Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.-3 6DAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1909. The Sumter Watchman wai found? ers! im 1*50 und th? I . ue Southron In UM. 1 he Watchman and Southron na>w has the combined circulation and lance of both of the old papers, Is manifestly the beat advertising Isms hi Sumter. TI HK1U I'l.OMN s T AT IS IK S. Wmx. A alter Cheyne Deliver* Lecture mm Cho?ter?Tu Hpenk at Other Vn at* la Campaign Agalisst White Mgre*. CmtsfteT, Feb. I.?Dr. Wa ter CJmayne of Sumter, sectstary of the Jasata Carolina Medical Association, twaurvd here last night in theNnter as* mt the anti-tuberculosis move Dr Cheyne will visit other points la this section of the State, at which gthsiM* he will lecture on the subject mt tebar^aloots. Rock Hill. Tuesday mry ? ; Torkvllle. Wednesday dog. and Oaffney. Wednesday kg. Our point brought out In Dr. lie's address was that consump sn m not a hereditary disease, as Oh popular Idea, hut it Is merely a disease and can be wiped out the proper precautions. The tendency for tuberculosis to an Is families, said the speaker, is \j due to the fact that children eat consumptive parents are exposed tram childhood to tubercle bacillus armttrred by their parents Dr. Ctieyne said that in order to ac *h*m the best results It Is neces for the standing physician to have the aid of the patient and the parent a family, that school teaciers ?asM*; iit pupils at large should work t - esdwtat* the children in the beginr Ing Ho cited the splendid work accom ejatet ed by Dr. Oorgas in transfc rm lesj 'the Panama canal territory from m p**rt hole where white people assahl not live into a place of sanitary aalet] . After years of failure under taw French regime. Dr. Oorgus re si am 1 hat two or three years 'o j?-M tt.e te*ult sbovs noted. Dr. Q.^rgas has teen recently elected president of tJha Kmerlean Medical Association in awcaantsatlon of his achievement. Dr. Cheyne quoted some Interesting atatlstlc*. Two hundred thousand per . aasss in the United states die annually fron? tuberculosis, while the yellow nfavor uearge during the past 115 has claimed only 110.000 vlc m Che United States. During the four years of the War 'f*etai*ee the States on both sides, itbarv were but ltt.000 deaths from war. wounds and disease. s a commercial standpoint, or my value placed on human life, the doctor continued, the acquiring upending power of a community an adult life Is from $1.500 to $5, W n is desired to reduce the <coat of tuberculosis to a financial bu? nas II caa be easily done by taking his aaralnjum vsluation and multiplying It hy 200.000 This, the ph>slclan can be proved. He concluded iiSkrag the question whether It ssaya the State or county to pay ft* taies to conserve $1.500 worth of pro*? rt| The lecture was given undor aunpi ??? of the Chester County Medi? ae** :viM>clatlon and a public meeting ?f the cltrsens of Chester was held at opera house last night to consider matter of organizing an antl-tu mloate league. Dr. J. O. Johnson. -uWnt of the county association. otlV i the meeting to order; prayer my tt*v. D. M. Method. A short ad dreoa was made by Mayor R. B. Cald wrll. expressing phasure at the gath asrinx of the people to take some ae? gises la the sdoption of measures to ?ewtnt?,,t the ireal plague, eoaaump tlem. He pledged his cooperation as s? caMsen and as the head of the city ?mment and support of the hOgrd health In the movement now being to check the ravages of this ?Ihle scourge. Mayor Caldwell In read the speaker of the evening. ft-ITTJ.K II.FFT lit ?MF. HOUND. ?ssffi I.Obmltar Saturday for Hampton ?toads. Od raitar. Feb. I.?With the hands esa I oard playing Home. Sweet Horn*." the fleet of II battleships, mmiif Rsar Admiral Sperry. left Ol aWS?rar at 11 o'clock this morning for ftaTiifirsre Honda on the last lap of ita '.mans around the-world cruiae of 41.Win miles, One hour later the ves ssrlr vers well clear of the land, and sesaasoing westward In double column ghrrxstlun at a speed of ten knots an law' They will follow the southern la ta Hampton Roads, a distance l.ftOt miles, and about 1.000 miles the American coast they will be and earorted homo by the ihlrd idrnn of the Atlantic fleet, under ir Admiral Arnold % HaalneiM Proposition,?"Here Is nr itim. Harold 1 lOVe another ^Ulve me his uame and address' ?"Why ' l>o you wl*h to kill Mm.' him! No. I want to sell him the *The Taller milk's dk AT II lnspikks .11 |><;k hissklls mi si:. Poetic Decision Handed Down In i'huso Co'.ebre or Nelson Tally, Colored, Accused of Mule Murder in A inert cum. Atlanta Georgian. Kven though he has spent many a hot day in the cotton bottoms pulling the bell cord across the spinal column of a "hay burner," and? e' en though he confessed that on certaii occasions he has used considerable force and some violence In attempting to cor? rect the wayward Inclinations of the Georgia mule, Judge Dick Kussel], of the state court of appeals, still has a heart full of sympathy for the animal and thinks it is better to pity than to censure him. In a decision Wednesday sustaining the conviction of Nelson Tally, a ne? gro who was tried in the city court of Amerlcus on the charge of beating a mule to death, Judge Russell declares that the high civilisation of the coun? try demands that the dumb animals shall be protected against cruelty and suffering, and then, overcome by the pathos of the subject, he wanders Into rhyme. The Judge's rhyme Is In reply to the verse with which the defendant's at? torney expressed his Indignation that his client should have been convicted. The lawyer wrote: No matter how hot is the bottom And the mule Is beset by the flies, Let the negro at work In the cotton Never slap with the lines, if he is wise; Tho the lines may be tight on the nigger And the contract enslaves, he's a fool If he slaps and then thinks he's better In the eyes of the law than a mule. Then, stating that he replies In per? haps no poorer poesy, but perhaps much better law, Judge Russell sings: "When the sun shines hot In the bot? tom And the mule Is beset with the flies. The hand and the head which guides the poor beast Should be at once gentle and wise. The man who trusts his beast to a plowhand? For negroes and whites the law is the same? Is assured that the statutes and laws of the land Forbid that his brute shall be maimed. "So, where a mule's In sole charge of s driver He (no matter what color his skin) Must sh >w If that mule should be In? jured That the hurt was not due to his sin. True, th* law holds the driver far big? ger Than a conscienceless mule to be; Tet, the law should avenge with all v gor All tne driver's wanton acts of cruelty." The court afllrmed the decision. HOIOS FOR THE ORPHANS. American Red Pros* Gives $250,000 for Institution to Cure for Italian Children. Rome. Feb. 7.?It is officially an? nounced that the American National Red Cross, through Ambassador Gris Dogs. has put $250,000 at the disposal of the committee organized by Queen Helena which has under control the establishment of an orphanage, to be devoted to the care of the children left homeless and without pnrents by the earthquake disaster. The institu? tion will he called the American Red Cross orphanage and it is Intended to bring up the children as agricultural? ists. LYNCHING IN ALABAMA. Neyro Had Mistreated Mule Daugh? ter of Employer. S? Ima, Ala., Feb. 8.?News has just reached here of the lynching of Will Parker, a negro, near Mexla, In Mou? rn,. County, last Saturday. The ne? gro had mistreated tho three-year-old daughter <?f \. < >. Bailey, the man for \\h'?m he worl ed, on Friday. A mob was formed during the night, but the dogs were unable to take the negro's trail until the following morning. He was found In a corn crib, and when the shelff's posse arrived, about half an hour later, from Monroevllle, they found the nexro's body hanging to a tree. ACTOS FOR THE PRESIDENT. The H< usc Authorizes Appropriation of SI J.ooo for Motor Cars. Washington, Feb. 8.?In the House of Representatives today the confer? ence report of the urgent deflcien. y appropriation bill was agreed to with? out debtte. The bill now goes to the President. The report finally dispos? ed of tlie Item of $12,000 for automo? biles for the White House'by author? ising the necessary appropriation. PUTTING IT I P TO TAFT. Democratic Senators Would Make Omni Case a Test. The following is from The Wash? ington star. If the Democrats of the senate have their way William H. Taft within a few days after his inaugura? tion as president of the United States, will be compelled to make known ex? actly what he intends to do in regard to the appointment of negroes to Fed? eral offices in the South. There j a well defined movement already on foot now to accomplish this end. Efforts are being made by Senator Tlllman of South Carolina, and others to hold up President Roosevelt's nomination of Dr. William D. Crum, a negro, to succeed himself as collector of the port of Charleston. S. Oh until after March 4 next, so that Mr. Taft will have to fill this office and make known his position at the very beginning of his administration. The result of this fight to settle the question of negro appointments will doubtless depend on the success of Senator Tlllman and the others In their efforts to get the Democratic senators to stand shoulder to should? er for the next five weeks against Dr. Crum's confirmation. Several Republican senators have receive letters from Mr. Taft urging them to push the confiration of Dr. Crum before Mr. Taft becomes presi? dent. He has told these sentators that he does not wish to have the first few week? of his administration marked by a fight over this case. The Republicans are desirous of carrying out Mr. Taft's wish. Mr. Taft's overtures to the South, however, have been watched closely by the Southern Democrats In the sen? ate. They are frank to admit that they like him, and that his courting has been, to a large degree success? ful?at least, that he has won their hearts, even If he has not changed their political faith. One Southern senator had this to say about it: "If Mr. Taft Is going to assume the position that he should appoint ne? groes to Federal offices In the South, let him say so, and the sooner the better. Or, If he is not going to do that, let him say so. Of course, we Southerners hope that he will not ap? point negroes, but that is aside from the question. "If he says that he does intend to appoint negroes, all right. We won't fight his nominations on that ground, or as far as we can see on any other ground. If he says he will not ap? point them, why, of course, we will not be disposed to object to his nomi? nations, either. Put we want him to declare himself." The opinion has been several times expressed by Southern senators that if Mr. Taft knew exactly how they felt about t ils matter he might not urge the confirmation of Dr. Crum at this time. They hope he will not dodge the question, but allow the Crum nomination to expire on March 4, and then either renew It or nominate a white man for the place. COMPULSORY SCHOOL LAW. Compromise Rill Submitted to Legis? lature und Original Withdrawn. Columbia, Feb. 4.?Mr. Ayer for the committee on education presented a report by substitute for the compul? sory education bills of Messrs. Fultz und McMahan. The substitute was prepared by these two gentlemen as a combination and compromise on their two hills, which were with? drawn. It Is liberal in its provisions, but Is a decided step towards compul? sory education, and puts South Caro? lina in line In this great movement. All children between eight and twelve are obliged to attend school except those apprenticed to useful trades, or who are In domestic service or working for wages on farms. Child? ren may be excused from attending school for reason endorsed by trus? tees and accepted by county board. They may attend public or private school or be taught at home If ap? proved by district trustees. They will not be required to attend school if residing more than three miles from the school unless conveyance Is pro* vided by trusties. If r. child be ab? sent without excuse, and after notice to the parent or guardian by one or more members of the board for two days In a week, parent or guardian deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Trustees are required to furnish sta? tistics to the county board of all chil? dren In the district attending school or not with excuses for those not at? tending, setting forth race, sex and estimated or actual age. The committee Is understood to bo generally favorable, but one or two members reserve their rights to oposo It on the floor. SENATOR SMITH'S SECRETARY. Columbia, Feb. 2.?Senator-elect Ed I). Smith Is starting out on?good lines. He is getting a first-class private sec? retary. The announcement is made that Mr. ('has M. Galloway, now tele? graph editor of The State, will go with Senator Smith to Washington as his private secretary. Mr. Galloway Is a trained newspaper man, well educated and has a charming wife. roiiTo Rico advances. Natives a Tine People and Glad of America 11 Hale. "Porto Rico, since it has come un? der American rule, ha.s made wonder? ful progress in every possible man? ner," said Lee Xixon, assistant post? master at San Juan, Porto Rico, to a Washington Herald reporter. Mr. Xix? on Is in this country on leave, and will in a day or two go to Indianapo? lis, his home. "Porto Ricans are a fine people," he continued, "and I am of the opin? ion that their status for citizenship should be definitely established by law. They should be given American citizenship. They deserve it. Under the present conditions they are citi? zens nowhere. They are different from any foreigner, who can forswear his allegiance to the country he came from and become a citizen of the Uni? ted States, in that a Porto Rican has no country whose allegiance he can forswear. "Every town in Porto Rico closed the past fisc.il year with a surplus, which has never happened until now, there always being deficits. This Is due to the highly efficient administra? tion. The executive council off the isl? and has direct supervision over all municipal affairs. "When the Americans came to Por? to Rico in 1898, there were 25.000 school children, and now, after nine years of American efforts, there are 95,000 school children enrolled. In 1898, just after the Spaniards left the island, there were 625 schools; today there are 1,751. Public school educa? tion before the advent of the Ameri? cans was practically an unknown thing; now there is a general desire for knowledge and education among the old as well as the young. "It is in improvements which are bound to benefit Porto Rico in a ma? terial sense that great progress has been made since the island has come under American sway. Spain in her possession of the island, for more than 400 years, spent something like $3,000,000 on roads. She built one great road across the island. This is about all that was done in making of public highways. The Americans have brought about a greater progre. s along these lines, as well as along all other lines of public improvement. "Over $5,000,000 have been spent in the last ten years on roads. Rail? roads are being built all over the is? land, and there is not a town in Por? to Rico that Is not fitted out and sup? plied with telegraph and telephone service. Piers are being built and nearly every town . r aqueducts to insure a .-apply of fresh water. Three million haveb appropriated for irr, to develop sugar plan: it Ions, Practt cally every Improvement along these lines has been suggested by Governor Post. "There are over eighty-two postof fices in the island, all of which do a money-order business. The San Juan postoffice is the government deposi? tary of the funds of the island." $300,000 FOR ROOSEVELT. It Only He Will Consent to Head n Wild West Show. (From the Baltimore Sun.) v Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 31.?If Pres? ident Roosevelt will consent to head a "Wild West show," he can draw a sal? ary of 510,000 a week for 30 consecu? tive weeks, according to an offer just made ta him by James M. Alias, proprietor of the Hotel Atlas, cd' this city. Mr. Atlas, who says he is an old friend of Mr. Roosevelt and used to wrestle with him, when he was gov? ernor of New York, has sent the pres? ident the following letter: "The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. President of the United States: Dear Sir: Will you accept an en? gagement of 30 weeks at a salary of $10,000 a week?$300,000 in all commencing the first day of May, 1909, to head a 'Wild West* exhibition entitled 'Theodore Roosevelt's Con? gress of Rough Riders?' "An early reply will be greatly ap? preciated by yours truly, "James M Atlas." Atlas says that he is backed by a circus syndicate, and is ready to ad? vance the $300,000 or any part ?of it, as an evidence of good faith. In his own mind, he has already mapped out the performances. He says the programme Will be about as follows: Part 1. Grand assemblage of 'Theodore Roosevelt's -Congress of Rough Riders." Col. Roosevelt rides out on spirited mustang and bows gracefully to the audience in style made popular by Buffalo Bill. Part. 2. Battle scene, San Juan Hill. Some of the original Rough Riders are led up the hill in the face of a galling fire. Col. Roosevelt heads the charge. Part. 3. Hunting in the Wild West. Mounted on his favorite broncho, Col. Roosevelt rides around the arena, shooting glass balls and performing other difficult feats of markmanship. Part 4. The inauguration. Repro ducion of the famous scene In Wash? ington when the popular idol took the oath of office for the second time. I l.!r. AtlBis, who is an old-time ? ? ? ? n u m m m T HE season bat about arrived when those who plant gardens will begin to think of tin if Seed Potatoes, for there is no garden complete without them. Several years ago we introduced in a small way ? m m * m m n u m u m u M H ? ? ? ? * m n m m m Red Bliss Triumph, 1 And this brand seems so well adapted to our soil and climate, that we have practically eliminated every other variety. It yields liberally, and its eating qual? ities are excellent. We have now in stock and in transit .1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? M ? ? ? One Hundred Barrels Of this well known brand, and we would suggest to our friends the advisability of getting their seed with as little delay as possible, for our past experience has been that those who wanted this brand and deferred their purchases until late in the season were disap? pointed in getting them. We have also a limited quantity of 1 The Irish Cobbler A seed of recent introduction and one which some of our friends think veil of. We would recommend as an excellent fertilizer for potatoes our M ? ? ? ? ? ? * ? ? ? ? I Ashepoo 8=3=3 * m Those who have tried it express perfect satisfaction with the results. m m u * m m u m * ? M IHHIBfllllllMIIIlMIIIIlINli \ O'DONNELL 6 CO wrestler, says he feels certain that his remarkable offer will be accepted. "That's no dub sum, $300,000," be said. '"He can postpone his African hunting trip until autumn. Think of the money he would make and the big erowdj? tb^t would" ftprd^uVI b5^' \\ " will fur??ish ??? rj thing ?<??? his ' COOlfoH on rhe road "'here will be a private car for him, or two. if neces? sary, and oni tor nil >te:io:;raphers if wants ^ u>ij on loo literary work. "This is the biggest idea in the his? tory of the mow business, and it's all my own. If it goes through, we shall put the biggest tent in the world. We have the canvas and all the outfit within reach now. All we need is our printing, some more seats and a few carlo^dl of paint." FOSTER HANGED AT BURG. SPARTAN COTTON FELL DURING WEEK. New York, Feb. 5.?Though prices have declined during the past Wt elf the falling off in values has been com? paratively small as far as net Chang!M are concerned. Strong spot interests have been steadily buying There has In en a pressure to buy the actual cot? ton this season, both because of its cheapness and '. ecausc of the fact that for years the average quality has been so high. Meantime the New York slock is steadily decreasing. Tariff agi? tation is keeping the dry goods tradj In check, but In many fabrics a fair business is beim? done and as soon as the tariff question is disposed of it is expected that business will improve. The present Repressive tendencies in the cotton ina-ket are rather of dull? ness and depiession here and there in spot cotton at the South, unexpect? edly larg" receipts and the slowness of trade revival in this country. The dullness of speculation also coun's against the market. It is too much an Negro Murderer, to the Last Profess? ing Innocence, Pays Penalty mi Scaffold. spartan burg, Feb. G.?Declaring Ith bis last breath that h?? was inno? cent of tn? mm ler of John Young. Cot which crime he was i > pay the utatn penalty, Will Foster, colored, was hanged here today. The execu? tion took place In the county jail and was witnessed by only a few persons. Foster went to the scaffold with a steady tread and was composed until the trap was sprung. Winnsboro, Feb 7.?Sheriff Hood received a telephone message this morning informing him of a double killing near Burkhead in the north? western portion of the county at a gambling den last night. A negro, George Carr, shot and killed two oth? er negroes, Bill Sawyer and Nick Williams. Three others were wound? ed. The latest report from the scene of the murder is that Deputy Dickey has captured Carr. Dun's Weekly Statement. New York, Feb. 5? R. G. Dunn & Co's., weekly review of trade tomor? row will say: "Dullness of retail trade is some? what more pronounced than usual and distribution in wholesale lines con? tinues restricted, although there Is urgency in the demand for varieties of cotton and woolen goods to provide for immediate requirements and East? ern manufacturers are very busy. Con? ditions in iron and ste? 1 continue dis? appointing. Stocks of pig iron are Increasing and prices show a sagging tendency. In the primary market for dry gooods the feature of importance is the increasing evidence of shortness affair of a few large people and some [of stocks in jobbers' bands, supplies board room traders. Spinners, tak? ings have fallen otf and visible sup plies have been ginning more rapidly than they were a year ago. Bears think this means that of late the croo lias been underestimated and that prices must decline. Bulls maintain that it is only a passing phase, that the crop is not over 13.000.000 bales and that very little lack of it will be observed at higher prices. Some 4,000 bales of low grades have just been sold from the New York stock for export to Liverpool. Mc Fadden interests are buying steadily. Twenty thousand packages of cotton goods were sold hero on Friday for China. in the West especially having reduced to a minimum." THE AI KEN LEPER. been An Oklahoma legislator has intro? duced a hill making the water wagon a common carrier; free passes for all. -Houston Chronicle. Dr. Croft Secures Signatures to Re? quest That Her Quarantine he Lift? ed. Alken, Feb. 2.?Alleging thr.t Miss Kirk, said to be a leper, is out of all danger of contagion. l>r. T. G. Croft, her attending physician, has circulat? ed a petition, calling on the board of health to remove the guards ard take off the quarantine from the premises, the petition ha.s received a good many signatures, but has not yet been pre? sented to the board of health, and It Is not known what action, if ary, will be taken upon presentation of the pe? tition. The popularity of the Hon. James Wilson is due to the fact that he has proved more nearly "a secretary of Not that we fear the Japs, but W would surrender the legislature itself rather than start R. P. Hobson to i farming" than a secretary of "agrlcul talklng again.?Los Angeles Express. | ture.'"?Charleston News and Courier.