The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 02, 1906, Image 1
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
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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. (
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