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5?,A5?%-v . - - ? - . v . ^ - . ? . , .. . ...... vDatchuinn ano S?ttftoti. ?T-:---,-,--.-?-5 THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not--Let all the ends Thon Aims*t at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 18M Consolidated lug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C . WEDNESDAY. JULY ?0, 1907. New Series-Vol. XXV?. So W?~, Publi rJied Every Wednesday, -BT OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S, C. Terms: 51.50 per annum-in advance. Advertisements: One Sonare first insertion.$l.50 Every subs?quent insertion..50 v Contracts for three months, or langer 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. PANAMA IS PROSPEROUS. i. President Amador, Here on a Vaca? tion Says Canal Work is Good Ob? ject Lesson. Dr. Manuel Amador, the venerable president of the Republic of Panama, arrived here with his wife on the Hamburg-American liner Prinz Joa? chim from Colon yesterday morning on an extended vacation, in which they will visit most of the European j capitals, returning here on their way back to Pr nama late in the autumn. The PriLZ Joachim, as she steamed up th? bay on her way to the Atlas piers, in the North river yesterday, presented a gay appearance, with flags and bunting everywhere indicating that among the passengers was some one out of the ordinary run of W;st Indian travelers. Dr. Amador, who celebrated his 74th birthday during the voyage, does not look much the Latin-Ameri- j can. He is about 6 feet 2 inches in ! height and built along lines some-"! what similar to ex-Go v. Black ard Vice President Fairbanks. He greet? ed the reporters cordially and readily consented to tell of the "remarkable progress" Panama is making. He also had many nice things to say of the canal work, and declared that every one in Panama liked ex-Senator "Joe" Blackburn of Kentucky, who was recently appointed governor of the Canal Zone by President Roose? velt. President Amador was met at the pier by his son, Manuel E. Amador, the consul general of Panama in New York, and Mrs. Herbert G. Squiers, wife of the American min? ister to Panama. With his. wife the president was driven immediately to the hotel Gotham. Dr. Amador may ? go to Oyster Bay to see President Roosevelt next week, although no definite arrangements have bees made. - . "Panama," said President Amador, "was never so prosperous as at pres-, ent, and there is every indication that a still greater prosperity is in store for her. Under the able direction of Col. Gorgas of the medical depart? ment of your army the Isthmus has been rid of yellow fever, not a case . being reported in the last year and a half, malaria is about wiped out also, and pneumosia is hardly ever heard of, so perfectly has Dr. Gorgas executed the important work intrust? ed to him. "As for the canal, the work is pro gressisg finely and every month we j can see an improvement. The army J engineers are doing splendid work, j Although I would not venture a guess i as to when the canal will be completed j I will say that the Americans at pres- j ent are ding at least ten times the amount of work that the French ever did. "As to the Republic of Panama," the president continued, "I believe that education will build up quicker than anything else. In Panama we are spending more money to educate our people than many other Latin American countries are spending on war. The spledid government of the Canal Zone is a constant object les? son to Panama, and its effect is not lost. Today there are over 3.000 boys and girls in our public schools, as against 500 when we were under the rule of Colombia." President Amador also told of the efforts that are \>eir.% made to civil? ize the San Blas Indians, of whom there are about 15,000 in Panama. Recently, he said 17 young Indians were placed in school, but it took a i lot of hard work to get them there, j They weren't kidnapped, but some i force had to be used in persuading I them that their education would prove ! a blessing to their people. When the Indians have completed their educa? tion they will be sent back to their people as missionaries. The most in? fluential member of the San Blas tribe j is called Charley Robinson. He once lived in Boston. He is assisting the government is its efforts to civilize his countrymen. Henry Clay, another in fiuention Indian, is also assisting. "There is also a great building boom on in Panama at present," con? tinued President Amador, 'due to the I high rents caused by the demand for j business and governmental quarters, i The government is building a national theatre that is to cost about $1,000, 000, and also a modern hospital. Bridges are going up everywhere, and we are building roads that will prove fine for automobiling." While President Amador is away Domingo de Obaldia. the minister of Panama at Washington, will be the acting- president of the republic. Mrs. Squiers^will give a luncheon in honor of President and Mrs. Amador at the Hotel Gotham on Monday.-Xew York Times. ORDERED TO PACIFIC. Greatest Fleet of Warships the United .. States Has Ever Assembled-Admi? ral Evans Will Have Command. Washington, July 5.-Details of the vast movement of the Atlantic fleet to Pacific waters have been theoreti? cally worked out weeks in advance j by the naval general b*ard. But j these details are necessarily subject to ; constant change, resulting from the withdrawal of the battleships from active commission on account of hav? ing been declared antiquated or in need of repairs, and the substitution of other ships just going into com I mission and fresh from the builders' I hands. The opinion of naval officials is that but one route is feasible for the big ships and that is by way of the straits of Magellan. The route from Xew York across the Atlantic and through the Mediterranean and the Suez canal is open to the objection that it would bring the big ships al? most into Japanese waters and that the movement might consequently be regarded as a menace, which Secre? tary Metcalf has stated has never been contemplated. The Suez route, too, is longer, by a thousand miles. thija. the Magellan route, which is about 13,000 miles in length. The opinion is that under ?rdinary cruis? ing seas the Atlantic fleet can make the passage from New York to San Francisco in less than 60 days. It is conceded that Rear Admiral Robley-D. Evans will command the fleet in this great movement. He al? ready has had an extended period of sea service in command rank-longer perhaps than any other admiral in recent years-but it is known by his friends that he would like to wind up his active career by safely conducting around the American continent the greatest fleet of warships ever gotten together in these waters and there is no disposition on the part pf the offi? cials of the department, who have im? plicit confidence in his ability, to deny the officer this request. Admiral Evans will, it is expected, start out with 16 battleships besides the colliers, which will move more or less independently, and would prob? ably precede him considerably. The armored cruisers Washington and Tennessee, which are now in French waters, are under orders to return to the United ' States and, afcer refitting, to proceed to the Pacific coast to form a part of an armored cruiser squadron to be assembled there. It is possible that they'.will be detainee! and accompany the battle? ships on the cruise. When Admiral Evans arrives off the Pacific coast his fleet will be increased by the addition of the battleship Nebraska, newly commissioned and simply awaiting the rounding out of her skeleton crew. The battleships Wisconsin and Oregon will probably have completed their extensive repairs by next March , so that they, too, may be added to the fleet, which will then comprise 19 battleships, besides the armored and protected cruisers of the Pacific ueet. WAS NOT A SUCCESS. A Mount Pleasant Farmer Who Got the Wrong Rind of Immigrant. To the Editor of the Sunday News: We have heard a great deal about the immigrant question from the view? point of "treating them well." paying them "higher wages" than the na? tives, more in acocrdance with the scale of wages . prevailing at the north, and many more things of that nature, but we have heard little from the side of the employer. Will you allow me, as a farmer, and one who employed some immi? grants from the Wittekind on her ar? rival, February 12, to state the other side of the question and endeavor to show what the employer has to con? tend with and the trouble he has to break in and educate these raw Bel? gians? The majority can speak noth? ing but Flemish, a language that very few here can speak or understand. In the first place I had to prepare comfortable quarters for them, buy bedding and household utensils, fur? nish firewood and groceries. None of them could speak or under? stand English. I hired them at $15 each the first month, agreeing to give them steady work, rain or shine, and furnish their living. The actual cost the first month was $1.40 per day each, not counting any? thing for the house or firewood. Dur? ing the months of February and March they were of very little service, owing partly to bad weather and part? ly to the fact that they could not un? derstand you, and it was therefore manifestly impossible to tell, them what to do. The foreman simply had to go with them and by signs r-.nd motions direct them about the work. As there is so much variety on a truck farm you can hardly under- j stand it requires the services of a ( man almost constantly to keep them j at work. Another great disadvantage was the fact that they did not under- j stand our method of farming, could . not plough or cultivate or do scarce- ; ly any kind ->f work until they were . trained to it. They were willing and j industrious, but, owing to their dif? ferent methods of farming at home and not understanding our language, they were of ?io value as laborers on the farm the first two months. After the first month I gave them $25 per month, they to buy their own provisions. This arrangement seem? ed to be the more satisfactory all around, as they could purchase such provisions as they liked and I was re? lieved of the trouble. However, another element now be? gan to appear. Heretofore they had been very prompt in getting out to work, both morning and noon, and keeping closely to their work during working hours. Now, as more labor was employed, they began to copy the habits to a large extent of the negro laborer. Instead of being among the first to appear for work they began to hang back and wait for the negro to take the initiative. When time, came to knock off they ' were among the first to stop. In the field, no matter with hoe or asparagus knife, their gauge and criterion was usually the slowest hand in the gang. Notwith? standing they were getting double the wages of most of the darkies, they seemed to think they should not try to do more, than the cheapest. In or? der to keep them employed during the slack work I had to hunt up all kinds of jobs, such as mending tools and harness and whitewashing the buildings. They '.vere not handy, however, and had to be constantly shown. Finally they had it put into their heads by some of their country? men, ? think in Charleston, that they were working too hard and doing too much for their money; that they could do much better elsewhere, make more money and have easier times. So at the end of four months they all quit to get better jobs, they thought, but I doubt it. During the time they were- with me they cost about twice as much as to have had the same labor done by na? tive help. There is no telling the amount of annoyance and trouble they caused me, not to speak of the monetary 1 loss in superintendence. They seemed to have no gratitude or appreciation of the many favors done them, or no realization of the fact that they were by far the best paid help on the farm for- what they ac? complished. As an example of their ?ense of justice I will mention that during asparagus cutting time I had a colored man, whose duty it was to follow the hands, see that they cut and handled the asparagus properly; in fact to keep the gang at work and in proper order Any one who has followed a gang of laborers knows that this particular superintend? ent had no sinecure and must be a pretty competent man to be en? trusted with so important a post I paid this man 75 cents a day by the year The immigrants complained to me that this foreman got 75 cents a day and simply walked along behind the hands, while they cut their row with the rest and only got $1 a day. They seemed to think the superin? tendent was worth far less t?fan than those he superintended, because he did not perform as much manual la? bor. They could not, however, real? ize that, while they w^re receiving SI a day, they were very particular not to do a stroke more or better than the laborer alongside o? them who was only receiving 50 cents a day. Another thing I wish to say is, these immigrants hear through their friends or otherwise of the scale of wages prevailing in dirferent parts of the country. No consideration is ta? ken of the cost of living. Generally speaking, where "wages are highest living and rents are high? est, the one necessitating the other. 1 consider, all things taken into ac? count a man can clear as much mon? ey in South Carolina, and probably more, than in any of the northern States. The reason of "his, because the cost of living and rents, clothing and fuel is much less here than in che cold northern State" Through the desire to encourage the immigration movement I tried to make my emigrants comfortable and happy. I paid them more than their services were worth, and yet I could not satisfy them. The foreigners who came here without understanding our language or our requirements, ex? pecting to get big wages, no expenses and light work, are naturally disap? pointed and unsettled, ready to shift from place to place trying to improve their condition. Until our immigration bureau brings a different class, those who come with a fixed purpose and fully understand? ing the conditions confronting them, and not the shifting tide, so ready to move or return, we shall have an unsatisfactory class, one breeding dis? content and trouble, not speaking of our reputation that is spread abroad through these shiftless malcontents. For my part, I am through with them, unless I can secure' a more staple ar? ticle. Farmer. Negro Stabbed to Death. Charleston. July 4.-Among the most serious casualties of the Fourth of July celebration today was a stab? bing affray tonight on the corner of South and Drake streets, when Mart Pinckney killed Sam Grant. The ne? groes had a hand to hand fight, one armed with a razor and th*? other i with a knife, both being badly cut. j but Grant getting the worst. WH?SKEY AGENT ARRESTED. i i H. L. Solomons, of Columbia, Charg ed With Violating New Law. Columbia, July 8.-H. L. Solomons, j a well known representative of whis key houses, was arrested here today on the charge of violating Section 46 of the Carey-Cothran law, which pro? hibits the solicitation of business from any county dispensary board by any representative of a whiskey firm. The arrest was made on a war? rant sworn out by Dispensary Audi? tor West, and is based on allegations contained in an affidavit made by Dr. M. G: Elliott, chairman of the Beau? fort county dispensary board. The warrant was served by Deputy Sher? iff White, of Beaufort, who was ac? companied by City Detective Broome, of Columbia. The Beaufort officer and his prison? er went to Beaufort this afternoon, where the preliminary will be held. It is presumed that Solomons will ap? ply for bail. His home is in this city. In the affidavit made by Dr. Elliott it is stated that Solomons called on the affiant and at another time sent for him to come to Dr. Elliott's office; that Solomons gave him a sample of whiskey, which Dr. Elliott declined to take; that Solomons said he "^pre? sented the whiskey trust, and among the firms which he represented Dr. Elliott recalled the name of only the Big Springs Distilling Company, of Savannah; that Solomons advised Dr. Elliott to visit this firm at Savannah, and that he would be.nicely treated and receive valuable information. The matter reached the ears of Senator Christensen, of Beaufort, who wrote to Attorney General Lyon, and the attorney general took it up with Gov. Ansel. The governor instructed Auditor West to go to Beaufort, and to investigate the statements, and by some gool work Mr. West secured the ?whole situation, and obtained the affidavit on which the warrant was sworn out. This is the first case that has been brought under the stringent Section 35 of the new dispensary law, which makes it unlawful for any distiller, manufacturer or brewer, of any alco? holic liquors or any agent or dealer in liquors, to approach, consult per? sonally, or attempt to do sp, any member,.of any county dispensary board or any dispensary or clerk in a dispensary regarding any whiskey or beer, for the purpose of recommend? ing its purchase or for influencing S?id person in any way regarding the purchase or use of his goods. The penalty is a-fine of not less than $100, nor more than $1,000, or imprison? ment ac hard labor for not less than six months or more than two years. In addition any firm or agent con? victed under th>s section is prohibited from doing business in this State, and all county boards are forbidden, un? der penalty, to do business with such firm. It Ls made the duty of the dis? pensary auditor to notify all county boards of any conviction under this ' section. It is possible that this is not the \ only case of the kind in the State, and the result of the trial will be of in? terest. It is understood that the mem? bers of the Beaufort board were re? luctant to take the matter into the courts, having given Solomons to un? derstand that they proposed to ob? serve the law. plainly, but was urged upon them that it was their duty to give the information on which the prosecuting offiicials might act. News and Courier. ; MRS. EDDY'S SANITY. Two Noted Alienists Have Been Ap? pointed on Commision to Examine Her. Concord, N. H., July 6.-The two most noted alienists in New England were appointed today to assist Judge Edgar Aldrich in determining the competency and sanity of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, the head of the Chris? tian Scientist church, at the request of Judge Aldrich, who was recently named as a master to inquire into Mrs. Eddys condition, as the result of the suit to force the managers of her property to an' accounting. Judge Chamberlain decided that the'inquest would be more authorita? tive if conducted from a medical as well as a legal standpoint, and for this reason he named as the addition? al members of the commission Dr. Geo. S. Jelly, of Boston, and Dr. G. Allen Bloomer, of Providence, R. L A Man From Atlanta Got Into Trou? ble While His Wife Was Away. New York, July 8.-Dr. Julian P. Thomas today underwent an opera? tion for the setting of his fractured leg, which it is feared he will lose as the result of an automobile accident last night when Dr. Thomas and two women were thrown from the car in a collision with an iron post. Miss Francis Haas, aged 18 years, a mu? sician, had her right leg amputated today and is in a serious condition. The other woman who was in the car and who finally admitted her identity as Alvina Weissmann, aged IS, was able to leave the hospital today. Dr. Thomas' wife and children are visit? ing at Arverne, Long Island. Mrs. Thomas is hurrying to her husband's bedside. Pr. Thomas, who formerly lived in Atlanta. Ga., is a well known millionaire and an amateur aeronaut of international reputation. Ingersoll's Arraignment. Robert G. Ingersoll's arraignment i of alcohol will still bear reprinting, i It is as follows: I I do not wonder that every I thoughtful man is ? prejudiced against j this damned stuff called alcohol, i Intemperance cuts down youth in its I vigor, manhood in its strength, old age in its weakness. It breaks the fa- ( ther's heart, bereaves the doting mother, extinguishes natural affec? tion, erases conjugal love, blots out filial attachment, blights parental hope, brings down mourning age in sorrow to the grave. 1 It produces weakness, not strength; sickness, not health; death, not life. It makes wives widows, children orphans, fathers fiends, and , all of them paupers and beggars. It feeds rheumatism, invites chol era, imports pestilence and embraces consumption. It covers the land with idleness, misery and crime. It fills i your jails, supplies your almshouses, ? and demands your asylums. It en- 1 genders controversies, fosters quar? rels and cherishes riot. It crowds your penitentiaries and furnishes vic? tims for your scaffolds. I It is the life blood of the gambler, the element of the burglar, the prop of the highwayman and support of the midnight incendiary. It counte? nances the liar, respects the thief, esteems the blasphemer. It violates obligation, reverences fraud and honors infamy. It defames benevb lence, hates love, scorns virtue and slanders innocence. It incites the father to butcher his helpless off- j spring, helps the husband to massacre the wife, and the child to grind the parricidal axe. It burns up men, consumes women, detests life, curses God, despises heaven. It suborns wit- : nesses, nurses perjury defiles the jury 1 box and stains judicial ermine. It degrades the citizen, debases legisla? ture, dishonors statesmen and disarms the patriot. It brings shame, not honor; terror, not safety; despair, not hope; misery not happiness, and with the malevolence of a fiend it calmly surveys its frightful desolation and j unsatisfied havoc. It poisons felicity, kills peace, ruins morals, blights con- j fidence, slays reputations and wipes out national honor, then curses the world and laughs at its ruin. It does all that and more. It murders the soul. It is the sum ot all villanies, the father of all crimes, the mother of all abominations, the devil's best friend and God's worst enemy. ; RAISULI TO THE FRONT AGAIN*. 1 Takes Sultan's Right-Hand Man a Prisoner. Tangier, July S.-Caid Gen. Sir Harry Maclean, commander of the Sultan's body guard and, next to the Sultan, the most influential man in Morocco, has been captured by Raisuli, the bandit chief. Raisuli has announc? ed that he will hold the general pris? oner until the Sultan grants the terms which he, Raisuli, demands for his own pardon and Maclean's re? lease. Gen. Maclean is now at Elkimes, in the heart of a wild'mountain district, three days' march from Tangier. He is being well treated and has been al? lowed to write to the British minister and send for his baggage. The capture of * the general was planned carefully. ' He went out to the rendezvous against the advice of his companions. j The incident is being discussed with deep interest in diplomatic circles here, and the action of the British au? thorities is awaited with considerable anxiety, as it is recognized that the affair may entail the gravest conse? quences. For some time past Gen. Maclean, acting in behalf of the Sultan, has l en trying to persuade Raisuli to re? sume a peaceful mode cf life, and the bandit leader apparently had shown signs of willingness to meet the wish ! es oi the Moroccan authorities, with the result that Gen. Maclean was en? trusted with the task of taking some presents from the Sultan to Raisuli. j in the hope of finally persuading him j to come to terms. These gifs con? sisted of horses and tents and. to es? cort them to his stronghold, RaiHuli sent 15 of his banditti to the general to act as a body guard. Accompa? nied by these men Gen. Maclean journed toward Rou ina, where he was to meet Raisuli. But on arriving j there the general was informed that he was a prisoner. Raisuli save he will hold Gen. Mac? lean until he is granted the following terms for his surrender: First. The reconstruction of his ; house at Zinal. Second. The payment of an indem? nity of 100,000 douros (about $200, 000). Third. His reappointment as gov? ernor ?of Tangier and Fahs and his appointment as commandant of po? lice. HOLLY HILL BURNED. Thc Business Portion Practically Burned Out-Incendiarism is Sus? pect et!. Holly Hill. July 8.-Fire, believed to have been of incendiary origin, wiped out the business portion of Holly Hill about 1 o'clock this morn? ing, causing a loss of about $40,000, with insurance of about $15.000. BOY KILLS HIS FATHER. ! - A Saluda County Farmer Shot ta ! Death by His Son. j Prosperity, July 4.-News has just been received here of a shooting" af? fray in Saluda county. Details ar? meagre, but from such information as the News and Courier correspondent can gather it is learned that William i Taylor was beating his son, Simon? when his wife spoke to him and beg? ged him to desist He let the hoy go? and attacked his wife The son went to the rescue of his mother and shot his father, killing him instantly. Tay? lor was present at the time Stockman killed his son-in-law, in Lexington county, a year ago, and was a witness in that case. i WASHINGTON WAR TALK. r _ Naval Officers Industriously Fanning i the Flames of Anti-Japanese Feel? j ing. Washington, July 9.-While the naval officers refuse to believe that Japanese Admiral Sakomoto was cor? rectly quoted as casting slurs on the. bravery of the American navy, it is no secret here that a prompt dis? avowal of the statements by the Jap? anese government would greatly clear the situation. It is not thought the United States will make a formal representation to Japan as Ambassa? dor Aoki says he disbelieves the state? ment. It is hoped, however, that he will call his government's attention to the matter. It was decided today at the navy department to send only the newest ships to the Pacific. Also the aver? age age of the captains of the ships will be reduced three to five years. These two poins are thought signifi? cant The fleet will be* thoroughly modern and commanded by young men. In the Pacific fleet, according to today's decision, ihr ie will be 3 6 battleships, eight cruisers, two gun? boats and six torpedo boat destroy? ers, making a total fighting force of 32 vessels. NEGRO KILLED IN KERSHAW. Former Dispenser, Who is Himself Hnit, Shocks Joe Kirkland. Camden, July - *>.-Yesterday after no on at Westville a difficulty occur? red between Mr. Preston Hilton and Joe Kirkland, a well known negro^ Mr. Hilton was shot in the thigh with ! a 44-calibre Coltf pistol, and his 1 thigji was badly broken as a result, j with fatal effect. Kirkland died a short while afterwards. 'In the me? lee Hilton's younger brother took a hand in the shooting as well as did a brother of Kirkland, so it is reported. Mr. Hilton was a beer dispenser in Camden for a while and is well known here as well as at his home in ' Westville. Joe Kirkland was a bad negro from all' accounts. He has been in a good deal of trouble at different times. About a year ago he had some trouble with Mr. Hilton, and it is said that he shot at him at that time. His father is a well-to-do negro, but it is said his son has cost him several thou? sand dollars within the past few. years. . j KERSHAW DISPENSARY FIGHTT Board of Commissioners Uphold Dis? pensary Election Result. Camden, July 3.-The board of county canvassers were in session all day yesteday, hearing testimony in the dispensary election protests. After all of the arguments were made the; board adjourned until this morning.-' at ll o'clock, when they met io de? clare the result. They decided against the protestants and declared the re? sult in accordance with the returns of managers, which is against the dis-, pensary and against the manufacture of whiskey. Their course in this ia considered by many as the only cor? rect one for them to have pursued. The usual appeal will be made to the State board of canvassers. i Too Much Booze. Spartanburg, July 4.-A y?ug man whose name is believed' to be John? son and who boarded the Southern railway train at Saluda, N. C., is in a boarding house in this ci cy tonight terribly injured as the result of hav? ing jumped from the train at Sibsbee* a small station a few miles north of here, tonight at ll o'clock. Dr. Geo* R. Dean, surgeon for the road, said) tonight that Johnson's jaw bone wa? crushed and he would probably lose the sight of both eyes lt he recovery from his wounds. The man was drink? ing. This is the only accident so far reported during the entire day. TOBACCO DUKE TO WED. James R. Duke, President of the Tobacco Trust, Buys House For His Bride. New York, July 9.-Jas. R. Duke, President of the American Tobacco Company, today purchased the Fifth Avenue residence of the late Henry R. Cook. The price is said to be $1.600,000. The place was bought as a bridal gift to Mrs. Wm. Inman, of Atlanta, who will wed Mr. Duke, in Europe. The couple will sall from here next week for their honeymoon abroad.