The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 03, 1909, Image 1
US. 1881
COMPANY
Of Bur]
er
torn mo?
tor Um
Oho Poo
aceMingly
ider stand -
i w:ior4n tho Dprlng
fcs/sont tho draft
peeinptly paid. The
forwarded the
lor* collection and pay
eoeoi d time refused, nor has
boon paid, the efforts of the
officials und later of the recelv
collect tie draft proving unsue
iL Mr. Arthur testified that
tho ohecY and draft were drawn
name of the American Lime
ijr. ,/>f which Mr. Duncan was
Duncan was the one whom
*> foe Id responsible for the money, the
tast oompany having no account with
Hi hank.
fie\Y AflK FOR SPECIAL TERM.
QsjL Against Negro Abnejr, Charged
Grave Crime In Jlateaburg.
Batesburg. June I?.?WUh refer
to the cspture and Imprisonment
#f the negro, ltev. Abney, reported by
jSour Alken correspondent In Sunday's
It In desired to set the matter
fight In one or two inaccuracies made
amid report.
The negro has been employed for
10 or three years on the place an 1
permitted to sleep occasionally In
kitchen o? the night In question
Psjot wss In th? kitchen, the two
ughtere of th? gentlemen for whom
01 Worked ooeuplod a room upstair*
I their mother was occupying a
Hem on the ffrtt floor. Th*?lr fath r
10 absent. During tho tight one of
0 young tadteo was awakened by
hand on her fuce. and. thinking it
|Wa* her sister, sr. e called her. The in
ro .who*., hand it really was. ran
[Out of the room when he heard her
pot?. Too young lad lea cried out
nd their mother struck a match
nd saw the negro Abney. who had
0 pass through her room to get out
t the Blouse. The nogro failed to
tp In his sppearance on the follow
ff morning.
I' The capture of the negro was ef?
fected several da ys later on a farm
me It miles distant and hla arrest
as made by Mr. B. F. Klrklsnd and
t by tho deputj sheriff as reported.
A specU I tsrm of court will prob
ho aeked for the trial, as bur
Idea will hardly explain the sit
rfon. The only explanation made by
negro Is that he wan hunting wa
olthough there was a bucket of
r In the kitchen where he was
?ippoeed to bo sloe ..g.
nynrwTM0Viv>n of fund* in
f OO^WBJA banks con8id
pttty ' rimmma Dcflaru of W dis
l*?*s^>*s*l 1tff|< be Crettjed to
Baerk* Of Omuu**too^Tbw Has
Boo* Muck CotlrWlmeTit In Regard
To the lUUtr~Mr. C. K.
' fllso*liroott,^ ft Statement.
Cfcltrmbia, June Ifc-^lthough no
ofteial sUkteaueot was frtven out from
the mee^-'o* tet^ wlnd
inr-ep oornuysfs^>hh>l
hleh was held
hanki e* ^rlesWn will/ be given
tt*M9 of the fvn4e received from
the local bank* If Che bank* Of Char?
leston so desire, Dr, W/J. Murray.
Chairman , o* the oommlaalon, stated
ilgbt/tnoA ^.igsMte-r has not been
lied, hot xUt title la shout the
ip*A Wnkh the banks la Charles?
ton will he offered. * *'
He also stated that the entire
wenld be divided among at
forty banks of the mate. " A
confirmed by at leant one
Of t*e eemsalsslon, la that
Bern* Of Bosk Bill V?ul receive
e&4 the tfaUooal tinlon Bank
t4e,t*4, em* Uaat Cheater s
aunouot wilt- be broucht op to the
J?r. Murray stated tonight that the
aUotmenJ: is by no means complete
ynT U.le stated also that the com?
mission will look very carefully Into
tbn attar oi ieHsdoia)
of the hnnkv funds. The esigtnal res
lotion adopted by the eommlasion
?witbdraOHng eorloia aenounts from
t}>e local bejiks has never been, givesk
to the iybllc. although Some of the
^cmmlaefoners wish It to be made
public. But Us contents were prno
Ucnlly Understood by the action taken
by the local banks after Its passage.
Today's seaston of the commission^
Wan executive, and when Dr. Murray
was asked for a statement by The
Kews and Courier corespoutiene, lm
after the meeting this
there wss no state
te. He* however, confirm
etnent given above.
.At^jj ^sie^/^oieaasisa^out ~\&- ?
lying: "I don't see any ne?
cegfity for all this attempt at secrecy
On the part of the commission." Said
Mr. Brlce: "This Is not any private
concern's business. It Is the State's
business and the public Is entitled to
?be facts. In my judgment the reso?
lution adopted at the former meeting
about taking the money out of the
Columbia banks should be published/'
The local afternoon paper Is au?
thority for the following from Mr. C.
K. Henderson, former member of the
commission:
"Taking the deposit from the aBnk
oaj Alken," said he, "was clearly a
piece of spite work on the part, prin?
cipally, of Mr. Patton. of Oreenvllle,
fa punish me for accepting appoint?
ment from Judge Prltchard as recelv
e\ In a recent Interview at Qreen^
vtlle Mr. Patton said that money was
taken from Columbia banks to punish
them for a consplarcy he says was
batched among Columbia banks to re?
sin payment of Interest while the
mcney was under Injunction. I no
|tlced Issel ,he gave no reason for tak?
ing the money out of the Bank of |
Ulken.'
Mr. Henderson showed a list of the
collaterals his bank had put up, and
which he got from the State Treasur
S< today. These consist of 115 shares
o# stick In the Bank of Barnwell.
worth two for one, ho says; 400
??bares of the Pank of Granltevllle,
our value l ot worth one and a
half for one. nVnl real estate bonds for
i*H, I total of $31,200, quickly con
\? rtlble Into cash."
Mr. Henderson could not be seen
th\* afternoon In reference to this, but
a member of the commission conflrm
?? 1 I'm ib iVf,
Gt'lNKA I.AYs WONDROUS i:<.(.s.
! Met ore of a Duck asj One and of an
F.uule on the Other.
Alken. June 29.?The Journal and
Review has on exhibition two guinea
eng*, presented to It by Mr. James
\\ Idener, of the Tradway section. One
o* the eggs has on it a good likeness
of a duck in a sitting posture, while
the other has an American eagle em?
blazoned on It. The likenesses are al?
most perfect, and the eggs are quite
a curiosity to all those who have seen
them.
The egas were laid by the same
guinea. They are normal In every re?
spect except ?The plcturea, which are
In white, while the rest of the egg
surface is In the natural brown.
d Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Ahr
JMTER. B. C SAiTJ
TENNESSEE BARS DRY.
KT ATE-WIDE PROHIBITION GOES
INTO EFFECT.
Brewery Gets Injunction?ConstUu
tlonality. of the Law to be Attacked
?Memphis Tipplers Revel While
Others Give Thanks.
Memphis, Tenn., Juno 30.?Bells in
Church and town clock steeples in
tolling the midnight hour tonight
marked the passing of saloons in Ten?
nessee, for at that hour the Holladay
State-wide prohltlon law went into
eftect. This law makes it illegal to I
sell alcoholic beverages within four]
miles of any school house In the State.
Only two oases are left in all Tennes?
see. Both are within 12 miles of]
Memphis, near the Mississippi Stati
line. The nearest, school house is
miles from both of these points, but
steps nave already been taken by white]
rlbboners to have the County Board
of Education erect a school house
within the distance prescribed by the
Holladay bill, so that there will be
no mecca In the entire State for
thirsty pilgrims.
Thousands of men are thrown out
of employment and barkeepers are
seeking better irrigated fields.
| The passing of the saloon'In Mem?
phis and In other cities throughout
the State, accord ding to advices re?
ceived tonight. Is marked by scenes
of unusual hilarity. The celebration
started early today and lasted until
the moment of closing, when there
was a rush to purchase one last fare
(well drink over the bar.
Cro** jkho'ps were crowded with llve-i
ly revelers. Extra police precautions
were taken in Memphis, Mayor Ma-!
loney instructing the chief of police
| to detail a patrolman to every block'
wherein la situated a saloon. Bat it
was on the main a good natured
throng that Indulged In a farewell
revel. ^
While this good fellowship of tip
Tiers was in progress, prohibitionists
held meetings of rejoicing. Prayers
were offered and hymns were *?ung
in the homes of the leading teetotal?
ers although no public meetings were
held at any of the churches. Many
were of the opinion, and some still
ore, that with the passing of the open
saloon would come a reign of "Wind
| Uwj? and snd.il c'u*>s, whese - ft
would be possible for "boozers" to
assuage alcoholic thirst, but Mayor
Maloney declared his intention of en?
forcing the law throughout the city
and State officers say they will do the
same in every county.
Obtains Temporary Injunction.
Memphis, Tenn., June 30.?In the
preliminary skirmish of a legal bat?
tle which doubtless Is destined for the
highest court in the land for final ad?
judication, those who favor the con?
tinuance of the manufacture and sale
of alcoholic beverages In Tennessee
gained the advantage In the Issuance
of an order by Chancellor H. Dent
Minor tonight which restrains, tempo?
rarily, the enforcement of the manu?
facture and sale acts of the recent
legislature, the latter of which went
Into effect at midnight tonight, so far
as it will Interfere with the operation
of the Tennessee Brewing Company's
plant and business in this city.
The order of the chancellor came
In answer to a petition of the major?
ity stockholders of the brewing oom
pany which seeks to premanently en
Join State and county officials from
the enforcement of the law because,
they declare, it is unconstitutional
and would cause an irreparable los*
in the profits. President Schorr of
the brewing company is made a party
to the suit because of his expressed
determination to discontinue the!
manufacture of beverages that con?
tain any part alcohol.
The restraining order will be in ef
feot until July 8, when arguments as
to the permanent injunction will be
heard.
Chattanooga Obeys.
Chattiinooga, Tenn., June 30.--The
excise law of this city made prohlbl*
ton effective here two hours ahead of
the requirement of the State-wide
statute. So fur as reported) every sa?
loon in the city obeyed Chattanooga's
10 o'clock closing ordinance with the
same good grace that the State law
w \s observed.
spartanburg's mills, banks and oth^r
enterprises will pay their stcltholders
In semi-annual dividends something
over $360,000. All local mills are
busy and in several cases large addi?
tions to their building and capacity
are being made. Extra dividends
have been declared In some of the
mills.
There are sweet morsels for the
government In other than the Sugar
Trusts.?Boston Transcript.
ls't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an
RDAY. JULY 3, 190*
CALHOUN STATUE RECALLED.
No One Seeing to Know Certainly
What Ilccame of Handsome Marble
Likeness of the Great Statesman,
Made by Powers and Formerly in
the City Hall in Charleston.
Charleston, June 30.?What has be?
come of the handsome maVble statue
of John C. Calhoun, which was
brought to Charleston from Italy in
1854 or 1855 and placed In the City
Hall here? That is a question which
several members of a generation
which is able to recall events of a
half century ago have been asking
each other recently. The statue,
which was very much admired by all
who saw it, has not been seen since
Lthe^war and has, been practically for
jjkotten, it appears by all except a
Phandful of people, none of whom
fcknows certainly its fate.
L The statue was made in Rome by
;the American Sculptor Powers. It
j represented Calhoun standing, wear?
ing a Roman Senator's toga. In his
left hand, which was uplifted, was
a scroll, representing "Truth, Justice
tnd the Constitution;" the right hand
f the figure was pointing toward the
scroll. The statue cost, it is stated,
$10,000.
The statue was shipped from Rome
to New York. In transit, when the
ship foundered, It is said, one of the
arms was broken just below the
shoulder and, under the direction of
Mr. Powers/'it was repaired in this
city by a stone cutter whose name
was Mr. Walker.
One story has it that the statue
Vas placed in the City Hall and re?
gained there until the Civil War;
that it was then packed and shipped
to Columbia for safekeeping; that
upon reaching Columbia the boxed
statue* was placed in the Court House,
but that when Columbia was burned
the statue perished In the flames.
There are other accounts given as
to the last chapter of the statue's his?
tory. Some hold that the statue was
never sent to Columbia but that it
was buried in the lot around the City
Hall here; others claim that the
statue was shipped to Columbia, but
that it was not burned. They are of
the opinion that it was taken from
the Columbia Court House by North?
ern soldiers and may still be In exist
Wt. However, th;it .m;^M -the
f8cts connected with the statue's his?
tory are as difficult to obtain as they
would appear to be interesting.?The
News and Courier.
ACTTARY ENGAGED.
Mr. F. M. Phillippl, of Illinois, Now
Connected With the State Depart?
ment.
Columbia, July 1.?Mr. F. M. Phil?
lippl of Colusa, 111., has been engaged
as the actuary for the State Insurance
department by Commissioner McMas
ter. Mr. Phillippl came to Columbia
yesterday and will commence work at
once.
For six years Mr. Phillippl was as?
sociated with Mr. Abb Landis, an ac?
tuary of national reputation whose
office Is at Nashville, Tenn., and who
recommended Mr. Phillippl most
highly as a capable and practical ac?
tuary. Mr. Phillippi has finished the
course of actuarial science at New
?
York university and did work in ths
office of Mr. Landis for five years.
His first work In South Carolina
will be among the domestic industrial
life Insurance companies of which
there are 15 In the State. It is ex?
pected that he will be of very great
assistance to these companies in estab?
lishing them on a firm foundation. As
a courtesy to the insurance depart?
ment, the home office management of
the Metropolitan of New York, the
Prudential Of Newark and the Life
Insurance Company of Virginia, of
Richmond,1 Mr. Phillippl was given
free access to their records and sys?
tems of bookkeeping. He therefore
comes to South Carolina well equip?
ped for the worl: he is expected to do.
Commissioner McMaster think*
there is a large work In South Caro?
lina for the industrial companies. He
hopes through the aid of an actuary
to place these companies In a condi?
tion to enable them to respond to
their opportunities.
Representative Lever, one of the
most faithful members of the Nation?
al Congress, left Washington today
for a ten-days' visit to South Caro?
lina. He has not missed but two or
three days In this whole session. He
will be heard with pleasure by the
people of his native State, If he choses
to make any speeches.
Mr. Roosevelt's ammunition must
have given out, fcr he Is now shipping
l;ve animals to this country.?Phila
dophla Record.
New 8er
MUST SHOW CAUSE.
J. T. BASTE 1t LI XG CHARGED
WITH MALFEASANCE IX
* OFFICE.
May be Removed by Ansel?Alleged
That He Collected $28 From Pris?
oner and Kept $22 for Himself and
Constable.
Columbia, July 1.?Magistrate J.
T. Easterling of the mill village will
have to show cause before Gov. Ansel
on July 6 why he should not be sus?
pended from office. The charge
against the magistrate is malfeasance
in office and the matter came to Gov.
Ansel's attention from the grand jury
of Richland County, which presented
Easterling under the charge referred
to above. Inasmuch as the order of
Gov. Ansel to Easterling is to show
cause, it would appear that the bur?
den of disproving the charge is upon
Easterling. At the same time that
the magistrate was presented, his con
I stable was also named in the present
1 ment of the grand jury.
The presentment in this matter was
I as follows:
J "We present Magistrate J. T. East
j erling and his constable, J. D. Duna
I wray, for malfeasance in office and ask
I that the solicitor be instructed to
I draw up a bill of Indictment against
j them for the following reasons:
"On or about May 15 one W. F.
I Wider was arrested and committed
I to jail on the charge of circulating
I obscene literature. The prosecutor
J agreed with the magistrate to settle
the case for $6. On May 17, the mag
I istrate collected $28 from the prison
I er, giving $6 to the prosecutor and
j using the balance of $22 for the use of
I Dunaway and himself."
I The witnesses in the case are W. F.
Wider and Molly Pitts.
Magistrate Easterling made the fol
I lowing entry:
"The. State vs. W. F. Wider, circu
I lating obscene literature. Case wlth
I drawn by prosecutor. All costs and
I fines paid, $28. J. T. Easterling."
j It was further stated in the pre
I sentment that none of the money was
I turned over to the county. The charge
I against Magistrate Easterling is a se
I rious one, being fully treated in ihe
I code, but his friends state that he will
Ideer himself. y. (
NEW EDUCATIONAL SCHEME.
Movement on Foot for Interchange of
American, English and Canadian
Students.
London, June 29.?A scheme for the
interchange of university students be?
tween the United States, Canada and
the United Kingdom, rivalling in im?
portance that established under the
will of the late Cecil Rhodes, is in
process of formation, with every pros?
pect of success. The idea, which is
'supported*" by an influential commit?
tee, headed by the Hon. H. H. As
quith, prime minister of Great Britain
end Lord Strathcona, high commis?
sioner of Canada, and includes the
heads of the chief universities in the
United Kingdom, and has also the en?
dorsement of the presidents of the
American and Canadian universities,
aims at providing opportunities to
students of the three countries to ob?
tain some rerl insight into the life,
progress and customs of other na?
tions, with a minimum of inconven?
ience to their academic work, and at
the least possible expense.
The promoters suggest the provis?
ion of certain travelling scholarships,
the selection for which should be
along the line of the Rhodes scholar?
ships, the selected candidate, in addi?
tion to his acdemlc qualifications, to
be what is popularly known as an
"all-around man."
Twenty-eight of these scholarships
are proposed, 14 to be available for
Universities In the United Kingdom,
ton for American ami lour for Can?
ada, the American and Canadian stu?
dents securing them to be given a ten
weeks1 tour in Great Britain under
the guidance Of a university man. the
British students on the other band to
be given a similar tour of America
and Canada, always during tiu lr re?
spective long vacations,
Before efforts are made to obtain
permanent endowment for the
scheme, it is proposd that funds shall
be asked for its maintenance for an
experimental period of three years.
The total cost Is estimated at $67.500
fOi the three years, of which it is pro?
posed that the United Kingdom shall
contribute $36,000, the United States
$22,500 and Canada $9,000.
V. new military company has been
formed at Branchville, but there Is
not room for It In the National Guard
The company may be taken into the
coast artillery.
? SOUTHRON', Established June, 18M
ies?YoL XXIX. ?o 38
cotton mm
DECLINE OF 5.3 POINTS NOTEJ>
BY JOl ltX VL OF COMMERCE.
Replies of Correspondents of Average
Date of June 23 Make CondUon
76.8?Every State in Cotton Belt
Shows Decline?Since 1901 Dcterlo?
ration Has Been Greater in Only
One Year, 1902.
New York, June 30.?Replies from
1.840 special correspondents of the
Journal of Commerce, of an average
date of June 23, make the conditions
of cotton 76.8, as compared with 82.1
last month, a decline of 5.3 points. A
year ago at this time the condition waa
79; in 1907 it was 74.2; in 1906 it
war, 82.7; in 1905 it was 81.2; In
1904 it was 83.2; in 1903 it was 74.9;
In 1902 it was 86.5, and in 1901 it waa
77. The average for the nine years
is 79.4.
Sf.nce the beginning of these special
reports in 1901, deterioration has only
one? exceeded the present figure*
when the loss was 5.4 points In 1902*
In 1903 there was a decline of 0.1
i point; in 1904 a gain of 3.4 points:
in 1905 a gain of 3.8 points; In 1906 a
I gain of 0.6 point; in 1907 a gain of
I B.t points, and In 1908 a gain of 2.4
points. As throwing light on present
prospects, government figures of the
yield and the average for the past
five years are appended, to which are?
added July condition figures as deter-*
mined by the Journal of Commerce:
Year Yield. Acreage. July.
1909. 31,918.000 76.8 .
1908. . .13,587,000 33,370,000 79.0
1907. . .11,375,000 31,311,000 74.2 v
1906 . .13,595,00) 31,374,000 82.7
1905 . .10,805,000 26,117,000 81.2
1904 . .13,680,000 30,054,000 Si.2
Without exception every State in
the belt shows a decline ranging fronv
two points |n Georgia to twelve
point:? in Alabama. What saved pros
jects from threatened disaster was the
relatively small decline in the two
largest producing States, Texas and
Georgia, where the loss was 3 points
and 2.1 points respectively. The chief,
cause of deterioration was excessive
precipitation, preventing cultivation
and enveloping almost the entire crop
in grass. Texas and Oklahoma ex?
cepted. The spreac. of the boll wee?
vil in Louisiana, Mississippi, A'aba*
ma and Arkansas added to tne da ull?
age in these States. Owing to gen
erally hot, dry weather in Texas their*
ravages appear to be below normal?
Since the date of these reports the
weather has been generally favorable*
except in some sections of Georgia,.
Alabama and Mississippi, where con-*
tinued rains have put some fields
hopelessly In the grass.
WHISKEY/ AGENT IN TROUBLE,
Representative of Richmond Concern
Arrested at Lauren*
Laurens, June 30.?The law rela?
tive to whiskey agents operating in
dry territory is to be tested in the
Laurens Courts. The test case is
against Fletcher Davis, who repre*
sents a Richmond liquor concern.
Davis came to Laurens last Thursday
and was soon busily engaged in hand-'
ing out circular letters and price lists
from his house. Special Deputy A. R.
Sullivan, observing his operations,
sought an interview with the str?ng?
er. Deputy Sullivan concluded after
hi> talk with the agent that he would
put a stop to his work here, for a
time at least, and immediately pro?
ceeded to have a warrant issued
against him. Magistrate Hudgens was
applied to, and this official at once
prepared the warrant, which was
served by the sehrtff.
On Friday a preliminary heading
was given Davfa before Magistrate
Httdgetts, Belleltor Cooper appearing
for the State and .Tobt} M. Cannon,
BSSqN for Davis. Only one Mitne*a
was examined, after which both at^
tera?ys made brief arguments, Mag?
istrate Httdgens decld? .1 to send the
case up to V\e Circuit Court and fixed
the bond of the defendant et lies'
Which Was given in cash by the hou*
represented ?>y Dm Is
The extent of Davis1 ?o!lcUlnga\efe?
so far as known consisted In .'ne ?s?
tribution of an envelope <--'taming a
typewritten circular lett<r, extolling
the superior qualities oj '*'hu whiskeys
ottered for sab and beting for A
trial order. Davis had visited Clin?
ton before coming to Lftbrv.n* and be
appeared to be in a great heirry 13
complete his work here. Howewer. r-C
took his detention good-natuAe^V<
and seemed to be a real "nice" fel?
low. The next term of the Court of
General Sessions Court for tale Coun?
ty will be held in September.
The best missionary for any city's
Chinatown is a policeman with a club*
?Philadelphia Ledger.
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