Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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!SE AGREED ON, EulYCTlON TO HE HELD IN DIS? PENSARY COUNTIES. The Local Optimalst* and Prohibition? ists Kearti an Agreement Upon a Referendum Measure lipon Mal? of toy. Columbia. P>b. 1?.?After more than three lours' discussion, much of whlth certainly looked like filibuster Inc. the senate last night passed an amendment to the prohibition bill? the compromise proposed by Senator Christensen. Thla amendment was framed up by senators In conference doling the discussion on the bill. The Chrtateaaen amendment which passed provides, in brief: Hold aa ?lectlon July It. in coun? ties now having dlapensarlea to deter? mine whether they ahall continue the sale of whlakey. This would give prohibition for two weeks under the opening provisions of the probation bill. All counttni voting to retain the dtapensarlee will be under provisions of Carey-Cot h an act. After the passage of this amend? ment at 11 la o'clock. Senator Smith spoke upon a motion to Indoflnltely poetpone th? bill. trtm dlscuaalon of the prohibition bill created mueh Intereat and there were membera of the house, which had adjoqrnsd. present In the aenate chamber. Including Representatives at. U Smith and Richards, among the prohibition leadera of the houae. atessra. Smith and Rlchi.rda stated that the house would not adopt the amendment passed by the aenate. At 11 40 an adjournment was tak? en until 10 o'clock today. Columbia. Feb. J?.? The house prohibition!** are hopping mud with Senator Otts for his tactics blunder last night when he let the aenate run the Held over him. It is alleged that he agreed to the Chlrstenaen county referendum compromise and then de? serted It Th houae prohlhltloniats assert thst bs Is a self-appointed leader anyway, that the prohibitionists tried to name another, many of them preferring Carl lei e. It is also freely asserted that Otts has been selected by Governor An? sel for Sease's place as aollcltor. It eeeme now strongly probable that all liquor legislation will die aborning In the free conference com? mittee, aa the prohibltlontats of the house say they will have* none of the Christensen compromise. STATE-WIDE BILL LOOT. Columbia. Feb. 20.?The senate re? fused by a vote of 2 S to I to pass either a atralght State.wide prohibi? tion bill auch as the houae passed, or a state-wide referendum meaaure. It finally paaaed to third reading a bill providing for State-wide prohi? bition on the nrat Tuesday In August, with a provision allowing the present "wet ' countiea to vote dispensaries back In on the third Tuesday in Au? gust and allowing the present dry counties to go back to liquor by a pe? tition for an election under the pres? ent law. The prohibitionists gained practically nothing, and this little bit will be rejected by the house. The whole matter will go to a free con? ference where It will likely die. Columbia. Feb. 27.?By a vote of 41 to 41 the House thla morning ac? cepted the Senate compromise on Slate-wldo prohibition. Which means that the light is over, the local optlon lets winning to this extent. State? wide prohibition lasta on>y two weeka. from the Mr it Tuesday in Au? gust to the third Tuesday. On the third Tuesday the "wet" countiea may vote dispensaries back In, and the "dry" countiea may go wet aa now provided In the Carey-Cothran law. HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re? ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J CHENEY A CO.. Toledo, O. We. the underalgned. have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all bualneas transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by hla firm. WALIMNO. KINNAN 4k MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O. Hsll'a Catarrh Cure la taken Inter? nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucoua aurfacea of the ayatem. Testimonial aent free. Price 75 cents per bottle Sold by all Druggists. Taks Haifa Family Pllla for consti? pation. 24-lm The greatest gain In any life Is the loes of greed. The Isarid (?low of Doom ?Was aeen In the red face, handa and body of the little son of H. M. Adama. of Henrietta. Pa. Hla awful plight from ecsema had for five yeara. defied all remedlea and baffled the best doctora. who aald the poison? ed blood bad affected hla lunga and nothing could aave him "Hut," wrltea his mother, "seven bottles of Electric Hitter* completely cured him. For Eruption-?. Ecsema, Salt Rheum. Sores and all Blood Dla ordsra and Rheumatism Electric Bit? ters Is supreme Only 60c. Guaran? teed by SibecCa Drug Store. MAGISTRATES MUST REPORT. Will be Required to File Statement* Hegardlug Disposition of Cases. Columbia. Feb. 26.?In the magis? trates' bill adopted today there is a provision that all magistrates should* file with the clerks of courts a state? ment of all oases and their disposi? tion, a statement of all costs and lines collected, a detailed statement of all cases compromised. This statement must be sworn to and the oath mu3t further state that all money received and fines and costs have been paid the county. Unless this sworn statement Is filed the treasurer Is prohibited from paying the salary for the ''month. This provision was Inserted In free conference. STANDARD OIL'S FINE. Judge Holds Possible Maximum to be $720,^00. Chicago, Feb. 25.?From Judge Landts' fine of $29,240,000 to a possi? ble maximum une of $720,000 Is a far cry, but that Is admitted to be the meaning of a ruling made by Judge Anderson in the retrial of the Stan? dard Oil Company of Indiana for al? leged rebating today. The ruling was Informal and made for the purpose of expediting the hearing, and although the government has the privilege of presenting further arguments, It Is practically certain that there will be no change In the ruling when It Is formally entered. The decision of the Court of Ap? peals which reversed Judge Landls eliminated the view of that jurist that each carlo.id of oil on which a re? bate was accepted constituted a sep? arate offense. There were 1,462 of these carloads, the freight charges for which were paid In 36 different set? tlements. Judge Anderson Interpret? ed the decision of the Appellate Court, which, he said, served as his guide, to Imply that these allged re? bates accepted after each of the 36 settlements constitute the unit of of? fense. DISTILLERS HARD HIT. Must Label Blended Product "Imita? tion Whiskey.." Washington, Feb. 26.?Until a court of last resort decides otherwise, all neutral spirits, distilled to proper strength, and colored, and flavored, must, under the pure food law, be labeled "Imitation whiskey." Attorney Oenen.; Bonaparte has is? sued, statement lo the president, which the president yesterday ap? proved and made public, returning the communication of Dr. F. L. Dun lap, associate chemist of the agricul? tural department, In which the attor? ney general disagrees with the opin? ion of Dr. Dunlap. In his opinion, Dr. Dunlap said that he believed the name whiskey should not be denied to a product of neutral spirits If It were diluted to a proper .Ttrength, and If there were no harm? ful Ingredients In the coloring and flavoring. He believed that the manu? facturers of such goods would have the right to use name "neutral whis? key," "redistilled whiskey," or "recti? fied whiskey." Attorney General Ponaparte clt'sd an opinion he Rave April 10, 1907, in which he said there was no way to And a name for these products other than "imitation whiskey,'' and in a later opinion he said that he had found no reason to change his belief. The attorney general also cites an opinion of Justice Robb, of the Dis? trict Court of Appeals, and an opin? ion of Jud;e Thompson, of the Uni? ted States District Court in Ohio, In which It Is stated that because this practice of marking the blended whis? key as puri had been of long stand? ing. It did not make it legal or right. He also referred to decisions In the District Court of Maryand, and in the Southern District of Illinois, bearing out the same opinion. In his letter to the president, and which the president approves, Mr. Bonaparte says that to label any of the blended products anything else than Imitation whiskey will be a vlo 'atlon of the pure food law. A Town to Watch. The city of Sumter, which leads the State In diversified manufactures, Is now going largely into shoes. Other towns in the State will do well to watch Sumter carefully and learn from her.?Yorkvllle Enquirer. Shippers who have to pay higher freight rates are getting the idea that the Hallroad Rate law works back? ward. ?This Is of the yeat the hard should t Kennedy act very clple cur the syatet tlon of tl ly like Syrup, as maple su gists the most dangerous time to pqtrh cold, and It Is I cure It. If you a few doses of Tough Syrup will Its laxative prln y driving it from e but natural ac 'hlldren especlal ?axatlve Cough good, nearly like >ld by All Drug COTTON PRICES LOWER. PAST WEEK BAD ONE FOR THE BULLS. Undertone of Steadiness?Despite Ev? ery Bearing; Influence, However, Market Haa Showed Strong Resis? tance. New York, Feb. 26.?Prices in the cotton market have fallen during the week, contributing causes being the sharp cut in steel prices and the bad break in the stock market. Fears of tariff revision, dullness and depres? sion in spot cotton, weakness In Liv? erpool, reports that Manchester was to adopt short time, and finally state? ments that the yarn manufacturers of North Carolina would do the same thing, have had some effect. With it all came heavy liquidation, apparent? ly In part for big spot interests. The crop movement, too, has contributed on a scale which has made believers in a yield of 13.500,000 to 13,750,000 bales more confident. Though the dry goods trade has been slowly im? proving it has been so slow that bears have claimed dry goods conditions as a bearish advice. Meantime Liver? pool has a very large stock and it costs considerable to carry it, espe? cially as the spot sales there have been generally light, despite occasion? al spurts. Yet, in spite of every draw? back, there has been a certain under? current of steadiness. Spinners' tak? ings go on at a rate which does not seem to suggest any widespread com? plaint at ruling prices, which con? tinue to be much lower than those of a year ago, while the quality of the crop is much superior. Some large transfers of March cotton to October, on the eve of March notices, have been made without much affecting that month. Liverpool has been plac? ing straddles between the two mar? kets. The South has sold at times but has also bought of late, especially New Orleans. The principal selling has come from spot people. Wall street and Chicago. _ > Bradstreet's Trade Review. New York, Feb. 26.?Bradstreet's tomorrow will say: "While there has been some expan? sion in house jobbing trade in dry goods and millinery lines and busi? ness in seeds and fertilizers has been large, the unsettlement caused by price reductions in the iron, steel and other metal markets, the weakness in securities and the nearer approach of tariff revision have all made for a de? gree of uncertainty not so plainly visible for a long time past. "As yet the reductions announced or believed to be impending in the metal markets have not made for a large business being booked. The coal and coke trades respond' sympatheti? cally to the unsettlement in metals, and there is also evidence that over? production of coarse cotton yarns will force a reduction in output. The finer grades of cotton goods are. however, in good shape, and mills arc behind on deliveries. The leading woolen goods interests are reported to have booked orders equal to last year's entire output,' and the wool market Is strong with foreign wools, chiefly bought because of the scarcity of stocks of domestic grades. Shoe trade reports are that manufacturers are busy on spring orders. Leather is quiet, and some Imperfect lots are easier. "Business failures In the United States for the week ending February 25. were 244 against 282 last week and 311 In 1908." Heater's Weekly Statement. New Orleans, Feb. 26.?Secretary Hester's weekly cotton statement Is? sued today shows for the 26 days of February an Increase over last year of 89,000 bales and a decrease under the same period year before last of 170,000. For the 179 days of the sea? son that have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the same days of last year 1,974,000 and ahead of the same days year before last 134,000. The amount brought Into sight dur? ing the past week had been 189,153 bales against 202,775 for the Same seven days ending this date last year and 280,336 year before last. The movement since September 1 shows receipts at all United States ports 8,115.266 against 6.888.962 last year; overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Patomac rivers to Northern mills and Canada 919,895. against 477,720 last year; Interior stocks In excess of those In at the close of the commercial year 630,813 against 348. 763 last year; Southern mills' takings 1,431.000 against 1.371.643 last year. These make the total movement since September 1, 11,096,794 against 9,123,088 last year. Foreign exports for the week have been 89.069 against 117,188 last year, making the total thus far for the sea? son 6,421,574 against 5.776,539 last year. The total takings of American mills, N??rth, South and Canada, thus far for Ihc season have been 3,414,865 against 2,529,183 last year. Stocks at the seaboards and the 29 leading Southern Interior centres have decreased during the week 14,869 bales against a decrease during the corresponding period last season of 7,375. Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far from the new crop the supply to date is 11,378,321 against 9,471,094 for the same period last year. COUNTRY LIFE REPORT r CORED Senator Tillman Says It Is Absolutely Worthless So Far as the South Is Concerned. Washington, Feb. 25.?By a vote of 48 to 19, the senate today voted to retain in the agricultural bill an ap? propriation of $25,000 for digesting, compiling and publishing the ma? terial gathered by the commission on country life. Senator Kean made a point of order against the amend? ment and Senator Tillman declared that "so rar as the South was con? cerned the report of the commission is not worth the paper it Is written on." Mr. Dolllver defended the amendment as both in order and de? sirable in the promotion of interest in country life. MANNING TO PLAY BASEBALL. Will be One of the Several Towns that will Organize a League. Manning Feb. 26.?It has been definitely decided that Manning will once more enter the base ball field,' not for the purpose of perpetrating another Joke, but with the full deter? mination to play ball. Suitable grounds have been leased and work will soon be commenced on the erec? tion of an enclosure, a grand stand and bleachers, so that the park will be In readiness when the season opens. The Manning team will be un? der the management of Mr. E. C. Thames, but no league arrangements have yet been perfected. Probably a league will be organized to Incite a number of towns in this sectldfi of the State. When the season op^ens the fans want to watch the score of the manning team, if for nothing else, just to see how much It will differ from that of two years ago. J. F. ONG ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. Well Known Columbian Tries to Com? mit Suicide In Augusta. Augusta, Ga., Feb. 25.?J. F. Ong of Columbia, a well known contrac? tor of ability, attempted suicide yes? terday afternoon at 4:30 o^clock In his room at the Genesta hotel. Ong fired five shots from a Smith & Wes? son .32 calibre revolver into his head, neck and face, but none of them pen? etrated the brain and his chances for recovery are said to be quite good. Dr. Thos. D. Coleman was the physi? cian who attended Ong soon after he was shot and had him carried to the hospital, where he was resting well at a late hour. Ong is well known in Augusta and is at present constructing c. court house at Manning for the Woodward Lumber Company. He was the con? tractor for the Park-ln-the-Pines ho? tel at Aiken and has a splendid repu tation as a contractor of ability. He is a man of about 40 years of age and is married. Contractor Ong's Motive. Manning, Feb. 26.?Contractor J. F. Ong, who attempted suicide in Au? gusta, is well knowrt here as a master builder, who had charge of the con? struction of the Clarendon county court house building, but was relieved of his position owing to an error, pre? sumably his, in the erection of the edifice, the building being four Inches higher than the plans and specifica? tions called for. This, In all proba? bility, caused him to become depress? ed and led to the attempt on his own life. Appropriations for South Carolina. Washington, Feb. 25.?The fol? lowing amounts will be expended by the war department for surveys of rivers and harbors In South Carolina for the fiscal year 1910: Waccamaw and Little Pee-Dee, $4, 000; Great Pee-Dee, $10,000; Winyah Bay, $15,000; Santee, Wateree and Congaree, $48,000; Charleston har? bor, $25,000; waterways, Charleston to McClellanville. (Alligator Creek,) $5,000, making in all $107,000. ?We say without hesitation that DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills are unequaled for weak kidneys, backache, inflammation of the blad? der and all urinary disorders. They are antiseptic and act promptly in all cases of weak back, backache, reum atism and rheumatic pains. Accept no substitute. We sell and recom? mend them. All Druggists. The Lutheran Seminary will be moved from Mount Pleasa.it to Char? leston. Kills Would-be Slayer. ?A merciless murderer is Appendi? citis with many victims. But Dr. King's New Life Pills kill It by pre? vention. They gently stimulate stom? ach, liver and bowels, preventing that clogging that invites appendicitis, curing Constipation, Biliousness, Chills, Malaria, Headache and Indi? gestion. 25c at Sibert'8 Drug Store. THE PREMIUM LIST. -0 Solicit Subscriptions for the Twice, a=Week Watchman and Southron. Valuable Prizes to be Given for Work in Spare Time?Number of Prizes Unlimited. The Watchman and Southron which has been the family newspaper ntH Sumter County since the days of your grand-parents is now published twice a" week?Wednesday and Saturdays?and is the biggest and newsiest county paper published In the State of South Carolina. The price remains the same as when it was published once a week only?$1.50 a year. At this price the Watchman and Southron is the cheapest and best family paper within the reach of the people of Sumter and adjoining counties. It gives twice a week-i the local, County, State and general news in a condensed and readable shape, as well as many timely special articles on farming, household and other topics. Mr. E. W. Dabbs, President of the Sumter County Farmers* Union will have editorial direction of a special department devoted to Farmers' Union News and Farming, that will be particularly interesting. The Watchman and Southron should go into every home in this section of the State, and those who are not now subscribers can easily be induced tot subscribe. As an inducement to those who have spare time to solicit subscriptions for us we are offering a number of valuable premiums for lists of new subscribers and we want agents in every neighborhood in Sumter, Lee and Clarendon Counties. ALL PERSONS who desire to do so, whether they live in Sumter County! or elsewhere, are cordially invited to act as subscription agents. All will be entitled to participate in the competition, will be paid for their work in pre? miums, commensurate In value with the value of the work performed or in cash, as they may prefer. The price of subscription Is $t.r>n a year, or 75 cents for six months?and may be sent in one, two or more at a time, with or without the cash, to suit the convenience of the agent, but for an old name to be connted for a pre-l mlum the subscriber must pay up all arreage and one year in advance. HERE ARE THE PREMIUMS. FOR THREE NAMES?A Red Midget Stylo Fountain Pen; a two Blade Pocket Knife, or an Ingersoll Watch. FOR FOU*i NAMES?A Fountain Pen with 14k solid gold pen; a Threes Blade Pocket Knife o<r one year's subscription to either of the following Maga? zines; Bohemian, Metropolitan, Argosy, Cosmopolitan or The Delineator. FOR FIVE NAMES?A Diimond Point Fountain Pen, a year's subscrip? tion to either of the following Magazines: McClure, Munsey or Woman's Home Companion, Saturday Evening Post, or a Stem-Winding Nickle Watch. FOR SIX NAMES?A Waterman's Fountain Pen; Stem-Winding Nickle^ Watch; a year's subscription to Ladies Home Journal or Review of Reviews; a fine Razor; Pocket Knife; Baseball Mitt; or Ball and Bat. FOR EIGHT NAMES?A Guaranteed Stem-Winding Open Face NTckle Watch; a fine Razor; Catcher's Mitt; A Waterman's Fountain Pen; a Teach? er's Bible. FOR TEN NAMES?Single-Barrel Breech-loading Columbia Shotgun; Gold* mounted Waterman's Fountain Pen; Guaranteed Stem-Wrinding Nickle Watch, either polished or oxydized case; a fine Catcher's Mitt, or any other article of equal value. - \ FOR TWENTY NAMES?Ten Year Gold Case Trenton Watch; Hopkins & Allen 16-shot Repeating Rifle; Single-Barrel Special Breech-loacdng Shotgun; a fine Toilet or Washstand Set. j FOFt TIIIHTY NAMES?20 Year Gold Open Case Elgin Watch; 22-Calibro Winchester Repeating Rifle; Double-Barrel Shotgun, or any other article of equal value. J\>R FORTY NAMES?Union Arms Co., Double-Barrel Hammerless Shot? gun; 32-calibre Winchester Repeating Rifle; 20 Year Gold Case Elgin or Wal tha;a 7 Jewel Watch, or any other article of equal value. | FOR FIFTY NAMES?Ladies Solid Gold Watch, 20 Year Gold Case Elgin or Waltham 7 Jewel Gentleman s Watch; Hopkins-; & Allen Double-Barrel Hammerless Shotgun. FOR SEVENTY-FIVE NAMES?$35 Ithica Double-Barrel Hammerless Shotgun; a New Ideal Sewing Machine; a 20 Year Double Case Elgin or Wal-, tham Watch. FOR ONE HUNDRED NAMES?A Smith or Fox Double-Barrel Hammer? less Shotgun; a New Home Sewing Machine; a Solid Gold Waltham or Elgin Watch. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. THE CONTEST BEGHS'S NOW and will come to a close on June 1st. at^ 6 o'clock p. m, sharp. Each agent will be held individually responsible for the payment of the amount due on all names returned by him or her. Where It is desired to stop a subscription before the close of the Club contest, the Agent may do so by paying the amount due at the time of such stoppage. Where a subscription has been paid in full, it cannot be discontinued. The Agent however, may, if he sees proper, transfer the unfulfilled portion of the subscription to another subscriber, provided the person to whom the transfer is to be made was not a subsciber at the time the original name was entered on our books. No name will be counted in competition for a premium until the subscrip? tion price has been paid, nor will any premium be delivered until the Agent has either paid or made satisfactory settlement for all the names sent in by him or her. \^ j In cases of contention by two or more Agents over the right to a name, preference will be given to the one who pays for the name FIRST; but where both pay.we shall not attempt to decide the matter except by crediting the name for one year for each such pajment. After a name has been entered on our books, no transfer will be permitted. This Is positive and emphatic, and where Agents attempt to make such trans? fers, they must concede our right to take such steps as may seem necessary to protect the fairness of this provision. The Agent who returns names must pay for them. Any and all Agent! will have the right to Get Subscribers Wherever They Can. It is not necessary that all the names shall go to the same postotflce address. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them and we will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when it is sent by Draft, Registered Letter, Express or Postotflce Money Order. In sending names. Always give correct name or initials, and present poM oilice address, and if possible say whether the subscribers are NOW taking the paper. Careful observance of this will be the means of avoiding much trouble and confusion. OSTEEN PUBLISHING CO., 18 W. Liberty St. Sumter, S. C.