The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 03, 1906, Image 4
Cl?t S&uttaait am? Jwitljroit.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3,1906.
X'he Sumter Jpatchman was founded in
1.850 and the True Southron in 1866. The
Watchman and Southron now has the com
tfcined circulation and influence of both of
old papers, and is manifestly the best
advertising medium in Sumter.
The Sugar Trust needs Cuba in its
business-hence the ?pseudo revolu
'tiori, hence Taft's and Bacon's trip
.Q.nd tsie pretence at pacification, and
&e&se and therefore the invasion and
^.Smate annexation of the island.
* * .
> Just to keep the record straight.-we
"would like to know who is playing
'the part of Bunau-Varilla, and who
the Cromwell of this made-to-order
"Cuban revolution.
.?. . *
Why not make arrangements with
Xhe German steamship company that
fe to bring German immigrants to
'Charleston, to take out a cargo of
Atlanta negroes to be landed in Af?
rica on the return trip. The South
could afford to pay good boot on the
exchange of a ship load of negroes
Sor a ship load' of Germans.
s * m
Presiident Roosevelt is going ahead
Vith tab's Cuban annexation, job as if
he was the. autocrat of the United
States, instead -of a public servant,
responsible +o congress and to the
people for his acts. The calm and
matter of course sort of way in which
$t is announced that the army will
Invade Cuba the instant the President
?gives the word is somewhat jarring to
those who still1, entertain the belief
that this is a democratic form of gov
t^rnment under which we live. If the
President can order the army to in
Vfcde Cuba and the navy to- blockade
"its coast, what may he rot do next!
. * .
"We may now expect the Reverend
Thomas Dixon to have a series of
.tionniption fits over the refusal of
:Southern towns to "permit the pro?
duction of the "Clansman" within
'their limits. As it means a natural
deduction in his income; he will have
good excuse for saying things.
. . .
In the event of the abolition of the
State dispensary, would the Charles?
ton. News and Courier and the Co?
lumbia State, the two mouthpieces of
?le. anti-dispensary forces, advocate
the enactment of a law proihbiting the
Shipment af liquor from a county dis?
pensary or high license county into a j
?>ro-hlbi:?on county? If not, why not? j
Th is is a matter that has puzzled us j
?or sometime, and we trust that we j
*W?l? receive enlightenment
. . .
While in the business of land grab?
bing. President Roosevelt could do
She South a good tum by seizing the
^ tslsmd of Hayti, and then colonizing
*he negroes of the South thereon.
Some of the best of authorities are
.agreed that the island is one of the
golden spots of the earth, and the ne
^proes would have a favorable en?
vironment in which to work out their
^wn destiny
: ( CIRCUS CROOKS.
<<C6?e Brothers* Ticket Sellers Are Up
to Tricks.
was stated to an Item reporter
'^yesterday by a commercial salesman
Vho travels out of Richmond, Va.,
3&td who is well known in this city
thai the ticket sellers at Cole Broth
%rs* ?hows "short change" at every
opportunity and that it is necessary
t?> watch them closely.
\3?hji5 gentleman attended one of the
&?rformances given by this circus,
"xtte ticket seller tried to give him less
^iiw?ge than he should have received,
3tfcd. while at the ticket office he saw
man bring a policeman and re?
hire the seller to return $15 which 1
bre tried to keep in changing a $20
claiming that the 'buyer had given
only a $5 bill and at the same j
tfcSoe ti little country boy was seen
<K^j&g because the ticket seller had
>^ta\ned ?wenty-five cents more than
'sras due him.
^?P?ben Cole Brothers* shows reach
^aower. :he repetion of any such
?.taft should immediately be reported
tQ> the police auhorities, and the of
^sd'ers will be dealt with in a man?
ier that they will rememmber. It is
?&t?efft?;<- rn ?ny that such conduct on
; XT\ .> fedy prolong their
v. .. .. m Crop is Ruined.
O du m br?. September 30.-The
-'.r,- night received the foliow
teg~?rbm Mr. E. D. Smith:
Taylor. Texas. Sept. 29, 1906.
?f??t Vicksburg during storm. The
flfeR&uction to cotton terrible. Esti
^fti?e-d Mississippi loses half a million
Outlook for better prices
E. D. Smith.
S?xiy -per cent, has been fixed as
";>^ "b?j-?s of taxation for the South
.%*a% Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard
rvuds by the special meeting of
.S^?e Board of Equalization. The
valuation w.as fixed on the 9th
jit ?RSft May and the adjustment was
:>?'. . ..g until Saturday iast.
USIXG .WHISKEY TS ELECTIOX.
Mr. T. H. Ostcen D diet s Magistrate
John F. Ingram For Violating the
Election Laws.
From The Daily Item Sept. 2S.
Magistrate J. W. Reese, of State
burg, came to the city today for the
purpose of holding a preliminary ex
emination in the ? ase of the State
vs. John F. Ingram, Indicted for using
whiskey for the purpose of in
j fluencing and procuring votes at the
recent primary election at Privateer,
in which he was a candidate for the
office of magistrate of the fourth judi?
cial district of Sumter county and
was opposed by Mr. T. H. Osteen, a
relative of the prosecutor in this case.
Magistrate, H. Harby accorded
Magistrate Reese the privilege of
holding the investigation in his of?
fice, and at li* o'clock today, prose?
cutor, defendant and numerous wit?
nesses crowded the court room. The
preliminary was opened with an
argument by L. D. Jennings. Esq.,
relative to the jurisdiction of the
court, and contending that the war
rant was issued under the wrong
section of the code. The question
was whether kor not Magistrate Reese
had jurisdiction to he ld a formal trial,
or whether i\ was such a case thai
his jurisdiction was circumscribed by
a right to hold a preliminary ex?
amination. Magistrate Reese was
uncertain as to the points of law in?
volved, and postponed the investiga?
tion until Friday next, at which time
the defenda/ht and witnesses must ap?
pear at Privateer.
This case has created much interest
throughout the county, and as it is
: the first indictment in Sumter under
the new primary election laws, its
outcome will be anxiously awaited.
REV. W. A. ROGERS DEAD.
Spartanburg, Sept. 29.-Th i Rev.
Wm. Anson Rogers of this city died
this morning at 10 o'clock at his
heme after an illness of several
months' duration. Mr Rogers has
for many months vbeen in a serious
condition and-although his death was
not unexpected it was a great shock
to his many friends in the city. Mr.
Rogers was one of the best known
men in the South Carolina confer?
ence and had served his God and his
state well for many years. At the
time of his death Mr. Rogers was 57
years old, death visiting him on the
anniversary of his birthday.
Mr. Rogers, since his retirement
from, the active ministry of the Meth- j
cfdist church, had made Spartanburg i
i
his home ano his friends ar.-: admirers j
iu the city are legion. Dering his '
life time he served at many stations
and wherever he served he was be?
loved and admired. Mr. Rogers has
been closely identified with the work
of the Methodist church in the state.
He was for several years the financial
agent of Wofford college and served
as a member of the board of trustees
from 1886 until his death. Mr. Rog?
ers was also \ for a time the financial
agent of the Southern Christian Ad?
vocate and from time to time has
done editorial work on the paper.
About one year ago Mr. Rogers'
health began to fail and he was com?
pelled to give up all work. Several
weeks ago he was taken to Philadel?
phia for treatment in - a hospital,
which however, did him little good.
Mr. Rogers was then brought back to'
his 'home in this city. His health
continued to fail and on Friday he
became worse and after lingering
through Friday night death came
quietly on Saturday morning.
Mr. Rogers -is survived by nis wire,
four sons and a daughter. His chil?
dren are:. Julian C., cashier of the
Eank of Bishopville; Carroll P.. as?
sistant superintendent of the Excel?
sior mills in Union: Frank A., book?
keeper in the First National bank of
Spartanburg: Allen L.. student at
Wofford college, being in the sopho?
more class, and Miss Annie, who at?
tends the city schools. Mr. Rogers
liso had two other sons, both" of
whom preceded him to the grave.
They were Ralph H., and Wm. A.,
Jr.
MURRAY IS IX AFRICA.
'George Washington Murray. the
negro who was convicted some time
ago of fraudulently obtaining land
liens in Sumter county, is in Africa,
according to the Southern Sun. a col?
ored paper published here. Murray
was arrested on this charge and upon
conviction was released on bail, pend?
ing a decisi >n by the supreme court
after a trial. Tho decision of the
court was against him, but Murray
left the State before the warrant
for his re-arrest could be served. His
sentence was one year. Murray was
a congressman from this State be?
fore 1876.-The State.
The writer of the above paragraph
should be more careful of his facts.
George Washington Murray was a
congressman frroni this State n ?1 i e
Core 1876, but after 1S90, succeeding
Col. Wm. Elliott, the State board of
canvass*-!s giving him the certificate
over Con. E. W. Moise, the Demo?
cratic candidate. Murray's sentence
was for t?free years and not one year.
SENSATION IX ORANG EBCRG.
Bank Cashier Leaves For Parts Un
known On Account of Shortage.
I Orangeburg, Sept 27.-Consider
abie excitement was manifested on
the streets this morning- when-- it be
came known that Mr. John W. Fair?
ey, cashier of the Edisto Savings bank
had left for parts unknown, and that
relatives and bank officials were in re?
ceipt of letters saying he would not
return, that his books showed a short?
age for which he could not account,
and rather than endure the ordeal of
suspense while expert examiners
were checking up the shortage, he
was leaving America far good. This
letter was written from New York,
and Mr. Fairey said that within one
hour after writing he would sail
from that city giving no clue as to
his destination.
During- the past^ three or four
years he has kept the current ledger
and it seems that in trying to sti'ike
a trial balance a few days ago he ap?
peared to have discovered a discrep?
ancy of about $100 which he reported
to President B. H. Moss. Mr. Moss
told him if; satisfied with the -discrep?
ancy existed to charge it oft the books
and gave no serious thought to the
matter. It appears now that Mr.
Fairey, having kept the current led?
ger, was not satisfied to charge it off
the books, feeling there was some
mistake, and he proceeded to hunt it
up. !
The bank gives Its employes 15
days' vacation with pay during the
year. Mr. Fairey, instead of taking
his vacation at one time, has been
absent for two or three tays at a time
.and still had two or three days due
him. On Sunday he rang up vice
President Dibble, but Mrs. Dibble
answered the call. He told her to
tell Mr. Dibble that he^wouid not be
at the bank Monday, and Mr. Dibble
concluded he was taking the bal?
ance of his holiday. Tuesday there
was some little comment among the
employes of the bank when he did
not return, and yesterday when he
was still absent and no one heard
from him it was feared that he had
met with foul play. It was known
that he went to Columbia Sunday
night and last nigbt one or two of,
his personal friends, not connected;'
with the bank, went up to Columbia
to look few their friend, believing
that only his inability to write would
have kept him from advising the "bank
of his whereabouts.
Meanwhile, although the bank offi?
ciais had TiO idea of any criminal j
action <>.v the part of Mr. Fairey, the!
books v.^re hastily gone over and j
everything appeared all right.
This morning. Mr. Thomas. F.
Brantley and Capt. G. H. Moss, presi?
dent of the bank, received letters
from Mr. Fairey, written in New
York, in which he said that his fur?
ther work on the current ledger
showed a discrepancy of about $10,
000, but that he 'had not taken one
cent from the bank; that he had the
opportunity to take all the funds if
he so desired, but he could not stand
the suspense and was leaving fox
parts unknown.
In his letter to Col. Brantley he
scated that he had taken only $300
with him, this being the profits on a
real estate ransaction recently made
to which Col. Brantley was a party,
that he had not touched his bank de?
posit and this together with his other
available assets amounting to $1,700
he turned over to Col. Brantley to be
used in the employment of experts
to investigate the so-called shortage.
The officers and directors of the
bank are satisfied that no shortage
exists and so expressed themselves in
a notice made public this morning,
and are as much dumfounded at
Mr. Fairey's action as the public gen?
erally. He did not ask the assistance
of the other bank officials in his hunt
for the discrepancy and the general?
ly accepted theory is that owing to
the anxiety he became temporarily
unbalanced and that ' probably
after a rest he will realize his mis?
take and return home.
Others, however, and among them
some of his close friends, seem to
think that personal matters, in no
way connected with the bank, were
the direct cause of Mr. Fairey leav?
ing, and that he has only tried to di?
vert attention from his true reason
for leaving, though this is not plaus?
ible.
NO SHORTAGE POUND.
Orangeburg, Sept. 28.- Further in?
vestigation on the part of the officers
of the Edisto Savings Bank .shows no
shortage existing, and the general be?
lief continues that John W. Fairey,
cashier. who left here Sunday and
who claims that the books show a
shortage <>f $10.000, is mentally un?
balanced.
Every effort lias bec-;-, made to lind
Mr. Fairey without success, and his
absence continues to be a subject of
general conve rsation.
;\'.. one believes that th? shortage
exists, and the general verdict is that
every effort should be made t<> locate
Mr. Fair? y before he leaves the coun?
try, or probably through brooding
i>v:-.- th?.- supposed shortage-, takes his
own life. ,
Nothing has been heard from the
State bank examiner, tut relatives of
Mr. Fairey have engaged expert ac?
countants from Atlanta, who will be
here Monday* and thoroughly check
the books as requested by Mr. Fairey.
MOVED TO SUMTER.
Mr. A. O. McKeithan to Work For
Coast Line Here.
Mr. A. O. McKeithan, of Florence,
has come to Sumter to make it his
home and to work here for the At?
lantic Coast Line. The following is a
clipping from the Florence Times,
dated September 23, regretting his
depature from that city: A. O. Mc?
Keithan, for the past several years
one among the best moulders in the
Coast Line shops here, left this morn?
ing for Sumter where he has accepted
a similar position. His family will
leave in a few days to join him. Mr.
McKeithan and his family have made
many friends in the city who Extend
their best wishes for their success in
Sumter.
SUMTER HORSES OX TRACK.
The fact that Sumter has no race
course of its own and no fair ground
foi exploiting its home properties, is
a serious drawback, but one possible
to be overcome. Already there are
seven Sumter ?horses training to com?
pete for heavy prizes at races to be
run at fairs at Woodruff, Greenville
and Columbia. Some of these enter
as two-year-olds and some go for the
three-year-old class. They came to
Sumter 'yx a car form Kentucky about
a year ago. and the time they make
now on trial shows that someone here
is a good judge .of horse flesh.
Mr. Walter Stubbs is the owner of
one of the three-year-olds, and he
has had it in Greenville for two weeks
training under his jockey,' Layman.
The first race comes off there next
week, and Mr. Stubbs is expecting
his filly to show a clear pair of heels.
He will not tell what time has been
made but it must be pretty good as
already he is thinking of carrying the
prize winner East to sell where
prices are high.
Mr. Willie Bultma.n, also, has one
colt to run at the three fairs; Mr. C.
F. McFadden has one; Mr. S. A. Kar?
vin one; Mr. Gordon one, and Mr.
Daniel Davis, in the country, two.
These make up a pretty batch of
seven, and there ought to be some
good prize money coming this way
when the fairs are over.
Mi. Stubbs is much interested in]
getting up a* Sumter fair. The tene?
ncia' results o: such institutions are
wei? known, the, i inproved breed of
stock and the incentive to excel. And
so far as a race course in concerned,
there are now enough horses in
Sumter and near it to make a good
start. Besides the seven mentioned.
Mr. T. O. Sanders and Mr. A. K San?
ders, of Hagood, have seven more.
Mr. Richard Richardson, just across
the Columbia line, has one that did
good work last season, and a possible
second, and others here and there
make up a strong organization.
MEETTXG OF GLERGYMEX
From The Daily Item, Sept. 27.
The regular fall conference of the
Mtthodist clergy of Sumter .district
was held yesterday, with the Rev.
Mr. H. B. Browne, as presiding elder.
This conference ' holds semi-annual
sessions, one in the spring 2?d one
in the autumn, for discussing affairs
in the district and outlining work for
the coming six months.
The meeting yesterday was oc?
cupied largely with routine. Crurch
matters in the district were reported
on favorably. Finances, however, are
not as prosperous as could be wished,
owing to the disastrous condition of
crops throughout this section. The
effect of this shortage has bee n that
benevolent contributions are slower
in coming in than usual, and mission?
ary subscriptions are in arrears.
Those present were the Rev. Mr.
H. B. Browne, presiding elder, and
the Rev. Messrs. C. C. Herbert, of
Camden; S. H. Booth, of Smithville;
E. F. Scoggins, of Wedgefield; W. P.
Way, of Bethany; V. A. Philips, of
Bishopville; L. O. Cantey, of Lynch?
burg; E. K. Moore, of Oswego; L. L.
Bedenbaugh, of New Zion; A. X. j
Brunson. of Mahnig; J. C. Yongue. ;
of Summerton, and J. P. Inbanit and ?
J. F. Kilgo. of Sumter.
FOR SALE,
The Podding Swamp Tobacco Ware?
house Co. offers for sale at pnblic auc?
tion its property, consisting of two
acres of land, one tobacco warehouse,
two prizeries, together with elevators,
scales, presses and trucks. This prop?
erty is located at Mayesville, S. C.,
near the railroad. The buildings were
erected for a tobacco warehouse and
are excellently arranged for this pur?
pose. They would also serve for cse
as a warehouse or for factory pur?
poses. For information address A. A
Strauss, Mayesville. S. Ci, or W. D.
Gamble, New Zion, S. C. This sale
will rake place at Mayesville, S. C.,
on Wednesday. October 10th, 1906. at
ll o'clock a. m.
A. A. STRAUSS.
W. D. GAMBLE,
I. C. STRAUSS,
9-27-10-9 Committee.
GAVE IIIS ALL.
Washington, October 1.-Senor
Quesada, the Cuban minster, has ca- j
bled President Palma an invitation to j
come to the United tates to live in
his (Quesada's) home Minister Ques?
ada said this morning: "After spend"
ing forty of the seventy-three years
of his life fighting for Cuban liberty,
President Palma leaves the palace in
Havana destitute of funds. His pri
vte fortune, as well as the best ener?
gies of his life have been patriotically
poured out in the interest of his coun
ry."
Local Cotton Market.
Cotton is in active demand, especial?
ly the better grades and the market is j
strong on the advance.
Middling 10 3-8 to 10 1-2.
Letter to Wells & Edens.
Sumter, S. C.
Dear Sirs: Here's a tale with three
or four tails to it.
Professor Irvine has an Academy,
Mercersbnrg, Penu. "He paints the
floors in summer vacation. It used to j
take 90 gallons of paint. There were
two paint-stores there, and he used to
boy (one year of one, nest year cf the
other) 90 gallons year after year.
Now he paints Devoe ; 60 gallons ;
and the difference is a saving of 8150 j
a year.
H C Fallon was one of those dealers,
good man; but he wouldn't take-up
Devoe ; so we turned to the other, J A
Boyd. But Fallon has found it neces?
sary to get a good paint to compete
with Devoe. He got one of the flight
honest paints. He has a big hard?
ware store and is doing an excel?
lent hardware business; but Boyd, of
course, has the ruo on paint-he's a
little hardware man.
We don't care how little or big a
man is, if he wants good paint and is
active and sound.
Yours truly, .
F. W. Devoe & Co.,
10 New York.
P. S.-Durant Hardware Company |
sell our paint.
Take
This To Your
DRUGGIST
For Trial Box
and Booklet
FREE
THE 1
Is its ability
women want at i
fair to pay. This i
of our position, lt
parent to you a
this store :
WE APPROACH
With Suprem
That in no other
able to see so m
admired, AND 50
And here are fair e
Here is one of the best
have ever had to distrib
For Suits and Waists
Dresses-Come, see yoi
from v)ne of the largest S
This sale ought to brin
-the display of them al<
ing to see.
Buy all you want ; we!
and at 49 cents.
DISPLAY
Sale Thunda
?
Also 50 Misses Read
14 years, m Navy, Brc
Garnet, worth $5 and $(
100 Ladies Flannelet
Blue, Pink, Cream, with
ed Ruffles, go in this saL
'The House That Gives 1
Money Back."
Sumter District Prosperous.
Editor Daily Item:
(Your report in today's issue of the
meeting- of the pastors, of the Sumter
district yesterday must have been De?
tained from some one who knew but
little, if anything, of the real status
of affairs in this district.
You indicate that the effect of a
shortage in crops has had its effect on
our finances and- sate that the "be?
nevolent contributions are slower
coming in^than usual, and missionary
of affairs in this district.
As a matter of fact, and on record
in my office, the collections for be?
nevolences are far in advance of all
previous records at this date, Septem?
ber 27. And not a pastor present yes
aerday expresssed doubt as to collec
tions in full by che session of the an?
nual conference in November, as was
the case last year.
Again, as a matter of fact and on
record in my office, the entire assess?
ment for both home and foreign mis?
sions has already been paid in full,
with a surplus, and this surplus will
be made still larger by conference.
We have over 6,000 Methodists in
this district who are able and ready
to meet all calls fer benevolent pur?
poses and will take great pleasure in
so doing. Storms will not dampen
their ardor, nor shortage*? in crops
estop them from discharging their
highest obligations. This is my fait
in a generous people whom I hav<$
known and served for these four
years. Kindly yours,
i H. B. -Browne, Presiding Eider. ?
Sumter, S. C., Sept. 27, 1905.
FOR SALE-5-horse farm, Rafting
Creek township on Charleston road,
opposite Mr. E. R. Alston's T. P.
Sanders.
TAKE NOTICE
WHEN coming to town throw
on your old Scrap Iron, Rubber,
Metals," Hides, Bones, etc., and
bring them to us. High cash I
prices paid. Yard-East Mary
St., near Sumter Machinery Co.
Sumter Junk, Hide and Fur Co.,
H? S. Waddell, Manager.. ?
S pt 19-3m* / '
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to supply what
i prfce they think
is the quietessence
will be very ap
t every visit to
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te Confidence
store will you be
uch that is to be
FAIRLY PRICED,
xamples :
lot of merchandise we
ute.
3-For handsome Party
ir self! Secured by us
?ilk sales ever held,
g phenomenal response
3ne will be worth com
Ve plenty to go around '
TUESDAY '
if and Friday. <
y-to-Wear Suits, 6 to
>wn. Grey, Black and.
3 ; this sale only $3.
te Underskirts in light
three Silk Embroider
B at 50 cents.
rou Satisfaction or Your