Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1907. *g-- --------ggggS The ?'wm?er Watchman was founded in and the True Southron in 1S66. The ??T&?chman and Southron now has the com? bined circulation and influence of both of "fcn? old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. IMPORTANT NOTICE. Subscribers are requested to ex- j ^traine the label on their papers, ; "Which show the date to which the j Subscription has been paid. Those ; who find that they are in arrears are j requested to call and settle or remit j ?.t ?le earliest convenient date. The , > amount that each subscriber owes is j ?mall, but in the aggregate the ; ?.mount due us for subscription is ; ^uite large-and we need the money. I _. I ' If anything at all has been done to? ward effecting the capture of George W. Murray, who is known to be a President of Chicago, openly enga?ped in 'business although a fugitive from J justice, with a penitentiary sentence ? hanging over him, the general public j in Sumter has heard n >*'*ing of it. ? ?t is probably the dury- of some officer j to apprehend fugitive criminals, and j it seems passing strange that nothing j bas been done to capture Murray, j This affair has passea the stage of i suppressed comment and is taking on ?' the semblance of a scandal. Murray j is a fugitive convict and ought to be ? ?.- " i -apprehended. If he is not brought \ fcack and made to serve out his sen- j tence it will be due to wilful neglect ! ?of duty on the part of officers of the j law; and the people want to know j Why the law is not enforced in the case of Murray, just the same as if .ht had been a common negro laborer "Who had got into trouble. It is time j ?or some one to speak up-the policy 5>f silence wont do, the people wont -stand for it any longer. The up-country towns of Green- j ville, Spartanburg and Anderson, j which started the baseball season with a hurrah and a flourish and - anuch hot air about their pennant winning teams, are thus far so far <iown the percentage column that they are really not in \ competition j -with the three mid-State towns, j ^However, the fight is scarce-ty begun j .'" vet and later on they may make it j ? interesting for the present leaders The present situation proves, howev? er, that boasting is risky. * ? ? Every move that the Charleston \ city oir.cia.ls make to enforce the county dispensan.- law adds another count to the indictment brought .against them before the bar of pub- J ixe opinion for the lawless disregard j of the dispensary law from the date cf its enactment until the present time. The steps now being taken to enforce the law is proof positive that the city officials did not perform their ?u?i duty in the past. * * * if Sumter county officials fail or j refuse to perform their duty in the ^natter of arresting 'George W. Mur *ray, the fugitive forger, it is time for ^jrcv. Ansel, as Chief Executive of the Estate, to take it up." Why should Kurray be permitted to live in peace and plenty in Chicago while hundreds .of just as good negroes are doing time &. the penitentiary and on the chain -gangs for crimes less grave and more ?excusable 'than the one of which he was convie-ed? * * * To the oft repeated charge of in? competency in the management of ! the work on the Panama canal is now | being added the direct assertion that j the whole thing is permeated with I ?rraft. But no one seems surprised. * * * Clarendon county, our next door ! ?tt?ighb?r, stood first in the produc? ta of corn in the contest open to thf ?Cnited States, and Sumter was seconi ii*, the production of oats. That is a Irceord for middle South Carolina ro fce pr tu! of. "TELEGRAPHERS MAKE DEMAND. X5ie Western Inion Telegraph Com pan;. Threatened \\ ith a Great ' Strike. \ - I ! ?Ssw York. June 3.-A general de- ! -Snand for the remedy of the griev- ! sances of the telegraphers throughout the United :-tates was made to the di :^rectors of the Western L'ai >n Tel . Sraph C->mr>?r.y today. Unless the ^grievances are corrected at the n... - Xxtz. of the directors on Jane I2th a Strike is almost certain to be ordered. The operators chars;.- the company with intimidating and blacklisting un '^cn men. It is char? i that the com X>a::y has failed ". Ifijl the promise an marease oi en per cent made .cn March 1st. although celegr; ph t-ol?s were increased shortly after the .salary advance was announced. The Operators demand the reinstatement ^.ci fifteen operators discharged from the Western Union and the retain to their former positions and salaries .of four operators suffering reductions. They demand standard wages and an ?<iz;nt hour work day. Laws to Control Farm Labor. The difficulty of the conditions pro? duced by the upsetting of the labor contract lav.- lies in that it leaves the landlord no practical remedy in the civil courts. The laborers who enter into contracts to work for the year the 1st of January and receive ad ! vanees from their employers may j breach the contract after the crop has ? been pitched, or half cultivated, and, j a.? a rule, a suit for damages 'would I entail only profitless expense on the I employer. Therefore, the employer's I : on!; method effective to compel the j per formance of the laborer's contract ,' has been to offer him the alternative ; of going to jail, and the removal of ! this method leaves the landlord help I less. . A ray of light is let in by Judge I Brawley's decision by the reference to j the Alabama law, which Judge Jones upheld as constitutional, which pro? vides that persons who enter into a contract with fraudulent intent may ! be punished therefor. It seems that a statute might be enacted in South Carolina, following the Alabama stat? ute, the essence of which would be that the obtaining of money or per? sonal property by signing a written contract with fraudulent intent is punishable as a misdemeanor, and which would not have for its essence '*the coercing of personal service in liquidation of a debt"-in which lat? ter category Judge Brawley classifies the statute which^he has held to be \ unconstitutional. j Another remedy which, to our ! mind, the South Carolina legislature j must rely upon will be the tightening of the statute which makes it a mis- j demeanor to entice or persuade any j tenant, servant or laborer under con- j tract with another, or to employ any \ laborer, knowing such laborer to be j under contract. The penalty for this ! offence at present is a fine of not less j than $25 nor more than $100, or im- J prisonment in the county jail for not^ less than ten nor more than thirty j days. j A strong sentiment for the increase j of the penalty for enticing laborers I has been growing among the better j class of farrhers for several years., j Heretofore instances have not been j uncommon when unscrupulous farm- j crs have deliberately interfered with the labor of their neighbors and invit? ed the risk of punishment, being not j unwilling to "pay a fine of $25 to se- j cure a laborer at critical stages of the j growing crop. Indeed, it must be ! confessed that much of the labor trouble complained of in the State is to be explained by the occasional ab? sence of honorable dealing between j employers themselves. The legisla- J ture ?bouid make the punishment of j en* of laborers under contract so ? se-? e. and its enforcement should be 1 s-? prompt and uniform, that the la- J borer who violates a contract would find it impossible to enter the employ of any other person in the State until the contract has expired. In other word:1, the emergency now is such | that the employers of negro labor j must understand .at self-preserva- j I lion depends up<m their standing j faithfully together. With added vitality given to the j statute against enticement or employ- j ment of tho?e already under contract j an.I its rigid enforcement, with a sys- j tematic enforcement of the laws ! against vagrancy, and with the aboli- I tion of the lien law. so that irrespon- I sible laborers cannot subsist unless j they deserve and thereby obtain cred- I it from their employers, the employ- j ers may still hope td control the sup- J ply of labor despite the annulment of j the contract labor statute, and it may j be that, if the landlords be compelled by the n^w set of circumstances to universally observe the rights of each other, a more satisfactory situation j may emerge than that which existed j previous to Judge Brawley's decision. ! -Nev.-- and Courier. j _._ i CAPERS LANDS AGAIN. J<>h:! C. Capers, South Carolina Pie Distributor, Appointed Revenue Commissioner. Washington, D. C., Jne 4.-Presi i'.<-nt Roosevelt this afternoon ap? pointed John C. Capers, Republican :u tional committeeman from South Carolina to be commissioner of inter? nal revenue ad in term, vice John W. Kerk?-.-, of Kentucky, resigned. Ca? pers will hold the position until De-. ;cmber I- when Pearl Wight, of New Orl?ans, will take charge. C< >TTON CROP ACREAGE. ?he Condition Par Below thc T<:i Y?*ar Average. Special to the Daily Item. Washington, June ?.-Th'- crop :< . rt; g board bf the department of griculture today announced the ra? ised estimate of the cotton planted his year. The new figures show a rg ir acreage and are thirty-two rill ion and forty-nine thousand i - Th? estimated acreage planted his year was thirty-two million and ixty thousand -erv-. The average On inion of the growing crop May .>"th was Ti?.5 per cent. Th.? average c>i rh* i-^^t ten vea rs was S . G per PYTHIAN" GRAND LODGE. ! _ * ! Convention Adjourns After Satisfac ? tory Session-Mr. Smitix of Camden i Elected Grand Cliancellor and Prof. ' Renibert of Spartanburg. Grand Prelate-Aiken Next Place ot' Meet? ing. i j Anderson. May 29.-After a most ; highly satisfactory session of two i days, the twenty-first annual conven j ti on grand lodge Knights of P>thias, ?adjourned at 6 o'clock this afternoon. J Many of the delegates have returned ! home while quite a number remained : for the closing festivities tonight. ! While much time was devoted to j pieasure. due to the unbounded hos ! nitalitv of the Anderson people, much i important business was transacted. ! Today's session was onened at 10 ! o'clock, and the convention got down j tc work immediately. Many resolu? tions were introduced and.adooted. I Among these were memorials to the ; late brethren, A. C. Mustard, of Char ; lesion; J. M. Knight, of Sumter, and j Jas. Thayer, of Charleston. The three matters of greatest im I portance were the election of officers, ? selecting the next meeting place, and ! the establishment of a Pythian jour ' nal. The election of officers was be . gun~at the morning session and com j pleted in the afternoon. Mr. Mendel j L. Smith, of Camden, late speaker of j the house of representatives, was ? unanimously elected grand, chancel? lor. This was done by a risiing vote of the convention. Mr. M. Rutledge Rivers, who has so acceptably filled j : this chair for the past year, now I passes to the honorable station of past grand chancellor. Mr. Smith is J I io he congratulated upon his election, j I for the honor is by no means small. 1 Mr. L. Mattison. of Columbia, was ? elected vice grand chancellor. ; The election of grand prelate, about ! which centered so much interest, re- ! suited in the choice of Prof A. G. Rimbert, of Spartanburg. Several ballots were taken before an election was declared. There were three oth? er nominees for this office, viz: Messrs. j E. C. Doyle. J. F. Williams and C. D. j Brown. Rev. Jas. H. Thornwell. of j Fort Mill, succeeds himself as great J keeper of records and seals, and Mr. Wilson G. Harvey, of Charleston, was rt-elected grand master of exchequer. Mr. T. A. Ratiiffe. of Anderson, was chosen grand master at arms. Messrs. .7. W. King of Columbia, and J. L. Reeves, of Orangeburg were elected giana inner and grand outer guards respectively. These officers were in? stalled with the usual ceremonies this afternoon. At the afternoon session Grand Chancellor Rivers announced the su? preme representatives to the supreme lodge, which convenes in Boston in i lt OS. These are Messrs. A. B Mor? gan and M. L. Bonham for the full four years, and Mr. Edmund Bacon, of Columbia to fill out the unexdired term of the late Jas. Hr Thayer. Aiken was chosen as the meetings place for the grand lodge in 190$. This city extended a pressing invita? tion and it was accepted with pleas? ure. The visitors will be assured of ai: enjoyable stay, for Aiken is known far and wide for her ability to enter? tain. It was thought that Charleston would be chosen, but -the invitation was not extended as was reported would be done. The vote for A.iken was unanimous. - i The committee to consider the es? tablishment of a journal, submitted its report at the morning session. Af? ter p issing through the customary processes it was brought to a vote and pas.-ed. j The details of the work therein j provided for are yet unobtainable, but ? it is generally believed that the pa-1 per will be published in Columbia, be- ! cans?* of its central locality. The State i Publishing Company had a special j representative in Anderson today con-j firring with those in charge. The selection of an editor by the j board ?'.; publication is a matter of j great interest: There are a number cf prominent and gifted Pythians in th'- State, any of whom would do j cr..dit to the work. Guaranteed by .J. E. W. DeLormc. If the head aches, if the back and side are painful', if there is distress and nausea afton eating, if you are : ! epless. nervous and out of s.>rts ge' a 50c box .>.' Miona from J. F. W. DeLorme with the absolute certainty' tin t the remedy will cost you nothing unless it ?tives yu freedom from all iib and rains and restores you to health! Ute Mi-o-na stomach tablets, an: ve.ur ?il ie >ith will soon be gone and. you win forget thar you h av?; ever South Carolina u ill attend the an? nual convention of the Tri-State Med? ir- 1 association which will he held h. Norfolk on Jane 3, 4. and 5. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea I ui i:i' - the blood; strengthen< the nerves, regulates the bowels, aids the kidneys, cures stomach troubles, builds u\> th- nervous f "ree and rc . airs th'- ill -:?ec *s of over .?atine. Y---; or Tablets, 35 cents. China's Drug Store. GREAT SEA WALL. The Government to Start Work on a $200,000 Structure at Charleston. Charleston, June 3.-A locomotive, cars, tracks and other mechanical ap? pliances and equipments have been purchased by the United 'States en? gineer's department and active ar? rangements are under way for the construction of the great sea wall to be built on Sullivan's Island to protecc : the beach and especially the fortifica '? tions and the actual work of con . struction will soon be started, j Capt. George P. Howell, corps of engineers. U. S. A., in charge of the j i harbor work, will have direction of ! ! j the construction of the wall -and is j ' now arranging the preliminaries. I Capt. Howell is now considering the j 1 bids which were submitted a few j i days ago for the furnishing of the i i creosoted ^iles and the stone which ? : will be used in the construction of the ! i wall. The wall will cost upwards of ! $200.000. . j j Another harbor work of import- j ! ance about to be prosecuted is the ? j dredging of the anal towards Mc- j ! Ciellanville. The new project is the I [section of the'work from Bull's Bay: ' towards McCIellansville. The Simons- i j Mayrant company has been working j j on the section from the island to I wards Seewee Bay. The project pro- i ?vides for a four-foot channel,"60 feet' I ! wide from Charleston harbor to Mc- ! Clellansville. Seewee Bay. however, j is not to be dredged under the present j appropriation. The idea is to deepen j thc canal on both sides and the craft j can then regulate their navigation j by reaching Seewee Pay at a time I j when tide is high, which will give suf- j f.cient depth of water through the ? I route. The work of dredging ls being I I dene on both sides of the bay, where j j it is most necessary to make the ap- ? I propriation go as far as possible. ! ? Have You Catarrh.. j *If you have catarrh, with offensive : breath, burning pains in the throat, j difficulty in- breathing, raising of mu- j cous, discharge from the nose, tick? ling or dropping from the back of the \ throat, coughing spasms, etc., begin the use of Hyomei at once. Its medication is taken in with the ail you breathe, so that it reaches the ' most remote part of the respiratory organs. killing all catarrhal germs and soothing anv irritation ?here may bo in the mucous membrane. The complete Hyomei outfit costs but SI; and J. F. W. DeLorme gives j his peronal guarantee with each pack- j age that the monev will be refunded : j unless the treatment does all that is ? claimed for it. 6-5-2t j CHINESE REVOLT SPREADING. j Thirty Thonsand Rebels Join the Triads in Fokien Province. ?moy, China, May 31.-Thirty thou? sand rebels in Fokien province have joined the revolt. Troops have been despatched to a point forty miles south of this city, where the rebels are encamped. Pa. he starts at early morn To face the wide, blue world. He gets his strength and health Ey using Rocky Mountain Tea. -China's Drug Store. P. D. Lamar, of Aiken, who died several days ago, left an estate val? ued at $2-00.000. He left no will. WINTHROP COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AND EN TR ANC* EXAMINATION". The examination for the award of vacant Sch larships in Winthrop Col? lege and ? c the admission of new j students w il be held at the County j Court Hou -e on Friday. July 5 at 9 i a. m. Ap jicants must be not less i than fifteen ,ears of ag-. When Schol i arships are vacated after July 5. they will be av. *rded to those making the highest average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for Scholarship s should write to Presi i dent Johnson before the examination for Scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September IS, 1907. For further information and catalogue, address Pres. D. B. JOHNSON". 5_$_7-3 Rock Hill, S. C. mm wm SCHOOL ? ---- The County Board of ' Education has cid ed t" have a four weeks' Summer School for Sumter county b. ginning July o. A county school is especially desirable this year as there wili be ii" State School." Primary Methods. English and Mathematics will be taught No allowance to as? sist, the teach.-rs to attend eau be given thi< year. Everthing will bc j d ne to make the four weeks' session profitable. By oroer of H. ?'.. < ?STEEN* and S. D. CAIN", County Board of Education. 6-?-Ct Gambling- at Baseball Games. Chief among the "knockers" of a baseball team are a few tin-horn sports who have lost about $2 on a game. This sort of a calamity is so acute to this class of individuals that they at once get out their hammers and begin to pound. The loss of $2 is in their eyes decidedly the worst feature of a game dropped by the home team. In other words, their in? terest is promoted by a very low or? der of selfishness. Those guilty of this would do well to quit gambling on baseball games. : Baseball is not a gambling sport any? how, and only in the small cities and towns is any betting done on it. In the big leagues baseball is as clean of gambling as tennis or golf, and it should be so here. There is a State law, besides a city . ordinance, against betting and anj> ? body who indulges in it on the bail ; field of the Spartanburg club is com mitring a crime. Let the sheriff or his. deputies or the police give at- ; tention to the open proposals to bet I and the open declarations of having bet that can be heard on the stands ! and make cases against a few of the j sports whose grief is so poignant j when they lose a couple of dollars. ? i A little vigilance will rid the Spar- j tanburg ball field of any open bet- j ting and most of the cheap skate j gamblers will not bet at all unless they can do it with a flourish and a j show. Baseball is intended for whole- j some amusement and recreation, not j for gambling. If you want to "gam-j Ide. throw. heads and tails and keep | c;uiet about it. If you have any mon- ! ey you think you can afford -to lose, J go pay your debts before risking it. j Anyway, keep your disgusting mix-? ture of sordid greed and cheap noto- i riety out of the clean sport that is j provided for the people of Spartan- | burg.-Spartanburg Journal. How to live on 15 cents a day. The mind as well as the body is benefitted by economy in eating. There's no health giver iike a diet of Hollister's P'-cky Mountain Tea. In a startling ; way it keeps you going. 35 cents, ! Tea or Tablets. China's Drug Store. j WANTED-All the farmers in Sum? ter county to know that we can in? sure their colton against destruc? tion or damage by hail. $20 in? surance per acre will cost 50c. per acre. Citizens' Insurance Agency, Phone 14S. 5-8-6t CLEMSON AGRICULTURAL COL? LEGE. Scholarship and Entrance Examina? tion to Freslmian Class The examination for the award of scholarships from Sumter County and ADMISSION TO FRESHMAN CLASS will be held at the County Court House on Friday.July 5, at 9 a. m. Applicants for scholarships may se? cure blank application forms from the county Superintendent of Educa? tion. These blanks must be filled out properly and filed w..h .ne county Superintendent before the beginning of the examination. Those . taking the examination for entrance to the Freshman class and not trying for a scholarship should file their applica? tion with President Mell. The schol? arships are worth $100 and-free tui? tion. One scholarship student from each county may select the Textile course, others must take one of the Agricultural courses. Examination paper will be furnished, bun each ap? plicant should provide himself with scratch paper. The number of schol? arships to be awarded will be an? nounced later. P. H. MELL, President Clemson College, S. C. 5-15-St Sumter. S. C., May 14, 1907. Citizens' Insurance Agency, Sumter, S. C. Gentlemen: Last spring I took a policy on n y cotton crop, insuring with the Carolina Hail Insurance Cc, against loss by hail. On July 25th crop was badly damaged, and it af? fords me pleasure to testify to. the prompt and satisfactory settlement of my claim. Yours truly, l-16-6t W. O. Cain. Orangeburg's free mail delivery system went into effect on June 1st A Bargain. 1AM OFFERING FOR SALE one of the best located pieces of farm property around Sumter. The place is on the Moses road. ZVs miles east of the city. Contains 2G5 acres, 100cleared, and has two cood settlements. The soil is a stiff clay-sand loam, and most of the cleared land is in good condition. The rest of the place is in Umber and wood band, but can ali be cleared if desired. Being only 2!? miles from the city, there is enough timber and wood on the uncleared portion of the place, if properly handled, to pay for the whole property. The track has a natural drainage to Rocky Bluff Swamp, and with present ditches pat in good condition the whole place will be thoroughly drained. This land will be worth 350 an nore inside of two years. Adjoiding tracts are now held at this ?Vure. but for a quick sale will take S-?.50per acre. If you want a place near town, you will cot have au opportunity like this soon, lt will pay you to act now. City and County Prop? erty Handled. Real Estate Loans. Belser Bl g.. N. Main St. Real Essaie Agent. Sumter, S. C. Money lo Loan on First Class Real Estate. Security. 'Phorie 404-3 Silk Mulls, 50 cent values at 39c Printed Madras, were 25 cents, now 19c. Paris Tissues, 25 cent values at 162-3C Plaid Suitings, Reduced from ;o cents to 39c the yd. French Ginghams, 30 cent values, only 19c 28-inch Lingerie, good 25 cent value, now 19c. Twentv-E?gSit Inch White India Linon, Ten Cents Value, Seven Cents, One piece each light blue acd gray plaid voile, Q/?k^ excellent dollar values at. OV/V^? Extra Special Values in Laces and Embroideries. ^al Laces from 10 cents per doz.jn yards up. Our Yal Laces -it 50 cents per dozen yards are attracting considerable attention. Toilet Articles. '?Ve carry one of the largest lines of toilet soaps in the city, buding direct from the Ma ufacturer in Jobbers quantities Prices from 10c. per box (of 3 cakes) up. Men's and Beys' Summer Fabrics. Men's an? Boy's Summer Fabrics. Boys wash abie pants at 25 cents. Iii this lot ' Men's Wliite Duck Pants at 73 cents per pair, will i e found some white linen pants, worth va.Iues.up to SL5?. 50 cents per pair. Men's Shirts ? At 50cents. We carry probably lite largest Sizes up to 15 years. Worth S3 50per suit at \ line of this popular garment in the city, a->->5 . i White and colored, bosom. Boy's Serge Suits. Boy's Serge Coats, Single and Double Breasted S3. CO to S3.75. Mia's Sarge Coats. Single and Double Breasted, $2.75 to $5.00. A Serge Coat with a pretty pair of stylish pants mikes a neat Summe, suit for man or boy. Oar line of pants at $3 00 to $5 00 will be found hard t 9 lift ny.