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)Um ROBSON LOSES AN EYE.
tLtssrtrwlon Dentbtt Attacked hj Ne
Vo Walter In Washington Koste u
rsust.
Washington. March 7.?Dr. Lonnle
B. Mohson. dentist, and a member of
the Oerman Fusllllers. of Charleston,
wee attacked by a negro waiter In
{f Harvey'f restaurant. In this city,
Thursday night, and as a result he
baa loot one eye ar.d the other was
Injure*!. A careful investigation made
Of I lie affair Indicates that the attack
waf entirely unprokec Dr. Rob
soq who came here wtth his company
< to attend the Inauguration, wis en?
tirely alone at the time. 'The negro
apfrosched from the rear, struck hint
a itagiertng blow, then as the victim
turned he was struck again In the
faxe, the latter blow smashing and
driving pieces of the eyeglaasea he
wore into his face. When this hap?
pened Capt. Sehroder was called and
at once set about to apprehend the
?esjro. The men In charge of the res?
taurant are amid not only to have
failed In their efforts to apprehend the
ma a, but absolutely prohibited Capt
Schroder from having him arrested,
und* be oould be gotten out of the
bntldlng and away from the scene of
attack. He has not yet been arrrest
fotaffee/P1* wnJ^ had become angered
? few Minutes) before snwrety herauao
Xh. Robeon^bad told him not to brush
against him.
' Dr. Robson was taken by Capt.
Schroder to the Episcopal Eye and
Throat Hospital, where the left eye
Wim t amoved It was stated tonight
that the patient was doing well and
would be able to go home In U rea?
sonable length of time.
Credit should be given Capt.
1 Schroder for keeping down more
trouble. The assault occurred about
midnight Thursday, and he did not
Inform the members of hte various
South Carolina troops of what had
happened, and most of them left here
for home more than fifteen hot re af?
terwards without learning of tie as
j sault. He knew that If they loa med
of the trouble there would unioubt
edly be bloodshed. It la due, there?
fore, to bis coolness that more trou?
ble was not had.
Col. Cogswell. Capt Schroder and
Jerry McMahon, Repreentatlvo Le?
geres secretary, have bean In tonsul
tatton with the police officials >f this
city about the matter, and tune also
retained the law Arm of Douglas &
Baker to take whatever legal steps
may be necessary. They hai e also
made arrangements with the hospi?
tal authorities co give Dr. Robion ev?
ery attention until he is able to go
homo. Both CoL Cogswell and Capt.
Schroder with a part of troops who
came, leave for home tomorrov.
DR. ROH MADE CON8U. a
Will Represent German Government
In New Orleans.
New Orleans, March 7.?Advices
have been received by Baron von
Meyenburg, acting Oerman consul,
that the German R-overnmert has
designated Dr. P. T. Roh, now Ger?
ms n vice consul at Chicago, us con
sul for New Orleans. He w 11 sue
ceed Baron von Nordenftlcht, who re?
cently left for his new post of duty at
Rio de Janerlo. Dr. Roh wll arrive
In New Orleans within the noxt two
weeks.
The Abbeville county grand Jury In
Its presentment this week says:
"Complaint was made to us by the
present supervisor, thnt Capt. G. N.
Nickels, his predecessor, had In his
possession a number of the keys be?
longing to the new court houso, which
he perelatently refusee to tu n over
to him. nowlthstandlng he has repeat?
edly asked him for them. Am< ng said
keys is one known as a "Master Key"
with which any of the county offices
can be entered. We therefore request
you* honor to make an order requir?
ing him to Immediately turn over said
beys to ths proper custodian thereof,
the county supervisor.*
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slied April, I860.
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'B? Ju?t and Fear ,not-^Ix>t all the ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's."
8UMTER. S. a, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 10. 1909.
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N another*page will be found our Premium List for agents who solicit subscrip?
tions for the Twice-a-Week Watchman ft 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 Surater 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 impoitant consideration after all. We believe in preaching and practicing
tha doctrine of patronizing home enterprises, and thereby helping those who help U9.
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 newspapers and printing offices, in the latter of which we are most directly
interested. * ,
This ia the point of the whole sermon. Take the hint and get to work as an
agent for the Twice-a- Week Watchman & Southron. By so doing you will help
yourself while helping u9. You will also l>e helping your neighbors by inducing them
to subscribe to the best county paper in the State.
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TILLMAN COMES HOME.
The Senator Asks "What Is the Use
Of My Staying Here for Tariff Leg?
islation?"
Washington, March 6.?Senator
Tlllman left for hla home In South
Carolina last night
"What Is the use of my staying here
for tariff legislation?" he remarked
to hla frlenda upon leaving the city.
"The Republicans have mapped out a
policy which can not be affected by
the Democrats."
Mr. Tlllman will, however, return
by the time the tariff bill has been
framed by the house of representa?
tives and ready for the senate.
COURT IN BISHOPYILLK.
Business of Term Finished?Only One
Murder Case.
Bishopvllle. March G.?The March
term of court of general sessions for
Lee county adjourned sine die yes?
terday afternoon at 4 o'clock after be?
ing in session all the week.
The following cases were- disposed
of.
Manning Richardson, charged wlMi
an assault and batttery of a high und
aggravated nature, pleaded guilty and
waa sentenced to two months on the
chalngang. Sheppard Burno, assault
and battery with Intent to kill, plead?
ed guilty, one year on chalngang.
Sheppard Burno, househrenklng and
larceny, pleaded guilty, one year on
chalngang. Israel Rouse, disposing of
crop under lien, pleaded guilty, njsj
months on chalngang or $60. Rob?
ert Mack, tried and found guilty of
simple asaault. no sentence, court hav?
ing no Jurlsdltlon. Ellsha Bennett,
murder, found guilty with recommen?
dation to mercy, sentenced to peni?
tentiary for life. S. B. Padgett and
Tallle Padgett, breach of trust frith,
fraudulent intent, found not guilty.
Pet Casey, assault and battery with
Intent to kill, not guilty.
The above cases were all simple
with the exception of Bennett, who
wan convicted of killing a email ne?
gro girl, his own step-child, last full.
Bennett was represented by C. M.
Aman, Esq., while the solicitor prose?
cuted the case alone.
The downward path used to be pav?
ed with good Intentions, but nowa?
days most men avoid that slow old
route and take the elevator.
SHOT BY REJECTED SUITOR.
Widow Wakes to Find Boarder Stand?
ing Over Her With a Gun?Man
Commits Suicide.
Plttsburg, Pa., March 7.?Waking
at 4 o'clock this morning at her home
In Beaver, 30 miles west of here, Mrs.
Mamie McKee, a widow, found Wil?
liam O. Wllner, a rejected suitor,
standing at her bedside, and when she
I declared again in answer to his ques?
tion that she did not love him, the
man fired four bullets into her head.
Wllner then killed himself by taking
poison and then shooting himself.
Late tonight Mrs. McKee Is living
with no possible chance of recovery.
Wllner was 26 years old. His victim
is 30. Since the death of her hus?
band Mrs. McKee has conducted a
boarding house, and Wllner was one
of her boarders. During the last year
he was insistent in pressing atten?
tion upon her, but she had rejected
all his advances.
Dun's Weekly Trade Review.
New York, March 6.?Dun's weekly
review of trade tomorrow will say:
"Already the price readjustments
are beginning to work toward the ex?
pected improvement in demand and
this and President Taft's inaugural
declarations favorable to that 'meas?
ure of stability' which 'is essential to
the life and growth of all business'
are important contributions to finan?
cial and trade confidence and make
stronger the hope of full industrial
recovery. Both in sentiment and
amount of new business in sight the
Iron and steel trade shows some gain.
"In spite of the upward tendoncy
of raw material buyers of cotton
goods make a determined effort to se?
cure a lower level of quotations.
There is an entire absence of export
demand from China, although it Is be?
lieved that sellers will now accept
prices that were refused in January.
No new business is reported In wool?
en go od 8.
"Quiet conditions continue in New
England shoe markets. The demand
for hides continues slack with a fur?
ther seasonable weakness in prices on
both packer and country hides. The
dry hide market is quiet. The leather
trade is still dull and unsatisfactory."
A negro was arrested In Columbia
for stealing his own suit case. He
checked it on the train, stole it and
then made a demand on the railroad.
WIFE OF PRISONER BURNED.
Woman Meets Fiery Death, While
Husband, Convicted Murderer,
Awaits Second Trial in Jail.
Statesboro, Ga., March 7.?While
her husband was a prisoner here on
the charge of murder, awaiting a sec?
ond trial after conviction, Mrs. Joe
Woods, who resided near Rocky Ford,
this county, was burned to death yes?
terday afternoon, the news of her
death reaching here today. Mrs.
Woods was bathing one of her baby
children before an open fireplace
when her dress was Ignited. She ran
into the yard and died there. The
husband was taken by officers to his
home today, broke down at the ter?
rible sight, and was returned to his
cell. An officer will accompany him
to the funeral. Several small chil?
dren, the oldest but seven, are left un
cared for.
NIGHT RIDER ESCAPES.
Hirsch el Hogg, Member of Band That
Killed Kankln, Is at Large.
Union City, Tenn., March 7.?Hir
schel Hogg, a confessed member of
the band of "night riders," who mur?
dered Capt. Quentln Rankin at Wal?
nut Log in October, escaped from
Jail at Dresden last night, and has not
been recaptured. He is supposed to
be in hiding In the lake region. The
military at Fort Regan has been no?
tified and are instituting a vigorous
search for the fugitive.
While Hogg was held a close pris?
oner by Sheriff C. A. Brasfleld he had
recently been accorded the liberties*
of a "trusty," and it Is now believed
that he was implicated in an attack
on Sheriff Brasfleld on Saturday night
by a negro prisoner with a razor, in
which the officer was severely wound?
ed. That he furnished the weapon
has been admitttd by the negro and
Hogg, believing that he would again
be thrown into close confinement,
made his escape before the authori?
ties took action in his case.
The confessed night rider has not
been seen in the neighborhood of
Union City since the news of his es?
cape reached here. The soldiers here
and at Hankin barracks on the lake
have instituted a vigorous search for
him.
Adam had a right to think his
wife the prettiest woman in all the
world.
NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE.
Assailant of Mrs. MeKlnney is Incin?
erated by Texas Mob?-Another Ne?
gro is Shot.
Rockwill, Texas, March 7.?After
having been indentified by Mrs. Ar?
thur McKinney as the negro who at?
tempted a criminal assault upon her
Friday norning, Anderson Ellis was
taken from the Rockwell county Jail
tonight and secured to an iron stake
driven into the earth and was burned
to death in the presence of about 1,
000 persons. Earlier in the evening
Will Clark, a negro, was shot and in?
stantly killed when his father, An?
drew Clarke refused permission to a
posse to search his premises on the
assdmption that Ellis was concealed
there. People were here from several
towns and from Dallas, Collin and
Hunt as well as Rockwall county to
witness the execution of the negro.
Ellis admitted his guilt, but refused
to muk" a statement or to leave a
farewell message for his relatives. He
did not utter a cry as the pile of cord
wood, which had been well saturated
with kerosene, was set afire, nor did
he show loss of nerve as the flames
cooked his flesh. He was dead within
nine minutes after the torch had been
applied.
LYNCHBCRG NOW A DRY TOWN.
Saloons Closed Up in Accordance
With Mandate of People Expressed
at Polls In December.
Lynchburg. Va., March 5.?The sa?
loons of Lynchburg closed tonight,
conforming to the local option elec?
tion result in December. The closing
was quiet and orderly. It is expected
that the social clubs will remain open
until their present licenses expire on
April 30.
President Harris, of the State Far?
mers' Union, will conduct a rally at
Kershaw on the 12th instant. He will
be assisted in the meeting by Prof.
Ira W. Williams, of the United States
deprtment of agriculture, and Mr. S.
F. Parrott, of the Farmers' Union
Sun.
Mr. Ryland P. Traynham, of Laur
ens, has received appointment as aide,
with the rank of major, on the staff
of Gen. C. Irvine Walker, of the
army of Northern Virginia, United
Confederate Veterans. Mr. Trayn?
ham is the son of Col. J. H. Trayn?
ham.
I SOCTiritON, Established Janr, ISM
Pies?Vol. XXIX 3*i 5 %
TAFT CALLS EXTRA SESSION.
fins president lssi i:s ms
FIRST PROCLAMATION.
Congress is Boajprotod 10 ctoorno? ?t
NOOtl, March 15, to Receive Such
Communication as May be Made by
the Chief Executive?I*ro<'.amatior?
Does Not Mention the Purpose of
Extra Session.
Washington, March 6.?President
Taft today issued a call for a special
session of the sixty-flrst congress to
convene March 15. The call does not
mention the object for which the spe?
cial session is called.
The following |g the text of the
call:
By the President of the United!
States of America: A Proclamation.
Whereas, public interests require
that the Congre^s8 of the United
States should be convened in extra
session at 12 o'clock noon on the 15tTa
day of March, 1!)09, to receive such*
communication as may be made by
the Executive.
Now therefore, I, William Howard?
Taft, President^ f ?he United State?
of America, do hereby proclaim ant*
declare that an extraordinary occa?
sion requires the Congress of the "uni?
ted States to convene in extra session
at the Capitol ir> the City of Wash?
ington, the 16th day of March, 1909,.
at 12 o'clock, noon, of which all per?
sons who shall at that time be en?
titled to act as members thereof are*
hereby required to take notice.
Given under my hand and the seat
of the United States of America the
6th day of March, in the year of eur
Lord, one thousand, nine hundred and'
nine, and of the Independence of the
United States the one hundred an*
thirty-third.
(Signed) Wm. H. Taft
By the President.
P. C. Knox, Secretary of State..
NEW CABINET CONFIRMED..
Senate Meets in Extra Session to Rat?
ify Taft s Appointments.
Washington, March 6.?No specific;
opposition was made to the confirma?
tion of any member of the cabinet
when the president sent that body his
list of nominations today. The nomi?
nations followed the formal no+lflcar
tion of the president by a senate com?
mittee that the senate was organist dJ.
Although there was no specific op?
position to the cabinet members, som?
rather sharp comments were made by
Mr. Tlllman concerning the nominal
tion of Mr. Meyer to be secretary of
the navy and by Mr. Bailey concerns?
ing Mr. Nagel to be secretary of com?
merce and labor. In his remarks Mr. ?
Tillman called attention to the inveo?
tlgation of him by the postoffice de?- -
partment during Mr. Meyer's incunr?
bency of the office of postmaster gen- -
eral. The South Carolina senator said 4
that Mr. Meyer "accused me of being,'
a liar when I was not," and "I ac?
cused Meyer of being a liar when he
was."
However, Mr. Tillman did not o?*
Ject to confirmation. The comment*
by Mr. Bailey upon the qualification*
of Mr. Nagel had reference to the let?
ter's service as counsel to the Waters
Pierce Oil Company. Mr. Bailey saidl
he understood that Mr. Naffel hadi
been an attorney for the Standard OH
Company. Mr. Borah leplted that Re
had investigated this charge and
found that Its only basis was the fact,
that Mr. Nagel for the Waters-Pierce*
Oil Company had once passed upon
the validity of an opinion of a court.
Upon receipn of the list of nomina?
tions the senate went into executive
session. The following nominations?
were confirmed:
Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania^
to be secretary of state.
Franklin MacVeagh. of Illinois. te?
be secretary of the treasury.
Jacob M. Dlckerson, of Tennessee
to be secretary of war.
Geo. W. Wk kersham, of New York.
to be attorney general.
Frank H. Hitchcock, of Massachu?
setts, to be postmaster general.
George V. L. Meyer, of Massachu?
setts, to be secretary of the navy.
Richard A. Ballinger, of Washing?
ton, to be secretary of the interior.
James Wilson, of Iowa, to be sc ere*
tary of agriculture.
Charles Nagel, of Missuri, to fee
secretary of commerce and labor.
Huntington Wilson, of Illinois, tobe
assistant secretary of state.
Beekman Winthrop, of New Y*wv
to be assistant secretary of the irav?.
Gold Is proved with fire; frbuaoV
ship in need.?Danish.
Sad how the moment two peopdfcr*
have fallen in love they begin to tafif
out about other things.