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mm And imthnm ,1 THE SUMTER WATCBTJAX, 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." _i_ THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, ISM Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. G.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 27, 1906. New Series-Yoi. XXV. No 49 t\t Wi??^m at? Sont jjroiL Published Every Wednesday, " -BY ? STE EN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: $1.50 per annum-in advance, i Advertisements: One Square first insertion...... $1.50 Every subsequent insertion...... 50 Contracts for thr?e months, or longer will be made at reduced rai:es. All communications which sub? serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. a------?^-tvs I INVITED ' TO DARLINGTON. The Fouth of July Celebration Will Be on An Elaborate Scale and Sum fcfc ter is Asked to Join. ?JB Mr. E. C. Bethea. editor of the f Darlington New Era, has written co . the secretary of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, in behalf of tue citizens of Darlington, cordially inviting the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, and > all of the citizens of Sumier, to at j tend the Darlington Fourth of July celebration. He says, "the people of * Darlmgton will receive the people of Sumter with open arms and a most cordial welcome," as well as the peo? ple of the entire Pee Dee section. j? There wfll be a game of ball be? tween Darlington and Sumter on that day, a fine horse show,'like the one held last year, and other attarctions. Mr. Bethea requests a photograph of the Sumter ball team that is to play in Darlington on the Fourth so that Jkphe can get a cut made*for a special S?'cT edition of his paper, advertising the game and celebration. Darlington puts up a very fine ex? hibition of live stock every year and some very exciting races are generally pulled off. ijL Captain W, M. Graham has again mb* been invited by Mayor C. S. McCul W lough, of Darlington to be the judge of the horse show, as he was last year and so creditably discharged the duties of this responsible position. Special rates will be given over the Atlantic Coast Line and the trains ^(F 'will be held until after the ball game. WOMAN HIT BY STRAY BULLET. Walter Bailey, Shoaling at Silas Payne ^ Misses His Mark and Wounds In R Docent Bystander. Columbia, June121.-In a shooting affair on Washington street, near Gadsden, yesterday afternoon, Ma? tilda^ Fieldsman aged colored woman, was struck and seriously wounded by a bullet intended^ for a negro man t named Silas, Payne. The shooting ^ was donp by Walter Bailey, also col? ored, and was the result of a threat? ened assault upon Bailey's father, a colored minister. Silas Payne was sitting on the steps of Bailey's store, near the corner of ? 9 Washington and Gadsden streets, and was ordered away by a younger son of Rev. Bailey. This seemed to in? furiate Payne and he attacked the boy. The father came i ^on the scene and remonstrated with Payne, when the latter, going into the street, pick & e?I up some pieces of brick and trreat ^ ened the preacher. Waiter Bailey at this time ran back into the store, and securing a pistol, came out and began shooting at Payne, firing three shots. All of them missed Payne but one struck the old woman, who was standing in a gate some distance away. Physicans were called, and after an examination, they decided not to make an effort to locate the bullet un? til today., . Bailey went to the police station j- and surrendered and will be given n preliminary hearing as soon as the condition of the wounded woman can be determined. Fire in Dillon. Dillon. June 21.-Dillon came very ' near having another serious fire last night. Only, hard work on the part of the citizens prevented spread of the flames. The alarm was given about 31 o'clock by pistol shots and it was seen that the Emerson hotel was on ^fire. The town turned out with the determination to stop the progress of the fire at that point, as it might mean destruction to the fre ght depot and from there would extend into valuable property. Smoke was issuing from the sec? ond floor in the linen closet. The town has no fire department, but the bucket and axe brigade succeeded by hard work in mastering the flames. Mr. Brunson, proprietor of the ho? tel lost about half of his furniture, damaged by removal. He carried in? surance amounting '?to about 1600. MR. GEORGE M. DAVIS. S<?ne Information About the Mah Who Wrote the Remarkable Def? ter Which Was Printed by Mistake For the Speech of Mr. W. W. Lump kin. Laurens, June 21.-In reference to the W. W. Lumpkin card in to? day's State and the editorials ?n the State and The News and Courier, as to the George M. Davis communica? tion, the whole% thing is the sensa? tion of the hour. The matter came as a surprise to Mr. Davis' friends here, no one having an/- ide^ that he was interested in politics to any unusual extent, particularly that he contem? plated taking upon himself so tough a job as a tilt with the Hon. Ben Tillman for his seat in the ' United States Senate. Mr. Davis was not withholding any? thing when he said that'his training h?<! L?e>n received in a Union Sabbath school, he has never taken any part in Laurens county politics, so far as can be ascer^.ied, beyond the cast-, ing of his hallo:. This right he has been privileged to exercise for the past decade or more. Your correspondent attempted to communicate personally with Mr. Davis, but found it impossi? ble tv do so. Mr. Davis is a member of a prominent family. He owns a plantation about four miles from Clinton. He is a son of Mr. R. C. Da? vis. Several years ago he married Miss Mary Griffin, a daughter of the late Major Benjamin Griffin, ot the town of Clinton. He has always been considered one of the best citizens of this section. WATERWORKS FOR BAMBERG. Mass Meeting of Citizens Call for Work to Begin. Bamberg, June 21.-At a mass meeting of citizens held here this afternoon, the city council was in? structed to ?ake proper steps to? wards establishing a waterworks sys? tem an the principal streets of the town with the view of extending in a few years. Propositions were submit? ted by engineers, but none accepted definitely. The city is enthusiastic for fire protection and the work of installation will be begun as soon as expedient. Much discussion was held and the meeting lasted over an hour. With work on the electric light sys? tem already going on, the citizens have determined to continue improve? ments that will benefit the communi SS ____ KILLED HIS EMPLOYER. North Carolina Negro Narrowly Es? capes Lynching. Raleigh, N. C., June 22.-Henry Bailey, a negro, who yesterday shot and killed his white employer, John lancaster, of Va nee boro, near New bern, was brought here for safekeep? ing. After he was caught yesterday morning at 4 o'clock, a mob of 100 white men proposed to the sheriff that he be turned loose to see of the b'ood hounds would trail, but fearing a lynching, the sheriff brought his prisoner here. The negro admits killing Lancaster. He fled to the swamps and was tracked with blood? hounds SAN FRANCISCO REOPENING. Troops WUl Be Withdrawn and Sa-! loons Opened July 5. San Francisco, June 23.-For the ! first time since the earthquake San Francisco will be wide open at dawn on July 5. ' Elaborate preparations are under way for the grea; opening. Federal troops- will be withdrawn at this date, except those regularly sta? tioned at the presidio, on the assum? ption that conditions will warrant the opening of saloons and that toops will no longer be needed. An Outrage in Dallas, Ga. Atlanta. Ga., June 21.-A special from Dallas. Ga., says that Mr?. Sallie Golden, postmaster at that place, was knocked down and robbed there to? day. A masked man entered the of? fice, with a kniiV in hand, and told her if she screamed he would kill her. Attempting to escape she was knocked down by two blows on* the head, thrown into a closet and the robber then took the money in the office and escaped. Th*re is no clue to the robber. Mr. E. R. Cluberston Dead. Hc-nea Path, June 22.-Mr. E. R. Culberston of this place a rural mail carrier, died today. He leaves a wife and two small children. Mr. Cluberston had many friends in this community. Greenwood has a day electric cur? rent. THE PUBLIC BUILDING. PUBLIC BUILDING BILL GIVES $50,000 FOR THIS CITY. There Seems to Be Now No Doubt About the Erection o? the Postoffice Building in Sumter-Only Town in the State to Receive Appropriation. Washington, June 25.-Chairman Bartholdot of the house committee on building ar;d grounds, introduced the building bill this afternoon. Among the, number of Southern towns re? ceiving appropriations for government buildings are Montgomery, Ala.. $120,000; Winston-Salem, ' N, C.. $5,000; RoiLnoke, Va., $75,000; Ports? mouth, Va. $98,000; Lake Charles, ?La., $125,000 Asheville, N. C., $50, 000; Salisbury, N. C., $50,000; Sumter, IS. C., $50,000. r - Appropriations Safe. Washington, June 25.-The house passed the public building bill today. CANEOS IS BOSS. He Ref :e>e$! to Agree to Adjournment Until Senate Agrees to Act Upon Certain IBills. Washington, D. C., June 26.-The conference of the Senate leaders with Spes.ker Cannon last night lasted until after 2 o'clock. Mr. Can? non declin?:d to give consent "to a res? olution fixing the date for adjourn? ment on the ground that the Senate may defeat certain legislation, if a date is definitely decided upon. He will insist upon action on the railroad rate, meat inspection, pure food, imr migration and naturalization bills be? fore deciding an adjournment. SYMPATHY FOR THE JEWS. Resolution* Passed By the Senate Without Debate-President Unable j u> Render Aid. Washington, June 22.-The senate today adopted the following joint resolution: "That the people of the United States are horrified by the reports of the massacre of Hebrews in Russia on account of their race and religion and that those breaved thereby have the hearty sympathy of the people of this country." Tiie resolution was adopted with? out debate. - Just before the house adjourned, Mr. Cousiriij of Iowa, acting chairman of the committee on foreign affairs, I called up :he joint resolution and it was passed by the house without a dissenting vote. Representative Grill of Maryland, offered a resolution in the house re? questing the president "who rendered such signal service to the cause of humanity by bringing about peace be? tween Russia and Japan," to transmit to the house such official information as he may have concerning the de? tails of the Bialystok massacres. It does not now seem likely, how? ever, that the United States govern? ment will be able to take any steps which will afford relief to persecuted Jews in Russia. Since the recent massacre the administration has been considering requests that this gov? ernment do something to relieve the conditions of the unfortunate Jews, but the president has not been able to devise any plan whereby he can render assistance and the same is true of State department officials. OHIO'S AGED GOVERNOR. His Health Is Improving and His Friends Have Been Unduly Alarmed. Columbus, June 25-Governor Har? ris has entirely recovered from the attack of indigestion. He will return to Columbus today. The alarming re? ports which have been sent out re? garding his condition have been con? tradicted. His friends have been over? ly anxious because or his age. COTTON MILL WAGES. New England Operatives Much Dis? satisfied With the Wage Scale. New Bedford, Mass. June 25.-The Textile council last night considered the answer to the manufacturers to the demand for 10 per cent, advance, in which the latter offered an advance of 5 per cent., beginning July 2, and it was voted to ask the manufacturers for a conference not later than Wed? nesday, so that the council might sub? mit the matter to the unions during the week. The operatives are far from satisfied with the terms offered them. There was a fire in St. Matthews Sunday night that destroyed $50,000 worth of property. DRAINAGE IX THE SOUTH. It is Becoming an Important Issue in Congress-Congressman Lever i^ Taking a Leading Position in the Movement to Secure Government Aid. Washington, D. C., June 19.-The question of drainage will undoubtedly j cut a large figure in Congress during I the next few years. Already the agi? tation has begun and sundr; -bills have been introduced touching the proposition. Senator Hansbury, of North Dakota, is the first on the dock? et with a bill early in the session. His plan is to set aside a part of the reclamation fund arising from the sale of public lands in the Western States for drainage purposes in those States, particularly in the State of North Dakota, Under the Irrigation Act, the proceeds of the sales of all public lands in sixteen States and ter ! ritories become a part of t?e reclama? tion fund to be used to reclaim arid 1 lands. The Act provides that more 'than one-half of the proceeds of the lands in any State or territory shall be expended in such state or territory. It appears that from the sale ol lands in North Dakita, nearly thirty ' million dollars has been added to the reclamation fund and only about $500,000 of this fund lias been used in the State. Senator Hansbury's plan is to have a part of the fund, which under the law would go to re? claim arid lands in Norih Dakota, put to the purpose of draining some of the swamp lands in the State. Representative Steenerson, of Min? nesota, on May 29th, introduced a bill the purpose of which is to ap? propriate the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain State for the purpose of draining swamp and overflowed lands., Fol? lowing close upon the heels of this bill, on June 2nd, Senator Latimer introduced a bill which in terms and language is the Steenerson propo? sition. Both of these bills provide, "that all moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in the States of Alabama, Arkansas, ^Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louis? iana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missis-, sippi, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin, shall be set aside for the examina tion and survey of, a,nd the con? struction and maintenance of works for drainage in swamp and over? flowed 'ands. These bi;,ls set'out the plain in detail. The trouble with them seems to be that they do not include the Thirteen Original Sates, among which is South Carolina. It j is thought here that an attempt to use a part of the reclamation fund in other states than those in which there i is oublie land, would arouse so much ! antagonism in those States as to de? feat the undertaking. Those who j have given considerable thought to the matter of drainage legislation, j hope to get up some proposition which win meet no antagonism, and j at the same time provide funds which j can be used in any of the States re? gardless of whether or not there is any public land in them. . Representative Lever, w,ho is a member of the Agricultural Commit? tee, and who has given much thought to the subject, and who has been in? strumental in getting a substantial in? crease for this work put in the agri? cultural appropriation ' bill for this year,today introduced a joint reso? lution which has for its purpose the collecting of data . with which to make a fight for general legislation. The resolution provides that the Sec? retary of Agriculture shall cause" a survey and investigation to be made of the swamp and .tidal lands of Vir? ginia, North Carolina, South Caro? lina and Georgia, with a view of as? certaining the probable cost of re? claiming these lands, and of determi? ning also the quality and adaptability and probable productiveness when so reclaimed. The sum of twenty thous? and dollars is set aside for thi9 pur? pose, and the Secretary instructed at as early date as possible to report to Congress the resul'c of said survey and investigation, with such recommenda? tions as he may think prope- and feasible. Mr. Lever has been in con? stant consultation with the officials of the Department for the past week, and it is understood that his resolu? tion meets the hearty approval of the Department. Speaking of his resolution, Mr. Lever, said: "My purpose in intro? ducing the resolution is to provide Congress with reliable and official data. WTien we undertake to pass a bill which must have for its ulti? mate end the drainage of all the swamp land in the country, we are going to find ourselves up against a big proposition. It took ten years of constant agitation to enact irrigation legislation. To accomplish anything j a campaign of education must first ' be inaugurated. I regard my resolu i tiori as a proper start in this diifec ion. We cannot hope to get favorat consideration of a proposition whi< would involve millions of dollars, u less we are in a position to demo trate beyond a doubt both the feai biiity of our plans and the benef?ci results that will come to the count: from their enactment into law. a general way it is understood th two million acres of swamp land w: be affected by my resolution, and th; something like one-half million acr of this will be in South Carolina. TS ?want to know just how many acr there "are, just how much it will co to drain them, and whether or n after the land is drained it will 1 useful for agricultural and oth< purposes. To get this data is the fin thing we must ?o in the way of ge ting Federal aid for this undertakin; "Of course, I assume it is un dei stood that the State must take tl. initiative in this work. A. great man initiative in hi work. A grea maj) States of the" Union now have drair age laws. The State laws which ha\ proven the most successful, perm: the individual land owners to orgar ize under County and District regula $ ? tions. They provide for the drair age units with regular official! Against these units a probate assess ment is levied for the.payment of th operations upon those lands." "The State Legislature wiH ver, likely take up this subject, and pro vide the necessary legislation whicl will, give the machinery throug] which the Federal Government caj be reached. The first thing to do i to get a good. drainage law in' Soutl Carolina." "A number of European countrie provide aid for drainage. I under stand* that no business is done direc with the individual, but through th local authorities appointed for /tjh< purpose of communicating with th< central government. How such ? plan as this would work in this coun try, I am not able to say; but I d< feel that the local authorities, tin States and counties, must prepar? themselves by the "enactment of prop -er legislation to receive whatever o: aid we may ?e able to get at this enc pf the line.". I Asked if he was willing to cede ahj of the territory of his State to th< Federal ? Government in' order thai she might participate in any funds set aside for the general governmenl Mr. Lever answered with an emphatic "no." "I am not willing that South. Carolina give one foot of her ? lane for this purpose. If drainage is ' a proper function of the Federal Gov? ernment-and I can see no reason why it is not-for I cannot differenti? ate between putting water on land and taking water off land-then ] take the position that some plan should be devised bjr which we can get direct appropriation. I am not .willing that a general fund be cre? ated and that from this fund each State will get .only so much as it is willing to appropriate. "I am giving1 careful consideration to the pian of having the Federal Government make a loan for drainage purposes, that is,, that "the communi? ties organize, elect their officers, and put themselves in position to com? municate with the Federal Govern? ment, and then borrow from the Fed? eral Government upon a tewtny-year mortgage, without interest, a sum sufficient to do the work-and the work to be done under the supervision of the Department of Agriculture. There are millions of money lying idle in the various national banks of the country drawing no interest, which it seems to me could be- used far more advantageously in this way. Such a plan as this, however, I am not entirely committed to it, would likely meet favor in Congress, and arouse less antagonism than the plan proposed in the Steenerson bill. Of course, we will have plenty of time to work out a plan after we get Ihe information and the data called fox by the resolution, and until we can get this, I do not see much hope of favorably impressing Congress with the idea." Asked if he would attend the Drain? age Convention, Mr. Lever said, that' he very much regretted that he could not go on account of the fact that a great deal of important legislation is still before his committee, and par? ticularly because the agricultural bill will soon be in conference, and he I does not feel that he can afford to j leave here with so many items of interest to "his State hanging in the balance in the iconference commit? tee. The increase for drainage put into the bill by him. and the increase of twenty thousand dollars put in by the Senate, are matters which will have to be fought out in conference, and Mr. Lever said that he felt that he could* be of more real service here in taking care of these and other items of importance to the State, than ' 1 by any advice or suggestion that he might be able to give to the Conven? tion. In addition to this, the Beef. Packers Investigation, and the legis? lation that will be had upon that subject are matters which are before his Committee, and for the past ten days this has absorbed his entire time and attention. These same con? siderations have prevented him from, accepting any invitations which would take him away from Washington. TUBMAN'S CAMPAIGN'. Anxious to Discuss/Issues Before the People-?WH1 Campaign Eor a Month. Washington.. . June 20.-Senator Tillman will make no change in the* plans already announced by him^ for fhe present summer on account of having opposition for renomination to> .the senate. The fact that'W. W.. tLumpkin has announced himself a candidate to succeed Senator Tillman? as senior senator from South Carolina will cause no immediate chs.nge to be made in the plans of fhe latter. As was announced some time ago* Senator Tillman will attend the polit? ical rally in Greenville county on July 7. That will be immediately after his> return from Patterson Springs, 111.,, where he is scheduled to speak ora July 4. It is probable that he would; cancel the Illinois engagement and en'er ai once into the South Car? olina campaign-that is upon the ad? journment 'of Congress-but for the, fact that the Senator made a con? tract some time ago with the Illinois people to appear before them on the day named for a pretty good financial consideration, and he would hardly care to give this up for the privilege of meeting his opponent on the stum> even to discuss the dispensary. After the Greenville counly meet? ing, Senator Tillman will be active?y with the South Carolina caimpaigners? for a month, or until the end of the first week in August. After that date he will be out of the State nearly all the summer and fall lecturing in> different parts of the United States. . During the month that he' is' with? the campaigners he will make every opportunity count. He has wanted an opportunity to discuss issues, both State and national for a long: time, and was beginning to think that he would not have his wish granted this year, when the announcement of Mr. Lumpkin's candidacy reached Washington. There/?? genuine regret on the part of Senator Tillman that he was un? able to attend today's campa *9~i znce&-~ ing at Charleston. There are many/ things that he hoped to have tie op-' port unity of telling the Charleston* voters at that meeting, and it is a sore disappointment to him that his* duties here are such that he was anv able to leave Washington, Representatives Aiken, Finley, Pat? terson and Johnson will lerrve Wash? ington at the very earliest moment after the adjournment of the present session, in order to counteract some of the work that has been dene by their opponents during the time; these representatives have been fm Washington. In the case of Repre? sentatives Aiken and Johnson, it has been known fof some time that they . would be opposed for renomination? this year; with Messrs. Finley and Patterson, however, the candidates? opposing khem coming out late,, caused something of a surprise to be shown here among people who keep? in touch with South Carolina politics. While Representatives Legare Lever and Ellerbe will have no op? position this year they expect to attend all of the county campaign meetings in their districts and get in touch with? the voters. At least this wiT bo the plan tha?: will be pursued by Messrs;. Lever and Ellerbe. and it is supposed that Representative Legare will fol? low the same course, provided his health will perm?t. Nothing has been heard here recently, however . concerning his movements during the summer months. As it is now practically ass:rredt that thc present session of Congress will come to an end noi later than June 30, tho South Carolina represen? tativos will remain here until an ad? journment is had. DEADLY FIREWORKS. Madrid, June 26.-During a pyro? technic display last night at Granada a large fire works bomb failed to ex? plode until it lighted in the midst of the spectators. Seventy-two persons were injured, many of them seriously;. A panic followed and many were hurt in the run for safety. Speaker M. L. Smith has announced his candidacy for the State Senate from Kershaw County to succeed Sen? ator Hay.