Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SS* It MTCR WATCHMAN, BMaklfa CMMilMftkNl Asg. 2.1881. ? Cp: ?latrtonan anb Sautbron. ?STUN PUiUSHIH? COMPANY, . smr? w 1? a mtwtoN coi ITC RBTORT WIU HK HARD M T I FOR CONORB8A TO CRACK. r Bomett, of Alabama. Out* nV Btocs^fcmal Tret ho Worst That Cotnr. % Washington. Sept, 10 ?Since the kt/totsiro of the nation*! immigration commission to the United gutes a ? few ?Oys ago. aftor shoot two and a hoX asooths spent abroad, studying the taasalgrattoo question. It hss de? veloped that one of the toughest nuts tarnt congress will have to crack this J winter will be the handling of the re? port to be submitted by Its members. That Use oOmmiUoe is badly split owep the question of Its report end a lively time Is ahead when pie hs begins. Is already well known * gp easing from p Souther*, stand s ponft. Rspreseautlv* Burnett, of Ala? ns ana. ? assessir of the committee. Sold: Too only solution of the im urinretloo pro blew, Is the educational tost, roejnsrlng oneh Immigrant to bo| able to road and write his nw ?f some other longo age* 4ols will apt cat not lass than 71 par cent, of sjgg undesirable Immigrants, most ofj w*jos* are now fleck ins; to this coun jkenjsjrdgW nsjg, Msnpr? sVapiapra XUly and gtoHy. nod aro pocking the already' gjowwdsd Bast Side district of] Mow Tork beyond httman endurance | and docking to the coal mines, the ? ppjoophou mines, the railroad camps and to the other public works all over the country. MNot an par cant, of those people son rood or write, and It Is of the ut ? most importance to this country that they bo sunt out. unconditionally. In gftctly I Wont through a veritably de sorted town, now inhabited by old men and woman. The middle aged men and women have all Come to this oosntry. sending home about throe-fourths, or possibly more, ofj all of their earnings. In ths so-called-1 brigand territory I made inquiries as to* the whereabouts of the lawless, ele its of Skills n? snd Invariably there woo but one response: 'Gone to Amor bPaV "The Syrian immigrant la even worsts I found many of thsm who cannot gst through eV??n under the present elastic law? snd who frankly stated that they were on their way to Mexico or Canada, preferably the former. Irt the expectation or^ven tvaJly reaching the United States through those countries. "The Immigration from Germany 1* undoubtedly the best we get but un? fortunately, compared with the South? ern Italians, few of them are wry anxious to come to this sou.itry. They sre proeperoos st home' We cannot get too many Immigrants of the right* I sort from Germany, the British Isles, gwltaerleod ?r N ivth?rn Italy. but the most drsstto lawi shool?V *c fratr > ed foY the awnewi of the South- rn Italian, the Sicilian ane> the Syrian" The ftaht ovev the SOSnssJttee/s re commendations to congress promts,-* to be more spirited. perh;*p*. thin that of 1**1 winter. In whleh Senator TVllmsn. Senator Paeon an 1 others from tho South by>k such a leading ? part-o-News and Courier. HMtswi i r if\n \ < wiHnvri: \fr itmrh-n Carroll si mm* Ma> I tun 0 for Senate. Psrnw. II. Sept IS. -Current t.rlk on the Itreets of Rarnwell m I ' ?her towns In the 'Jd coHgre?*l<.nal district It that Mr Charles Carroll Simms, of Parnwell. nill SUggf ^he SpCC for ?anatorshlp IC **icreed the H ?n A C. Intimer . Great presaur? ds being brought tn hear ur?'n Mr Slmms, hut a# yet he h?-? not committed himself H ? ? v* r hie friends afrVso/irx? i t ind ? sag gulne of UN snsnSOJ that It Is safe t ? pr dirt hi* entr] In th- mOS fof SSUn torlsl honors Mr f?lmms -ts the son of William Olllmore Slnfms. tb.- foremost man of letters In South Carotin* He fs at present a member of the law Arm of Bates ft Sim nie Ld. 4 a* _ * _ lUfitc tied April, taoO. *Bc Just ai _ SUM! A HEAVY PENALTY. Corporations Are In Had Fix?railed to Pay IJcense Tax and Will be ? Prosecuted?Fines Would be $396, Columbla. Sept. 11.?Under an act requiring a payment of Jn annual fee by all corporations doing business In this Stute, a large" nutnber of compa? nies have not made their returns as required and others have not paid the tat. s The law provides that unless ths corporations named In tjie act pay their assessments or make an annual report on their business and state that they are no longer engaged In trade they are liable to a fine of $500 and a penalty of $100 per day after April 1. As a result each corporation named la a report filed with the attorney gene? ral yesterday Is liable to a fine of $10, 500 or a total of $m,00t> for all. . Comptroller Gen?raL Jones has tufned over the papers to .Attorney Oensral Lyon with Instructions to bring suit and has sent the'following letter with the list: Hno. J. Fr?ser Lydn, Attorney Gene? ral. Columbia. S. C. Dear Sir: Under sn set "to require the payment of annual license fees by corporations doing business In this State and report to the comptroller general." all corporations ^failing or neglecting to make their annual re? port or to pay their fees within the period prescribed are subject to a penalty of '$500 and an additional pen? alty of $100 par day for each day's omlsslofr'after the time limited In this act for filing such report end pay? ing such fee. Section 2 of 'this act further directs that on request of the comptroller general, ths attorney gen?' eral shall Institute auch action In the .court of common pleas of Rlchland county, or any county in the State In which such corporation has an office or place of business, ss he prefers. 1 beg to report ghe following corpora? tions as having failed or neglected to make report or, pay the fees, and re? quest that you institute proceedings* VT?* following haee made their an nual report hut have filled WvjWTwt corporation license fee: North Augusta Electric ? Improve? ment Company. North Augusta, $75". North Auguta Hotel Company, North Augusta, $150. North Augusta Land Company, North Augusta. $40q,40. .< Benjamin Wood Company^ Charles? ton. $1. Young A McCoWn Company, Flor snce, $5.. Carolina Realty%A Trust Company, Blshopville, $6.25. Congarse Mineral Company, Co? lumbia, $12.60. Saxe-Qotha Company, Columb $?o. y Farmers* Union, John's Island, $5. The following have neither made their annual report nor paid the fee: Chattanooga River Lumber Com? pany. Mattlson. . Ths H. Blrlant Company, Charles? ton. Electric Supply Company, tjharles ton. Powers ?V Hoist Company, Char? leston. N Acme Furniture Company, Gaffney. J. O. McCall A Hons, Darlington. Cobb A Seal. Edgefleld. Tlmmonsvllle Wholesale Grocery, Tlmmonsvllle. Levy-bourke Company, George? town. southern Granit.? Company, Magill. Vulcan Supply Company, CamdeW. Elliott number Company. Elliott. Br?ks IgSproved Steam Valve,Com pany. Columbia. Southern Real Esate, Trust & Guar gnty t'^mpany. Columbia. / Wlllard Manufacturing Company, ColnaaMsV * " RoatM Real Estate & Improvement ? Jegspany. Spartan burs;. Ameriean Teg Qrdwlog Companyi r. t H?itlsh-Amerlcan Mortgage Com? pany of London. England. Yours truly, A. *W. Jones, < 'omptroller < Jeneral ;o BTANBARD OIL SECRETS. Illsiot v of Organization of Manhattan Oil ( "inpans Disclosed. New Y'>rK. sept r7. Commodore I c Benedict, the yachtsman hanker, admitted H 'tin hearing to dissolve tb? standard Oil Company of Nee .i erse) hers toga) that he with \n Mi .t'v N. Brady, formerly owned three-quarters of :ii t?ek of tr#? ? \i si ii titan *>j| ('oropani H ' ai I i i.-.i-1 n t'? protect i.u interests In aas hnldlnga In Indianapolis, bul declined to ales phfUenlars regarding whi o* to whom ii eras sold. Chafb M. I'rntt, secretary <?f tin Stand 11 d. te-ditled regarding it* .?p- - rations. ssw.si .. , ? . ? id Fear not?Let ail the ende Thou Ainu 'ER. S. 0 .. WEDNESI THE IMMIGRANT LIVE. Baron Von 1*111? Announces Trleste Cliarlcston Line. _I_ Charleston. Sept. 10.?Baron von PI Us, formerly director of the third class passenger department of the North German Lloyd Steamship com? pany, has organized the International Transportation company, to operate a line of steamships between Trieste and Charleston, the first vessel to sail In December. The new line has 1m portant^connectlons In Europe. The liiye will make a specialty of handling Immigrants to the South. Baron von Pills was in this country two weeks ago and complete^ arrangements for' the Inauguration of the line.. This company, It Is stated by Its promot? ers, has no connection with the North German Lloyd company, which an? nounced yesterday that It has no in? tention to establish steamship connec? tions between Adriatic ports and Charlest?n. SPANISH WAR CLAIMS. War Department Has Filed Check for $10,500,?hut Amount Will be Pro? tested. Columbia. Sept. 12.?Gov. Ansel has received a letter from the war depart? ment stating that a warrant for $10, 531 has been filed In payment of the claims" due the soldiers from South Carolina who enlisted in the Spanish American war. The attorneys inter? ested have also been notified and it is saidNhat a protest will be filed be? cause a large number of the claims have been turned down. ^ The total amount claimed by the soldiers en? listing from this State'Is over $76,000 and the attorneys believe that this will be allowed after a hearing has been granted. ^ AID FOR TELEGRAPHERS. Federation of Labor Willing to Give Financial Aid to Strikers. "Washington, Sept 12.?Secretary Frank Morrison of the American Fed* erat ion of Labor said today that the membership of the Federation Is ready and willing to aid the striking telegraphers financially. No definite action will be taken, however, until President Gompers returns to Wash? ington, ENGLAND STILL SECOND. The Lusttnnla Failed to Lower Trans Atlantic Record land. Held by Deuten NeNv York, Sept. 13.?The new Cunard steamer Lusltanla was rob? bed of the trans-Atlantle record by pan which compelled delays which were Impossible to make up, even by ferrigc bursts of speed during inter? vals of fair weather. When she ar? rived today she made the Journey from Queenstown In five days and fifty-five minutes, beating .the old rec? ord from there, but falling to equal the Deutchland's better record from Cherbourg. On her arrival scores of whistles blew, and music from a dozen biyds sounded from the waiting fleet In the bay. Never before was such greetings given nn arriving steamship. The passengers roared a response and the vessel proceeded up the bay. Description of Ship. g!iw York,' Sept. 13.?The*Lusltanls is 790 feet long. 8S feet In breadth. GO feet moulded depth, has a gross tonnage of |f,IOQ tons and B dis? placement of 45,000. The load draught Is 37 feet 6 Inches. Her funnels are ?? feet In diameter and 14fi feet high It required nearly three years to build her. She has nine deeks in all ?and ?is flitted ??ut with 17f> water tight compartments. PREFERS 100 LASHES TO TRIAL. iiook Agent Admits Making Improper Proposals to Lancaster Lad}'. Lancsster, Sept. It. ?W. C. Hard ner, the young man from Georgia, who was brought here from Gaffney yesterday and lodged In Jail, charged with attempting to ,is<:i^i^ Mrs. B. <>. Thompson at her home in Lancaster last Friday, ai published In the News and Courier, has confessed thai he made lmprop< r proposal* to Mrs, Thompson nnd thai he placed hli hands on h. r, He has offered nfrlp nnd allow Mr, Thompson, the hut h ind. t<? administer one hundred lash . - on bis h ire back, pro*, ld< d he b< 11 iii- liberty, l'nt the proposition I ha? U'?t been n< cepted. j Mr. Thompson 11-i??i to kill Gardner ? u hi ii ih" latter n ad t:ik? n off tin train here yesterday. He presented his revolver it Gardner*! breasl und pulled the trigger, bul Constable Hun t< r. whn had charges of the prisoner, quickly seised the weapon, the falling hammer striking hit tin^i i and thai prev? nting the explosion. 3 t ft at be thy Country'3, Thy Gods am JAY. SEPTEMBER 1 COTTON IN INDIA. Holl worm yilas Made Great )tat ages / nils Year. - Washington, Sept. 11.?Consul Gen? eral W. H.% Michael sends from Cal? cutta the subjoined information con? cerning the growth and use o,f cotton In India: Owing to the ravages of the boll worm the area put under Egyptian cotton In Sind last year, amounting to some 5,600 acres," yielded an exceed? ingly poor outturn, only reaching a little over 1,000 bales against an ex? pected yield of about 3,000 bales based on the results obtained In 1905. It apears that the 'Egyptian plant is ? particularly susceptible to the boll worm and that in consequence the quality of last years crop was poqr, a result also due to unskilled and primi? tive method of picking. Last year's Sind Egyptian cotton crop Is reported to have been verak in staple compared with the r%al Egyptian and much 4 more full of leaf. Tree cotton is also being experimented with ,in the Hy? derabad district of Sind, and^ls said to be promising well so far. Large orders have been placed by Calcutta driers In Santiago de Chile for nitrate to be used as fertilizer on Indian cotton' fields. ,The planters have agreed to buy up a certain amount It is believed that with sci? entific use of the nitrate the Increase of cotton will easily reach 25 per cent, above present production. It has been stated that the produc? tion of cotton piece goods, dhooties, long doth and saris, made by hand looms In India equals the output of the cotton mills, arfd I have accepted the statement and repeated It. But I have noted In handling the govern* merit statistics that the statement Is incorrect. The statement Is made by the government statistician that the cotton held for consumptln of hand looms for 1906--7 amounts to 500,? 000 bales, while the mills will prob? ably consume 3.8X8,687 bales duringj the same period or over seven times more than that worked by the hand logins. negro Legislator resigns. ?t_ The Only Colored Member of Georgia General Assembly, Out. Atlanta, Ga.. Sept. 10.?W. H. Rdg ers, of Mclntosh county, the only ne? gro member of the Georgia legisla? ture, today resigned his seat In the general assembly. He gave no rea? son for his action, but It Is believed that the passage of the negro dls franchisement bill by the legislature Influenced him. A YOUTHFUL MURDERER. His Stepson Kills Father to Protect Mother. ^ Laurens, Sept. 10.?Last night near Holly Grove church, six miles' south? east of the city, Ed Cheshire, colored, was shot and killed by his stepson, John Wright, aged 14. The boy came up this morning and delivered himself to the ?eherlff. Wright says that ChAhlre^ came last night from town lij a drunken condition and Immediately started up a ro\v. Seizing his wife, the boy4! mother, Cheshire declared that he was going to throw her in the well, when Wright decided to take a hand, and the shootlrfg^ followed*. NEW YORK BONDS POPULAR. Forty Million Dollar Ismio Over? subscribed Five Times. New York, Sept. 10.-?After two failures to dispose4 of bonds with which to meet its obligations the city of New York mot with unexpected SUCCSsa today In having a forty-tr.il llon-dollar issue of \ 1-2 per cent, bonds more than five times over sub? scribed. Thore \ver.> offers fur $2'?7,' 159,420 worth of*the bonds, ss?; bid? ders being willing to take the bonds ;it figures ranging from par to 110. NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCY Secretary Strauss Takes a Long Stride Toward Paternalism. Washington. Sept. 13.-?Secretary Strauss of the department ?>f com? merce and labor announced today that he proposed establishing a no tlonal employment agency, with L V. powderly in charge, so thai capital and labor may Join hands to their nUltllfil benefit. Secretary Strausp said the agenc> would tell Jus! where labor Is needed and Inform the peple where labor Is obtainable, \ PARDON REFUSED. Chicago, Sept. is.- The pardon board today refused to-pardon Bantcer Stensland, who Is now serving n term in prison for wrecking the Milwaukee Avenue State Hank. I Truth's." Tili: TR?J ?. 1907._Sew g COURT HOUSE DEDICATION'. I Su inter Rar Association Meets anil Provides For Committee of Ar? rangements. At the call of President R. D. Lee. of the Sumter Bar Association, a meeting was held in the office of the Secretary Mark Reynolds Thursday afternoon for the purpose of consider? ing and taking action on the resolu? tion, adopted by the County Board of Commissioners at their last meeting requesting the Bar Association, in conjunction with the (Jounty Legisla? tive delegation .and Hon. R. I. Man? ning, to take charge of the dedica? tory exercises of the new Court House. Matters "were discussed at some length and the following resolutions were ad opted: 1st. That thjt Bar Association do accept the invitation .extended by the. Board of County Commissioners. 2d. That a committee from the Bar consisting of the president, R. D. Lee. Hon. R. O. Purdy, Hugh C. Haynsworth, Mark Reynolds and Geo. D. Levy, Esqs., be appointed to co-operate Avith the committee from the Legislative Delegation, consisting of Senator Clifton and Representative Fr?ser; and also with the Hon R. I. Manning, representative of the Coun? ty Board, for the purpose of carrying into-effect the Invitation of the County Board of Commissioners. It was suggested that the dedica? tion ceremonies be held on some con? venient day during the October term of the court, with the Hon. George E. Prince as presiding judge. The pro? gramme and all details of the occa? sion to b? determined upon by the general commlUee above mentioned. CHANGES MADE AT CLEMSOX. - / Prof. Chambllss Becomes State Ento mok>g|st. Clemson College, Qept. y.--At a special meeting o fthe Clemson board, which convened last night and ad? journed this morning, Prof. Chts E Chambllss ri sign si his position tawtfce_ college as associate professor of en? tomology and accepted the position of State entomologist offered him by the State board on entomology. Prof. Chambllss* new duties will involve spencial attention to he protection of fruit growsrs and farmers against in? jurious insects and" to entomological experiments in the rice fields of the State, Dr. M.' R. Powers was made asso? ciate professor of veterinary surgery, vice Dr. L. A. Klein, whose resigna? tion had been accepted ? at a previous meeting.^ Dr. Powers is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Veteri? nary School and has 'been assistant veterinarian here for over a year. Dr. Enoch Barnett, a graduate of the same institution was elected asr sistant veternarian. He comes well recommended as to character, train? ing and experience. The position of associate professor of entomology will be filled shortly by a committee of the board, tjiere being several applica? tions from men of excellent studding in that line. ORANGEBURG C1LVNGES -MAYORS Former Mayor Dukes Elected Ovci Dr. Doyle. Orangeburg, Sept. 10.?In the mu? nicipal election for mayor and alder? men held here today former Mayor |,.T. YV. H. Dukes defeated Dr. Thomas C. Doyle, the vote being Dukes, 306: Doyle -21. Six aldermen were to tv chosen and all were elected today. Th? vote for aldermen was as follows: J. *-X. Weeks. 3K?; W. (\ Smith. 260; Able! Lnthrop. :i3T; [. \Y. Bowman, 32"; \V. W. WVrt/.. 811; Harry L. e * Bmoak, 270. These six were elected*. There were twelve candidates in the race. BATTLESHIP DISASTER. Fifty Men Reported Killed on Japo ^ nrae Warship. v Tokio, Sept it. -An explosion It reported on the Japanese battleship Kashlma, a twelve inch shell havfhg burst, causing forty casualties. The explosion oeettrr? l Inside the gun shield, following an attempt to r< move an unexploded shelf from the gun after target practice. Details of the accident are lacking, bul the ex? plosion was terrific and the ship was hndly damaged. Most n| those near the -nn ajere frightful!) mangled* PENSIONERS l>\ INI J. Some Thirty odd Thousand Gull Prnuing on I'ncle Sam Las! Year. w.i ?hington, S< iti 16. Advance figure of Pension Commissioner War? ner's r< port show thai 11.291 soldier pensioners of the civil war died dur? ing the Use.11 >ear. ? a SOUTHRON. Kara hihi lied Jurte, 1000 erioH?Vol. XXVII. SoH AN UNUSUAL EPIDEMIC. Infantile Paralysis Spreads Very Rap? idly at Xew York City. New York, Sept. 12.?The epidemic of infantile paralysis in this city is as? suming alarming proportions, accord? ing to the report of the hospital physi? cians who have the disease under ob? servation in the hope *r>f discovering the germ which is supposed to be re? sponsible for the infection. There are now under treatment in various hos? pitals between 300 /ind 400 children who have the disease and most of them will be helpless cripples for the rest of their lives. 1 I The hunt for the Infantile paraly I sis germ which, led by Dr. J. F. Ter riberry, chief neurologist of the Hos? pital for Ruptured and Crippled staff, began several weeks ago ' wl*en the present epidemic was in its earlier stages and is still in progress. But in spite of the fact that several hundred afflicted children have been examined by the investigators, the trail of the paralysis germ is blazed no more clearly than it was at flf^t. The present epidemic began #ab/uu the middle of the summer, and has grown steadily. Neurologists say that It is probably-at its height and that the approachment of cooler weather VrlU gradually lessen the ravages of the disease." The neurologists say that the area of the epidemic includes part of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and that there is a strong possibility that more distant section?,, especially the rural ones, are now being visited by the disease. Few cases, however. In far-away districts are reported to the New York investigators. ** DISPENSARY COMMISSION SUED. Virginia Liquor Firm Enters Suit Vo> Recover Compensation for Whiskey Refused hy the Commission. Columbia, Sept 16.?Garrett & Co., a Virginia concern which had dealings with the State dispensary, has enter^ ed suit In the Virginia counts against the members of the commission to wind.jip the State dispensary and have served papers on Mr. C. K. Hen? derson, a member of the commission, who happens to be in Virginia. The information was gained from a letter received from Mr. Henderson by the chairman of the commission. Dr. W. J. Murray, of this city, in which the papers served upon Mr. Henderson are enclosed. These show that the liquor firm has enered suit against W. *J. Murray, John McSween, C. K. Henderson, B. F. Arthur and Avery Patton, the members of the commission, who are summpned to appear the first Monday inNOctober in the court at Norfolk to answer the suit, the complaint* alleging a "plea of trespass on the case hi . assumpsk," . which is a form of procedure undfcr the old common law which is not in use in South Carolina. ^Damages are demanded in the sum of $10,000. Mr. Henderson has been in Norfolk for several weeks on a visit to his daugh? ter, who is the wife of the .*iev. Dr. W. M. Vines, pastor of one of the most prominent Baptist churches In that City, and the attorneys for Garrett. & Co. took the opportunity to serve lite papers while he was in the Jurisdic? tion of the Virginia courts. The oth? er, members of the commission may beware of the exnnsitlon. The action grows out el the f;;ct that the commission he*, returned to? Garrett & Co. some oi> the. liquor sold by that frrm to the dispensary on the ground that the liquor erai 111 gaily purchased. The commission Is in? structed by thO terms of th* act el the general assembly to return all suen liqu or and In doing so they1 are acting as agents of tin Stau and can ma be sued without suing the State,, which, of course, cannotfbe done with? out the consent of the state. The ac? tion will not worry the commission in the least. Or. Murray turned over the letter of Mr. Renders?n to Attorney General Lyon and it has been s??nt to Col. W F. Stevenson. the attorney for tlv commission. BPARTANBURG RRdKF.H AR? RESTED. Spartanburg, Sept. leV -Henry V9 Thomsdh, until recentls n>well known stock and bofid'hroker of this city, was arrested Saturday night on afwar? rant Issued b\ ITnlted States Coin ?!*? sloner Atkinson by PoshdUce Inspec? tor Gregory, charging lilm with n dug the United States mall for fraudulent purposes. The arrest was made ,ai the passenger station upon the arrival No. 4'? fi%m Atlanta, the warrant being served b> Deput j Marshall J. H. McLane. ln*pectoj Gregory eras also present at ib< time of ib, rest ne having accompgffied Mr. Thomson from Atlanta, to which city Mr Thomson recentl) mov. * h 0 Spartanbui g.