Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

man SHE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-KLet all the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's," Consolidated lng. 2, ?831. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3. 19?6. THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone, lata New Series-Yoi. XXYI. So ll Cjjt S?tittrjnnait ?mfr Smi?jinm. Published Every Wednesday, -BY OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: 51.50 per annum-In advance. Advertisements : One Sqnare first insertion.$1.50 Every subsequent insertion.59 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sab I serve private interests will be charged tor as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for,/ BATTLE TO DEATH. A ?amily Row Ends in a Shot Gun Fight at Dillon-John L. Bain Kill eel by Kelley Quick. Dillon, Sept 29.-John L, Bain was shot and instantly killed today about noon a t Dillon cotton mills by Kelley Quick* one of the bosses of the mill. f It appears that Bain had been ask? ed to go early this morning to settle som* dispute between Mrs. Quick and her step-mother, during the course of which short words passed between them, Mrs. Quick claiming that Bain Cx cursed here in a most vile and insult " ing manner, which she duly reported to ber husband upon sight. He, im? mediate y arming himself, repaired to Bain's place of business and met Bain in ATI open area between his store and Will Smith's store opposite. Asking - Bair, why he cursed his wife, he re plied, "Damn you, I'll curse you," at the same time reaching for his pistol. Mac?? Morris, clerking for Bain and an ?ye-witness, said that when Quick came up his manner was threatening and his right hand rammed in his pocket, and in trying to draw his pis I to! it evidently caught so that both pistols were presented' about the same time. Several shots Wehe fired, when it - appears that Bain, finding i is; weapon had refused to work> dashed for his store, where he seized his gun and loaded it. At the same time Quick ? discovering his motion rushed into the .jk of Smith's store, just oppo? site, where he armed himself with a double-barreled gun loading it with shells, which he found upon an adja? cent shelf. Bain came out into the area and ^ challenged his antagonist who was still in Smith's store, to mortal combat, advancing at the same time towards the front of Smith's store. Quick, realizing that he would have to shoot, stepped quickly out, got the drop on his man and fired, the whole load taking effect in Bain's left arm and side. The range of the shot which passed through the fleshy part of the arm and the relation of arm to the body showed evidently that Bain was in the act of firing. He wheelec with? out ?ring, ?ntered the door of the j store, exclaiming to Morris, his clerk, f 4Tm a dead man," laid his gun upon the counter, stumbled and fell upon the floor, where he died in about three minutes. Quick surrendered himself to Dep? uty Sheriffs Wiggins, and at this writ? ing the inquest is being held in the I town hall. ONE MAN LYNCHING. ' Anderson Negro, Who It Is Said At? tempted Criminal Assault, Killed by George X easier. Anderson, Sept. 29.-William Mc Fall, a negro notorious for his many crim'nal offenses, was beaten to death this morning by- George Keasler, a white man, about two miles east of the city. McFall had seized Xeasler's ?p?wife by the arm, and the supposition f is that the negro intended to crimi? nally assault her. Keasler came up in time to save his wife. He procured a buggy trace and administered a se? vere whipping to the negro. Keasler says that he then put the negro into a buggy and started for Georgia It: or [er to put him out of the state and make him stay. On the way McFal died. Keasler came on to the city and surrendered to the sheriff. An inquest was held this afternoon, the jury holding that McFall came to his death from the effects of a whipping at the I hands of Keasler. Mr. L. ll. Hubbard, for several years director of music at the Green? ville Female College, bas brought suit against the trustees of Furman University, who are also trustees of the female college, for $10,000, for alleged damages to his professional reputation, inflicted by the manner of his dismissal from his position. Policeman Burns was shot in Char? leston Thursday night by a negro named Thomas Bri. gg, whom he was trying to arrest. HEARST WAS NOMINATED. . ------^ XEW YORK DEMOCRATS SELECT NEWSPAPER MAX GOVERNOR. He Wins on the First Ballot With Votes to Spare-Abstract of Plat? form. Buffalo, X. Y., Sept. 26.-At ll o'clock tonight the Democratic State convention had perfected its organ? ization, adoptd the platform, in? cluding a resolution felicitating Bryan and adopted the majority report of the committee on contested seats protection, which enables a few to substantial lead for Hearst The nom? ination of candidates for governor was then begun, an Albany county delegates leading off for Hearst. Sulzer was placed in nomination by George Rains of Monroe, amid wild cheering. . The cheering for Sulzer continues after three minutes, many of the de? legates standing on the chairs and calling loudly "Sulzer." THE PLATFORM ADOPTED. Buffalo, X. Y., Sept. 26.-The fol? lowing is an abstract of the platform adopted by the Democratic conven 'tion: "At this,time when the authority of Democracy is invoked to defend plunder of the masses by a few rich men, through parti?l laws on one hand and on the other to justify many extravagant and revolutionary proposals which if adopted must in? evitably produce worse disasters than the abuses they seek to cure, we deem it eminently fitting to declare that the whole Democratic principles is embraced in +he injunction laid on the first ir . hat in the sweat of their brow ie and all his posterity must eat their bread. "We denounce Republican high protection, which enable a few to plunder the whole body of their fel? low citizens, by charging extortionate prices for the necessaries of life and the essentials of industry. "We do deplore as the most sinis? ter consequence of the corruption and graft which degrade our political and industrial life the widespread distrust and discredit of Republican government which they have pro? duced and which have led many men of undoubted, probity and ardent patriotism to listen patiently, if not approvingly to proposals distinctly socialistic, which if adopted, must in evitably wreck the foundation of Republican government and endanger the entire fabric of Christian civiliza? tion. "We hold that the cure for these abuses is not in socialism, which by enormously extending the power of government must aggravate, but in Democracy, which by excluding gov? ernment from any interference whatever with private industry, must cure them. "It is the duty of the government to ascertain the actual cost of oper? ating sil public service corporations and to fix from time to time reason? able rites for the service they per? form. > "We a&k the federal government to exercise its influence to bring about speedy cessation of the atrocities now being committed against the Jews in Russia, _ "In common with the Democrats of all the States and expressing the sen? timent of the high-minded citizen? ship of the republic without refer? ence to party, we view with pride and satisfaction the hospitality and^ac claim which have been accorded, at home and abroad, to the great Demo? cratic leader and typical American, William Jennings Bryan, to whom the delegates of Xew York extend most cordian and sincere felicitations. "Where the law not only permits but empowers great trusts to exact for their products from the people of this country prices vastiy exceeding those asked in foreign countries and this power to plunder our citizens is treated as the property of certain private corporations, openly capita? lized for billions of dollars the vast volume of tribute drawn from the masses of the community is the least pernicious of its results. The wide emulation in plunder which it evokes as its worst result. "We denounce the socialism which seeks to make government "the sole agent of production as nothing less than a proposal to re-establish the in" stitution of tyranny and industrial slavery which perished before the ad? vance of Christian civilization." Buffel). X. Y., Sept. 26.-At an early hour this morning Wdiliam Randolph Hearst was nominated for governor by the Democratic conven? tion. The vote for governor, first bal? lot: Hearst 309: Sulzer 124; Dix 17. Xecessarv to a choice 226. THE INVASION OF CUBA. AN ARMY OF ELEVEN THOUSAND MEN ALREADY ARRANGED FOR. The War and Navy Departments Were Busy Yesterday Organizing the First Expedition, Which Will Consist of Five Thousand Six Hun? dred Men-A Second Expedition of Like Size Ready to Go-Transports Have Been Secured. Washington, September 30.-Amer? ican troops now are moving toward Cuba. Mobilization of the force will be at Newport News, Va., for the most part, although a part of the first expeditionary force to Cuba will be sent from New York and Tampa, Fla, Advice received at the departments of the military establishment of the government today indicate that all is quiet in Cuba and that the insurgents intend to lay down their arms. The probability is that United States forces in the island will be landed only as a precautionary measure. So far as officials of the government here are advised, no arouble cf a serious kindVis anticpated; but in accordance with instructions from Presiden1 Roosevelt hurried preparations are being made for the sending of an ex? peditionary force of the army to 2uba. The first American troops will be [anded at Havana next Saturday. Meantime, the marines and blue jack? ets from the American fleet in Cuban waters will protect American inter? ests and support Secretary Taft, the provisional governor of Cuba, in the preservation of order and the protec :ion of life and property. In official circles here American in :ervention was regarded as inevitable. Eow long it may continue, it is im? possible to foretell The nature of :he intervention and the preparations or it indicate a supervision of Cuban iffairs on the part of the American government, for an indefinite period. Arrangements "have- been concluded ' iot only for the first expeditionary orce to Cuba of about 5,600 men mt for a second force, of course, lave been issued, but if the men are ?eeded all arrangements have been ?ompleted for hurrying them to Cuba it the earliest possible moment. ?Vhether more troops than are in iluded in the first expedition will be ;ent to Cuba will depend upon the de? velopments in the island during the lext ten days or two weeks. It is certain, however, that a suf icient force of American troops will >e maintained in Cuba to support the provisional government and to insure lecurity to life and property pending he establishment of a stable govern netft by the Cubans. Operations in all departments of he military establishments of the gov' ?rnment today were on a war basis, rhe acting secretaries and chiefs of ill bureaus were at their desks and .'very office was humming with activi y. Scores of clerks who have not vorked on Sunday since the Spanish" American war were on duty at the var and navy departments and at the leadquarters of the marine corps. Gen. Ainsworth, military secretary, md Gen. Bell, chief of staff of the irmy, worked throughout the day oncluding arrangements for the de >arture of the first expeditionary orce to Cuba. Orders for the move nents of the troops were sent out last light, but today scores of orders were ent to officers who are on leave to oint their regiments. Gen. Humphrey, quartermaster general, practically closed arrange? ants today fer the transports, which ire to convey the expedition to Cuba, rhe ships will be ready for departure >efore the troops have been mobilized it Newport News. If it should be lecessary to send a second expedition* iry force to Cuba immediately follow ng the first, the war department ap" jrehends some difficulty on account )f the quarantine laws of the various southern States. A transport retuni? ng to any Southern State from Cuba viii have to remain in quarantine five lays before it can take on a cargo of roops for Cuba. The war depart nent has taken up this matter with ;he auhorities of the Southern states n the hope of arranging for a waiver >f the five days quarantine regula ion. Foreign Powers Not Yet Notified. Washington, September 30.-No ice of American intervention in Cuba las not yet been officially sent to tho oreign powers. It is expected that he president, who will return from lyster Bay tomorrow, and Secretary Etoot, who returned to Washington to lay, will consider tomorrow whatever iction is to be taken in that direction. THE MOBILE DISASTER. LOSS OF LIFE ESTIMATED AT FTVE TO FIFTY PERSONS. Property Damaged Fully $3,000,000. City Put Under Control of Militia, Details Lacking. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 28. (via Meri? dian, Miss.)-Loss of life, variously estimated at from five to 50 persons, many people . injured, 5..000 houses damaged, the busines quarter devas? tated/and a property loss of fully $2, 000,000 is the effect of a tropical hur? ricane of the last 48 hours in the city of Mobile. The storm struck Mobile Wednes? day night at midnight and raged for many hours, the wind reaching a ve? locity of 90 miles an houri Water from Mobile bay was blown inao the city by the gale and for a time stood sev? en feet/deep in the wholesale quar? ter from Royal street to the Alabama river. The |oss of life is believed to be mainly among negroes, although con diions are so chaotic that informa? tion is indefinite. Shipping suffered severely. Among the steamers sunk were the J. P. Schuh, -fc?ary E. Staples, Mary S. Bleese, /?ama, "Beattie B.' Moore, City of Camden United States revenue cut? er Alerf and many smaller craft. It is feal?d that the crews of these boats were lost. Mobile has ben placed under con? trol of the militia. Nobody is per? mitted in ahe streets, except newspa per men and persons wearing badges. Much apprehension is felt for the suburban towns, lt is feared they hav*^ been obliterated, ^?^z chances are that the' loss of ljfe on Dauphin island is heavy. Many fishermen live on Dauphin island and other oualying marshy ?facts, from which no tidings have been received. The suffering in Mobile is. severe. The annihilation cf transportation facilities has shut oft all. supplies and unless help reachfs^obfte from the outside "world soon, great distress "w?fl result. Every church in Mobile was dam? aged, the Christ church cathedral and St. Francis Street church suffered more than others. The damage - to Christ church cathedral is estimated at $40.000 and St. Franc's Street Bap? tist church at $10,000. The revenue cutter Alert was ram? med by an unknown vessel in Mo? bile river and sank immediately. Her crew are behaved to have escaped. All wharves from Frascati street, the extreme south end cf the city, as far up he river as Three Mile creek, are wrecked. This includes the new Mobile and Ohio docks and the Louis? ville and Nashville docks. Telegraphic communication is par? alyzed, with no prospects of wires for several days. Electric light companies, street railways and in fact all business has been suspended. The Mobile and Ohio railroad was ] the first road to get out of the city, i Its first train left Mobile at. 4 a. m. to- j dar. < A STORY OF RUIN. Mobile, Ala., (via Meridian, Miss.) Sept. 29.-Nearly: a hundred lives were lost In the gulf hurricane which practically destroyed this city. Re? ports from nearby towns indicate that the death list will probably be larger. Provisions are already exnausted in this city and the poor are starving. Fully eight thousand homes are in ruins. The damage to this city alone will amount to approximately $5,000, 000, while estimates of the losses to outlying districts reach $4,000,000. The beaches along the Gulf coast are strewn with dead as the loss of mariners was heavy. The military are in control and are trying to meet the situation. There is a complete cessation of all business in Mobile as the commercial district is inundated. The dead along the shore are buried as quickly as found. Ship? ping has been destroyed, wharves washed away and scores of wrecks line the shore. The cotton crop in' this section is ruined. Mobile, Sept. 29.-Storm did dam? age amounting to about $3,000.000. The number of dead is now estimated at fifteen. Eight churches were wrecked. The destruction of ship? ping alone will reach fully a half mil? lion Ono Dead at Pensacola. Pensacola, September 29.-So far but one body has been discovered. A very malignant type of malarial fovor is raging in Aiken county asd farm work is almost suspended swing to so large a number of negroes be? ing ill. TARTAR B?K Royal does not c phosphate acid product of bones phuric acid) or < one-third sulphui ces adopted for o ders because of _ROYAL BA^NQ PC WO SELECT GERMAN IMMIGRANTS. Commissioner Watson Will Return on* ? the Wittekind-Further Assurance of Experiment's Success. (From Columbia Record.) .... Mr. J. E. Watson, the state com? missioner o? agriculture, commerce and immigration, who is now in Bel? gium, has written to the Hon. P. F. Sargent, the United States commis-, sioner geieral of i m m.'gration. < :et ter, officially advising him of the date and description of the vessel which is ti be sent tc. Charleston by the North German Lloyd Steamship company in October. Locally the principal interest of the letter lies in the statement made therein that Col. Watson will proba? bly superintend in person the gather-1 ing together of three or four hundred highly desirable immigrants, and will return to America with them aboard the Wittekind. Col. Watson's success in getting the kind of aliens desired and the assurance of leading Pied? mont mill presidents, like Mr. Lewis W-Parker, of Greenville, Mr. J. A. Brock, of Anderson, and Mr. V. M. Montgomery, of Spartanburg. thar, they will be able to provide large ex? port shipments for the return trips of the Lloyd boats, together seem to make it a certainty that the experi- ? ment of the Lloyds in sending a boat ' to Charleston will be so successful .: and profitable that the company will 1 be encouraged to establish the regu- ' lar Bremen-to-Charleston line which 1 has been Commissioner Watson's 1 dream for several months. 1 The letter follows: My Dear Sir: In accordance with my promise to you, I take pleasure in informing you that I have been of- \ flcially notified today by the North Serman Lloyd authorities that their first ship on the proposed new South Atlantic line will sail from Bremen ( lirect to Charleston, S. C., on Octo- t ber IS, 1906, and that the steamship ( selected for this trip is the "Rittekind, ( i twin-screw of 5,640 tons. It is ex- i :remely probable that I will return i ,o America aboard this ship and cor- i sequently will be unable to confer ( with you personally prior to her ar- g rival. In accordance with your state- z nent to me. that you would have ?verything ready at Charleston for ? :he examination ol third class pass- c angers, I would urge that you take \ the. proper steps so that there will be j no unnecessary delays on reaching port. There is every reason to be- ] lieve that I will have aboard several 1 hundred carefully selected and de- j sirable ailens. I have formally re- ] guested the mayor of Charleston to j put himself in direct communication < with you and to make all necessary ar" i rangements for suitable buildings for < ihe reception and examination of the j ihird class passengers. You will i ioubtless hear from him direct a few s ?ays after you receive this, in regard l io this matter, and you will find that t ie will gladly do anything and every- f thing that may be necessary promptly, g [ have also called the attention of Governor Heyward to the matter. J 1 I will advise you the day of sailing exactly how many third class passen? gers are aboard. 1 I wish again to thank you for the t lid you have rendered in this under- f raking, and to say that the ultimate f results will give a convincing practi- j. _M1 illustration of the wisdom of what v ?rou have been advocating for some t .oars in connection with the immi- ^ gration problem of the country. ^ I trust I may be permitted to men- ; ? f Powder if ely , (re Y A CREAM OT INO POWDER Ofttain an atom of (which is the digested in sui alum (which is ric acid) substan? tiier baking pow their cheapness* /?? . ?R CO., NEW YORK. tion that it has been more due tc BK rector von Pillis, of the North Gfcr* man Lloyd, and the impressions he received while touring- the Scuthera States not so long ago that we hav$ secured the action on the part of thse company than anything else. He has looked into the condition* and into the future, and his con^c* tion that the move is in the rij&fc direction is what has accomplished the desired result Until I have the pleasure of meeting you at Charlea-?, ton. where I am sure you will be ac* corded a hearty reception, I beg t& remain, very sincerely yours, J. E. Watson, Commissioner?. GREAT BITTERNESS PREVAILED The New York Convention Wftft. Marked By Plain Speaking and Ex* treme Amger. Buffalo, Sept. 27.-The Hearafc ticket, which is substantially the tick* et of the Independent League, is tc* day the ticket of the Democratic party of the Empire State, after the most remarkable convention withi? o the memory of the present genera* tion of politicians It was 2.20 o'clock this morning" when the convention adjourned?. Probably never in New York State politics- was so much anger and de?* peration put in word and action a& tn this convention. Murphy, Grady md the other leaders were lashed by* the anti-Hearst orators for what they termed the selling out of the party tfc the Independent League. DISARMAMENT UNDER WAY. Fhe Insurgents Are Expected to L&? Down Arms. Havana. September 30.-The werlfc )f disposing peacefully of the r?volu*. .ionary forces in arms against Cubain Government is already practically ua*. ier way. Brigadier General Fredet* ck Funston, chairman of the disa^r* nament commission, had two amiae* >le conferences today with Gens. Pine, Guerra and Del Castillo and arranged? i programme perfectly satisfctory tOy til concerned. In fact, Gen. Funston said thi& evening that the wind up will be SC smooth and rapid that it will take nuch less time than had been antic!* pated The first landing of any considera* ole number of Americans took pl?ce? lo night, when 450 marines came ishore from the squadron in the har*" i)or. This force proceeded for Cien* iuegos at 9 o'clock this evening on & special train. It was explained that this movement was not made on ac* ?ount of any actual trouble in Cien* ruegos, but for the purpose of exerti? ng a calming influence on the loeai situation, which contains some possi? bility of a conflict by reason of the ense feeling existing between the rovernment volunteers and the insux* rents, The day at the palace passed quiet* y and rather gloomily. Magistrate E. J. Whilden of Char* est on county, died, the victom ctr dood poisoning, which developed ? rom a gun shot wound in the knee rom a weapon held in the hands of ils best friend, P. G. Porcher. The vound at first did not St-em to be se* lous. but a few days ago the magls* rate had to be moved to Charleston vhore. in spite of the best skill fc?. lied from blood poisoning.