Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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oims hot H?mme. NUT BK A CAN DID ATE ?x)R ji im.kjmuiv ' i it He Witt tUttre to Private leVe After Term a* Internal Reee sane Collector Expires. Washington. Nov. II.?Capt John Ok Capers, who to now commissioner off Internal revenue, whon some o/ i tag ton papers t?ere been for a place on the of anneals for the District of to succeed the late Judg? who died list Sunday, he la not an applicant for the Two commissioner has lust re Item Hew York, and Unding Sauft he Is among those 'spoken of 1st takes oooessoa to give out a state sassst that It is his Intention 19 retire to private Ufa again after the sad of Ms service as eommtset jr>>r of inter test revssius. which position he was Ms* to until December. In De Mr. Wight from Louisiana to relieve him In the commission office. It Is by no means certain, ivsr. that Mr. Wight will come to the Joh which was offered him by president snd which he agreed to Mr. Wight has such extensive st Interests in Louisiana that It ?t generally believed that he does not tanat to come to Washington to take as) these duties. In this case. Capt will likely hold onto his pres Jeb> It would not do for him to ?Qulah it If he can hold on to It* reason that people would ln ooaclude that he ha J no*. duty of an Internal revs itsstener, you must under I. ,ts to leap the Republicans In as many Southern States sv possible up for the administration. For It has keen the policy of the ad tlen to give this position t> 4* aseutbern man. He comes l:i close with the Republicans In the district* of Kentucky. Ten aad North Carolina,* especially Shane who from the earliest times hare had la do with the making of wlssshey. that hs can do good service ta Che administration, and It Is oon a goad tactical policy to hare it hern man la Hits job. Since Casern Is from South Carolina, far years he has h*??n the ofU *'e?lvia ?t" in matters of federal he is In position to Influence p> to South Carolina: h? !j par itarry well Qualified fr-r the p ?-t Eof Internal revenue commissioner, he has Influence In more Stale* has made a good commissioner, la so far as the minor duties of She office are concerned. Beetles Skjmmg his name, which he dose With groat skill and effectiveness, he $Bkeno the f -si force In good humor. Whensmr the t|me comes In the ggesjuooe to light the office*, for In ssjssjssew the commissioner cells out to She major domo, or ths keeper of the hss/. or whatever Is the name of the fUjsjsjtle-aary charged with this duty. ?? ?tarn oa the Roosevelt." Roose nott, as the commissioner says, means IS Mm light. The maj 'r domo un dugutanis. loo. for he immediately gauss! ? the button and the rooms are ted.?The State. L VST OF THE MOHICANS. Oouj Ilestsslaliig Kull-IUoodWl War rsrr fines to Poor Farm. Walsrbury. Conn.. Nor. 13.?Thos. <rord. the last full-blooded1 Mohloan 'ihJlin a few days ago became an In wate of the Plalnsville town farm at ltss own request. Dr. Sunrise, a full-blooded Onelda ndlan who was in a pitiable condi? gn, also was taken there, but after * few days disappeared suddenly. It um been learned that he Is cared fer nr friends. Dr Sunrise I* 4 proud old medicine nan. sad waa ope of the powers of list Onelda tribe many years ago. In President Lincoln administra? te* he ws* the prudent's special en /ny among th~ Indian tribes thrcugh 'he West, grhere he taught Christisn ?r. There is mers Catarrh In this sec of the country than sll othsr M put together, and until the few years was supposed to be in mrable. For a great many years, doc pronounced It a local disease prescribed local remedies, and by mtly falling to curs with Iocs} tsjsnjtment orononuced It Incurable hue ace has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and thvrsfor* esjali?? nonntitutitinal treatment. > tail's Catarrh Cure, manufacture*. .,y A 1. Cheasr * Co.. Toledo. Ohl?,. U) 'he only constitutional eure on the 'oarket. It la tsken Internally t oeae from It trans to a leaapoohhsl t SOtS directly on th# ? m l n ti oas surface* of the system. Tbej ft?r ono huu-tr. 1 1 ?? ? t mils to cure. Send foi teetlavmtal > | trees, V. J. Cheney * ( v To'.ed? Oaie held by Druggists. ,fte. Take Mall Faml . ittou. INTERESTING IMJUHCllOH. CASK OF BUCK STOVE COMPANY VS. LABOR FED Kit VTION Suit Brought to Enjoin Fcxhrntl'm from Boycotting the P* shift* of the move Company. MR-I Inter? esting Pointe. Washington. Nov. 114.?The case of Back Stove and rtuue Company of St Louis against the American Fed eratlon of Labor, brought to env-un the federation from boyc ittlng the producta of the plaintiff company, was given a hearing In the supreme court of the District of Columbia. The caae has attractod widespread Interest be? cause of the effect of the jlt'mate ac? tion on the vital principles flf organi? sed labor and the pgaejlth far-reuch tng developments of a political na? ture. It is generally umlernte *cl that whether the prosocuiian or defense wins In the decision of the diatrtct couit th< case will be carried to the supreme court of the Dnlteft States. Ths bill in equity in the Fuck Stove case cites the powerful orgnnl sstton of tha federation and the methoda by which it is claimed the entire forces of the federation are concentrated on this especial boycott In thin case, while the application of the Sherman anti-trust law Is only Incidentally Involved, It does in? volve a question Important to business interests, as to whether "unfair" and "we don't patronise" lists, as publish? ed In the "Federatlonlst." is sufficient to constitute in law* a boycott. The plaintiffs presented lengthy affidavits as to the operations of the federation, upon which they claimed that a preliminary injunction should be granted. Counsel for the .defense objected to these affidavits on the ground that there was hardly a sal lent feature In any of them that was not mere hearsay. The defense ar? gued that the "Federatlonlst" simply pubilsed a "we don't patronise" list, any attempt to abridge the right to publish which was a violation of the freedom of speech and the press. BANKER KILLS HIMSELF. Deposed Head of Knickerbocker Trust Company Could Stand Strain No Longer. Nev Y?rk. Nov. 14.?Churlea Tnacey Farn ? 1 ? deposed president Of the Kniek'-r^ocker Trust Compun>, end until reeentl> a power in the fi? nancial world, shot and killed him? self today In his home. His loans with the bank, it Is said, are secured and when he was forced from Its presidency he was to all Intents and purposes eliminated as a factor In banking circles. What Ill-effects his unexpected taking off might have had on the financial situation geoora'.ly had long since been discounted. In distress of mind over the dissipation of his private fortune and the loss of Is high standing among business as? sociates, intimate acquaintances find the hidden'drift that broke hit ; health and rsason. Negrces In Mills. In reproducing, with some sugges? tions of ltsfown, our comments upon the advice of Director of the Census North that southern cotton* mills might solve the labor problem by uti? lizing negro labor, our friend, the Ma con (Oa.) Telegraph, seems to have missed our point entirely. It says that we seem not to know that the experi? ment of employing negroes In the cot? ton mills In the Carolinas has been tried and has failed. In that ths Telegraph is mistaken. Kven Director North referred to such failures. The object of our comment was to discour? age any suggestion likely to strengthen efforts in other parts of the country to keep the negroes masned In the south. S?ccesi of the experiment of usiig negroea as operatives would tend mightUy to prolong thl* massing. We care no: whether or nit the rot ton mills might | sj Mortally hem Hi? ed by such success. That Is of minor importance. W ? ?.-, looking to ilv rial benefit >f "he nogrn and of laber gener.lly in the country. Loth ele nants would be Injured by massing the negro*** in any industry or In beep* lug them massed In any community.? Manufacturers' Record. Liwson Addison, convicted in Chester of killing two women, ha* been sentenced to bo hanged Jan. 19th. The women of fj rosewood will en? lei rot t . buy III ilte of the old alar Put I in or del o press rvi it lor hie* lorieal pin po . Alex Ma- - \ has i> en arrested It York count) eg the rharge of mtif* der. \ dispensary win be placed In Ml* >r? over the protests ??f the cltli u Doc Nelson, convicted ??i murder Ii? i imherg, hi w been sentenced lo hi hanged ???? ?? The ease of Lam pie) vs. Atlanta '?? it Un 11 Ifroad (tompeny "i trial r i iht ich Ume nl Darlington BARNEY FAR FHQM BROKE. NKW YOUR HANRKU HAD TWO MILLIONS ABOVE LIABILITIES. Two Years Ago lie Had An Estutc Worth About Nino Million Dollars Above All Encumbrances, So It Is Stated. New York, Nov. 16.?The counsel of Mr. Barney, the banker who com? mitted suicide a few days ago, have given out a statement of Mr. Barney's finances, in which they say: "While Mr. Barney was financially embarrassed, his embarrraesment was only temporary. His property consist? ed largely of real estate and the stocks of bank and trust and realty com? panies which could not be sold under existing conditions except at enor? mous sacriflcea. All of his creditors hr.d been seen and had signified th<dr entire willingness to extend the pay? ment of his obligations for a sufficient period to enable his assets to be con? verted Into cash. In order to accom? plish this a plan had been?prepared Involving the transfer of all, of his as? sets to a corporation, which should is? sue its obligations to the creditors, such obligations to be endorsed by Mr. Barney. This plan had been ap? proved by all of the creditors to whom It had been submitted. "As a preliminary to submitting such plan to the creditors an exami? nation of Mr. Barney's books and affairs was made by an outside ex? pert accountant. This explanation shows that on the basis of the present low market volues both of real es? tate and securities the assets of Mr. Barney exceed all his liabilities of every kind by the sunm of of $2,517, 317.09. "The total Indebtedness of every kind of Mr. Barney to the Knicker? bocker Trust company is less than $375.000. a considerable portion of which is entirely contingent and in respect of which he had no direct lia? bility. The said sum of 1375,000 in? cludes about 365.000 which Is the to? tal amount in which he is indebted to that company on underwritlngs. Mr Barney is obligated on no other un? derwritlngs." Two years ago, it is understood, when Mr. Barney drew up his will, he had an estate worth over $9,000, 000 above all encumberances. The body was embalmed fast night and ii ? autopsy will bo performed, a th- eoreuer had tlpstady detswttiand that ha killed himself. The coroner Will hold ah inquest mi Nov. 26. The funeral will be held either to? morrow or the day after. Northern tourists are flocking to Al? ken in large numbers. A large num? ber of cottages have been rented for the season. Mr. W. C. Wright, proprietor of Wright's Hotel, Columbia, died at South Port, N. C, Thursday of dia? betes. Carolina and Charleston College meet on the gridiron In Columbia this afternoon. District Attorney Cochran is in Washington ? in conference with the officials of the department of Justice in regard to federal matters in this stale. Tho duck season Is now on at Georgetown and mallards are arriving In large numbers. Dr. J. Frank Bethea. of Dillon, died on Frid;ry. He was one of the oldest and most prominent physicians of Marion county. PLAN TO ITtillT DISEASE. Druggists V% fll Battle Stomach Trou > bios in Suintcr. The incr'.ose of stomach troubles in ?hinter has led J. f. w. DeLorms to take effective measures to combat the disease. He has the local agency for Mi-o-na Stomach tablets, and In order to in? duce people suffering With w ak stom? ach or Indigestion to use the remedy, Offers to supply it with the distinct un? derstanding thai money will be re? funded In i very case where it does not cure Hi?o*na is npl ;i mere digestive, but an absolute itrengthener and builder up of th ? erhole digestive tract. If yon suffer with headache, giddiness, palpitation, bad taste in the mouth, norvousness, ?-<>?it?-<l tongue, distress ift '? eatl g, use Ml-o-ntt and ire how lulckly these symptoms of a weak t< inn ii will disappear, The remedy strengthens the muscu? lar w ulli of the : totnaoh and lucre si ei the flow of gastric Juices so that nourishment i extn > ted fr m the food and I lie re? fuse I* expelled without lh< nld of purgative or i?x.iti\4 medicines. Remember that .!. P, w. DeLorme etv< n a guarantee to refund the mnn \ unless d cores, He takes all the risks uid there i no dnnger "f your losing inythlng except lndlg< lion when you VMXl PASSENGER DEPOT. COAST LINE BEINti ROUNDLY ABUSED FOR ITS DELAY. People Have Been Patient Since Feb? ruary, lfut Now They Have .About Exhausted Their Patience?When Will the Building be Completed? Last February, the Sumter passen? ger station of the Atlantic Coast Line was destroyed, or very nearly destroy? ed, by fire. The people who desired to take trains or transact other busi? ness at the station were compelled to stay out in the bad weather of Feb? ruary and March. Still, every one knew that the Are could not be help? ed and they waited. The Coast Line people promised to rebuild the station as soon as possible. The spring months passed by. Sometime during the summer, materials were placed on the grounds and a few workmen be? gan to work. This is now the mid? dle of November and still the station is not completed. From all appear? ances at the station and judging from the progress that has been made on the work In the past, it will probably be the merry Christmas season be? fore this magnificent (?) edifice is opened to the public. The patrons of the railway have waited, but now they are becoming impatient and they are roundly abusing the railroad people for their delay in giving Sumter a station. During rainy, cold weather, every? body has to stand out in the weather and suffer, and this is especially hard on the ladies and children, as every? one knows. It is bad enough for the men. The railway has been taking the people's good coin all this time just the same. A few evenings ago, when it was cold and rainy, a lady ar ! rived on the Gibson train, about 6 o'clock, and wanted to take the Co? lumbia train at 9.44. She was obliged to hire a hack and go to a hotel when she would have preferred to stay in the waiting room, This is but one of many instances. It does seem that the road could have put In material and hands in a short time and built the station within a month or two, any way. A short delay was pardonable, but now after nearly nine months of waiting there can be no excuse 'from the standpoint of the public. When will Sumter's- handsome and commo? dious. ( " > s' itlon be c? mi'l^tv-d V That Is the r;m s-. [on. The law requires mat rallwaj com? panies' shall piovide comfortable wait? ing rooms for Its natrons. Has this i road violated the law. The Cement Age. It was when Smeaton, the engineer, was building the Eddystone lighthouse in 1756 that he made experiments to find the best of lime to mix with Roman pozzuolana for use in the work. He found that certain limes hardened better under, water than others, and on dissolving in acid he found that these limes left a consid? erable residue of insoluble clay. This was the first discovery that the com? bination of clay and lima gives hy draultc properties. Smeaton wrote: "I do not doubt to be able to produce a cement equal to the best Portland stone." From this remark came the name "Portland cement/' Soon after Smcaton's experiments ljme&tones con? taining a large proportion of clay were discovered in France and England, and the manufacture of "Roman ce? ment" was begun. It was found that If the stone contained perhaps 25 per cent, or more of clay and was burned at low heat the burned lumps would not slake with water, but if ground to a fine power a quick-setting nat? ural, cement resulted, and this pro? duct soon came to be extensively' need. in this country the manufacture of natural cement, such as Milwaukee, Louisville and Rosendate, * has become' an important industry, th?>gh it has diminished with the growth of Port? land cement manufacture. Portland cement was first made in this country about 1S78. In 1SS2 the amount of Portland cement made in the United States was leas than 500,00!) barrels, but Mr. Ross Tucker, a c ?nerete en? gineer of New York, speaking before the Association of Cement Manufac? turers at Atlantic City, said: "You have seen your product Increase in l"> years from practically nothing to 45,00,000 barrels annually, and you cannot now supply the demand. Kn. glnt ers have only been experimenting with Portland cement thus far, and have found it suitable for their work. You may be assured that within i?? years you will have t.? furnish at h ast 10 times til amount ycu arc making now." John Jerry, of Laurens, charged with murdering his brother, Frank Jerry, was mantel ball in the sum of 14,000. Mrs, 11. M. < 'untnngh im, vho re? cently tiled In Lancaster, is survived by nine children, 44 grandchildren ? I ::: great grandchildren. Tin- i itlz ns of < h am;, but g an ASSURED that GOVERNMENT WILL HELP Tills section. PTealdettt ROOWVelt Says That At Least Ten Per Cent of Funds Given New York I tan Us Will Be Sent Southward* Washington, Nov. 14.?Leroy Percy, of Mississippi, called on President Roosevelt today in reference to plac? ing government funds in the banks of the South and Southwest to move the crop and relieve the money stringency After his conference he stated that he was not at liberty to disclose what the president said to him, but that on his own account he would say that within a few days plenty of government money would be placed with these southern banks for all immediate needs. This statement coming from him immediately after his talk with the president Is taken to mean that the latter agreed to the request. It Is learned tonight that at least ten per cent of the funds recently placed with New York banks by Secretary Cortel you will be placed with the banks of the South Immediately. Mr. Percy is one of the largest cot? ton planters of Mississippi and entire confidence is placed in his statement. ?News and Courier. TRIPLE PLAY RECALLED. About a Stunt Pulled Off By Mike Kelly in Game With Rropkl., 1. In a reminiscent story Horace S. Fogel recalls famous triple play made in Brooklyn years ago. It is as follows: Mike Kelly, catching for Boston, once administered a crushing defeat to Brooklyn in the days of Brotherhood at Eastern Park, when the Brooklyns Included such renown? ed stars as Ward, Van Haltren, Hem? ming, Orr, Blerbauer, Joyce, Mc Geachy and Weyhing. More illus? trious was the Boston line-up?1 lad bourne, Kelly, Brouthers, Qulnn, Nash Irwin, Richardson and Stovey. Before a vast concourse of fans the battle was waged this way and that. Kelly and Ward, those kings of the diamond employing all the skill and artifice they knew to gain victory. The last half of the ninth inning arrived, with Boston ths visiting t-am, one run ahead, and Brooklyn? of course, at the bat When Ward got ? mar, on third base and another on second, with non< out, it looked as though no human power could prevent the home team from at least tying the game, especial? ly since the hard hitters came up af? ter the men who was then endeavor? ing to clout the ball. This is where Kelly's genius showed transplendent. With commonplace reasoning the Boston pitcher tackled this crisis by trying to strike out the man at the bat, who was a weak hitter, thinking to retire one of nie enemy and trust to luck for the others. But Kelly threw down his mask and rushed to the box ordered: "Straight ones over the plate, you ham!" Exactly what he had In mind at that moment is not known, but when he turned toward the plate and Ward on the coaching line vociferated, "O, we got you now. Kel!" the Boston chief stopped short and faced his rival "Got up!" he shouted in his de?p Irish voice. "Why, man, here's where we pull off a triple play." As the notion expanded he held hb ii-ms aloft and roared to th-1 infield: 'ic's a triple play! D'ye hear that? We've got to have a triple or noth? ing!" The words were caught up, wafted to stand and bleachers, over the fence and half way to Brooklyn bridge: "Boston's gohV t' make a triple play!" On the home bench there was vast amusement, end the whole populace jeered Kelly to an echo. Smiling broadly in all good humor, but with every one of his brilliant faculties sizzling, the "Ten Thousand Dollar Beauty" took his station be? hind the bat, at one moment com? manding the batter to "Hit t' short," am! a^ain calling for "a straight one over th* nr.idd:< ' "he first ball float ed up so g nt:y Ml f the batter struck before it reached him. The second he also mtssed, and the hatter's ?ur< passing awkwardness bade fair to de feat Kelly's aim. The third ball, howeVer, ho man? aged to meet for a fast grounder rinht In the shortstop's mitt, and, on the latter shooting the ball home, Kelly 'put it on" the runner from third, then threw to first, doubling the fellow who had Just hit. Thmclng he could stretch it home the Brook? lynlte wo was on second turned third and made a furious sprint for th< plate; but the ball from the lirst bai man reached there abend of him and ?the triple play was completed. "Just as I told you," "King" Kelly laughed, :1s1 his comrades of both teams gathered round quizzing and joshing, "t?II it In my bones w would win that way.'' This ?pectacle for the grand stam calling the turn on 0 triple play i- unique in the annal- <n baseball. TO WHITE VP SI M l EH. The State's Christum? RdttfrPfl Will \d ill lew the GUM Ouefc City in a Very Attractive Manner. Every Christmas, the Columbia State gets out a special edition and in that issue some city in the State is thoroughly written up and th* ar? ticle illustrated with cuts of the pub? lic buildings in the city advertised. Mr. E. I. Reardon, the Sumter rep? resentative o the State, has been in? formed by that paper that this year Sumter will be given the place of hon? or. Last night, the chamber of com? merce asked the city council to ap? propriate the sum of $50 to defray the expenses of purchasing the neces? sary cuts to be used In illustrating this write-up. This amount was ac? cordingly appropriated and now the work of getting the article up will commence. This is a good adevrtisement for the city and the article will be careful? ly and attractively written up, which with the illustrations, will show Sum? ter to be the leading city of the State in more ways than one. The city is to be congratulated on this opportunity to be advertised so extensively hj such an attractive manner. THE FUTURE OF COTTON. English Spinners Who Visited Ameri? ca Predict Bright Future For the Fleecy Staple. Washington, Nov. 14.?President Roosevelt today gave publicity to a, letter he ha* received from C. W. Ma cara, president of the International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' and Manufacturers' Association, date! at Manchester, England, Nov. 6. The letter speaks in most optimis? tic terms of the future of cotton in? dustry in the United tSates and of the benefits derived from the Atlanta con ventioii| and the southern tour of the members of the Federation. The let? ter follows: "I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your valued letter of October 18. "The Interest which you have shown In the aims of the International Fed? eration of Master Spinners' and Manu? facturers' Association, under whose auspices the delegation, representing the cotton using countries of Europe,' visited America, will be a matter of Intense ssttsfnetion, not o'rdy to th<? ?iei gation Itself, bat to every member of the "International Federation. Th? convention which was held a? I Atlanta October 8 and 9 v a< the mosl remarkable gathering ever held In connection with the cotton industry, as it embraced representatives of American and European spinners and of the cotton exchanges of the world, and of the cotton planters of the southern states of America. It un? doubtedly marks an epoch in the his* tory of the cotton industry. r "As stated in your letter, the In? ternational Cotton Federation aims at the promotion of stable conditions throughout the world for the cotton industry, and I feel certain that it Is impossible to over estimate the bene? fit which may accrue to one of the greatest international industries by the frank interchange of opinion which took place at the Atlanta convention. "The opportunities afforded of re? ceiving and imparting information throughout the tour of the southern states must also be producttv- of great benefit, both to the producers of tne raw material and to the cotton spin? ners and manufacturers. "We fceftatnly found wherever we went in the United States that great changes are being inaugurated, and we have returned home feeing that your wonderful country pose isea un? limited resources in many respects, and especially in regard to the pro I ductlon of cotton. We believe our visit will have in some measure stim? ulated the cotton planters to take full? er advantage of their splendid oppor? tunities. ? "We shall always remember with pleasure the hearty welcome accorded to us wherever we Journeyed. The hospitality and kindness of the American people were overwhelming^ "Our chief regret on leaving the United States wa> that we had not vou. whose services to humanity ears the honor and pleasure of meeting evoked so much admiration through? out the world." A clearing house association has been formed by the banks of.Torkville for the purpose of Issuing clearing house certificates. The county commissioners <>f Rich land county are making w Invettt* gation into the alleged exorbitant charges p.ii.i for road machinery* * Babies and children need prompt at? tention when suffering from roughs and colds. The best remedy for moth? ers to use is Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup, it tastes m arly as ??>,>.i n< maple sugar, it contains no opiates, and it is laxative at l drives the c Id out of the system by gently moving the bowels Sold n> all druggist's, oJ c. jQIH, a rltlaen of Bam well, county, was slaahed about the neck with a razor in the hands of w ?