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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April. 1850. Consolidated Aug. 2S1881. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country'3, Thy God's and Truth's." SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 31. 1*06. THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, New Series-Vol. XXVI. No 15 Cjtf Mat??jiME at? SM? 0 sj O Published Every Wednesday, -BY OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: ?1.5o per annum-in advance. Advertisements: One Square first insertion.$1.50 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private interests will be charged l for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. GEN. JONES TO DEMOCRATS. L State Chairman Calls On Them to Go J? to the Polls and Vote For the Nom? inees. Columbia, Oct. 27.-In order to get the Democrats to go to the polls and support the rominees, Gen. Jones; chairman of the State executive com? mittee, yesterday issued the following J note of -warning in an address to the Democratic voters of South Carolina: Fellow Democrats: In view of the present apathy which seems to exist among the Democrats of this State as to voting at the gen? eral election, I feel it to be my duty * as your chairman to address you in this public manner and urge that you all come out on November 6 and cast your votes for the Democratic ticket, from governor to coroner. Our people have gotten into the way of thinking that when they have ca^t their votes | in the primary there is no further J use to vote. But this is a very dan- j gerous policy to pursue and may re- J suit in great harm to our State. Our j State ticket is safe, as the Republi? cans have put up no opposition at ali. Our candidates for congress in the second, fourth and seventh districts have active Republican opposition, and it is especially necessary in these districts that a full Democratic vote be cast. " My- .information is that in some of the counties Socialist can? didates for the legislature will be run. y v If you do not come out and vote you certainly run the risk of being misrepresented in congress by ne? groes or white Rep?blicas. It is con? ceded by all that the next house will be very close and the past history of tile Republican party proves that they will stop at nothing to count in a working majority. There is no reason why our congressional ticket should not receive every Democratic vote in the Stat?, as we are absolutely united on national issues. / We have heard of late various threats *hat our representation in congress would be reduced by a Re? publican congress on account of our small vote in the general election. Now, fellow Democrats, do not allow this serious charge to be made against you, but come out November 6 and cast your vote for the grandest and best party this country has ever had, ' ar.d let the world know that the white men of South Carolina will.always rule their State. Wilie Jones, Chm. Stats; Executive Com. of S. C. PRESIDDEXT GRANTS REPRIEVE Mutineers Who Killed Officers of the Berwin Will Not Be Hanged No? vember 1st. _ i Washington, Oct. 27.- President Roosevelt today granted a reprieve until December 15th to Arthur Ad? ams and Robert Sawyer, two negroes who are under sentence to be hanged at Wilmington, X. C., November 1st, j on the charge of murdering the of? ficers of the ship Berwin on the high seas. __ ! BETTER THAN LYNCHING. Aiken Negro Hanged For Assaulting Northern Woman. Aiken. Oct. 26.-At 11:25 this morning Isaac Knight paid the pen? alty of death for his crime and thus was recorded the? first legal execution for criminal assault in the annals of Aiken county. This morning Knight was given the freedom of the jail corridor and for an hour or more he and his spiritual adviser. Rev. Isaac Johnson, were in constant prayer. When at 11:15 Knight requested that he be allowed to retire to his cell to engage in secret prayer, this was granted the doomed prisoner who remained in his cell but a few moments announcing his readi? ness to proceed on the death march. Just before the death march was be? gun his spiritual adviser asked if he was guilty of the crime for which he soon w?S to hang. Knight replied. "No." TRAGEDY OF THE FLAMES. j TWENTY-FIVE PERSONS PERISH IN KANSAS CITY. Old Chamber of Commerce Burned Early This Morning, ?nd the Sleep ing Inmates Caught =xn a Trap-A Great Many Injured. Kansas City, Oct. 25.-More than twenty-five persons are believed to be buried in the ruir;s of the old Chamber of Commerce building, j which was destroyed by--fire early this morning.. The firemen and police al? so estimate that fifty others were in? jured, and it is said at the hospital that the death list will;be swelled, as many more are fataljr hurt,t either from burns or injuries received from jumping. Every one in the. building was sleeping when the fire broke out. In the mad scramble me-h, women and children fled to the rj>of. When the firemen arrived the fbuilding was a mass of flames. Fir? ladders -were stretched, but did ng?i reach to the frantic^ panic strick^ people on the roof. Many jumped and were caught by the firemen. Many others were found nearby unconscious in the smoke-filled halls. When the building collapsed it is believed that at least twenty-five were carried down into the mass of burn? ing debris. PLAYED TO A STANDSTILL. Clemson and A. M. of North Caro? lina Try In J ain to Score. Columbia Oct.|p.-The two stal? wart and aggressive football teams, representing the'agricultural and me? chanical colleges of the two Carolinas, met today on the Fair grounds at Columbia and put up one of the grandest and most spectacular games ever witnessed in this city. The grand stand and side lines were un? able to accommodate the vast crowd that,sought admittance io the royal.} battle, and there was. much difficulty experineced in keeping the crowd off the field. Orange and purple the col? ors of the Clemson Tigers, predomina? ted, but there were many admirers of the North Carolina eleven who gaily flaunted the white and red ribbons. Excitement was intense and the root? ing deafening. When the referee's whistle blew a little after ll o'clock, the pigskin was sent revolving in the air, and the two teams went together like charging cavalry. Both teams had ifficulty in making the ten yards required by the new rules, and it was Clemson's ball for awhile and then the Tarheels would take possession of the sphere. Line plunges, end runs, delayed and double passes were used in frantic ef? forts to cross the goal line, but they were all in vain. The teams were evenly matched in weight, training and endurance; the lines were invul? nerable and the ends and extra men prevented long gains when further chasig of the lines was seen to be use? less. When the referee's whistle blew indicating the great struggle was over, a great cheer burst from the enthusiastic spectators and amid cheers for Clemson and A. & M., the two teams were carried from the field. This makes the third 0 to G game.l played ixy the North Carolinians this year. The University of North Caro? lina and the University of Virginia, were unable to score against them. Clemson recently played the V. P. I. team a nothing to nothing game, and last year the V. P. I. team was con? sidered the best in the South. Today's game was a wonderful exhibition ol the sport COTTON FIRE EV ORANGEBURG. Mr. R. E. Wannamaker Loses Ware? house at Stilton. ^ Orangeburg. Oct. 24.-Six hundred and seventy-five bales of cotton, worth $36.600. were entirely burned on Monday night at Stilton, a station three milts above- here on the South? ern railway The cotton was the property of Mr. R. E Wannamaker and had all been stored within the past thr;-j weeks his warehouse having lust beer; com? pleted. The warehouse was of cement with a composition roof and held the flames so well that when they did break through, giving the first warn? ing of the fire, the entire contents were one mass of flambs and nothing could be done except to save the cot? ton on the ground nearby. Mr. Wannamaker, who is one of the largest planters in the county and also a large merchant, believes in holding cotton, and for his own con? venience had just erected this large warehouse at his home. HORRIBLE SUNDAY TRAGEDY. j ELECTRIC CARS PLUNGE INTO WATER NEAR ATLANTIC CITY. Three Cars Filled With Passengers Go Into Deep Water-Eighty Persons Lose Their Lives and Many More Injured-One of the . Worst Acci? dents on Record. Atlantic, X. X, Oct 29.-Sixty-six persons, dead and two injured is the estimate that is made this morning I of the casualties in yesterday's rail? ! way horror. Most of the dead are still buried in the submerged cars and ! it will be impossible to give an ac I curate list of the dead until the bod? ies can be removed by divers. Only today did there come a full realization of the awfulness of the calamity when three cars of the elec? tric train of the West Jersey and Seashore Electric Railway plunged from the dTaw bridge which spanned the thoroughfare of tidewater stream, separating Atlantic City from the mainland. With the bringing to the surface of scores of dead bodies of those who died miserably at the bot? tom of the creek, and the heart rend? ing scenes atending their identifi csation, came appreciation of extent of the great disaster that almost has horrified every one at the way so many met their fate, caught like rats in cars, doors locked and unable to find egress as water poured in upon them, except through windows which hardly admitted a full sized person getting through^. Only one thought .relieves the horror of their fate-that the death agony was not prolonged. The cars sunk rapidly and in a few minutes the last of the entrapped victims had yielded "ip the struggle. Estimates of the number who per? ished are based upon a comparison of the list or survivors with the conduct? or's statement of his complement of passengers. Ninety-two i passengers are believed to have been in the three cars. Over a score of these have been accounted for, most of them have been ^rescued, suffering from, severe^ injuries. A few may have escaped without any report being made of the fact. But it is believed that all others met the fate of those whose bodies have been removed from the sub? merged cars. Practically all surviv? ors were passengers on the third car. which was not entirely submerged. Wreckers and rescuers worked all night by aid of electric lights tempor? arily arranged. Efforts are being di? rected to raising of the submerged car?, but the task is proving a hard one. The coaches, by "force of the fall, were buried deep in the mud. Several times chains which were passed around the cars broke when the cranes attempted to lift them. . The District Attorney of May's Landing is at che scene with the cor? oner and officials of the company in? vestigating. The accident was due to a rail "turning in." It appears that the rail, which was an outside one on the right hand side coming down, must have been out of plumb about an eighth of an inch. The sharp flange of the el< ^tric train caught tnis and twisted inwards. Had it spread instead ol twisting inwards thc accident never would have happened. This twist threw the first car off the track, and into thc water. ; The result was that the second and third cars were dragged with it, and while the third car was descending the rear portion struck a piece of the abutment, hung for a short time, and then slid into the water. P,ut this brirrf stop saved several lives. A num? ber of men and women leaped out of windows and the rear door either into the water or caught hold of a post and were rescued. Among the pass? engers were 20 men of the Royal Ar? tillery band, who were on their way here from Philadelphia. One or two of the bodies of the bandmen were re? covered early in the afternoon. When the train left the rails, it was running at a high speed, according to some persons, as fast as 40 miles an hour. Details as to just how the terrible accident occurred are vague. A com? plete circumstantial story cannot be obtained from any one of the passen? gers as yet. Two causes have been as? signed for the derailment of the train. One is that the rails spread and the other that the rails were not properly locked when the bridge was closed. The man who may best be able to tell what caused the accident is Dan? iel B. Stewart, tho bridge tender. Stewart, however, is in no condition to talk. He is 65 years old. He was the only person who wit? nessed the plunge of the train with its human cargo from a close point of vantage. The scenes which followed caused him to lose his reason and wlH-n he was found hours afterwards, he could noe tell a rational story. Some Mothers, unconscious of the injurious effects of Alum, are daily giving it. to their Children by the use of so-called Cheap Baking Powder. What Mother would do so if she only knew? Alums Worst Work is its early harmful influence on the child's digestive organs. Positively Never, should Children of tender; years be required to eat it in their food. Secure your Children against Alum in their food. AVOID AUVM Sap platnty BAKINQ ROYAL is made from Pure Refined Grape Cream of Tartar-Aids Digestion. NAVAL SCHOLARSHIP. Congressman Lever Gives Notice of an Examination For Naval Aca? demy. ?, . There wiU he a vacancy Jn the United States Academy for a mid? shipman from the 7th Congressional District next year, and I 7,-ill hold a competive examination of applicants for this position at Columbia, S. C., on Saturday, December 29th, 1906. The applicant must be a bona fide resident of the 7th Congerssional Dis? trict, and not under sixteen years old nor over twenty. The applicants will j be examined mentally and physically on the date mentioned above. The nomination .will go to the ap? plicant making the highest grade upon examination, and the first and sec- ? ond alternates will be named upon the I order of their grades made upon ex? amination. All applicants- should write me at Lexington, S. C. for full particulars, and for permission take the examina- I tion. A. F. Lever, Member of Congress, 7th District, South Carolina. THE GINNERS REPORT. Census Bureau Shows That thc Crop Up ot Date Is But Little Short of Last Year. Washington, Oct. 25.-The census bureau- today issued a report on the ginning of cotton, showing 4.010.230 bales ginned from the growth of 1906 up to October ISth, as compared with 4.990,556 for 1905. The active gin? neries reporting were 26.2S7, as com? pared with 26,577 in 1905. COSTLY FERES IN LAURENS. Several Hundred Bales of Cotton Burned in Cross Hill and Mount ville-Railroad the Loser. Laurens, Oct. 26-At about 3 o'clock this afternoon a large number of bale? of cotton was set on fire at Cross Hill, a town on the Seaboard Railroad, and about sixteen miles south of Laurens. Between 400 and 500 bales were burned. The cotton was on the railroad platform and presumably caught from a locomotive engine. Almost at the same hour 75 bales were burned 'it Mountville, a town on the same road, and five miles from j Cress Hill.. This fire was presuma bly started in the same way. In both cases cotton has been accumulating on the platforms and the ?aiJroad has ; given receipts for it, but on account j of the congested freight conditions has ? been unable to move it. The cotton was consigned to various parties. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 27.-A fire v hich destroyed a two-story frame tenement occupied by\at least thirty negroes and Greeks in Armourdale this morning caused seven deaths. One body has boen recovered. The police say there are at least six bodies in the ruins. MR. W. D. GAMBLE DEAD. Prominent Citien of Clarendon Pass- j es Away-Was a Very Successful Business Man. Manning, Oct. 28.-Mr. W. D. Gam- | ble, one of the most prominent and highly respected citiens of Clarendon county, died at his home near New Zion last night. The report received here is to the effect that he retired _ last night apparently in his usual j health, but during the night he was taken with a convulsion and died be? fore morning. Mr. Gamble was suc? cessful in his business, both as a far? mer and a merchant, and though quiet and rather retiring in dispo- j sition, he wielded considerable in- j fluence in county affairs. He was i about fifty years old and died in the house in which he had lived nearly all "his life, having moved there with his father when a small boy. It will be remembered that Mr. Gamble met with an accident while endeavoring to alight from a moving train at Alcolu a few weeks ago, as reported in The News and Courier at the time. He then received a considerable scalp wound, but seemed to ' rally all right afterward, and it is not known here now tha: he suffered any subse? quent inconvenience from the wound, or that his death was in any way at? tributable to that injury. Fire at Spring Hill. The barn enc -tables of Mr. Jim ! Robinson, of Spring Hill, were burned j SaturdaV night. Nothing was saved I from the buildings and Mr. Robinson's j loss was quite heavy, as his farm im- ? p?ements, a large lot of corn, forage f and cotton seed were burned. One cow was also burned. The fire is believed to ha.ve been of incendeary origin. Fire at Silver. The dwelling house of Mr. Robert j Eriggs, of Silve r was burned Saturday J night. Very little of the furniture or other contents of the house was saved. ' The orign of the fire is not known, but it is supposed to have been acci? dental. Dr. Reynolds 111. The many friends of Dr. W. K. Reynolds, of Paxville, will regret to learn that he is seriously ill with con? gestion of the lungs. He has been ill j for several days and at last re-ports his condition was critical. DIED EV DISGRACE. New York, Oct. 27.-The man who shot and killed a woman in the Hotel Griffon last night and then killed him? self was positively identified this morning as L. G. Hampton, secretary of the United States Trust Co. The woman was identified as Victoria Taeskow, who was head saleslady in a department, store. Hampton leaves a widow nd two children. A heart shaped locket, engraved "Atlanta, 1904." was found among the woman's effects. COTTON FIRE IN ALABAMA, Loss o? From $75,000 to $100,000 at Ea taw-Partially Covered By In* surance. v Eutaw, Ala., Oct. 28-A disastrous fire here today swept away the east? ern half cf the Planters' Warehouse and Commission company's ware? house, destroying property estimated at from $75,000 to $100,000. The warehouse contained from 2,000 ta 3,000 bales of cotton.^ About 250 bales stored in the western side and about 500 bales on the platform ad joiningxthe warehouse, were saved. Possibly only 500 bales are in? sured. The origin of the fire is un? known, but it is thought to have been started by a spark from a passing^ locomotive. ? DR. FOSTER SHOOTS HIMSELF, A Well Known and Popular Young Dentist of Union-His Condition Is Critical. Union, Oct. 29.-A sensation was created here this afternoon, when Dr. Eph W. Foster, a young dentist well known and popular throughout the State, shot himself while in the Union, hardware store on Main street. The ball entered just above the heart, but missed that vital organ. Though liv? ing tonight, his condition is quite crit-. ical. Dr. Foscer returned this morning from Columbia, where lie had spent the past week. Verdict for Large Amount. Edge?eld, Oct. 25.-In the case ot Mrs. Bussy, administratrix, against the Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Company, tried today, a ver? dict in the sum of $15,000 was return? ed for the plaintiff. The suit was for $50,000. A motion for a new trial will be heard. San Francisco, Oct. 25.-The South? ern Pacific Railroad ls threatened with strike of all engineers, firemen? conductors and trainmen generally, extending over the entire system. After a conference between the repre? sentatives of the various unions and the company a disagreement has been reached which is very serious. The demands of the men embrace an advance in wages, ranging from 10 per cent, upwards, and where there is no provision for an eight hour day, these clauses are inserted in the de? mands of the respective bodies. lt is claimed on the part of the men that the company is now making more money than at any time in the history of the road. That increased earnings are due to unusual efforts of the men to keep freight moving. The company refuses io concede any of their demans. Federal Judge Erawley has issued an order at Greenville that prohibits the district attorney or his assistants remaining in the grand jury room while bills of indictment are being considered.