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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," THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone, 18M Consolidated Aug? 2? 1881. Sew Series-VoL XXTL So 45 Cij? ?&ttfbutait m? jlanfljrmt Published Every Wednesday, -BY OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C Terms: $1.50 per annum-in advance. Advertisements: One Sn uar e first insertion.51.50 Every subsequent insertion.53 Contracts for three months, or longer "will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. LABOR CONTRACT LAW, ?XJDGE BRAWLED RENDERS DE? CISION IN SOUTH CAROLINA. May Seriously Affect Situation in the South--Imprisonment of a Person For Breach of Contract Would be Considered Peona ge. Charleston, S, C, May 23.-In the United States district court today Judge William H. Brawl ey rendered his decision in the case brought in be? half of Enoch and Elijah Drayton on habeas corpus proceedings, declaring the act of the legislature making the breach of a farm -contract a misde? meanor to be unconstitutional, null and void and the negroes are ordered to be released from custody. Judge Brawley'5 decision deals al? most entirely with the law on the sub? ject The case is, however, briefly re .viewed, showing that the two negroes Tvprf arrested in January, 1907, upon I a warrant for failure to perform their ! contract under sectictn 357 of the acts of 19?4 and that at this time they ?were under contract "fora task of the year, not yet performed. The act pro? vides that a conviction shall not ope? rate for the release or discharge of the violator, and when the negroes were arrested in January, it was the ' second time thai they hard been-haul? ed up and put on the chain gyn g for the same offense. "The only criminal act," in the words of the decision, "was the fail? ure to wo:k." Judge Brawley's decision is an a'ele ing the State act to be in conflict with ; the 13th and 14th amendments of the constitution of the United States and ord eis the release of the prsoners... Judge Frawley's decsion is an ai/Ie opinion and covers many typewritten pages. The fact is recited in the opin? ion of the court that Clement's books were never produced in the court and that Clement and "his constable, Sea? brook, were the only witnesses for the prosecution. In the course of his decision, Judge Brawley staes that "'the case is brought ty a young member of the bar, belonging to a race which has i.uffered three centuries of injustice and oppression, whose heart has been touched by the cry of the lowly and who, apparently at his own cost and from sheer love of liberty and hatred ol wrong, makes the appeal for lib? erty, to which they are entitled under every sanction of the constitution and laws of this country. It were better that the granite walls which support this court of justice be crumbled int? dust than its doors be closed to such an appeal." The c -rt proceeds to say that there is another argument which ap? peals to State pride and racial in? stincts, that the legislation is a part of the local administration in matters of great convenience to the industrial life of the State and the claim of the supreme power of the State is also made. Judge Brawley says that he shares much of this feeling and how eier much others may proclaim their' devotion to these principles, his body bears marks which attest to his sym? pathy ic the cause. Judge Erawley proceeds to say that the lot of the agricultural laborer is hard and he has been called "the brother of the ox," in his unceasing toil, scant remuneration and dreary isolation, "but the remedy is not found in statutes which cnain him to the soil and force him to labor wheth" er he will or not. Human nature re? volts at it and he will escape it if he can. It is by improving his condition and not by still degrading it that the remedy may be found." United States District Attorney Cochran represented the government in the intervention proceedings which were riled in the case sind the consti? tutionality of the act was defended by Attorney General Lyon and Attorneys William Henry Parker and W. St. Julian Jervey. The South Carolina Law. "Section 357. Any laborer working on shares of crop, or for wages in money or other valuable consideration under a verbal or written contract to labor on farm lands, who shall receive advances, either in money or supplies, and thereafter wilfully and without just cause fail to perorm the reason? able service required of him by thc terms of the said contract, shall be liable to prosecution for a mi? de? meanor: Provided, That prosecution shall be comenced within 30 days af? ter the alleged violation, and on con? viction shall be punished by imprison? ment of 30 days, or to be fined in the sum of not less than $50 nor more than $100, in the discretion of the court: Provided. The verbal contract herein referred to shall be witnessed by at least two disinterested witness? es: Provided, That such contracts shalKce valid only between the origi? nal parties thereto, and any attempted parties thereto, and any attempted transfer or assignment of any rights thereunder shall be null and void. . "Approved the 25th day of Febru? ary, A. D. 1904." FOLT MOULTRIE BAND MAY GO. May Take Place jot Marine Band at Sumter Monument Unveiling. Washington, May 22.-The war de? partment now has under considera? tion the question of allowing the First Regiment Band, stationed at Fort Moultrie, to accompany the troops from the garrison to Stateburg on the occasion of the unveiling of the Sum? ter monument August 14. Some time ago Col. J. J. Dargan came to Washington and saw Assist? ant Secretary Newberry, of the Navy department, in reference to securing the famous Marine Band. Mr. New? berry said if possible the band would go. It has since, however, been found that suitable arrangements can? not be made for this organization to leave Washington at the time it is wanted; hence Col. Dargan was noti? fied that his request could not be complied with. It is understood from what is be? lieved to be a reliable source that there is considerable dissatisfaction among some of the people of the Stateburg section in regard to the or? dering of the troops to the unveiling, it being the opinion of some that it is all unnecessary, .and that the cere? monies should be limited to South Carolina. A hint of this has reached the war department, and there mtv yet be an order countermanding those previously issued relative to the Fort Moultrie troops and their attendance at the unveiling. If present arrangements are carried out it is more than likely that the First Regiment Band will be ordered to join the troops and go to Stateburg to take the place of the Marine Band. . It will be a disappintment to some that the last named band will not go to Stateburg, as it is the crack musi? cal organization of the United States. -News and Courier. OIL TRUST FIGHT. Government Sidt to Dissolve Stand? ard Oil Commenced in St. Paul. Special to the Daily Item. St. Paul, Minn., May 24.-The bat? tle for the dissolution of the oil trust was begun here today. The questiox is whether the government, in the bill filed for the dissolution of the trust, must confine its allegations of wrong doing to the period following 1899. Counsel for the Standard have de? clared that a recital of the trust's his? tory prior to 1899 would be only spec? tacular and tend to excite prejudice because the present concern was not organized until that year. Counsel for the government will at? tempt to show that a full recital of the trust's operation since its organi? zation in 1870 is necessary to estab? lish conspiracy in restraint of trade j which the promoters sought lo con? ceal by reincorporation in Nev/ Jersey when the charter was revoked in Ohio. HIGH PRICED BEEF. - Packers Refuse to Stand the Loss of Condemned Cattle and Beef Short? age Expected. Chicago, May 27.-Beef prices may soar, unless the beef trust recalls the announcement that payment on cer? tain live stock purchases will be de? layed until after the government post mortem examination. . The packers have notified commission firms that beginning today th'-y will no longt-r stand the loss on condemned cattle, j until the difficulty is adjusted. This j action is expected to result in a big j shortage in the meat supply before j the week ends. -i Henry G. Davis, candidate for vice president on the Democratic ricket lu \ ] 904. favors Judge Geo. Gray of Del? aware as Democratic nominee for th?? : presidency in 1908. j MORE IMMIGRANTS G0MIN6. WATSON CONFERS WITH BA RON MONCHEUR AND COL. HOLLAND. The Immigration Commissioner in Washington Wednesday-Appoints Major Edwards, of Charleston, Eastern Representative of Immi? gration Department-Another Col? ony to be Formed in This State. Washington, May 22.-E. J. Wat? son, commissioner of immigration of South Carolina, spent today in Wash? ington, leaving tonight for Columbia. He was on his return home from New Y/ork. While here he had a confer? ence with Baron Moncheur, the Bel? gian minister, and With Col. Holland, the head of the Salvation Army in America, the latter over the long dis? tance phone. Both of these officials have made reports during the last few days to headquarters concerning immigration to South Carolina, and these, Mr. Watson says, cannot mean anything but good for the State. The announcement was made by Mr Watson of the appointment of Ma? jor George B. Edwards, of Charles? ton, as the Eastern representative of his department. He will have head? quarters in New York. In the selec? tion and appointment of Major Ed? wards, Mr. Watson believes he has se? cured a prize and a man who will prove himself of the utmost value to immigration work in South Carolina. Mr. Watson also conferred with other members of the diplomatic corps while here. He stated to The News and Courier correspondent that while in New York he had made arangements for the formation in South Carolina of anoth? er Scandinavian colony, with about five or six thousand acres of land to begin with. The report which Col. Holland, of the Salvation Army, will make to Col. Lamb, of London, was told Mr. Watson today over the long distance phone. Col. Lamb is at the head of the immigration department of the Salvation Army, and ?.he Army is one of the most potent and impor? tant immigration agencies in exist? ence. Col. Holland said- "It is not gen? erally known that the Salvation Arma? bas become a colonizer and a distrib? utor of surplus population, wliich gives it rank second only to the Mormons. Unless all signs fail it is likely soon to outdistance the Mor? mons in this respect. During the past ^Ix years the Army has been instru? mental in transplanting 26.000 people from Great Britain to Canada and the new settlers are described by the Gov? ernment officials as the most promis? ing ones entering that country. This year the officers in charge of that work expect to settle not less than 30,000 Europeans in Canada. "Recently the Army immigration department in London turned its at? tention to South Carolina as a field, and Col. Holland was appointed to make a report on the possibilities <>f succcessful settlement m that Stace. Col. Holland has for the past ten years been director of the Army colo? nization work in the United States and was recently awarded a silver medal by the Exposition authorities at Liege, Belgium, for his humanita? rian efforts in directing "the landless man to the manless land." He told Mr. Watson today that his report was now on its way to Lon? don, and that it refers to South Caro? lina as a place offering unbounded op? portunities for agriculture, with >r without capital, and he predicts in his report a prosperous future for any in? dustrious man who avails himself of its resources. The cotton mills al^o, offer employment under comfortable conditions to thousands of men, wo? men and children who now Pve on tuc borderland of want in Europe a ad elsewhere and are getting the wor?e of the struggle "or existence. "During my visit to South Caro? lina," says Col. Holland, "I met nianj men owning land in healthful - >ca'i t'es, who expressed a willingness to build comfortable houses and equip farms with live stock and farming im? plements for families with capital, giving them all the time they want to pay for them, or. instead, charging them only a nominal rent." Following the ;isit to South Caro? lina of Baron Moncheur. the Belgian minister, who makes a favorable re? port to his Government on the condi? tions there, Mr. Watson has been try? ing to get other representatives of foreign Governments to go down and see for themselves and report to their home Governments and people. Through the consul at Savannah Ibe Briti.-h embassy has called on Mr. Watson tb ma!; ' n reqort on condi? tions in the S'?uth He will make rhi.~ report and, he <avs. be will embody in 'f the reports of Col. Holland and of j l'a ron Mbncheur. Mr. Watson is brimful of enthusi? asm and says that he expects to leave this country for Europe, July IS, Lhere to prosecute the work already begun by him. Kis trip in every re? spect has been mos: successful sine': tie left Columbia last week, ami he believes that his conferences today with the different members ni the diplomatic corps canoot be other than productive of real benefit to immigra? tion in South Carolina.->?ews and Courier. NEGRO KILLS CONSTABLE. Officer at Carlisle, Union County, Slain By Man He Arrested. Union, May 23.-Clarence Gist, con? stable at Carlisle, sixteen miles below here, on the Seaboard Air Line was shot and instantly killed at that place, between 8 and 9 o'clock to-night, by a negro whom Gist had arrested during the aicernoon at a base ball game, but who had been released on bail. The negro fled immediately after the killing, but a posse was organiz ed and is in hot pursuit. A reward of $200 has been offered for his capture, dead or alive. The warden of the State Pen? itentiary at Columbia was requested to send bloodhounds to Carlisle to be put on his trail and they are expected to be sent early to-morrow morning. Quite a number of white men went from Union to Carlisle on the night train to assist in the search for the negro. ? From accounts received here it seems that two picked teams were playing a game of base ball at Car lelis this afternoon and the negro be? came disorderly, shooting off his. re? volver, cursing, etc., and Constable Gist placed him under arrest. He was taken before a magistrate, but fur? nished bail for his appearance at the preliminary hearing. Later on in the evening, about dusk, the negro met Gist at the Seaboard depot and shot him down without warning, death fol? lowing immediately. ?cition, May 24.-Arthur Davis, the negro man who last night shot and instantly killed Clarence E. Giat at Carlisle, was arrested about $>:30 o'clock this morning and brought to Union on the 9:35 train and is now in jail. CALHOUN IS INDICTED. Former Atlantan Charged With Brib? ery in San Francisco Matters. San Francisco, Cal., May 25.-The Grand Jury today returned indict? ments against President Calhoun, As? sistant to the President Mallaly, Gen? eral Counsel Ford and Assistant Coun? sel Abott, all of the United railroads, and each on fourteen counts, charging bribery and attempted bribery. Louis Glass, vice president of the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company, charged with bribing two supervisors, and additional indict? ments against Ruef and Schmitz. Bail amounting to five hundred and sixty thousnads dollars was furnished by the officials and Schmitz gave one hundred and sixty dollars additional in bonds, on fourteen counts. MURDER IN OHIO. Burglars Attack an Aged Couple. Killing the Woman. Alliance, Ohio., May 27.-In a fee? ble effort to save their home and her -'ged paralytic husband from two burglars, Mrs. Thomas Hull, aged 75. wai fatally stabbed last night. Hull dragged himself half a mile to the nearest house and gave the alarm. The old couple lived alone in an old farm house. They were quite wealthy. Two marked men entered the house and demanded money. Mrs. Hull resisted and was knocked down. Then the burglars ransacked th*4 house and escaped. A posse of citi? zens from here is scouring the coun? try. AX IMMENSE SURPLUS. .Money Piling Up in Treasury at As? tonishing Rate. Washington, May 2$.-As the end of the government's fiscal year ap? proaches the size of the treasury sur? plus becomes fairly astounding. The surplus is now almost $o2,000,000 as against less than $4.000.000 at the .-ame period last year. If the same rate continues until the end of the year, now only six weeks away, it is believed the surplus will exceed $70. 000..000. The surplus of the present month is about $700.000. Only eight steam shovels are at work on the Panama canal just now. But th" secretary of war is busy watching the dirt fly in Ohio.-Wash? ington Post. CURE FOR DYSENTERY. Successful Experiments With French Doctor's New Serium. Paris, April 10.-At the last meet? ing of the Academy of Medicine, Dr. Va?lard made the welcome statement that he had discovered a specific se? rum for the cure of dysentery. The discovery is exceedingly important, as the disease constantly causes terrible ravages, and Dr. Vaillard was highly complimented by the learned mem? bers. He and his son-in-law, Dr. Dopier, have experimented for a year with the serum, and they have treat? ed 243 cases. Their report states that the effects of the injections of the se? rum are wonderful. Out of the 243 cases, 99 were very dangerous and 25 were given up as hopeless. Fifteen j out of the 25 given up as lost were cured. This shows to what a low per? centage mortality from dysentery can be reduced. The serum of Dr. Vaillard is procured from horses, which are inoculated first with dysen? tery bacilli. The action of the remedy is apparent soon after the first injec? tions. The patient is rapidly relieved, and in a few hours abdominal suffer? ings are calmed. The general state of the sufferer improves at once, and a complete cure is the result, ?fter a small number of injections. Dr. Chauvel, Dr. Vincent and Dr. Widal confirmed the observations of Dr. Vaillard. They are. well known Parisian practitioners, and Dr. Widal is one of the professors of the Medi? cal Faculty. He cited the case of a young man who had contracted the disease in Marseilles, and had been ill already for one month. His general condition was very bad, his eyes were starting out of their sockets, he was emaciated, and presented every ap? pearance of cholera. Xone of the us? ual treatments had any effect. Five injections of the serum were adminis? tered in a few days, and after 15 days he was restored to perfect health. It appears that there is no danger in ad? ministering the remedy in very high doses, and in giving repeated injec? tions. Dr. Vi Hard has been assisted in his researches by Dr. Dopter, his on-in law, who, with him, shares the merit of the discovery. It is well known that dysentery is of exceptional grav? ity in the case of persons affected with insanity, and for this reason special experiments ?vere made in several lunatic asylums. The results ?vere not in every instance as rapid or as conclusive as im other cases, yet, on the whole, they were satisfactory, and it was apparent that the serum I was not without effect. The observa? tions prove that the earlier the in? jections are administered the more rapid arid certain is the cure. Dr. Vaillard is a military doctor, and an inspector of the army. He is a director of the Military Medical School in Lyons. He has long been experimenting, together with his son in-law, Dr. Dopter, who is one of the ; professors of the Val de Grade Mili? tary Hospital. The bacillus of the dysentery common in temperate cli? mates was first discovered and isolat? ed by Dr. Chantemesse. It was with the bacillus that Dr. Vaillard and Dr. Dopter made their first experiments. They inoculated horses with it, and afterward used the serum thus ob? tained in the treatment of certain cases, and found it immediately suc? cessful. The experiments were then carried on at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, with excellent results. The in? stitute at present prepares the serum, and has supplied that used by Dr. Vaillard in the cases discussed before the Academy of Medicine.-London Telegraph. Factory Site Wanted. The Meerschaum Company of Amer? ica is trying to locate advantageous ,-ites for a number of factories in which the products of of the compa? ny's mines in New Mexico are to be turned into commercial articles, in? cluding pipes, cigar and cigarette holders, insulating devices for electri? cal apparatus, etc. William J. Seid? enburg, formerly of the American To? bacco Company, is president of the Meerschaum Company, which has of? fices at 25 Broad street, New York. The company is capitalized at $6, 000,000. Each of its factories, it is expected, will employ about 100 men. The company's decision to erect nu? merous factories was reached when the report of United States Consuls George N. Ifft and U. J. Ledoux were made public announcing that the supply of meerschaum in the Turkish mines was practically exhausted, thus giving the Meerschaum Company a monopoly of these products. Col. C. J. Hunt died in Greenville Monday at the age of 54 years. He was a member of the Greenville bar for 16 years. THE STATE LEAGUE. First Week Was Entirely Successful Attendance Has Been Good and Teams are Playing Great Bail-Um? pires Have Given Satisfaction. From the News and Courier.? The first week of the State league season of 1907 was concluded last Saturday, and from all indications the season will be entirely successful, as the greatest amount of interest is be? ing taken in the games in every city in. the league and the attendance at all the games played last week bas almost surpassed expectations. The teams have all put .up fine exhibitions and have furnished a lot of amuse? ment in the various cities, but it is im? possible at this early stage to form any idea of the relative strength of the clubs. That the league is fast is evidenced from the fact that in the line-up of the teams will be found the names of ex-former South Atlantic league play? ers, and also Southern league players, and some of them will undoubtedly get into faster company next season. Joe Hennager, Johnny Wagnon, Buesse, Wiley Piatt and Heisman are among former South Atlantic leaguers playing in the State league. The league has started under very favorable conditions and nothing has happened during the first week to mar the sport in the several cities. Good, clean ball playing has charac? terized the games, and they have been enjoyed to the fullest extent, at least nc report of any complaints have been heard so far, and it is hoped that this condition will maintain during the entire season. The players will continue to play well, and the fans will continue to support the teams, and the season will be successful from every standpoint. The league is composed cf teams from two sections of the State, and there is going to be much rivalry among the clubs in the race for the pennant. Three teams are from the low country and three from the Pied? mont section, and there will- be many hard fought battles before the season closes. Orangeburg so far has made the best record, but sooner or later .this team will get its bumps from the oth? er clubs. In the six games played last week Orangeburg has won all cf them, and stands at the top of the column, beirg closely followed by Darlington^ Anderson brings up the rear, having? only won one game. It will be inter esting to note how the teams stand at the end of the second week, and it is j safe to predict that the positions wil? I be changed somewhat. Those interested in the Anderson* team seem to realize that that' team needs strengthening and have al-'' ready gone to work to get players. J This is a wise move* for it is- far bet-' ter to make changes now than wait until it is too late. Several players are on their way to join the Anderson'' team and there will be several new* names in the line-up this afternoon. In thfc matter of selecting umpires," President Smith seems to- have done'* well and no kicks have been heard, oifc the arbitrators. The umpire question* is an important one, and has every? thing to do with the successful prog? ress of the games. The arbitrators now officiating are giving satisfaction, and if they keep it up there will be no complaints heard on batting and fielding averages: Records of thc Teams. In team batting Orangcburg leads the league, with an average of .349, and is followed by Spartanburg with an average of .234. Anderson brings up the rear with an average of .201. In team fielding Orangeburg, which leads the league in general standing, is fourth, while Greenville, which is fourth in standing, leads the league in team hitting. The following tables will show the team batting and fielding averages: Team Batting Averages. Names. A. B. B. H. P. C. Orangeburg. 189 66 .349 Spartanburg.205 48 .234 Darlington.217 47 .217 Sumter.231 49 .212 Greenville.194 40 .206 Anderson.224 45 .201 Team Folding Averages. Names. P.O. A. E. P.C> Greenville. . . .162 55 19 .919: Sumter.164 78 . 22 .917-' Andersen.159 80 25* .905v Orangeburg. . . .150 67 23 .904: Darlington. 163 61 24 .90S? Spartanburg.148 68 29 .S8I SNOW IN MICHIGAN. Heavy Fall of Snow and Zero Tem? perature Throughout the State. Detroait, Mich.. May 27.-A heavy snow is reported throughout centra! and northern Michigan today. At several places the temperature has. -rone down to two degrees below, zena.