Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

?UMTKR WATCHMAN, Estabt Cbt iRattbrnan r/ni) .Southron Wished Every Wednesday, g ?BY? tSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTKR. 8. a Terms: 11.10 per annum?In advance. Advert jaetucsue: One flqnara fcrs? insertion.$1.00 I Beery subsequent Insertion.50 Ooatracta Tor three months, or will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub e private Interests will be charged for aa advertise menu. Obit aar!** and tributes of respects \ until ort? be eharged for. RECORDING OF DfcKDO. Pruposed Titles to Property. r I Colombia. Jaa. 22 ? There was an extended discussion in ths senate yes? terday upon the ascend reading of Penates Carllele's bill to amend Sec? tion tUI of Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1 to2. so as to do away with the forty days' limit aftsr delivery or ^execution of deeds or Instruments re Sjatred to be recorded In order to con* atltute aotlcee to subsequent creditors or purchasers for valuable consider attoa wttJiout notice. Senate* Carlisle explained the pur? port of the amendment and the good that It would work. He was of the opinion that under the law, as It now stands. It Is hsrd to tell whether s title as good or bad until ths forty day limit has expired. A man may get several mortgagee upon the same property, and the man taking over the } second and third mortgage has not any redress In the knowledge that there hai been a previous mortgage when ths one mortgaging his proper? ty has fcrty days in which to record the trait section. Senator Carlisle argued that this would do away with I fraud to a large extent. The eff m t of the amendment, as ex? plained by the author of the same, Is la givs to the first man who reaches the olerk's office ths first Hen upon the property so recorded. The result Of this levlaion In South Carolina's fe recording taw would be to make Injegsoy ?eme cheaper. Us n certain security Urge concerns would be will sag to loan money here on lower rates of Interest, as they would be sure that gran arty l* not mortgaged. They would be able to And out Immediately , \ff looking In the clerk's office just what Hens are upon ths property, upon which they are %o risk their loose. H ow theee lenders of money go to other States, where ths record rag laws do not provide such archaic requirements as in this State. There was argiimsnt to ths effect that a ^ man In ths lower section of a county far away from the court house would be at a disadvantage under the pro? posed amendment doing away with the fort) day*' limit. When the matter came up today for discussion, the senate Anally passed the bill to third reading, after some talk oa ooth sides. Senator Oraydon explained ths good points of the pro? posed measure, saying that as the case bow Is ins has to trust a man for forty daps to record the papers, while > under ths proposed bill the time limit would b< cut out. and there would be no chame of fraud. The matter would be left sntlrely to ths diligence of the person i o eptlng the mortgage. By a vote of 11 to 25 on the motion to strikt out ths enacting words the motion was lost. An amendment of? fered by Senator Laney to make the limit tei days was also lost on a yes aad nay vots by 20 to 13. and the bill then paiosd to third reading. It AN* XAMED \s RECEIVER. New Orleans Institution to Administer Affair* of Southern Insurant e Co. New Orleans. Jan. Rg,?Following the Alln* of a petition by Secretary of ?Ute Michel, the Whitney Central Na tlonai bank of New Orleans was this afternoon named as receiver by the chrll district court for th?- Southern Insurance Company. The petition of tho secretary of state averred that an examination of the company's Anances revealed a condition which rendered a contlnu atlon of nu*tii?**rf dangerous and ex? pressed the belief thst the company was Insolvent Mrs. J. A. Hummersen was painful? ly Injured In s runaway accident In Columbia Monday afternoon. A nre at Chappel's. Newberry Coun? ty, Monday morning, destroyed $21,000 worth of property. It's ths undsr dog that howls for ths peacsmaksr. ished April, I860. 'lie Just Hi 1. 8UMTE1 jomi y. mm sued. CAROLINA AOEXCY COMPANY' ATTVCHES LAND IN LAURENS. Sc/nliiolc l*romoter Charged With !la\ lug Disposed of Stock and Has Never Accounted For The Amount.! Columbia. Jan. 23.?Papers attach? ing a number of tracts of land be? longing to John Y. Oarllngton have been served upon Stobo Oarllngton, his father, at Laurens. The warant of attachment is Issued by the Caro? lina Agency Company and grows out of the Semlnole case, the complaint claiming that Oarllngton is indebted to them In the eum of $25,000. The warrant of attachment Involves the following: Undivided half Interest In a tract of land, known as the W. B. Young place. In Laurens County, and con? taining 156 acres, mors or less. This land Is described in Jack's township, Laurens County. An undivided half Interest In a tract of land in Jack's township, Laurens County, containing 600 acres, more or less, known as the Owsas place; a tract of 812 1-4 acres, more or less, bounded by lands now or formerly owned by John Y. Oar? llngton and lands known as Bank funds, formerly of L. P. W. Riser; also such portions of these certain tracts of land situate in Laurens County, heretofore conveyed to John Y. Oar? llngton by Mary Y. Oarllngton, by her deed under date of January 1899, de? scribed as tract of 1,000 acres, more or less, known as tract No. 2 of the Keyser survey; tract Xo. 3 of Keyser survey, containing 565 acres, more or less; tract of 1,289 acres, more or less, of Keyser survey made in 1883; all of the above being known as the Samuel Young estate, situate partly In Laurens and partly In Newberry Counties, except such portions as have been conveyed by John Y. Garllngton to Wl Hum S. Hatton, C. C. Riser and R. H. Benton, respectively. 292, 600 and 8S1 acres, respectively. Also all of that tract of land situated in Laur? ens County partly without, containing 70 acres, more or less, with certain boundaries, excepting such lots and portions of tract of land heretofore conveyed by John Y. Oarllngton as per certain deeds recorded. The complaint made by the Caro? lina A agency Company states that it is and was a duly Incorporated com? pany with a capital stock of $150,000. divided Into 1,500 shares, with a par value of $10 each; that John Y. Oar? llngton, treasurer and general man? ager of the company, held 7,650 shares. Among his duties was receiv? ing; and caring for funds of plaintiff and keeping books and accounts re? lating thereto. It Is alleged In the complaint that he, acting on a reso? lution passed by the board of direc? tors, sold and disposed of about 5,000 shares of stock at $10 each, collecting about $60,000; that he received for plaintiff on premiums on insurance policlos Issued by the State Mutual Insuiance Company of Rome, Oa.. through plaintiff, its general agent, about $70.000; that, although fre? quently called ppon by plaintiff to ac? count for his notions and doings as general manager and treasurer and to account to It for moneys received by him, leas the sum authorized to be paid out by him, the defendant has never done so. but on the contrary has departed from the State and oon tinueH to absent himself thereform for the purpose of defeating and de? frauding plaintiff. Mr. W. A. Clark, president of the Carolina Agency Company, makes an affidavit that to his personal knowl? edge the defendant is Indebted to the plaintiff In such a sum mentioned ($25,000) and that defendant has left the State and can not be served with a summons and complaint. All of this grows out of the pro? ceeding In the Semlnole case, for which receivers have been appointed, and which Is now In litigation in the courts. MRS. LEA VITT SEEKS DIVORCE. Daughter of William J. Bryan Elles Suit For DIsMoltlo i of Marriage Tic. Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 22.?Ruth Bry? an Leavttt. daughter of William J. Bryan, today hied suit for divorce from William H. l^avltt. T. 8. Allen, brother-in-law of Mr. Bryan. Is the attorney for the plain? tiff. Leavltt Is nov In Paris. The reason given In the petition Is alleged non-support. To minimise publicity, the attorney took advantage of a common law provision of taking back Into possession the documents in the case. Plague In Carcacas. Willems tad, Island of Curacao, Jan. I 24.?Four cases of bubonic plague are reported at Carcaoa. id Fear not?^Let all the ends Thou Ain S. O . WEDNESDA PROHIBITION IS DENOUNCED. THE NATIONAL MODEL LICENSE LEAGUE IN SESSION. Resolutions Adopted Deploring In? temperance to the Extent of Intox? ication, "Treating," and Violations of Laws by Saloon Men, and Also Denouncing Prohibition Measures and Methods?Mention of Roose? velt's Name Enthusiastically Cheered. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 22.?Denuncia? tion of prohibition as insincere and fallacious gave way today to a taking of the sense of the delegates to the second annual convention of the Na? tional Model License League upon the quertlon of regulating properly the llduor trade of the country. This re sjnlted in the adopting of resolutions by the several hundred delegates pres? ent from all parts of the United States. The resolutions in part fol? low: "First, that as representatives of the brewing, wine-making and distill? ing trades, and of wholesale liquor dealers, saloon-keepers, inn-keepers and members of collateral trades, we protest against all intemperance in the use of alcoholic beverages and against all lawlessness of every sort whatso? ever in the sale of such beverages. "Second, that Intemperance is a curse, and every man who becomes intoxicated should be arrested and prosecuted. "Third, that 'treating,' which is re? sponsible for so large a per cent, or involuntary intemperance, should be opposed by public sentiment and by every member of our trade. "Fourth, that the licenses of all re tall liquor dealers who violate the law should be cancelled. "Fifth, that prohibition is Un-Amer? ican; that it Is opposed to the idea of individual sovereignty and to the spirit of our institutions; and further? more, it must continue to be merely n costly absurdity as long as it prohibits only the manufacture and sale of al? coholic beverages. "Sixth, that when prohibition, whether for State or county, is sub? mitted to the people, it should pro? hibit, not only the sale, but the pur? chase, possession and use of wine, beer and whiskey. "Seventh, that the county should not be the unit in local option con? tests, as it does not represent the American people of local self-govern? ment. "Eight, that, where prohibition is adopted by a legislature or a people, the manufacturers and dealers in wine beer and whiskey should be compen? sated for investments made prior to the passage in obedience to demand and under the sanction of existing laws." Mention of the name of Theodore Roosevelt as the greatest force for lew in the nation, despite the criticism of congress and the abuse of the many, evoked the greatest enthusiasm in the convention during the address of Dr. Nathan A. Cole, of Peorla, 111., who said the.t in half a century the greatness of Roosevelt would stand fourth above his detractors. Mayor David S. Rose, of Milwau? kee, spoke. "We cannot reject prohibhition as the remedy unless we can offer some? thing better, and I believe regulation is the remedy," said Mr. Rose. Dr. J. F. Callen, of Plttsburg, Kan., took up the line of argument at the opening of the afternoon session, dealing with "prohibition versus tem? perance." EARTHQUAKE NOT LOCATED. Definite Place of Seismic Disturbance In Turkestan Not Yet Fixed. St. Petersburg, Jan. 24.?Although all reports from the various observa? tories in Russia locate the earthquake, the shocks of which were recorded yesterday, somewhere on the Russian side of the Pamirs, Turkestan, no di? rect news has been received that would serve to fix the disturbance in any definite place. Russinn Turkestan, In the region Indicated, is sparsely settled and de? tails of an earthquake there would be very slow in reaching St. Petersburg. slight shock at Smyrna. Smyrna, Jan. 24.?A slight earth? quake shock was felt here this morn? ing. Disturbance at Yakertlnburg. Yakerttnburg, Russia, Jan. 24.? The magneto-meteorogical observa? tory at this place recorded a violent seismic disturbance at 7 o'clock this morning. The universe is but one vast sym? bol of Ood.?Carlyle. as't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an lY. January 27, 19 GREAT STEAMERS COLLIDE. DAMAGED STEAM SI 111* REPUBLIC GOES DOWN. Drama of the Sea Drawing to a Close ?Marine Collision Off Nantucket, Saturday, Results in Loss of One Ship and Six Lives?Captain and Crew Stayed With it to the Last. New York, Jan. 24.?The palatial ocean steamship Republic of the White Star Line, which was in colli? sion with the Italian liner Florida early Saturday morning off Nantuck? et, Mass., went down at 8:30 o'clock tonight. No one was lost. Her pas? sengers are on the steamship Baltic, which was off Sandy Hook at a late: hour, making for this port. The Republic was in tow of the revenue cutter Gresham and the der? elict destroyer Seneca, procedlng to New York. On board was Capt. Seal by, with a volunteer crew of fifty. The crew was taken off by the Gresham, j which stood by until she sank beneath the waves. The Gresham and the Seneca will land Capt. Sealby and his brave crew at Gayhead, Mass., or Newport, R. L The Florida is slowly steaming to? wards New York, convoyed by the American liner New York. Her pas? sengers also are on the Baltic. The Baltic Is nearing the harbor of New York late tonight. This In brief is the situation late tonight In the stirring story of the sea, following the first wireless Hash on the collision of the two big ships in the early dawn of Saturday morning off Nantucket, Mass. f That there was loss of life attend? ing the collison was not known until an early hour Sunday morning. Then 1 the wireless, which has had its first great trial and proved its utility, brought the news that Mrs. Eugene Lynch, of Boston and W. J. Mooney, of Langdon, N. D., had been killed, and Mrs. M. M. Murphy, of Grand Forks, N. D., and Eugene Lynch, of Boston, injured. It was reported further that four members of the Florida's crew had met death. The bodies of the dead and the in? jured persons were transferred to the Baltic. Mr. Mooney and his wife were bound, with Mr. and Mrs. Murphy, on 1 a pleasure trip from the West to the I Mediterranean, and occupied state rooms on the top deck aft on the port I 1 side. Mr. and Mrs. Lynch occupied an adjoining state room. The com? pany cannot understand how the pas? sengers were killed or Injured in that part of the Republic, which it is un? derstood was struck amidships. Other than the brief wireless mes? sages from Capt. Ransom, of the Bal? tic, no news was received. The feel? ing of elation among the steamship officials early today when Capt. Ran? som wired that there was an excel? lent chance to save the Republic, gave way to regret when the news came that there had been loss of life. Details of the collision at sea in the dense fog oame by wireless today from many receiving stations along the New England coast line. The story told In brief, but potent messages, how the passengers of the Republic and the Florida spent many anxious and uncomfortable hours following the wreck. Not until all were safe and sound on the Baltic did they have a feeling of security. After the transfer of the p xssengers from the Republic to the Florida, which had no accommodations for the 400 and more additions to her already heavy list, Capt. Voltolin, of the Ital? ian ship, gave orders to stand by until further help arrived. An examination of the Florida showed that her cut? water and bow had been crumpled as If she had crashed Into a stone wall, and her two forward compartments were filled with water. However, she showed no signs of sinking. But It was deemed best, at a late hour, to transfer not only the Republic's pas? sengers, but all those on board the Florida as well to the Baltic, as Capt. Voltolin believed his pas-age to New York would be slow and there were insufficient accommodations and sup piles for so many passengers. Shortly before midnight the re transfsr Of the passengers began. For? tunately the sea was placid as a lake. The ships boats, working in the Rare of night lights, made their way back and forth between the steamships in the fog. Meanwhile the Republic drifted away in the murk and was lost to sight. All night long the transfer of nas sengers was in progress. There was little alarm among the passengers. Early today the transfer was com? pleted. As the morning advanced the fog lifted and the disabled steamship was picked up. The gored liner seem? ed to be floating easier and Capt. td Truth's." TUE TBC 09. New Seri< NOT FOR PROHIBITION. LOCAL OPTION SENTIMENT STRONG IN HOUSES IS Many Representative* From So-Called "Dry" Counties Will Vote Against The Prohibition Bills. Columbia, Jan. 24.?It now seems likely that the fight will not be In the senate, but in the house of represen? tatives. There had been much talk to the effect that the house would pass the bill as a matter of form and "put it up" to the senate to kill It How? ever, the latest news is to the effect that "noses have been counted" and that if the bill tcets through the house at all It will be only after a hard fight. One member of the house, who la the chairman of a very important committee and ranks high in the membership, said Saturday that he belives that the local option people have a majority of 15, but lccal op tlonists who have been taking- a poll of the house say that it will be closer than that. There are lumbers who are tee-to talers and are prohibitionists, too, at heart who are said not to be enthu? siastic over passing legislation now as it would give political prestige to individuals rather than promote the interests of a great cause. The pro? hibition leader of the State, Mr. C. C. Feathefrstone, who made a gallant fight before the people in 189 8 when the cause seemed almost hopeless, and the leaders despondent, and yet miss? ed election as governor by only a few hundred votes, has not, it seems, come out in a flat-footed demand for an iron-clad prohibition bill to be passed at this session. Some of the legislators seem to think that he pre? fers a referendum, to let the people themselves yote on the question. Some who have been studying the situation have seemed to think that because a county once voted out the dispensary its representatives will vote for a prohibition bill. This is said to be a mistaken idea. A prom? inent representative from a Piedmont county who remained in the city yes? terday said: "My county voted out the dispensary ?ryes; but it was largely due to the disclosures of rottenness in the State dispensary made by Mr. Lyon and Mr. Christensen ai\d the other members of the committee. We were unalter? ably opposed to the continuance of the State dispensary." It was stated Saturday that a repre? sentative from Aiken had declared that his county would have to pay no taxes this year?unless the dispensary should be removed, for out of the profits of the North Augusta dispen? sary the revenue has been large enough to run the fiscal affairs of Aiken county. On the other hand it is declared that the schools in Edge field, where there is prohibition, must suspend this month because of an in? sufficiency of funds to run them. Of course such arguments are specious when applied to the question of morals but there has been liquor sold in Edgefleld, according to recent reports. "I believe in no 'dog in the manger' politics," said one representative from a county on the North Carolina bor? der, which long ago voted a severance of connection with the old State dis? pensary. "We have no dispensary: although we have a good and suffic? ient express company service, and the quantity of liquor that is shipped in there from Baltimore and other cities would astound any one not acquaint ed with the facts. If we had a dis? pensary in our town we could sell enough liquor in nearby North Caro? lina ckies to remove all taxes from I our county, and there would not be so very much more sold at home than now comes In by the e ..u ess com pany. "We have gone on record as op? posed to the dispensary system, we have declared against its operation in our county, but if the people of Rich land and Sumter and Georgetown are satisfied, I feel that so long as it does not Interfere with my constituents 1 will have to vote for local option, un? less it should he proved, and 1 have \Y;'.it<-<l for the proof, that the county dispensaries are going the graft route as did the Stat?' dispensary.?The State. The cheapest source of nitrogen Is the COWpea and crimson clover. One bushel of cowpoas sown on land Is worth 15 to 17.50 an acre when the vines are cut off. Sealby and his boat crew went aboard. The wireless operator, who had stuck to his ship until ordered oft by the captain, obtained some new storage tanks and also returned to the disabled liner. E SOV'TUKOX, Established June, taM ??VoL XXVIII. 3o 25 mi ATTIT?LTn?Sk PRIME MINISTER AND EOREIGJt MINISTER WANT PEACE. Francis B. Loomis Brings Rack From Japan Important Information. Touching the Main Questions ac Issue Between the United states And the Empire of the Mikado. Washington, Jan. 24.?Marquis Kat sura, the prime minister of Japan ami Count Komura, the minister of for? eign affairs, recently explained in To klo to Francis B. Loo mis, commission? er general to the Japanese Exposition? in a series of interviews of uncommon interest and of present importance, the attitude and position of the Jap? anese government in respect to the main questions at issue between the peoples and the governments of the two countries. "I was deeply and agreeably im? pressed," said Mr. Loomis to an As? sociated Press representative, "with, the direct, explicit and what seemed* to me, satisfactory statements esT Count Komura, the minister of for? eign affairs, respecting the United States. Count Komura said Japan's aspirations were for peace and that, so far as the United States was con? cerned, his government most heartily desired to preserve, unimpaired and unbroken, the historic friendship be? tween Japan and the United States. Tn the matter of the emigration of: Japanese laborers,' said Count Komu? ra, 'we are doing our utmost to work in harmony with the government of the United States. We are energeti? cally discouraging emigration to the United States and elsewhere, except to Korea, Formosa and parts of Man? churia. It is now Japan's definite policy to concentrate its surplus popu? lation?that part which is disposed to emigrate?in these parts of the Orient which I have mentioned. There la opportunity for a large number of our people in Korea. They can be of great assistance in modernizing and developing that country. We desire to consolidate our interests in the Orltht We are doing our best to> carry out this policy, but a govern? mental policy cannot always be made fully operative in a day or a year. We mlist have sufficient time to ^ork out, scientifically and satisfactorily,, the solution of the problem. I think there will be little complaint concern? ing the emigration of Japanese la? borers in the future, on the part of any government in America! 'Count Komura then made it plainr that while his government would do its best to restrict emigration, he hoped that on our part there would be no discrimination made against Ja? panese subjects, and that in due time the public sentiment in this country: would be as favorable to his coun? trymen as to other foreigners residing. in the United States.* "Marquis of Katsura. the prime minister, was at the head of the cabi? net during the war with Russia. He is a versatile, highly intelligent, forci? ble man of great influence. He talk? ed in a most engaging manner about Japan; its future, and its relations* with the United States. He lost no> opportunity to explain that his gtrtr? ernment heartily desired peace not only with the United States, but withv the whole world, and that it would not permit any small differences <rr misunderstandings to embarrass fts harmonious relations with this coun? try. "The prime minister has embarked upon a policy of great importance to> Japan and to the rest of the worlds The large reductions he has just made in Japan's military budget," continue*! Mr. Loomis. "indicates the purport of these new plans. He stated, upon more than one occasion, that Japan's: progress had not been symmetrical He does not, if I interpret him truly. want the military spirit considerably over-developed at the expense of the artistic, industrial and spiritual stdV of the Japanese people. "He thinks that Japan must become, a great industrial nation ami be %l>Ie to supply. Cheaply and promptly, the^ markets of the Orient with manufact? ured products, and feeeminfcly has un ?b rtaken the task of i on\ crting Ja? pan from u military nation into es? empire of trade, industry and oetis merce. "The whole civilized world," sxJud Mr. Loomis. "should sympathize wftrt these aspirations upon which ihm prime minister's new policy is hasedL Clincher on Anti-Racing It tn. Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 22.?Thema tion to reconsider yesterday s vote Ojr which the anti-race track bill paaer? the assembly by a vote ?f ?7 to re> was lost this afternoon by a veftr esT 67 to 19.