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TBE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the ends Thou Ainis t at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June. 18?f ecE'-oh'dated lug. 2.1881. SUMTER. S. C . WEDNESDAY. JUNE 12, 1907 Sew Series-Tol. XXYI. ' ^oj?? Ci}? ?i'hirjjmi??? ant) Ssutfero?. Published Every Wednesday, -BY ?STEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S, C. Terms: $1.50 per annum-in advance. Advertisements : One Souare first insertion..... .$1.50 Every subsequent insertion...... 50 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 frill be charged for. WORKING FOR NOMINATION. BRYAN CLAIMS THIRTY STATES ARE PLEDGED TO SUPPORT HIM. Norfolk Lawyer Says Bryan is Hard j at Work to Secure the Democratic Nomination for the Presidency, Which Would Force Roosevelt to Accept Nomination. ? Washington, June 6.-"William Jennings Bryan told me upon the oc? casion of his visit to the Jamestown Exposition a few days ago that he al? ready had more than thirty States ^pledged to support him In the next 's National Convention and that there was not the least doubt, about their standing by their decision." This' was the state at made yes? terday by Judge T. J. Wool, a leading lawyer of Norfolk, and general coun? sel for the Jamestown Exposition, at the New Willard Hotel. "Yes, when Mr. Bryan was at Jamestown last week he made this remarkable statement to me, which leaves not the least doubt in my mind that he not only intends to stand for the presidential nomination, but that he is already hard at work to secure it. "I do not know in what manner . these States could have been pledged so far in advasce to support .Mr. Bry? an or any other candidate that may be nominal ed when the Democratic Convention meets unless it is that those States to which he had refer? ence whe'n he made this statement had by resolution of their legislatures put themselves on record as favoring him and as being in favor of standing squarely by his policies. Otherwise I do not see hov-- he could have consid? ered thirty odd States pledged to him when the conventions in the different States have no? fet been 'held. "I talked at some length with Mr. Bryan about the coming campaign, and whiie I cannot say that he seem? ed to prefer any one man over anoth? er as a running mate, there is no doubt ir. my mind that hereafter the section of country a man comes from -whether he is running for president or vice president-will have little to do with the result of the election, so long as he is the choice of the mass of Democratic voters and can held the east along with the squth. I mean that if there is a man in the south-no matter how far south from Texas, Florida or elsewhere, who is strong enough to hold sections of the country it will matter little where he comes from. The east has certainly made a failure during the few years so far as selecting a man from that section is concerned and I think the people there will no longer demand that that section be repre? sented sc. long as a suitable man can be found anywhere else who can de? feat the Republican nominee-proba? bly President Roosevelt. "It is impossible to foretell now whether or not there is a man in the south who combines all the elements 'necessary to success in such a great undertaking as that of securing the president:;! nomination. You may put it down, though, that if a good man can be found in the south he is just as liable to receive the nomina? tion as a man from any part of the United States. "It begins to look like President Roosevelt will be compelled to allow ! himself to be renominated to heal the j breach made bv Taft, Foraker and I other leading Republicans lately. I j do not think he really wants to g,-t the nomination again because from j his standpoint another term in ihe? White House would be equivalent to J standing for election the third time, i but many leading Republicans do not look at the y matter that way. and I ? believe they will force the nomination on him, especially if Bryan is placed in the field by the Democrats. Many Republicans say that it will be abso? lutely necessary to run Roosevelt ?gain if Bryan comes out."-News and Courier. A petition is being circulated in Marion for th? establishment of a county dispensary. HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE. Delegates Already Arriving at the Hague-Outline of Work. The Hague, Netherlands, June S. The delegates to the second Peace congress, which opens next .Saturday, are beginning to arrive. The princi? pal work of the congress will be done by committees, who will thrash out the great questions and then submit their recommendations to the assem? blage. The congress will formally convene in Knights' Hall Saturday afternoon next. Xo member o fthe Dutch royal family will attend. The Dutch For? eign Minister Vantets van Gourdriaan will open the proceedings with a speech of welcome. M. Xelidoff. the Russian ambassador rt Paris will be the permanent presi? dent. The probability is that no ? American will be elected to any ! office. It is expected the congress will vote that the sessions be secret. Among th subjects to be consider? ed are the widening of the jurisdic? tion of the Hague arbitration court, extending the right of neutrals in1 time of war for regulating contra? band, drafting regulations for the bombardment of ports, the location of submarine and floating mines, rules governing sea highways in time of war. The chief results anticipated are the settlement of disputed points in international law. The congress will bo in session about two months. DEATH DEALING CYCLONE. Thirty Persons Killed .at Gradyville. Ky., and Many Others in Southern Illinois. Louisville, Ky., June S.-Thirty perseus perished in a cloud-burst ? which destroyed the town of Grady? ville, 12 miles from Columbia, last night. Many bodies have been recov? ered, but many more are in the debris I of the wrecked houses. Nearly even residence in the town was swept away. The tow-n was situated in the fork of two creeks, the waters of which rose so rapidly that the inhabitants had no opportunity to escape. In some cases the entire family perished. Duquoin Hard Hit. Duquoin, Ul., June S.-Thousands of dollars of damage was done here , early this morning by a cyclone de? stroying residences and crops. Xu I merous injuries are reported, but" j none fatal. Railroad traffic is demor? alized. Marshall Also Suffers. ? Marshall. Ul., June 8.-A cyclone I and terrific hail storm swept the I southern part of this county early this morning. Two persons are reported killed in a town a few miles from here, and several more were injured, and many houses and barns demolish? ed vBERRY DEPOT ROBBED. ..urglar Enters Station in Early Part of Night and Gets Away With $131 in Currency. Newberry, June 9.-Tonight at about 7.30 o'clock the union passen? ger station here was entered by an unknown party : il robbed of $131. The burglar gained entrance through a glass window and the money was taken from che cash drawer, that stolen being in $1 and $10 bills-al? though there was $25 in silver and $1<"> in gold in the- drawer it was not molested, which leads to the theory that the party who committed the crime was frightened by some noise, or was an amateur and could not trust himself in th* station too long ; for fear of being detected. FAMOUS HOTEL BURNED. Thc Princess Anne at Virginia Beach Was Totally Destroyed Today. Xorfolk, Va., June 10.-Fire in the splendid Princess Anne Hotel, at Vir? ginia Beach, totally destroyed it today The loss is $185.000. A negro maid and the colored porter lost their lives. All the guests escaped, some of them after harrowing experiences, all with the complete loss of their personal ef? fects. The flames spread to the elec? tric power station and the passenger station of the Xorfolk and Southern Railroad, both of which were de? stroyed. The Princess Anne Hot?.-] was one of the most famous in the >outh, and had been the scene of many notabb society gatherings. Henry ^Farrow, a small colored boy was burnell to death in Newberry county while carrying a coal of fir* for his mother to light her pipe. Th? boy's clothing caught fm- from th< live coal and before assistance reach? ed him he burned to death. STATE LEAGUE GAMES, i i Game Cocks Take Another String Ont of tlie Fiddlers" Bow. Darlington, June 4.-The Game Cocks won handily from the Fiddlers in the second game of the series. The score does not show the relative strength of the two teams, the Game Cocks outplayed them throughout, tut failed to score more runs through inability to hit at needed times. Following is the official score by innings: Darlington.OOO 001 OOO-1 Sumter.001 OOO 010-2 ) - Greenville Lost Again. Greenville, June 4.-The locals played a better game today than on Monday, but the result wa the same. The score was Orangeburg, 5; Green-; ville. 1. I Spartanburg Wins. Spartanburg, June 4.-By heavy tatting, good base running and close playing the Musicians took today's game from Anderson by a score of 5 to 2. THREE FROM DARLINGTON. Game Cocks Took Third Game With Ease-Oraageburg Took Third From Greenville, and Spartanburg Defeated Anderson. Darlington, June 5.-It was a pret? ty game up to the sixth inning, when thc score stood 2 to 1 in favor of Dar? lington, then thc home team went to pieces and Sumter scored 6. After this neither side made a run and the final score was 7 to 2 for the visitors. Three for Orangeburg. Greenville, June 5.-Celey at short, lost the game for Greenville this af? ternoon, making it three out of three. Score: Greenville 1, Orangeburg 2. Spartans Defeat Anderson. Spartanburg, June 5.-In a pretty game of ball here today the Musicians defeated the* Anderson team by a score of 3 to 2. McMakin pitched a good game with the exception of one inning, in which he forced in a run by giving two bases on balls, but in the Spartans' half of the same inning he knocked the ball over right field fence and thus evened matters. An? derson played an errorless game. WON BY FORFEIT. Cmpire Weeks Declared Yesterday's Game Forfeited to Sumter. The game Cocks were out in uni? form for yesterday's game. At 5 o'clock, the chicks took the field with Tribble in the box and Gunter receiv? ing. Three balls- were sent across the pan and Umpire Weeks announced the game forfeited to Sumter pending the decision of President Smith. The local management did all in its power to provide a way for the visi? tors to reach the city, and having provided a special train for that pur? pose, the burden of proof will now rest with McMakin to show cause why he would not accept the transporta? tion. Official score of the game was Sumter 9, Spartanburg C. Darlington Wins. Darlington. S. C., June 6.-Darling? ton took the first game of the series with Greenville this afternoon with fairly good playing, but not by sensa? tional stunts. The Mountaineers did rot pull together and were shaky oe casionally. The score was Darling? ton, 9; Greenville, 2. Anderson Loses. Anderson. June 6.-Although the locals rallied in the ninth inning, and scored four runs, it was naught, as Orangeburg already had the game cinched. About one thousand persons witnessed the game. The score was. Orangeburg. S; Anderson, 6. SPARTANBURG DEFEATED. Sumter Batters Did Unmerciful Work -The Score 12 to 4. Th-- Game Cocks administered a terrible walloping to the Musicians Friday, running away with the game by a score of 12 to 4. By innings: Spartanburg.000 001 003- 4 Sumter.000 075 00*-12 Orangeburg Won. Anderson. June 7.-The exhibition this afternoon was a great improve? ment over that of yesterday. Derby and Stowes were in fine shape and the -rani'' was a pitchers' hattie. The Anderson team player] better together and Orangeburg played its usual good '.;.<.; mo. Score: Orangeburg 4. Anderson 2. Darlington's Winning Streak. i Darlington. June 7.-Darlington j took the second game from Greenville ? by a score of 7 to 6. Darlington play j ed good ball and got their hits at the i right time. THE GAME COCKS WON EASILY FROM THE SPARTANS-SCORE 9 TO 6. Richardson's Superb Pitching, the Story of the Game-Other Fea? tures. Saturday's garner the last of the aeries with the Musicians, resulted in a victory for the Game Cocks. The game was more exciting than Friday's contest, the score being tied up 4 to 4 until the sixth inning. By innings: Spartanburg. .10300000 0-4 Sumter. ,'. ..04000401 *-9 Umpire DeArmond Roasted. Anderson, June 8.-Umpire Dear m.md was badly off in his decisions again this afternoon, and tonight more than fifteen telegrams were di? rected to President Smith, asking j that Dearmond be recalled, and an I other umpire be sent here for the games commencing Monday. These telegrams were sent by the president and directors of the Anderson team, ond many prominent citizens, includ? ing the mayor. Members of both teams admit that he decided wrong in many instances, and especially against the local team. Two men on bases, an Anderson man knocked, a two-bagger, and De? armond saw fit to call the hit a foul. The game should have resulted 2 to 1 in favor o fthe locals. Score, Orange burg 3: Anderson 2. Greenville Defeats Darlington. Darlington, June S.-The Greenville team has taken on new life and is play? ing better and faster ball since the change of management. The result was a shutout for Darlington. Score, Greenville 5; Darlington 0. . Sumter led the league in hitting the ball last week and Orangeburg led in fielding. The tetams played far better ball than, they did the week before. A comparison of the averages of last week with these below, will show this. The averages for last week were as follows: Batting Fielding per cent. per cent. Sumter.257 014 Orangeburg . . . .248 964 Spartanburg.210 917 Gieenville.204 917 Darlington.200 949 Anderson. 152 963 Th? Orangeburg team continues to lead the league in batting ana the record for the season of the teams is given below: AB H PC. Orangeburg. . . .520 155 29S Sumter.522 123 239 Greenville.5S9 129 219 Darlington.55S 118 211 Spartanburg. . ..569 HS 207 Anderson. 550 101 185 Orangeburg also leads the league in fielding. The following are the rat? ings of the teams to date: PO A E PC. Orangeburg . .434 179 40 939 Sumter.404 1S7 57 921 Darlington. . .453 199 56 921 ! Greenville. . .460 194 59 917 Anderson. . ..419 196 58 914 Spartanburg. . 432 219 52 911 The league is drawing well. Re? ports from all over the circuit are to the effect that large crowds are wit? nessing the games. So far there has been no serious complaint from any quarter and everything is going "just lovely."-News and Courier. THE MOST SPECTACULAR GAME OF THE SEASON WON IN THE ELEVENTH. The greatest game in which Sumter has played was pulled off Monday at the park with Darlington. The bad weather conditions prevented a larger attendance, but the several hundred fans who were present worked over? time and their great enthusiasm got much ginger into the play. The game opened with Heisman for Darlington and Thomas for Sumter on the line of action, and before the conclusion of the first inning it could be seen that the contest would re? solve itself into a pitchers' battle. H?-isman was in fine fettle, and Thomas was delivering the goods. Tho ("Jame Cocks got first blood by pushing a man over the rubber in th' -.ecnd. In the third Darlington made one run and when Sumter came to the bat. the Game Cocks increased h<-r lead by g.-tting two more runs. By scaring in th?1 fifth and in the eigth the game was evened up in a hard knot, but really the game had but just commenced. Thomas, who ba.i b< en pitching su perb ball, was removed from the box on his own request on account of a sore arm, and Dru mm was sent in to ! finish the good work that he had j commenced. j The Fiddlers could do nothing with ? Dru m m. He shot his high, speedy j ones around thcrir necks, and there was no connecting for safeties. In the eleventh came the grand finale. Richardson led off with a Texas leaguer over second. Then the grand stand and bleachers opened up in grand style, and their great rooting helped to win the game. Drumm next up laid a nice bunt down first base line and beat it out. Lindsay repeated the dose; the bases were full, and no outs. The rooters went wild. Mc? laurin and Murrow fanned, and the chances for victory paled considera? bly, but old, reliable Wynne was up next, and he *aid another bunt down to Heisman, and while the entire in? field was squabbling over the ball, Wynne reached the initial sack, and the game was won. It was the most spectacular game ever played in Sum? ter: Following is the official score: By innings: Darlington.001 010 010 00-3 Sumter.012 000 000 01-4 Huber Injured; Game Called. Anderson, June 10.-Anderson and Spartanburg played a tie game yes? terday. In the last half of the sev? er th inning, with one man out, Hu? ber .knocked to Watson on third, and Watson hurled the ball to first and hit Huber on the left temple. He was knocked unconscious and remained so for twenty minutes, and the game was called on this account. The score stood ll to ll. The Leaders Defeated. Orangeburg, S. C.. June 10. Greenville defeated the leaders this afternoon in a slow, featureless game. Winning eight straight games, six of them on the road, seem to have made the locals over-confident, and they played in a listless way. At no time was there the snap and ginger of pro? fessional ball exhibited by either team. Score : Greenville, 4; Orange burg, 3. fcjouth Carolina League. Won Lost Orangeburg. ... 15 3 Sumter.13 4 Darlington. .... y 9 Spartanburg. ... 6 12 Greenville.6 13 I Anderson.4 12 GREEN AND GAYNOR LOSE. I he Sentence of the Sav annah Court is Affirmed. P. C. S33 765 500 333 ' 315 250 Xew Orleans, La., June 3.-The sentence of the Savannah court in the Greene and Gaynor case, involving over half a million dollars fraud in government contract work in the Sa? vannah harbor, was affirmed in an opinion handed down by the United States circuit court of appeals today. The sentence is four years imprison? ment each and a fine aggregating $575,000. Judges Shelby and Mc? Cormick handed down the opinion which was on an appeal, and Judge Pardee dissented. On the ground that they were fu? gitives from justice the Court dismiss? es the defendants' plea for benefit of the statute of limitations. Benj. D. Greene and John Gaynor, the defendants, appealed on 193 as? signments of error. The most inter? esting of these was the claim that their extradition from Canada a case which went to the privy council of England before being finally tried, was illegal. They asserted they were extradited upon one offence and tried on another. Upon this point the court says : "It is not usual, nor would it be ex? pedient or practicable for a warrant of extradition to describe the crime with all the fullness that would be required in an indictment. While ex? tradition and indictment be for the same criminal acts it does ont follow that the crime must have the same name in both countries." . The court held that the defendants were extradited for an offence for which, they had been twice indicted. Replying to the contention that their offence was not extraditable under the treaty, the court holds firse that i' wa.? extraditable and then argues that even if the treaty did noe on its face allow extradition for their of? fence nevertheless the parties to this treacj could have taken action to make the instrument cover the of? fence, and that such action would have applied to a previously commit? ted offence. Greene and Gaynor can now eicher apply for a rehearing or go to the su I reme court on a writ of certiorari. JAP PAPERS BELLIGERENT. Leading Dailies o? Tokio Urge the Bombardment of San Francisco. Washington, June 6.-The Japa? nese press assumes a wildly heiliger? em attitude toward the United States on account of the recent mobbing of Japanese business places iii San Francisco. A cablegram received from Tokio by M. Moiko, the presi? dent o fthe United Japanese societies o' San Francisco/ says that the four leading dailies in the Japanese capi? tal have demanded that Prime Minis? ter Hayashi secure a public apology and indemnity from the United States. In the event of a refusal of this these papers advised a bombard? ment of San Francisco. When interviewed onthe subject Sec? retary Hamihara of the Japanese em? bassy said today, "Even if the pro? tests are correct the incident was without importance, as there is yel? low journalism in Japan as well as in the United States. The clamors of such newspapers have no effect upon shaping Japan's cou :se." CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SUIT. ' The Proceedings Take Another Tum -Mrs. Eddy Directly Represent? ed. Concord, N. H., June 10.-For the first time since the Christian Science litigation began Mrs. Eddy herself was the actual plaintiff today before Judge Chamberlain in the superior court. She made no personal appear? ance, but the motions urgued emanat? ed directly from her. The opponents of Mrs. Eddy claim that these mo? tions are skillfully devised to cloud the main issue and delay the prosecu? tion. They ask the court to investi? gate and determine whether the Eddy property interests are fully protected and whether the "next friends" are acting in good faith. It is expected the outcome of today's proceedings will be the appointment of a master to inquire into Mrs. Eddy's mental condition. Mrs. Eddy to Be Examined. Concord, N. H., June 10.-Judge Chamberlain today announced that he would appoint a master to inquire into the competency of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, the leader of the Christian Scientists. The appointment will not be made for several days. DIDN'T WANT NEGRO SCHOOL.. Spartanburg Farmers Said to Have Nipped Scheme in the Bud. Spartanburg, June S.-Because a well known negro educator, it is said, was figuring on the purchase of che Cherokee property, the well known mineral spring, which has been fa? mous in this county, for a period of a - hundred years, the farmers living in the neighborhood of the springs have - purchased the propere;- from J. D. - Humphreys, the owner. It is said that the property was wanted for the - purpose of erecting a college for col- . ored people. It is a magnificent prop? erty, containing several acres, a small farm, in fact, with a large mineral.-, spring and a splendid grove of ele- - gant trees. When the farmers around Chero? kee learned that the negro was after the property they formed a company and bought the property from Mr. Humphreys. It is said that Mr. Hum? phreys sold the property to the farm? ers at $3,000 less than he would have ! sold to the negro. PICKED HIS PALLBERERS. Young Man at Spartanburg Kills Himself Nonchalantly. Spartanburg, June 9.-Claud Beech am, a young white man, at midnight Saturdaj purchased two ounces of laudanum from Maddux's drug store,, telling the drug clerk he had tooth? ache. Beecham walked across the street to an aH-night restaurant and. swallowed the contents of the bottle He said he wanted to kill himself and invited all present to attend his rui? nerai. Out of the c*owd he appointed one man as foreman of hi.? pallbear* ers, requesting him to report to the undertaker's early Sunday mornings Beecham died several hours after drinking the laudanum. A MONUMENTAL LIAR. Boise, Idaho, June 10.-Steve Adams arrived today. He is emphat? ic in his declaration that Harry Orchi ard is a "monumental liar." Orchard' resumed the tale of his criminal ca? reer today at the opening of the Haywood trial this morning. Two years of Orchard's life intervening be? tween the closing of his story Satur? day morning and where he will tell of entering the penitentiary remains* to be reviewed. *-tr..-<?