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1 tl ttl E 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." ?THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone, ISM ttisoiidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY % 1907. Sew Series-Vol. XXVI. So 24 l)i ?M;tff {ra m?t ?Sratjrtm Ptxblisbed Every Wednesday, -BY ?TEEM PUBLISHING COMPANY. SUMTER, S. a Terms: $1.50 per ann nm-in advance. Advertisements: ie Sanare first insertion.$1.50 rery subsequent insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or ager will be made at reduced rates. AH communications which sub rva private interests will bs charged ?r as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes ot respects Ul be charged for. ?WP ALEXANDER COKE SMITH DEAD, 32 SUCCUMBS AFTER A LINGER? ING ILLNESS. WAS ? H?TIVE OF SUNTER. iecied Bishop is 1892, While Pastor o? Epworth Church, Norfolk Ya. Had Removed to Asheville for His Health. Asheville, N. C., Dec. 27.-Bishop Coke Smith of the Methodist Epis pal Church, South, died tonignt aft a lingering illness, although his .ath was unexpected. He was 57 irs of age, having been born in nehburg, S. C., in 1849. He grad ted from Wofford college, Spartan rg, S. C., in 1873 and immediately ned the South Carolina conference. i was pastor at Cheraw, Columbia, larleston and :other South Carolina mts. He was at different times a ember of the faculties of Vander It and W;offord. While pastor of pworth church, Norfolk, Va., in 02, he was elected bishop. Two ars ago he removed to Asheville for s health. Sketch of Bishop . Smith's l?Xe. Alexander Coke ^inith, son of Rev/ 'i??iam H. Smith and Mary I Smith, as born in Sumter county, Sept. 16, ?',49. No boy was-ever more greatly .essed along the line of home influ ices than he. With such parents, it ould have been difficult for him to ive been anything but a good boy. e had access to the common schools : the community in his early years, ?th a good preparatory work thus .ne, he entered Wofford college in itober, 186 S, from which institution ? graduated in June, 1872. His'col re. record was one of great success d pou?arity. "Coke Smith" was ivays a f ave rite in college and the .endships then formed have deep? ed as the yiars have, gone by. . When he graduated, he wa^ admit i into the South Carolina confer? ee and was., sent to Cheraw. The st year hg-\Vas sent to Washington reet chiu^-y -Columbia, where he mained tl e years.- In December. 76. he wei to Buncombe Street urch, Greens le, where he remained ur years. D\ in g the years ISSI, $2 and 18S3 >ne was' at Trinity .urch, Charleston, t the conference IS S3 r he was sent to the Columbia strict as presiding elder. In June, .??>. he v:2js elected to the chair oi ental and moral philosophy in Wof rd college, which place he filled for ur years. At the general conference ' 1890, held in St. Louis,: he was ected one of the missionary secre? cies of the church. This place he . -signed in July of the same year tc .capt the chair of practical theology Vanderbilt university. After re ainmg there for two years he re gned this place to return to th,e pas ral work! At that time, 1892, Rev E. Evans having left the Method t church, the pulpit of Granby :reet church, Norfolk, fell vacanl id he was invited to fill the vacancj nil conference. When conference ?nvened in Norfolk in 1892 the ficial body-of that church requestec ishop Hendrix to transfer him tc :e Virginia conference and statior m at Qranby Street, which the bish ) did. Under his pastorate Epworti lurch, Norfolk, one of the mosi jautifui church edifices in the soutfc as built In November, 1895, he was sent- ic >urt Street, Lynchburg, Va,\ wh? ? successfully labored for four y^ ter which he was retcrned to j& orth church, Norfolk. On pee. 22; 1875, Dr. Srnil arried to Miss late Kim9 ;rry. Of the children arriage the following^ g: Mary Louise, iward Ehrlich, Afy cLeod, Henry 5ke and a baby. Dr. Smith w? suth Carolina a delegate to the general conference of the church. He was also elected as a delegate from the Virginia con? ference in 1394 and also' in 1898, and at the latter conference was chairman o? the committee on Epworth League. As a preacher Dr. Smith ranked with tl e foremost of our land. His ser? mons evinced great thought and wide range of information. But the most salient characteristic was the'magnet? ic influence he wielded over his audi? ence. His eloquence was at times sublime, but it was never studied or rapid word-painting. The secret of Dr. Smith's pulpit power was in his sympathetic souL He loved his fel? lowman and shared his sorrows and his joys with, a depth that one rarely finds. In the social circle Dr. Smith had few equals, being unaffected in man? ner and possessing a sense of humor and a resource of anecdote that made him the centre of attraction wherev? er he went. Appreciating his worth, j Virginia Methodists, both preachers and people, did not fail to honor him j with their confidence and love. BISHOP SMITH'S BURIAL. The Body Carried to Norfolk, Va., for Interment. Asheville, N. C., Dec. 28.-The re? mains of Bishop A. Coke Smith of the South ern Methodist church, who died bere suddenly . last night, were taken/to Norfolk, Va, this afternoon, accompanied by members of the fam? ily and a representative from Central Methodist church, this city, and a representative from the Asheville dis- j trict. The repr?sent?mes were Frank M, Weaver and Presiding Elder Ply ler. There were no funeral services held here. The remains were taken direct from the late residence on Merrimon ave? nue to the passenger station. * The funeral service, it is understood here, will be conducted at Norfolk tomor? row afternoon. The interment will be at that place. SHORT OF FUNDS The State Must Pay Interest on Bonds Within a Pew Days and Money is Not on Hand. Columbia, Dec. 29.-Just now the State of South Carolina is in the po? sition of a man who owes just twice the amount he has, with the prospect of an early call for the settlement of the debt In fact the State owes abo?2t $150,000 for interest and $150, { 000 for a note for interest past due id "has about $150,000 on hand. The taxes are coming in slower than ever before and in fact collections are $125,000 behind the figures of last year. The" State has borrowed so far about $323>00Q and the treasurer was hoping that* it would not be necessary to borrow the full $500,000 allowed Uy law as has been the case every year. It will, however, be necessary to obtain another loan unless the money comes in-unusually fast today j and there is little probability of that j happe^g. To make matters worse money is now loaned in N^vv/lCbrk at the high .rate offabout 10. per cent, per annum against 3 per cent at the same time last year, which means that even for a short time they 'will be high and that a loan of $150,000 for 12 months would cost the State $10,500 more than it would have done last year. The old"hote which the State will have to take up Tuesday is for inter? est accruing in June^when the paye? ments on South Carolina stocks and bonds were due. SOUTHERN COTTON CONGRESS. Growers and Users to Discuss the Sit? uation-A Chance for Columbia. Boston, Dec. 27.-A call for a sec? ond conference of the growers of cot? ton of this country and the cottorr manufacturers has been sent bu^ James R. McColl, the National Association of facturers. The " confer for the general disci TWO SCORE KILLED. TERRIBLE RAILROAD WRECK OX B. AND. Ch RAILROAD. A Long List of Dead and Injured The Accident Occurred Only Three Miles From Washington City. Washington, Dec./ 30.-An appalling, disaster occurred tonight at 7 o'clock on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Terra Cotta, about three mile# from this city, in which about 38 persons were killed and over 60 injured, some of them so seriously that they will die. The accident I was caused by the collision of train No. 66, due here at 6.25 p. m., from Frederick, Md., known as the Frederick Special, with a deadhead passenger equipment spe? cial of eight cars. Over 200 passen* gers were aboard the ill-fated ttrain.*] The railway officials late tonight were unable to assign any cause for the collision. As soon as the news of the wreck reached this city all ambu? lances available with as many phy? sicians as could be assembled ' were sent to the scene. Of the injured seven were taken to Freedman's hospital, 15 to the United States Soldiers' Home hospital, and 20 have been brought into the city on a special train to be carried to various hospitals. Among the injured was Dis? trict Attorney Baker of this cit^ who, despite his injuries, walked almost two miles to Brookland and brought the first news of the wreck. He was completely exhausted and after med? ical treatment was sent to the city. THE HORROR GROWS. At Least Forty KilleiV-Track Strewn With Dismembered Bodies for Half a Mile. \. : " Washington, Dec. 31.-The latest estimate says that 40 were killed hi the wreck just outside of this city last evening and 80 injured. The exact number- of dead is difficult to learn, a? -rtismerr.beve? - - V? -I ' ?s~ '^ter^^^r.Ty I along the track for half a.mifej. " ' The railroad officials w$?r> ^jjjfj&r a rigid investigation of *he wreck in Baltimore today, to be conducted openly, and the results announced as soon as possible. The officials of the Baltimore-, and |:-Ohio are unable to aplace th? bSftme now. . Milton W. Phillips, the ope? rator at Tacoma, the last signal sta? tion that the extra train passed before hitting the accommodation, has^oeen exonorated. General Superintendent today intimated that the blame would probably rest on the engineer and crew of the extra train. Five of the extra crew have been arested. A DAY OF FUNERALS IN WASH? INGTON. The Sunday Night Horror Still Unex? plained-Blame Rests on Either the Engineer Or the Block Station Ope rat-Operator Released On $10, 000 Bond. Washington, Jan-. 1.-This is a sad New Year here in many homes. This morning the funerals of the forty-five .victims of the Sunday night horror at Terra-Cotta began to be held. The vhearses were busy all day. Many of the bodies are so badly mangled that the relatives will not see them. - ^.The blame for the wreck rests on either Harry B. Hilderbrand, the en? gineer of the extra train, which crash? ed into the rear of the local or Milton W. Phillips, the operator at Tacoma station. Phillips has been released on $10,000 bail, but Hildebrand is still iield. Engineer Hildebrand declares he vsaw no light at that station. The coroner today took the jury to thevSsaene of the accident to familiar? ize them, wiih the surroundings, .^.he latest, list. of the casualties g??es th?j^r?jbber of dead as 43 identi vS?3, tj^^^identified ; missing, six. Tbe.-v".ggj l^injured are sixty-six. In J^fe?3ifaospital, twenty four. rs UP ' SEA ^session of the Passengers the Conduc 31.-At 2.40 Seaboard Air a most dar .s from here, [passenger, ?p boarded the ^ placed a pis1 Jporter, forcing the sleeper. fcm a passen I tempted to ;got away conduc 1 COL. BOYD PARALYZED. Adjutant and Inspector General-Elect Becomes Dil in Greenville. Greenville, Dec. 31.-Col. John C. Boyd, Adjutant and Inspector Gen? eral-elect, was stricken with paralysis this afternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock while he was visiting: his daughter on College street. He was quickly re? moved ip his apartments at the Nor? mandie Hotel, where he is resting quietly this evening. Coi. Boyd came to Greenville from j Columbia several days ago to spend Christmas. He has been on the streets every day and was out on the streets at 4 o'clock this afternoon looking well. The stroke was very sudden. In speakng of his condition tonight, the attending physician said that he considered Col Boyd seriously ill and doubts very much if he will be able to -take the oath of office on Jan? nary 15. The attack was on the right side, and that side is utterly helpless this evening. The Colonel has been conscious at all times since the stroke, and said tonight that he had been feeling unwell only today. THE SAN FRANCISCO CASE. IWashington, Dec. 28.-A confer? ence wa*$ held today between Attor? ney General Bonaparte and United States Attorney Robt. Devlin, of San Francisco, regarding the Japanese disturbance there. Mr. Devlin has charge of the suit which the govern? ment intends instituting in the courts to test the authority of the San Fran? cisco school board to exclude the Japs from the white schools, f MR. 3IARJENHOFF DROPS DEAD. Charleston, Dec. 27.-Fire Chief O. G. Mar jenhoff, for 12 years at the head of the Charleston fire depart? ment and ex-officer of the National Association of Fire Engineers, a fre? quent. contributor to firemen's and insurance publications,; dropped dead - ~?t midnight at his hc|S^coming in after a.battle with a f||fiblesome fire just as the four taps of the fire bells announced to the city "Fire out." He was about 60 years of age and was very highly1 regarded for bis Intelli? gence and splendid ability as a fire fighter. He leaves a large family. SUICIDE AT NIAGARA. Niagara Falls, N. T., Dec. 28.-A woman who is supposed to be Mary Hagen, of Buffalo, committed suicide this morning by jumping into the river five hundred- feet above the American falls. She was swept over the brink in view of several people. The woman took off her cape and laid it beside a satchel in which was $2.50. She then waded into the stream. James Van Slyke, of St Louis, saw her, but could not reach the spot in time to prevent the deed. STARVED IN NEW JERSEY. A Sad Case of Suffering and Death in a Northern State. Pleasantville, N. J., Dec. 28.-After three days of untold suffering, shut up in his little home where his wife and mother had died of starvation and cold, freezing and without f^od, Frederick Rocher and five little chil? dren were recued last night. Rocher, crazed by his misery, was 'pacing the floor while the frightened children were huddled in ? corner, when the terrible ' plight of the unfortunates was discovered. Their neighbors observing no signs of life about the house, began an in? vestigation. Rocher would not leave his wife and the children were too young to understand what was wrong. Mrs. Rocher and . the ^husband's reason fled and the children were afraid to move lest it cause their fa? ther to turn onithem. GET RID OF NEGROES. 3fovement to Have Congress Rid the Army of all Negro Troops Gaining Ground. ?j Washington, Dec. 2$.-Congress j will be urged to rid the army of all negro troops when it next takes up the Brownville affair. Army officers and members7 of congress ??re giving the matter much thought. Only four regiments would be affected. The suggestion grows out of the fac? that ever since the incident leading to the Brownville troop discharge, a *Wave crime seems to have swept over negro troops. The election of Henry C. Frick to Pennsyl/ania railroad director is regarded as a step prelimi to his assuriftng the helm* . BREAKS ALL RECORDS. Business For 1906 Was Greatest in Commercial History - Consumers Convinced of Permanency of mgh Prices, Dew York, Dec. 28.-Bradstreet's tomorrow will say: With an unparalleled volume of business for 1&6, crowned, by a rec? ord holiday trade, and a heavier vol? ume of future orders booked than ev? er before, the commercial and indus? trial interests of the country look for? ward wi th confidence to the develop? ments ol 1907. Holiday suspensions in the iron and steel, textile and various other indus? trial lines were of short duration, ow? ing to the mills being so well sold ahead. Current jobbing and whole? sale trade is of the filling in order character, and while a cold snap early in the week helped retail trade in seasonal ?le goods, the weather cn the whole has been too mild for the full? est developments. Money continues firm and active, hut easier conditions are looked for after the turn of the new year. Car shortages still prevail, though the situation is somewhat bet? ter. One of the most significant features in the entire situation is that con? sumers are apparently cor.vinoicl ol the permanency of present high prices and, as shown- by advance orders, are disposed to order ahead with liberal? ity and confidence. Buying of pig iron for delivery in the second half of 1907 is increasing in volume. A significant feature, is the fact that buyers appear disposed to accept 'the present high level of prices, the feeling in this respect be? ing in sharp contrast to that display? ed earlj' in the summer, when there was a tendency to/question the per? manency of high quotations. Raw sugars at New York have re? ceded to a level corresponding to the quotations for new crop Cuban sugar, dropping from 3.875 cents to 3.58 cents (30 points) without sales. Cu? ban production is very large, fore? shadowing- ? - T<, ?ord ( crop . desp-ftb scarcity of labor. ^B?et sugar pro due*. |tion this year exceeded that of Louis? iana cane. ' The liquor distilling trade reports several features of interest. New business is -seasonably ' ? quiet, but whiskey distillers are busy on orders, and Kintucky distilleries never had so much business. Business failures for the week end? ing Deo ember 27 in the United States number 161 against 227 last week. HOW WILLIE J. WTTHERSPCON WAS KILLED. Passenger Train Dashed Into Loose Freist Cars North of Raleigh. - Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 25.-Willie J. Witherspoon, flagman oh the Sea? board Air Line, was killed in a wreck just north of Raleigh this morning, in which passenger train No. 84, northbound, ran into4 a number of freight oars and a caboose which, had, in some way, gotten out of the freight yard at johnston Street Sta? tion on to the Seaboard main line. The engineer and a number of the other trainmen and express and mail clerks had . narrow escapes, but no one else was* seriously hurt, exc?pt Captain W. B. Til'man and Er*g*neer Ashworth. . '' Witherspoon was ir. the caboose of the stray section of freight asleep when the engine of the passenger train clashed into it he not having been awakened by the movement of his cars on their "wild" run out of the yard. The accident caused a serious block in travel. It was necessary to send the second section of Passenger Trains No. 84 and No. SI over the Southern railroad via Durham to get back on the Seaboard main line at Henderson. Other ? lbval Seaboard trains were delayed six hours by th? wreck.-Richmond Times-Dispatch. BRYAN STILL RUNNING. ?* . ? Doesn't Think Any Citizen Could De s cline Such an Honor. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 27.-In an in cerview today William J. Bryan -vir? tually admitted that he would be a candidate for the presidential nomi? nation before the next Democratic na? tion convention. - "While I have not yet announced that I would be a candidate/* said Mr. Bryan, "I have not stated that' I would not be a candidate: Such a high honor as the presidential-'nomi? nation is something that no American citizen should decline." Mr. Bryan said there was no foun? dation for the story to the effect that he would, if nominated, favor the iie ?ection of Senator William J. 55tone of Missouri as chairman of the Demo? cratic national committee. CASSATT DIED SUDDENLY* The President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Has Passed Away. Philadelphia, Dec. 28.-Alexander^ Johnstone Cassatt, president of ther Pennsylvania Railroad, and one ofr the foremost railroad men and finan-, ciers in the country, died suddenly at his residence today. Mr. Cassatt, who was a little more? than 67 years of age, was stricken, with heart disease shortly before 1 , o'clock and died before assistance could 1>e given him. He was a victim, of an acute heart attack, known pra^ fessio nally as "the Stokes-Adam& symbrone." > Though Mr. Cassatt's death wa& entirely unexpected he had been tut ill health for nearly a year. His cont? ention was aggravated by an 'at?bete of whooping cough, which he con? tracted from his grandchildren while* at Bar Harbor in September. He never entirely recovered from the? effects of the attack and when he re? turned to Philadelphia he remained* for several weelcs at his country homer in Haverford before he resumed bia: arduous duties, in connnection with* the management of the. railroad and: its allied interests. Shortly before 1 o'clock, while sit? ting- in a chair in his apartments, he* suffered an acute heart attack and became unconscious. His wife andr daughter, Mrs. Plunkett Stewart*, were with him, and his physician, Dr*. J. H.* Musser, was summoned, but he was dead when the physician arrived* (Dr. Musser-*aid that death had been, almost instantaneous. Aside from being the head of tho* Pennsylvania, Mr. Cassatt was presi? dent of six other companies, and a di? rector * in 23 concerns, principally', transportation companies, banks andi trust companies. His wealth is esti- . mated at between $50,000,Q(W) anet $75,000,000. Mr. Cassatt was born in Pittsburg, in/1839, was educated in Germany j and at the New York Polytecnic In i. st"tu.tOi--He -enies, ed -the -service- oX thy Pennsylvania in 1861 as a In 1867 he -became superintendent motive power and machinery, and 1878 became general superintend for the. Pennsylvania system. Fr this time on his rise was-rapid an 1880 he had become first vice dent In 1882 he resigned not again hold an official posi the company until he was el {the presidency of the com 589. Mr. Cassatt began nis J%? jroad career in the engineeringx-de . \ partmeht" and never lost his interest. : in that , branch, and the planning and -starting of .the great New .York' city, tunnel . system for the company wds . due to him. Mr. Cassatt had'"resided..: in Philadelphia :or many years andr his family had been very prominent socially in this city. VICE PRESIDENT OF PENNSYL? VANIA RAILROAD PROMOTED. Henry C. Frick, Millionaire Steel Man, Offered the Position, But Declined. Election in Favor of McCrea. Philadelphia, Jan. 1.-James Mc? crea, first vice president of of the Pennsylvania System, will be elected: today to succeed Alexander J. Cassatt^, as president of the F?nnslyvania. rail-, road, at a meeting of the board of di? rectors. Henry C. Frick, .the Pittsburg steel, magnate, would have been elected had he desired the place... but he would not consent to take the office. Frick is. the largest shareholder *in the road: and is for McCrea for president DEATH OF CASSATT GIVES ROCK? EFELLER DESIRED OPPOR? TUNITY. New York, ian. I.-r-It is confident ly belived in Wall street that the Pennsylvania system will now gasa', under standard Oil control since Cas? satt's death. President Cassatt balk? ed every- effort of Rockefeller to seizo the Pennsylvania. Frieze will now-be the dominating^ force in Pennsylvania affairs- and it is believed that through him- the Rockefeller interests will at last pre? vail. . CLEVELAND IMPROVLNG. Princeton, N. J., Dec. 31.-There was an improvement today in the condition of ex-President. Cleveland, who fias been sei'ously ill for over a week. His physician says he hopes; for his recovery in about a week. Mr*. Cleveland is suffering from an attack of acute indigestion. Wesley M. Oler, president of the American Ice company, is quoted a* saying there will be a big crop, but he canot hold out any hope of lower prices. -