.
W5K?ey. The appointments made to
'<3s3r follow: -
W. P. Porcher, 1st district. Charles
G. Croft, 2d district. Aiken.
O- B. Mayer. 3d district, Greenville.
3ft. A. Bratton, 5th aistrict, York
T?te.
J. L. Napier, Sth district, Blenheim.
SL C. Baker, 7th district, Sumter.
^W. M. Lester, at large, Columbia.
AGREAT RELIEF FUND.
New York, April 20.-More than
32.900,000 was subscribed in this city
-oday toward the relief of the suf
"Serers in San Francisco and other Cal?
ifornia cities affected by the recent
i
.disaster. This was the first day of
saatXy organized effort at securing
?Conds. , The mayor's committee of ci?
tizens tonight announced a total of
^subscriptions received of $137,013. Of
tb?s sum $25^)00 came anonymously
from "A Friend of Humanity."
The chamber of commerce an?
nounced that it had received $343,320
today, including a gift of $100,000
Xrom Andrew Carnegie. William Wal- j
*?orf-Astor cabled a subscription of
^160,000. The United States Steel
'-Corporation voted $100,000 to be ex?
pended in relief work. The Standard
Oil Company directed that a like sum
t>e spent. John D. Rockefeller yester
?^?ay personally subscribed $100,000.
"The Merchants' Association of New
"Toark received $47,200 as a result of
its fir?t day's efforts and the State Sp
'Ciety of the Nantionai Red Cross re
neeived $46.105. Other organizations
and sevcial newspapers received con?
tributions. There was no way of reck?
oning tonight the exact sum sub
bribed here. Conservative estimates
indicate that the total of contributions
firom this city will not be less than
-53,000.000. Funds raised by the may?
er's committee will be sent direct.
r.lack River Unio?fc
The I lack Uiver Union xvii] convene
"with thu Y ethel Baptist church on
^Friday, the 27th of April at ll o'clock
m. Tho Union will be in session for
'three cays for preaching and the dis
'.cussion of subjects of importance. The
^Bethel p? pie extend a warm welcome
'come to all the. delegates and visitors.
T. P. Lide.
JPastor Tethe! Eaptist Church and
-Moderator of the Union.
??'IRE CHIEF SULLIVAN DEAD.
San Francisco. April 22.-Chief D.
.X Sullivan of San Francisco's fire de
??rtment d:-^d today from the effects
.net injuries received during the morn?
ing ol the t arthquake. Chief Sullivan
-%3nd his wife were sleeping in the fire
blouse adjoining the California Hotel
^^aa Bush street. The earthquake shook
Sown the chimney of the hotel and
sent it crashing through the fire house.
.Chief Sullivan and his wife were car
Tied with the debris two stories to the
zground floor. He died at the general
9*ospital at th* Presidio. His wife
"probably will recover.
-Eddie"" Gn:.ney, the sporting ref?
eree, was wi'h Chief Sullivan from the
Sme the latter was injured, and says
'.^SiHivan never knew there was a fire.
CONGRESSIONAL AID.
CONGRESS ACTS PROMPTLY TS
VOTING MONEY FOR EARTH?
QUAKE SUFFERERS.
Washington, April 2fl.-The na?
tional government for once acted
swiftly and effectively when the enor?
mous extent of the disaster at San
Francisco became apparent. It is a
satisfaction to be able to record that
the bill appropriating $1,000,000 for
the relief of the fire and earthquake
sufferers was passed in record time
without a word of debate. In less
than six hours from the moment it
was introduced in the House it was
through the House and Senate and
had been signed by the president. The
only addition to it was made the fol?
lowing day when a joint resolution
was passed making it clear that the
funds were to be available to buy
medicines as well as food: This was
a wise proviso, but it appears from
the news the government has received
that the officers on the spot, from Gen.
Funston down, are not likely to let
the letter of the law* stand in the way
of relief work." They have been in
the habit of notifying the department
that they had taken certain measures
and asking if there was anything else
to be suggested.
Since the first news of the disaster,
the lights have not gone in the great
State, War and Navy buildings. It has
.been like war times. Relays of tele
gr'jph operators have been on duty
day and night. Secretary Taft and j
Secretary Bonaparte have cancelled
all engagements outside of Washing?
ton to gyve their undivided attention
to the relief work and Secretary Met?
calf of the Department of Commerce'
and Labor has been hurried to the
Pacific coast as the representative of
the administration on the spot. This
detail has been particularly grateful
.to him as the secretary ...has a son. and
a sister in the doomed city" and has
heard nothing from them since the
beginning of-the troubie.
The War Department hast ordered
practically all the tents in the army to
'San Francisco and more necessary
than tents has ordered the commissa?
ries of all paints within reach of San
Francisco to buy food supplies in the
open market and rush them forward.
It was thought that the first train of
government supplies would reach the
city on Thursday night. The War De
I partment is sending supplies from as
far as the Schuylkill Arsenal and ear?
ly on Friday morning two specials of
the Department loaded with bedding
and tents paused for a moment in
Washington on its flight to the coast.
The run of this special is likely to be
a record breaker, for the War Depart?
ment has arranged to give it a clear
j track from the Atlantic to the Pacific
coast and it is believed that once out
of Chicago the train will make the run
in three days.
It has been a great test for the re?
constructed army. Such an emergent
cy has not arisen since the change in
formation was made in 1902. But the
army is standing up well to the test
and the relief going forward promises
to be effective and abqpe ail things
quick.
The Navy Department has ordered
all available vessels on the Pacific
coast to the scene of the disaster to
aid in the work of rescue. The Pacific
squadron which had sailed from San
Diego for target practice was caught
by wireless and hurried north, two
torpedo boats leading the way. The
old Albatross, the big fish commission j
steamer, was pressed into service on i
Tuesday and all the tenders., of the j
light house service available around I
that part of the coast have been or- i
dered to San Francisco as fast as
steam can take them.
The secretary 'of the treasury has
done his best to meet the emergency
from a financial viewpoint. He gave
orders for tho transfer of $10.000.000
from New York to Oakland to meet
pressing needs. There is $30.000,000
buried in the vaults of the sub treas?
ury at San Francisco, but there is no
telling how much of it has been de?
stroyed or how long before it will be
available. However, according to a
dispatch to the director of the mint,
the mint in San Francisco was saved
and is almost the only building stand?
ing in the down town district. Tn this
there are many millions in coin and
bullion that have been saved by the
plucky fight that the officials made.
The president has been deeply
moved by the disaster and issued a
brief and effective address to the peo?
ple of the country asking for contri?
butions and suggesting that while the
help of the government would bc giv?
en through the war department that
private contributions should go to the
national Red Cross. This has been
done so far as Washington is con?
cerned, for there was a meeting of
representative business men in Wash?
ington today and before it was over
the chairman was able to telegraph
Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco that
$10.000 had been subscribed on the
spot and that this was only a start so
far as Washington was concerned in
the relief work. The collection will
be made systematically over the whole
city and it is believed that all the oth?
er cities in the country will be glad to
do the same.
A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK.
SAX FRANCISCO MEX BEGIX
i WORK BUILDING NEW CITY.
j Conditions Are Still Distressing But
j Order is Being Evolved Out of
I Chaos and Systematic Work Will
Commence in a Few Days-Danger
of Suffering for Food Has Passed.
j Oakland, April 23.-The necessity
i of quarantining the refugees in the
j Park is yet a possibility. With human
j beings, horses and dogs crowded to
j gether in such close quarters it is al
i most impossible to prevent the spread
j of disease, though the looked for epi?
demic has not developed.
The street railway officials announce
the cars will be operated from the
ferry buildings through some of the
j ruined streets at once and within a
J few days temporary service establish?
ed over the greater part of the city.
The condition of the homeless was
aggravated this morning by rain. All
houses fit for occupancy are being
utilized to shelter as many as can be
safely placed in them and frame struc?
tures in the parks are being hurried
to completion. Thousands are being
transported across the bay free of
charge where they will find temporary
homes in other places while the work
of reconstruction is in progress. Gangs
will be set at work at once to clear
the debris from the streets, which will
give employment to thousands of men.
Many firms have opened up tempora?
ry quarters in Oakland and announce
that they will care for their employes
until such time as they can be put
back to work.
The danger or suffering for lack of
food or clothing is past.
ENTRIES TO CORN CONTEST.
Mny of Them Being Received by Com?
missioner Watson.
J Columbia, April 20.-Cammissioner
of Agriculture Watson has received a
large number of entries to the State
and national corn contest. One of the
most importan; entries received yes?
terday was that of Mr. Mciver Wil?
liamson, whose recent ar fide on corn
planting published in The State at
araeted a great deal of attention and
which has been officially endorsed by
the Southern Cotton Association.
Other entries are: B. W. Taylor,
Richland; J. A. Peterkin, Orange
burg; T. C. Willoughby, Florence; J.
M. Moss, Orangeburg; J. R. Hale,
Charleston; H. M. Preacher, Hampton;
E. A. Brown, Kershaw; T. Sx Stubbs,
Marlboro; J. H. Marion, Jr., Colleton;
W,. B. Clutty, Bamberg; J. J. Phillips,
Lancaster; R. S. Pletcher, Marlboro;
W. M. Spears, Marlboro; A. J. Tindal,
Clarendon; Walker Floyd, Marion; J.
R. Fairey, Orangeburg; Dr. W. D.
Rich, Williamsburg; J. M. Woodley,
Sumter; W. R. E. Elliott, Fairfield;
J. F. McKinnon, Marlboro; James
Jackson, Anderson; B. E. ,Moore,
Marlboro; Thos. Taylor, Jr., Richland;
Thos. Ruff, Richland; S. R. Lever,
Richland; J. F. Weekley, Barnwell; T.
P. Ashley, Florence; C. F. Moore,
Cheraw and Bennettsville, and Ben P.
DeLoach, Camden.
! It is also thought that Capt. E. Z.
i Drake, who won the prize several
j years ago for the best and largest
' production of corn to the acre, will
enter again. Captain Drake has a fine
farm in Marlboro county.
In filing his entry Mr. Williamson
who has been in correspondence with
Commissioner Watson in regard to the
amount of corn and corn products im?
ported to the state, writes: "Your
letter in regard to corn importation
was more information that I had or
had been able to obtain with all the
efforts I have made. It will help me
to figure out the vast amount of corn
we enexcusably ship into the State
every year. I am going to keep up
the fight so long as there is a single
ear of corn 'imported.' We must and
shall raise our supplies at home."
BIG FIRE IN PHILIPPINES.
Over Two Thousand Dwellings Burn?
ed in Rizel Province.
Manila. April 21, 7:51 a. m.-Fire
lias swept the town of Mariquina, in
Rizel provirfce. Many thousands of
persons are homeless and starving, j
Two thousand dwellings are in ruins. |
The government is rushing assistance j
to the sufferers. !
Fire also destroyed Pasi:. r.ear the
town of Cebu. Two hundred dwellings
were bjrned and many persons are
homeless.
A PARDON ASKED.
Columbia, April 18.-Mr. L. W. Gil
land, of the Kingstree bar yesterday
presented tc Gov. Heyward a petition
for the commutation of sentence of
Arthur McFaddin of Kingstree, who
is under sentence of death for having
killed George Burgess on the 29th of
March. The particulars of the killing
and the evidence at the trial are not
submitted with the petition. It is said
that the punishment is excessive, as
there were mitigating circumstances,
and the petition for pardon is signed
by a large number of people and by
nine of the jurors. There was not time
to get the other three to sipn.
THE ANTHRACITE STRIKE.
MIXERS ARE OPPOSED TO A !
STRIKE AT THIS TIME.
Sentiment in Anthracite Region j
Strongly in Favor of Submitting all
Questions to the Board of Arbitra?
tion-Will Be No Strike if the
Minesr Arc Given a Chance.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 23.-The
possibitlites of peace in the anthracite
coal industry is growing brighter and
there are strong indications that a ma?
jority of delegates to the tri-district
convention to be called by President
Mitchell some time this week will
vote against the strike. Union offic?
ials have been testing the sentiment in
the various locals throughout the
region arid have found it uniformly
against a strike.
The miners say that if President
Mitchell and other leaders do not in
I sist on a strike or if the operators do
i no try to bring on trouble by attempt
I ing to operate the mines with strike
j breakers they will vote for any prop?
osition submitting the question of
wages and change in the board ot
conciliation to arbitration, believing
that the arbitration board would un?
doubtedly give Them 5 per cent in?
crease. .
Eeautiful women can have the best
things in the world, for there is none
so inhuman as to refuse anything to
a pretty woman. Hollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea makes beautiful women.
35 cents. China's Drug Store.
Strength of Cotton Seed Oil.
In explaining the strength of cotton
seed oil prices, the Oil. Paint and Drug
Reporter declares that consumption
has shown a greater increase than
generally believed, and the quantity
of oil in possession of the mills is and
has for some time been much smaller
than supposed, and consequently the
crushers have been disposed to'await
more 4hvofable ?? conditions and have
not bffer?d their oil as freely at the
current market quotations. There is
probably no question of shortage, but
the supply is smaller than generally
estimated, and as most of the mills
have closed for the season, little more
j oil will be made this crop year. Of
course, many of the mills will resume
crushing for a time later in the season
but the farmers having received good
prices for their seed, have sold it more
close^r than usual, and a smaller sur?
plus will be available for crushing af?
ter seeding is completed. The smaller
stocks in possession of the crushers,
and the knowledge that there will be
comparatively little seed available for
the second crush, has made the mill
owners firm in their views, and lat?
terly indifferent sellers at prevailing
prices, as they have faith that prices
will later go in their favor. Moreover,
other elements of strength are the in?
creased requirements abroad, the ad?
vance in competing greases, and the
stronger position of most vegetable
oils in foreign markets.* For soap
making the requirements have also
increased. The supply of oil in pos?
session of the principal consuming in?
terests is known to be comparatively
iight, and they will be compelled to
replenish their supplies sooner or la?
ter, as their requirements will not ad?
mit of an indefinite continuance of the
policy of holding off to compel the
crushers to accept lower offers. Con?
sumption in foreign countries has in?
creased greatly.
If health is wealth and money talks.
For so the proverb runs.
A fortune you may plainly see.
In taking Rocky Mountain Tea.
-China's Drug Store.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
J. Monroe Spears, iTsq., of Darling?
ton, Announces Himself a. Candi?
date for That Position.
Darlington, April 21.-While it is
several weeks yet before tho ??nal t''me
for announcing the cr.ndid.it-s for the
different county offices in t h i ?= county,
still tLcrc. are some avowed candidates
at this time who are " ff elirs:*'around, j
Mr. J Ed Norment's friend? in this, j
bis homo comity, an1 clad ?hat he has
entered the rnre for Secretary of State !
and promise him an almost unanimous
support. J. Monro? Spears, one of
Darlington's leading lawyers, and
well known throusbop* the State,
announced yesterday that be wo." ld be
a candidate for tte cilice of Attorney
General. Mr. Spears served one ti;rm
in the Ficus? o? Representatives from
Darli neto u County, ?nd is a pood
campai;; r. TitOsc who or.pose him 1
this summer will find bim a hard
proposition to contend with before
"the boys.''-News a?.d Courier. \
helier to S. C. Turheville.
Sumter- S. C.
Dear Sir: A n.an said : Send nie 25
gallons, generally ? used 24; don't
think it'll be enough.
Had 7 left.
Ordered 9 more for another job; 16
for the job.
Had 6 left.
This comes from Messrs W A & F
Bower, Methuen, Mas?. They add :
This has been our experience all this
year.
New agents always have to go
through it. After a little, they learn
to guees better.
Yours truly,
F. W. DeVoc & Co.
29
P. S. Durant Hardware Co., seil our
paint.
An effort is on foot to reorganize
the Independent Cotton Oil Company
of Darlington. The secretary of
State issued a commission to Samuel
S. Buist and P. E. Gregory of Charles?
ton as corporators of the South Atlan?
tic Oil company. This concern is to
be capitalized at $850,000. of which
amount $700,000 5s to be common
stock.
NOTICE.
Any person having a claim against
the estate of the late Henry R. Thom
as will please present an itemized ac?
count of the same to
Mrs. H. R. THOMAS.
R. F. D. No. 3.
4-18 Sumter. S. C.
-USE THE
Sparks Distributor
TO SIDE DRESS YOUR CROPS. |
j
Try one and bc convinc?
ed. Guaranteed to do
j
what is claimed. Buy j
from dealer or order i
lrom
mm MNOFI&TURING GO.,
Sumter. S. C.
4-18-3m
A CALL
For Reorganization of Democratic.
Clubs on April 2Sth and the County
Convention on May 7th.
In accordance with the constitution
of the Democratic party, presidents of
the clubs in Sumter county will as?
semble their respective clubs at the ?
usual meeting place and hour on Sat- J
urday, April 28th, to reorganize by
the election of officers, a member of
the county executive committee, and
delegates to the county convention on
the basis of one delegate for each 25
members, and majority fraction there?
of. Said delegates are hereby called
to meet m the eourt house in Sumter
at 12 Relock jtioory on May. 7th to
elect delegates to the State convention
called to meet in Columbia, May 16th,
to elect a county chairman for the
next two years, to confirm the club
elections of the county executive com?
mittee and transact such other busi?
ness as may properly come before it.
The retiring executive committee is
called to meet at ll o'clock a. m., to
close up the business of the last cam?
paign. Copies of the constitution and
rules may be procured from H. L. B.
Wells, Esq., Secretary, or to the un?
dersigned, Goodwill, S. C.
E. W. DABBS,
County Chairman.
4 12-3t.
The Green Swamp road needs to be
clayed from the crossing of the W. C.
& A. railroad to Factory street. The
roadway from the railroad crossing
out into the country is excellent, but
from the crossing to Factory street
the sand bed is the worst in the vi?
cinity of Sumter.
IN THE
District Court of tis MU Stales
FOR THE EASTERX DISTRICT OF SOUTH CARO?
LINA.
IH BANSET7PTCY.
In the matter of the Independent Cot?
ton Oil Company, Bankrupt:
Ey vii tue of an order of sale, made
and .filed in the above entitled proceed?
ings' on the 3rd day of April, 19G6. and
by virtue also of a certain Order an?
cillary to said Order entered in the
office of the clerk of the District
Court of the United Staten for the
Western District of North Carolina;
the undersigned will sell at public
auction, as an entirety, and not in
separate parcel?, before th^ Court
House of the Court of Common Fleas
for the county of Darlington in the
State of South Carolina, on Friday,
the Eleventh day of May. A. L>., 19')S,
r.t 12 o'clock m.:
Oil mill plants and gm:ier:??? where
respectively located, at. Darlington,
Manning, Marion, Hamer, Che
raw, Kingstree, Timmonsville, Mul?
lins. Syracuse, Lamar, Swift
Creek, Auburn, Davis Station,
Summerton and Paxvtlle, in
South Carolina, and at Wadesboro, in
i
I North Carolina, with all the land,
? buildings, engines, machinery, gin
! neries, side tracks and other appur
I tenances connected therewith and
forming part thereof, or rights there?
with connected as set out in said Or?
der of sale, and also all tools, office
j furniture, safes, seed Louses and
scales wherever located, now in the
hands of the trustees in Bankruptcy,
and being formerly a part of the prop?
erty of The Independent Cotton Oil
Company.
Terms cash. No bid less than $200,
000 will be received. The Trustees are
authorized to require a deposit of
$5,000 before receiving any bid. For
a fuller description of the property to
be sold, and further particulars as to
the terms and provisions of said sate,
reference is made to the said Order on
file in the office of the Clerk of the
District Court of the United States for
the District of South Carolina, in the
City of Charleston.
John C. Simonds,
C. E. Taylor, Jr.
Daniel T McKeithan,
Trustees in Bankruptcy.
4 12-4t
Every jiook and corner cf our stores that
needed replenishing after the Easter trade,
and they were many, has been refilled so that
our stock is practically as complete as when
our buyers returned from market, and this is
how we purpose keeping it, while the demand
for goods continus on its present scale.
WHITE B0?DS. ? lil IOU.
Now arrivals, prettj pas?
terns, 10 and 15 cents.
New b'ne of ginghams, ex?
cellent values ac 8 1 3 ct-?.
IEW VIL LACES. HEW HOSIEHY
15 cent* to S3 per dozei
j ards.
BOYS' OLOTHiNO
? We had practically sold
: oat cf this line, bat it is
I very con:>pete ?gain.
"Prices 5-1.50 to ?5.
i
At 10.15 und ?5 cents.
LADIES5 OXFORDS
In waite and black, E. P.
Reed <fe Co. ?nakers, Roch?
ester, N. Y, than wh'>m
there is nona bttter. SI?
S'.) 5 ).
BRESS GOODS.
New line of bril! ant hes
in all shades, at 5 ) cents.
irs sus.
A beautiful assort m nt of
patterns, jast in, at 50 cts.
'S
18.
We did a record breaking
business in this line, but
are fnliy prep-ir? for an?
other a.taci-:. Piicts $5
to $17.
Hanker cbief Values
300 Dozen
The remnant of a manufacturer's stock who
was retiring from business. They were bought
by our buyers when in market, but not offered
for sale until now. They will be found very in?
teresting.