University of South Carolina Libraries
THE SUMTER v WATCHMAN, Established Apr?, 1850. ?Be Just and Fear not-Let all the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's/' UMKoiiaated Aug? 291881. SUMTER. S. G.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1906 THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, ise% New Series-Vol. XXV. No 41 Published Every Wednesday, . -BY 0STEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: $1.50 per annum-in advance. Advertisements: One Square, first insertion......$1.50 .Every subsequent insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged ? or. PLENTY OF MONEY SENT. About Eighteen Millions *Dollars Has Gone From New York. New York, April 26.-Banks in this city today transferred $2,673,000 to San Francisco by the subtreasury and 575,000 to. Denver. There was sent besides some $3,000,000 by express. The National City bank, both by tho subtreasury and by express, sent for? ward $2,000,000, which, was the heav? iest transfer of the day. Today's transfers by the subtreas? ury made the total transferred in that method since April 18, the day of the earthquake, $$?130,000. Just how much has gone by express cannot be -ascertained, but it is certain that the total transfers exceed $1S.000,000. "In my, opinion ** said the vice pres? ident of ene of the largest banks, "the San Francisco demand is now nearly satisfied. The upwards of $18,000,000 sent by this city, combined with th? ? ?15,000.00*) which Seeietary Shaw an? nounced today that h* would deposit in San Francisco ban KS, ought to be sufficient to toast for some little time to come. Excepting the remittances by insurance companies, I do not be? lieve New York banks will be called on for many large sums." \ . A. B. Hepburn, president of the Chase National bank and former comptroller of the currency, said that he did not expect the San Francisco disaster to have an alarming or se? riously unpleasant effect on the East. On the other hand it must necessarily have an extremely disagreeable effect on the West. *T "The immense destruction of prop? erty," 'he continued, "will require in the upbuilding of the city the em -ployment of a corresponding amount gpf.capital which otherwise would find its way into other'industrial channels. While the drain on capital will not be felt, all at once, it will without ^?oubt- stiren money rates eventually. Oakland and Seattle ought to expe? rience a boom in industries and prop? erty which will have a lasting effect on the future of these cities."* THE TEXAS CYCLONE. Reports Are Still Incomplete. But the Loss of Life Was Serious. > Dallas. Texas, April 27.-Reports received here from Bowie, Texas, this morning state that the number dead as the result of the cyclone which swept over Belleview, Stoneburg and the surrounding country last night is view alone. The number of injured view aolen. The number of injured there, it is said, may reach 100. At St?neburg the estimates place the number of dead at from 10 to 15. Relief trans, carrying doctors and nurses have^eft Henrietta for Belle? view and Stoneburg. Telegraph and telephone lines are down rendering communication with stricken towns difficult. One report received here is that the wreckage, caused by the cyclone in Belleview caught fire and that the debris as well as a number of houses were consumed. j Fears are entertained for the town of Hamilton. That place and vicinity has been nearly isolated from the outside world. The damage wrought there cannot be obtained yet. Belleview has about 500 people. Stoneburg 250 and Hamilton 1,500. Norfolk and Western Dividend. Philadelphia. Pa., April 25.-The board of directors cf the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, at a meeting here today, declared the reg? ular semi-annual dividend of 2 per cent on the common stock of the com? pany. The dividends is payable June 15 to stockholders of record May 29. Killed By Lightning. Ridgeway. April 27.-Thomas J. Price was struck and instantly killed yesterday evening by lightning, also the mule he* was driving. Mr. Price had started home from his field to get out of the rain when struck. There -were three fires in Trenton Wednesday. The most serious was the burning of Mr. James Miller's resi? dence, which was worth $6,000. GOVERNMENT LOAN ASKED. San Francisco Will Ask Congress fer a Long Term Loan at Low Rate of Interest. San Francisco, April 27.-An appeal to Congress for the loan of several million dollars at 3 per cent, interest to be secured by a mortgage is asked by the business men of Sain Francisco. The loan, it is planned, is to run for a long period of years. Herbert E. Law, one of the wealthy men of the State, who is now on his way to Washington to consult President Roosevelt on the matter made known his plans before starting. GUN FACTORY BERNS. The Largest Arms Manufactory in the United States Destroyed. Newport R. I., April 27.-Fire this morning gutted** the interior of the Newport Artillery Company's factory. A large quantity of arms and equip? ment lost. Quartermaster Sidney Har? vey was seriously injured by falling slate. The Newport Artillery Com? pany is the oldest active military Com? pany in the United States, having been organized in 1741. Col. Charles F. Robinson is the commanding of? ficer. THE FRANKLIN MONUMENT. ; Memorial to Great American Unveiled ia Paris. Paris. April 27.-The statue cf Benjamin Franklin presented to this city by John H. Harjes, and which stands on the Place due Trocadero, was unveiled today. A brilliant as? semblage of American and French? men were present. United States Ambassador McCor? mick delivered a long and eloquent address. His concluding phrase was, "And his love for France and the love of France for him forever must unite r the two nations that today lay upon his grave a \vrearJij^jd^a^JLess gratK tude." CONFEDEATE REUNION. Present Officers Were Reelected By Acclamation. New Orleans, La., April 26.-The formal business of the sixteenth an? nual reunion of the United Confeder? ate Veterans came to a close this af? ternoon. One day of the reunion prop? er is left and that will be devoted to the parade of the veterans. Richmond. Va., was selected as the place for holding the next reunion, the choice being made by accla? mation. The only competitor of Rich? mond was Birmingham. Ala., but the sentiment in favor of Richmond was so strong that the advocates of Bir? mingham did not allow the matter to come to a vote and withdrew in fa? vor of Richmond before a roll-call was ordered. A fact that the monument of Jefferson Davis is to be unveiled in Richmond next year was a potent in? fluence with many of the old soldiers. The present officers of the organiza? tion were reelected by acclamation, there , being no nomination made against any of them. FOUND NOT GUILTY. Mrs. E. M. Standifer Acquitted of Sister's Murder. Atlanta. Ga.. April 27.-The trial of Mrs. E. M. .Standifer for the murder of her sister, Miss Chappell Whisen ant.. March 9. last, which was begun early today, was concluded early this evening with a verdict of acquittal, after 10 minutes' deliberation by the jury. Mrs. Standifer entered a plea of not guilty and while admitting the killing, her counsel declared that emo? tional insanity impelled her to do the deed. Mrs. standifer shot and killed her sister nearly two months.ago, on ac? count of the marked attention of her husband to th? 'lead woman. Her suspicions had been confirmed by the discovery of letters Unit had passed between the two. Asking her sister to iliscontinue encouraging Mr. Standi? fer and being refused any promise of ef>rm. she fired a bullet which brought almost instant death. Stan? difer was arrested subsequent ly on the charge of disorderly conduct and when his trial was balled, he failed to appear and his bond was forfeited. His whereabouts is unknown. The Charleston police department has again begun an active campaign against lottery dealers. The orders were issued some time ago that the poiicy shops were to be kept closed, but some of the more venturesome have resumed business and now the police department has again begun to arrest the vendors. CONDITIONS IN 'FRISCO. GEN. GREELY MAKES REPORT TO WASHINGTON. Conditions Are Improving But Slowly. Health Conditions Remain Good. But Sanitations is the Great Prob? lem-Relief Supplies Congesting Railway Terminals for Lack of Storage. Washington, D. C., April 28.-A tel? egram received from Gen. Greely this morning says that general conditions in Frisco are improving, though very slowly, efficient action in the handling of supplies being impracticable until the arrival of additional troops. Health conditions continue unusually good, without any sign of epidemic. Relief supplies are arriving in such enormous quantities as to threaten a congestion of the railway terminals, where 1,400 cars for commercial and industrial treme are now in sight. The difficulties regarding storage are daily increasing. Sanitation at present is considered the critical .phase. Secre? tary Metcalf is today visiting the greater part of the camps, the princi? pal buildings and the burned district. Casualties Overestimated. San Francisco, April 28.-The offic? ial list of casualties prepared by Gen. Greely are: Dead, 296; injured 593. TRYING TO SAVE SMALL'S NECK. lawyer From North Carolina in Dar? lington Investigating the Bob Smalls Case-Baseball Club Has Been Oragnized. Darlington, April 27.-J. G.; Britton, a lawyer from Ashboro, North Caro? lina, spent several days in Darling? ton this week. He is here making an effort to save the neck of Bob Smalls, who is to be hanged some time this summer for the murder of a negro in this county last year. He was con? victed and appealed to the Supreme Court, but that Court refused to re? verse the verdict and Smalls is now .vailing to be resentenced, which will be dene at the June term of court for this county, unless Mr. Britton suc? ceeds in having his sentence commu? ted to life imprisonment. Smalls is from near Ashboro. X. C.. and his peo? ple are making this effort through Mr. Britton, to save him. John Noll, who was tried at the same time on the same charge, and who was convicted with Smalls, was recommended to mercy, is now in the penitentiary serving his sentence. Smalls is also in the penitentiary, but is not serving any sentence, having been sent there largely for safe keeping. The Darlington baseball club has been organized with D. D. Witcover as manager; Russell Acree, assistant manager; J. W. James, secretary and treasurer; T. F. James, executive com? mitteeman for the Darlington club in the League, of which it is a member: T. E. Siigh. J. T. Langston and C. W. Hewitt, advisory board for the Dar? lington ciub. H. S. Baird was elected umpire and W. B. McCown. assistant umpire. Much interest is being manifested, and it is expected that strong support will be given the team. KILLED AT BETHUNE. In Midst of Merrymaking a Boy of Twelve is Suddenly Killed by Pass? ing Freight Train. Bethune. April 27.-Camp Angus Mclaurin met here today for their an? nual reunion and hundreds of people were present to hear the speeches and to witness the interesting programme which had been arrange!. The day gave promise of being one of the brightest and happiest in the history of the thriving little town. After dinner the mariage of one of the old veterans took place, and this a ble:! gayety to the occasion., when suddenly a terrible tragedy occurred, which marred the pleasure of every one. Albert Myers, th^ 12-year-old son of Mr. C. M. Myers. \va< hurrying across the railroad track at the crossing, in Bethune, and just as he got on the track the south-bound train, which ha ? been standing for a few minutes, was rumped back on him. and. be? fore Policeman Horton, who made a heroic effort to save him. could rescue him. he was run over and instantly killed. German and French Navies. During the second reading of the navy estimates in the reichstag the state secertary of the imperial navy made an important statement. He said that owing to the existence of the German navy law of 19(??> the German fleet will soon be as large as the French. It is not surprising that this announcement caused much excite? ment in all parts of the house.-Ham? burger Nachrichten. STATE CAPITAL NEWS. FIGHT FOR BETTER RAILROAD SERVICE MADE RV LATTA. Railroads Make Common Cause in the Effort to Carry Their Point and Dis? regard thc Orders of the Railroad Commission-Other Matters. Columbia, April 25.-The Latta case, in which the State Supreme court decided that the railroad commission had authority to compel the Coast Line to either stop its Florida Flyer train at Latta or provide an addition? al train to take care of local business, will go to the Federal Supreme court on appeal. An allowance order was served on the commission today from Justice Brown, of the federal court, granting the road permission to ap? peal from the State Supreme court's recent mandamus order. The Federal court order was secured just in time to obviate liability to fine from the state court. The railroad commission looks upon the case as an extremely important one in its nature as a pioneer on the questions involved, and is watching the outcome of the fight with great in? terest. "The Coast Line has for some time been assuming the attitude that it could easily run the bull over us," said Commissioner Caughman today, "but that road will find out before this game is over that the commission is going to have either the fast train stopped or a local train to accommo? date the public. It cannot be justly claimed that the commission has been arbitrary in the matter. We were willing to have the local train if the road did not see fit to stop the fast train. And in view of the orders of the commission in the past twelve months we think it should abide by the decision of the State courts and j not appeal this ca^e to the Federal ! Court." "I happen to know," said a well i known railroad official t.o your cor? respondent coday, "that all the roads doing business in this State are watch? ing this case with unusual interest. The other roads are backing the Coast Lise in the fight, and of course the case was to be taken to the Federal court. It is a matter of vital interest to all roads as to whether a fast train may be stopped at the will of the com? mission." <t * A Governor Heyward today granted a three weeks' respite to the two Wil? liamsburg negro murderers, Epps Snowden and Arthur McFadden, sen? tenced to hang here next Friday, in order to allow the new pardon board opportunity to pass upon their peti? tions for commutation. The gover? nor called a special meeting of the pardon aboard to be held on the 15th of May to pass upon these cases. The pardon board will also consider sever? al other important cases. * ? * A meeting of the joint committee, composed of members of city council and representatives from the Pythian lodges of Columbia and Brookland, was held tonight to discuss the castle hall proposition. It is understood that the formal bid for Columbia will be drawn up in a few days and pre? sented at the meeting of the Knights of Pythias grand lodge in Sumter next month. * * * There are now four new county pro? jects under way. Petitions for election i for two counties have been filed. One ! is for Fairview county and the second for Highland county. The people of Fountain Inn. in Greenville county, are fostering one of the undertakings, and those of Greer's, also in Greenville, are pushing the second plan. Hey vvard county, with North Augusta as the point of infection, is coming to the front again with a new county. Latta, in Marion county, lias for a long tim< desired' to be a county seat, and the statement is made that the machinery is now being set in morion looking towards an effort in that direction. * * * The work of securing homes for the visitors here reunion week is progress? ing saitsfactorily and Air. N. O. Pyles, who has charge of this department, reports very good progress, ir is nec essaiy to secure from practically ev? ery householder in the city the prom? ise of accommodations and the citi? zens of Columbia can greatly aid the work by notifying the Chamber of Commerce at once the number that can be taken care of. A few days ago Secretary Clark sent out to all adju? tants of the camps a circular letter re? questing the complete rolls of the vet? erans who will probably come to Co? lumbia. This letter is already bring? ing results. 90m The State board of pension commis? sioners met here today and took final action on the pension claims and lists. All records were finally acted upon and orders given for the payment of the pension fund on the basis of the figures and claims passed today. The expectation is that the pension checks w'll be sent out on the 1st of May, and that there will be some increase in j the amount of the pension money each pensioner is to receive. * *' * An interesting case argued in the Supreme Court today was that of W. T. Castles, as administrator of the es? tate of John T. Morrison, against the county of Lancaster, a suit for $50,000 damages for the lynching of Morrison, a white man, who shot another white man down on the street. The appeal argued today was from the order of Judge Gage, granting a change of venue in the case to York county. Citi? zens of Lancaster were implicated in the case, it will be remembered. The attorneys in the case are W. H. New? bold and J. C. TVilborn for the plain? tiff, and W. C. Hough and Ernest Moore for the county. * * * The Attorney General has been ask? ed whether a person coming to this State on a visit, and not intending to make this his place of residence, is liable to road duty. It appears that this point has been raised in Horry county. Gen. Youmans thinks the law as to road duty applies to resi? dents. Columbia, April 27.-The State As? sociation of Elks wound up their two days' meeting last night with a social session after a most enjoyable day. There has been a very large attend? ance of delegates from the six lodges of the State and business of consider? able importance to the order has been transacted. After the election of officers it was decided to meet in Orangebrug next year. The officers elected were: Dr. D. H. Oliver, president. Orange burg: Mr. L. S. Ehrich, first vice president, Georgetown; Mr. J. C. Hu? ger, second vice-president. Sumter; I Dr. P. D. Brooker, third vice-presi? dent, Columbia: Mr. C. C. Scurry, secretary and treasurer, Georgetown; Mr. Alex McCloy, marshal. Charles? ton; Mr. J. A. Ball, Jr.. doorkeeper, Charleston., After the business session the visi? tors were entertained with a ball game played between a picked team from Sumter and a Columbia team. Sumter simply walked away with the honors, the score being something like 10 to 1. The game was nothing if not ex? citing and there were many features of especial interest not seen in the or? dinary league games. Chappie Huger, the Sumter pitcher, had the home team doing loop the loop stunts from the beginning of the game, and it was a lucky player who was able to tear off a hit of sufficient size to reach first. Ho was succeeded in the fifth by Mr. McDaniels who did effective work and held the home team down to the one run of the third inning. My? ers, who was borrowed from the home club, did effective backstop work for the visitors and was one of the star players of the game. Brown did the twist work for the home team until the fifth and was fairly effective for two innings, but finally went up. He was succeeded by E. B. Clark in the fifth, whose effective use of the famous spit-ball held the vis? itors down in this inning and they made only three runs in the sixth, when the game was call? ed. One of the features was a home run by McDaniels. He drove out a grounder that skidooed through no less than six pairs of legs and was ost in deep centre. Mr. Cantey got three bagger and two-baggers were too nu? merous to mention. The runs for the visitors were made by Huger 3. Cantey 2. Sparks 2, Mc? Daniels 2. Glover and Myers; while Muir scored the single run for the home team. The uniforms were of simple de? sign but effective. The line-up was as follows: Columbia-Shand. c: Bul!. If.: Brewer p and ss; Clark, ss and p; C. J. Lynch. 3b: J. S. Lynch, lb: Soio m m. 2b: Bailey, cf: Muir, rf. Visitors-McCutchen. 2b: Glover, cf; Huger, p: Cantey. Sb; McDaniels. ss; Sparks, lb; Auld, cf: Gaunt. If; Myers, c. * . . Mr. D. L. Boozer of Chester was here yesterday to consult with Gov. Heyward relative to having additional effort made to capture Will Perry, a cotton mill operative, who shot Lang? ley Boozer, the son of Mr. Boozer, at Wylie's mill, in Chester, about a year ago. The governor has already offered a heavy reward and will try to do all that he can to locate the fugitive. To the $600 already offered. Mr. Boozer has added $40i) on his own account, but he says be is willing to give all of the $1.000 himself if the murderer can be captured, dead or alive. He hos sent out circulars with a descrip? tion and photograph of Perry. I j Columbia. April 27.-Judge Hy-? ? drick in the civil court today agair^ got ai?ter the lawyers with a sharrv stick for not being ready with their cases, thereby causing expensive de^ lay. With over one hundred cases on. the docket the roster for the day was. exhausted on account ol continu.-, anees and the court was again lett, high and dry with no business on. hand. The roster, it should be explained;., is a schedule of cases which the law-, yer fix up, before the court convenes., to suit their convenience, a certain number of cases being set for each, day. If no cases can be reached orv the roster it has been the custom to. adjourn the court for that day, andi, frequently in this way half the tim^ of the court is wasted from week ta week. Judge Hydrick today told the law*, ykrs that the court must be kept busy; that the public had rights^ which should be respected and that ? it was wrong to keep an expensive court running without business. His would, therefore, ignore the roster whenever it did not produce business and wouid sound the docket, continu*, ing what cases were not ready fox trial. He would not adjourn the cour^ from day to day again. He woulc^ give them fair warning that further delay would not be tolerated. wouid go through the docket in thia, way, adjourning court sine die when*, ever no business was tp be had. The comments of the judge attracts ed much interest from the bar and will doubtless result in a reform in th?. matter of delay. * * * * A petition has been filed for the;, pardon of John L. Belk, of York coun*. ty. He wants a pardon on the ground, that he has suffered sufficiently. * * . Dr. F. W. S. Dean, a young Greer??. . villian, who has a commission in the army, and who has seen a deal of; fighting in the Fhillippines the past;, few years, is here today on his wa*g home from the islands. Dr. Dean talk-, ed in an interesting way concerning the much-talked of battle of the cra? ter of Jolo. where some 6G0 native men and women were surrounded by. Uncle Sam's men and shot tc death by direction of Roosevelt's pet, Ger>v Wood. '.I had just left Jolo at the time of the battle," said Dr. Dean, "but I know something about that so-called outrage. Yes; the women were killed, along with the men. as they sheuk\ have been killed. Those people wert> a band of thieves and robbers, who collected themselves in that crater and sent word to Governor Scott de? fying him e. nd telling him that if wanted anything of then;, ?hat fe* . knew where they were. ? "it was a case of killing tnem Or . having our men killed. The?e people - / are Mohammedans and fight to the . death. There is no conquering them. . and the women light the same as. rh? . men. A native will not hesitate wherf he is pushed to it tj throw himself on, a bunch of American soldiers with the certainty of death before him. He does not hope to get out alive, but hs. thinks that if he can kill one- Christion. he will go straight to g!cr;-. Thos?. people don't surron ier. "The only way >:o pacify the island^ j :?. eo extermir.ire th; r..".?.ontents, thoroughly. Things will never h*, straightened out uowi. there unless there is a decide! ehav.ge in the att;V tu de of the people . f liw S;ates, lt is as with the negro in this country ene section of the country /Killing one. v\y and the other :h| way, There is too mucn polit*? ir, tin's FilU pino business. An 1 ?he strangest ti?ipg to me is to s ..? Southern^people taking sides with the natives. Th? I aiiippines should be sold or taker? out rf politics in some way. "Our sentries are shot from ambush; whenever there is an opportunity pre-?, sented to these wild fools, i* has been ! difficult recently to get guns to thern here of Lae. hut even now they como, in and are bought up promptly, A I rifle is worth $200 in geld in that sec* I tion now. but even at that price th<$, natives get hold of them." * * * The State board of railroad assess ?ors will meet here on the 9th cf y.r.v This is thc first meeting cf '.he Stat*?, b '-.-.yd of railroad assessors-not the. State board of equalization. This, meeting is not expected to be open td, the public. The board will simply, make its assessments, ard later ct\. the railroads will be given an oppor? tunity of being heard. The idea no\y. appears to be to do nothing very define ite until it can be more definitely see^ what the State board of equalization expects to actually do with other classes of property. The railroads ar? expected' to join in the general effort to see what is the actual basis of tax* ation in th** various counties, ant) there is no effort to make this class of corporations pay an undue proportion of taxes. ( -?-8