The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 12, 1910, Image 2
VETERAN' IN ALMSHOLSE.
Said "Damn" and Waa Turned Out
of Soldiers' Home?Haa Money In
Um Bank aad Yet is Sent to the
Rlctdand County "Poorhouae."
F. ltouglass Walker, one of the
meat widely known soldiers at the
Confederate home, was yeeterday
sus pen vied from the home for ?0
days. Mr. Walker hae no living rela?
tives and the Confederate home was
ale only home, so he yeeterday after
aeea applied for admittance at the
oeaaty almehouee and was riven a
had there.
Mr. Walker eays that because he'
?aid "damn" at breakfast he was
notified by the commandant that he
would be given a furlough of 60
days. Mr. Walker's account of his
trouble Is that Mrs. W. D. Starling,
wife of the commandant, asked one
of the men at breakfast If he had
beard the whistles blow for the new
year night before. The man address?
ed waa deaf and the question was re?
peated, whereupon Mr. Walker said,
"Mr* Starling, he is so damn deaf
that be can't hear any whistles."
After the meal was concluded Mr.
Walker says that Capt. Bar ling said
to htm: "Walker. I have a Nsw
Year's present for you. You are sus?
pended tor fO days for swearing In
the presence of my wife."
Mr. Walker > expects to stay at the
county almahouse until his enforced
furlough is ended. He phoned The
State laet night that he is very com?
fortably situated, considering the na?
ture of his accommodations, and that
everyone Is treating him very well.
Mr. Walker Is a native of Charles
tan, was a member of Hampton's
Legion and after the war went to
Mew York, where men of wealth be?
enge* interested In him and assisted
him until he was a well-to-do busi?
ness man. But his benefactor died
tnd he loot what he had accomplish?
ed In the crash that followed. Fin?
ally he could find no work and was
starving on the. streets when he went
to a police station and told them
that he wae a Confederate soldier?
vho could gat ao work and had noth- |
tea* to eat and requested that they
tend him to an almehouee.
laetssd of aendlng him to an alms
awaaa he was sent to jail, but a news
. taper reporter found him there and
I abllehed a story of hie misfortunes.
*)%e New York Daughters of the
Confederacy became Interested In
the ease and at a benefit at the
Waldorf-Astoria enough money waa
realised to send htm to Colum?
bia to enter the Old Soldiers' home.
He arrived here lest Februarv and
found that the home was not yet
open. After staying In Columbia a
few weeks the Daughters made ar?
rangements for Mr. Walker to be re
?atved at the Robert E. Lee home In
Richmond and he was entered there
In March.
After he had been in Richmond
several months, the South Carolina
some was opened and arrangements
were made for Mr. Walker to come
baCjk to his native State. The New
York women had been paying for
his expenses at Richmond from the
laud raised to help him. but after a
short while spent in the home he
was admitted rs a member and no
further money was required for his
maintenance.
Some 175 remained In the fund
and since Mr. Walker has been in
the Old Soldiers' home here that
money has been sent to the authori?
ties of the home by the Robert E.
Lee home of Richmond, and Doug?
lass Walker Is In xhe almshouse.
while officers of the Soldlers' hor.o
hold money that was raised by New
York ladles to take htm out of sn
almshouse In that city.?The State.
Jan. I.
GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN DIES.
Representative From Second Georgia
District Pastes Away While Appar?
ently Convalescent.
Dawson. Jan. 6.?Representative
Jamee M. Ortgss of the Second Geor?
gia district dt?d suddenly at his
? homo here late thlj afternoon of
apoplexy.
Death came at 4:30. He was In
bed at the time, apparently conval?
escing from a supposed flight attack
of heart trouble.
C atarrh Cannot Im? Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as
they cannot reach the seat of the
db ase. Catarrh Is a blood or con?
ventional disease, and In order to
cure |t you must take Internal reme?
dies. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken
Internally, and sets directly afi the
blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's
Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medi?
cine. It was prescribed by one of
the best physicians In this country
for years and is a regular prescrip?
tion. It Is composed of the beat ton
ice known, combined with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on
the mucoua surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two Ingredients
le what produces ruch wonderful re?
sults tn curing Catarrh. SenJ lot
teetlmoniale free.
F. J. CHENEY St CO.. Prope.
Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, pi Ice 75c.
Take Haifa 1 I'm / <
FOOD TO CONTINUE HIGH.
Champ Clark Says Most Americans
Now Are NonproducerH.
Washington, January 5.?"The
present high prices for farm pro?
ducts have come to stay; the rural
population Is playing out; the pres?
ent census, if it classes the unincor?
porated villages as towns will show
between 60 and 65 per cent, of pop?
ulation living in towns," declared
Representative Champ Clark, of
Missouri, today, the minority leader
of the House. "At the present rate
In 20 years the United States will
cease to be an exporting nation for
agricultural products except as to
cotton.
"One of the principal causes of
the high prices of farm products la
the world movement of people to?
ward the towns and cities, while a
few persons in towns and cities have
gardens and raise chickens and oc?
casionally pigs, practically the entire
town and city population are non
producers of anything to eat, but are
consumers only. Last year for the
first time Argentina beat us In ex?
porting corn, and Argentina and Bra?
sil are now fixing to take the frozen
meat trade from us. Until we adopt
the Intensive system of agriculture
we have nearly reached our limit of
agricultural output."
ROBERT KILGORE PARDONED.
Youth of 17 When Convicted of Mur
Columbla, Jan. 6.?The first par?
don of the new year was granted yes?
terday by Oov. Ansel to Robert Kll
gore, convicted in Lee county on the
charge of manslaughter and senten?
ced to serve a term of aeven years
on the county chain gang. Kilgore
waa convicted in 1905 and was only
17 years of age at the time. In the
petition It la stated that there was
some doubt as to his guilt at the
time of conviction and that the per?
son he killed was a rowdy and a man
of quarrelsome disposition. It Is also
stated that he has made a most ex?
cellent prisoner. There was a peti?
tion signed by a large number.
Would Alter Incer-State Law.
Washington, January 4.?A bill
making sweeping changes In the In?
terstate commerce law for the regu?
lation of railroads was Introduced In
the House today by Representative
Mann, of Illinois.
lae bill Is not in accord with the
"Administration bill, which was pre?
pared under the direction of Presi?
dent Taft. Instead of providing a
special Court to hear Inter-State
commerce cases, it would create a
bureau In the department of com?
merce to be known as the bureau of
transportation, where a shipper may
file complaints against a railroad. If
justice Is found In the complaint, the
Attorney General would examine it,
and If satisfied that a cause of ac?
tion exists, that official would file a
petition with the Inter-State com?
merce commission and prosecute the
case at the cost of the Government.
In the meantime the shipper
would not be deprived of the priv?
ilege of bringing an action before
the Inter-State commerce commi8
sion at his own expense as the pres?
ent law provides.
The bill enlarges the powers of
the Inter-State commerce commis?
sion In tho matter of fixing and
changing rates, and would amend
the law so that In no case, should a
charge for a short haul exceed the
charge for a long one. It would also
prohibit any through rate which le
more than the aggregate of the local
rate. Every shipment, upon which
a rebate is paid, would constitute a
separate offense, and railroads would
be permitted to pay for advertising
their time tables In newspapers with
transportation.
A Wretched Mistake
to endure the itching, painful dis?
tress of Piles. There's no need to.
Listen: "I suffered much from
Piles." writes Will A. Marsh, of Sli?
er City. N.\ C, "till I got a box of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and was
soon cured.' Burns, Polls, Ulcers,
Fever Sores, Eczema, Cuts, Chapped
Hands. Chilblains, vanish before It.
25c. at Slbert's Drug Store.
BLIZZARD IWUI1 SOUTH.
Kaln. Snow and Sleet Falling Omi
Memphis. Tenn., Jan. ?The Mid?
dle South nnd Southeast tonight are
In the grasp of a severe blizzard.
Low temperatures are reported from
Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and
Texas, accompanied by either raiio
sleet or snow. .vt Fort Worth and
Dallas, Texas, heavy snow fall covers
the ground tonight with the mercury
between freezing point and zero. Like
conditions prevail at Hot Springs and
Little Kock, Ark., while heavy sleet
Is reported at Jackson, Natchez and
VlCkaburg, Miss. Snow started fall?
ing In Memphis early tonight after a
day of rain nnd sleet.
\7 {) Serien* '1" ?V] "i ~~ < m .- r- '??r
I other than Interrupted telegi iph and
I telephone servic.
der In Lee County.
VYIdi Area.
SUBSIDY BILL INTRODUCED.
None of the Existing ship Lines Will
Benefit, Says Author of Measure.
Washington, January 4?A bill for
subsidy, which Its author, Represen?
tative Humphrey, of Washington,
says has the approvel of President
Taft, was introduced in the House
today.
Increases in pay to American ships
carrying malls to South America,
China, Japan, Australasia, the Phil?
ippines, an increased tonnage tax on
transoceanic trade and the admission
of foreign built ships to American
register for foreign trade are some of
its features.
It is proposed also to pay second
class ships at the same rate for car?
rying mails as first-class ships are
paid. The same subsidy now given
to ships of 8,000 tons and 20 knot
upeed will be extended by the new
bill to ships of 9,000 tons and 16
knots speed. To secure the subsidy,
the ships must be built on plans ap?
proved by the Secretary of the Navy,
carry four or more guns of not less
than six-inch calibre; carry Ameri?
can boys and train them in seaman?
ship, be officered by American citizens
and carry crews of not less than 60
per cent American men. They must
always be at the demand of the
Government.
It is provided that the amount ex?
pended for subsidy in one year cannot
exceed the estimated revenue from
forign malls service for that year.
None of the existing lines will bene?
fit by the bill, the author says, and
he estimates that about $1,000,000 a
year will come in from the increased
tonnage tax on foreign vessels.
AVIATOR KILLED IN FLIGHT.
Leon De La Grange Meets Death Un?
der His Monoplane.
Broadneaux, January 4.?Leon De
La Grange, the French aviator,
whose achievements during the past
two years had won him a high place
among those who have set out to
conquer the air, was instantly killed
here today, while making a flight In
the presence of a great crowd of
spectators.
A strong uncertain wind prevailed,
but with characteristic daring De La
Grange faced It In the same mono?
plane in which he made a record' of
58 miles an hour at the Doncaster
meeting last October. He circled
the aerdrome, seeming to have good
control and yet at times, It heeled
dangerously to the wind. On the
third round, when at a height of be?
tween sixty and seventy feet, he
Increased his speed. He swung wide
at the turns, but at the tower of the
aerdome he attempted to describe
a sharp curve. The machine was
seen to sway. The left wing was
broken and the right wing immedi?
ately collapsed. The aeroplane came
plunging to the earth and it turned
half over as It fell, with the aviator
clinging to the seat. In this way it
crashed to the ground with De La
Grange beneath, the heavy motor
crushing out his life.
The mechanicians are at a loss to
explain the exact cause of the acci?
dent. They are merely able to say
that it resulted from manoeuvring
too quickly in the puffy wind. The
monoplane waa doubly braced at
the essential points and had been
given a careful examination before
ascending.
Saved at Death's Door.
?The door of death seemed ready
to open for Murray W. Ayers, of
Transit Bridge, N. Y., when his life
was wonderfully saved. "I was in a
dreadful condition," he writes, "my
skin was almost yellow; eyes sun?
ken; tongue coated; emaciated from
losing 40 pounds, growing weaker
daily. Virulent liver trouble pulling
me down to death In spite of doe
torn. Then that matchless medi?
cine??Electric Bitters ? cured me
I regained the 40 pounds lost and
now am well and strong." For all
stomach, liver and kidney troubles
they're supreme. 50c at Siberfs
Drug Store.
Flro in Camden.
Camden, Jan. 7.?The home of D.
J. Garrison on Fair street was burn?
ed to the ground here tonight at 9
o'clock. The fire started in the kitch?
en and made rapid headway. The
furniture was partly insured. The
building was owned by Mrs. A. H.
Clarke, and it Is not known whether
ther was any Insurance or not.
?Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
not a common, every day cough mix?
ture. It is a meritorious remedy for
all the troublesome and dangerous
ccmpllcations resulting from cold In
the head, throat, chest or lungs. Sold
by w. w. Blbert
In Philadelphia a Russian woman
115 years old is dead, leaving 1T?0 de?
scendants. And Bwana Tu mho is not
here to make an oration at her
grave and boost a monument fund.
?Loulavllle Courier-Journal.
Making Lifo Safer.
Bverywhere life is being made more
?ate through the work of Dr. King's
New Life Pills in Constipation, Pil
liousness, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Liv
tr troubles Rlflnei PI nnrt
Sowel Disorders The) t e easy but
sure, and perfectly build up the
RACE RIOT AT HAVANA.
Negroes Demand Drinks at Ameri?
can Hotel Bar.
Havana, January 3.?A strong race I
feeling has been engendered by the
trouble which arose last night at the
Hotel Plaza, an American house,
over the refusal of the bartender to
serve drinks to two negro Congress?
men. This resulted in a riot, which
although no one was seriously in?
jured, made necessary the calling out
of the police reserves. Today the
clerk of the hotel was arraigned in
the Correctional Court and lined |70.
A crowd of negroes, Including a
strong representation of the Vter
ans' Association, attended the Court
session and demanded exemplary
punishment on account of the insult
to the colored race. Senor Morua
Delgado, president of the Senate and
leader of the negro element, con?
ducted the prosecution and insisted
upon the extreme penalty, which Is
a fine of $1,000 and six months in
jail.
The decision of the court to inflict
a minor penalty was greeted with
strong expressions of disapproval.
After the adjournment of the Court,
the two negro Congressmen, head?
ing a procession of 400 negroes,
marched to the hotel crying: 'Viva
Maceo, viva La Patria," They en?
tered the bar and demanded drinks,
which were served with no further
protest.
The indictment has caused much
excitement, and there are grave
fears of a serious race clash. Many
Cubans are sympathizing with the
attitude, but tonight a strong guard
of police has been placed in front
of the hotel.
El Trlunfo, a Government organ,
published a bitter editorial, declar?
ing that all blacks and whites In
Cuba are on a plane of absolute
equality, and that "the Americans
must be taught by the strong arm of
the law that they shall not be per?
mitted i:o introduce into Cuba the
anti-negro sentiments prevailing in
the United States." *
THE SEMINOLE CASES STARTED.
The First Will Be Called For Trial
Monday.
Columbia, Jan. 8.?The first of the
two Seminole cases Is expected to
come up for trial Monday afternoon
when John Y. Garlington and J. Sto
bo Young will probably be arraigned
on a charge of conspiracy and breach
of trust with fraudulent intent. The
work of trying the cases of those
prisoners who are now In jail is ex?
pected to be finished by Monday af?
ternoon and the famous case that
emerges from the Seminole tangle
will then be entered upon.
A number of attorneys will appear
and with the generous field for legal
1 battle the case will probably show
some exciting matches of wit and
argument by the attorneys. Solicitor
Cobb will be assisted by J. W. Thur?
mond of Edgefield a former solicitor,
while the defendants will be repre?
sented by Christie Benet, D. Duncan
Bellinger and R. E. Carwlle of Co?
lumbia and Dial & Todd, of Lauren3.
?It is a dangerous thing to take a
cough medicine containing opiates
that merely stifle your cough instead
of curing It. Foley's Honey and Tar
loosens and cures the cough and ex?
pels the poisonous germs, thus pre?
venting pneumonia and consumption.
Refuse substitutes and take only the
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar in
the yellow package. Slbert's Drug
Store.
Never mind about wordy resolu
tlons. Living them is the thing.?
Atlanta Constitution.
Simple Remedy for LaGrippc.
?LaGrippe coughs are dangerous,
as they frequently develop into pneu"
monia. Foley's Honey and Tar not
only stops the cough, but hea!s and
strengthens the lungs so that no se?
rious results need be feared. The
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar con?
tains no harmful drugs and is in a
yellow package. Slbert's Drug Store.
The Following Prize
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called for. Those
Holding Correspond?
ing Numbers will
please call and receive
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and has been made under his per*
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Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment?
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sash or blind, a door or a dozen, or
a hundred of 'em? No better place
to get them for miles around than
right here. We have the goods at
saving prices and can deliver them
quickly and correctly. This Is a de?
pot for such building materials. We
have a 'phone and we want your or?
ders.
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J. W. McKeiver. - - Proprietor
Birnie's Drug Store,
6 W. Liberty St. Stjmter, 8. 0.
Dealer In
Pure Drugs and Medicines,
CHOICE PERFUMES 'AND FINE
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BRUSHES, PATENT MEDICINES
AND DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, A
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OUR MOTTO: PURE AND RELIABLE GOODS.
IK
Our stock is complete
and we cheerfully solicit
your patronage. :: :: ::
The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co.,
Wants 700 good farm accounts in addition to
its present patronage, during the year 1910.
The farmer who borrows money from the bank
and pays cash for his supplies, should soon
have monev to lend.
''Nineteen Hundred Ten"
FOREWORD
in tnterini upon soother business year, wo Asstre t<? thank <? jr denoettoti
and patrons for the loyal confidence imposed in this beak during the rOPJl we
hove been in business,
it shall be our purpose lo the totere, es lo the past, to plane our servtoes
at your Coin 11 ann our facilities at your OOOVenlence mir strength and security
at your disposal.
This bank oantS your banking bOSUtesS, promising In return. lil>? ral treat?
ment sod courteous consideration.
Hi Bank of Snmter