The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 25, 1908, Image 2
REt IUI fISIT JAPAN.
VTIO* MtOM THE MIKADO
;S AOCKITfcD
Japcwrte \ mbnesvtor lay* Be
? ?*<ceretary Root IteqMwt that
IHK la at Jspiftfw Port 011
H'-sy Home, end Invitation Im Ac
"Wnsfrlwgtoa. Match I).?Th<? Amerl
?i heule ?hii fl *et i* to vlvlt .lapan.
desire of tho Emperor of the I*
Kl?ger m to play hoe! tc the "bl*
wa?? laid before Secretary
yesterdi y ty Baron Takahlra.
mmm Japanese am bos ad or. The In
sJMalhja whkh waa couched In th*
cordial terms, waa :ho vubject of
I iiecusston by President
H and hi* entire cabinet tc
Sectary Boot was directed to
the it vitation and the accept
wsu la'd befote the fapenese am
Magernd >r late to-day. It la regarded
fm oJMcial c'rcloe here thai it lo likely
China a ill bj the nau to bid for
look at the fleet, and that should
m he ?he case the Invitation would
opted.
Ury Metcalf and Admiral
chief of navigation, are ar
tho details of the new llrer
MTth the exception of China. It
hntto>-Hi to have been d?termt:.?d
nil other Invitations, should any
reeelvod. will ho declined, for at
a fleet will now not be ablo to
tho Atlantic Seaboard before
neat March.
Thesau tsrary. which seem to be the
dlranru/acludoe stopp at the Ha
Bgjnoa, Melbourne.
Tok )homa?should
fort he selected as tho stopping
Japan, possibly' a Chinese
ft the Philippines and then
by way of the shies canal, with
saah stops as are necessary for
tall target practice has baen
lo occupy a month at Manila,
or after the visit to Ja
The deaire to have the lee* ro?
ta mm ho we station may load to
Ulmoat mi l ho month planned
? h
?a i
watt have the ships a week,
es tho tentative plans. .
ft tho Japanese in
to regarded la official cle?
an et nip siistable importance in
af demonstrating the cor?
net ween the Andhrican
government*
% i\ mna t.p dispels hues
?my r
?Mi
anml
rwng sjaah.jnaj by AtNsrnry <Jcn
at Hisnim of Dfrpenmcy AmWt
a* w. at
SJommhts, Marsh 20.?Attorney Oen
Lyen has givm an Important
?ton at the request of Dispensary
Wast regarding the dlapoao!
ft la the dtopensurtee' whore
ties hers voted for prohtbi
0ns or two of these questions
srace the Chesterfield
were elonl, but others
mm Crom time to time, and
:lar. flask- asatria a general Inter
the law.
Mr. Lg*n Isolds thot section tr. of
Jaw ye sis as t4t the disposal of
aether to other county dls
or an parties outside of the
to. hat > thaws ? no restrict h?ns up oo
ar meant to lie euoploofd
The cp.nl ?n further
asejr tn sans as to eerti'n questions.
"It is any aptnlon that In the event
mm* ceasaty dispensary board la unable
eje rei: the gnats ai a price au:"?ct*nt
ds small si go sol tho debs it the dla
gasmmry. mmmX they should then give
fms passm from whom the liquors
an opportunity to buy
protect their Interests,
could do this by letter or other
aws VKMDICr* AT FLOHJCNCR.
I _7
Burned with Elec?
tric Ware Awarded f'N.eoo.
w*.oreaoe. March If.?Tho biggest
wer diet ever a werde. I by a Florence
Openly Jury ?v?re recorded to day In
She earn* of Mrs. Maud Laughlln and
her little sou. Lawrence Laughlln.
amah of whom were horribly burned j
My an electric wire In th > city Inst 1
August, against tin- l'l< i ?...?
light und Power Compin/ and the
Hueth em Public Service C .rpo;.?Mon.
Mrs. LaMghlln. who ask I $:.(? il
damages, was awarded 117 000. and
faswrcsice Laughlln whoie suit wa?
fear ttt.feO damsgea, obtained a vor
4tet far fl.ooo
A phrsicVin waa recently attending
woman patient show husband canoe
see him concerning her condition,
husband said: "Doctor, do you
there Is any need for any un
y anexley about my wife?"
I. ?ie Boy (In tho toy shop)?Is
hank safe? Salesmen?Absolute
ty. wry little man. I'll warrant you
won't break Into it Little Boy?Lut
I wsmt one that papa and mama
i*t break Into - Harper's Weekly.
A little boiling water added to an
seist wig keep It from being tough.
VN DER EIGHT PRESIDENTS.
A Fourth Class Postmaster Who Has
Held HI* Job Since 1869.
From the < 'hie Intel I 1
Postmen er llichard Fotos u Feed
Ing Hli. 1 i Ii I ? sejne
fice aft r serving, In Job/ 12. :
under eight presidents. This Is not an
extraordinary length of time for an?
other man to hold a place, but 11 Is
an extraordinary length of time for
a postmaster to keep one.
Not that a post mastership of Itself
Is mor-j difficult 19 fill than other po?
sitions of the same relative liaoort
anco. but that especially In a small
town, a pootrraoter must not only bo
acceptable In his private capacity to
the community which he alms to
please and In his public capacity to
the government which It is his duty
as well as his pleasure to serve, but
also In his political capacity to the
the congressman from his district to
whom he owes his appointment or his
latest reappolntmeht.
At the same tirre he must not say
or do anything that might by any
possibility offend or antagonize the
probable successor of his congress?
man, or take any *tep, privately, pub?
licly or politically, that could be In?
terpreted as an unfriendly act to?
ward either of the United States sen?
ators or tholr probable successors, to?
ward any member of the county, State
or national committee, toward any
Influential friend of the existing ra?
tional administration, toward any?
body who Is close to the postmaster
gercral or any of his assistants, or
toward ths newspaper which for the
tltro being may be the or,jan or
mouthpiece of tha party, faction, ele?
ment or coterie that exercises the
right of inspection and control over
the local federal jobs.
Even In those days, when civil
scrvlco reform has changed many
things. ;K>stmastors In small towns
would be glad If Postmaster Jobes
could be Induced to write and pub'lsh
a book which would tell them how
he managed to trim safely through
the administration of Grant. Hayes,
Garfield. Arthur, Cleveland. Harrison,
McKinley and Roosevelt There must
have been times when he was In very
close quarters?when it looked to
him as if It would be next to Impos?
it be to avoid getting off on one side
of the fence or the other.
It would certainly be Interesting to
learn how he ever succeeded In get?
ting thro'ssh U.u long and bitter ftrug
gle between the ?'Stalwarts"' and the
"Halfhreeda" without losing his hood;
how he managed to be acceptable to
Hayes of ?er being acceptable to Grant;
how he managed to he acceptable to
Arthur alter being acceptable to Gar
field; bow he managed things so that
Cleveland could bear*with one who
was borne with by Artbcr, and so on
down to this date.
in view of what Is lrntBu of this
remarkable case, wo shall hajfdly bs
accused of an extravagant'statement
when, wo sag* that among those who
have navigated In politics from the
beginning off our history those never
has been n more proficient navigator
than Richard Jobes, of Feeding Hills,
Mass., slthoagh many, even In Illi?
nois, have come very near to rivaling
him. u
AIIXIAMKDVRG DISPENSARY.
Tnsllanong to Case Involving County
Board Tarard Over to (Jot. Ansel
by Mi. Wt?l.
Columbia, March SO.?Dispensary
Auditor West returned yesterday from
Klngstree, where he gave a hearing
to the county dispensary board and
u board's elerk on the changes and
counter-charge* growing out of the
recent dispensary tangto *n Willlama
bung. This testimony has been taken
stenograph leal ly and as soon as tran?
scribed will be turned ovnr to Gov.
An net for aotlcn.
The county board, consisting of J.
L. Bass. W. B. Snowien and J. M.
Paiker. after removing the clerk, J.
D. Oll'aad. charged the latter with
soliciting business through Bluthen
thal A Blcktrt, a whiskey firm. Coun?
ter-charges were 11 lei against the
county board und !ov. Ansel will base
his action upon the testimony given
on both :?id? s.
\ I !GHO i 'II11.Dill \ < KKMVII l>.
Three Little One* Lose Tli?ir Live* I i
a lire Which Dctro.tcd Tuclr Fath?
er'* HotlHl .
i.V-I-ast nig}
i, colored, Wl
the home of Elim l>avis, folored, wim
burned and three of his children per?
ished In the flames. Four children
were left alone and hid a torch too
close to a sack of seed cotton, which
caught ttre and In their etfoits to ex?
tinguish the Are their clothing be
jamo Ignited. The children bocame
frtght'Ti d and with the exception of
the eldest one, the others remained
In the hous?, although an op*?n door
was near.
Davis* home Is four miles east of
Walhalla. An Inquest was held today
over the charnd remains.
The ennui of a rich man Is sy?
nonymous with the laziness of a poor
man.
CAROLINA HONEY WANTED.
Herr Consul Julinz Say* Thousands of
Darrels are Sought by Germans.
If anybody In or about Charleston
would Mke to sell a thousand barrels
of honey, or one hundred thousand
barrels, Imperial Consul E. H. Jahna
should be communicated with at once
because he has received a communi?
cation from Germany from distribu?
tors of that product in the Father?
land asking for an unlimited supply
of American amd particularly South
Carolina honey.
The Germans use lots of honey each
year, so much in fact that local api?
aries, and even the bee planis of the
neighboring countries, fall to supply
the demand for honey that comes
from hundreds of bakers of Germany.
It would seem that use could not
be found for the vast amount of the
honey produced in Germany and im
poited annually, but the supply has
not yet equaled the demand, for the
Germans have a a sweet tooth and like
nothing better than their "honigku
chen" or honey cake, a kind of confec?
tion that is widely popular, and Is eat*
en by high and 1 >\v Germans.
Some of the single bakeries use as
much as one thousand barrels of
honey In one year, In making the
honey cako dcugh The Hour from
wheat In some quantity, but
mostly from barley, rye and other
dark grains, Is mixed' with honey,
ginger and other ingredients, and al?
lowed to stand for one year, some?
times two years, In order that the
proper chemical changes may take
place for the best honey oake mixture.
It takes time to make the dough for
the toothsome cake, but the German
ladies and children as well as mem?
bers of the stern jr sex can eat a very
large piece in a very short time, after
It has been baked and made ready
for the table.
The German distributors will buy
any kind of honey in any shape, Herr
Consul Jahns said today, in discussing
the request which he has received
from Germany. \ The bitter honey is
as convertible into a prime Ingredi?
ent for the honey cake as the purest
sweet honey. Strained or unstrained,
the honey brought Is taken.
Letters adressed to the Gorman
consul at Charleston from prospective
honey sellers of this city or State will
be forwarded to Germany and prices
quoted by the distributors there. They
will give the highest market prices for
honey. i
While Charlesrton and vicinity con?
tains no very large apiaries, probably
because there is ro very active local
market Ihr honey yet with the an?
nouncement by Consul Jahns that
all the honey produced will be bought
by German agents, it should be very
pr?fltable to establish here a bee rais?
ing farm arid homy producing equip?
ment on a large s-xile. With the mar?
ket assured the limit of money to be
made in this industry would be ex?
pressed only by the capacity of the
plant operated?Charleston Post.
THE CONFEDHUATE INFIRMARY.
Imposts/1 Ruling of the Attorney
General on the Commission.
Colombia. March 21.?At the re?
quest of Gov. Ansel, the attorney gen?
eral havj rendered an opinion as t>
tho eligibility eg if C.ipt R. H. Jen?
nings, State treasurer, and '"apt. D. J.
Griffith, superintendent of the peni?
tentiary, to servo upon the commis?
sion which will have charge of the
erection of the Confederate infirmary
for which an appropriation of $12.000
was made by tho rreneral assembly.
The attorney gene. holds that the
acceptance of a place on the commit
sion wjsld violate tho constitution and
Messrs. Jennings and Griffith would
be holdlg two offices.
Neither of these gentlemen are ap?
plicant* for the places but they were
highly recommended and Gov. Ansel
was considering their appointment.
The law, however, would make It
necessary fcr the positions now fill ;d
to be vacated and this of course Is
out of the question. The appoint?
ment of the five commissioners will
be announced within the next few
days.
TIME TO GET ENGAGED.
Rig Slump In Price of Diamonds is
Looked ior Soon.
Thi Premier Diamond Mining c m
pany announces that the negotiations
for the renewal of its agrrcment with
tlv; diamond syndicate have been
broken off, and the Premier wil!
make other arrangements for the dis^
posnl of its output.
The announcement of the collapse
of the agreement between the syndi?
cate and the Premier company lias
caused consternation in the diamond
trade. The agreement win expire
March 31, and while both parlies ex?
press a willingness to use every
means to secure harmony and main?
tain the prices, there is much appre
honslon of a gigantic slump in the
trade.
I Mr. William Hultman wont to Cam
jden on baseball business today.
DISPENSARY BOARD'S CHAIRMAN
GIVES .OUT ST ATEM EXT.
Attention Culled to Alleged Error In
Stenographer's Report of Dr. Mur?
ray's Testimony in Regard to His
Expense Account as Furnished by
Mr. Arthur and Published.
Columbia, March 16.?Dr W. J.
Murray, chairman of the winding up
commission, to-day returned from a
trip to Florida for the benefit of his
health, Flordia not being in the cir?
cuit of which Judge Pritchard is
Judge. Dr. Murray was, of course,
relieved to know that the Supreme
court of the State had now taken the
view that the commission :s still in
power and that the Federal court has
no authority in law to virtually re?
move them from office.
He was, however, evidently pained
by .the criticism in the editorial of The
News and Courier thiajjeorning, which
criticism is based on error of the
stenographer in taking the testimony
of Dr. Murray in the Arthur matter.
The error was corrected when given
out la-st week, but at that time Tho
Xcws and Courier did not publish Dr.
Murray's testimony in fuli, and the
err >r appears In the tenlmony a3 fur?
nished by Mr. Arthur for The News
end Courier several day's later. It
represents Dr. 'Murray as ? saying
directly the contrary to what he did
say.
Dr. Murray has given very valuable
servic* to the State on the commiss?
ion, as all who have kept up with the
matter will boar testimony. The
State abolished the State 'Jspenwiry
as a going -nstitutlon, wthout any re?
gard to what might be save or lost
from a financial standpoint, and the
judges estimated a year ago that if
the State came out even she would be
doing well, but the commislon, under
Dr. Murray's leadership, has saved the
State from $200,000 to $400,000. If
this fund Is not now dissipated in re?
ceiverships and attorneys' fees.
The duty of the chairman was to
take active charge of the whole work
of closing out this enormous business,
to take charge of all the mail, money
and merchandise, to reply to all the
demands made, and to keep up with
the dally routine work. No one save
those connected with the matter can
understand what this means, and it
was all done without the lea?t criti?
cism from the commission or the at?
torney.
Dr. Murray's Statement.
Dr. Murray this afternoon gave out
the following statement:
"First. I am not responsible for
errors in the stenographer's report.
"Second. I did not charge a single
day that I was not actively engaged
and supervising the work of the com?
mission or when out of the State.
Third. In reference to alcohol.
The concern I represent with the
other jobbers of the State, had been
buying alcohol from the dispensary
almost since its existence, and when
the commission took charge there
were ton barrels cf alcohol on hand.
The commission pased a resolution,
which was unanimous, that the job?
bers be allowed to purchase alcohol.
The Charleston druggists ordered four
narrela. The Greenville druggists
ordered one barrel. The Murray
Drug Company five barrels and paid
the same price for iL
"Fourth. In reference to Mr.
Arthur being called to Richmond, I
did not knew he was or ever had
been In Richmond. I have never
called him tc Columbia except when
the commission was called together.
No one knows this better than Mr.
Arthur himself. As far as Mr.
Stevenson and his bank are concerned,
1 beg to say that I have held collat?
eral all the time for the collectiori
made by him; the money was prop?
erly transferred as soon as it possibly
could have been done. Mr. Stevenson
has worked falthifully for the Stati
and the commission and wi all appre?
ciate what he has done, and the whole
Stato. too, should realize what a mam?
moth work was placed on him and the
commission. Wc have endeavored to
do our best and have saved the State
many thousand dollars.
"In conclusion I want to say that if
any one can lind where I have charg?
ed the State one cjnt more than ! was
titled to I shall gladly return the
whole amount for my services.
"Lastly, Mr. Arthur is mistaken in
saying his opposition to withdrawing
the money from the Palmetto Nation?
al Bank caused the criticism of his
vouchers." The report had been made
by the attorney some weeks before
and the commission had examined
the wicnesses and concluded all mat?
ters relative to Mr. Arthur before the
motion to withdraw the money was
made. Mr. Arthur's memory is bad,
very bad."?News and Courier.
Ono husband may be enough for a
woman, but one engagement is seldom
enough for a girl.
"Do you get your wife a birthday
present?" "No, we were born on the
same day, and Just call it square."?
St. ouls Post-Dispatch.
Southern Standard of Satisfaction
Mit
HOGLESS LARD
1
An odorless and tasteless vege
table lard?no tyog-fat in it?pure
cotton seed oil, refined by our exclu?
sive and original Wesson Process?
No, other cooking-fat can be so good,
so pure, so, healthful, so economical.
For bread, biscuit, pastry, and all
kinds of frying, it's as good as butter.
Doesn't take on the slightest odor
of fish, onions, or anytiiing else.
Doesn't soak into or become absorbed
by anything cooked in it.
The Southern Cotton Oil Co.
NEW YORK-SAVANNAH-NEW ORLEANS-ATLANTA CHICAGO
CABBAGE AND BEET PLANTS.
For the next few weeks I will fill all orders for
cabbage and beet plants at tbe following prices: 1000
to 4000, ?1.25; 5000 to 9000, (1.00; 10,000, 90c
Special prices on larger lots. Casb with order or C.
O. D. if prefered. Wc guarantee satisfaction and
safe delivery of plants.
I have all of the leading varieti^, The Early
Jersey Wakefield, tbe most popular early variety;
The Charleston Wakefield. a few days later bat very
desirable for garden planting. In the later kinds
I have Saccession and The Late Flate Dutch, both
producing large flat heads. Plants now ready for shipment, my personal at
attention given to all orders.
W. F. CARR,
Meggetts, S. C.
WE WANT TO SELL WATCHES
Every Manufacturer, Merchant, Mechanic, School Teacher,
Railroad Employee, needs a time piece, in fact there are
but few people in the world who can get along without
them, and if you are not already fortunate enough to own
one, we are going to make it to your interest to do so
as we
are heavily overstocked
-m AND WANT TO
convert them into cash
Note the Prices:
21 Jewel Waltbam, solid gold case, 16 size, sells everywhere
not lees than $76.00. for this aale, \ - - . - $50.00
17 Jewel Elgin or W,\ltham, solid gold case, 12 size, cannot
1 be bought for less than $40.00, special for this sale. $25.00
15 Jewil Elgin or W.ltuam, solid gold case, 12 size, the
standard price of which is $35.00, for this sale only $20.00
21 Jewel Elgin or Wsltham, filled case, 16 size, guaranteed
tor twenty years, an excellent time piece, regular price
$40.00. Our price for this sale, $28.00
17 Jewel Elgin or Waltbam, filled case, 12 size sells every
where for $25.00, will go in this sale at - - $15.00
15 Jewel Elgin or Waltham. filled case, 12 sue, a Standard
value at $18.00. yon can buy them in this sale at $12.00
7 Jewel Elgin or Waltbam, 18 size, in a silverine case ex?
cellent value at $7.00, goes in tbis sale at - $4.75
7 Jewel Elgin or Waltham, 18 size, in a 20 year case at $8.50
Tbis is a regular $15.00 seller.
So far we have only had reference to Gents' Watches, but we
are equally as well prepared to take care of the wants of
the Ladies, but our stock is too varied to enumerate them
all and will only have reference to one grade, but our en?
tire stock will be sold on same basis.
Ladies' O size Elgin or Waltham, solid gold case 14 k. regular
price $25.00, pick them out while they last at $15.00.
This is the greatest opportunity ever offered the people of
Sumter to buy standard watches at such a sacrifice.
McCormack Jewelery Co.,
For the production of local and in?
tense heat directly where it is wanted
slsctricty is in a class by itself. For
facility and flexibility of control as to
tho degree of beat it has no rival.
In Preston, England. the power
generated by th ? city's waste, is suf?
ficient to operate the electric railways.
This is a suggestion for the wasteful
cities of thic country.
Sprinkle the cellar often with
chloride of Urns and it will be kept
free front rats.
HOLLI9TCR-S
Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets
A Boiy Medicine for Busy People.
Bringt Golden Health and Renewed Vigor.
A soeeiflc for Constipation, Indirection, Lho
and Kidney Troubles, Pimple?, Eczema, Impure
Blood. Bad Breath. Shicrer'sh Bowels, Headache
Mid Backache. It's Rocky Mountain Tea in tat?
lot form, 85 cents a box. Genuine made by
9efcMSVSn Dsns Company, Kadison, Wis.
'OLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE
French fishermen have recently
been surprised and pleased by the
appearance of fishes heretofore un?
known in theii waters, including, the
sheepshead and tbe blueflsh.
Think before you speak.