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SCMTUB WATCHMAN, Eetabl! Consol! dated Aus. 2.188 Cbt SRatebman anb .Southron rtibllNlmt Etwy Wednesday, ?BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTE R, & a MM $1.10 per annum?In advance. A d vert laemeti Ui: Ona Square first Insertion.$1.09 Be ?j subsequent insertion.(0 Contracts for three months, or loafer will te made at reduced rate*. Ali communications which sub private Interests will be charged aa advertisement*. Obit aaiie? and tributes of respects ha cbanfed for. OhUai yam is m. DlftPKNRAHlKH IN CLARENDON ORDERED CLOSED. Retina Reed red by Gov. An Hhow Mo Oil The Other Columbia, Nov. SI.?Oov. Ansel yee terdaj issued an order requiring the dispet,sariee in Clarendon county to be eloaed. The order waa lawaed aa a re? am t of the official returns received oa the recent election, showing that the ret wit wee orerwhelmlogly la favor ef pr>hlbltion. The returns aleo showed that there waa no pretest on the acJon of tho coanty election commte ?loners when the res art waa declared, and therefo~e the order waa lawued. In the caae if Laarena there will be a protest, the papers having already bean filed with the secretary of state for the meeting of the State board of carvaeser* Monday. No indication of ^ any protest haa been received from Chaster county, where the reaalta were the same as in Clarendon, and It la not thought that there will be any protest. The order issued by Oov. Ansel Is as follows: I "To the County Dispensary Board of Clarendon County: The report of the commissioners of election for Clarendon county on the result of the election held as to the 'sale' or 'against sale' of liquors in your county has been filed with me, and from this report It appears that 'against aale' carried by a very large majority; It further appears that no protest waa entered or filed with aaid * eommlasloaers. except protest which was afterwards withdrawn. Now, therefore, you are hereby re? quired Immediately to close the dU senaarles in your county, as provided hi section IG of the dispensary law of this State, commonly called the Carey Cothran act. and to foil a w the pro? visions of aaid section In winding up the business of said dispensaries. "Olven under my hand and execu? tive seal at Columbia, 8. C . this 19th day of November. A. D . 1101. "M P. Anael. "Oovernor." I trad* tr ret s Trade 1 lev lew. New York. Nov. tO.?Bradstreet's tomorrow will say: "Enlargement and expansion are still the dominating Influences In trade and industry and the volume of salea and of orders booked by wholesalers and manufacturers continue to show gain, particularly in the commercial and manufacturing centres of the north, east and west. Still certain evi? dences of Irregularity are found in the reports that mild weather la restrict? ing aalee of winter goods at retail, and southern advices and that improve? ment in that aectlon is rather slower than expected and that low octton prices and holding of that product by producers ar? checking trade and col? lections. Idle t urn are reported grow? ing fewer in number rapidly. "There Is more doing in leather; boots and shoes are In better inquiry, though affected by mild weather at retail. "In wholesale and jjbblng lines north, east snd west reports are gen? erally that trade, la expanding, that spring purchases are Increasing and that stocks In Anal distributers' hands are light. Cotton goods are growing In demand, and prices are being ad? vanced. Fall River print cloth mills are sold up to January I. and cotton yarns and men'e wear woolene are la better sale. Clothing trade reporta ere irregular becauee of weather con? dition, "The beginning of th? tariff hear? ings, at Washington bringe to the at? tention of the business) community the feet that revision of some kind Is promlaed and that cengreao early la llOt will have this metier to digest. Duetnass failures In the United States et the weak eoexug November II. were Sil egsinet MS ksst week. Ill in the Ilk* week ef 1117." lahed April, 1850. 'Be Just ax 1. 8UMTER. i STREET EXPLOION. SUDDEN DEATH REAPS AWFUL (HARVEST IN BROOKLYN. l/eaktng Gas Pipe, Admitting Flame, ItcApouMlblc?Tongue* of Fire ami (fleyseni of Water Spurt in Air Through Debris. New York, Nov. 20.- -Twenty-five I persons are believed to ha. 3 lost their I lives In an explosion of gas which tore up a great section of Oold street, Brooklyn, today. It Is definitely known I that IS persons were buried under the! hundreds of tons of earth and timber] that were thrown into the air by the] explosion* and 10 more persons are] reported as missing. The exact num- I ber of dead can not be determined ] until tomorrow, for those working to I recover the entombed bodies must dig] through SO feet of dirt, rock and a] tangle of pipes and timbers. The explosion occurred in an exca-1 1 ration SO feet deep that hud been made I in Oold street between York and Front I streets, where a water main was being I laid. The gas main recently sprung a| leak and In a manner unknown a I spark came In contaact with escaping I gas today. Immediately there was a| terrific explosion that lifted the sur-1 face of the street for half a block in] both directions and hurled dirt, pav? ing stones and debris into the air. When the amoke and dust cleared! away it was aeen that the street hud I been opened from doorstep to door-1 step over an area of nearly a block. I The loosened earth and debris had I fallen Into the excavation, burying the] score of laborers who were at work I when the accident happened. Great I tongues of flames shot out vf crevices in tho street and between them gey- ] sers of water spurted Into the air from | a water main that had been shattered I by tho explosion. Two bodies were] sticking out of the wreckage. Oold street was crowded with school | children when the explosion occurred, I and that scores of children were not] killed or injured was remarkable. A1 woman and three children were ul most opposite the excavation when ] the earth crumbled junder their feet ] and they were swept down into the ] hole under tons of wreckage. Two | other children were on the opposite ] side o fthe street when the street I 'caved In and they lost their lives. Samuel Trout, foreman of the gang | of laborers who were laying the water] main, was near the woman and three ] children who lost their lives. As he I felt the street tremble he rushed for-1 ward In an endeavor to save them, | but he lost his life In the attempt.] Trout's body was roasted to a cinder. I Only four of the men working in the excavation escaped and their es? cape was remarkable. They were dig? ging near the opening of a four-foot sewer and the force of the explosion I blew them to the entrance of it. Arthur Strand was hurled farthest and he pulled the other three men after him. Water from the broken main began to pour Into the sewer and the four men. In danger of being drowned, started to run toward the river, where there was an outlet to the sewer. Tho explosion shook houses for blocks around. Thousands of persons were attracted to the scene. coming to St mter. Mr. T. C. Owens to Move to Sumter County. Alcohi, Nov. 20.?The fact that Mr. T. C. Owens has decided to move from this county will be a source of the keenest regret to his Inumerable friends throughout the county. Mr. Owens has been a life-long resident of this county, and Is one of its most popular cltisens, having served for many years as county supervisor, which position he filled with eminent ability and general satisfaction to the public. He will begin moving in a few days to Dalsell, Sumter county, where he will engage In farming, the profession he has always followed. Ills friends wish him success. convicted of selling liquor. Col. Aaron Thonspnon Given Heavy Seotem-e Spartanburg, Nov. st.?The heavi? est sentence ever Imposed in this county for eoavlctlen en the oharge of selling liquor waa that today Imposed by Judge Klugh on Cel. Aaren Thomp? son, of this county, who was eeavlet ed on three counts. He waa given a fine of 11.600 or It months In the Penitentiary or hard labor en the pub Ho worka of the ooanty. The oaae will be appealed. Motloa waa made tor new trial, but was refused by the co art. id Fear not? I jet all the ends Thou Ah S. C. WEDNESDAY ENGLISH TARIFF AGITATION. growing sentiment for pro tecive ariff in great britain. Bushiest* Depression Attributed to Free Trade and the Nextj Parlia? mentary Election Will Probably Re? turn a Protective Tariff Majority Other English Gossip. By William True Hawthorne. London, Nov. 20.?England views with longing, not to say envy, the evidences of returning prosperity to the United States. No such silver lining has appeared to the cloud hang? ing over the British industrial world. The army of the unemployed increas? es each week and so serious has the situation become that the Government is confronted with the necessity of af? fording relief. Private charity, liberal as it has been, Is proving wholly inad? equate to the needs. The political doctors are wholly un? able to agree as to what is the matter with British industry. All they know is that the patient is sick and that he does not Improve under their reme? dies. Things have been going from bad to worse for several years, and now they are chiefly worse. It looks as if Edward's empire needed a com? petent business manager, one equal at least to the task of reducing the Gov? ernment's outgo to the size of its in eome. Mr. Asqulth's government seems splendidly equipped for in* ereasing expenses, but so far it has toiled utterly to increase revenues. One of the results of the hard times and the government's financial em? barrassments is that the protection? ists are making headway. It is the belief of many public men that a gen? eral election is not far distant, for on several recent votes in the Com? mons the Government has barely maintained Its majority. With anoth? er general election the opinion is gen? eral that the present parliamentary majority will be overthrown and a majority returned pledged to the pol? icy of a protective tariff. Cobden's theory of free trade, which has been Britain's policy for more than a gen? eration, has proved a lamentable fail? ure, because the freeness of trade has come to be wholly one-sided. While the goods of all the world pass British ports without the payment of duties about every other important nation now imposes duties, protecting their own markets against British goods. Even some of the British of colonies have tariff taxes and a number of cases they are levied against the mother country. In a situation like this, with Indus? tries languishing, revenues falling off and the expenses of government in? creasing, the British public mind Is about ripe for an overthrow of the traditional British policy. a a a It would be reasonable to expect in a time like this that the Socialist and Labor vote would greatly increase, bu such was net the case in the re? cent municipal elections. All the substantial gains were made by the Unionists, the party which advocates a protective tariff and which went down to defeat at the general election because of the Chamberlain propa? ganda, which was then too new to be acceptable to British voters, taught for a generation to believe that free corn and a cheap breakfast table were the only things needed to make the British workman happy. The years since then have rudely Jolted the the? ories of Cobden and the British work? man has often found himself hungry, though all his edibles were untaxed. It Is the Judgment today of politi? cians that a generul election could be forced any time the Unionist lead? ers saw fit. but as things are now the longer a parliamentary election Is de? layed the better they satisfied. It is a case of giving a calf all the rope it wants. The Liberal government is daily getting In worse disfavor, and when the Unionists return to power they want a sufficient majority in the Commons so they will not have any emburrassing alliances with the minor parties, something that daily causes trouble for Mr. Asqulth's ministry, see "Amerlcanomanla" Is a new word which has been coined by a corres? pondent of the Pall Mall Gazette. Ho says it is what is the matter with Australia, and he is grieved beyond measure that it Is so. The enthusiasm with which , the American battleships were greeted by Australians has been a bitter pill for Englishmen, but this writer is the most melancholy of them all. "Even New South Wales, the mother State." he aays, "has proved herself young enough to fall Into hysterical rapt? ures over the visit of the United States Paelflc fleet. Australians are ardent 3 i ns t at be thy Country'3, Thy God's an I. NOVEMBER 25, 1 TORNADO IN ARKANSAS. Twelve to Twenty Persons Reported Killed in the Town of Piney? Others Injured. that kille Little Rock, Ark.. Nov. 23.?-A dis patca from Russellvllle, Ark.,, says (between 12 and 20 persons were in a tornado which swept through the settlement of Piney, ten miles west of that place, late today and that about 30 others were injured. None of the names of the dead or In? jured are known at Russellvllle, where only vague reports have been received thus far. The report states that ttie tornado crossed the Arkansas river just south of Piney and that timber tracts and a number of build? ings were destroyed. Piney Is located near London where first reports stated so much damage had been done. Late reports from Berryvllle are to the effect that no one was killed there, but that three were injured. It is reported at Van Buren that five persons were killed northeast of1 Mulberry and a number injured. Be? cause of the remoteness of the towns mentioned from the railroad and tele? graph, only the most meagre reports are yet available. Dispatches also say that the towns of Wallervllle end Jethro, in Franklin county, were practically demolished, and several people killed in each place. lovera of excitement, and when Mr. Deakln, in one of those self-convinc? ing outbursts of eloquence to which he Is subject, Invited Mr. Roosevelt, to send his fleet to Australian shores the people of the Commonwealth wel? comed the opportunity that such a visit afforded them for the display of bunting and Illuminations and the holding of banquets, reviews, and races?all these things being to them the very breath of life. Many writers In the press went so far as to say that the Americans. In sheer gratitude for the lavish entertainment of their Pa? cific fleet, would be ready and willing to oome to the rescue whenever the influx of Orientals, which they resent so strongly in their own country, should seriously threaten Australia." It has been many years since any? thing has so aroused the jealousies of Englishmen as the reception Aus? tralians gave the American battleships. They seem to think America is trying to alienate the affections of Australia ??and, more to the point, that they have met with no little success. * * * This British jealousy of things American extends now into almost every walk of life. All the world Is familiar with the unpleasantness at the Olympic games, where British prejudice against Americans made lit? tle If any attempt to conceal itself. Not long ago "Jimmle" Brltt of America and "Jim" Summers of Eng? land met In a ten-round boxing match and Brltt was awarded the decision by the referee, himself an Englishman. British sporting writers have been weeping over it ever since. They de? clare Summers outboxed Brltt at ev? ery point, and though they admit he could not stand before Britt's rushes they declare the Englishman was en? titled to the decision on points. All Britt's punishing blows, they assert, were landed In clinches, either with the gloved fist or the bare arm, and they think these ought not to have counted against Summers. That it was an English referee who gave the decision makes the case all the more aggravated, In the eyes of the British sporting writers. A time-honored British institution had a narrow escape from being ex? terminated by the licensing bill now pending before parliament. The bill as introduced by the government pro? vided that licensing justices might make it a condition of the renewal of an old license that no barmaids be employed, licensing justices already having such discretion in the case of new licenses. Passage of the bill in that form would have placed the em? ployment of barmaids In any particu? lar district in the hands of local jus? tices and as there always Is a lot of] clamor against the employment of women In public houses and local jus? tices would be bound to be swayed by this clamor. The government had promised rep resentatlvee of the barmaids union that tbey would not be disturbed in their employment, so when the pro* vision was questioned in Parliament it was withdrawn by Mr. Asquith. Barmaids have been employed in English public houses from time im? memorial, and until recent years the| Institution always had been accepted as a matter of course. But profession? al reformers got after them and the life of the barmaids has been any? thing but happy. d Trutl?'?." THE TRD 908. Sew 8eri< STEEL INDUSTRY NO LONGER IN NEED OF PROTECTION. Iron Master Favors Reduction of Tar? iff on Manufatcured Articles, but Thinks Duties on Other Imports Should be Maintained for Sake of Revenue?Tariff on Luxuries Need? ed Only by die Rich Should he Maintained. New York, Nov. 22.?A notable ar? ticle by Andrew Carnegie, dealing with the tariff, will appear in the forth-coming December number of the Century Magazine, in which the iron master takes the position that "infant industries" no longer need protection; that the steel and other industries have now grown beyond the need of tariff protection; that duties on lux? uries used by the rich should be main? tained, but *.hat those on manufactur? ed articles should be reduced greatly, or abolished entirely when no longer needed. Mr. Carnegie's article is entitled "My Experience with and Views upon the Tariff." "We have already become by far the greatest of all manufacturing na? tions. "While the tariff as a whole even today has ceased to be primarily bene? ficial as a measure of protection, it has become of vast importance from the standpoint of revenue, and it Is to Uhls feature I bespeak the special atten? tion of readers of all parties, for duties upon imports, not for protection, but for needed revenue, should not be? come a party qjsestlon. Reasono.ble men of all parties may be expected to approve this plan of obtaining reve? nue." He says: "The Amerlacn tariff, in happy contrast to others, almost ex? empt the poor and heavily tax the rich, just as it should; for it is they who have the ability to pay as requir ed by the highest economic authority." Mr. Carngie says of future tariff legislation: "The next congress dealing with the tariff will probably be inclined at first to reduce duties all around and per? haps to abolish some, but its first care should be to maintain present duties, and even in some cases to increase them, upon all articles used almost exclusively by the rich, and this not for protection, but for revenue, not drawn from the workers, but from the rich. That is the first and prime duty of congress. "Its second duty is to reduce duties greatly upon manufactured articles and to abolish entirely those no longer needed. "The writer has co-operated In making several reductions as sieel manufacturers became able to bear reductions. Today they need no pro? tection, unless, perhaps in some new specialities unknown to the writer, be? cause steel, is now produced cheaper here than anywhere else, notwith? standing the higher wages paid per man. Not a ton of steel Is produced in the world at as small an outlay for labor as in our country. Our coke, coal and iron ores are much cheaper, because more easily obtained and transported, and our output per man is so much greater, owing chiefly to the large standardized orders obtain? able only upon our continent; the specialized rolling mills; machinery kept weeks upon uniform shapes without change of rolls, and other ad? vantages. "The day has passed when any foreign country can seriously affect our steel manufactures, tariff or no tariff. "The writer hopes there are today pioneers in several new lines requiring protection which will be generously given temporarily. The committee should welcome such special cases." Mr, Carnegie says several other fea? tures of the tariff should be carefully looked Into, more particularly illumi? nating oils, thread and cutlery. Mr. Carnegie adds: "There is no occasion for haste or for any revolutionary step in coming tariff legislation. The revision of the tariff could today safely and advan? tageously be made a radical one upon the lines suggested; but if congress, in deference to the timid manufacturer, whom we have alwsrrs with us, thinks it pmdeavt net te emsturb his dreams unduly, and only halves present duties on some articles, and abolishes them entirely upon others-?always provided it guards zealously the present duties upon luxurtee of the rich for revenue ?the writer will be thankful and Phil? osophie as usual, beoause the right steps in the fight have beeei taken and the final step mast eosae before long, the sooner the be star." O. P. Hill, of Oaffney, raised 121 bushels of corn on one acre of land. K SOUTimOX, Established June, IMS fts?Vol. XXVIII. No 16 BELL COMPANIES EHJOIHED. WRIT AGAINST TELEPHONE CON? CERNS ISSUED. Alleged That Effort* Have Born Made To Crush Competition and Estab? lish .Monopolies. Cleveland, O., Nov. 22.?United States Judge Tayler yesterday grant? ed an injunction against the Ameri? can Telephone and Telegraph com? pany (Bell long distance system) and the Central Union Telephone com? pany (Bell company operating in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois), restrain? ing them from interfering with the business of the independent com? panies operating in those and aerjoin ing states. The injunction was asked for in a suit by the United States Telephone company, which is the independent long distance telephone company op? erating in Ohio and adjoining states. It is charged that the Bell com? panies, as shown by their official re? ports are buying independent ex? changes or selling Bell exchanges where there are competing companies and In some instances absorbing in? dependent companies by merger and cosolldatlon or division of territory so as to eliminate competition and es? tablish a complete Bell control, In violation of the Sherman anti-trust law and of the laws of Ohio, Indiana, Illlonls. and other states where the companies operate. The bill says that the original value placed upon the Bell patents in 1878 was $400,000 and a year later in? creased to $650,000. A year later the value of the same property, as rep? resented by the capital stock, was In - creased from $850,000 to $6.500,000,. or nearly 800 for one. In 1900 the capital stock had been increased to $25,000,000 and in April of that year the present American? Telephone and Telegraph company took over the Bell patents from the old company and issued two shares of its stock for each share of the old stock. The capital has since been in? creased to $250,000,000. The bill charges that they devoted these enormous profits to paying ex? orbitant dividends and in acquiring; control of competitive properties in order to suppress competition. They are charged with issuing many times? the original cost of the stock in stock dividends and paying at times 18 per cent, a year in dividends. It Is shown that they own control* In many local telephone companies and companies manufacturig tele phoe apparatus. It is charged that when competition began, the Bell companies adopted the policy of starting competing ex? changes and operated them at ruin? ous rates; in many instances giving; free service; bringing suits on patent claims; threatening independent com? panies with financial ruin and de? struction of their plants. It is said: that In some instances the independ? ent companies were driven out of business and their equipment burned In public, wide publicity being given as a warning to other investors who might dare to invade the fields of Bell monopoly. DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN ITXI?. National Committee Issues Financial Statement. Chicago, Nov. 22.?The Democratic national committee received in all $620.644.77, and $619,410.06 during; the recent presidential campaign, leaving a balance on hand of $1,234. 71. So reads a statement made pub? lic tonight by the officers of the com? mittee and the itemized statement wilt be filed for record In the office of the secretary of state of New York in compliance with the resolution adopt? ed by the national committee at Lin? coln, Neb., last July. The statement made public by the committee tonight includes a certificate of audit by My? ron D. King, auditor of the national committee. NEGRO KILLED NEAR ? Ol I Mil IA Two Other Negroes in Jail Chaia/al With the Crime. Columbia. Nov. 22.?Alton "Worthy, colored, was found dead this merning. near the Camden road at Dent's, flve> miles from Columbia, in this county. Manual Howard, also colored, is to* jail, accused of killing Worthy, awd Loman Johnson, colored, is else onder arrest. J. W. Ross, of Lancaster, a farmer employe of the Southern, has brought suit against the road for damages m the sum of $25,000 fer perseaal fte JurleS. 1 * .