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?b 8 c SUMTKK WATCHMAN. EMabll ?sssolldsted Ans. 8,188 Cfcf (?tattbman anb ?utbroit. Published Wednesday and Saturday ?BY? OST EE H PUtLISNING COMPANY sUmt?r, s. a 11.10 par aaaara?in advance. AsliuaflcoBaassis Owe Square flrat laaartlon.f 1.00 Brrerr subsequent Insertion.10 Ol streets for three months, or ton** will be made at redaost raten. All communication* which sah ?onri privat? Interns a will ha charged far no advertisements, Oiltaartee aad tributes of msjpects win be charged far. mm tests tb mm. mar. a j. smith pot in Cfl^HUK OF WORK Of THIS m and State Department to Shoulder In of South Osn>Hna Dr. Goodrich at Col um Columbia. March 2 -Dr. C. L. Qoodrlch. of the Washington office of the In I ted States bureau of plant In? dustry farm management office, has retarled to South Carolins, where he apeal last sum-ner organising the ' demo uet ration * per I mental work, a aew -lass of work In this country. He aroM.ht with him Prof. A. J. Smith, who Is to remain In this State as the permanent agent In charge of all of the irork being done by the bureau Prof. Smith Is a scientific agrlcultu i raJlet and yet has had years of prac? tical experience on one of the greatest farmi hi the country, In Indiana. Mr Mr. ihnlth will make his headquarters hi Columbia, where his wife has al? ready Joined him. Dr. Goodrich will make a toar of ths Stats and then ' return to Washington. Thai was ths ?rat State In the Union In which this work was started, and it haa been daas as yet lo no other ttate. Oajamissisnsr Watson has cone lud? en1 ai Tangenten ts for the closest co? operttloa during the coming year ( with the State agenta of the United Statat farm demonstration work and of thi? bureau of plant Industry. These arrangements carry with them the f aabtlehments of both of these State agents In the office of the State com sales! >ntr of agriculture at the cap k Itol. The object of this Is to have the 'State and federal Interests close enough together for dslly conference. Commissioner Watson will shortly go U> Wsshlngton, where ft Is likely that arrangements will also be con? cluded for the location n his offices P of the State agent of the United State? bureau of statistics. This ar? rangement having been tentatively entered Into already and carrying with It much more extensive work by the federal government than has yM been undertaken by the government r* la this State Pur some time the State depart? ment of agriculture In co-operation with the federal authorities has been endeavoring to do something to bring ebon a substantial agricultural de velopment in the Sand Hill region of F this lltate. Already a number of suc? cess fjl experiment* are under way. notably on the Oonxaleti farm, near % Columbia, and on the large Hitch cool farm, near Alken. Por the past stx weeks Commissioner Watson has been endeavoring to bring about a \ combination of State, federal, rail? road and pY1vate Interests looking to the extensive development of the trucking lodiatry along the line of the Seaboard Air Line In the coun? ties of Kershaw and Chesterfield. The efforts have been In tno directions, hot*, however. t>eln* given the full eo-operatlon and assistance of the leading officials of the Seaboard Air Une. The first effort has been di? rected entirely to operations on the part of loc?2l folks, and the point si which :hls effort has been concen? trated In Bethune. On P-lday last Dr. Goodrich. Prof. Williams. Prof. Smith. ComrnlHslon er WstaOn end ('apt. Miller, of the letter's office, visited Bethune. where a meeting of people of the surround? ing country was herd and where a considerable acreage was pledged kg Indlvldusl farmers to Intelligent trucking for the eastern and extreme Southern markets for this season. The people manifested great enthusiasm and seemed sure of their ground, when constant visitations and person? al direction were pledged on the part of ths federal SBpSf " On the following day all the gentle? men named, with the exception >f Commissioner Wstson. who hsd re? turned to Columbia, proceeded to Mc Bee. and Inspected ^n detail a 25.000 acre tract of land for ths develop ft **-8ep.?e. ?tchmftn and ?tied April, ISM. 'Be Just and Fear not-~Let all the ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's* Thy God's and Truth's." SUMTER. S. C. SATURDAY. MARCH 6. 1909. THE Sew -*i Our Premiums o N another page will be found our Premium List for agen's who solicit subscrip? tions for the Twice-a-Week Watchman k Southron. Every article in the list is useful and the best of the kind and price to be had. In the matter of premiums we are practicing what we have been preaching for years?patronizing home industry by purchasing the premiums from Sumter mer? chants. By pursuing this policy we are keeping our money in circulation at home and at the same time guaranteeing that our premiums are first-class articles. By sending out of town to some mail order house we might get these articles cheaper, but we do not believe in that way of doing business. We want to know what we are getting and who we are getting it from, but the principle is the most important consideration after all We believe in preaching and practicing the doctrine of patronizing home enterprises, and thereby helping those who help us. If every man, woman and child will do the same thing, South Carolina will be a better State, Sumter will be a bigger and better town, with better and more pros? perous merchants, better and more prosperous workshops and factories and bigger and better newspaper* and printing offices, in the latter of which we are most directly interested. This iath* point of the whole sermon. Take the hint and get to work as an agent for the Twice-a Week Watchman k Southron. By so doing you will help yourself while helping us. You will also be helping your neighbors by inducing them to subscribe to the best county paper in the State. Osteen Publishing Company ment of which as a small farm, fruit growing and truck growing territory a strong financial company composed of Vlri.infa, North Carolina and South Carollra capitalists has been formed. After Inspecting the territory In company with the representatives of the Soaboard road the entire party came to Columbia, where on yester? day a full conference was held at the office of Commissioner Watson. The result of the entire matter was that arrangements were completed, detail? ed working plans prepared by the ex? perts of the establishment on some 30 acres on both sides of the railroad of a thoroughly up-to-date experi? mental farm operated on a basis of four-year rotation, with a view to demonstrating to all of the farmers how best results may be obtained on sand hill soil by the utilization of In? telligent methods. The farm Is to be undetf; the direct personnl supervision of the experts for the farm demonstration work and of the bureau >f plant industry, and the owners of the property have pledged themselves not alone to pro? vide the means but also the men necessary to carry out every Instruc? tion given by the federal experts. I*It< XHIRTTION BILL SIGNED. Governor Ansel Attaches Ills Name To Well-Known Act. Columbia, March 3.?Before enter? ing upon the Dillon County hearing this morning, Governor Ansel approv? ed a number of Acls passed at the recent session of the general assem? bly. Among the number of Acts ap? proved Is what might be culled the remnant bill. It started out as the M. L Smith, et al.. State-wide pro? hibition bill, and came back to the house with the county election amendment. <}<?verrior Ansel perhaps had not read the editorial In The News and Courier this morning calling upon him to veto the bill. The Act Is now hi effect so far as It can be. There is nothing In Its provisions for It to go Into effect until next August. Governor Ansel also approved what is known as the McMaste- Insurance bill. It was known In legislation i?s Senate Mill 99. and provides for amendments to the present Insurance lawn ot the State. Keep the heart healthy and happi? ness will take care of Itself. JUST IS EXPECTED. THERE WILL BE DEFICIT IN STATE'S MONEY. Appropriations Exceed Income by About $15,000 and the Usual Loan Necessary?Estimates Made by Comptroller General Jones Show Need for Change in Tax Laws. Columbia, March 4.?Because of additional appropriations after the ways and means committee had re? ported the bill to the general assem? bly, there will be a deficit of about $15,000 over and above the estimated revenue. This is the estimate by comptroller General Jones after an examination of the appropriation hill. The revenue of 1909 based on a levy of 5 1-4 mills will be $1,424,682 and to this are added the following Incomes: Insurance department, $58, 000; secretary of state, $15,000; li? cense fees from comptroller general, $88,000; Income tax, $7,500; board of fisheries. $7,600; railroads, tele graphb arid telephone companies for the support of the railroad commis? sion, $11,700. making a total of $1, 613,252. The amount of appropria? tions fcr 1909 was $1,627,439, leaving a deficit of $14,187. The State of South Carolina must borrow the constitutional limit of $600,000 this year until the taxes for 1909 are avalable. In the opinion of the comptroller general this borrow lag will continue until the legislature puts a sufficient penalty on the non? payment of taxe.s to force every prop? erty owner to make payments promptly. The semi-annual interest of the public debt is due on December 31 and at that time there will not be enough money in the treasury to meet the payments so that a loan is ab? solutely necessary. This loan can not be returned until some time Ui Feb? ruary or March when the rest of tl^e 1909 taxes ure sent in. Two students at Claflin University, at Orangeburg, got Into a difficulty recently, when one carved the other with a knife. It is not often that such things happen among the stu? dents of this institution, as Dr. Dun ton guides them with firm hand and a wise head. The negro who did the cutting, Garret by name, Is from Greenville, and he made his escape before the authorities got hold of him. SENATE DEFENDS ROOSEVELT. DEFEATS BAILEY'S RESOLUTION REBUKING ROOSEVELT. Rayner Openly Expresses His Relief At Passing of Strenuous One?Do 1 llver Eulogizes President. Washington, March 3.?On motion of Senator Aldrlch the Bailey resolu? tion regarding presidential instruc? tions in executive communications to congress was referred to the commit? tee on the judiciary by a vote of 62 to 25. The vote was on strict party lines. Mr. Bailey took the floor to disc ass his resolutions directing the secretary of the senate to return to heads of departments reports from them made in response to demands of the senate which purport to be sent "by direc? tion of the president." Mr. Bailey contended for the prerogative of the senate to demand information in its own right. Incidentally he said that he did not expect so much "executive insolence" from the next administra? tion as there had been in the one now expiring. Mr. Rayner supported Mr. Bailey's position and in the course of his re? marks exclaimed: "The fourth of March is rapidly approaching, thank Providence!" He added: "After that date we will have a president who will obey the requirements of the law and will not evade the constitution? one .who knows the limitations of the executive authority." Declaring that the adoption of the Bailey resolution would be construed as a rebuke to the president, Senator Dolllver said he hoped that never again would the floors of the house of congress be used as arenas for dis? paragement of the motives of the chief executive. The declaration was received with applause in the gal? leries. Mr. aBUey disavowed any intention of reflecting on the president. Mr. Heveridge eulogized President Roosevelt at some length. He liken? ed him to Washington, Jackson and Lincoln und, declurlng that they had been vllilled as had Mr. Roosevelt, said that their traducers had been forgot. He closed with the statement that Mr. Roosevelt had wrought mightily and for the permanent wel? fare of all of the people, regardless of creed or color. Mr. Beverldge had no sooner taken his seat than Mr. Bailey arose. His reply was confined to one sentence. ??While/* he said, "it is true that the world has forgot the names of the vtl iflers of Washington and Jackson, it is also true that it has forgot some of those who delivered fulsome eulo? gies upon them." D 8CHA AHTZMAN INDICTED. United States Grand Jury at Florence Finds True Bills Against Well Known Marion Merchant. Marion. March 3.?It was reported here this morning that true bills were found yesterday against D. Schwartz man by the United States grand jury in session at Florence, one of the charges being the concealing of assets and the other perjury in connection with the bankruptcy proceedings against him as proprietor of the Mo? rion Department store. Bond was fixed in each case at $2,500. The war? rants, however, have not yet been served. Schwartzman had been a prominent clothing merchant in Ma? rion for a number of years. He has never failed before, and was thought to be in prosperous circumstances. Last September he opened up a sec? ond store in Marion in the Grahim block, one of the largest department stores in the eastern section of he State, and at the same time his form? er store In Marion and his store in Bishopville were kept open. In the early part of December an attempt was made by his creditors to forof him into voluntary bankruptcy, but he succeeded in getting granted his petition for voluntary bankruptcy, and it was under this that his three stores were closed. The total assets, consisting entirely of merchandise in the three stores, was listed at about $35,000 or $40,000, but when sold brought about $25,000. His liabilities were $62,000. The majority of the creditors were represented in the bankrupt proceedings by the firm of Mordecai & Gadsden and Uutledge & Hagood of Charleston, and Schwartz man was "?"resented by Messrs. Mul lins & Hughes and Mr. J. W. John? son of the Marion bar. It is said that the trial w 11 take place at the tuxt session of United States court in Char? leston. Mr. C. C. Burgiss of Greenville has purchased an automatic cow milker for his dairy. This milker Is a great success and the other afternoon Mr. Burgiss milked twenty-two cows in forty-five minutes with it. von. ? SOUTIIRON, Established .loot, 1MB 8?Vol. XXVlll. N.? 3$ THE COOPER TRIAL LAWYERS WORK HARD DURING RECESS. Lawyers for State Believe They May Get More Evidence Tending; to Prove Conspiracy)?Gov. Patterson Will Not be C roes - Examined. Nashville, Tonn., March 3.?After* strenuous recess today on the part of counsel on both sides in the Cooper Sharp trial for the murder of form? er United States Senator FI W. Car mack only two facts developed. One was that S. J. Rinnings, the mysteri o a witness for the defense, who claimed he saw Senator Carmaek re? volving the cylinder of a gun, whicb will not revolve, will be recalled for further cross-examination by the State. The other was the feverish ac? tivity of the special agents or secret police of the prosecution. It devel? oped that activity was due to Attor? ney General McCarn's belief that he had discovered a clue to the identity of one of three mysterious men who would make valuable witnesses for the prosecution. I On the day of Carmack's death?i early in the day?three men visited the office of the Nashville Tennesseanv of which Senator Carmaek was edi? tor. Each of these men asked at the business office if the clerk eenld give him Mr. Carmack's address and if he knew about what time the senator went home each afternoon. Two or them called in the morning or before noon. But after the second inquiry they secured the information, and when the third man appeared after 1 p. m., they gave him the address. "Our clue is very vague," said At? torney General McCarn tonight, "and I doubt If we will be able to use the information. We know that *the In? quiries were made and can prove this by Tennessean employes. But unless) we can identify the men who made them and further connect them di? rectly with a conspiracy to murder Senator Carmaek, under our laws we could not offer the testimony?even? of The Tennessear employee. We are sparing no pains to identify the men, however, despite the apparent hope? lessness of the task. Of course event if we identify the men they will deny the charge and we might not be able to connect them with the defend? ants." Counsel for defense were not lese active. Old and new witnesses visited their offices all day and a number of new subpoenas were issued ou their behalf. v It became generally known today that counsel for the prosecution would not cross-examine either Gov. Patterson or Adjutant General Brown. At the same time it became just as well known thai the attorneys for the State disagreed as to the wis? dom of this proceding. At least two of the attorneys for the prosecution are strong political enemies of the chief executive. These favored grill? ing the governor. The ethers, hew ever objected for two reasons: First. They considered that the governor'sr testimony dimply corroborated that-if other witnesses as to the famous con? ference the day of the tragedy These conferences the State admits; took place. Secondly, of the 12 ju? rors, nine are Patterson supporter*. aSid it was not deemed advisable to attack the governor on this account. FLORENCE'S l*OSTM ASTER. Upper House in Excvuti-.e Session De dines to Confirm Ne.ro'- Appoint? ment at Florence. Washington. March .*..?In execu? tive session the senate today rejected the nomination of Joshua E. Wilson to be postmaster at Florence, S. C. ASYLUM INQUIRY TO BEGIN. Scnutor Christ ensen Calls Med fag of Investigating Committee. Columbia. Y.areh 3.?Senator Christensen, as shewn in ? wire fron? him tonight, has written the members Of the asylum investigating commu? te to meet in this eft) next Thursday, March LI, for ? pretsalnar] confer? ence. At this meeting very probably will be arranged all the details &s to the method of tarrying on the in? vestigation ordered at the session of the general assemhly just closed. It is reported that Mr. W. A. Ant lev, postmaster at Jamison, Orange burg County, has been checked frp and found short a very sm-ill amount. \s soon as called to his attention the amount was made good, hut Mr. Ant ley was removed from the office, and his bondsmen. Messrs. R. R. Wane maker and F. W. Farnum, are tea charge of the office until his socean* sor is appointed.