Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I ?Be Just and Fear not-Let all the ends Thou Aims't at he thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." f ( J r* - 'J? THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, ISM _. _ v?? -Vg THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1S50. f?iuisolidated Ans. 2? 1881. SUMTER. S. &? WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 9, ly07. New Series-ToL XXYL No 25 ^ w W ? J Published Every Wednesday, -BY OSTEEL PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. a Terms: $1.50 per annum-in advance. Advertisements: One Square first insertion..... .$1.50 Every subsequent insertion.59 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. Ai communications which sab r serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributen of respects will be charged toe. COTTON GROWERS MET, THEY rm rt THEIR ANNUAL CON? VENTION WEDNESDAY: President Smiifh Wished to Retire, tot Was Re-elected Over His Protest -Win Invite World's Cotton Con? gress to Meet Next October ?rn Co Irimbia-They Want the lien JAW Repealed, Columbia, Jan. 2.-The South Car? olina branch of the Southern Cotton Growers' association held its annual meeting in the Richland county Court House today. When the meeting was called to order the president, Mr. E. D. Smith, had not reached the city, having been delayed on his return from the funeral of his brother, Bish? op Coke Smith, in Norfolk. The first session was therefore spent ir hearing reports from the delegates r esent ing the various counties. LL. uie aft? ernoon the convention met again and an election of officers for the year was taken up. Mr. Smith asked to be relieved of the office of president, but the asso? ciation pressed it upon him and he was re-elected with Mr. E. JJ. Archer, of, Spartanburg, as vice president; Mr. F, H. Hyatt, of Columbia, as treas . tirer, and Mr. F. EL Weston, of Co? lumbia, as secretary. In selecting the -members from this State for the na? tional executive-' -committee -.. 'there'' arose a discussion which took some time to settle. Those placed in nom? ination for the two places on the committee were Messrs. E. OL. Archer, W. W. Ray, Mciver Williamson and ^Supervisor McBride, <of Florence. Messrs. Williamson and Archer stat? ed very plainly that they were op? posed to the prono sitio*, lo faim an immense holding " company for the purpose of controlling the cotton crop. This is a plan endorsed by the present executive committee. After two ballots Messrs. Ray and Archer were eieceted on the committee, and Messrs. McBride and Williamson were defeated, making the South Car? olina representation divided on this <?wes*?on. The following delegates were elect? ed to represent the State association at the convention of the National as? sociation in Birmingham, January 17: W. J. Cunningham, W. J. Moore, E. D. Hodge, A M. Coker,. W. W. Bruce, C. E. Spencer, R. F. Smith, J. W. McCown, W. F. Whittle, J. A. Peterson, E D. Smith, J. M.. Major, R. M. Pegues, E. M. Williamson. Any other members of the association who expect to attend the Birmingham convention may obtain certificates as delegates from President Smith or President Harrie Jordan. A motion was made to empower the president to appoint the State ex? ecutive committee and another mo? tion that the convention elect the committee. By a rising vote the chair was empowered to appoint, and Mr. E. D. Smith will announce the ap? pointments later. A resolution was adopted memori? alizing the legislature to repeal the lien law This was not done without discussion and a divided vote. The committee consists of Messrs. Gregg, Kellar and McBride. The sentiment as to the virtue of the lien law is very much divided. A resolution was also passed asking the legislature to outlaw bucket .hops. The proposed corn congress, to be held in Columbia in February, was endorsed. A strong resolution expressing the convention's confidence in President Hiarvie Jor? dan and appreciation for his work was adopted without discussion. It was voted to instruct the delega? tion to Birmingham to present a res? olution inviting the World's Cotton congress to meet in Columbia in Oc? tober next President Smith explain? ed the scope of the congress and elo? quently set forth Columbia's advan? tages as the place of meeting. The congress is composed of the organiza? tions of cotton producers and such organizations of spinners as the Eu? ropean Federation of Master Spin? ners, the New England Cotton Mill association and the American Cotton Manufacturers' association, to which the southern cotton mills belong;. The congress met in Washington last May and is an important international or? ganization. At the night session the delegates discussed fully the financial condition of the association and plans for rais? ing money for carrying on the work. It was made apparent that South Car? olina had been paying into the Na? tional Association treasury a larger proportion of funds than most of the other States, although the total assess? ments on county associations had net been raised in South Carolina. It was also disclosed that while Presi? dent Smith had been acting as field j agent for the general association, he had not received any salary for that work, which called him into other States for a large portion of his time. After a full discussion of the matter it was decided t? leave to the State executive committee the matter of fix? ing salaries. Many delegates wanted to pay President Smith $2,000 instead of $1,000, if he would devote las en? tire time to this State, and organize every county, but in advance of ac? tion by the Birmingham Convention it was deemed unwise to tie Mr. Smith do-*n to South Carolina. Pr?sident Smith announced the fol? lowing as the execlutive committee: E. M. Williamson, Darlington; B. F. Keller, Cameron; R. Mays Cleveland, Marieita; "R. M. Pegus, KoTlocks; W. D. Bryan, Taft The Convention passed a resolution c?llinT on the General Convention to prov??e for the apopintment of an agent for each county association to sell the cotton crop of that county afr a price not less than the price fixed by the National Association, the agent to Se empowered to negotiate loans and represe nt t>e Asoc?ation as a gen? eral financia! agent SINKING FUND FINANCES. Fund in Splendid Shape-Insurance Fund Started Six Tears Ago Saving State Money. Columbia, Jan. 4.--There was a meeting of the sinking fund commis? sion ioday at 1 o'clock, the purpose being to consider the annual r?por:. The report was adopted and will be turned over to the planters immedi? ately. The members of the board are the governor, the attorney general, the comptroller general, the State treasurer, the chairman of the finance committee of the senate and the chairman of the ways and means committee of the house of represent? atives. The secretary of State is an agent of the board, ex-oificio, but is not a member. The board's elective force is composed of the secretary and the land agent The affairs of the commission are in splendid shape. The accumulated assets, as the forthcoming report will show, amount to about $590,700 this for the redemption of the bonds known as the 'South Carolina Browns." The amount on hand for the redemption of the ordinary bonds, or "blues," is about $9,000. Much good financing has been done by the board, thc saving to the State in the item of insurance on public buildings alone being considerable. The insur? ance fund was started with nothing just six years ago, the fire losses hav? ing averaged previously about one per year. There is now on deposit: or invested to the fund's credit the sum of $21,600, yielding an income annu? ally, for the payment of premiums and interest, of about $5,600. The lire losses row average about $400 per yei- r. DISPENSARY FINANCIES. Last Quarterly Report Shows Condi? tion of State's Liquor Business. Columbia, Jan. 3.-The last quar? terly report of the State dispensary was made public today. The report shows the dispensary had by way of assets on November 30, $43,768.30 in cash in the State treasury, $5S,997.30 in various supplies, $348,125.74 in merchandise in county dispensaries, and $497,823 in stock, merchandise, etc., in the State dispensary, in addi? tion to $20,484.20 due the dispensary irom dry counties. This makes a to? tal in assets of $1,055,373.51. The liabilities of the dispensary are set down as follows: Capital stock aa allowed by law, $400,000, due pub? lic schools, $63409.94, various liquor accounts due by the State $591,963.57. j Tokio, Jan. 7.-There is no excite? ment in Japan over the San Francis? co question and the Tokio press ridi? cules the idea of war with the United States and the attempts of the Rus? sian journals to bring about strained relations between the United States and Japan. The Japanese do not regard the San Francisco matter sufficiently im? portant to disturb the long friendship between the two nations. INTER-STATE ELECTRIC RO?O PARTY OF CAPITALISTS START OUT TO GO OVER THE ROUTE. Proposed Railroad of the South Caro? lina Public Service Corporation Will Cover Various Sections of the State and Reach Charlotte and Au? gusta-Meeting at Commercial Club on January 11th-Outline of the Project. x From Charleston News and Courier. Men high up in the financial and .railway world arrived in the city yes? terday, and today will leave the Southern depot aboard a private car bound for Columbia, Orangeburg, Ai? ken and Augusta, at which cities brief stops will be made and oppor? tunity given men who are interested in the South Carolina Public Service Corporation, to meet the men who are engineering the plans of the company, and wno will be ready and willing to explain, v :?31 persons who desire to know the objects and purposes of the corporation. Among the party which arived in the city yesterday were the following: j J. J. Timmes, New York, financier; I C. R. Van Etten, former traffic man- ; ager Brooklyn Rapid Transit, and will \ be general manager of the S. C. P. S. ? C.; EL J. McGuire, 52 Wall street, a prominent New York corporation at? torney and general counsel for the South Carolina Public Service Cor? poration; F. W. Schroeder, a retired merchant of New York; John P Bon? ney, an electrical conductor and man? ufacturer; T. J. Dischinger, a retired merchant of New York; W. W. Wells, formerly traffic agent of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit; A. T. Jones, princi? pal assistant engineer to the tunnel work of the Long Island and Penn? sylvania Railroad; Joseph A Bernel, president of Queensborough, New York; J. E.. Glass, a prominent New York attorney and financier; Joseph A. Bell, manufacturer; George A Fleck, Jr., financier and wholesale merchant; J. C. Lott, of the General Electric-Company; J. C. LaVin, elec? trical, ?ngineer;. P. Sy Smith, general manager of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. Plans of the Company. This morning this party of capital? ists and railroad men will go to Co? lumbia, where a regular meeting will be held and the company organized, the officers elected and other prelimi? nary matters arranged. The visitors in town today represent millions of dollars, and the company is capital? ized at $10,000,000. The proposed route of the company will extend from Charleston to Columbia, branch? ing at Orangeburg to Springfield, Ai? ken and Augusta, Ga. Branching again at Columbia, with the northern division running via Winnsboro Ches? ter and Rock Hill to Charlotte, N. C.; and the western division via Lexing? ton, Saluda, Greenwood, Anderson and Abbeville to Greenville; and loop? ing back *from Greenville, via Spar I tanburg and Union, to a junction .with the northern division at Chester. An? other division will start at Saluda and run to Newberry, Clinton and Lau? rens. The inter-urban passenger traffic of the road will be handled in large four motor cars, similar to those operated between Minneapolis and St. Paul and various Northern cities. The through passenger traffic will be handled on express trains, made up of two or more coaches, with the multiple unit ; system of control, and identical to the operation now conducted on the West Jersey and Seashore Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad running be? tween Camden, N. J., and Atlantic City, on which speeds of sixty miles per hour are maintained, with trains in each direction and at intervals of one hour. It is for the purpose of showing the men interested the route of the road, and also for the purpose of meeting business men in towns which the road will touch that the trip is being made. At the meeting which will be held in Columbia, the men interested will ex? press their approval cr disapproval of the plans and route wh'ch has been arranged, and many routine matters will be attended to. The capitalists will meet some of the Legislators and many business men and will go from Columbia to Orangeburg; thence to Aiken and to Augusta, from which city they will return to Charleston on Friday morning. Stops will be made at various towns on the route from city to city, and efforts will be made to meet men who represent capital in the State and who may desire some information relative to the roads which the South Carolina Public Ser? vice Corporation proposes building. Will Reurn to Charleston Friday. The party will return to Charleston Friday and Friday night the visitors will attend a smoker at the Commer? cial Club, where the plans of the cor THE AKTI-DISPEM BILL MEASURES CAREFULLY DRAWN FOR SUBMISSION TO THE LEGISLATURE. Senator Christensen Says the Investi? gating Committee is Ready to Re? port-Expects Bill Under Prepara? tion to Meet All Constitution! Re? quirements. State Senator Niels Christensen, Jr., a leading member of the legislature's dispensary investigating committee, passing through Charleston today on his -way home at- Beaufort, said to a reporter of the Evening Post that the committee had completed its in? vestigations of the dispensary, and had a report nearly ready for the coming session of the legislature. The work of the committee is done. Its continuation depends upon the will of the legislature. Able anti-dispensary lawyers, mem? bers of the senate and house, are now preparing a strong bill, careful? ly worked out so that all constitution? al requirements will be met, to be introduced into the legislature early in its session, to follow and co-ope? rate with the report of the investigat? ing committee's report, and there is every chance, the framers think, of knocking the G. M. I. out for good and all. Senator Christensen said that the report of the investigating committee, of which he is a member, would be along lines of testimony secured all over the State after months of earnest work. Its general nature can, there? fore, be well forecasted, as the testi? mony of witnesses taken before the committee, has been widely publish? ed It is expected that the report of the investigating committee, a strong in? dictment against the liquor laws of South Carolina, will plough a road through the legislature for ?he pass? age of the anti-dispensary bill now in a state of completion. This new bill is looked upon by its designers as a m6del machine for the smashing of TS^'rum sirop. It w41ljbe-a-lCasrt meas? ure, regarded by its friends as too swift for the liquor machine to cope with. It is proposed by the anti-dispensa? ry forces to pass a bill that .will com? ply with the general wishes of the voters. It will throw off the shackles of the State dispensary, and present each county with an option for a dispensary, prohibition, or high li? cense law, as desired. Gov. Ansel will, of course, be right behind the bill, 'because he was elected by its friends, and the framers figure out that they are going up to ride through the camp of the dispensary forces and whoop things up. Senator Christensen has been at work with Attorney General-elect Ly? on to the last few days on the report. Together they have kept busy look? ing to the meeting of the legislature in a few days. This morning Mr. Christensen had a look of confidence as to the results of the committee's work. That it was approved by the people of the State the election of Fraser Lyon demonstrated in August, and it is' very, likely that if there is any more need of a good man to fin? ish a few more dispensary octopuses, that Senator Christensen will not only give his services cheerfully, but will be called upon by the voters in gen? eral to come out and hit 'em again. Charleston Post. poration will be explained in detail ?nd opportunity given to local busi? ness men to familiarize themselves with the scheme of the capitalists. The materialization of the plans of the corporations means a great deal to the State of South Carolina. Travel from place to place will be expedited, competition will be offered the rail? roads in the conveyance of passengers as well as freight, and the people in the country will be enabled to get their produce to the city at less ex? pense. The plans are backed by mer who stand high in the financial world in the metropolis and Mr. Lawrence Pinckney, of this city, was instru? mental in interesting them in South Carolina possibilities, and of the plans materialize much of the credit for the investment of the capital in the State will be due him . A number of Charleston business men will be on the special ca1* this morning and will accompany the par? ty on its trip through the State. A clearer idea of the plans of the com? pany and of the route will be obtained by a few days on the road than weeks of study of maps, and the men who are interested in the corporation will see some of the resources of the coun? try through which the road will pass. The meeting at the Commercial Club Friday night will no doubt be largely attended. GIVE ROOSEVELT NO CHANCE. Oklahoma Asked to keep Race Issue "Washington, Jan. 2.-One unlooked for result of the Brownsville affair has just become known. ' For several days past the Democratic leaders in the house and senate have been writ? ing imploring letters to the leaders in the Constitutional convention of Oklahoma begging them to keep all mention of the race question out of the new State's constitution. The Democrats carried Oklahoma on the race issue: They planned Jim Crow cars and all the other means of segregating the races which are in vogue in the southern States. The leaders here are pleading with the Oklahoma leaders to leave it out of the constitution and do it by legisla? tive enactment The reason the leaders give is that if Oklahoma adopts such a constitu? tion the president will undoubtedly seize the opportunity thus given to square himself with the friends of the negroes in the north, whom he has alienated by his action ' in the Brownsville matter. They are certain j that he would send in a message full of square-deal epigrams, throwing the constitution out on the ground that it does not square with the constitu? tion of the United States. STEAMER CITY OF PANAMA IS REPORTED LOST. Life Rafts and Bits of Wreckage Coming Ashore On the California Beach-Ship Had a Large Number of Passengers On Board. San Francisco, Jan. 5.-It- is fer i ported that the "City of Panama," the Pacific mail steamship, which left here for Central and South American ports on December 31st, has been wrecked near Waddell Beach, 60 miles south of Pecidero. The ship has a passenger list of 70 and a crew numbering^ over 30. Life, rafts, fully pro visioned, and many other bits marked "Cit,' of Panama," are com? ing ashore at Waddell Beach. A storm has raged along the coast for the last 24 hours. Ranchers are pa? trolling the beach for bodies or other bits of wreckage that may tell the story of the disaster. CLUE TO GUILTY NEGROES. Soldier Gives Important Testimony on the Brownsville Affair. San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 3.-It is re? ported that the investigation made by Assistant Attorney General Purdy here and at Brownsville, Tex., has re? veled a clue that will lead to the ar? rest and probably to the conviction of every negro soldier who participat in the murderous raid on Browsville. Lem Reeves, a negro soldier, who testified today revealed the names of two of the men missing from his com? pany at the time the sound for arms was given at Fort Brown immediately af-er the outbreak. Reeves' testi? mony was also of a very damaging ! nature to Major Penrose and Capt. Macklin, and he will be held as a witness in the court-martial cf these officers to be held in February. Great regret is expressed that the ? 13 negroes originally arrested are now at liberty. It is understood that the action of Gen. McCackey in permit- ; ting them to be released will b<; the subject of a special inquiry. ROCKEFFELLER'S BIG GIFT. Announcement of New Year Present for Chicago University. Chicago, Dec. 31.-Announcement was made tonight that John D. Rock? efeller has made a gift of $3,000,000 to the University of Chicago. IIncluding the gift announced yes terady, Mr. Rockefeller has fiven to the University of Chicago a sum esti? mated at about $20,000,000. He was instrumental in the founding ofythe University, and his first gift, which was for the purpose of starting it, was one of $600,000 toward an en? dowment fund, conditioned on the pledging of $400,000 additional be? fore June 1, 1890. That gift was followed by another of $1,000,000. Mr. Rockefeller's gifts to the univer? sity have always been about a mil? lion dollars or more, and are gener? ally made around Christmas or the New Year. The power house of the Florence Light and Power company was badly damaged by fire Tuesday night. Louis Behrens, assistant chief of the Charleston fire department has been elected chief to succeed the late O. G. Marjenhoff. Out of Constitution. STILL OX EVERY FARM, Agricultural Side Issue Permitted Un-" der Law Now Effective-Value ia Former Waste. Washington, Jan. 3.-With the going: into operation of the denatured alco? hol bill, every farmer can start has own still. The bill was advocated anet amended with that end in viewy among others, and its advocates look forward with hope to a big change in the farmer's life as a result. If the new law accomplishes what is hope?V it will be a great boon to the farmer? and make a revolution in life on* the farm. All that seemed necessary to natte? the provisions of the bill apply w?h profit to the farmers was to find somer way for them to convert the Tras?e products of their farms Into alcohol without being obliged to send thens*' away to a big distillery, or to put in* expensive plants of their own. Farm-' er ^tiletin No. 268, which contains? full information about the "indus? trial alcohol, its sources and manu? facture," says: "It is evident that, so far as agri? culture is concerned, the chief and perhaps the only direct interest tr? the act is in respect of the materials ? which are to be used in the manufac.-' ture of industrial alcohol."' \ ^ Pineapple parings, tomato peel-' ings, pea hulls, banana skins, sugar corn cobs, cornstalks, waste fruits and vegetables-in short, any farm or orchard products containing sugary starch, gum and cellulose, can he used for the production of industrial alcohol. The substances used for de~ naturalizing alcohol are numerous^ .and include gum shellac, copal resiny. Manila gum, camphor, turpentine, acetic acid, wood alcohol, analine blue, naphthalene and many others. - When the/ original bill was under discussion, Senator Fulton of Oregon said that he was opposed to it unless any farmer could have a still, and l^e was assured that any farmer couKL It became apparent, however, that the bill was not favorable to the ope? ration of stills by farmers, partly be? cause it would be unprofitable te produce less than from seven to terr* . proof gallons per day, and partly be? cause of the difficulty of meetingrtfee regulations of the internal rename; service. To overcome the latter ob> jection was the object of the bill re? cently introduced by Senator Haus brough of North Dakota. He believes? that any farmer, or any number of farmers, can distill their waste pro? ducts into alcohol, and so sttgs?S^ themselves with light, heat and pow- <, er at a low price and sell the surplus.. The use of denatured alcohol k has i reached large proportions in Europer an countries, and in Greece, accost!--' ing to a recent census bulletin,, titree revenues of the government are fann? ing from the sale of petroleum to such an extent because of the use- of" alcohol that it is possible a tax may? be imposed on alcohol to provide rev nue to meet the war debt ? ' In- this country it would hardi? ly pay to make industrial alcohol of m?terials which could be used for anything else, but by the denaturiza tion of waste, it is likely to be a great economical factor. BOMB EXPLODED IX A BAXKZ, Philadelphia, Jan. 5.-Demanding s loan of $5,000 and failing to get it^ a man, who has not yet been identi? fied, dropped a bomb in the 4th Street National Bank today, blowing him? self to pieces, instantly killing Cashier W. Z. McLear and injuring six otehrs... one or two of whom may die. The only clue to the identity of the boraV thrower was a bunch of keys found?, in a portion of the clothing attached to which was a plate inscribed "Pa? st?ele, Garner, Iowa." The 4 th Street National Bank is the largest financial institution ir the city and occupies the greater por? tion of the first floor of the Bullitt building on 4th street, between Chest? nut and Walnut streets, in the heart of the financial district The explo? sion was terrific and it caused tre? mendous excitement in the crowded building and the street CRTXA TO MAKE AX IMPORTANT AND FAR REACHING MOVE. Berlin, Jan. 5.-Official confirma? tion has been given to the report that the Chinese government has invited? the United States, England, Germanyy Russia and France to send delega? tions to a conference at Pekin to ?SSF cuss the commercial future of Man? churia. Behind the investigation is si scheme of China to wrest the con trol of Manchuria from Japan. Japan L now clamoring for coir cessions that she claims Ch'na doe? not want to grant