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JUMTKR WATCHMAN, IMM Consolidated Au*. 2,188 Cbr Mtitcbman anb Sontbrotw Published Wednesday and Sat onlay ?BT? 08TEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUM TSR, 8. Ci Terms: $1 SO per annum?In advance. Advrrftaeaiifu?i; One flqnare first Insertion.fl.Ot ?very subsequent Insertion.16 Contracts for three months, or looter will be made at reduced rates. AU communications which sub? serve private interests will be charged for aa advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects artII be charged for. FIRE srXOAY NIGHT. The K/wUlem e of Mr. D. M. Joaey Do attoyed. The two story residence. No. I Oak? land Ave . occupied by Mr. D. M. Jo? se? and owned by Maser a E. K. Friar and H. C. Cntttno was burned Monday snornliig at I SO o'clock. The origin o* the Are has not been ascertained, but It la supposed to have been occi? dental. When the alarm was given the Are was well advanced and the department could do llttln more than prevent adjacent property from burn lag. The houes wae not a total loss, part of the frame work being saved, but the content? with the exception of two tmnka eoul-l not be removed. The loos on the house and Mr. Joaey'a fur? niture, la probably covered by Insur? ance ?? - /d#MU> eowdueted an owl h5a%>hara?ter wtJea tte B The Ladles' Aid Society of the First Baptist church has entered Into an agreement with the Burrow Sisters, of Ttnnesooe. to give an entertainment tm the Opera House on Monday next, May Ifta. Theee young ladlea are said to be remarkably gifted aa mu? sicians, readers and reciters. An Ar kaasas paper says of them: "Thn Baptist Toung People's Union of the Laalajgton Avenue Baptist djgrtainment of Miosea ?heil? es and lfelle Borrow, known pro feast on afly aa the Tennessee art lata appealed under the auaplcea of B. T. P. V . la a high elaas musical. Mise Nolle Burrow is also a reader possess lug rare ability and her impersonation of children to almost perfect. She is also a piano artist aa Is her alsttr. Miss Shellve afforded entertainment for all by rend ?ring several aelections on ths violin. The Instroment she uree In her concerts Is prised very I highly by the young lady. It Is one of the rare) old Instruments and Is ISO years old. Inspiring harmony la pro? duced by the young artist and all who heard her were hlshly pleased.'* The price of admission will be IS cent* for grown persona and tS cents fot thoee under fifteen years of age. C. C. BROWN. Dr. Seller's I**ture. fctabbt M. Sessler of Sumter con? ducted cervices yesterdsy at the Lady Street Synagogue. Dr. Sessler deliver? ed an Interesting Iscture upon the at of the advlco given by Moses' her-In-law aa aet forth In 18th Ex? odus The need for men of ability. Ood-fearing men, men who can not be bribed, was ths advice given to Mooes, and iBo same advice has held troe throughout tb? sges. and the eame need le apparent today.?The State. Mighty Hard to Please. A Nsw Cnglsnder. traveling on foot through the southern mountalna, stu? dying the people, asked a man whom he met to drreet him to a certain cab? in at which he had been advlaed to stay overnight "Oolng thar?" eatf the man. "Well, Tom'a a flret-rater take him just right, but he's mighty queer." "What do you mean?" asked the traveler. "Well, it s like thla." and the mat. looked at the ?tranger In a calm, Im? personal way. "He'll be aettlng out alde. moot probably, and he'll aee you coming; he'll take a good look at you, and ef you don't ault him he may set the dog on you. r.f he don't, and you get to talking With him and ?*y anything he don't like, he may throw you down and tromp on you. But ef you re careful In your talk, on the other hand, he*M liable to take you for a spy and uao his gun fust and listen to explanation* afterward. "But It'a no uae trying to get by without stopping." concluded the man, wltu tvldent reltah of the prospect he war opening up to the atranger. "Et you was to undertake that, t would be all up with you, ffg he'd think you was proud and big getty. ? "Ef you want to corns out of ths mountain whole, don't go past Tom's cabin without stopping, whatever you do!"?Youth's Companion. wate lehed April, ISM. 1. 'Be Just an STJ MARTYRS Of ADAH. STORY OF MASSACRE IN ASIATIC TURKEY. Missionaries Killed While Trying to Sere Mleeion School Building From Destruction?Woman Miasloiuury Teile of Day a end Nights of Terror. Adana, Asiatic, Turkey, May 1, via Constantinople. May 2.?Miss Eliza? beth 8. Webb, a missionary from Bunker Hill, 111., has written as fol? lows of the first days of the massacre In Adana, when the girls' school to which she was attached was In the greatest danger: "Our friends came to school as usual on Wednesday (April 21). Al? though we heard there waa much un? rest in the city, we went on with prep? arations for a school entertainment to be held next day. Soon firing began and before noon we were afraid to send the day scholars home. There was constant firing. We tried to go on with our annual meeting, but were Interrupted by the screaming In the a streets and the shooting. "Mr. Chambers attempted to go to the government building for a guard, but found It Impossible to get through the mob. Our Turkish children wept, and we thought It' would be possible to send word of our danger by a Turk who had come to take them home. Accordingly, notes to their fathers and to the governor were written but there waa no response. "Fire began to flare up In all di? rections and we were fearing that the rioters would break Into the school building. Finally about 9 o'clock there came a knock at the gate and In walked the English consul. He left three of his guard of Turkish soldiers to take care of us. "All through the night we seemed to be In a state of selge. "In the meantime fires about the city had Increased and the sound of shooting could be heard from every point At last the consul passed. He waa able to spare only one man, but thought thhr one would he more use? ful than the other three, who had run I away. Soon after Area broke out 1n the adjacent streets. Unless some? thing waa done speedily our school building must be destroyed. We had hung Turkish flags on all aides of the building, but this did not stop the thousands engaged In the riots from firing their weapons, although appar? ently they were not directed against us. "If our building burned, the Cham? bers house must burn also. Our only safety seemed to be to check the Harnes. The women and girls carried water, while the men cut down the shed and an old house In the corner o" our yard. A shed on the opposite side of the street was also torn down. About this time we were horrified to learn Mr. Rogers and Mr. Maurer had been shot. It seemed that they had been fighting the fire and were with the other men cutting down the sheds. They were brought Into our dining room. Mr. Maurer already was dead and Mr. Rogers only lived a few min? utes. The Rev. Stephen R. Trow bridge. who was near them at the time, escaped. 'A new misfortune overtook us. Our guard of one man disappeared. I came to my room where the girls were writing. For me to tell 1hem what had happened would only cause a panic; so I said: 'We have done all we can; now let us pray.' "Before I had finished praying the bugle of the consul'a guard and the Turkish officials with whom he was patrolling aounded. He could not spare a guard, but promised to send ono Immediately. It waa a terrible situation; women and girls practical? ly alone In the building, a murderous, bloodthirsty mob outside, with knife end bullet for the Armenians and the torch for their homea. To add to the misery, there were the dead on the floor below and the widow of one of them. Mrs. Rogers, with her Infant, ten weeks old. to comfort. The after? noon and evening passed and no guard came. The following day we learned that the British consul had been shot In the arm. That night young men from Gregorian and Prot? estant committees patrolled the streets around our building. The sit? uation was grave. A great crowd, bent on plundering, had gathered at the rear of our house for an attack. Our Armenians asked those below to send one man to confer "*lth a repre sontatlve of our side. "This was agreed to. but In place of one man. hundreds started to come. They demanded that we give up our arms, but this meant certain d?atb. We decided to take the girls to Mr. Chamber-)' house. Here refuges cow? ered everywhere. Bo;h houses and court apparently had been overflow? ing with refugees before our arrival. d Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Ain MTER. S. 0.. WEDJS SMOKED IN HOTEL PARLOR. Three Men Arrested at Spartanburg On Trospassing Charge?Case Dis? missed. Spartanburg, May 1.?Sol Ross helmer, traveling salesman for the Sa? vannah Wooden Ware Company, Claude Taylor, another well known traveling man, and R. L. Felder, of this city, were arrested last night by the police on complaint of J. E. John? son, proprietor of the Spartan Inn, who charged them with trespassing. The young men stated that they called at the hotel to visit three of the wait? resses and take them out to moving picture shows. While waiting In the ladles' parlor, they began smoking, and Proprietor Johnson appeared and ejected them and then had them ar? rested. The case was heard in the Police Court this morning and, was dismissed. They were highly Indig? nant, declaring they had been treated in a most outrageous manner. Pro? prietor Johnson said he had been watching the young men and from their actions felt they had no right in the hotel; that none of them were guests and he could not afford to have hU? help interfered with. Mr. Ross ho'mer alleges that Mr. Johnson was mad because he was not stopping at the Inn. CARNEGIE GIVES TO WINTHROP. Contributes $15,000 Towards Building Model School. Rock Hill, May 2.?Dr. Johnson, of Winthrop, recived a letter yesterday from Andrew Carnegie's secretary stating that Mr. Carnegie would do? nate $15,OOS to the building of Win throp's model school. It will be remembered that this State appropriated $20,000 for this purpose with the understanding thai President Johnson should raise $25,000 more. Mr. Johnson has raised $66, 000 more Instead. It is his intention to get one hundred thousand for this school, which he proposes to make a model school, second to none any? where. It will be remembered that Mr. Carnegie gave $30,000 for the lib? rary several years ago, and this last gift brings his donation to Winthrop up to the generous sum of $45,000. The City Farm. The sand barren surrounding the pumping station which, in former years, by the greatest effort produced a scanty crop of rag weed and dog funnel, has been converted Into a fer? tile farm since the city took charge of It three years ago. It was planted by the city last year for the flrat time and a fairly good crop of oats, corn and peavlne hay was grown. This year the outlook for a big crop la ex? ceedingly good. Nineteen acres are in oats and ten in corn. Tho oats are now headed out and they are best to be found in the vicinity of the city. The corn is just getting well started, but there Is every reason to believe that the yield will be large, for the 10 acres were used all of last win? ter as a dumping ground for the street sweeping and scrapings from the back lots. The land was so deeply covered with the fertilizing material that a two-horse plow had to be used to turn It under when the land was broken for the com crop. The land will be rotated In oats, peavlne hay and corn and with the application of street sweepings as fertilizer annual? ly the pumping station farm should soon be a veritable garden spot. Our girls and teachers were calmest of all. "Mr. Trowbridge returned from the school to say that the only hope for safety to any American seemed to be to return to the school, staying there alone, separated from the Armenians. H? declared that we were powerless to save the Armenians." Miss Webb relates how Mr. Trow? bridge persuaded four Zebetls to go with him to the government house to demand protection. Two of them de? serted him on the way. declaring that they were afraid of being killed by Armenians." In concluding her narrative, Miss Webb says: "The British consul sent a message to the governor Friday that if this thing was not stopped he would de? mand of the government and the com? mander of the troops satisfactory ex? planation. Whether or not they were powerless to stop tho drendful work before this I do not know, hut anyway then It was stopped. We hear that because of the disturbance In Con? stantinople the authorities In Adana did not know which side to join, so they simply let things tako their course and permitted the Turks and A' nenlans to fight it out betweeen them." \B*t at be thy Country's, Thy God's an rESDAY. MAY 5, 19( TEDDY, THE LION KILLER. ARMY OF SAVAGES ROUND UP TILE BEASTS. Lion Killing Made Easy for Roosevelt and His Son?Selous, the Great Hunter, Spent Days in Getting Lions in Position to be Killed. | Nairobi, British East Africa, May 1. ?Four Hons are trophies of Ex-Presi? dent Roosevelt's camp in the Mau Hills tonight, and two hundred or more native followers are joining with the American party in the celebration of the unusually good luck. The lions were bagged yesterday, and Col. Roosevelt's mighty gun brought three of them to earth, each on the first shot. Thus one of the Pre? sent's fondest ambitions has been realized, and he Is proud, too, that the fourth of the jungle kings fell before the rifle of his son, Kermit, who, how? ever, took three shots to kill his quarry. Both father and son are jubilant. It was their first lion hunt, and so magnificent a kfll was far beyond their expectations, but lions have been plentiful In the hills for the past month, and the English hunter, F. C. I Selous, has been out for several days I laying plans for their extinction. | How well he succeeds can be seen from the results of yesterday's chase. | Mr. Selous accompanied the former President, who was also attended by the usual retinue of beaters. As a rule the beaters go into the jungle wjth considerable trepidation, but as Col. Roosevelt's reputation as a hunt? er had reached there long before he arrived In person, the beaters were on this occasion exceptionally enthusias? tic. They seemed even eager to play a part in the first hunt of the distin? guished American. . The caravan started early Thurs? day morning from the ranch of Sir Alfred Pease on the Athl River and proceeded slowely to the Mau Hills, This range Is open for wide areas, but in places is covered with growths, where game is plentiful. The first night in camp was without especial In? cident, no attempt being made to go after Hons, although their call was heard now and then throughout the night, but at dawn camp was "astir, and the drive speedily organized. The native beaters set out in all directions of the "head man," armed with all sorts of noise making devices, which could not but arouse any game within earshot. Some of the beats proved blank, but by nightfall no less than ten kinds of game had been bag? ged. Kermit during the greater part of the day did more effective work with his camera than he did with his gun, he and the other members of the party allowing Mr. Roosevelt the much-prized shots. TURKISH MARINES MUTINY. Last Effort at Resistance is Crushed By New Regime. Constantinople, May 2.?The ma? rines in the Kasslm barracks, which are situated behind the American em? bassy, mutlned last night. They re? fused to embark for distribution to the various ports. Gen. Schefket, commander of the forces, lost no time in bringing the mutineers to terms. After the surrender he said: "It was the last flicker of resis tnnce.M "I do not blame them for the mu? tiny; It was the work of a few ring? leaders. We are now sorting them out for courtmartial." The treasures of the palace of Yil dlz are being Inventoried by a parlia? mentary commission. Abdul Hamid had gathered there an immense va? riety of objects of art and luxury. Within the walls of the palace were artificial lakes, a zo-ologlcal garden and an automobile course. The art objects taken from the mu? seums will be returned, the furniture, rugs, porcelains and jewels will be distributed to the other palaces, the new Sultan Mehmed V, taking the choice of these for Dolmabagtsche Palace which he Is occupying. A par? ticular search is being made for the hoards of cash which Abdul Hamid is reported to have had on hand. He has also great sums invested abroad. None, however, has been found as yet. Sultan Mehmed has kept himself somewhat In retirement ever since he replaced his brother on the throne. He drove out today to his country hou.se and was warmly cheered by the crowds. J. I). Hammett, president of the Brogon mills has been elected presi? dent of the Orr mills, of Anderson, to succeed Dr. S. M. Orr, who died a few days ago. d Truth's." THE TRTJJ )9._ Sew Sei THIRTY DAYS FOR J. H. HYDE. Former Vice President of Equitable Sentenced for Running Away After Automobile Accident. Paris. May 2.?James Hazen Hyde Of New York, former vice president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, and his chauffeur, Ladwice, were to? day condemned by default, Mr. Hyde to one mnth's imprisonment and a fine of $30. They were charged with running into a public taxlcab last Oc? tober and injuring a passenger. Tl\e complainants charged that after the accident Ladwice sped away. Under a law passed last July, flight after an accident is a special offense. WILL INVITE VETERANS. Spartanburg Camp Wants Next Re? union to be Held There. Spartanburg, May 1.?At a meeting of Camp Joe Walker, U. C. V., reso? lution was passed inviting the State Reunion to be held In Spartanburg in ID 10. A committee of three was ap? pointed to confer with the chamber of commerce and the city council, for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of money that can be raised for the entertainment of the old sol? diers. The following delegates were elect? ed to attend the State Reunion this year: H. J. Solesbee, Ell Wall, J. W. Bennett and R. D. Galbralth. The delegates to the General Reunion are G. W. Adair, T. M. Leonard and G. H. Camp. A DRASTIC MEASURE. Florida Senate for Disfranchlsement of Blacks. Tallahassee, Fla., April 30.?By a vote of 20 to 10, the senate today adopted the Beard joint resolution which submits to the voters of Flor? ida a constitutionals amendment pro? viding that voters shall be "white male persons of the age of 21 years and upwards." This resolution, which is similar to one which passed the senate two years ago, but was killed In the house, now goes to the house for consideration. Senator Beard of Pensacola, author of the resolution, read a letter from Senator Money of Mississippi com? mending the attempt to regulate the negro vote. VETERAN POLICEMAN RETIRES. Officer Albert H. Weeks Placed on the Reserve list. Officer Albert H. Weeks, who com? pleted forty-three years service as a member of the city police force on April 16th retired from active duty on Saturday, May 1st, and will here? after draw two-thirds pay as a reserve officer, city council having at the last meeting adopted a resolution relieving] him of active duty and placing him on the reserve list. Officer Weeks served the city faithfully and well, especially during the turbulent and disorderly period immediately after the war and throughout the recon? struction era, when a man of cool courage and determination was need? ed to keep the disorderly and criminal element In subjection. For the ser? vices he then rendered the people of Sumter have oeen ever grateful and now that advancing age incapacitates him for regular patrol duty he has been placed cn the reserve list and will be called on only In case of emer? gency. It may seem a little thing to provide for a faithful servant who has given the best years of his life to the service of the community and who has during his forty odd years of service risked his life hundreds of times, but no act of the city of Sumter is more creditable, and no taxpayer who has a grain of public spirit or apprecia? tion in his make up will withhold his approval of the pension that has been awarded Albert Weeks. Shot for "Conjuring" Another's Wife. Gaffney, May 2.?A negro named Jim Crawford, who lives on the plan? tation of Mr. L. R. Ross, a mile from Gaffney, shot another negro, named Melvln Edwards, a few days ago with a shot gun, inflicting several painful though not dangerous wounds. Craw? ford says that Edwards has been try? ing to "conjure" his wife, and that he bad warned him more than once to stay away from his premises, and that if he did not do so he WOUld have to take the consequences; that when ho came home and found Ed wards In the house he seized his gun and ran after Edwards, who fled, and he, (Crow ford,) shot him. Edwards Is able to walk around, and says he will not prosecute Crawford for shooting him. E SOUTHRON, Established Jam; 1M? ?les?Vol. XXIX. 3* 21 WAREHOUSES FOB MTU SEVERAL SPEECHES MADE AT* FARMERS' UNION MEETING. Mr. T. B. Stackhouse Explains th*> "Ware House Plan for Fiiiaiu*?**? Cotton?Government to be AsAedB To Send a Man to European Mnr kete to Gather Data?Other News*. Columbia, April 30.?How to finance the cotton crop was again disenasadl this morning at the open session tut the Farmers' Union, and several In? teresting speeches were made by rep? resentative business men of Cotum bia. That concerted action is necessary in order to finance the cotton crop and to this end warehouses are need? ed are the principal conclusions from the talks before the Union. It base also been shown that, co-operation be? tween the farmers and the banks ans? necessary to bring about this condi? tion, so that the cotton crop may be? marketed at its true value and the* farmers have some voice in control? lng the price of the staple. Mr. Beverley Herbert addresser! the meeting today, welcoming Uie delegates on behalf of the chamber of commerce. Mr. Herbert stated that hearty co-operation of business In? terests is what is needed to bring: *bout a satisfactory condition of finan? cing the cotton crop. Governor Ansel told the delegates* In a very happy speech that he was In sympathy with the work befng done by the Union. "It's a great work,'* said Gov. Ansel, "in building up air Interests of our State." Mr. T. B. Stackhouse gave the dele? gates some information as to financ? ing the cotton crop by means of ware? houses. Mr. Stackhouse is president of the Standard Ware House Company^ and is up on the subject of warehous? ing cotton. He states that the banlra of the State cannot loan enough money to finance one crop while an? other is being made. Mr. Stackhouse? recommended to the Union that there should be central points where ware? houses should be erected and that cot? ton might be shipped to these points; from the stations around, and then; the cotton would have to be given the through rate to the distributing points, which it would have received from the original point. The points for the> larger warehouses recommended by Mr. Stackhouse are: Chester, 25,000/ bales capacity warehouse; Darlington or Florence, 15,000 bales; Sumter, *(?? 000; Denmark, 10,00 and Spartanburg, 25,00 bales. This would i;ive an ad? ditional 100,000 warehousing capacity; and would place sufficient cotton in store to affect the market. At pres? ent the Standard Warehouse Company has 65,000 bales capacity in its ware? houses; independent warehouses have 35,000 capacity, and Charleston is ahl?. to take care of about 40,000 bates, making a total of 140.00 bales. With the above warehouses, as recommenyi ed by Mr. Stackhouse, there might be stored nearly the amount of bales necessary, as estimated, to affect tha cotton market in a marked degree.. Mr. Stackhouse recommended that tht ? warehouse interests be separate from* that of the producers or the ones who-* receive the warehouse recipts for cot? ton in store. Mr. F. H. Hyatt, of this city, who was in close touch with the work of" the Cotton Association, commended? attitude of the Farmers' Union, andr hopes that the cotton crop In this: State will reach the place it rightfulfy owns as being the monopoly of the South. Mr. Hyatt gave some interest? ing statements from his experience in this line, and his remarks were very much appreciated by the delegates.. An Unsympathetic Audience. "1 dined with Somerset Maugham at the Ritz in London." said a poet. "Maugham, who now grinds out at million-dollar comedy every month two, began by writing tragedies fn\ German. " 'From tragedies in German to "Mrs. Dot!' " I cried. 'How did yaut come to it, Somerset?' "He peeled the silver wrapping from a great black ci.?ar. " 'My German tragedies,' he said, 'had few hearers, and these hearers; were sympathet c. I. in those day*, was like the science professor who Sound one night that his audience con consisted of but a single person. " 'The amphitheatre was very large. The aujrti' nee, a little man. sat highuxv and far back on the last bench.. .My friend." said the professor. genially, "why don't you come near? er? You would hear much better on the front row.' " * "Ah. rats'." said the audience, T didn't come in to listen to you. I came to get warm." "?Washington Star.