The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 20, 1907, Image 1
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THE ' Sl'MTER WATCHMAN, MM
Ob wl Idated Aug. 2.1881.
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??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