Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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&t)c U?niel)m?B ?no jSmttynm. THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-^Let all the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God s and Truth's." THE TRUE SO?THROX, Established June, isa? SUMTER. S. G ; WEDNESDAY. JULY 24. 1907, New Series-Vol. XXYI. No 52 Published Every Wednesday, -BY OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: $1.50 p^r annum-in advance. Advertisements: One Souare first insertion.$ 1.5 0 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 tribute? of respects " will be charged for. W?IY CAPT. cL\r U?FT CLEMSON "Shirt-tail Parade*' the Last Straw Got Xo Backing Anywhere-Pres? ident Timorous, the Trustees Offi? cious. The Anderson Intelligencer princs this story: "Clemson college is today the most powerful factor in South Carolina politics." said a newspaper man, who is in closer touch with the peo? ple of the whole State than is any other, to an Intelligencer reporter the .other day. This being the case, there Vis * very general and deep interest in the lat? est Clemson sensatiorr^the resigna? tion of the commandant, Cape. Chas. C'ay, because the president of the college and the chairman of th*? board of trustees flatly told the vet? eran army officer, who will bear to his grave and honorable scars of wounds received in service, that noth? ing whatever would be done toward his support in the matter ot punish? ing a flagrant and unpardonable breach of discipline and of courtesy. Clemson college is supposed to have military discipline,. ^The cadets wear uniforms and are armed and accou? tred by the federal government, which also details an army officer at the college, as military instructor and professor of tactics and mili? tary science. Clemson receives from the federal government exactly the same treatment as that given the South Carolina Mi.itary. Academy. It has been; the cm-torn at the institu? tion for the officer so detailed to . be employed by the college, in ad? dition to his other duties, as com? mandant of the corps of cadets, in which capacity he is in charge of the students at all times and respon? sible for their discipline or lack of discipline. The same arrangement was made with Capt. Clay. At no time since he arrived has Capt. Clay been given any moral support by the upper classman. Thus handicapped by the lack of any such esprit de corps as exists at the Cita? del, for instance, Capt. Clay tried, nevertheless, to perform his duty and reduce the big body of students to some sort of discipline. Kad he been backed by the faculty and spared the childish interference of the trustees, he might have succeed? ed, even under these disadvantages. Very naturally and properly, he re? signed, when he found that he stood alone. - Here is an instance of the lack of discipline: The other day an Intelli? gencer man asked*; a boy -&-ho was a graduate from the institution last j month why the proposed encamp- j ment at Greenville was so suddenly j called off. "Oh, we seniors didn't1 want to go to Greenville," he said. "We had a meeting and told the fac? ulty that we were not going and that we wouldn't let the corps go. Thac ended it." And he said it in the most matter of-course tone in the world! The incident which culminated in the commandant':- resignation was this: During commencement week the seniors went out on a disorderly and indecent riot, which they very prop? erly called a "shirt-tail parade." The commandant stood it as long as he could, and chen, in full uniform and bearing the unmistakable insignia of his authority, went out to the bar? racks and ordered every senior he saw to return to his room and there remain under close arrest. Far from obeying, the cadets-seniors, remem? ber!-only shoved past their com? mandant, actually hustling the gray haired veteran against the wall, and went out again, some of them curs? ing him as he went. The matter was reported to Presi? dent Mell, who told the commandant that nothing could or would be done. The president of the board of trus? tees Col. R. W. Simpson, went to the leading spirit among the seniors and through the easy medium of judiciously framed leading questions, secured from him a statement that the erring cadets meant no harm and had intended no insult to the com? mandant. This statement Col. Simp? son carried before the board, and that officious body promptly accept? ed it, waving aside with scant con? sideration Capt. Clay's protest against the issuance of the diplomas pending an investigation. 'apt. Clay's report of the matter hardly impressed the war depart? ment officials with the desirability of detailing another army officer at Clemson. Xow a committee from the board of trustees is in Wash? ington, to undo the damage. WHOLESALE TIGERS MUST GO. Mayor Rhett of Charleston is Deter? mined ~>rive Out Illegal Import? ers. From the News and Courier. j Many people in public office and on the streets were commenting yester? day upon, the new method of attack which the municipal authorities have recently adopted in the fight against the wholesale importation of liquor. All citizens who have followed the fight which the city has made against the wholesale importation of whiskey know, perhaps, that this fight has been attended with but ill success. The importers devised many meth? ods ovf getting in their stuff through the common carriers, and it was soon realized that some new plan would have to be tried. With the wholesale importers out of business it is be? lieved that the retailers, the small dealers, can be handled with compa? rative ease. Mayor Rhett, in speaking further of the tiger situation yesterday, said: "In my conversation with the News and Courier Wednesday morning I did not mean to intimate that I pro? posed to relax my efforts to suppress the sale of liquor by blind tigers; on the contrary, I propose to take such steps as I believe will very considera? bly curtail such sales. "There have been large illegal im? portations of liquor into the city, which importations I have been en? deavoring to stop in every conceiva? ble way. I found them all ineffective and I am determined to attack these wholesale importations through the purchasers and receivers of the liquor by concentrating the efforts of the po? lice- department upon that class first and foremost. "Some persons appear to have con? strued my remarks as quoted Wednes? day morning as meaning that a blind tiger might secure immunity by pur? chasing supplies from the dispensary, which, of course, is not the case." Continuing, Mayor Rhett said: "At present three or four wholesale dealers are making fortunes in bring? ing in liquor and selling it not only to blind tigers, but to parties for person? al use, while the city dispensary board, although it has endeavored to lay in a stock of liquor to suit all classes and states that it is making these sales at very low figures, is do? ing comparatively little business. "By concentrating first upon these blind tigers who are breaking the law not .only through illegal sales, but il? legal importations, I believe the best result can be obtained. "As long as wholesale dealers are operating freely in the city it is going to be impracticable to curtail retail sellers. The topography of the city is such that I have found it impractica? ble to materially check this illegal importation by guarding the stations of the transportation companies. "The law does not permit us to touch the liquor until it reaches the hands of the consignee. We have men detailed on horseback to follow de? livery wagons; we have^men at each of the railway stations; at the Express Company, and at the Clyd-2 Steamship Company's dock, but in spite of it all the illegal importations have not ma? terially decreased. "In fact, as soon as one method of importation is discovered another is devised, and after several months' trial I have concluded to attack the situation in a different way. Whether this will be more effective in'reducing the blind tiger business will soon be evident. If it does not I shall have to adopt another, but I do not pro? pose to spare any efforts to decrease the business of the blind tigers in the city." BISHOP CAPERS IMPROVING. Now Well Enough to1' bc Lifted to a Chair. Greenville, July 19.-Mr. F. F. Ca? pers, son of Bishop Ellison Capers, re? turned to Greenville this afternoon from Cedar Mountain, where the Bishop lies ill. He says the bishop was sitting up when he left summer home, this being the third day he has been lifted from his bed and placed in a chair, where he sits for an hour or two each day. Although still quite weak the Bish? op's voice and general condition is stronger. His sight is improving daily, and the paralysis in his mouth and tongue is gradually passing off. As yet the paralysis of his left leg and arm is complete, and his physicians have little hope so far as this afflic? tion goes. Mr. Frank Capers left his brother. John G. Capers, at Cedar Mountain, and the latter will remain with the Bishop for ten days or two weeks. The Rev. A. R. Mitchell, rector of Christ Church, this city, will go up to Cedar Mountain on Monday to assist in nursing Bishop Capers. Through his trial and affliction th? Bishop has maintained his cheerful disposition. He is most hopeful that he will soon be able to again take up his work. Abbe Felix Klein, the noted Frmch churchman is on his way to the Uni? ted States. MR. LATIMER WRITES AGAIX He Tells of His Trip Through Italy His Reception Dy the King-Obser? vations of the Places and People Visited. Geneva, Switzerland, July 2.-In my last letter I stated that we were leaving Palermo for Xaples. We took a? boat from the former place at 7.80 p. m., reaching Xaples the next morn? ing, leaving Mr. Eennet at Palmero to return along the north side of the Island of Sicilia to Messina, and then to investigate conditions in Calabria and Basilica. On our arrival at Xa? ples we gathered cur baggage togeth? er and proceeded to Rome, where an audience had been arranged with the King and with the Minister of Agri? culture and Commerce. Our reception by the King was very pleasant. He spoke English fiu; entiy, and we found him well posted with regard to conditions in the Uni? ted States. He had considerable knowledge of the climatic conditions, as well as of the crops grown in the different sections of our country, and deplored the fact that most of the Italian immigrants to the United States are settling in the cities instead of going to the rural districts and en? gaging in agricultural pursuits with which they are familiar. He referred to the fact that the criminal classes in Italy predominate in the cities, as in the United States, adding that the peasants made better citizens for us than those who come from the cities. The disposition of the King I found to be that of a plain unassuming man. It was easy to see that he was averse to pomp and glamor and the usual trapping of royalty, and in his con? versation with us he evinced a deep interest in the welfare of the common people. It is customary, when ap? proaching the King during an audi? ence to make three bows, one on en? tering the door, an#- the other two while drawing near aim; but in our case immediately ai*te^< we had made our bow on entering the door he came forward and'shook hands. The conversation went along in an easy and informal manner for about an hour, touching upon the comparative condition of the peasants of this country and our farming classes, as well as the products of the farm, the amount of land cultivated and the remuneration of the laboring man. After our audience with the king, we visited the minister of agriculture and commerce, and it was necessary to have the services of an interpreter, as he knew no English. We found him thoroughly posted on agricultu? ral matters, and he agreed to furnish answers to a list of questions that we left with him. Mr. Rossi, one of the Italian commissioners of emigration, was very courteous to us and gave us a great deal of information in regard to the whole subject. We gathered from th^se officials that Italy is a great deal more prosperous than it was was eight to ten years ago, and that the people here are sharing somewhat in the prosperous condition that prevails in the United States. While in Rome we could not fail to observe on every hand the ruins of the ancient city. There was abundant evidence of its early richness and greatness-of the time when Rome was mistress of the world-the mag? nificent Colliseum, the palaces of the old emperors, the forum and the famous Appian Way. the military road built by the Romans more than two thousand years ago. This road was once lined with beautiful palaces and villas and tombs all the way /from Rome to Xaples, but now there is nothing but ruins all along the road. This road, by the way. has been con? stantly in use for upwards of 2.000 years and is in fine condition today, showing in spots the old Roman method of paving, and the country adjoining the road is now used only for farms and pasture lands. While at Rome the commission held a meeting and decided to divide the territory, giving to Messrs. Ben? net and Howell Greece, Turkey. Smyrna. Asia Minor. Southwestern Russia and the country thereabouts; to Mr. Burnett and myself. Xorthern Italy, France, Switzerland. Germany, part of Russia, working back along the northern European coast to Great Britain; and to Messrs. Dillingham and Wheeler. Austria. Hungary, part of Russia and other territory in that region. Leaving Rome, we went to Flor? ence and say Consul Quay, a brother of the late Senator Quay of Pennsyl? vania. In the interview with him we found that very few emigrants had gone to th- United States from this section of Italy. He stated that the principal industries are the weaving lof straw for hats, baskets, etc.. and high class Mosaic work. In addition to this another important industry is that of marble works of art. The : peopie a:*- peaceable and industrious, ?and as a consequence are prosperous. Leaving Florence we went to Yen lice, but there was little for us to do there, and after spending a day and night we \>r>?.d-d to Milan. Milan is th.- principal city of the north.-rn I part of italy, situated in the center of a rich agricultural and manufactur? ing section. We spent nearly three j days at Milan. investigating manu I facturing and agricultural conditions, land the work was very interesting all the way through. Wc visited a cotton mill, ami as I think the special report . we made upon it will be of interest to the people of South Carolina I will send a copy of it with this letter. 1 will also write another letter in a few days covering the result of our in? vestigations ?nto agricultural condi? tions in Italy as affecting immigra? tion. From italy we proceeded to Genoa, at which point we spent a day and night, and from Genoa we went to Marseilles, France. We spent two days here, making in the meantime a trip about 75 miles in the country to look at some of the farms, On this trip we went to St. Remy, a village in the center of what is probably the greatest seed growing section in the world. Here the soil, climate, etc., allr combine to grow flowers and veg? etables of almost all kinds to the highest state of perfection, and the seeds grown here are shipped to all parts of the world. It is a very pros? perous section, and there :s naturally no' emigration. Leaving Marseilles Monday morn? ing we came to Geneva, by way of Lyons and up the beautiful valley of the Rhone river. We will remain here for two or three days in order to write our reports and then proceed north? ward. I will try to send letters con? cerning our trip as often as posible. A. C. Latimer. The Report. Report of Comissioners Latimer and Burnett of a Visit to a Cotton Mill at Eusto Arsisio, Xear Milan. ' Italy. The sub-eommittee, consisting of Senator Latimer and Representative Burnett, accompanied by Mr.. Dun? ning, the efficient United States con? sul at Milan, paid a visit to a cotton mill at Buste Arsisio, a town about 23 miles from Milan, on June 25. There are several cotton mills at this and adjoining towns, and this is said to be the center of the cotton manufac? turing industry in Italy. There are also a number of silk and linen mills in this vicinity, but we did not visit any of these. The mill visited was the Cottonificio Venzaghi. Mr. Carlo Venzaghi. one of the proprietors, showed us through the plant and was very ^courteous. This firm has been operating a weave shed for some time, and is now in? stalling a spinning department. The product is cotton jeans and kindred goods. Most of it is exported to South America and India! The proprietor said he had shipped some goods to the United States, but had not at? tempted to push this trade. The mill employs about SOO ope? ratives, of whom 700. the proprietor said, are wemen and children. The average wages for the men was stat? ed to be about $1 per day, and that the women and children from 40 to 45 cents per day. The laws of the country prohibit children under 12 years from working in the mills: those from 2 2 to 14 are allowed to work eight hours per day: those above 14 are allowed to work full time, same as adults. The proprietor said his .-mill runs about 10 hours a day. We saw a number of children in the mill who appeared to be under 12 years of age. Most of them were at work, but vre do not know whether they were (in the pay rolls or were helping other members of their fam? ilies. The women and children were all barefooted while at work in the mill, but wore wooden sandals while going to and from their work. With this exception they compared favora? bly, in general appearance and clean? liness, with the cotton mill operatives in the Southern States. The commis? sioners making this report are not fa I miliar with the cotton mill operatives in Xew England. j The proprietor of this mill is build? ing a large dorminory for the use of ! the girls and wom^n without families. I On the first floor are the dining room, kitchen and recreation rooms. On the upper floors are large bed rooms, with 30 or 40 beds in each room, bath rooms, toilet rooms, etc. The build? ing is roomy and well arranged, and will be very comfortable. The pro? prietor said he would furnish board to his operatives including meals, beds, etc., for 40 centessims (8 cents) per day. He said he did not expect to make any profit out of the dormi? tory his purpose being to provide comfortable and attractive quarters for the women at actual cost, in order to make his mill attractive and secure sufficient help. This dormitory plan impressed the commissioners very favorably, as it seems to us an ad? mirable arrangement for the girls in the mill. The proprietor said he furnished houses for operatives with families at a rental of from 75 cents to $1 per room per month. The machinery in the mill is all of English make, and appeared to the commissioners to be of an antiquated j type, even that now being installed, i The spinning frames now being in- j stalled are of the old type with long j traveling carriages. The looms are heavy and cumbersome, and no ope? rativ^ runs more than two looms. Practically all the operatives are paid by the piece. Tile mill is using electric current, which is generated at a water power plant on ;i river some distance away, j The proprietor stated that the current j cost him $2? per horse power peri annum, for a twelve hour run. There is considerable activity in water pow- : er development in this section, and ; the proprietor of this mil! said that a number of other mills would soon be started. i The mayor of the town stated that, there was practically no emigration from this section but that the de? mand for labor was such that the town was constantly drawing on the sur? rounding country for additional la? bor of various kinds. He thinks the mill operatives here would be desira? ble as operatives in the United States, but that the mill managers would doubtless resist in every way any af tempts to induce them to emigrate. CLEMSON COLLEGE DISCIPLINE. The Condition in the Big Agricultural College Disgraceful to the Whole State. Editor Item: We, of all men, should look closely after the discip? line of our youth. The government is now firmly established and there is no following for the dissenter, and the country is safe from disruption, and as nothing short of an attempt to establish a government should be dignified enough to claim our support, bushwhacking tactics should not be tolerated. All things today approve of the necessity for stricter discipline of our children. The form of our government demands it, as we are re? sponsible to ourselves, and if we are reared without proper discipline we can never make safe citizens. There would be less bluffing and buying of votes at our primary elections; pistol practice would be abated; the drink habit would be modified; the danger of race riots would be lessened; our home life, the most important of our possessions, would be elevated and made more attractive; the clamor of many whites who by their acts are row seeking admittance into the con? fines of our penitentiary would be quieted; and foreigners could visit our State without feeling that they were taking their lives in their hands. Assuming that the proposition that the head being corrupt causes evil to permeate the whole, is correct, causes a desire in our heart to lament with the Anderson Intelligencer, over the pusillanimous, sickly and disgusting state of discipline at Clemson College. The mortification it makes us feel that "The Britannica America" knew somewhat of our condition down here when it declard that th South would soon sink to the level of the South American republics but for the prox? imity of northern civilization. The Citadel is run with scrupulous regard to discipline. There is never any in? subordination at the University,. Win? throp is a modi. Even Miller of the negro college jealously guards its discipline, and it remains for Clemson to disgrace the whole family, and it remains also for Clemson to be at last pulled down by its own hopeful founders and those who pay the heavy tax for its support. W. A. James. NEGRO ATTACKS MINISTER. Rev. B. F. Bradley Seriously Cut by Farm Hand-Great Excitement in Greenwood County. Greenwood, July 18.-Great excite? ment prevails at Troy, in this county, this afternoon over a murderous as? sault made by a negro upon Rev. R. F. Bradley, the highly esteemed pas? tor of tho A. R. P. church at Long Cane. The negro, John Suber, who came from Georgia som? months ago, was employed by Mr. Bradley upon his farm. Today the negro resented some order or reprimand given by Mr. Bradley and made an attack on him with a knife. Mr. Bradley was cut twice, once on each side of his throat, and also had a long gash across his back. The negro at once fled. Reports from Troy say that every? man in the town and surrounding country is. searching for the negro. Sheriff McMillan,' as soon as the news reached him, left in an auto? mobile for Troy. The dogs owned by the county were at Epworth, some 20 miles from Troy, but they were at once ordered to the scene. A later report from Troy says Mr. Bradley is not fatally wounded. It is almost impossible to get com? munication. Every one is beside him? self with rage and resentment. Mr. Bradley is one of the most highly es? teemed citizens of the county. He is about 60 years old and a leading minister of his denomination and is known all over the State. At 6 o'clock the negro was reported as surrounded in a swamp. THE PRESIDENT'S VACATION. He is Enjoying Himself and Will Say Nothing About North Carolina Railroad Rate Fight. Oyster Bay. X. Y.. July 23.-Al? though President Roosevelt is closely following the developments of the North Carolina railroad rate fight in the courts it was announced by Secretary Loeb today that no statement will be issued on behalf of the executive. The President has turned the whole mat? ter over to .Attorney General Bona? parte and he expects the latter to safeguard th?? government's interests to the end of the incident. The President is enjoying his vaca? tion to the utmost. Little routine gov-j ern ment business claims his attention and visitors are few. After work the President rides horseback, swims. :x>ws, plays tennis and takes long walks with Mrs. Roosevelt and the children. WHISKEY FLOATED DOWX RIVER Darlington, July 2 i.-Deputy Sher? iff W. H. Mozingo and Policeman L D. Fields captured six" barrels of whis? key and arrested Charles R. McCall, a well known white man who was in possession of the same, Saturday nigh" The capture was effected at the point where the Charleston. Sum? ter and Northern Railroad crosses Pee Dee river. The barrels had evi? dently been floated down stream for some distance and landed at th's point for the purpose of being trans? ported through the swamps out to Darlington, or other lairs of the ti? gers of this section. It is apparently moonshine whis? key, there being no evidence that any revenue or other tax has ever been paid on the same. Some of the bar? rels had apparently been used before, and some were apparently almost new. It is hard to tell, how*ever, for the reason that they are covered with river mud. which has accumulated and fastened itself to the barrels dur? ing their journey down stream. The o racers named received some information yesterday that caused them ?o leave Darlington about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and arriving at the point designated about dark. It appeared just at the time that Mc? Call was on the lookout for his con? federates to approach and assist in transporting the stuff. There was no trouble in making the haul. It is not believed that McCall owns the whis? key, but that he was simply floating it down the river from some whiskey still above.here for others, but he declines to grive any information ex? cept that it is not his property. McCall was lodged in jail. He was tried about three years ago for sell? ing whiskey, but the jury could not agree and a mistrial was ordered. Af? ter capturing the whiskey it was nec? essary to send one of the party out of the swamp for a distance of more than four miles to procure a wagon with which to bring the whiskey to Darlington. It ^ was loaded on the wagon about 12 o'clock last night and the party reached Darlington about 4 o'clock this morning. The officials think they know positively to whom the whiskey belongs, and are of the opinion that had there not been spies on the lookout to inform the owne* that the officials were in the swamp - last night they would have captured the "chief guy." This floating of whiskey down Pee Dee is not a new scheme, some thirty barrels having been captured at one time some two or three years ago. News and Courier. . ?1 MEETING OF LUMBERMEN. 4 Three Hundred Mills in North and South Carolina Agree to Shut Down During August. A large number of lumbermen who operate mills in this State and North Carolina met here Tuesday pursuan to a call sent out ten days ago by H. J McLaurin, Jr., and others, for th&'v purpose of considering the: present-" unsatisfactory conditions existing ia the lumber market. The lumbermen present in the meeting represented in their own right and by proxy about three hundred mills located in the ' two Carolinas, hence the action taken . by them will have weighty effect upon-* the lumber markets. The whole situation was discussed at length, and a resolution was finai ly adopted to shut down all the mills represented for one month, from Au? gust 1st. The meeting was not a public one and a full report of the proceedings was not given to the press, but it was stated positively that no move was made looking toward withdrawing from the North Carolina Pine Asso? ciation, and the organization of a new association. TERRIBLE MARINE DISASTER. San Francisco, Cal., July 22.-One hundred lives are believed to have been lost when the steamer Colunibia was sunk by collision with the lumber steamship San Pedro off Sheeler Cove All of those reported dead met feat! by drowning, while an equal n.. .ib- r of passengers from the Columbia es? caped death by getting aboard the San Pedro. The accident occurred in a heavy fog and the doomed passengers had no chance to escape. The wreck oc? curred at midnight Saturday night, but the news of it did no reach here until today. Reports are meagre and details are lacking. The Columbia was an iron screw . steamship of 2,722 tons, and was built by J. Roach & Sons, of Chester, Pa. It was owned by the San Francisco and Portland S. S. Company and was enroute from here to Portland at the t'T-?e of the collision. The San Pedro was a wooden screw steamship of 456 tons. San Pedro was heavily iaden with lumber. San Francisco, Cal.. July 23.-Thc latest reports from the Columbia steamer disaster indicate that there is doubt as to the ti uth of the report that 177 persons Ira ve been saved'. It is now denied that more than one life boat was picked up. It contained 16 survivors and the bodies of twtf victims. Six life boats and three life rafts, loaded to the limit, were cut loose. Until all are accounted for it will he impossible to tell the exact number saved.