Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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not SUMTEK WATCHMAN, RataMI Consolidated Aug. 8,188 ?Oluclnoi an) j&nitbron. PubUalirtl Every Wednesday, ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTER. S. C. Terra?: 11 SO per annum?la advance. Advert Isenten is : One Squire flret Insertion.11.00 Bvery subsequent Insertion.10 Contracts for three months, or Ion gor will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub serre private Interests will be charged for aa advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects srtn be charged (or. SOU! SMTI IS MflttT RH V KAUB COMMJSSIONKIt CAP* ERS OONM KNTB ON KUBX7TION. Large Incrsaaij la Republican Votes la The Srrath, He Deceases), Moans Death Knell for Use "Solid South." EttsaJnatiotj of Negro Vote Respon. sfttr. He Says. Washington. N<v. 7.?John O. Capers, commissioner of Interval reve? nue, who le cloee to the Inside work? ings of the present administration, has Ju?t returned <> Washington from a spesklng trip In North Carolina. He returns fully Imbued with the idea that there will hereafter be no such thing as tho ' soli 1 south; that with the gradual elimination of the negro and a better understanding generally of the purposes srd aims of the Re? publican party, thit party will becom publican party, that party will become the dominant one ,n the south." Whet Mr. Capertt says Is very Inter ? etln|. especially In view of the fact that the South is apparently more solid at this time than It has been for many years past. / "Tb* very la*ge Increase in the Re? publican vote in the s uith, especially in North Carolina. Virginia and Geor? gia." Mr. Capers sfcld, " and the per? cent*<e of white Republican voters In Poutl Carolina moans the turning of the tl Je. and bounds th*? ifeath knef! of the solid south. (t used to be that social ostracism, In a way. was meted out to any one In he south, who was known to be a Republican, but hap? pily, that spirit Is dying out gradually, and ?ur people ses the folly of such narrowness. This Is shown by the VOtSS csst In tho Southern States Tuesday. Judge Tai't received more na? tive erhlte votes than were ever cast for a caadldcte tor the presidency. This was due In a measure to the more liberal and tolerant spirit now pre? vailing. "The principal asset of tho Demo- j gracy of the south has been the negro vote. The politicians have known for years thst when the young people of our section realised that negro domin? ation in local affairs did not and would ?ot follow the election of a Republi? can candidate for president, the doom of the solid south was sealed. And Tuesday's election has sealed the doom. The south Is rich In agricul? ture, minerals snd manufactures and there Is s strong protective sentlmen:. "This Issue will figure prominently In the congressional campaign two years hence, and nowhere will It make Itself felt more pronouncedly than In the south. This wilt be shown In the ohsnge In congresslonsl delegations. The time has once again srrlved when the South will occupy the field she did before the civil wer. that Is. there will a division of political sentiment. The Democratic politicians will no longer be able to check the heat h/ political growth by the cry of negro domination ' HHtrr I'LWMATK IN AHDOMKN. Tonne Mem Of l?r John lainney, of Darltrwton Fatally Wounded. Darlington. Nov. Prank Lunney. the ten-year-old son of Dr. John Lun ney. was shot in the abdomen with a load from ? shotgun In the hands of Bradus Long at the Lo ?g home on Broad street this atlSfSOOeV tie- SPTestl of which will probn >ly he fatal to young Lunnoy. From the statements made It ap pesrs that Dong. Du iney an-l oth- r boys of about the sum > tig ? were play? ing together at tho Long homo. Lun? ney snii others helng on tin- ouUhlo of the hf? -i.- i n.| I .. f u,, m.-*i.| ? .nl that Dunn or one of his playn ill pointed a cap pistol at let**} WlMI reached for a gun near him and fir? d out of the window, striking yotlOg Lunmy In the stomach. It l?? Bei certain whether he fired at Lunn-y or at one of the others and Lunn.y coming In the way received the load. The physicians say that the wouids are necessarily fatal, and that MM wounded boy can hardly live through the night. gj totted April, 1850. 'Be Juet er 1. SUMTER, BI6 FERTILIZER COMPANY. INDUSTRIAL CHKMK \l, COM PA NY WITH $20,000.004? CAPI TAL IS FORMKP. Fertilizer People uro Dls< ussing Sit? uation Among Themselves. Hut Arc fc'ot Telling Public Just How Rich moiKl Corporation Will Affect the Ohler Companies. No llttlo local Interest centers tn i the press reports which have been re- | cently sent out of Richmond telling of the organization of the Industrial Chemical Company with a capital stock of $20.000,000. end the report Is all the more Interesting for the rea? son that it Is said that large and Im? portant holdings or connections of the new fertiliser syndicate are held or are to be operated here. Charleston Is the largest fertilizer' center In the United States, the man? ufacture, output and handling of fer? tilisers being exceeded at no other place in the country. With the ru? mored local connections of the new syndicate Just now organized and headed by Charles B. Branner, of Richmond, the importance of Char? leston as a fertilizer center will be stilt further Increased. It Is stuted In the press reports from Richmond that the purpose of the new organisation Is In opposition to the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company. The charter of the com? pany declares the purpose to be the manufacture of and dealing In chemi? cals, engaging In mining business, construction of railroads, etc. The fertilizer people here are talk? ing a great deal about the fertilizer sltuation but they are not permitting themselves to be quoted on the mat? ter, and It will probably be some time before the plans of the new concern get Into tangible shape and the de? clared policy of the Richmond corp? oration is made more denlte and clear. The local Virginia-Carolina Chemi? cal Company people profess not to be disturbed by the reports of serious opposition In the trade. It 1? said that there Is more competition in the fertilizer buslr?ss than almost any traie, a fact not generally realized but easily ascertained by those who will give attention to the number of fertilizer representatives traveling through this section of (he country, and it Is argued thut the trade can not be frightened by the reports of furth? er competition In the business.--rh;:I - leston Post. m itF.Al COTTON REPORT. World's Production I!as Increased 2.310,000 Rales. Washington. Nov. 8.?The world's production of cotton for mill con? sumption during the year ending Au? gust 31. 1908, exceeded by 2,340.000 bales the production of the previous year, according to the census bu? reau"* report on the supply and the distribution of cotton. It is a signifi? cant fact, the reports shows, that the fluctuations In the world's supply ?f cotton is measured pratlcally by the variations In the annual production in the United States. If the consumption of cotton In 1*09 equals that In 1908 the United states, it is declared, must contribute about 12,600,000 bales to prevent fur > ther decrease In stocks. The num? ber of cotton spindles In this country Is 27.964.38 7. the distribution among the states giving Massachusetts 34 per cent.. South Carolina 13 per cent, and North Carolina 11 per cent. Rhode Island ranks fourth In the list. The number of spindles has Increased 23 per cent. In the last eight years and the consumption of cotton 24 per cent. The annual exports of manufact? ures of cotton are declared to be sub? ject to wide fluctuations, those for 190H amounting to $25.177,758 or less than one-half the value of exports for l?o)6. which aggregated in value more than $50.000,000. The reduc? tion Is due to the selling off Of the ex? ports to rhlna. An Interesting fact to producr-* Is that th?- total lUpply of the ooaatry for 19oh. amounting la i 141 14)4 oaloo. 34 per cent, was eon? ?anted in ihe Halted states. DlSJSJt'fg' lte|M>rt. Tin Cenens shfreea's report of cot? ton glnne.f, to Nov. 1st. was made pttblfc today. The report shows that Ihe total atnoval of cotton finned of th?- c.op ?.t i!tas to November i-t. aggregated H.Ii??). 782 bales, as QOm? pared wttli 1,1$?,$$$ to the same data la*-! y ar. '?:x-<;ov. i). (? Heyward hai reelgn ?<i tie- preeJdeney of Iht Columbli savin* i anil ami Trail Company, He did "o on tlir advice of his physician! who recommend an outdoor life. id Fear not?~Let all the ends Thou A In , S. C . WEDNESDAY PilQSPERITY FOR GAMBLERS. PASSING OF POLITICAL CRISIS PRODUCES EXPECTED RESULT. Market Sustained Furor of Specula? tion Not Counted on by Expert**? Quick Revival of Activity. New York, Nov. 8.?The release of much industrial energy, held in re? serve pending the national election, j was counted upon with the passing of that event. The record of the past week in that respect was in agree? ment with the confident expectation universally held In financial circles. In the response of the stock market to the situation, however, there was u genuine surprise. As the speculative medium of events to come rather than those already accomplished the action of the stock market indicates that the extensive advance in prices which had occurred over the level of last year's depression, while fully com? mensurate with the improvement then in sight in the country's affairs, did not begin to measure the hopes of the ultimate improvement to occur. The outbreak of a furor of specula? tion last week is the more remarkable in view of the accurate prodlctlons of the result of the election on so far as the great parties are concerned, which were current and were accepted in Wall street before the decision at the polls. There were few observers in Wall street who had not given the advice that the first after-election rise In prices would be followed almost cer? tainly by a sharp reaction. The in : ush of new demand for stocke, Dn the contrary, has been sufficient to sweep up all selling to realize with a sustain upward movement of prices. The news of the week contained plentiful evidence of the quick move? ment that has occurred towards re? vival of Industrial and commercial ac? tivity following the election. The re? sponse in this field apparently ex? ceeds as much this expectation as does the market movement of shocks. The appn henslon dispelled by the re? sult of the election was lost sight of In the consideration of the larger re? sult, that the minor parties are not ? source of future danger to capital. The assumption of more tolerant public sentiment towards corpora? tions finds expression in the uncon? cealed determination of the railroads] to secure higher rates for freight than they have hitherto enjoyed. The knowledge of a concerted movement to this end Is credited with large In? fluence on the animated speculation in stocks which gained volume as the week prosreeatd. The enthusiasm of the speculation owes much, also, V) the conviction that conditions favor a quick recovery to an extent unusual after financial crises. TOBACCO TRIST ILLEGAL COM? BINE. Federal Circuit Court Renders Its Opinion. New York, Nov. 8.?The contention of the government that the American Tobacco Company Is a trust, operat? ing In restraint of trade and compe? tition in violation of the Sherman trust laws, was sustained today in de? cisions handed down by Judges La combe, Coxe and Noyes In the United States Circuit Court here. Judge Ward handed down a dissenting opinion. In the suit against the American Tobacco Company, which was prose? cuted by James C. McReynolds and | Edward H. Orosvener, special assist? ants of the United States attorney general, the government asked for an injunction dissolving the combination of the American Tobacco Company and its sixty subsidary companies on the ground that it was illegal in that It operated In restraint of trade and commerce. The government also ask? ed the United States Circuit Court to appoint a receiver to wind up the af? fairs of the allied corporations. While finding that there was an II? I? gal combination as charged Judges LecontbOi Coxe and Noyes, in their opinion, say that Injunctions should ISSUS against all the defendants except the United Cigar Stores company and the Pi Richardson, Jr., Company. The Injunctions, however, are stayed. p< ndlng mi appepal to the United .-tales Supreme Court, The p' tlttofi asked for the appoint? ment of a receiver to take charge of the companies include,i in the com? bine was refused as being "impractl* cable and wholly unnecessary." The Imperial Tobacco Companyand the British* American Tobacco Com? pany. English corporations, were In ( luded in the government's suit, but the complaints against these 0Om? panlei were dismissed, is t at be tliy Country's, Thy God's an f. NOVEMBER Ii, 1 SENATOR BMMCj KILLED. BRILLIANT TEX NESSE EDITOR SHOT DOWN OX STREET. The Homicide Grow Out of Politics and earmark's Editorial Criticism Of His Opponents?Conflicting Ac? counts of tlie Affray Are Given by Friends of the Participants. Nashville, Tenn., Nov 9.?As a se? quel to the recent bitterly contested Democratic primary for the guberna? torial nomination in Tennessee, Hon. Edward Ward Carmack, former Uni? ted States senator from Tennesse, was shot and killed in a street duel here this atttrrrioon by Robin v Cooper, a young attorney. Yuong Cooper was #098463 *** the shoulder by a bullet from Carmack's revolver and is to? night under police surveillance in a I local hospital. His condition is not serious. Carmack was wounded three times, in the neck, the breast and the left shoulder. Col. Duncan B . Cooper, father of the young man, was with his son during the affray, but did not fire a shot. It is said he stood by with pistol in hand. He is detained tonight at police headquarters. The direct cause of the killing is a recent series of editorials in The Ten n^ssean, a daily paper of which Mr. Carmack became editor after his de? feat for the nomination for governor. The editorials in question had been vigorous in their comment on Col. Cooper and his alleged connection with what Mr. Carmack termed the "Democratic machine" and its meth? ods. Col. Cooper, who is well known in business, newspaper and political circles in Tennessee, it is said had no? tified Mr. Carmack that the references to him must cease. Another such editorial appeared this rr.orn'ng. The men fought at close quarters and there were but few witnesses. It was past; 4 o'clock in the dusk of the afternoon. They met on Seventh ave? nue, north, directly in front of the Polk flats, a fashionable apartment house. Mr. e'anr.ack had ju->t llvted his hat to Mrs. Charlee H. Eastman, a friend. Who was passing. In a mo? ment the firing began and Mrs. East? man was a horrified witness at close range. .So olose was she that one of the Coopers ie tald to have charged Carmack with being a coward and hiding behind a woman. Cooper's frtende charge that Carmack tired the first shot, but the dead man's friends ?tOtttly protest that his opponent was the first to shoot. The tragedy created the most in? tense excitement throughout the city and within a short time the streets in the neighborhood were thronged. A statement issued by friends of the Coopers tonight say that Coop? er had recently talked with E. A. Craig of Chattanooga, a close friend of Mr. Carmack. regarding The Ten nessean editorials. Col. Cooper had told Cralg, the statement says, that he wanted the references to himself stopped, that he was a oiivate citizen and Carmack had no right to discuss his affairs In the manner he had adop? ted. Mr. Craig, it is said, saw Mr. Carmack about the matter and report? ed that Carmack would consent to no relations with Cooper. Mr. Cralg, however, is said to have expressed the opinion that the editorial references would cease. Cooper had a letter which he desired to send Carmack, but friends advised against it and urg? ed him to take no notice of the edi? torial this morning. Shortly after this conversation of Cooper and his friends, the former was requested, the state? ment say. by Gov. Patterson to come to the executive mansion, which is on Seventh avenue north, for consultation on a matter not connected with Mr. Carmack and to biing with him Aus? tin Peay, chairman of the Democratic State committee. After the appointment was made, continues the statement, James C. Bradford and Gen. Tilley Brown again referred to the Carmack matter and advised Cot. Cooper not to go on the streets in such directions as would make probable a meeting with Mr. Carmack. To this Col. cooper assent? ed. He and his son, Robin, then left the office to go to the governor's man? sion. To avoid any possible met ting with Mr. Carmack they went through the Are nie and up through Union utrcei to Seventh avenue north, Their purpose In taking thii route was to avoid a meeting on the streete. ! "Col. Cooper and his son went tin >ugh the Arcade. thr<)jgh Summer, then t'? Union, and up Union to Sev? enth avenue, north. Turnlg into Seventh avenue, Col. Cooper and hie son saw Mr. Carmact walking up Sev? enth avenue, north, going north on I th<- weel elde ot the street and In the direction of Col. Cooper and his son. id Truth's." THE TRU 908. Sew 8eri< SHOT BY A MADMAN. K. M. Morgan, Postmaster of Now York. Dangerously Wounded. j New York, Nov. 9.?Edward M. Morgan, postmaster of New York city, who was wounded in the abdomen this morning by a bullet fired by E. H. B. Mackay, an eccentric English steno? grapher, who then committed suicide, was resting well tonight, and unless complications develop he will recover. Mr. Morgan probably owes his life to the quick wit and bravery of his fourteen-year-old daughter, Dorothy who saw Mackay draw his revolver and struck it with her hand. This de? flected the bullet, otherwise the post? master would have been fatally woun? ded, for his assailant was at close range and fired four shots In all. The shooting occurred at 146 d street, and only a short distance from Mr. Mor? gan's home. He was on his way down town at the time. An investigation of the life and rec? ord of Mackay reveals that he was of a morbid nature and a former inmate of an asylum in Worcester, Mass. That his act was premedlated is made cer? tain by a letter he left, but aside from a fancied grievance against Mr. Mor? gan and the postofflce authorities con? cerning the handling of his mail, nothing has come to light to indicate why he should have sought to murder the postmaster. His clothing when! searched gave up between thirty and forty smokeless cartridges, a heavy slung-shot, a knife with a four-inch blade and a c!asp knife. A quantity of literature on Socialism and a slungshot similar to the one found on his body were discovered in his room. That he was rational dur? ing work hours, however, was attest? ed by the Broadway firm of lawyers by whom he was employed. though on the opposite side of the street from them. "Col. Cooper thereupon said he would go over and speak with Mr. Carmack and see if he would not agree to stop making the annoying newspaper attacks on him. "Col. Cooper walked across thsi street and approached air. Carmack, who was coming facing him at the time. Col. Cooper had just begun to speak with Mr. Carmack, when Mr. Carmack drew his pistol and began tlying to fire it, while a passing lady was between Mr. Carmack and Col. Cooper and his son, who had run over when Mr. Carmack began to draw his pistol. It is said that Col. Cooper ask? ed Mr. Carmack to eome from behind the lady, when Mr. Carmack there? upon fired two shots, both striking Robin Cooper, who had irtervened in his father s protection. Then it was, after being shot that Robin Cooper fired the fatal shot, Col. Cooper never using a p'^tol at all. "Col. Cooper refused to consent tu any effort being made to secure his release upon oond for the present. He said, It is understood, that he desired the matter thoroughly investigated so that it might be seen that he was en? titled to bond before he applied for it." The comabtants were evidently v^*y close together when the firing began, man's hearing is not good, and he de? but the question of who fired the first shot Is in controversy. Mrs. Char? les H. Eastman, of this city and J. M. Eastman of New York were nearby when the tragedy occurred. Mr. Easi man's hearing is not good, and he de? clared he knew but little of the affair. Mrs. Eastman said. "We were walking down Seventh avenue in the direction of Church street and had just passed the en? trance to the Polk flats. Mr. Carmack came up the street towards us, smiling as he recognized me. He was some steps away, and there were very few poeple on the street. Mr. Eastman and I were near the edge of the side? walk, and Mr. Carmack would have passed between us and the fence. He raised his hat as we spoke. He had his light hand up and was about to make a rematk when somebody said ?It was the Older Voles?'We've got you all right' or something to that ef? fect. I can't say positively what the edhet words were, it never occurred that It was anything more than a friend speaking. Mr. Carmack raised his i yes, instantly put on his hat sad ian his hand back, when the same voice said: 'You coward, you are hid? ing behind B woman, are you?' Sena? tor Carmack jumped out so a> t > uet clear of me, and i jumped Into a gate? way. I law that Mr. Carmack had a pistol, I turned and said. 'For Cod's sake don't shoot.' 1 saw .Mr. Carmack^ wheel and fell In a heap In the gui t? r.M Mrs. Eastman said she saw the young man standing over Mr. Car mack and thai he put something into his own pocket. E SOU! mOW, Established June, 186? 58?V >L XXY1II. !le 14' i BS In COLOMBIA. GOV. kXSEL grants one par dos am) REEtSES EOCH. X<'STo Wounded by Street Car Cou dueu-r Dies?Commissioner Wat? son Arranging for Visit to Sj>artan burg Xovcmber 12 of the Country Life Commission. Colu nLia, Nov. 3.?Before leaving: :oday or Greenville Gov. Ansel filed iis act on in several petitions for par? don. "As in act of humanity 1 grant par? don in this case" is the endorsement writter by the Governor on the back of the petition in the case of Ben? Joplin, a colored man, convicted in Cheste field of manslaughter and sen? tenced in 1908 to three years' im? prison lent. Dr. W. J. Perry, tho county physician, submitted with the petitio a statement that he had been treatln ; Joplin for six months, ever since ds imprisonment, and that he is in ? seriously ill condition, being a suffer* ? with Bright's disease and un? able t i perform any labor; that he will n t likely live very long, even if liberat >d, and that his imprisonment will h sten his death. He is over 60 years of age. The Judge, solicitor and c< unty officials endorsed the peti? tion f r pardon. Pan on was refused in the case tt Fletch >r Daniel, colored, convicted of mansl. lighter in Richland county Irv 1905, ind sentenced to six years' im? prison nent. Par. on was refused In the case of John Anderson , convicted of man? slaughter in Spaitanburg in 1907 and ?iven i term of three years. Par< Ion was refused in the case of Henry Lewis, convicted of larceny in Sparte nburg and given live year*. Strong petitions were sent up fvomr the farmer home of Lewis, Shelby, N. C, saying that he was subject to "dementia," but that when rational Is a g3od negro. Gov. Ansel, howev? er, to< k the precaution to Inquire if the pi isoner had ever been under the treatn ent of a physician since beingr in the Penitentiary, and the physlcfa^n at th? State farm, where he is at work, replied that he had never been called on to treat Lewis, though pris~ oners are very ipt to let it be knowrr when they are the slightest bit sick. The ? lovernor may have been con? vince^ tint the confinement is good for V e c I liar malady from which Le vis urea suffering when he com? mute* the crime of which he was convh ted and the prisoner will, there? fore, iave further time for complete. recovery. In ihe case < i" \.\ <i. Hodge, con? victed in 1907 and given a m nt? nee of thi * years, pardon anas refused. A peculiar reason for the gianting of this petition is assigned in the peti? tion, when it is stated that both the womci to whom the prisoner was marri d have since married again. lr is als stated that the prisoner has two .c r.all children, with no one tev care i )r them except the aged mothei of th ; prisoner. All of which re? veals a condition that might call for furth? r prosecution Instead of a par? don. The sinking fund commission wilt' meet next Monday, Nov. 9, at 4 p. m., tl is being the first meeting heldi for s< me time. Gee rge Jackson, colored, died thi* morni ig at the Taylor-Lane Hospital as th ? result of the wound inflicted! by C< nductor T. H. Cantey, of the street railway, last Friday night Jacks ?n was a passenge r on the Wa? verlej car and made himself obnox? ious, he conductor In charge of the car, ^antey, endeavoring to control the ri ?gro. After the negro alighted from :he car he made an apparent ef? fort t > draw a pistol and Cantey shot, the bullet pentrating the negro's* right lung. He was taken to the hos? pital, where he remained until hir death Mr. Cantey at once surrend? red to the i Ulcers and was released on st bond yt $2oo. on the charge nl assault and l attery with Intent to kin. ip* again surrendered himself today, when the news of the negro's dsatin w:is 1 ai ned. and is now in jail. He Us repre ented by Messrs Nelson & Nel? son, i nd will likely shortly apply for bail. t 1 i.vrit CASES VI WINTHROP R >? k Hill. November. 9.?Acting President Klnard authorises the M* lowtnf statement anent the fever sit? uation ? \\e have In the Infirmary today eight cases of typhoid and BtMr suspe!tod cases. The state board tff healtli is mooting hare tonight. A moating of the hoard of trustees has been called fcr Tuesday morning.