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Tire 8FMTKK WATCHMAN, EataMl coit?i)t<1ated Aog. 2,188 $ br dOlitflim:m atib jSontbron. Published Wednesday and Saturday ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTER, S. C. Terms: tl 10 per annum?In advance. Adver tiseenenta: One Square Brat insertion.$1.00 ?very subsequent insertion.10 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged for aa advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. suiter is m COUNTY VOTED FOR PROHIBI? TION BY SAFE MAJORITY. Very Small Vote Polled and There Appears to Have Been Little Inter? est Mauafe*tcoV-Prt>hlbttlon Major? ity 17f With One Precinct to He Heard From. r Dlspensy. Trohib. Sumter. 1 .IS 40 Sumter. t. IT 157 Sumter S. oT 04 Sumter. 4. 25 3? Shlloh. 45 SI Mayeevllle. 11 S3 Raiting Creek. I 21 Stateburg. t 18 Wedgefleld. 7 33 Providence. I 40 Concord. 43 45 Privateer. 4? ST Oewego. 3 34 Bloom Hill. Total.383 55* Bloom HUI tManchester), the only unreported precinct, polled a small vote and the few ballots past ware ? bout equally divided between prohi? bition and dispensary, so far as can be learned. The result cannot be al? tered far there are not sufficient votes at Bloom Hill to overcome the prohibition majority, were all to be for the dispensary. MAIL CLERK ARRESTED. Frank J. Stewart Charged With Tak? ing Decoy Lettre?Sent to Jail In Aajnsata. Augusta. Oa.. Aug. 17.?Frank J. Stewart, a negro railway mall clerk running between Augusta and Atlan? ta, was arrested this afternoon by Deputy United States Marshal J. P. Murray, charged with erabexsling a decoy letter. He was aent to the county jah tonight and m ilt be carried i to Mavon tomorrow for a prelimin? ary hearing before Commissioner! Bmery. I The post office Inspectors have been working on the case of Stewart for the past aix months and Inspectors R. K. Barry. A. Britton and R. C Bannerman will give evidence at the pr*r nil nary. Registered mail ha* been mlsead on the Georgia read on a number of occaalons recently and the officers claim that they mill trace much of the stolen goods to Stewart. SOTTOX KILLED HIMSELF. Lieutenante Rotative* Will Take Case Before Congress. Washington. Aug. 18.?With the publication today of Acting Secretary of Navy Winthrop s approval of the Bindings that Lieut. James N. Sutton, Jr . of the United States marine corps was directly and eolely respon? sible for his own death at Annapolis nearly two years ago. the famous Sutton ca?e became a closed incident so far as the navy department is con (erned. Counsel for the Suttons intimated, however, after the court's decision had become derlnls^ey known that they j re far from natisned with the verrf t and that they probably would takt the Issues Involved to congren with a view to having a full hear? ing of th? . !>?? ? y a committee of hat body. ?Pe sure snd take a bottle of Cham? ? r. i n | OaHe, Cholera. gad Diarrhoea K medy with you when starting on your trip this summ r It ? an not be obtained on board th<* trains or steamers. Changes of water and cl'mate often cause sudden ut tacKM of diarrhoea, and It Is b??.st t > be prepared. Sold by W. W. Slb. rt. It is a remarkable fact that during Calhoun cOuaty'l existence of a y?-ir and a half, with it* dispensaries and bad booze. t?? beat the band, th.t? has been only one homicide, and that committed by a half wltted SjSfTg with a baseball bat. lied April, 1850. 'He .1 ist ax ? 1. SUM' FIFTEEN COUNTIES CO DRY. DISPENSARY ELECTION RE TV HNS PRAT RALLY COM? PLETE. Alkon, Beaufort, Charleston, lTor oiK-e, Georgetown and Riolilaiul Will Be the Only Dispensary Coun? ties In the state?Thirty-Six Coun? ties Are Now Dry. Returns received from the dis pensary election held in the vari ? ous counties Tuesday have removed all doubt as to the results and show that fifteen of the counties went? "dry"' and six "wet." The balance in Florence. Georgetown and Beaufort was cast for the dispensaries, and in Kershaw for prohibition, so that the line-up is as follows: For Dispensary?Alken, Beaufort. Charleston, Florence, Georgetown and Richland. For Prohibition?Abbeville, Bam? berg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun, Colleton. Dorchester, Fairneld, Hamp? ton. Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Orangeburg, Sumter and Williams burg. In a few of the counties the re? turns are not complete, but those yet to be received will not affect the gen? eral result of the county. Oeorgetown went wet by a majori? ty of only 89 votes, Florence by 41, and Calhoun went dry by only 14 votes. The only serious talk of con? test that has been reported Is In Rich laud, where the Prohibitionists are not satisfied with the result As a result of the elections Tuesday thirty-six counties in South Carolina will be dry within a few weeks, and in the six above mentioned the dis? pensary system will be re-established as soon as the necessary formalities can be compiled with. KILLED HER LOVER. Elvira Todd of Augusta Fatally Shoot** Richard Watson. August. Ga., Aug. 18.?In a fit of Jealousy this afternoon Elvira Todd. a young white woman about 22 y**re~ WS. entered the office of the Central of Georgia freight depot and probably fatally shot Cashier D. Richard Watson. The young woman claims that she has for the past seven years been in? fatuated with Watson, who is a young man. She claims that he held out a ray of hope for her until a few days ago, when he "threw her over." In a statemenent given out tonight she says that she loved "Dick" and could not see him marry another womsn. The shooting occurred In the main office of the freight depot of the road. Young Watson's office Is Just in? side the building and after firing two shots from outside of the building through a widow, she made her way into the building and to Watson's office. Seeing that he was cornered, and having no way to protect himself, Watson attempted to get inside of a large iron safe, but was unable. At this time the crazed woman gained entrance into the office and began tiring. The first shot went wild, but the second penetrated his collar and grazed the Adam's apple. The next shot broke his right leg just above the knee and Watson fell to tho floor. He begged for his life, but standing directly over his prostrate form the woman fired the last cart? ridge in the pistol, which entered his chest Just about an inch above the heart. She aimed at his heart. This bullet penetrated the left lung and passed out through the shoulder blade. The shooting was done with a .32 calibre pistol, six shots being fired, three taking effect. Watson was hur? ried to the Olty hospital, where he was given surgical attention, and the unf'Mtunate girl put under arrest. When she was arrested she said: "I love the ground Dick Watson Walk! aa, but I will not let him mar? ry another woman. i hope I have killed him." She Is being held without bail. Young Watson's condition Is consid? ered very critical by the physicians, ?When ihe digestion is all rigid, the SCUOli of tin* bowels regular, ther?. is a natural craving and relish for food. When this is lacking you may know that you need a do?e ol Chaaiberlata'f stomach and Liver Tableta They strengthen the diges? tive organs, improve thf gppotlte and regulate the bowels, Sold by W. W, Slaert Jacksonville his thrown up the franchise in the Atlantic League and the leaguo is on the ragged edge, id Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aln rER. S. 0. SATTJRD TILLW?N OH RAWPA6E. WANTS KVKHIJODY WATCHED WHILE TILLMAN LECTURES. CJoing to Expose the I*ress?-Discovers State Senate is Under Thumb of Railroads and Imagines somebody Conspires to Beat Him. (From The State.) Rlchburg. Aug. 17.?Did some one say Senator Ben Tillman is an in? valid and has lost his power of in? vective ? The Senator Tillman who address? ed some 30 000 people assembled from over the State, at the Chester County Farmers' union rally and pic? nic saw a man in rugged health with power of invective unimpaired, and wielding his pitchfork with all vigor that has made him unique in pub? lic life. His jabs were directed at the press of the State in general and The State in particular; at the railroads; at the State senate and at the present cam? paign for compulsofy education. He also handled the negro question at considerable length. This was the first public address made by Senator Tillman. in South! Carolina in the past year. He will make a number of speeches during I this and next year in South Carolina and promises to "rub it in" on the interests that have incurred his an? tagonism. The speech at this place was made in response to an invitation from the Chester County Farmers* union. He was introduced by Senator P. L> Hardin of Chester county. In opening, Senator Tillman said he coud not brag of being a farmer, but that he has a little farm on which he has a better crop than any he has seen. He acknowledged that he himself is not much of a farmer; in fact that his farming la usually considered something of a Joke. Ho alluded to his long absence from home, and said his return from time to time was to get clean clothes. Sub? stantially he said: "I have been among the Northern Yankees, hammering into them bet? ter pnderajanding of the negro ques? tion. With the Yankees of the North the negro problem Is a theory; with us of tm? South it is a condition. "I am not yet a member of the Farmers' union. I was a member of the Grange and of the Alliance, and 1 will give the Farmers' union a chance to reject me. "I am not going to make a prepar? ed speech. I don't cook up my speech? es before I come to meet my people. I will say something about the matter ol mileage system the railroads, with the connivance of your venal legisla? ture, have imposed upon you. "There is no reason why when the railroads in South Carolina sell a mileage book for 1,000 miles at t cents a mile they should require you to take your mileage book to the ticket agent and buy a ticket to where you are going. In the State of Pennsylvania the mileage in a book is good on the train for any dis? tance within the 1,000 miles, and can be used to pay the fare of yourself and family and anybody else, as long as the mileage lasts. The railroad company gets your money. You get the mileage and use it to pay your fare. "In South Carolina they make you go to the ticket agent and exchange your mileage for a ticket, often caus? ing delay. "This morning when my wife and I went to take the train at Belton the connection was short, and I hurried to the ticket office to get my mileage exchanged. Before I could get my wife's ticket through the red tape proceedings the train started and I had to grab up my books and we ran to catch the train before it left us there. "When the conductor came around he said I must pay my fare. I told him I would be put off the train be? fore I would pay my fare again, and I tendered the mileage I bought and paid for. "My friends, we must be given the same rates on thterailroadi that t\v> Yankees have. You can get your rights if you contend for them. As long aa you keep the rascals in your legislature end lei them do as they please you will continue to get the worst (?f it. I cannot watch the ras? cals In Washington and the rascals in Columbia both. "Win u Uns mileage measure was i ending In year legislature, it was oi,(i down by the house; but the ? nate was in the pay Of the railroads and the measure waa forced through, it's up to you to do some watching, i am going to tell the people of thle State about this mileage business in seme speeches tili? week and next." is t at be thy Country's, Thy God's ar AY. AUGUST 21. 19* Senator Tillman warned the Farm? ers' union against permitting its or? ganization to develop a political par? ty. The Alliance was a non-political organization, but somehow it de? veloped the organization of the Pop? ulist party. The Democrats of the South must not divide their strength. The danger lies in negro domination. You may feel a sense of disgust for the way you have allowed the politi? cians to treat you and feel that you must look after Betsy and the baby, but we are not out of the woods on the negro question. As long as the 14th and 15th amendments are a part of the constitution we have no guarantee of white supremacy. The people of the North use the negro to subserve their own political ends. President Taft has been in the South and is coming again to spread all the molasses he can. "I warn you. Mr. Taft's purpose Is to bring the negro back into power and he is going to do it if he can. The inter? ests of the mill owners and industrial capitalists of the South are such as to coincide with the interests of Northern Republicans, and they work hand in glove together. "Some people say I am a crank. The young bucks who wore knee breeches when I was; younger, and who run the papers now, are the ones who criticise men." The senator extolled the purity and virtues of the women of South Caroli? na in speaking of the marriage laws. He believed in laws that provided that when a man and woman get hitched they should stay hitched. "We have a good system of gov? ernment, but it needs watching. All governments need to be watched. If you do r ot watch the scamps will run away with things. "I left Washington?yes. I did not see the use of staying in Washington to look at Aldrich and Payne and that gang shaping things up to rob the people while we had no represen? tation to make effective defense." The 8enato/ asserted the necessity for white rule. The situation re sol vs itself thus: Democratic: white; Republican: Negro There is the whole thing in a nutshell. * He criticised the attitude of the State press towards the administra tion of Clemson*coTTfeg?; * He describ? ed the method of administration ol Clemson as complex and a machine more difficult to run than the Statt government. Admitting defects thai have existed there, he said the trus tes are now looking for a man tc tskc Dr. Mell's place. He deplorec that the life trustees and State ap? pointed trustees must always be ai cross purposes. He believes it wis< to make no radical changes in meth? od of administration. In any event whatever changes may be made, bj the will of the property- remains tha of the life trustees. As long as h< lives he is going to see that it is no wrecked. v Senator Tillman extolled the pres ent common school system that ha: resulted in producing great change: for the State's welfare, but he declar ed that the campaign for compulsorj education would result, if successful In educating the negro so he coult qualify for franchise registration, an< that means negro domination. ?*I eerve notice on those paper! that are fixing to kick me out of th( senate that you will have somethinj to say about it. Look out for thost who have some axe to grind." The foregoing does not pretend t< be a verbatim quotation from Sena tor Tillman's talk, but only a synop? sis. The speaker's unique mode ol saying things is well known to mosi South Carolinians. Senator Tillman seems to feel re? sentful for the criticism of the Boutt) Carolina press relating to his absence from the senate on a lecture tour at the time every Democrat's presence seemed most required. He is "sore on" the papers for thei: treatment of the Clemson college sit? uation; and for their criticism of his attitude on the tariff question with relation to his proposed protective duty on tea. The feeling is especially directed against the State. He an? nounced on the platform that these papers would come In for a drubbing at Iiis hands in the speeches he is to make over the State. TRUSTEES' BONDS INCREASED. Kock hui school Property Contro? versy Takes New Turn. Rock Hill, Aug. IS.?Judge Mem minger today handed down a decis? ion Increasing the bond of the minor? ity school trustees from $600 to $3, 000, the sann- to be perfected jn ten days, or the injunction against the sale of High School property to Win? throp to be dissolved. This is a grt U victory for the majority trustees. id Truth's." THE T*" HOTTEST OH RECORD. YESTERDAY WAS HOT THROUGH? OUT THE SOUTH. Thermometer in Fort Worth. Texas, Registered From 111 Degrees to 120?Heat Records Broken in a Xumber of Cities. Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 17.?The heat wave, which swept the country from coast to coast Monday, is still rampant and today new records were established. From all over the South and Southwest comes reports of in? tense heat. The cotton growers are rejoicing over the heat wave, as they claim it is ranidly destroying the boll, weevil. From reports reaching here tonight Fort Worth, Texas, was the hottest city in the South and Southwest. The government thermometer went as high as 111 degrees, while instruments in the business district registe^d as high as 120 degrees. The mercury climb? ed as high as 110 degrees in many other Texas cities, and at Dennison it reached 106, breaking all otherj previous records. Not since July 1, 1909, has the heat been so intense throughout Mid? dle Arkansas. At Little Rock a tem? perature of 105 was recorded and two prostrations were reported. Vegetation throughout the Shreve port territory of Louisiana wilted un? der the scorching heat today, the maximum of 104 degrees being re? ported at 4 o'clock this afternoon. All Tennessee is in the grasp of the hot wave and the weather bureau ther? mometer here today Records a maxi? mum temperature of 95 degrees at 4 o'clock. A cooling breeze starting late in the day gave promise of relief before morning. C. C. & O. MAY SUE SPARTAN - BURG. City Has Now Taken Up Note for $13,885 Advanced by the Road. Spartanburg. Aug. 17.?The Caro? lina. Clinchfield and Ohio Road may bring suit against the city of Spar? tanburg for the sum of $13,885.72 for a note given to the road by the city for money advanced for the purchase Vrlce of right of way for- the ro*d from Pacojet River to the^clty lim? its. The note became due yesterday, and was not paid for the reason that the city council feared that action would be instituted restraining the 1 city from paying out the money, as ' certain citizens have made objection to the payment. Wh<m the city agreed to pay for the right of way ? in question it did not have the cash and the Carolina. Clinchfield and i Ohio advanced the money and took ' the note of the city. The note be ? came due Monday, and the city fail ? ed to take up the note because of 1 threats of several citizens, who are opposing payment. Since the Caro? lina, Clinchfield and Ohio Road en * tered South Carolina territory it has i been having a great deal of trouble ? the State having refused to issue - charter and the city of Spartanburg , refusing to pay off note. I _ 1 iWEATHER MAN DEFENDED. : Bureau Issues Bulletin to Show That it Has Made Good. I - Washington, Aug. 16.?Answering a recent magazine stricture on its abil ? ities as a prognosticator, the weather bureau has issued a bulletin intended to disprove the theory that the bu ' reau "has not made good.'' Instead, however, of giving its own opinion of its work, the weather bu? reau has gathered together in this 65-page bulletin opinions expressed in hundreds of newspapers through? out the country, in letters from repre? sentatives of various commercial, ag? ricultural and maritime interests, ?11 tending to uphold the work of the bureau. Of more than 500 newspaper crit? icisms received by the bureau, all but three were favorable. RUTLEDGE COUNTY DEFEATED. The Project Is Defeated in Williams burg and Clarendon Counties. Klngstree, Aug. 17.?-Reporte from the la precincts within tin* Williams burg area of the proposed new coun? ty of Rutledge Indicate the following result: 816 for Rutledge, -77 against new counts. Sandy Grove townshlpt the area of Clarendon county Inctud ed within the limits ?>f the proposed new county voted 4.r. for and 2.*? against Rutledge. The necessary two thirds majority was not obtained in either the Williamsburg or clarendon areas of the new county. Where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be one of those fellows who know X0M me ?? -.il()N, Established June, 18M pies?Yol. XXIX. So 51 TO TEST CORPORATION TAX. BUT PRESIDENT TAFT IS CONF1? DENT IT WILD STAND. The President is Planning Now About How He Will Put Into exe? cution His Campaign Promises to Carry out the Roosevelt Policies In Control of Corporations. Beverly, Mass., Ahg. 18.?Reporta which are reaching Beverly dally from Washington and New York, that the constitutionality of the new corporation tax is to be tested just as soon as an effort is made to collect It, have not disturbed President Taft* The President declared thev were all anticipated Ifr. Taft, himself a lawyer of some eminence and father of the corpora? tion tax Idea, is thoroughly convinced that the tax will stand any test that may be applied to it. Attorney Gen* eral Wickersham, a corporation law? yer of note, and Senator Root col? laborated on the corporation tax pro? vision of the tariff bill, and the meas? ure as enacted, they believe, will sur* vive any atempt to nullify it. Attorney General Wickerman la coming to see the President Friday, but the prospect of litigation over the corporation tax has nothing to da with the visit. Mr. Wickersham haa some pardon cases upon which he de? sires the President to act, and ha wan:s also to go over with Mr. Taft a few of the preliminaries la the plan for the reorganization of the du? ties of the Inter-State commerce com? mission, the amendment of the Sher* man anti-trust law, and bringing In? ter-State corporations mere definitely under the control of one branch of. the Government. These objects will be the principal recommendations in the Presidents message to Congress next DeeembeT. In his speech of acceptance In his inaugural address, and during his campaign tours, President Taft defi? nitely committed himself to the so called "Roosevelt policies" and de? clared that the principal aim of his administration would be to establish the necessary machinery to enforce these laws. ^ According to Mr. XaiVs ?&N?Mtag icT.ine *y tr- !rfYrce tht^?aR^^S" statute Is now inadequate Hfe be? lieves that the Inter-State commeree commission is so overcrowded with work that the long delays Incident to. its investigations and decisions under existing conditions work a hardship alike to the railroads and the com? plainants with grievances. He be? lieves that the commission ought to be relieved of its jurisdiction as an executive, directing body, and that its functions should be limited to the quasi-judicial investigation of com? plaints made by individuals. J The President also believes that under the Sherman anti-trust law as it stands today there is much to in? terfere with legitimate business, but that by amendment it can be made an effective and just instrument. To bring about a coalition o-i the law departments of the various <?*r?' ernment departments, which have to' deal w th railroads and other lnter-f State c ^rporations'and 'trusts" so as' to permit of quick and decisive ac? tion in case of offence against the statutes, is another of the taski which the President has set himscl to. The President received a ratl mysterious visit today from Assist! Secretary of the Treasury Nort< who was accompanied by Chas. Dawes, former Comptroller of tl J Currency, and now president of tl I Central Trust Company, of Chicago? neither of whom would discuss the visit in any way. Assistant Secretary Noiton is in charge of the internal revenue divis? ion of the Treasury, and his visit may have to do with the collection of the corporation tax. Secretary McVeagh. who will visit the President Friday or Saturday, will take up with him the appoint' ment of the members of the tariff ?id visory commission authorized in the tariff bill. It It likely that at the con ference between the PreeMeat and Mr MeVeagh a decteioa will be reached as to whether the commls ?Ion shall consist of three or five members. The President has not yet been ad vis. ?d by the members of the mone t;uy commission headed by Senator Aldrich, whet lc r or not they will bo read) to report their recommenda? tions at the forthcoming session of <'ongrss?. , A charter was saaed ej the *ecre tary of State to the Abbeville Cotton Oil and Fertilizer company of Allen dab-. The capital of the company ig $60.000.