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TW* HIMl'BH WATCHMAN, Katabll Consolidated Aug. 2.188 Cbt IMattbman anb Southron PubUaiml Every Wrcli**daj, -BY OSTCEN PUBLISHING COMPANY sTUMTER. H. C. Terms: ? l SO per annum?In advance. Ad vert leerneu u: One Square first Insertion.$1.00 ?very subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged for *e advertise marts. OVatuartee and tributes of respects II ho charged for. CANNIBALISM NOT EXTINCT. f>actlce?| in Interior of New ? StUpwreeked Europeans by Natrs ea. Renter's representative has had an Interview with the bishop of New Guinea, who has given some interest? ing particulars of the condition of af? fairs there. Ashed with regard to the prevalence of cannibalism, the bishop "Cannibalism la no longer practiced along the coaet line, which Is now quite safe, but Inland It still continues. Recently some extraordinary cases were brought to our notice at the bead quarts re at Samurai of natives hevfng been killed and cooked In un? usually revo'tlng circumstances, but cesee of thle sort are only to be met with In thoee regions where the gov? ernment baa yet scarcely penetrated. ' During- my last trip I found the Ujtilvee very friendly. The magistrate with whom I wee traveling Informed ose that during a previous journey he hud oome serosa a raiding party, all arrayed In their hideous war point who were carrying the bodies of four young girl? on poles. Their heads d been beaten In. and they were tied to the poles by their wrists. At tret Che cannibals showed fight, but ?iisnsj that the magistrate and hie police were armed with rlfieo. they dropped the bodies ari escaped into the jungle. The magistrate ordered hbj men to cut sharp pointed stakes from the neighboring treee. with which they dug graves and Interred the bodlee of the victims.*' Speaking on the subject of the cu? rious race of swamp-dwellers to be found ' in some portions of New , Guinea. Bishop 8tone Wlgg said: "These swamp-dwellers have been srtped out by other hostile tribes, and when I heard last there was only one survivor of them. These people lost their entire lower limbo owing to the fact that they were perpetually sit? ting In their canoes. They were form i ed ae other men. hut their legs be atrophled from disuse." A HIP AND WHALE COLLIDE. Ht. LowJs Endo Exciting I lace by Running Into a Whale, Cutting Greas Mammal In Two. New York. July 12.?The story of a mid-ocean race between a school of whales and the steamship st. Louis of the American line whieh lasted for f 'Bailee and woe only ended when a 00 foot leviathan, the leader of the school, was rammed and kllied by the prow of the steamship, .van told today when the Ht. Louis was warped Into dock after % seven day paenage from Europe. The St. Louie was proceeding on her eourse In a smooth sea last Thursday evening when the whales appeared on the port bow of (he liner. For over half an hour they swam along with the steamer on even term*. The race would probably have gone on untl' long after nightfall had not the leader of the school left his companions and tried to cross the bow of the ship There was a perceptible jar as the bow struck the whale, cutting It In two. The careaas was drawn Into the vortex caused by the propeller and chopped to pieces by the ateel blades The other whales soon disappeared. Spartan ton*. July 13.?Dr. E. M. Knlghbert and C. M. Qulllan. of the department of agrleulture, assisted by Prof. Theron Barle, of Clemson Col lege, have commenced a war of ex? termination of cattle tick in this county. The experts on ticks will re? main In the county until the ticks, If any there are. be wiped out from every cattle pasture In the county. A formula used for making an emulsion will be used. Jamce E. Mlkell. a night watch m for the Seaboard Air Line, was run over and kl'led by a paeenger en? gine at the Oervla* street crossing. Co'embla. Monday night. shed April, 1850. ?Be Just ni 1. SU* GOSSIP FROM FAIRVIEW. ANNOUNCED THAT GOMI'KHS WILL SUPPORT BUY AN. National Committee Mtvts at Fair view Today and Will Probably Se? lect a Chairman. Falrview, Lincoln, Neb., July 13.? Samuel Qompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, will support William Jennings Bryan In the coming presidential campaign. In political circles today this announce* ment overshadowed all others, even1 the arrival of John W. Kern, the vice presidential nominee. While Mr. Qompers' support was promised to the ticket, he specifically denied any present, intention of tak? ing the stump in the coming campaign. Reports gained currency that the la? bor leader would speak for Bryan, but he made such announcement. He left Falrview after 15 minutes, inter* view with Mr. Bryan. At present it is believed there will be no need for Mr. Oompers' service in an oratorical sense, and Mr. Qompers does not ex? pect to be called on to speak publicly in the campaign. The Republican convention, Qom? pers asserts, ignored V^e demands of labor, while the Democrats acknowl? edged them in their platform. His course, he said, Is e'ear and he will do what Is demanded of him in the Interest of labor as best impressed in the platform adopted at Denver. As the situation is at present, Mr. Qom? pers' effort can be better expended elsewhere than on the rostrum. In his interview with Mr. Bryan, Mr. Qompers was attended by Frank Morrison, secretary of the federation, and James Duncan, also a labor leader. The representatives of organized la? bor and the vice presidential nominee, John W. Kern, the party reached "Bryan station" by the trolley car. Mr. Bryan went out to greet them. "Ah. there Is the vice president," observed the leader of the ticket, smiling and extending his hand. What Mr. Kern said In reply was lost In the confusion, but his smile was reassuring as he shook hands vigor? ously with the standard bearer of his party. Arm In arm they led the way to the Bryan home, followed by Abrams Simmons, delegate at large to the convention; John E. Osborne, member of the State central commit? tee of Indiana, and U. S. Jackson, chairman of that committee. Mr. Jackson, after talking with Mr. Bry? an, declared that Indiana would go for Bryan by 10,000 votes. He based this prediction on a canvass, which he said he had been making since the middle of January. He anticipated the enrollment of many Roosevelt Re? publicans on the Bryan list. Mr. Bryan told his visitors that It has been reported that he would r ake a front porch campaign. He was by no means certain of this, but admitted that he had promised to make a speech in Chicago on Labor day. Aside from this date the can? didate for the presidency had made no plans. Interest today naturally centered In the visit tomorrow of the members of the national committee. Dr. Hall, na? tional commltteeman from Nebraska, xesterday stated that the chair? manship of the committee may be tendered to Ol'le James of Kentucky, Campau of Michigan. Lamb of In? diana, or Atwood of Kansas. Today speculation on the subject had nar? rowed down to Campau and James, and to the latter largely because Mr. Bryan has expressed great admira? tion for his political and Intellectual qualities and to Campau because of his admitted business ability. David R. Francis Is out of It be? cause of his own plea that though stories of his connection with Standard Oil were untrue, the libels were suf? ficient to prevent his running for nny office. Tom Is Johnson has been eliminated, it Is said, by his flat re? fusal to occupy any office where he might be asked for legislative favors In exchange for legislative con? tributions. Mr. Johnson has ad? mitted Wall street conectlons but none with whom he would care to mix po? litically. Current gossip tonight had nar? rowed the contest to Campau of Michigan and Lamb of Indiana. Nei? ther has expressed himself as desiring Ihe position but nekher has de? nied ambition In that direction. Cam? pau has beea defeated fer the nation? al commltteeship from Michigan, but his business ability Is undisputed; Limb Is credited with marked Influ? ence In his home State and the peculiar abilities which make for a successful campaign manager. Thus It Is on the eve of the meeting of the national committee with Mr. Bryan id Fear not-~Let all the ends Thou Ali 1TER. S. G . WEDN1 tomorrow, Mr. Bryan does not desire to name the chairman himself, but the ab? sence of Initiative on the part of his supporters probably will compel him in the end to name the man. No man Is more admired by Mr. Bryan than Ollle James, yet Mr. James, In all probability, will not be named as chairman of the national committee, for he himself has denied any of the requisites which which make for a successful campaign manager. On the other hand, Mr. Campau is recog? nized as having all the characteristics of the manager of political warfare. Mr. Campau Is not an orator of na? tional attainments, but he is a busi? ness man whose merits have not been attacked. Thus the situation stands, with not a few believing a dark horse may be selected before the committee ad? journs from Lincoln. TAFT ON INJUNCTIONS. Republican Nominee Repudiates Statement in the Inter-Ocean. Chicago, July 12.?Under the cap? tion, "Taft Ignores Platform," the In? ter-Ocean today says: "William H. Taft yesterday wrote the 'antl-lnjunctlon' plank which had been rejected by the Republican na? tional platform Into his personal plat? form. It was the first official an? nouncement given out by his cam? paign managers and was given out avowedly to secure for Mr. Taft la? bor's support. The statement was given out by the industrial headquar? ters* established by his campaign man? agers. It denies that Mr. Taft Is the enemy of labor organisations and de? clares that the attitude of those in la bor*a ranks who are opposed to him is the result of misunderstandings. "Referring specifically to injunc? tions, the statement announces Mr. Tafts personal anti-Injunction views in words that cannot be mistaken: "The injunction as it has been used in labor cases generally is repugnant to our American sense of fairness Judge Taft stands on record with the unions as opposed to it in its present form, a position that many others who have advised against the injunction have not dftfod to take, which strongly emphasizes the difference be? tween talking about a matter and be? ing ready to do it. " 'He (Judge Taft) has stated re? peatedly that no Injunction should be granted until both parties to the case have been heard. If this sugges? tion ever becomes law the labor in? junction will be put out of business, for the right to leave the service un? der certain conditions has been es? tablished firmly. Tho dissolution of each labor Injunction issued against a strike in wage controversies directly between the employer and the em? ploye proves it.* " Taft s Denial. Hot Springs, Va., July 12.?Judge Taft was tonight shown the statement given out by the "Industrial head? quarters" In Chicago and published in the Inter-Ocean, concerning the "an? ti-injunction plank" of the Republi? can platform adopted in Chicago. "I know nothing of thu statement to which you .refer." said Mr. Taft. "My views on the subject of injunctions have been expressed in my judicial opinions and in my political speeches and public addresses, but I have neither made nor authorized on my behalf any expression on the subject since the Chicago convention. What may be said by some advocate of mine, based on my opinions or speeches, of course I cannot say, and could not now be expected to com? ment on. I expect to treat of the general subject In my speech and letter of acceptance." KNTF.RKD AT A NAP ALIS. lour South Carolina Hoys in New Fourth Class. Washington. July 13.?Announce? ment was made at the navy department today of the names of the men who will compose the new fourth class of the United Stalt Naval Academy. The new class Is now almost formed and has entered upon Its duties. The total number of new men Is 193, al? though It is SX pee ted that there will be more than 200 before the academic year begins in October, several of those who recently stood the exam? inations being rejected for physical defects. Some of these" will have mi? nor operations performed upon them during the summer and will come up for examination in the fall. The South Carolina hoys who have successful'}- entered are: William E. Campbell, Port Royal; Ilaylls F. Poe, Greenville; Hasell S. Dick, of Sum ter, and Forest A. Lake, of Florence. ns't at be thy Country'*, Thy God's ai LSDAY. JULY 15, 19( BRYAN'S PERSONAL PLATFORM. GIVES HIS OPINIONS IN AN AR? TICLE WRITTEN FOK COL? LIER'S. Thinks Vice President Should be a Member of the Cabinet Ex-Officio In Order to Prepare for Possible Vacancy. New York, July 13.?William Jen? ninga Bryan, the Democratic nominee for president, has written an article entitled, "My Conception of the Presi? dency," for the July 18 Issue of Col? liery's Weekly. Mr. Bryan says: "The president's power for good or for harm is often overestimated. Our government is a government of checks and balances; power is distributed a.nong different departments and each official works in concert with others. In the making of laws, for Instance the president joins with the senate and the house, he may recommend but he powerless to legislate, except as a majority of the senate and the house concur with him. The senate and the house are also independent of each other- each having a veto over the other; and the president has a veto over both; except that the senate rnd house can by a two-thirds vote, over? ride iwie president's veto. The influ? ence of the president over legislation is therefore limited; he shares respon? sibility with a large number of the peoplf's respresentatives. Even In the enforcement of law he is hedged about by restrictions. "He acts through an attorney gen? eral (whose appointment must be ap? proved by the senate,) and offenses against the law must be prosecuted in the courts, so that here again respon? sibility is divided. In the making of important appointments he must con? sult the senate, and Is of necessity compelled to exercise care and dis? crimination. The most important requisite in a president, as in other officials* Is that his sympathy shall be with the whole people, rather than with a^?y fraction of the population. He Is constantly called upon to act in the capacity of a judge?deciding be? tween the importunities of those who seek favor and the rights and inter? ests of the public. Unless his sym? pathies are right, the few are sure to have an advantage over the many, for the masses have no one to pre? sent their claims. They act only at e'ections, and must trust to their rep? resentatives to protect them from all their foes. Secondly, the president must have a knowledge of public questions and the ability to discern between the true and the false, he must be able to analyze the condi? tions and to deter the sophistries that are always employed by those who seek unfair advantages. "He must possess the moral cour? age to stand against the influences that are brought to bear in favor of special interests. In fact, the quality of moral courage is as essential in a public officer as other right sympa? thies or a trained mind. "A president must have counselors and to make wise use of counselors he must be open to conviction. The president is committed by his plat? form to certain po'icies and the plat? form Is binding; he is also committed to certain principles of government and these he is in duty bound to ap? ply in all matters that come before him. But there is wide zone In which he must act upon his own judgment, and here he ought to have the aid of intelligent, conscientious and faithful advisers. The law provides these to a certain extent in giving him a cab? inet and the vice president ought to be made a member of the cabinet ex officlo. in order, first, that the presi? dent may have the benefit of his wis? dom and knowledge of affairs, and. second, that the vice president may be better prepared to take up the work of the president in case of a vacancy in the presidential office. There ought to be cordial relations also be? tween the president and those who' occupy positions of intluence in the coordinate branches of the govern? ment, for our government is not a one-man government, but a govern? ment In which the chosen representa? tives of the people labor together to give expression to the will of the voters. "Put the presidency is the highest position in the world and its occupant is an important factor In nil national matters. If he is a devout believer In our theory of government; recog? nizes the constiutional distribution of power; trusts thoroughly In the peo? ple and fully sympathizes with them in their aspirations and hopes, he has an opportunity to do n splendid work; he occupies a vantage ground from which he can exert a wholesome In? fluence in favor of each forward movement. "The responsibilities of the office id Truth's." THE TRL 38. Sew Sei ' are so great that the occupant ought to be relieved of every personal am . bition, save the ambition to prove worthy of the confidence of his court* jtrymen; for this reason he ought to enter the position without thought or j prospect of a second term. While the ; burdens of such an office are heavy, and while the labors of the office are exacting and exhausting, the field of service Is large and, measuring its greatness by service, a president, by concentrating himself to the public weal, can make himself secure in the affections of his fellow citizens while he lives and create for himself a per? manent place in the nation's history." CHURCH ORPHAN HOME. Sub-committee Considers Plan of Moving tlie Institution. Mr. Richard I Manning of Rumter and Rev. A. T. Porcher of Greenwood were here yesterday as members of a sub-committee of the diocese of South Carolina to look Into the ad? visability of moving the church orphan home, now in Charleston. The sub-committee will visit Rion, Winnsboro, Chester, Yorkville, Spar tanburg and other places which have made offers. It will require an of? fer of not less than 150 acres of land to get the approval of the committee. They are too much cramped, where they are in the city limits, and it is the wish of the diocesan council to get out into the country, where the orphans may get plenty of fresh air and the advantages of manual labor for educational and hygienic purpos? es. For many years the people of Char? leston supported and maintained this orphanage, and when the diocesan council accepted the care of the in? stitution its growing needs required a change to the country. The insti? tution will not be a tax on the com? munity In which it will be located.? The State. McMASTEirs STATEMENT. Replies to Criticism of a Candidate For Governor. Insurance Commissioner McMaster having noted that one of the candi? dates for Governor has several times alluded to the establishment of the Insurance Department as a piece >of extravagance, stated this morning that he supposed the gentleman in question had overlooked the Act es? tablishing the Department had levied in addition to all other license fees and taxes, hitherto provided for by law, certain license fees on the in? surance companies, thereby placing the whole expense of the mainten? ance of the Department on the insur? ance companies. These additional fees have already amounted to $7, 910. It is likely that there will be three or four thousand dollars profit to the State from this source over and above the expense of the Depart? ment. THAW CASE POSTPONED. Hearing on Mental Condition Con? tinued Until September Term?He Remains at Pouglikce|>sic. White Plains, X. Y? July 13.?Pro? ceedings in Harry Thaw's application for a jury trial to determine his men? tal condition were today adjourned until the September term of the su? preme court of West Chester county. This arrangement was entered Into before Judge Mills by Thaw's' counsel and District Attorney Jerome. In the meantime Thaw remains in the cus? tody of Sheriff Chanler of Dutchess county and will stay in the jail at Poughkeepsie. While keeping the crowd back from around the form of Frank Fos? ter, colored, who fainted at the fire In the Spartan IIHI village yester? day afternoon. Private L?ngsten, of the police department was attacked by George Moore, colored, and re? ceived a gash across his left hip. The officer drew his pistol and fired, the ball striking Moore a glancing shot over the left eye. knocking him down, but strange to relate, but nev? ertheless a fact, the ball did not en? ter the skull, the thickness of which no doubt saved Moore's life.?Spar tanburg Journal. The young man who graduated from Yale and married on the same day is either missing a good deal in this world or getting more than is coming to him. The experiment will be watched with interest.?Philadel? phia Inquirer. It was decided years ago that the corkscrew was the greatest and most useful invention ever made by mortal man.?New York Evening Sun. von. E SOUTHRON, Established June, ries?Vol. XXVII. No 4ft , RACE TRACKS DEXOl \c ED. j Prominent Savaniiahian Hepea Witt tor Circuit Won't be Dill?1S3?Rff| Influence on Young Men. Evidently Savannah does not tako> kindly to the scheme of Mr. H. D. Brown, to establish a racing circuit in several cities of the South this win ter. The following article in the Savan? nah Press calls out against the in? vasion of the South by the ousted race track game promoters of thes North: The movement of some of those in* terested in horse racing to establish a new racing circuit which will in? clude Savannah has excited some in? terest in this city. The race horse men have been legislated out of New Orleans and New York, and it is for them to find more lucrative fields for* their operations in the future. Hors* racing without the "bookies" has no charm for the man who follows the game, and as there can be no betting in either Louisiana nor New York?, the promoters of the game arc* seeking greener pastures?and move victims. There recently came through Sa? vannah a gentleman whose purpose was to interest the people in this city in a plan to get a circuit that migtit include Savannah and Charleston or\ a racing circuit. It was stated that such a circuit would do Savannah a. great deal of good and would boom the city. New Orleans was pointed! out as an example of a town built up through horse racing. It was stated that the many hotels in New Orleans were supported by the racing element. Mr. Louis P. Hart, president of the Savannah Ice Delivery Company and of the Gorrie Ice Company, in Savannah, is also at the head of the. largest ice company in New Orleans. He spends much of his time in the latter city and states that it will be a. bad day for Savannah and for Geor? gia if the racing game is ever allowed to flourish In this city and State, as It flourished in New Orleans during re-v cent years. "If there should ever come a time," said Mr. Hart, in discussing the pro? posed new circuit, "when it is serious? ly planned to build a race track ii> Savannah and have races on the sam**' plan by which they were promoted! in New Orleans, it will be the duty of; people of the State to rise up and; quash the movement. No legislation* against horse racing can be too rigid. Georgia would be taking a backward step to permit horse racing and bet? ting on the races after other States have run the gamblers out. "This talk about horse racing build? ing up New Orleans is all bosh and buncomb. Such stories are put out to deceive. One would be led to be Iteve that the racing clement had built up New Orleans. This is not so, The city has prospered despite the racing element. The average race horse follower is a leech. He doesn't leave anything in the city he visits nor does he stop at the best hotels. "The St. Charles Hotel in New Or? leans, for instance, is not supported, by the race track men. They flock about the lobby in great hordes every night, but not twenty-five of them stop there a day during the entire* season. They use the lobby as a ren? dezvous and that is the extent of their patronage. '?There fs another and very danger? ous feature of the racing game that the authorities should consider well if the plan to revive the sport in this city assumes tangible shape. That Is the effect of racing upon the young men of the community. 1 had three collectors for my company in New Orleans go wrong and everyone of them became dishonest because of their love for the race track and the desire lo bet that was thus fostered within them. This same trouble has ruined many young nu n in New Or? leans. ? The better element there is against racing just as is the better element anywhere. Georgia should follow the example of New York and Louis? iana, and put a stop to horse racing and making of books if there is a serious effort made to foster such * nefarious business upon the State. And 1 believe she will, too." It is a coincidence that on the day of ex-President Cleveland's death Venezuela should engage in another squabble with a European power. That the impudent South American republic will ever again have so pow? erful a friend as Cleveland is very un? likely.?Toronto Mail and Empire, Judge Parker is going to be ncru* pulously regular. The conservatives will have their next turn in 1912.? New York Tribune.