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SUMTKR WATCHMAN, Eatablk I Consolidated Aug. 3.1881 Cbt IMatrbman anb .? jutbron r?UWiod Wednesday and Saturday ?BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY svMTEit. a a Terms: $1.10 par annum?in advance. Advertisements: Square flrat Insertion.$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion.10 Contractu for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rate*. All communications which sub prtvste Ir.terests will bo charged <r?r as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects ?rill be charted fori EIRTHDUIKE WLLS SCOAES. m^W D.t.M.tCiKS IX) PROPERTY WROVCiHT BY S1UK KS. Wster In Rivet* and Brook?* Turn* Hold 1*4) to lor After Tremor*?Se? vere Shock* Near Lisbon Timm People Into Paulo? 1 moors In the Want. London, July II?Special dispatches from Athens sayu that 900 persons were killed or Injured by an earth? quake yesterday In the province of Klls, In South Oreece. Damage to property was also very great. Hot water Is (lowing today from many of the springs In1 the stricken district, .while the water in the elver' and brooks has turned a reddish col ?100 HofMto Destroyed. Athens, July 19.?The earthquake demolished 400 houses In the village of Havarl. Thirty Uvea were lost at this point and a number Injured. Neighboring villages suffered great? ly. All the houses of Amalalva were reederen uninhabitable. Ootasde of Havarl few Uvea were Near Lisbon. experienced last night at Its. a seaport, twenty-seven northeast of Lisbon. The popu? lation was thrown Into a panic, but the damage was s ight. Tv^snoe In California. , Santa Barbara, July II.?A sharp eerth- tremor was felt here at 1:28 e'etock this morning. It shook buildings, but no damage was done so far <es known. DAI UHTKR Or DAVIS OIKS. ?tos. J. Addison Hayna, Child of Con* fodcsaty's President Psssss Away At Colorado Spring*. Colorado Springs. Col.. July 18 ? sfrs. J. Addison Hayes, daughter of Xdfsrson Davis, president of the Con? federacy, died tonight at her home, after an Illness of sis months. Mrs. Hayes. 14 y ?srs old. was the wife of J. Addison Hayes, president Of the Flrat Nations Bank of Colora? do Springs. Friends throughout the country had gained the impressions that Mrs. I Hayes suffered from cancer, bat the cause of her death was announced by attending physicians as a cosnplh-a tk>n >f dfsesses. Mm. Hayes, ths lest of the family of th ? only president of the Confed? eracy after the death of her sister. ' Miss Winnie Davis, st Richmond. Vs.. made a trip through the South a few years ego. when she was made the "Dnuhgter of the Confederacy In her slater's stead. Her mother, widow of th?: southern president, died In New York sbout two years sgo. Mrs Hayes Is survived by two sons. Jerfenion Davis Hayes and William Hayes snd two daughters. Lucy Hayes and Mra. Virginia Webb, wife of Dr. Gerald H. Webb, of Colorado Springs Jefferson Hayes Davis bears the name of his grspdfsther through a special act of ths legislature. WILL HOLD I-AHMF.KS SCHOOL VaOnn to Offer It* Member* In* true lion In the < ultlvatlou and Hand? ling of Cotton. Little Rock, Ark.. July 18.?In an effort to better fit Its members for ths cultivation snd hsndllng of rotton ths Farmers' Union will hold a six weeks' term off school here* beginning tomorrow, for ths purpose of in stmctlng the members about cotton snd mattsra closely assoclsted with It Ths school will be for member* of the Farmers' Union only J. AI ston v..spp will be principe? of the school. Psrhsps the good dis young, but you can't maks all the old people believe it. khed April, I860. ?Bo Just ar L_ SU wmif nil ketT considered URItR from can council as to iiK\i;ni ( eficer. Iiillgeitcc lltfMMOd iu Maintaining sanitary Regi lctlon*?Invostiga tion of Tubereulorfi ami Spitting on Side WalkH?I'litisoil W?lls Must be mied. ?r Worn Thr Daily 'Hup, July IT. A special meetl:.g of the City noara of Health wss held .it 6 o'clock ytstenlny afternoon at Cliy Council ' i ,i ?. Present: "Dr. E. & Booth/ pit Mailt; Dr. F. K. :'V,m;:'i, Mr, It. K, WiMer, Mr. Isaac -ch\vartz. Ab :?orit: Dr. E. R. Wilson, President . ..tli stiit -d that ho Had call, .i ii ' ting for the purpose of plaUnS ivre the board for !t3 cor.iidemt.ion utd disposal a letter . ol importance fii.r.i tho C ity Council In rafctenet- i<* th? H.-alth Officer, with stateni ' thtrtU) Intimating that he had I ' more or less neglecting his duty. O.en had the Secretary to read the fcllr-wing letter: ? "Dr. E. S. Booth, Chairman Board of Health: Dear Sir:?At Council meeting last night the Chairman of the Police ane" Sanitary Committee made Inquiry concerning the Health Officer and his absence from duty and non-per mance thereof. He declared that the city needs the continuous active ser? vice of an officer in the enforcement of the sanitary laws of the city. There was some dlacusslen of the matter which resulted in the adoption of a resolution asking your board to secure an officer who will be diligent and faithful to duty, and who will devote his entire time to his office and not engage in any other work. Ver>i respectfully, C. M. HURST. Clerk." Iif reply to this communication the following letter was Mat to Mr. Hurst as Clerk of Council to be sub? mitted to Council at its next meeting: Sumter. 8. C, Jaly If, 190?. Mr. C. M. Hurst. Clerk: Dear Sir:?Replying to yours of the 14th w? would respectfully state for the Information of the City Council that the Health Officer of the City of Sumter was absent from his duty, taking his ten day vacation and ten day sick leave of absence by the con? sent of the Board of Health, and dur? ing his absence the President of the Board of Health requested the detail of a Police Officer, and by the consent of the Chairman of the Police and Sanitary Committee of the City Coun? cil. Officers J. K. Brae" f#Td .and Henry O. McKagen were detailed as health officers and very efficiently performed the duty of health officer during the absence of the regular Health officer. As to that part of your communica? tion In reference to the Resolution asking the Board of Health to seeare a Health Officer who will he diligent and faithful to duty, this board feels that ordinarily U has a very efficient and particularly Intelligent Health Of? fleer, and Immediately on Its arriving ar the conclusion that the board Is not getting a reasonable service from the present Health Officer it will cer? tainly consider the securing of an? other. Tours very truly, By E. S. BOOTH, President Board of Health. The Health Officer was admonished to be particularly diligent in the maintaining of sanitary regulations as much as possible during the present extremely warm weather, and to carefully Inspect all meats, fish and other food, and to notify all meat markets, butchers and dealers In Ash to be careful of the quality of meat and Ash which they offer during the warm weather and to notify the deal? ers in fresh meats to be careful In bringing Into the city all fresh meats, having the same wrapped in clean ond sanitary covering, and brought In vehicles which are likewise clean and sanitary; that all meats during ttunsportatlon from slHughter pens and shipping points must be protect ed with such wn.pplng from llles and dust, and unless these -equlremcntM he c<> piled with the board will for? bid the sule of said meats in Sumter. The Health Officer was Instructed to make an inspection of all slaughter pens outside of the city which supply the city with fresh meats and to in vntUate the sar. Itary condition sur rcundlng same with a view to pro? tecting the public health, and to In? struct the owners of the said slaugh? ter houses to keep the samt? In sanl tary condition, and failure to comply with his orders and Instructions wruld result In the prohibiting of meats from ?uch slaughter pens en? tering the city. The secretary was Instructed to write City Council asking what action d Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aln MTER. S. C WEDN SLUMP IN COTTON, MORE THAN TWO DOLLARS A HALE DECLINE. Dr. Hunter's Report on the Roll Wee? vil Causes Drop in Prices?Whole New Crop Affected. New York, July 16.?One of the most remarkable breaks In the his? tory of the New York cotton market occurred today as a result of a spe? cial report on th boll weevil situ? ation by the government entpmolo gill D:\ Hunt r. At the end of the decline, cotton for new crop delivery was selling at $2 a bale leas than the closing price of Thursday. The break: wei marked by panicky liquidation, aid excitement seldom, equaled eNcept in times of complete demoralisation, Within half an hour prices declined fully 86 points and while the market recovered a few points t.f the ' the close was bare-*. ly steady, th-- general nervousneei of the trafen suggesting a thoroughly unsettled state Of sentiment. The d< ( line today was the clumin 't (?n of a gradually increasing lack Of confidence in the stabilit, of prices, which nearly reached the 13c level earlier in the week, when the low July condition report was received, showing a continuation of hot dry weather In Texas, where the crop was supposed to be rapidly deteriorating. Pullish interests were disappointed that crop disaster predictions did not create enormous demand for con? tracts to insure future supplies. The selling movement which started around 12.87 for December early in the week continued in increasing vol? ume until at the opening this morn? ing December was selling at 12.15. Upon the publication of the boll weevil statement, indicating that the pest was less threatening this year than last, liquidation reached record breaking proportions and the decline was not checked until December con? tracts had sold at 11.92?47 points below the closing figures.of the pre? vious night, and 95 points ($4.75. per 'bale) below the high record of last Tuesday. * There was a slight recovery later, with December eloping 12.05 bid, a net loss of 34 points for the day. Rumors of rains in Texas were de? nted tonight and bulls pointed out that the conditions which have re? stricted the Tavages of the boll -weevil have also been very unfavorable to the plant in the Southwest But It is believed that a strong bear edtque has been formed under the leadership of Theodore H. Price and that this clique eaerted a strong influence on the day*s market and will probably remain a factor In the immediate sit? uation. Drought Kills Weevil*. Dallas. Texas. July 1?.?Prof. W. D. Hunter, the government boll wee? vil expert, made public today a state? ment, saying the present status ol the weevil is not so bad as at the same time last year. Dry weather is destroying 50 per cent, of the wee? vils. The divorce courts prove that even on fae sea of matrimony there is the fool who rocks the boart. The man with a chronic thirst re? sembles a sponge, except that a sponge isn't always dry. Don't place too much confidence In appearances. The fellow who is up with the lark may have kept the lark up all night. had been taken regarding the passing of an ordinance requiring physicians to report all cases of tuberculosis, and forbidding families wherein are such cases from moving from one house to another without the written |m t mission from the Hoard of Health, thus enabling the Health Officer to k<ep In touch with such patients that he might better control them and disinfect buildings occupied by them: Also about the ordinance ?gainst expectorating on side walks. It was decided that a record of the sanitary condition of the city be kept by the Health Ofllcer, who will also use this record of Inspection and Oth? er work as a report to the board for their Information and the Health officer be provided with printed no? tices to Inform owners and renters of any nuisances found at any house when there Is no one at home. A resolution was passed requiring all unused wells to he tilled in or closely covered with twelve Inches of earth in accordance with an ordi? nance to that effect. E. I. REARDON, Secretary Board of Health and Health Officer. I! t is't at be thy Country's, Thy God's ESP AY. JULY 21. IS "HO FUTURE CONTRACTS." that is tup: decision or JUDGE BRAWLKY. "A Gambling Contract Risgnsod Un? der the Form of Legitimate Busi? ness is Nona the Less obnoxious," Says the Court in Reversing Ref? eree's Holding in a Greenville Case. Charleston, July 17.?in an opinion Rled In the United States District Court ydfcerday, Judge William H. Brawley refused to allow a claim foe ??future'' contracts for cotton on the ?round that the contracts were and arc intended to be speculative lor de? ferred delivery of spot cotton. 'A gambling contract disguised under the form of legitimate business is none the less obnoxious," says Judge Brawley? The Question came before Judg< Brawley In the matter of Aetna Cot? ton Mills bankrupt, ex parte Knight, Yancey sV Co. A Claim Was" made against the mills for about $12,000 on cctton contracts, and being first re? ferred to Referee Julius H. Hey ward, the referee allowed the claim and a petition was made to Judge Brawley to review the order of the referee. The cage was argued before Judge Braw? ley, who after consideration, reversed the referee and disallowed the claim. Following is Judge Brawley's opin? ion In part: "This is a petition to review the or? der of the referee, allowing a claim of Knight, Yancey & Co. The claim is for a balance alleged to be due upon an account for losses sustained upon certain contracts for the future delivery of cotton. There are four ccntracts for the sale of 250 bales each, dated June 2, 1905, and in form are for the sale of 250 bales of cotton deliverable at Union, S. C, the first being for delivery in October, the oth? ers for delivery in November, De? cember and January respectively, the price being fixed at 30 points on Jan? uary delivery in New York, the price to^be called at buyer's option on any day, prior to September 25, 1905, the se\|er has the option to fix the price within five days thereafter. "Upon the face^of the contracts. It is apparent that provision is made for a speculation in cotton. By the terms of paragraph 3, the buyer has the op? tion on any day prior to September 25. to put the cotton to the seller at 23 3-4 points on January delivery in New York and by paragraph 6 the 'put the call* to be repeated one or more times at buyers' option, prior t3 September 25, and by paragraph 7 cash settlements to be made on each 'put* based on an average weight of 500 pounds per bale. On these puts and calls, Tt Is not pretended that ac? tual cotton *was to be delivered or re? served, and what was actually done was what presumably was intended to be done at the time the contracts were made, and what in terms they permitted to be done. That is to say Sartor, as president of the cotton mills, exercised his option to put this cotton as provined in the contract within less than a month after the contracts were executed, and as the result of that operation nearly $12, 000 was lost by the Aetna Company, settled In part by payments in cash and In part by notes given in July, 1P05, which have since been paid and what Sartor contends was Intended to be a settlement in full of the con? tracts. "I am of the opinion that the pre? ponderance of the testimony is that these contracts were and were intend? ed to be speculativ for deferred de? livery of snot cotton. The fact that the parties had actually settled dif? ferences arising out of the 'put' trans? action, and that the cotton to be de? livered was not actually delivered, tends to show that at the inception of the contract the parties intended to settle the differences and not deal, in actual cotton. A gambling con? tract disguised under the form of le? gitimate business is none the less ob? noxious. "It does not seem that any of the cases referred to by the referee are controlling here. They are based upon contracts which differ essentially from those now under consideration anl the facts are different. "I am of the opinion that the ref? eree was in error In allowing the claim, and his order is set aside and the claim disallowed." Some people couldn't make both end! meet In an abattoir. A pretty woman doesn't always wear well. In fact, beauty very often rubs off. The man who Is satisfied to rest on his laurels is generally afflicted with Insomnia. / v ?09. New Sen TAFT AND THE TARIFF. PRESIDENT COMMITTED TO DOWNWARD REVISION. Plain Talk to Protecting Republicans ?Tariff Must Come Down?Threat-1 ene<l to Veto?Taft Stands with the Chicago Platform. Washington. July 16.?All doubt as to where President Taft stands with r< ^ard to the downward revision of the tariff was swept away today, when a statement was given out at the White House setting forth in de? tail what the president had to say to the twenty-three Republican mem? bers of congress who called to protest against putting raw material on the free list. The president declares that the Re? publican party is committed to a Mown Ward revision; that he has nev? er had any other idea of the Chicago plat!" >rm, and that he, personally, has promised a downward revision to th-? people. This statement is interpreted in some quarters here tonight as a di? rect notification to the conferees 00 the tariff bill that, if the measure they finally agree upon does not constitute a material reduction in specific du? ties, the president will veto it. The story of the conference is out? lined in the White House statement, in the third person, which follows: Mr. Young, of Michigan, opposed free ore, Mr. Mondell opposed free coal and reciprocity with Canada and free hides, each on the ground that the policy would injure the Interests of his State, and a discussion was participated in by other representa? tives, who urged that the doctrine of free raw material was not a Repub? lican doctrine. The president replied that he was net committed to the principle of free raw material, but that he was com? mitted to the principle of a down? ward revision of the tariff, which he had promised, and that he was oblig? ed to look at the matter, not from the standpoint of any particular dis? trict, but from the standpoint of re? sponsibility for the entire Republican party. He said the question in each case was a question of fact, to be de? termined by evidence as to whether the present duty was needed for pro? tection or whether the rate was exces? sive, so that a downward revision or putting the article on the free list would not injure the industry. "He repeated the platform of the Republican party and said he had al? ways understood that It meant a downward revision in many instances, though perhaps in some few instances an increase might be needed; that he reached this construction of the plat? form on what he understood to be the principle of protection and its justifi? cation, namely, that after an industry was protected by a duty equal to the difference between the cost of pro? duction abroad and the cost of pro? duction in this country, including a fair profit to the manufacturer, the energy and enterprise of American business men and capitalists, the ef? fectiveness of American labor and the ingenuity of American inventors, un? der the impulse of competition be? hind the tariff wall, would reduce the cost of production, and that, with the reduction and cost of production, the tariff rate would become unnecessari? ly high and ought to be reduced. This was the normal operation of the tariff as claimed by the defenders of the protective system?not in every case, but as a general rule that of course a revision of the tariff could not be perfect, must have defects and incon? sistencies; but. In so far as his in? fluence went, when called upon to get in connection with legislation, it would be thrown in the direction of performing the promises of the party as he understood them, and that if iron ore and oil and coal and hides did not need protection, and the con? ditions were such as to enable the ore producers and the oil producers and the coal producers and producers of Indes to compete, successfully without reduction of wages, with the pro? ducers abroad, then they did not need a duty, and their articles should go on the free list. It was a question of fact which he hoped to make up his mind with respect to, on such evi? dence as was available to him in or? der to carry out what he understood to be the promises of the party to the whole people. "He said he felt that his position as the titular head of the Republican party and as president, with the whole people as his constituency, gave him a somewhat broader point of view than that of a single member of congress In respect to articles pro? duced In his district. He felt strong? ly the call of the country for a down? ward revision within the limitations of the protective principle, and he 2 SO'JTHRON, Established Jane, ISM ies?Yol. XXIX. 3o 43 FREIGHT KATES. COLUMBIA IS HURT AS SHOW* BY MR. PARKER, Why Is Tills Discrimination??The Mills In Greenville Get Coal So Much Chcai>er Thau Do the Colum? bia Enterprises. Columbia, July 16.?The newly ap? pointed freight committee of the Chamber of Commerce held its ini? tial meeting yesterday afternoon at S o'clock. Present were all the mem? bers, of the committee, and* alhO Mr. Lewis W. Parker, president of the cotton mills corporation. Mr. Parker was the first person outside of the committee's person? nel to lay facts before the commit? tee looking towards relief from what appears to be railway discrimination against Columbia shippers with spe? cial reference to coal. |Cr. Parker told of conferences ho has held with the railroad people over tbe facts that Columbia is badly dis? criminated against in the matter of rates. For example, he said that Gieenville obtains its coal at a rate of 55 cents less a ton than does Co? lumbia, and this discrimination he claimed to be without any adequate reason. As the city of Columbia ships in and uses some 80,000 tons of coal an? nually, this is a considerable item; and as the mills managed by Mr. Parker use about 50,000 tons of this total product, or five-eighths of all the coal shipped into the city, he is interested in knowing the reason for this discrimination by the railroads against Columbia. Mr. Parker told the committee that unless the rate was reduced to Co? lumbia he would proceed to make ar? rangements to have all his mills at Columbia run by hydro-electric pow? er, which would result in cutting the railroads out of carrying approxi? mately 50,000 tons each year. The discussion that followed was quite interesting. It was shown that not only in the rate on coal is Co? lumbla discriminated against, but as well on many other articles, and that so long as this discrimination is per? mitted to continue small industries and commercial enterprises can not be profitably conducted here to com? pete with Augusta, Charlesten and other points that sell goods in thia territory, which, goods ought to be supplied from the factories andl wholesale establishments of Colum? bia. It was stressed that many people have come to Columbia seeking loca? tion for investment in the establish? ment of industrial plants, and all the conditions were satisfactory and pleas ing: but, the parties left to not retxwr? ?after they discovered that Colum? bia freight rates well nigh are pro? hibitive. The complaints of discrimination.' were informal in their method of pre? sentation but none the Whs earnest, - and it is the expressed purposV* <tftMM committee to take proper steps to ab** certain why this condition of affairs tirtttg. It is not the purpose of the com? mittee to take up individual com? plaints against the roads, and make collection jf overcharges in such oases, or to attempt to adjust individ? ual differences, but to proceed on broad lines of action for the benefit of the entire community. To this end the committee desires to receive all information available re? lating to freight rates to this and to other points for comparison, and pro? vide themselves with an arsenal of facts, and then have conference with the railroad officials to ascertain the why, if such discrimination as alleged is found to exist The committee will meet again in regular session on August 17. and thereafter on every third Tuesday of the month; and in the meantime, the committee may be called together by any one member. Meetings are to be held at the Chamber of Commerce rooms at 6 o'clock each time. NINE-HOUR DAY. Result of Conferem-e With Keaboartt Officials. Norfolk, Ya., July 1?.?Announce? ment is made today that committee* representing the employe:, of the Sea? board Air Line, which have been in Portsmouth, Va., conferring with1 the general officials of the system, have secured the desired concession of a uniform nine-hour workday ort that road. They are still at work on the adjustment of the mechanical wage s.>?ie. hoped to be able to respond to that call as he heard It, as well as in the interest of the party as of the coun? try." A