The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 06, 1908, Image 3
STATE G. 0. P. CONVENTION.
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CAPT. CAPERS KNOCKS NEGRO
FROM THE PLATFORM.
taper*. Provoked by Reference to
Htm a* a DnwK'ral, Creates Tu
tnnhaoo* Scene?Delegation to
Chk-ago CmiMlMtH of Capers, Hla
mrk, (.mm and I>ca*?No Instruc
Columbia. AprV IS.?Delegates-at
larga to the Republican national con?
vention at Chicago. Capt. John Q.
Ca pore, commissioner of Internal rev?
enue; Major L. W. C. BlaloeV of
Lauren*. Thomas L Ur?n', of Char?
leston, and E. H. Dens, of Darlington;
alternate*, r o. Tolbert, Jr^ of Abbe?
ville, Robert Smalls, of Bsnufnrt. R.
J. Logan, of Oreenwood. K. H. Rich?
ardson ana Lawson D. Melton, of Co?
lumbia.
This represents ths result of a
stormy session of ths South Carolina
R*publ**en convention, which at one
time threatened to degenrate Into riot
wb*n Capt John Q. Capers knocked
from the platform Ed Thompson,
colored, of Columbia, who had intro?
duced Capers as a Demociat. Thomp?
son fell like a log and Immediately
Capers was surrounded by his white
friends and many of his negro adher?
ents, while the mess of negroes raged
and osantoos sign* of the presence of
weapons were evident. For a half
hour, almost, the tumult lasted, while
Capers, still surrounded by his friends
la the corner, sat quiet and the black
ha bei continued la the convention hall.
Thompson was taken from the hall
and anally quiet was restored by the
assistant secretary reading the report
of the committee on credetlals.
?HOLUM AND HOME ABUSES.
That Are Forced to
Make Peanscs a Brandl.
_
1* one form of the abuse of
wealth la politics from which England
at present Is comparatively free. She
does aot suffer from the problems of
?csiporetlons in politics. It Is a rare
thins; for a statutory company, such
for testa see, as a railway company, or
for n Joint stock company of any kind,
to, contribute from Its funds to the
oasnnsbm chests of political parties.
The thing h) not unknown?there was
a oase about a year ago In which
the directors of one of ths great rail?
way companies were fouad to have
bed to the moderate party In
County Council elections. But
os) the whole the practice Is frowned
upon both by public opinion sad by
the general sen** of ths commercial
community. Nor does the political
aeeesstrju/or It exist In England.
Three reason*. I believe, are u*ual
ty given to explain the Intimacy of the
alliance between corporations and pol?
itics in the United State*. The first Is
that In an expanding, half-developed
/ eevMry the number of good things
to be picked up in the way of con?
cessions Is beyond comparison greater
than in such a land as England. The
second reason why the, trusts cannot
leave politics alone in America Is that
politics cannot leave ths trusts alone;
aad their action and reaction seem to
be enormously Intensified and compli?
cated by the American system of gov?
ernment in self contained compart?
ments. .With SO-odd different govern?
ing aathorittes to placate, to defend
Itself against, sad whose regulations
It is bound to observe, an American
Insurance company or bank or rail?
way Is more or less forced to make
politics a branch of its business. The
tblrd reason for the constant Inter- j
ventlon of corporations in political
campaigns I* the American tariff it
has given to political power a money
and a money-making value. It has
mad* it financially worth while for
great Industrial Interests to capture
parties, bosses end conventions. But
none of these f masons obtains In Eng?
land, and one Immense source of pos?
sible corruption I* thus dammed at
the fountain head. The evils of se?
cret party funds and of wealthy po?
litical organisations that are account?
ant* to no one, are, no doubt, poten?
tially serious, but so far they have
done little real harm. For more de?
moralising Is the unlversa1 scramble
for honor*. If this could be pre?
vented I think that English politics
could still maintain for many years
Is de*erv*d reputation for purity.?
Sya'nm.y Brooks, In Harper's Weekly.
HANGING IN DARLINGTON.
lankly Graham l*ays Penult> for Mur?
der In Jail.
Darlington. May 1.?daddy Graham,
colored, was hanged In the corridor
of the Jail a few minutes after 11
o'clock this morning for the killing of
P. Purman Moody. The faU failed to
break his neck, and it was about 2<>
minute* later before Drs. Balrd ai d
Edwards pronounced the prisoner dead
from strangulation. There was r.o
struggling, however, as the limbs were
pinioned about the body. Two or three
breaths were drawn after the fall, but
they were scarcely noticeable.
A girl likes to get love letters so
4M oaa writs ths answers to them.
SALARY INCREASE GASE.
# ?? - ? ?
O??m IiIUM)KS CAINS HIS POINT
AND MANDAMUS IS ISSUED.
Comptroller General Reclined, on Ad
\lce of Attorney General Lyon, to
l*my IncrcuM' Allowed by General
Assembly?.Judge Gary Expresses
Views Contrary to Mr. Lyons.
Columbia, May 1.?Judge Ernest
Gary today filed his decision in the
case brought by Clerk of the Supreme
Court Brooks to interpret the Appro?
priation Act of 1908 in the section
which proposed to raise the salaries
of himself, the Governor's secretary
and the chief olerk of the Comptrol?
ler General. Clerk Brooks wins the
case and the mandamus prayed for
Is Issued. While the petition relates
only to the ca*e of the clerk of the
Supreme Court, the decision affects
the other two clerks mentioned and
no doubt they will be each paid the
Increased amounts that the General
Assembly so evidently Intended they
should have.
The trouble arose from the fact
that whl'e the appropriation bill con?
tained an appropriation In excesss of
the amounts these clerks had hither?
to received, It did not speclflcaly state
that such should be their salaries for
the year 1908, as was done In the
ca*e of the Aaslstant Attorney General,
whose salary also was raised and the
Attorney General advised the Comp?
troller General that the Increased
sums should not be paid. However,
Judge Gary rules to the contrary and
reduces to an absurdity the reasoning
of the Attorney General, when he
points out In his decision that the
General Asembly knew how much
'would be necessary to pay salaries
and that the matter of salaries Is not
In the same claas as contingent funds
and stamp accounts, which are neces?
sarily Indefinite and In connection
with which the words, "If so much be
necessary" are customarily used.
The decision settles some queaatlona
which have been raised several times
In the laat few years, and Is, there?
fore, of interest to members of the
Legislature as well as to State offi?
cials.
SOUTH CAROLINA HEWS.
Items of Interest Condensed and Par
agraphed for Quick Reading.
The official machinery of Calhoun
County was regularly set In motion
Tuesday, when the- officers were
sworn In as follows: J. Archie Wolfe,
clerk of Court; Clin M. Dentaler,
sheriff: Perry L. Crider, treasurer;
James H. Hala/ler. auditor; J. C. Red?
mond. Probate Judge; D. Schuford
Murph. Superintendent of Education;
J. L. Zelgler. supervisor; Jack
D. Autly and J. W. Knight, com?
missioners; J. W. Splgener, coroner.
? ? ?
Attorneys for Grover C. Walsh, who
shot and killed Berry B. Mobley on a
train at Pleasant Hill, Lancester
county, some time ago, will make ap?
plication for ball before Associate
Justice Ira B. Jones In Columbia.
a # a
The inquest over the body of J.
Bart Slma of Lancaster, who died Sun?
day night from wounds received the
preceding Wednesday was completed
Monday /light. The decisions that
"J. Bafll Sims came to his death from
effects of a gunshot wound inflicted
by the hands of Ben Stogner and that
Lee Stogner was an accessory there?
to." In accordance with this ver?
dict, the two Stogner men were ar?
rested. They are brothers of P
Hampton 8togner, who was mortally
wounded by Sims on February 3.
a a i
Chas ?urcell, alias Fred Shlngley.
colored, who has finished serving a
sentence on the Spartanburg chain
gang for thirty days for selling liquor,
has been delivered to Sheriff Buford,
of Newberry County, on a warrant
sworn out by Sheriff Sample, of Salu
da charging him with killing Ned
Dosier, In 1893.
a a e
Wilson G. Harvey, of Charleston,
has been elected vice president gen?
eral of the Sons of the Revolution.
? * *
Sheriff J. C. Blackwell, of Darling?
ton. Is getting everything in readiness
for the exeeutlon of Gaddy Graham
Friday. May 1. Graham is the n??gw?
who was convicted at the March Court
on the charge of killing Mr. P. Fur
man Moody last fall.
Very few of the State senators are
eountlng upon being received by their
constituents with a band and a pro?
cession, hey will probably try to
rOael home on some midnight train.
?Buffalo Commercial.
With the aid of a pewter spoon and
a fine tooth comb. William Farris
managed to get through the wall of
the Marion county (111.) Jail and es
| I) ed.
it
People who try to u*e their friends
weir them out.
Red hair Is a great help to a wo
ma*i who has a genius for scolding.
A REMARKABLE CASE CNEAUTH
ED IN COLUMBIA.
An Inmate of UlC Asylum Muiiufuc
tured .Bad .coin?Two Attendant!
Arrested for Putting it in Clrculu
(Ion.
('olumbiu, April 29.?Capt. J. M.
Wright of Atlanta, a well known Unl-,|
ted States secret service operative,
swore out a warrant yesterday before
United States Commissioner Verner,
charging R. W. Kennedy and C. W.
Brown, attendants at the State Hos?
pital for the Insane, with violation of
section 457 of the statutes at large, It
being alleged that these young men
circulated counterfeit coin of the Uni?
ted States.
An odd feature of the case which
Capt. Wright has worked up is that
an inmate of the asylum has been for
more than a year making spurious
coin. This man Is Willis Drlggers,
white, who was committed to the
asylum from Summerville, Dorchester
county, July 9, 1900. He is said to
be hopelessly insane, his peculiar de?
lusions being that he has a lot of
money burled somewhere.
Capt. Wright came to Columbia
Monday and at noon yesterday he
made the Indictment against Kennedy
and Brown. He had a talk with Drlg?
gers at the asylum and Drlggers de?
livered to him all of the tools, metal,
etc., which he has been using in
making this "bad" money, with the
exception of the molds. It Is a crude
but very complete outfit.
Capt. Wright secured possession of
three counterfeit half dollars, alleged
to have been passed on Dallas Starnes
by the Uujft young men named. He
also secured one of the counterfeit
"halves" from Dr. J. W. Babcock,
superintendent of the State Hospital
for the Insane, who lent Capt. Wright
all the assistance possible In getting
at the facts In the case.
More than a year ago Dr. Babcock
learned that Drlggers was making
counterfeit money and reported the
matter to the late Dr. J. F. Ensor,
postmaster. No Investigation was
made by the government agents at
that time and Dr. Babcock let the
matter drop, being of the opinion,
however, that Drlggers had aban?
doned his operations along this line.
Kennedy and Brown were taken be?
fore Commissioner Verner yesterday
and gave bond for their appearance
at noon today for a preliminary hear?
ing, Dr. Babcock and Capt. J. W.
Bunch going their security. Relatives
of the young men were telegraphed
for yesterday and are expected to be
present this morning for the prelim?
inary hearing. They have employed
an attorney and will fight the case
from the outset. They deny that they
passed the counterfeit money on the
Starnes woman. .
CLEVELAND'S CASE HOPELESS,
Rumored in New York that Ex-Presi?
dent Has Cancer of the Stomach.
New York, May 1?Considerable
anxiety was occasioned today by wide?
ly circulated rumors the condition of
Ex-President Grover Cleveland, who
has been 111 for several weeks at a ho?
tel In Lakewood, N. J., had assumed* a
grave phase, and that slight hopes
were entertained of his recovery. The
Evening World gave prominence to re?
ports current at the offices of the Equi?
table Life Assurance Society, where
Mr. Cleveland Is a voting trustee, that
the former President's physicians had
diagnosed his Illness as cancer of the
stomach, and had decided that there
was no hope of their distinguished pa?
tient's recovery.
Positive denial of these statements
was not obtainable today. Dr. Jos. D.
Bryant, who has attended Mr. Cleve?
land for years, said that his patient
was "all right," and that all his re?
ports from Lakewood were favorable.
In answer to a question as to whether
Mr. Cleveland was suffering from can?
cer of the stomach. Dr. Bryant said
that as a physician he could not make
public the diagnosis In the case of
his patient. Any Information on such
a subject, were It to be given to the
public, should come from the family,
he said.
At the Lakewood Hotel it was said
today that Mr. Cleveland was making
very tatisfactory progress, and It was
denied that his case had assumed a
serious aspect.
Probably president Roosevelt is
afraid of another Deluge and wants
to have the boats ready in ample
time.?Philadelphia Record.
Here comes the spring winds to
chap, tan and freckle, 1'se Plneaalve
Cnrbollzed. (Acts like a poultice)
for cuts, sores, burns, chapped skin.
Sold by Siberfs Drug Store.
When you go to put your arm
around a girl and sin* Isn't there, she
expects she probably will be next time
or she would have been the first.
ManZan Pile Remedy, price 50c. Is
guaranteed. Put up ready to use. One
application prompt relief to any form
of piles. Soothes and heals. Sohl by
Slbcrt's Drug Store.
DI N S TRADE REVIEW.
There Aas An Improvement in Sentf
meni in Financial Clrclen iminhu
the Week*
Now York, May 1.?R. Q, Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say:
"Sentiment was greatly improv?
in financial circles by the successful
Issue of new railway bonds, prices
oi securities attaining the highest
positions since last October, but mer
oantfle and industrial conditions were
n u changed. The outlook for the
sti el business brightened when it was
shown that the railways could bor?
row money for needed work and the
good progress of the crops promises
well for the future in all branches of
business.
"Although the tone is improving
in the primary textile markets ther
is little increase in the actual volume
of burners.
"increased curtailment at cortor.
mills is strengthening the statistical
position and buyers begin to appre?
ciate that deliveries may not be se?
cured exactly as desired, but there is
suflieient. uncertainty regarding the
percentage of idle machinery to en?
courage procrastination.
' Men's wear woolens are In a bet?
ter position, marked improvement be?
ing noted in duplicate orders as
clothiers begin to ascertain the trend
?f demand. Manv mills have been
closed and the season's output will
be far below normal, which may pro?
duce scarcity if fall and winter trade
Is normal.
"Conditions are unchanged in the
foot wear Industry. Jobbers at the
West and South evince no disposition
to place fall contracts."
MANY WANT ROOSEVELT.
Hundreds of Letters Urging Him to
Run Again for President?Various
Arguments Are Used.
Washington, April 30.?That be?
tween three and four hundred letters
are received dally at the White House
urging President Roosevelt to run
again, is asserted on good authority.
These letters come from all parts of
the country, it is said, from members
of all political parties and in them va?
rious arguments are used by the writ
em to induce Mr. Roosevelt again to
accept nomination.
The letters have Increased in vol?
ume In the last few weeks and some
of them are said to be almost tragic
in their earnestness. The writers ar?
gue that the president Is in the thick
of his campaign for the establishment
of complete government control over
Interstate commerce and other re?
forms; that It is Impossible to trans?
fer this work successfully to another
since Mr. Roosevelt's personality is a
powerful factor In achieving this suc?
cess; that the Republican party can?
not afford to nominate any man who
la not sure of election; and that th<
president is the only Republican who
would be certain to defeat any other
candidate.
In all of his replies to such letters
the president simply reminds his cor
repondents of his former declarations
on the subject and reiterates that his
position is unchanged.
NO REASON FOR IT.
When Sumter Citizen-* Show the Cer?
tain Way Out.
There can be no Just reason why
any reader of this will continue to
suffer the tortures of an aching back,
the annoyance of urinary disorders,
the danger of diabetes, of any kidney
ills when relief is so near at hand and
the most positive proof given that
they can be cured. Read what a
Sumter citizen says:
E. W. Vogel, living on S. Main
street, Sumter, S. C, says: "I have
been suffering from kidney trouble
and severe pains through the small of
my back for several years and when?
ever I would attempt to stoop, my
suffering would be inte.dfied. My back
became very weak and on several dif?
ferent occasions I was forced to give
up my work. My family physician
treated me without giving me any re?
lief from the awful pains in my back,
I then tried every known remedy on
the market, but still failed to find re?
lief. I read a testimonial regarding
Doan's Kidney Pills and was so much
Impressed that I procured a box at
the China Drug Store. After using
the contents of this box I was re?
stored to good health and heartily
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills to
others."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name?Doan's?and
take no other. No. 63
This world's population could be
contained in Delaware if it were as
congested as eleven New York city
blocks, at the rate of 1,200 people i<
the acre.
ManZan Pile Remedy conies read)
to use, In a collapsible tube, with noz?
zle. One application soothes and
heals, reduces inflammation and re
lieves soreness and itching. Price 50c.
Bold by hibert'f Drug Store.
Hanks and banking were known in
Greece 285 years before Christ, in
Rome 362 B. C. in Venice 1157 A. D.
The Bank of Kngland originated in
1696.
MARKET ADVANCED STRONGLY
ON CONTINUED SUPPORT.
Removal of Pressure From Southern
Sources u Strengthening Factor?
Heavy Selling ut First.
New York April 30.?The cotton
market had a very strong advance
again today on continued support
from big trade interests and closed
firm at a net advance of 31 to 35
points. Sales were estimated ut 375,
000 bales.
The market opend firm at an ad?
vance of^ 12 to 16 poltltl 111 response
to higher cables. Th.^re was heavy
selling at first, evidently realizing by
some of yestserday's buyer.-, but there
was no renewal of the pressure from
Southern sources. Big spot people
were supporting the market and
prices soon firmed up, with shorts
showing uneasiness and covering as a
result of the character of the buying
a.vl talk of frqsts in ths western belt.
Alter selling 22 to 28 points net high?
er the market eased ofC S to .? points
following the forecast f >r fair and
warmer weather In the- western bell
tomonow, but quickly firmed up
during the afternoonvbgmfgdcmvw f
again and reached the highest level
during the afiernoon when prices
showed a net advance of 31 to 36
points with July leading on continued
bull support, covering and rumors
that big spot interests were planning
a squeeze of the July short Interest.
The close was within a point of the
top. There were reports of a better
spot demand from Liverpool, also
from Southern sources, and It also
seemed that advices regarding- con?
ditions in manufacturing circles were
more optimistic. A leading trade pa?
per published a statement that the
present Indication was for a cotton
area about the same as last year and
that considerable replanting was nec
essasry in the western belt.
27 "TIGERS" ARRESTED.
Bl?r Raid at Greenville on Illicit
Liquor Dealers.
Greenville, April 28.?Magistrate
Stradley went on the war path this
morning and had his constables ar?
rests twenty-seven persons, charged
with running blind tigers. Many of
these are now In Jail an?' thc?*c re
malning are out on bond. The evi?
dence has been accumulating for jjine
time and preparations have been mak?
ing for the haul.
White and colored are about equal?
ly divided In the number arrested. It Is
said that this is the largest number of
blind tiger arrests that has ever been
made In this State at one place In one
day.
TOLANDS PAY DEATH PENALTY.
Slayers of Aged Mrs. Ellisor Hanged
at Lexington.
Columbia, May 1.?Ned and Brack
Toland, two young negroes, who mur?
dered Mrs. Paul Ellisor. an aged white
woman, at Cayce. Lexington County,
two months ago. were hanged at the
Lexington Jail at noon today.
The murder of Mrs. Ellisor was a
most brutal one, the younger Toland
boy holding her while the other brain?
ed her with an axe. The boys after?
ward robbed the house. Some pres?
sure was brought to bear upon Gov?
ernor Ansel to reprieve Brack To?
land because of his tender years, be?
ing only 17 years old, but he declin?
ed to interfere with the court's de?
cree.
lite Most Common Cause of Suffering.
?Rheumatism causes more pain and
suffering than any other disease, for
the reason that it is the most com?
mon of all ills, and it is certainly
gratifying to sufferers to know that
Chamberlain's Pain Balm will afford
relief, and make rest and sleep pos?
sible. In oany cases the relief fiem
pain, which is at first temporary, has
become permanent, while in old peo?
ple subject to chronic rheumatism,
often brought on by dampness or
changes in the weather, a permanent
cure cannot be expected: the relief
from pain which this linimevt tilfordi
Is alone v.eith many tunes its cost.
25 and lid cent size f<* -ale b\ all
druggists.
When a man has to swallow his
pride and eat his words, he doesn't
have much appetite for anything else.
?Nashville American.
Human Filtern.
?The function of the kidneys is to
strain out the impurities of the blood
which is constantly passing through
them. Foley's Kidney Remedy makes
the kidney's healthy so they will strain
out all waste matter from the blood.
Take Foley's Kidney Remedy at once
and it will make you well. Sibert's
Drug Store.
Miss Lettie Boody. of Rupert. Pa.,
climbed on a ladder SO feel to the top
of a windmill and repaired 8 wheel
after two mc?n had lost their nerve in
trying to do the Job.
Josh Billings advocated simplified
spelling, but it didn't 'take" outside
his business.
Some one has said that happiness
is but a habit. If it Is here's hoping
that you may acquire the habit.
$21.10
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r.th. Final return limit May :2th
1908. Extension final limit to May
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nue, N. W. not earlier than May
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For further information communi?
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Beautiful Upright Piano from $16s>
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New Home Sewing Machine from
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Organs from $30 up.
j Old pianos, organs and sewing ma?
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Repairs of all kinds done, and sup*
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