The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 19, 1907, Image 4
Cbc gfcbman deuteron.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1907.
The Sumter Watchman was founded in
?350 -and the True Southron in 1S6(J. The
Wakxuaan and Southron now has the com?
bined circulation and influence of both of
? ae ?id papers, and is manifestly the best
advertising medium in Sumter.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
Subscribers are requested to ex
jaanine the label on their papers,
which show the date to which the
subscription has been paid. Those
who find that they are in arrears are
requested to call and settle or remit
s.t the earliest convenient date. The
amount that each subscriber owes is
small, but in the aggregate the
amount due us for subscription is
?luifce large-and we need the money.
IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATION
BY CONGRESS.
Senator La timer Who is Now Abroad*
on the Commission Writes as to Its
Work.
Mid Ocean, May 25, 1907.
Mr. F. *itor: Perhaps a few words
concerning the immigration commis?
sion and its trip abroad will be of in-"
Serest to the readers of your paper.
"As most of them already know, this
commission was created at the last
cession of congress, and its creation
grew out of the discussion of the im . j
migration question, which was given J
? great deal of attention during the j
session. This was emphasized by the
number of amendments that were in?
troduced, of conflicting kinds. Some !
wanted our present immigration laws
made more lax, while others wanted
them made more stringent. Congress
-was slow in agreeing to any particular
xnc-asure, and there was much uncer?
tainty as to what would be done for
the best interest of the country. Fi?
nally it was decided to appoint a corn
mission to investigate the whole mat?
ter in all of its phases, and to report
its findings to congress. The cemmis
? consists of three senators, three
preventatives and three laymen, ap?
pointed by the president. The sena?
tors are Messrs. Billingham, Lodge
? myself, members of the senate
committee on immigration. The rep
- entatives are Messrs. Howell. Ben
:t and Burnett, members of the
i-, ase committee on immigration. The
<r esa den t's appointees are Messrs.
"aries P. Neill, J. W. Jenks
and W. R. Wheeler. Senator Lodge
. o -Messrs. Neill and Jenks were un?
ie io . take the European trip, for
different reasons, and they will be
sf zdying the immigration question in '
t?e United States this summer while
Wi* are abroad. Each member of the
Immission taking the trip has his
.Wife aSong. Among others along with
?Che party are Miss Wheeler, a niece
of cornmissioner Wheeler, Mr. Bur?
nett, a son of Congressman Burnett,
Miss Olive Latimer and Mr. A. M.
Carpenter, editor of the Anderson
J>a:ly Mail.
Tjhe commission sailed from Boston
on Saturday. May 18, on the steamer
Canopic of the White Star Line, and
yesterday we passed the Azores, stop?
ping for a few hours at Ponta Delga?
da, on the Island of St. Michael. We
are due Monday at Gibraltar, and the
steamer then goes on to Naples,
where the party will land. The
weather has been ideal so *?.c, and
tiie trip has been delightful. There
fens been little if anv seasickness.
Tile commission has already start?
ed its work. There are about 400
steerage passeigers on board, which
class embraces the immigrants, who
are returning to their native homes.
We have gene among them and made
Investigations as to their reasons for
returning. About '13 per cent, are
returnirg on account of sickness;
roany are going hom.e to visit their
relatives, and others are going over
to bring relatives back with them.
The general condition of steerage
passengers is good: they have fair ac?
commodations, and the legal require?
ments of our government with regard
to space on board the ship and the
sanitary conditions are complied with.
A close inquiry among the passen?
gers, reports of special agents and
our own commissioners emphasizes
the fact that in order to obtain per
macent benefit from immigration it
ts necessary to treat the first immi?
grants in a community well and to
surround them with proper economic
conditions. In other words, the wages
paid, whether in money or cheaper
rents or lower priced food and cloth?
ing, must equal, or nearly equal,
what can be obtained in any other
section of our country. If these con?
ditions are met the fi rt immigrants
>lease, *nd will write back
fronds ll ?t conditions are
factory "nd tl eir mis will fol
W.. m On the ot: r band, if
these conditions are n ! met, the first
immigrants will go ?? mewhere else
and will not write th- r friends to
come until they have found a place
wh-ere conditions are satis! . tory Of
?rrse U must be borne i?; mind that
f - : IKions generally in ?ur country
sk. ^nuch better than they are abroad.
0>i. ? ns in different parts of our
own country, however, vary, and
these variations are rot always un?
derstood by our own people, and they
are liable to be misunderstood by
the immigrants. For instance, an im- I
migrant arriving in one section of the 1
United States may hear of some other
section where, he is told, the condi?
tions are much belter. It is quite nat?
ural that he should roi understand
the disadvantages of the other sec?
tion and should become dissatisfied
and want to go elsewhere.
I learn through one of my brother
! commissioners that the planters of
! Hawaii early this year sent an agent
j to the Azore? which are peopled by j
I Portugese, and succeeded in securing
?a ship load under contract to engage
in sugar planting in the Hawaiian
Islands. Shortly after arriving at that
destination a general exodus to Cali?
fornia ensued, owing to the report of
better wagers prevailing: in that State.
This instance seems closely analogous
to that which we have recently expe?
rienced in our own? State, and goes to
prove that the immigrant, no matter
how much he may be bettering his |
original condition by immigration, j
will not hesitate to better himself af- j
ter arrival at his first destination on
learning that better wages or condi?
tions prevail elsewhere. As an evi
dence of the interest of the immi- j
grants in our country I Quote the
following from a recent official re?
port:
"Distribution through labor agents
is the most satisfactory method for
the unskilled worker. The most ef- j
fective is through the United States
Domestic and International ZVIaii Ser- j
vice.
"Through this channel reliable in?
formation as to employment, wages,
and location is given by the relatives
or friends in the United States to the
intending immigrant before he leaves
his native land. The relative or friend
in the mine, factory or work of con?
struction, knows if there is a shortage
of labor or room here ::or his relative
or friend iii Europe. The magniaude
cf the International Mail and Money
Ofder System of the United States, to?
gether with the fact :ha? the great
mass of immigrants go unerringly to
the States where wages are highest
and their services In greatest demand,
indicates the effectiveness of the sys?
tem and the accuracy cf the informa?
tion."
This will give some idea of the con?
clusions that I have reached as far as
our investigations have' gone, and I
find that this view is shared by the
other members of the commission. If
wt are to get the benefits of immigra?
tion we must make the first ones who
come over satisfied with the condi?
tions they find. If we do this they
will write home to their friends and
relatives, who will follow.
I will mail this letter at Gbraltar,
where our ship will call, and will try
to write occasionally while on the
trip. On reaching Naples we begin
our study of the conditions surround?
ing the immigrant in his native land,
and the causes that induce him to
emigrate. From Italy we will go
northward. The exact itinerary has
not been fully determined, and may
be changed to suit circumstances. We
are scheduled to sail from Liverpool
fer home on August 29, and will
reich New York about September 6.
Respectfully,
* A. C. Latimer.
rxnnERSITY COIVOlENXEVfENT.
Senator Carmack Delivers a Remark?
able Address at the Notate Uuniver
sity.
Columbia, June ll.-The address
at the commencement of the Univer?
sity of South Carolina was delivered
today in the Columbia Theatre by the
Hon. Edward Ward Carmack, sena?
tor from Tennessee. From a southern
senator, or from a recently defeated
politician, the address was a most re?
markable one. It might have been a
baccalaureate sermon delivered by
some famous minister of the Gospel.
There was no attempt to solve the
questions of statecraft, which might
have been made by a statesman seek?
ing vindication; there was no wail of
political pessimism, which might have
emanated from a vanquished candi?
date for office. But insetead there was
a speech full of practical truths elo?
quently stated. Mr. Carmack as?
suredly demonstrated his broad and
deep philosophy in his address to
thc graduating class o 'the University
of South Carolina.
The audience in the theatre had lis?
tened to six speeches from members
of the class before the orator of the
day was presented. He announced
ro subject except to say that he wou?d
axldress himself to the graduates. He
began by telling them The value of
r*-putati'?r. and that r?-p, ation must
te based on charactt . He painted
the demagagu*- ii. his true colors a?
one who sought to satisfy his own
small vanity by th*-- applause of the
mu!t:* "? The tra^ ' . <.f a
ma ..aracter. he said, only be
obi t^h by knowing that man's
thoughts ol . f when he has
turned out the ! gone to bed
in the seclusion oi ii- .. wn room,
j r. Carmack dwelt at length ?n
J the po wes of habit and urged
; yoting nu-n to fight bad habits
incipiency and to dri e th' rn o tt wit
j rr Dod habits. Apologizing for the di?
gression, he referred to the habit of
drink and impressed upon the young
m'en the uselessness and costliness of
this evil. It was a rather remarkable
'scene, which was typical of the era.
though contrary to the traditions of
the country, a southern senator in?
veighing against whiskey when all
the stories picture southern statesmen
as heavy drinkers. In conclusion Mr.
Carmack referred to the effectiveness
of religion and urged upon the young
men the folly of scoffing in the be?
lief that it is smart. His peroration
was a most eloquent tribute to wom?
er?.
All through his address Senator
Carmack displayed his perfect famil
i&rity with the Bible, with Shake- !
speare and other good literature, j
Speaking extemporaneously, he used
quotations most freelv and aptlv. His !
reputation as an orator, based upon j
his addresses in the United States sen- !
i
ate upon constitutional questions, had j
preceded him. but the character of ;
his address today was entirely differ?
ent from what had been expected
and was perhaps for that reason even ?
more enjoyed apd appreciated..
At the# conclusion of the address the'
diplomas wers presented by President j
Benj. Sloan to the following gradu-j
ates:
MASTERS OF ARTS.
Henry Campbell Davis. Elbert D.
Easterling. William Elbert Fondly.
Wilson Plumer Mills. James Harvey
Rogers. Jean Hain Witherspoon.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.
Eugene Hood Blake. Francis
Wright Bradley. Addie Melton Bur?
ney. Vernie Cook, Leon M. Green,
John Samuel Harris, Nathaniel Barn?
well Keyward. Albert Henrv Jereckv.
Alexander Banu m Kohn. Richard Do?
zier Lee. Jr.. John Rainsford. Victor
Elliott Rector. John Schriner Rey?
nolds, Margaret Rion. Simpson J.
Zimmerman.
BACHELORS OF SCIENCE.
Maston Thomas Carlisle, Daniel
A. rcher Carmichael. Theodore Marion
DuBose. Jr.. Allen Jones. Jr., Waiter
Vigeneron Parrott, James Harvey
Rogers.
BACHELORS OF LAW.
William David Aiken. Jr.. R. Prin?
gle Clinkscales. Edward Stockton
Croft, Charles E. Early. Charles Mills
Galloway. Alfred Lila Hamer, Marvin
Hardin, Jerry M. Hughes, Wade C.
Hughes, David Hamilton, Dibert
Jackson, Walter M. Scott, Lawrence
B. Singleton." Charles Capers Smith
Ashley C. Tobias. Jr.
LICENTIATES OF INSTRUCTNION.
Oscar Elair Adams, Samuel Alexan?
der Hatchell, David Cuttino Hill,
John C. Hungerpiller, John Dean
Lanford, Estie Shell McCown, Kurt
Ruprecht Schoenberg, Holmes Hall
Scrott, Cyrus Luther Shealy, Satter
Junious Wall.
The order of exercises this morning
was as follows:
Procession from University library,
&.15 a. m.
Music.
Prayer.
Announcement for session 1906
1907.
Speeches of graduating classes:
"The Rights of tt?e Free," Francis W.
Bradley; "Woman's War Against
Woman," Eugene Hood Blake; "The
Decadence of Courtesy'." Allen Jones,
Jr.; "Conquer or be Conquered," Vic?
tor Elliott Rector.
Music.
Valedictorian. Richard Dozier Lee.
Jr.
Music.
Law class oration: "The President
of the Profession." Dibert Jackson.
Music.
Annual address Hon. Edward Ward
Carmack, Tennessee.
Music.
Presentation of the Philo Bennet
medal.
Music.
Conferring academic and law de?
grees.
Music.
Benediction.
The music furnished by the Univer?
sity Glee Club was particularly en?
joyed.
THE CALHOUN STATUE.
Commission Selects Ruckstuhl. De?
signer of Hampton Monument, to
Submit Models.
Columbia, June 14.-At a meeting
of the Calhoun monument commis?
sion yesterday Mr. F. Wellington
Ruckstuhl of New York and Paris
v,as selected sculptor and will be in
instructed to design at once several
models from which the commission
will select one to be placed in stat?
uary hall in Washington.
Tho news <?f the selection of Mr.
Ruckstuhl to this position will be re?
ceived with moen pleasure by the
people ?f the State. As designer of
the monument to Wade Hampton he
made a na me for himself in South
Carolina, although his reputation was
world-wide at that time. When he
came south for the Hampton moau
m< nt work he became interested in
this section, especially ir Columbia
nod since the completion o vork
ho has paid Conimbia a ? '
visits and once or twice ...?iv
1 lectores on civic beau: 'io
h toward arousing '
j Columbians ic making better appear
j anees on their streets.
At the meeting yesterady all of
' rho members of the commission were
! present, including Gov. Ansel. Sena
; tor Mauldin of the finance committee
; of the senate. Representative Banks
! of the ways and means committee of
i the house" Mrs. Bratton, State regent j
I oi the Daughters of the Revolution. !
j and Miss Maggie Gist, regent of che i
King's Mountain chapter of the same j
organization. There is an appropri?
i tion of $10.000 for this work, this
j sum being given by the last general j
j assembly, and the commission will j
j bf fore selecting the model hold a !
meeting ac Clemson college, the old !
residence of the Calhoun family, and j
there consult with several of the old?
er residents and submit to them pho?
tographs from which to select thc
best likeness of che great statesman.
As soon as ".his is done the work will |
be pushed to completion.
SCHMITZ FOUND GUILTY.
Mayor of San Francisco Convicted- '
Levying Black Mail on French Res- J
ta nra nts.
San Francisco, June 13.-Mayor j
Eugene Schmitz was - tonight found j
guilty of extorting money from pro- j
prietors of French restaurants in this j
city. This is the first formal convie- \
lion in the anti-graft campaign inau?
gurated several months ago. Abe
Ruef, who was indicted after Schmitz
for similar offenses, pleaded gu.?y tc
the charges and appe?rci a? a wit- !
ness against Schmitz.
When The verdict v.- s rotumed
Schmitz sat unmoved, with his hand j
to his chin. Tie apparently did not
understand and asked Barrett: "What
is it?" !
"Guilty." said Parre-tt.
Schmitz's hand dropped to the ta?
ble, but he showed no other signs of
emotion.
Judge Lawlor postponed indefinite?
ly the triai of Louis Glass, vice pres?
ident of the Pacific Telephone compa?
ny, indicted for bribery, which was
set for next Monday. He announced
that all preliminary matters in the
gas and trolley cases would be decid?
ed before the beg!,ming of the Glass
cr other trials, the questions involved
in all three being identical.
CORTELYOU CALLS IX LOANS.
The Treasury in Need of Thirty Mil?
lions.
Washington. June 12.-The secre?
tary of the treasury today issued a
call for the return to the treasury by
July 10 next of thirty million dollars
of government funds now on deposit
in certain depostary banks through?
out the country. The following is the
text of the call:
"The outstanding residue of the
four per cent funded loan of 1907,
which on the 1st of July will amount
to about $30,000.000, was called for
redemption by the circular of April 2,
11*07, and the bonds will mature and
ce?se to bear interest July 2.
"To provide for the redemption of
these bonds the secretary of the treas?
ury has called upon certain deposi?
tary banks throughout the country
for return to the treasury of about
$30,000.000 which they received as
special deposits September 27, 1906,
the money so called for to be deposit?
ed on or before the 10th of July next.
As a considerable portion of the 4
Fer cent bonds maturing will have
b^n presented for redemption by the
10th of July the surrender of these
deposits at that date can be effected
without causing any financial dis?
turbance."
Estate of Joseph C. Caldwell,
DECE^ED.
ALL persons having claims against
aforesaid Estate, will present the same
duly attested ; and all persons in any
way indebted to said Estate will make
immediate payment to
DAVID W. C?TTISO,
Adnu i t ato*,
-i . Sntrt i, S. C.
Election for Cotton Weighers.
Office
County Board of Commissioners.
Sumter, S. C.. June IS. 1907.
On Tuesday July 2d, 1907, an elec?
tion will be ht ld by this Board for
three Cotton Weighers-two for the
city of Sumter and one for the town
of Mayesville. All applications for
said positions must be on file in this
office at 12 o'clock on the day of elec?
tion.
W. H. SEALE.
6-19-2t Supervisor.
TOUNTY SOMMER SCHOlT
Tho County Board of Education
has decided to have a four weeks'
Summer School for Sumter county
bi ginning July 5. A county school is
especially desirable this year as there
wili be no state School. Primary
Method , r ^lish and Mathema:i< s
will be t; ght. No allowance to as?
sist th'^ ; ui ners to attend can be
^.iv.-n this year. Everthing will be
done to make the four v.-,-ks' session
pi. Me.
Bj dor of
H. G. OS1 i ?' and
S. D. CAIN,
C< '-'y Etoard of Education.
6-5-5t
The "Come and go" feelings that . CLEMSON AGRICULTURAL COL
you experience after taking Hollister's j LEGE.
Rocky Mountain Tea is simply won- ! -
derful. Drugs increase your weak- Scholarship and Entrance Examina?
res?. This remedy does the business, j tion to Freshman Class
?5 cents. Tea or Tablets. China's ; -
_ . i The examination for toe award ot
Drug Store. _
_ ; scholarships from Sumter County and
.?m .i i..,- p f-IF i.'-iwgm-tanga--an :
WCnCHROP COLLECT : ADMISSION TO FRESHMAN CLASS
, .-^ I will be held at the County Court
SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE . . ^
j House on Fnday.July o, at 9 a. m.
EXAMINATION. j Appncants for scholarships may se
- j cure blank application forms from
The examination for the award of ; the county Superintendent of Educa
vacant Sch .larships in "Winthrop Col- j tion. These blanks must be filled out
lege and ?< c the admission of new i properly and filed with the county
students w il be held at the County ; Superintendent before the beginning
Court Hou >e on Friday, July 5 at 9 :: of the examination. Those taking
a. m. Ap -jicants must be not less ' Che examination? ior entrance to the
than fifteen ., ears of age. When Schol- - Freshman class and not trying for a
arships are vacated after July 5, they scholarship should file their applica
will be av. irded to those making the tion with President Mell. The schol
highest average at this examination, ? arships are worth $100 and free tui
provided they meet .thc conditions tion. One scholarship student from
governing the award. Applicants for ' each county may select the Textile
Scholarships should write to Presi- : course, others must take one of the
dent Johnson before the examination ; Agricultural courses. Examination
for Scholarship examination blanks, j paper will be furnished, but each ap
Scholarships' are worth $100 and ' plicant should provide himself with
free tuition. The next session will j scratch paper. The number of schol
open September LS, 1907. For further j arships to be awarded will be an
information and catalogue, address ; nounCed later.
Pres. D. E. JOHNSON, P. H. MELL, President.
5-S-7-3 Rock Hill, S. C. ! 5-15-S: Clemson College ~ C.
There is something radically wrong
with the matting business, thai has
been our experience this season with
it. We are not selling what we ought
to, and feel assured we are not sell=
ing our usual quantity. We buy this
class of goods as we buy everything
else, in large quantities and for cash,
and believe our taste in the selection
of patterns is all right, but still they
do not move as we would like to see
them go. It requires about 90 per
cent of our sales to pay the bills, and
judging from the stock we have on
hand, it is doubtful whether more
than two thirds of these have been
sold. We can't afford to keep this
money tied up in them, we need it
too badly, they have got to go. For
the next week our prices on Mattings
will be so attractive that these in
need of any will make a mistake if
they fail to get our prices before buy=
ing.
We have a few Art Squares that
we are also anxious to dispose of.
O'Donnell ? Company.
CANDY
JUST IN . .
Many Pounds of
Fresh Candy....
Chocolate Almonds-One Pound Box.
Maraschino Cherries, covered with chocolate-1 lb. boxes.
1, 2, 3 and 5 Pound Boxes.
GET IT TO DAY.
Sibert's Drug Store.
FOR SALE.
Am offering for sale a nice 8 room house on lot 80x235 on West Liberty Street and within
four blocks of Main Street. Tbis section of the town is building up rapidly, is close In and
nrenient to the business section of town. Values here are bound to increase. This pla^
c .. be bought at :'ir'.ra:>. . lactnow.
BUILDING .
L ?J close in on " ?Tty Street $475.00
?? L ". OT??0 each, corner -' ling and Liberty Streets.
3 LOT? o. v.. each, on S?!eni me. between Liberty and Bartlette Sts.
3 LOTS 60x175 on Live Oak Str< .each $4.00.00
NICE LOT60x200 on Calhoun -ireet $6.00.00
'I ? an- but -amples: if you w;iut anything In L, or residences. I can supplv the <
City and County Prop- fl <J Money wanted for Lo* os
erty Handled. V M KPI Pi on First Class
Real Estate ho;,: I j ll U ^jgI Real EsMte
lit Ut Uv?UUlf
Beal Essaie Broker.
Belser B! g. H. Wi St.. Sumter, S. C. Thone 404-3