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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, 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." -1 Consolidated Aug. 2a 1881. SUMTER S. GL. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1906. THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established fane, 181 New Series-Vol. XXYI. No lft %\?>t Wi?^mi antr Sit?te Published Every Wednesday, -BY OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, .SUMTER, S. a Terms: $1.50 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 raters. All communications which sub? serve private interests will bo charged for as advertisements. ^ Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. BORDEN NEWS LETTER. Borden, S. C., Nov. 5.-Th ecotton crop has about all been gathered around Barden. The farmers are sowing oats to meet the short corn crop. J Our friend, Mr. W. R. Brown, who has been sick for some time is able able to be out again. His daughter, Miss Jessie, who is attending St. Joseph's college, was up to see him last week. Miss Hattie Hussey, the teacher of the New Hope School paid Sumter a visit last Saturday. ^ Mr. T. J. Brown has bought a fine farm from C. L. Emanuel, near Bor? den, and will move in a short time. We welcome Mr. and Mrs. Brown to Bordon. Mr. J. H. Myers was in town today on business. Mr. C L. Emanuel went to Manning to see his mother who is sick. Miss Lulu Waldrep will leave this week/ifor a visit to her father .at Don? alds, S. C. Rev. Martin preached his last ser? mon at New Hope church last Sun? day. The church has not called a pas? tor for another year. When you're broke the girls are shy They turn and fly as you come nigh Brace up old man, sho"&* some pluck Take Rocky Mountain Tea; t'will >change your luck. China's Drug Store. Max News Notes. Max, S. C., Nov. 5.-The blind evangalist preached a good sermon to to a large and attentive crowd at Beulah Presbyterian Church last night. He will preach a series of sermons there. .Rev. B. K. Trueluck brought Rev. V. L Masters from the South East As? sociation to Bethel Sunday morning, where Rev. Masters preached a fine sermon. They went over to Sardis Sunday afternoon to attend the Flor? ence Association which convened at that church yesterday. /A. little son of Wm. Tunstall was badly burned last week by striking a match. He and a young sister were alone in the house and had been told not to bother with matches. Fortu? nately he ran to water in a branch near by when someone reached him. HARMFUL STOMACH DOSING. No Need of It When Hyomei Is Used to Cure Catarrh. Physicians and scientists agree that the less medicine one swallows, the better/ It :s in keeping with this idea that Hyomei is recommended by lead? ing physicians throughout this and other catarrhal sections. When this treatment is used in ca? tarrhal troubles, there is no stomach dosing, for the medicine is taken in with the air you breathe, and goes right to the spot where the catarrhal germs are present, healing the inflam? ed and irritated mucous membrane, killing the disease germs and enter? ing the blood with the oxygen, driv? ing all catarrhal germs from the sys? tem. Do not try to cure catarrh of the }pad by patting medicine into your stomach.-?.his is neither a scientific nor common-sense treatment. Breathe the healing balsams of Hyomei and in a few days you will notice relief, and it* continued use will result in a com? plete and lasting c-:re. J. F. W. DeLorme has seen so many CU?'-S madek by Hyomei amongst his customers, several of them cases where all hope of relief had been given up, that he gives an absolute guarantee of cure, or money will be refunded, with every outfit he sells. The complete Hyomei outfit costs but $3, while extra bottles of Hyomei, if r.^ed^d, are only 50 cents. The average young woman of to? day is busy and has no time to de? vote to anyfbi./g but health and beauty. It comes to ninety-nine out of every hundred who take Hollis? ter's Rocky Mountain Tea. Tea or Tabic?, 35 cents. China's Drug Store. THE FORTHCOMING MESSAGE. A FORECAST OF THE PRESI? DENT'S ANNUAL MESSAGE. He Will Come Out Strongly On the Dangers of Great Wealth in Hands of Individuals Entail-Will Recom? mend Inheritance Tax-Asks For Additional Legislation. Washington, D. C., Nov. L-Presi? dent Roosevelt has practically finished preparing his annual message, which goes to Congress next month. The President talked over the message with members of the Cabinet and others, and it is possible to give at this time a general and fairly accu? rate forecast of its contents. The menace of public wealth will probably occupy more space than any other single subject. The President's conviction as to the. necessity of an inheritance- tax has grown stranger every day since he first broached, the subject several years ago, and he will now take a more advanced stand than he has heretofore advocated. The President's belief in the wis? dom of centralization has become one of his strongest hobbies. He is of the opinion that the Federal Government should have the supervision not only over all lines of transportation and communication, but over other cor? porations, controlling the necessities of life. He believes that a speedy ac? ceptance of this doctrine by the great corporations themselves will save them untold trouble and possibly an? nihilation. One of the greatest dan? gers of the present age, he argues, is the growing discontent of the masses against the classes, and the sooner the public is convinced that the great 'so called trusts" are conducted as much in the interests of ^the people as in the interests of the coupon clippers, the sooner will the possibility of revo? lution be removed. The President believes there should be a limit on great fortunes. In his opinion the piling of millions on top of millions in the banks is not a healthly way to increase wrealth and when, these vast fortunes descend to individuals who never worked for a dollar of their colossal inheritance, the effect is distinctly bad. The President also seems to be an ardent advocate of the income tax, but is not quite ready to press the matter upon congress. In his message the President will again pay his respects to the railroads and will urge additional legislation to reinforce the railroad rate law passed last winter. The situation in Cuba reassuring as it is now, will give the President a good chance' for congratulations. He will take occasion in this connection to again disclaim any intention on the part of the administration to ac? quire a permanent foothold upon the Island. / He will again urge the passage of the Santo-Dc mingo treaty. Need for a more elastic currency will be dwelt upon in the message and congress will be asked to fix a remedy. The message, in addition to the more important questions referred to, will devote the usual space to a sur? vey of the government's activities in ali lines of work. Our abundant prosperity, our cor? dial relations with all the people of the earth and our steady uplift to? ward higher things will be mentioned by the President as a cause for con? gratulation and increased endeavor. NEWS FROM WISACKY. Farmers Will Plant Oats This Year, . .Adversity Being the Best Teacher Wisacky, Nov. 5.-We are having lovely weather now, farmers are near? ly through gathering the short cotton crop, and will soon begin to plant largely in oats. The Carnival in Bishopville last week was considered the best ever had there, and was largely attended, a great many from this neighborhood took it in. The health of this community is very good at present, except Mr. Hugh Scott, whoMs no better, and his friends are grieved to know that he is in such a low state of health. Miss Ina Shirer, of St. Stephens, who was visiting relatives here, was called home unexpectedly on account of the illness of her mother. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Williams, of Timmonsville, visited relatives here a few days since. Mr. J. H. Ledingham has gone on a visit to Mrs. D. Shirer and family, of St Stephens. Misses Eunice and Annie Williams spr-nt several days in town last week, taking in the carnival. W. J. Sawell, white, of Langley, was killed by ah Augusta-Aiken trol? ly car Friday. WITTEKIND GAME IN. WATSON'S IMMIGRANT SHIP AR HIVED AT CHARLESTON. Trip Marked by Some Rough Weath er-Sanction of Belgian Govern ment Obtained by Mr. Watson Marriage and Inspection. Charleston, Nov. 4.-The much heralded North German Lloyd steam erWittekind arrived at port today from Bremen with 475 passengers on board, being the first of at least two vessels which the big steamship cor? poration is to run to Charleston, in the movement inaugurated by State Commissioner Watson to divert the tide of immigration from Northern ports to Charleston, that these peo? ple may be distributed through South Carolina, supplying much need? ed agricultural, mechanical and la? bor hands, where they are most de? sired. It is probable that the Witte kind will prove the first of a regular and permanent line of steamships for both passengers and freight between Charleston and Bremen, the perma? nence of the line being in a measure dependent upon the success of the two first vessels. The second vessel is due to sail from Bremen on Dec. 27th for Charleston Sighted at 8 O'clock. The Wittekind was sighted off quar? antine about S o'clock this morn? ing and shortly after the big vessel has been seen, Commissioner Gene? ral Sargent, Surgeons Stoner and Earle, Deputy Commissioner Stump and a number of inspectors and other officials of the United States immi? gration and labor department board? ed the army steamer General French and started down the harbor. The steamer stopped off quarantine, where Acting Quarantine Officer O'Driscoll boarded the vessel and made his inspection. The vessel had a clean bill of health and no deten? tion or fumigation was necessary. Then Dr. "O'Driscoll turned the ves? sel over to other government officials. The inspectors immediately beg?n their arrangements for the inspection of the passengers. - , - - Col. Watson was much in demand, but he proved the hustler that he has shown himself on so many occasions, in the way that he dispatched the many matters that came before him. He had the assistance of Secretary Herbert and of Mr. Jean Ferman Fearney, a bright young Frenchman that he picked up in London and who will assist him with the conduct bf his bureau in Columbia. The local com? mittee was rendering valuable assist? ance to the commissioner. Among the conveniences arranged for by the Charleston committee was the exchange of currency for the passengers. Mayor Rhett had Messrs. Croft and Steiber, of his bank the People's National Bank at the wharf, and later the clerks were provided for in one of the cabins, with their bags of gold and silver, prepared to facilitate the passengers. It was a ser? vice which was much appreciated by ail parties interested, and another ef? fort of Mayor Rhett to add to the success of the arrival of the first im? migrant vessel in Charleston since th middle sixties, when immigrant vessels regularly plied to Charleston from Bremen. As to the trip of the vessel, it was marked by good and bad weather. She sailed from Bremen on October IS. When in the North sea, a storm struck the boat and for seven days she had a terrible seige of bad weath? er. The big boat is said to have tossed like a match, in the heavy sea and high wind. The weather then calmed and continued so until five days ago, when she ran again into bad weather, which lasted for two days. On the Wittekind were twenty-five cabin passengers, nineteen adults, five children and one infant. Iii steerage are 394 adults, 4 5 children and ll infants. There about 112 families, 75 single men and two single women. It is worthy of note that the number of married people grew suddenly in one day, early this morning Commissioner Watson marrying no less than twenty nine couples, reducing to this extent the number of eligibles for bachelors and maids at home. There were 126 adult Belgians and 22 children, eight adult Hollanders and three children, and the rest of the party was made up of Austrians, French, Germans and other nationali? ties. Very few of the immigrants speak religion. The religion of the im? migrants is mostly Catholic, with, however, a good number of Luther? ans, i All the cabin passengers left here this afternoon for Columbia, and the greater part of the steerage passen? gers will also go to the capitol, and there be distributed by Commissioner Watson's office. The places to which CHATTANOOGA SHAKEN. A TERRIBE ACCIDENT ATTENDED BY FATAL RESULTS. Terific Dynamite Explosion Occurs In Railroad , Storehouse-Twelve Men Killed and Much Property De? stroyed. Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 2.-A ter? rific explosion that shook r.aarly evry building in the city, killed at least one one man and injured more than half a dozen others, occurred in the yard storehouse of . the Cincinnati and Southern Railroad shops here this morning. The storehouse was entire? ly destroyed and other buildings and cars damaged. The cause of the ex? plosion is a mystery. It is said that dynamite was stored'in the store? house. It is impossible at this time to make an estimate of the property loss. The officials are at a loss to ac? count for the number of men who were supposed to have been in the shops at the time of the explosion. It is barely possible that seme are cov? ered up in the wreckage. The body of one man who has been identified was found far from the scene. Henry Milling, p negro, has been committed to the Chester Jail charg? ed with assault with intent to ravish at the Great Southern Power Com? panys works at Great Falls. Judge Prince will call the Grand Jury to? gether at once and try him immed .ately. immigrants are ticketed are as fol? lows: Anderson, Chester, Darlington, Columbia, Fort Mill, Glendale, Green? ville, Hartsville, Lancaster, Greers, Lockhart, Welford and Warrenville, as far as can b? now stated. The de? parture of the passengers was facili? tated by the Southern railway, having a number of cars on the East Shore terminal tracks under the personal direction of Division Superintendent Hunt. The passengers are generally of a fine class. Several of the pass? engers are particularly well to do, one of the number being a wealthy farmer of 40,000 francs, who is going to prospect in this State. Very few of the passengers will re? main in Charleston, notwithstanding the large demand for the help. Commissioner General Sargent said this afternoon that not until tomor? row will it be definitely known just how many of the passengers will be debarred from landing. While a number of the passengers were re? leased, the examination was not con? cluded today and some of those/who were placed aside may be later re? leased at the special court. The local committee arranged for the lodging and boarding of a number of the im? migrants at the Thomson Auditorium, while others remained on board of the vessel for the night. Among the passengers was Edward Schott, a son of Prof. Schott, the well known musical director, who was on the wharf to meet the young man. The first passenger to run up against the inspectors was Herr Nehrman, who is among the number to locate here. He is from Hamburg and is in? terested in the dry goods business. Count Wegel, a close friend of Baron von Plattenburg, assistant to Director von Pilis, has also came over to take a look at South Carolina. Commissioner Watson was in a happy frame of mind at the success of the trip. He was the subject of much congratulation and he has reason to be well pleased with his work. For instance, the director gen? eral of the line asked him to secure 150 and no freight, when he saw him about sending a vessel to Charleston and he got 475 passengers and a freight cargo, which is nearly the combined value of thc cargo of the lines of the company to Baltimore and Galveston on any trip that these lat? ter boats have made in the past two years. Not only this, but Col. Wat? son has secured a return cargo for Bremen, which was also not deman? ded by the company. Commissioner Watson has a most congratulatory letter from Director von Pilis, commending his work and assuring him of his continued cooper? ation in the movement of bringing immigrants to South Carolina, and the steamship official expressed the hope that the line will be made per? manent and regular. Commissioner Watson has gone about this work in a systematic way. He has made his plans for the future, establishing offices at Glasgow, Lon? don, Manchester, Sligo, Ghent, Mid? dleburg, Holland, Bremen, BerMu Roubaix, Copenhagen, and there are now 80 passengers already booked for the next vessel to come to Charleston. At the Holland office is S. Di ?dse, who lived for five years in Florence, S. C., and all the offices are in good hands. JAPS MEAN TROUBLE. SAN FRANCISCO JAPANESE WITH? DRAW SUIT FROM COURT. Hiey Now Take the Stand That ?he Treaty Rights Have Been Violated and the National Government Is r?esponsible-This Action Probably Directed By Japanese Government. San Francisco, Nov. 3.-Significant action was taken by the Japanese this .afternoon when, they dismissed the suit begun some time ago to force the authorities to admit Japanese chil? dren to all public schools of San Francisco. It is stated by attorneys tha.t from now on the Japanese will make no effort to oppose ^heir exclu? sion through court proceedings, but will stand firmly on their treaty right and contend that the Washington Government must put the children back into the school, from which they have been barred by the board of education. From the position of aliens^ seeking judicial protection they have advanced to that of a people whose rights are being violated in a country with which they entered into a compact with their soverign to ex? tend them all privileges accepted as accompanying "the most favored^ na? tion," clause of International treaties. PISGAH NEWS AND COMMENT. The Verdict Against the Gaillard Murderers Criticised-The Servant Question. P:':sgah, Nov. 5.-The slump in the prie2 of cotton is severely felt by the farmers, especially with this short crop and big debts to pay. It now looks as if a revolution in farming will take place, it is to be hoped for the better. It is useless to disguise the fact that they can't live, pay debts, etc., as they are now going on and unless a change for the better i takes place, they will be bankrupt in their own land. * The verdict of the jury in the Gail lard- case is much commented on. If those people were guilty, why recom? mend the to the mercy of the court? If innocent, they should have been turned loose. Somebody killed Gail lard, and if there is a doubt as to who did it no man should be held under a reasonable doubt, for every judge will charge that to the jury. The whole thing seems to be a mys? tery. It would have been better to have postponed the trial until . more light could be had on the subject. Indications point to a light vote in the State tomorrow. A man certainly values his franchise lightly who wont go to the polls and vote. Pri? mary elections are only recommenda? tions, and some day we will wake up to the fact that we have no congress? man. The health of our section is fine. I don't hear ot any sickness more ! than colds. I hear of one or two marriages to take place in the near future. The answer to that piece in The Daily Item a short time ago about the difficulty of getting cooks is this: ? Let mothers train their daughters to cook and keep house in a proper way, then they wont be dependent on a hired servant to keep house for them. One of the most helpless of creatures is a girl who gets married . and knows nothing about housekeep? ing ar.d cooking; the ornaments are all right and proper, but not at the expense of the more practical in house keeping. Some years ago the writer saw a model home of a recent? ly married young lady. From the parlor to the kitchen is was as neat as a new pin, and the table of well prepared food showed that a master hand had prepared or directed it. Her mother had carefully trained her, so when she was married she was not dependent on a trifling ser? vant. How many daughters are care? fully trained that way? And echo answers how many? Too much atention is paid to fash? ion and not enough to the more prac? ticable parts of life. Butterflys never make good wives. A man1 s home should be one of comfort and pleas? ure to ensure happiness, and with poor housekeeping and worse cook? ing, complete happiness cannot reign. Rev. Tracy Munmerlyn filled the pulpit by request at Pisgah church yesterday afternoon, and preached a good ser: ion to a large congregation. Band instruments in use by the Salvation Army are worth $430,000. Any thin or undeveloped girl or woman will be benefltted by taking Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. It is one of the greatest known remedies for making people strong, healthy and well. Tea or Tablets, 35 cents. China's Drug Store. JAP SPY CAPTURED. YOUNG ? CAPTAIN OF ENGINEERS. ARRESTED AT MANILA. He Was Found Sketching Fortifie** tions of the Harbor and Was Dis* guised at the Time-He Will Be De^ ported at Once. Manilla, Nov. 2.-A young Japanese, officer, known to hold a commission,, as Captain of engineers in the Mika*,, do's army, was caught today while in, disguise, as he was engagad in sketch* ing certain parts of the fortifications.' of Manila harbor^ He was promntty placed under arrest. Steps wiU he>. taken to have him deported immedi* ately. A search of the young officer*^ effects brought to lignt several weft executed sketches of forts on the Iss> land, on which were annotations*, showing arrangements of guns, dis* tribution of soldiers and the number of guns of each fort and general com*, ments on the effectiveness of the de? fense. Steps were immediately taken, by the. military authorities, when they received word of the arrest, to see* that none of the officer's drawings: shall get out of the Island, if they have not already been sent. The maila will probably be examined to see if they contain any suspicious letters or documents being sent to Japan. Items From Privateer. Privateer, Oct. 30.-Miss Elma Geddings spent Saturday and Sunday at he rhome in Paxville. Mr. Robert Kali, of Chester, vis? ited in the neighborhood Thursday. Mrs. W. A. Nettles, of Sumter, spent the past week at Mrs. G. A. Nettles. Mr. Marion Rivers and Miss Hattie May Hardee spent Sunday with friends in Paxville. We are sorry to report Miss Marie Jenkins sick with measles. Messrs. Marion Rivers- and G. A. Nettles are attending court this week as jurymen. Miss Cammie Nesbitt is spending sometime with friends in^Cblnmbia. " We hear that Miss Evelyn\Wallace? who is to teach the Gilgal School thisy sessicm opened her s?ho& yesterday. : Miss Laura Whilden a/id Miss Sadie Nettles, of Sumter, are spending sometime at Mr. G. A. Nettles The many friends of Miss Hattie May Hardee regret ve?y much that she has resigned her school and will soon leave Privateer. Some one may be gotten to complete the term, but no one can take the place o? Miss Hardee. _ MADE NEW RECORD. ? New York, Nov. 2.-The United?. States now holds the record of "fur*, thest north," 87 degrees and six min*, utes. This feat Vas accomplished by Commander Robert E. Peary of the United States navy. The intrepid arc*, tic explorer failed to reach the North Pole, as he had confidently hoped to do with his specially constructed ves* sel, the Roosevelt, but he penetrated nearer to the pole than the Duke of Abruzzi's expedition," which had held the Arctic record, 86 degrees 34 minutes. What Commander Peary did i ? and his experiences during the past year are rather briefly but vividly sum-, marized in a communication received tonight . by Herbert L. Bridgeman?, secretary of the Peary Arctic Club^ This communication follows: Hopedale, Labrador. Via Twillingate, <^ Newfoundland, Nov. 2. S Herbert L. Bridgeman. Roosevelt wintered north coast Grantland somewhat north Albert - ^ winter quarters. Went north with ' w sledges February via Heckla and Co? lumbia. Delayed by open water be* tween S4 and 85 degress. Beyond 85 six days. Gale disrupted ice, destroyed coaches, cut off communication with "N supporting bodies and drifted due east. Reached 87 degrees 6 minutes north latitude, over ice, drifting steadily eastward. Returning ate eight dogs. Drifted eastward, de? layed by open water, reached north coast Greenland in straitened condi- ' tion. Killed musk oxen and returned along Greenland coast to ship. Twa supporting parties driven on north coast Greenland. One rescued by me in starving condition. After one weel? recuperation Roosevelt sledged west, completing north coast Grantland and reached other land, near 100th merid* ian. Homeward voyage incessant bat? tle with ice, storms and head winds. Roosevelt magnificent ice fighter and; s*.a boat No death or illness in expe? dition. (Signed) Peary, CUTS. SORES. BURK;