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@Jje ?Jatcfymnn ill Sotityron. THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the ends Thon Almsr't i be thy Country's, Thy God's and Tru|h's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone, ISM Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. _SUMTER. 8*0.. WEDNESDi r. DECEMBER 5. 1906. New Series-Yol. XXVL So 20 . %\? f?kttjpnaK at?? jlraljp??. Published Every Wednesday, -BY DSTEEN PUBLISHING CQKPAKY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: - $1.50 per annum-in advance. Advertisements: One ?square first insertion.S 1.50 Every subsequent insertion.53 Contracts for three months, or longer viii be made at reduced rates. All communications "which sub? serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tribute? of respects will be'charged for. BAILEY 8N THE RACK,, TTTCAS SENATOR IS ACCUSED OF GRAFT. He Has Gone to Austin to Face Those "Who Charge That He Was the Hired Tool of Standard Oil Com? pany and Aided it to Break the Law. Washington, Nov. 30. - Senator Bailey will not be in his seat when Congress opens. He has gone to Test? as to face the acusers in the Waters fierce case* now pending at Austin. 1 A sensation has been caused in Texas by the State's attorney general demanding vouchers for the money said to have been paid Senator Bailey j by the Waters-Pierce Oil Co. in con? nection with the commission of that concern to list business or organiza? tions authorized to opera+e in Texas. Senator Bailey says the attacks on him are the work of political | ene? mies. MANNING* CITIZENS MEET. They Vote Bown Proposition In? volving Erection of a New Court House and Pass Resolution Asking . Repeal of the Lien Law. (Manning, Dec. 3.-?Pursuant to- a call issued by Senator-Elect Louis Ap pelt, a mass meeting was held in the Court House here today to consider and give expression to public senti? ment on several questions of current interest, especially the proposed building of a new Court House, the repeal of the lien law, and some mod ?ification of the existing labor contract law. The attendance at the meeting was not very large, but among the hundred .or so present there were representative citizens from almost every section of the countr, and' marked interest ^as manifested in ali the questions mat were up for consideration. The first question being that of the proposed building of a new Court House, Mr. Appelt read a prepared statement as to the amount of taxable property in the county, and showed that with a levy of one mill a suffi? cient sum could be raised annually to pay the interest on a loan of $40,000, and about $2,000 in addition for a sinking fund. This elicited several speeches in opposition to the proposi? tion, and a vote being taken there was a majority of about 9 to 6 in opposi? tion to the new Court House. By a'vote of similar Strength the meeting expressed itself in favor of the repeal of the lien law and also in favor of an amendment to the la? bor contract law requiring such con? tracts to be indexed in the office of the clerk of court. The sentiments so strongly express? ed in the meeting arise from the short crops this year, and demoralized con? dition of labor in this county, and the consequent depressed condition of agricultural interests generally. THE BOLD ROBBER. The Trial of the Old Shoemaker Who Made German Soldiers His Dupes. Berlin, Dec. 1.-William Voigt, the former shoemaker who stole an officer's uniform, commanded a squad of soldiers to follow him, captured the mayor and other officers of Koepe nick, took $1,000 from the treasury, sent the officials away under arrest, and then calmly walked away, is on trial today. He appears shabby, decrepit and in? significant, so that one could hardly believe him capable of the exploits he accomplished. He is indicted on five counts. Voigt made an eloquent plea, de? claring that the police haunted bim after his prison sentence ea pired, so it was impossible to lead an honest life. He has a long jail record and | when he completed his defence the ; crowd cheered. The man's audacity has captivated all Europe and aroused public sym? pathy in his behalf. REBELLION IN CALIFORNIA. THE JAPANESE QUESTION HAS DEEPLY STIRRED THE PA-* CIFIC STATE. Influential Men > Say California is Seeking War With Neither Japan Nor Rest of * the United Statse, But They Insist on the State's Right to Manage Local Affairs. Chicago, Dec. 4.-A dispatch from a staff correspondent of the Chicago Tribune says: "California is in rebellion over the Japanese trouble. It wants no war with the rest of the United States, but demands a friendly fight in the su? preme court to decide whether Cali ofrnia has the right , to rule itself in local matters and handle the color question in her own way. Neither does California seek war with Ja? pan. "The school superintendent de? clared that San Francisco never will change its attitude on the school question. "The Commissioner of Labor for California declared that if California is to remain one of the United States, then it must stop this invasion and settle the question. Tf we do not set? tle it soon, then our children will set? tle it,' says the commissioner." Washington, Dec. 1.-United States Representative Hayes, of California, who- ii leading the proposition to re? strict Japanese and Corean immigra? tion and an authority on the Japanese peril, arrived here fully determined to push the anti-Japanese propogan da. . Ile said that when he left there, there was ho disposition on the part of Californians to recede from their j position. . "California is our home and we will not sit quietly by and see for? eigners orientailize California. We are ready to fight the commercial invas? ion, which will not be any more easi? ly accepted than if Japan should come with arms." NEW USE FOR WIRELESS. Washington, Dec. 1.-The-Govern? ment has . sent portable wireless tele? graph outfits to Cuba to ascertain to what extent this system of communi? cation can supplant visual signaling in the field. The outfit, including bat? tery, weighs less than 300 pounds and is arranged so it can be carried on mule back. Its efficiency is about 200 miles. INSURANCE TRLAL. New York, Dec. I.-The illness of one of the jurors in the trial of Geo. Burnham, Jr., vice preseident of the Mutual Insurance Company, charged with grand larceny in connection with the alleged settlement of a per? sonal debt of President Frederick Bamham of the Mutual Reserve out of the company's funds brought the hearing to a close today. If the juror does not improve, there could be a mistrial. The Secretary of the Treasury Fur? nishes Estimate of WTiat the Va? rious Departments Will Require. Washington, Dec. 3.-Estimates of appropriations required to run the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908, were transmitted to congress today. They reach a grand < total of $689,038,453. The estimate for the present fiscal year amounted to 8622,723,151, showing an increase of 866,000,000, but the actual appropri? ations for the present year, including deficiencies and miscellaneous, which were not estimated for, were, how? ever, $701,551,566, or about eleven millions more than the secretary of the traesury thinks will be necessary for next year. Slayer of Jacques Must Hang for His Crime In January. Walterboro, Nov. 30.-R. A. Adams, the famous manslayer of Colleton, was brought to Walterboro Wednesday night from Columbia, where he had been confined in the penitentiary sinc? his recapture about a year ago. Sentence was passed this morning by Judge Purdy at the opening of court on R. A. Adams. The day fixed for his execution is the first Friday in January, 1907, between the hours of 10 and 2 o'clock. Negro Who Fled North From Wins? ton, N. C., Captured: New York, Dec. 3.:-In the arrest of Graham Farrarer, a negro, the police of White Plains believe they have a murderer who fled from Wins? ton, X. C. Farrarer is said to have made a confession to the police ad? mitting to have killed a man in Wins? ton at a dance hall. Winston police will come for the negro. JURISDICTION DENIED. UNITER STATES SUPREME COURT HAS LIMITS TO ITS POWER. Judge Harmon in the Chattanooga Lynching Case Sets Up a Claim That the United States Supreme Court Exceeded Its Jurisdiction When it Interfered in That Case.. Washington, Dec. 4.-A brief has ben filed in the United States supreme court considering the legal questions in regard to the Chattanooga con? tempt case arising from the lynching of Johnson, the negro, who had been granted a stay of execution., The oral argument will be made late this afternoon pf tomorrow. Judge Harmon, the attorney for Sher? iff Shipp, who is accused of failure to protect Johnson, raises the question of the jurisdiction of the federal court to consider appeals from the State courts. It is argued that the supreme court has the right to take cases for the purpose of determining jurisdiction only. THE NEGRO ISSUE. President Roosevelt Called Upon to Tell Senate all About Dismissal ol Negro Soldiers. Washington, Dec. 3.-The opening of the senate today was marked by the unexpected intrusion by Mr. Pen? rose of a resolution calling upon 'the president for information concerning his recent order dismissing the'hegrd companies from the army. The ohair called attention to the custom that no business should be transmitted un? til the president had been officially heard from. Senator Penrose, how? ever, insisted on his motion. Mr. Foraker was on his feet-in an instant with a substitute, calling for the rec? ords in the case from the secretary of war. The senators looked at . each other in mild surprise. They realized that the president had at least been outwitted in breaking of the pro? ceedings. : {? _ DRT^WDWARD -ATTEMPT^SUT CTDE. Went to Cathedral After Taking Poi? son:-Found in an Unconscious Con? dition in Washington-Will Recov? er. Washington, D. C., December 1. -News was received here this after? noon that H M. Woodward of Sumter, S. C., a dentist 24 years old, was found in an unconscious condition in the Cathedral this morning about 10 o'clock by the sexton. He was takfen to the city hospital, where? it was dis? covered that he was suffering . from laudanum poisoning. After working over him for several hours, the hos? pital authorities said that Woodward would probably recover. From papers in the man's pockets, his name was ascertained, also the fact that he is a member of the Elks lodge, No. 855. No bottle was found on Woodward's person^ . and the au? thorities suppose that the man took the drug before going into the Cathe? dral. When found he was "lying be? tween two of the pews.-The State. Mr. J. C. Huger received a telegram, dated Baltimore, from Dr. W. L. Mc? cutchell today stating that Dr. Wood? ward, who was reported to have made an attempt to commit suicide in Washington Saturday, was aU right and that the reports were false. Dr. McCutchen went to Washington Sun? day night for the purpose of seeing Dr. Woodward, whose friends here were very much disturbed by the re prot published in the Sunday morn? ing papers. Dr. McCutchen went prepared to investigate the matter fully, because the secretary of the Washington .Lodge of Elks had wired the Sumter Lodge that he could not find out anything about Dr. Wood? ward except that he "had left Garfield Hospital cured last Friday." Dr. Mc Cutchen's telegram stated in the most emphatic terms possible that the reports published Sunday were false. WOMAN HACKED IO PIECES. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 1.-After a fight with her drunken husband in which he used a hatchet and a 32 calibre revolver, Mrs. John F. Cooper was hacked nearly to pieces at her home, and her husband is dead from a self inflicted wound, after he thought his wife's life extinct. There were no eye witnesses to the fight and the cause is unknown. The wounds indi? cate that.the woman was attacked from behind and the blood on her hands indicate a fight for life. The bodies, which were on the bcd, were found by their children. ... i 1 .A will hand you if you if? Blif store and ask Any maker c der would like wives, so that t on the can. Sayn ROYAL ?s : Powder. AidsE N0TICE-l? you) advise you.from offici \ READY FOR THE FRAY. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WILL NOT DODGE NEGRO ISSUE. Says He Hopes The Senate Will *q?dopt Either the Penrose 05. Fo - raker Resolution Without Deiay He Has All- thc -Papers in. the. Case Ready. Washington, Dec. 4.-The admin? istration will not dodge the negro troop issue. President Roosevelt told Senator Hopkins today that he hoped that either the Penrose or the Fo raker resolution on the subject of the discharge of ' the colored bataillon would be adopted without delay. The president has all papers in the case ready. He feels confident that his action will be upheld. LEROY YOUMANS DEAD. y Columbia, Dec. 3.-Attorney Gen? eral Leroy F. Youmans died at his home this morning in his 73d year. He had been in failing health some time, but recently he seeme^ to be recovering and his death was unex? pected and a great shock. Mr. Youmans was made ! assistant Attorney General last year, vice W. H. Townsend, resigned, and became Attorney General a few months later on the death of Attorney General Gunter. He offered for election in the primary this summer and made a splendid race, although he was too feeble to attend any of the campaign meetings. He served the Confederacy as a member of Company F, Third South Carolina regiment. He was a member of Hampton's administration, suc? ceeding Attorney General James Con? ner, who resigned in 1877. He was afterward reelected to the place. He was four years district attorney after that. He was a circuit solicitor be? fore the civil war. General Youman's funeral will be held on Wednesday at noon from Trinity church. The body will lie in state tomorrow in the State library. General Youmans is survived by. two daughters and a son, Mrs. W. A. Metts and P. T. Youmans of this city, and Mrs. Olivette Himrod, of Erie, Pa. His widow was Miss Tillinghast. His surviving brothers and sisters are Mrs. Robert T. Causey, Mrs. Frank Causey, M. H. Youmans and L. W. Youmans, all of Hampton county, and W. H. Youmans, of Texas. Governor-elect Ansell has oppoint ed Mr. A. J. Bethea, editor of the Darlington Press as private secre? tary and Miss Alice Henderson as stenographer. Luther Craig, of Aiken county, was killed Saturday night by the accident? al discharge of his own pistol. Greenville baseball fans have or? ganized and will apply for admission OCA MYAL eve* kdfolded into his for/Baking Powder. >f ALUM Baking Pow to. Blindfold the hou? hey could not see the lt AVOID ALU! in absolutely pure, Grap )igest:ion-Adds to the he may want to know-if some certain bn FM or Phosphate of LIME, send us the n; il reports. ROYAL 3AKI^S POWDER CO-, NEW YORK CJ1 DISCl?AEt?tS RESPONSIBILITY. Ppeirator Mattox Asserts That He was Xot at Fa*nlt in Causing M?eck That Killed Spencer. Lynchburg, Va,, Dec. 2.-Operator G. D. Mattox, who is charged by o?5? cials of the Southern railway compa ! ny with being responsible for Thurs? day's wreck, 10-miles... below Lynch? burg, when seen today at his home, made the following statement in his I own behalf: i "The statement o? officials of the Southern railway that I have been missing since the wreck of Thursday morning and could not be found, al? though detectives of the company were scouring the country for me, is without the slightest foundation. I have been at my boarding place prac? tically all of the time since the acci? dent. The only time I was away from home was a portion of Friday and Saturday, when I was at the home of a friend and at no time since the wreck have I been more than two miles from the Rangoon telegraph office, where I worked. In addition to this I am reliably informed that a detective of the company was told duping the day on Thursday whe're I was and my whereabouts were cer? tainly known to my "friends, a num? ber of whom are employes of the Southern Railway company. . "This is the first statement 1 have been asked to make about the matter and you (referring to the reporter) are the first person that I know that has asked for me. On the night pre? ceding the wreck I attended a box party in the neighborhood with friends, the day operator working for me until I returned to the office about midnight. The night being chilly the Operator, L. Clemmer, de? cided to remain at the office until morning and he c id stay there until 6 o'clock. He returned at 7 and re? lieved me, suggesting that I go home because it was apparent to him that I was unstrung by the experience that I had passed through in the previous hour. I did this and remained at home the entire day. About 6 o'clock, getting my usual midnight lunch, I started for the station to report for night duty. Reaching the office I saw a large crowd congregated out? side and from what I heard I con? cluded it would be best for me not to go in the office. I learned from the day operator that another operator had been sent to relieve me and this is all the notice I have had that my services were not wanted that night After that I returned home and slept the night through. "I am not to blame for the wreck and I think I would have no trouble to substantiate this claim if given the opportunity to be heard. Ope? rator Clemmer and a student ope? rator we rv both in the office and heard the operator at Lawyers give me a clear track* for No. 33 (the train to which President Spencer's car was attached). This was at 6 o'clock, as the block sheet in the j ib?l Vf BAKING POWDER e Cream of Tartar aithfulnessof food md of Baking Powder contains une'and we will (without cost to office will show. If my recollection serves me/ right,.No. 33 passed Ran? goon at 6.06 and I reported this to Lawyers. I cannot recall that the. . operator there signed the report, hut it was his business to. be there-to* ; take the ^report Jftfc No. 33 in the blodte because jt?Qfe?&j&v^ rae the rigrr. of way~for "the train: when Nc 37 (which collided with the rear ot Ito. 33) left Wilmers (the first block: station north ~ bf Rangoon) I began:, to call Lawyers. I continued to caS until the train was nearly in sight of my office and got Lawyers just as 37 J was coming in sight. He gave me a j clear block for No. 37 at 6.12. I re- m member the time very distinctly and ^ja the train passed the block at 6.14?. |g As No. 37 was passing Rangoon I was=. ? talking to the operator at Lawyers^. ?j He wanted to knew when No. 33 was~_ ! by me. I told him at the time my sheet shows, but I cannot recall the-? . .' minute. Then I asked him, 'When* by you ' and he said, 'By,' but did not: give me the time. I did not give N?u 37 a clear block until the operator at Lawyers gave me authority and I can prove this by Operator Clemmer \ and by the student operator, who has been studying at the office for the past year. When No. 37 ha4 enter? ed the block, Lawyers told me that No. 33 was by and when I asked him the time so I could record it, he opened his key and did not reply. No.. 37 had gone then. !*T do ' not feel responsible for the a ccident and I have been and am now where the railway detectives or authorities can find me at any time? I have no desire to get away, but would court an investigation to clear the matter up." "BLACK PATH" DEAD$ Philadelphia, Dec. 2.-Flora Bat** son, known on the concert stage aa the "Black Patti," died suddenly In this city today from uremia at her home, 124 South Fourth street. Although only 33 years old, she had acquired considerable renown aa a concert singer, not only in this, country, but in Europe, having ap? pealed before nearly all of the mon? archs of the old World. On Thanks? giving day she sang at a concert in ft local church. The death of a neigh? bor seemed to Repress her, and after a visit to the house of mourning, which was in the same block, she re? turned home. Shortly after she was seized with convulsions. She died two hours later in great agony. Her aged mother, with whom she lived* was at her bedside. Hot Supper. There will be a free school enter? tainment by the pupils of the Fraser school, followed by a Hot Supper, at which all the delicacies of the sea? son will be served, at the residence of Mr. W. R. DuBose, on Friday night* December 7th. The public is cordial? ly invited to attend. The proceeds of the Hot Supper are to be used for library purposes for the Fraser school