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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."
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THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, ISM
Consolidated Aug. 2,1881.
SUMTER, S. G.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 27, 1906.
New Series-Yoi. XXV. No 49
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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.