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jgge THE ' Sl'MTER WATCHMAN, MM Ob wl Idated Aug. 2.1881. v,Cbt Wluttbmun an? ?outbron ??TEE? mtUSHWS COMPANY, SUMTES, t. C WILL KLP. LANGE BOND IflMUC TO JIKLIKVK IINANCIAL KTRAlTb. ol Uertsscstes and $50, of Panama Bonds to. bo nl B? Roosevelt Ap whshington. >os. 17.?Secretary Cortslyou made tonight the I oTK>rtent announcement that at a means of asTordlng relief to the financial situa? tion the treasury would Issue $50. ??0.000 of Panama bonds and $100, ?00 of certificates of Indebtedness, or I so mach thereof ss may be necessary. The certificates will run for one year and bear 3 per cent interest. The secretary's action in coming to the relief of :he financial situation meets with President Roosevelt * hoar ty approval, and the plan la the out come of the several White House con? ferences which have been held within the pest few day*, when the financial situation was under consideration. Secretary Cortelyou says that the Panama bonds will afford most sub? stantial relief as the law provides that they may be used as a basis for; ad? ditional national bank circulation. He , also states that the proceeds from th* sale of certificates can be made di? rectly avaituble at points where the need Is most urgent and especially for the movement of the crop*, which, he says, "If properly accelerated, will give the greatest relief and result in most Immediate financial returns." The secretary calls attention to the at? tractiveness of the bonds and certifi? cates as absolutely safe Investments. Secretary Coreiyou odds that these rVief measures will enable him to meet public expenditures without withdrawing for that purpose any appreciable amount of the public moneys now deposited la na? tional banka throughout the country. Two treasury circulars, one Inviting proposals for the issue of bonds and ths other asking for subscriptions to the certificate?, will be sent out un? der date of November 18. The bids for the bonds must be submitted to the treasury- on November 1907. Kvery bid should state the amount of bonds desired by Ihv ' subscriber, whether coupon or registered, the price he Is willing to pay and ths place where he dealres to make payment? whether at the treasury of the United States or at the office of some of the assistant treasurers at New York Bal? timore Philadelphia Boston Chicago, St. Lou Ik Cincinnati, New Orleans, or San Francisco. AU bids should be ad? dressed to the Secretary of the Treas? ury, division of loans and currency, and the envelope* enclosing them should be plainly marked, 'bids for Panama Canal bonda" i The certificates of indebtedness iM be Issued In denominations of $50. They will be psysble to bearer, will he dated November 20. 1307 and will bear Interest at the rate of 3 per cent, per annum, payable with the principal sum on and after November 20. IsOH, on presentation of the certificates for redemption at the office of th notur/ of ths treasury, division of loan** and currency. Sub?cript|ons will be received by the ?Secretary of the treasury or through th?- Tre i*ur? r of the United Stetes or the assistant treasurers lo? cated St New fork. Baltimore Phila? delphia? Boston Chicago Ht. Louis, Cincinnati N? w Orleans and San Francisco, beginning on Novemb r ISth. and continuing; at the discretion Fol ths Secretary of the Tr usury. In his letter to Secretary Cor etyos approving the Tr- .i-mv phthl Presi? dent itoo?M?v it ?tatet he has been aaV sur?d trnt the leaden in eesasTesshaee under con?U<! rvl"ti ? r-'irrend? meas nje "which win gaset Is pstaaasssl fashion the n?eds of the alturulon, ind which i ooltsTS will as pmtf I Si an * sarty datf* after c >nf tea coavsnes two weeks hence." The PPfeetd< n( sasn calls .itr. afBon to the faol lhal what Is most needed at thi* time U that the pe ipU* should "realise how fundamcn ally eound business conditions In this country see. snd how absurd It Is to permit themselves to git Into s panic IkUied April, 1850. ?Bo Just ai 8UM1 THE Mil WILL ACCEPT DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. Will Not Seek Or Ask Pur the Nomi? nation, However, And If Another Oedt It Will Not be Disgruntled. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 14.?William J. Bryan will accept the Democratic nomination for president In 1908, but he will neither ask nor make a fight for it. He says that for a year or more he has been pressed to answer the question 'Will you accept ths nomination?" and he believe? the pub? lic is entitled 10 an answer and to know the position, he occupies. The question that ought to weigh most, he says. It whether his nomination will strengthen the Democratic party more than the nomination of some one else. Not only will he not seek or ask for the nomination but he will not assume to decide the question of availability, and If the prise falls to another he will neither be disappoint? ed nor disgruntled. At the same time he denies that he has waited this long in a desire to see whom the Republi? cans arc likely to nominate, or to as? certain the chances of victory. Mr. Bryan says in part: "Now that the election of 1907 Is past and plans are being made for next year's campaign Mr. Bryan feels that a statement is due to the public. Those who prefer another candidate are entitled to know his position and those who favor his nomination have a right to demand an answer to the question so often put, 'Will you accept a nomination?' His refusal to an? swer the question has led to the cir? culation of many false reports and unfriendly newspapers have taken ad? vantage -of his silence to misrepresent his attitude. vv. "Mr. Bryan will nd\ ask for or seek a nomination and he will not assume to decid i the question of his avails* blllty. He has been so amply recom ssai Uy his party-foe what he has done and for what he has endeavored to do that he cannot claim a nomina? tion as a reward; neither should his ambition be considered, for he has h.i<l honor enough from his party to satis? fy any reasonable ambition. The, only question that ought to weigh with the party *?* whether the party can be strengthened and aided more by his nomination than by the nomination of some one else. If he can serv? the party by being its candidate he will accept the commission and make the best fight he can. however, the choice falls upon another he will not be disgruntled. His availability Is a question to be decided not by hin?, not by a few leaders, not even by the leading newspapers that call them selves Democratic, but by te votes 0 the party, and to them he entrusts the decision of the question?they are the Supreme Court in all matters concern Ing candidates, as they are in all mat ters concerning the platform." and create a stringency by hoarding their savings instead of trusting per fectly the banks." The president' letter to Secretary Cortelyou unde date of November 17, follows: Washington. November 17 1907. "My Dear Mr. Cortelyou : I have cpij .-Idered your proposal. I approve th Issue of the fifty millions of Panama bonds, which will be immediately available, as the basis for odditiona currency. I also approve the issue o $100,000,000 or so much as you may find necessary, of $50 3 per cent Inter ??at-bearlng government notes, th proceeds of the sale of which can be at once deposited by you where the SjfcattUt need exists, and especially in the West and South where the crop have to be moved. I have the assur nnee that the leaders of congress an considering a currency bill which will meet in permanent fashion the need of the situation, and which. I believe will be passed at an early date af |sjf congress convenes, two week hence. "What Is most need* d Just at pre cut Im that our eltfzens should real!/, how fundamentally ^ound buslm conditions |n Ulis country are, an how absurd it Is to permit themselv t ? set Qlnto ? pankj and gfOUtc stringency l>y hoarding their savin Instead Of trusting perfectly sound banks." There Is no particle of risk Involved In lot tint? business take lt? r-turnl course, arid the people can help themselves and Um country most by nutting back Into active circulation His n on. v I hey are hoarding, Tin banks and trust companies are sol? vent Thorc Ii mon currency in tic country today than there was a mouth ago. when Ihs supply wa* smpl< rift\-?Kr million d.?n in in gold h.is )? i n Imported and the govern? ment li i-! deposited another |S0,n00, ooo. Tutus ar fUcti and 1 appeal to tin' public U) CO-OP" I tte w Ik BS In re storing normal busl.ieUfl OoudlUons, t)man id Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Ali PER. S. 0.. WEDNEfi THEY MUST FIGHT BRUN. OTHER CANDIDATES MUST MAKE THEMSELVES KNOWN. Views of Politicians at National Capi? tal as to the Announcement of Jirv an?Outlook Bright for the Ne? braska!!. Washington, Nov. 15.?Bryan's an? nouncement of his willingness to be a prerldential candidate was no surprise to politicians. They argue that it now devolves upon the conservative or an? ti-Bryan wing of Democracy to put up a candidate or else acquiesce in the Bryan candidacy. Mr. Bryan's friedns will go to work immediately to get up delegations to the National Convention favoring his nomination. The issue will be drawn In congres? sional districts from now on whether would-be delegates to the convention will favor Mr. Bryan or not. Demo crats who are not for him must be against him, and the question will naturally arise whom else they favor. Some politicians here think that Bryan's statement will force Qov. Johnson, of Minnesota, to make his position known. If he is to /be a candidate, he will have to come out and declare his in? tentions. The Bryan organizers will tackle Minnesota as their first job and will force the Johnson people to make a show of hands. Judson Har? mon, of Cincinnati; Oov. Folk, of Missouri, and other Democrats who are suspected of having a presidential bee in their bonnets will have to be? stir th?mselves. Bryan's frlneds In this city said to? day that he evidently made his an? nouncement with the conviction that It would be favorably received by a large body of Democrats. H? "-as In position to formulate a judgment on that point from the fact that h?? has within the past few months personally sounded sentiment am'ong the Democrats in many sec? tions' "Hp< haft Just returned from an extensive tour of the South, which is reported to be luke-warm toward his candidacy. It Is said that he found no reason to anticipate that his can? didacy would be unwelcome to the rank and file of the party, although he soon discovered that* the leaders wece opposed to him. 3IURDFR IN COLUMBIA. Ncg-> Ktnnboi u. Death on Main Strei In Columbia. Columbia, Nov. 16.?Standing on the corner of Main and Rlchland streets tonight, about 7 o'clock, No? lan Davis alias "Charleston," colored, was stabbed to death by Henry Fel lon. alias "Gold" Fellon. Davis and several other negroeF were standing on the corner near a negro restaurant one block north of the pcstofflce when Fellon came up. From statements mad'? by the wit? nesses it appears that Fellon began cursing Davis and struck at him wit'i a knif'\ Davis turned, end while bleedir g copiouslv, walked ar ?und the comer of Richlind str?H|t f- r nlvill* 40 feet and fell ttCttl at the foot of a tree. The knife had penetrated the large nrtery Just above the heart. Fellon walked one alock to the post'omce. where he surrendered to the patrolman on that beat and was taken to the pplice station and later to the Jail. He seemed Indifferent about the matter and hummed a tune as he was being '. ken to jail. He has been in jail before on a charge of beating his wife. The government will see that the peo? ple do not suffer If only the people themselves will act In a normal way. Crops are good and business condi? tions are sound, and we should put the money we have Into circulation In order to meet the needs of our abounding prosperity. There is no analogy at all with the way things were In ISO". "November 30' of that year there was in the Treasury but $1*1,000000. ?>n November II of this year there was in the Treasury $904,000,001 of gold. Ten yean ago the circulation per capita was $23.23. It Is now $33. 23. The ?tej>s that you now take, the ability of the government to hack them up, and the fact that not a par? ticle of risk is Involved therein give th ? fullest guarantees of the sound condition of our Treasury. All that nur people have to do now is to ^o ahead with Ihelr normal business in it normal fashion, and the whole diffi? culty disappears : and <'>^: XV'U be achieved at once If each man will act ? s he iiomally doei act, and as the real conditions of th<- country's busi? ness fully warrant \\\< now noting. Blncerely yours. (Signed) "Theodore Roosevelt." "Hon, George B. CortelyoUi "Secretary of the Treasury." find i as/t at be thy Country'9, Thy God's ar ID AY. NOVEMBER 2 WILL BE BIG EVENT. THANKSGIVING MEET OF SUM TER TURF ASSOCIATION. The Official Programme of Events And the Large Purses Offered.? Special Itatt s on Railways.?Big Crowd Coming. The first meet of the Sumter Turf Association will be held on Nov. 26, 27 and 28, as advertised by attractive posters on the streets yesterday. The following official programme of the three days' events has been Issued by the management: TUESDAY NOV. 26. 1 Mile Heats Trot or Pace, 2:24 Class.$100 Opening Scramble, 1-2 Mile Dash. All Ages. 100 ^-4 Mile Dash, All Ages. 100 \8 Mile Dash, All Ages. 100 WEDNESDAY, NOV. 27. Trot or Pace, 1 Mile Heat, 2:30 Class.ilOO 1-2 Mile Dash, All Ages. 100 3-4 Mile Dash, All Ages. 100 1-3 Mile Dash, All Ages. 100 f THURSDAY, NO. 28 Trot or Pace 1 Mile Heat, 2:40 Class.$100 1-2 Mile Dash. 100 3-*5 Mile Dash. 100 5-8 Mile Dash. 100 7-8 Mile Dash.". 100 Five per cent, entrance fee. Five to enter, three to start; 65, 25 and 10 per cent. It can be seen from this that the purses are large and that the events will be very interesting. Col. R. .C. Richardson, president of the associa? tion, is well known throughout the State and all horsemen and the pub? lic generally may depend on this oc? casion being a most successful and satisfactory one in every way. Al? ready a good string of horses is at the track and assurances of many more coming have been received. There will be a good football game *oT*ThaAik-giv?n*g Vlay between Charles? ton College and probably Welsh Neck High school of Harhwille. This game will attract a 'arge crowd and should be B drawing card for the meet. Secretary Reardofi of the chamber of commerce, has the matter of re? duced railway rates in his hands and has assurances that they will be grant? ed. Altogether everything points to a big event during these days men? tioned. More particular will be given later. TO COLONIZE THE NEGROES. The "Back to Africa" Movement Es? poused In Richmond. ___________ Richmond. Va. Nov. 16.?A move? ment starte d in Colorado, where there is a colonization society for the pur? pose of sending the negroes back to Africa, has been espoused by O. M. Stuart, a well-known colored educa? tor of this city. The movement is de? signed to ship to Africa all the ne? groes in the United States in order that they* may establish their own government, with an American pro? tectorate. The worthless class of ne? groes are eager for the movement, while those who have accumulated property are 0posed to going to a J new country, where they will have to build themselves up all over again. The idea of the colonization move? ment is to appeal to the national gov-' ernment and to the several states for assistance on the ground that the while people owe it to the negroes as a debt which they will never be able to discharge until they have placed them safely and well In their own country whence they were brought as slaves 250 years ago. The negroes claim that the Impetus given America while receiving tlie heneflts of their while receiving the benefits of their labor will not be lost in the next thousand years and that the United States can we'll afford to pay the debt to the colored brother. The commerce that would naturally spring up between the two countries would be worth untold millions to1 the United tSates, it is declared, it is suggested that the negroes be moved nt the rate of 1,000,000 a year, allowing ?0 years to effect their com? plete colonisation.?Baltimore Sun. The yeggmen who cracked the safe in the pbstofficc at Seneca several nights ago in their hurry to get away failed to find Si TT, in the safe. George Davis and George Robert? son, who have been held in Jail In Greenville for two month*1 on suspic? ion In connection with th.> murder of T. Wilson, h.w >' been r< h ased. The dispensary it Kingstree \%as broken Into several nights ngo and robbed of $4_ in cash. ? it is not Ihoughl thai any of the stock was taken. The Baptist State Convention moots in Orangehurg on Dee. *;th to nth. id Truth's." THE TRTJ !0 1907. New 8( SUICIDE GIVES ADVICE. SAYS ALL YOl.\(i MEN SHOULD GET MARRIED. Youn?r Student In Atlanta Sa.vs Not Being Married Was the Cause .of His Downfall.?A Rather Strange Case. Atlanta, Nov. 15.?"To all young men?get married now. Not being married was the cause of may down? fall." This was the substance of a letter written by T. U. Palmer, just before his suicide in Williams House No. 2 Tuesday afternoon. Palmer after? wards tore the letter into bits and scattered them on the floor, but the fragments were picked up and read by a friend of the unfortunate dental student. In addition to the note to Dr. Bost wlck, Honea Path, S. C, left in the hotel room, the young student wrote three other letters, one of which ad? vised young men to get married, and explaining that his failure to marry was one of the causes of his down? fall. One of the letters the young man had written to his mother and an? other to the proprietor of the hotel. Palmer had carefully written the let? ters and then, before firing the bullet Into his brain, had changed his mind and torn them into bits throwing the fragments onto the floor. According to the letter addressed 'To All Young Men," Palmer seemed particularly impressed with matri? mony and its importance to young men. It is stated that in the letter he urged all young men to marry and declared that one of the causes of hi< rash act was his failure to marry. No further explanation was made. In the letter to the hotel proprietor, it is stated, Palmer explained that he had .'egisvered under an assumed name, and asked that his brother in Blythe, Oa., be notified of his death. It is said the,letter to his mother gave no reason for his suicide. Mrs. Palmer, the mother Is very ill at her home in Augusta, and was not notified of the death of her son until Wednesday, a short time before the body was taken to Augusta. Friends of Palmer state that he had beer, in a very nervous state of late and had been unable to sleep. He is said to have expressed the fear that something was 'after him and sosemed despondent. To one of his friends he is said to have remarked: "I haven't slept ten minutes dur? ing the past ten days." Although Palmer is said to have been on a spree, his friends state that he had been sober during the few days preceding his death. PROHIBITION MASS MEETING. Petition to Be Circulated Asking for Election on Voting Out the Dis? pensary. A mass meeting of those persons Interested In voting the dispensary* out of Sumter county is hereby call? ed to meet in the court house at 11 o'clock on Monday, Dec. 2d, 1907, for the purpose of effecting an organiza? tion and taking steps to secure the necessary names on a petition looking to an election at the earliest practica? ble moment. A. B. Stuckey. P. M. Pitts. J. E. DuPre. W. O. Cain. Chas. L. Cuttlno. E. C. Haynsworth. H. s. Trmmons. J. W. Daniel. John .T. Dargan. R. J. Rrownlield. H. L. Thomas. R. O. Purdy. n. E. McElveen. J. W. McCoy. Joel E. Ilrunson. S. D. Cain. B. D. Mitchell. H. L. Scarborough. E. \v. Dabbs, s. I). Bailey. Wm. C. Ivy. R. L. Cooper, w. 11. Rasnsey. \v. J, McKay. H. l). G. Muldrow. (J. W. Reardon. P. M. Satterwhlte. E. P. Miller. ('. C. Brown. Young Man Shot PrettJ Girl Because sin- Would Not Wed Ulm. Philadelphia. Nov. 16.- Emma Kearney, aged 17 plump and attrac? tive was shot an I Kill? d by Frank Wein ke, aged 21 "ii Frankfort street this morning He is locked up. She refused lo marry him last, night. Aft<n h aving her he : rmsd himself and waited on t\ie corner near her honv until she came out this morning. >E SOVTlUtON, Established June, ISM cries?Vol. XXVII. No 1? OKUHOMJDMITTED. FORTY-SIXTH STAK ADDED TO THE AMERICAN I LAG SAT? URDAY. No Ceremony W hatever Attended the Si,ning by President Roosevelt of the I'roi la mat ion?Used Pen Made From Eagle's Feather?Act Took Place In Cabinet Room. Washington, Nov. 16.?A new star wa3 added to the American Hag to? day by the admission formally into the Union of the State of Oklahoma. President Roosevelt at 10.16 o'clock this morning signed the proclamation admitting the Territories of Okla? homa and Indian Territory jointly as one of the American Slates. Little formality attendee! the cere? mony, which meant so much to the people of the I WO territory's. In ap? pending his signature* u he procla? mation the president used a oen form? ed from a quill plucked from the wing of an American *av?e. The pen will be deposited with the Oklahoma Historical society. There was absolutely no ceremony connected with the signing ?. f the proclamation. The act was done. in. the Cabinet room, to which had fcojeal admitted Senators Carter ant Dixon, of Minnesota and Warner, of Mis? souri, besides a number of residents of Oklahoma, most of whom are con? nected with the government depart? ments in Washington, and newspaper representatives. ANTIOCH NEWS NOTES. Farm Items?Crop* About Gathered ?Personal Mention?Mola sen Mill Caught Fire. Antioch, Nov. 18.?Today is a typi? cal winter day?with the cold east winds howling and the rain falling, and the thermonu ter would have to move but very little for the water to turn to ice. Oats planting is about ever in this section and they are coming up, look? ing well. Potatoes have been dug, corn housed, peas picked and in fact the farmers have about finished gath? ering what little th< y made. There Will be a little more scattering cotton to pick. As a general thing the farmers of this section are holding their cotton for higher prices. They have a Un? ion organized here and it looks is If they intend to observe all of the rules^ Mr. Marvin Weiden. aceompanied by his sister, left last Thursday to. visit his brother. Rev. J. B. Weldon, at McBee. S. C. Mr. Harold Bradley, of Rembert, was in this vicinity yesterday. Mr. J. C. IfcLeod, of this place, spent Saturday in Sumter. On last Friday morning, about 2 o'clock Mr. J. C. . McLeod's molasses mill came very near being destroyed by fire, and very probably would have been, but just as :t began burning. Dr. T. D. Foxworth. who was passing, saw it and called Mr. McLtcd, who soon had it extinguished. A fine lot of ribbon cane syrup has been made in this country. Rev. L. L. Inabinet filled his last appointment for this conference year at St. John's Methodist Church yes? terday afternoon. He preached a v?ry eloquent seimon on this test, Psalins 72: 10th and 20th verse*, " cid bless be His glorious nam< forever, and let the whole earth he' Riled erlth glory amen and amen." "The prayers of David, the i m of Jesse, are ended/* SUMTER POISON FACTORIES. You Will bo Surprised to l.?arn How Many Riete Arc. Did you ever feel stupid and dull after eating a hearty dinner7 When food is retained too long in the stomach, because of stomach weakness, the poison factory works overtime and then- is giddiness, con? fusion of thought, despondency, heart? burn, sleeplessness, nervou ti<>ublo and other forms of indigestion. The general us.- of lfi-o-na siomachj tablets puts within th< rea? h of ev-. eryone a reliable and positive cure for all stomach weakness. Ml-evnn quickly oun > the worst case ol indi? gestion, and the pain an?; distress which Is oft ai felt after meals win soon disappear, such is tie- wonderful curative power of this little tablet. Mi-o-na acts upon entirely different principles from any of the other rem* ? dies that hav< b< ? n used In stomaeh trouble, it is 1 n before nv als, and has a specific strengthening ae* tion upon the muscles of tin- stomaeh, Increasing tie no.w of digestive juices and making the stomach get to work and digest ? i-ii? and naturally the food which lc ? a;< n.^ J. p. v.*. i ? Lonne has so, n so many curei made by Mi-o-na thai ho give- a guarantee with every Is oant bos that th-? remedy costs nothing un? its* it cures, ii-20&3i$w