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?|jr ?'?latcbm.ni Sri ^jutbror, SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1910. The Sumter Watchman was found cal In 1850 and the True Southron in 1IIC. The Watchman, an 1 Southron ?ow haa the combined circulation and Influence of both of the old papera. and la manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. s \i> \ r.w s n m tm;i:ks. Blind tigers usually have a whole? some respect for the Internal revenue laws and take pains to keep out of the clutches of Uncle Sam. therefore they will be Intereated In a recent or? der of the Attorney General. The fol? lowing editorial paragraph from the surrent laaue of the Youth'a Compan? ion has a timely local application: "In aplte of the prohibitory lawa of the Statea, holdere of Internal revenue licenses are allowed to sell liquor un? der certain reatrlctlona. Violators of the law have heretofore been punish? ed by rtne. The United 3tatea Attor? ney General has lately ordered district attorneys to secure, it poaalble, a sen tence of Imprlaonment for the guilty, Instead of a willingly paid fine. The aatlonal government la thua attempt Ittf to cooperate with the State, so far as feasible, In the enforcement of a restraint on the aale of liquor. Now af the local Jurlea refuae to convict In view of the likelihood of a aentence ef lmpriaonme.it, the responsibility will reat upon the cltlzena of the Baste, and not upon the national gov? ernment ." Sumter Enforces the Law. r - The arreat of a number of persons, white and black, In Sumter, on the charge of selling whtakey, accentuates She truth that prohibition can be ef? fective only when the people are con? stantly on the alert to enforce the law. That violations of the law have not keen uncommon in Sumter Is now a matter of record. At the same time, It la plain that the people of Sumter will not tolerate the aettlng of the law st naught and that they are reaolved that vlolatora be punished. The con? viction of Bostlck was obtained In spite of the fact that hla defense was decidedly stronger than that usually presented bv one charged with auch an onVnse. It .a especially algnlflaent that the Jury woe compoaed of Intelli? gent and representative bualnesa men ef Sumter. pointing clearly to the existence of a sentiment vigorous enough to put down th.? law breakers In this connection It may be worth while to remark that under the conn tjr option plan the good citizens of tsch community i>re on their mettle t> see that the laws against selling whisk *y are reserved. The aubatltu tton f? r it of a State-wide prohibition law would Inevitably result In ahtftlng from the communities to the Stato a part of the responsibility for the law's ?nfrocemcnt and the strength of com? munity aentlment would Buffer a con? sequent and proportionate weakening ?Th* state It took a Sumter Jury Juat three min. vs to return i verdict of guilty against a white man of past good seputiitlon." det*"te | In the llltctl Sale ef liquor. Oe si for Sump r erty jury Why shov'J a man of "past good rap utatton" ? .'\cn???'d when h? o. eratelv r? < in an Illegal and dls reputa' le praetl ? The State. PRO I v Hi iimiiiN MOORE DEAD Dean of t ntveffsit) or i.aw school ra?ts \\\av. Toi?.tub.i March 1. M. lleru?b>n Moor?, dean of th?- Law School of the University ..f south Carolina, died at 7 o'clock this evening following a itrok? of ,\\ opleay In the early aller? noon. Whil ? d? nth came suddenly as a r< - Bult oi the fores, ittoa of a clot of blood on tb?- evara, Prof Moore had been in for seeae time, and for the past six Weeks "p tt,..i.? ha I ?>??? n confined to hi? t>. i He b id b- as root ally r? - ?|.?\ed to ???.? University Hospital. On*- of th^ surest w.?y> to lottu n frl**n?l la l? n?l Ulm m?>?>. \. *r???T?- . 111 y j.o?r?l.?T of n??-i? w )i >. snails ? er r?dy i ? slmfe their trout i. s with tax ir wives, ssaaireet a atron.' ?Ii Inctlaatloa I ? shaft their pp aansi s a 11 b thssa Mae riour. .T? tons if ^ti rrom the mills. In at and rhrap? '! Kc?d f ?r H u s a. Cows and I logs you can l?u>. Hooth-llnr t.y Men m i ?'o.. Boaster s. <*. 2 I ?- M. W Sneaking of home remedies, th( "sAiieh" of our gra nd fat he rs was i pr? tty pa* i n me ly for quite i loai list of jsjvealle disorders liter Hour 35 tons fresh f'??rn the mills. Beat and lloirs you sag buy U.oth-IIar and Cheapest Feed f?>r Horses, Cow by Uve Stork C'?.. Silin?'! S. C. I 11-M.- W Farmers' Union News ?AND ? Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by B, W. Dabbs, President Farmers' Union of Suinter County.) The Watchman and Southron having decided to double its service by semi-weekly publication, would improve that service by special features. The first to be inaugurated is this Department for the Farmers' Union and Practical Farmers which I have been requested to conduct. It will be my aim to give the Union news and official calls of the Union. To that end officers, and members of the Union are requested to use these columns. Also to publish such clipulngs from the agricultural papers and Govern? ment Bulletins as I think will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori? ginal articles by any of o-r readers telling of their successes or failures will be appreciated and ) ubllshed. Trusting this Department will be of mutual benefit to all concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications tor tMs Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Mayesville, S. C. ?ATM SAIiOMOX, PATRIOT. Jew Broker Wa** Real Financier of Revolution. Haym Salomon, the Jew broker, whose money made possible the suc? cess of the American Rvolutlon waa a native of Poland, the land of Pu laskl and Koslvsko, the brave fel? lows who unsheathed their swords for human liberty, writes Dr. Madison C. Peters, in the "Washington Post. Salomon was born at Lissa in 1740. of Portuguese decent. His family was highly respectable and learned After visiting many countries and ac? quiring various languages, Salomon came to America, probably soon after the partition of Poland in 1772. In 1778 'he was taken prisoner in New York by the British genera!, Sir Henry Clinton, on charges that he had received orders from Washington to burn fleets and store houses, and had made the attempt. But Salomon got into trouble ear? lier than this for his patriotism. Aa early as 1775 he had made himself obnoxious to the British. He was confined in the prison known as the "prevost." which stood on the spot now occupied by the old hall of rec- \ ords in City Hall park. In this loath-j some den he suffered inhuman treat? ment. He was liberated through the inlluence of a Hessian commander, named H?lster, and made his way to Philadelphia. and there married Rachel Frank, sister of the distin? guished Col. Jacob Frank, of the R? v 'dutlonary war. Hi became an uncompromising foe to Erltish domination. He was engaged in banking and money lend? ing, and several European financial houses did their business through him. The hand of Salomon was beneath every pecuniary help this country received from abroad. He was intrusted with tin- negotiation of all the war subsidies of France and Holland "on his own personal secu? rity." Which were disposed to the resi d nt merchants in America, without any loss, at a credit of two and three months, for which he received only 0f|#?fourth of 1 per cent. Wien Count de la Luseme i.eeann" ...nhassador fof France. Salomon was made banttC? for that government. He was appointed by |f, Roquobrune, 'eaeurer of the froccf of Francs In America, and made paymaster gen* eral, which office he Riled without ?nil iy. He had confidential relations with all the foreign representative! st one time or another, His Catholic ma? jesty of ftpaln wsj under heav? obit" gat tons to Haym Balomon, the Jew Salomon. out of his own private puree maintained this ambassador for years His name was Don Fran? cesco Remlon, writing to the Spain Ish governor of Cubs, Rendon says: "Mr. ft, hau Advanced money for hin most Cat ho le majesty's agent here and without it I would no! have been able to render the protection and as- i ?tance to his majeety'i subject! which hie majesty enjoins and my. duty requires.*' More than $10,000 wae thus advanced, which was never paid. j ir ousht not le be forgotten that nltttouah tndoned ? areat portion ?.r tt?e Mit* of txrtiniiKf for tn. ntnounl of Ioaim ami ButMtUtoa our government obtained In Burope, of | wbtch he negotiated tin- entire suras* and the ? nictitation of which duty oe eiipled ?> great deal of bis valuable time from it^i to I7S3; st'-ll there was only charged a fractional per? e. ntage tu the United Statee, although it. Ilvhluali wore willing to pay him. And it If known he never eause ! the loss to the povernim nt of one ?? nt of those many millions of hi?? negotiations, either by his own mismanagement from the eredlt he gave t" others on the ealei he mnd?j .it. r the account of the United t.lt. S Immediately aftof the peace of 17^'?. a hi n foreign commerce co?*1d ai iIn iioat unmolested on t ie oceon, Salomon engaged as ? trad I ig ( merchani to European ports. H< had several ships upon the sea. bul through the failure of merchants in whom he placed confidence he suf? fered great loss. He was always eager to help his fellow-man. He gave every assistance to those who commenced trading af? ter the war. To the president of the national bank, whose partner was the super? intendent of finance, he gave two loans of $40,000 and $24,000, and never received a penny of interest. This firm was known as Willing, Morris & Swaneck. It is doubtful if he ever got any of his money back. In Madison's letter to Virginia in 1781, he writes: "My wants are so urgent that it is impossible to sup? press them. The case of my breth? ren is equally alarming," and later he declares that "the kindness of our friend in Front street (Mr. Salomon) is a fund that will preserve me from extremities, but I never resort to it without great mortification, as he ob? stinately rejects all recompense. The necessitous delegates he gratuitously spares from his private stock." Called on to advance the entire pay for en? suing years to Jones, Randolph, and Madison as members of the Revolu? tionary congress, it was in writing allotted that Madison should get 50 lbs les? than the other two, but Salomon, seeing in Madison, then only twenty nine years of age, great talents, for which he became afterward distin? guished, presented him from his own private purse the 50 lbs. and this equalised pay <>f the whole delegation .Tared Sparks, the historian, de? clared "the person who did loan the cash to a member to relieve his dis? tress in that day, was in no expec? tation of ever getting repaid." Funds were also given to Jefferson. Ross. Duane, Reed, Mercer, Arthur, Lee, Harrison. MtfRn. Hittenhouse Randolph and others. Henry Wheaton says that Judge Wilson, so distinguished for his la? bors in the convention that framed the Federal constitution, would have retired from public service had he not been sustained by the timely aid of Haym Salomon, aid administered as delicately as It was generously. It is true that other men sub? scribed to make up army supplies in 17v). but Madison's Journal shows ?hat tie y had a contingent security of tin best sterling exchange to the amount of i?o.ooo lbs. In excess of their subscription. .\ document presented to a com? mittee of congress from the Bank of North America, the first and only one (bartered (?>' tic Revolutionary con? gress, sh<>\vs that the account ol forty otln r principal merchants wer? not so large In the aggregate as that alone Ol Salomon's. His balance leached as high as $50,000, and the amount charged by the bank to his ; ecount, as paid by Robert Morris, Was $20,000, il'hlle Monis' own ac? count during the same p< rlod showed n deposit of less than $10,000, which was re eived on the very day from Haym Salomon that it was charged to him. ,>s appeared from documentary evidence afterward admitted to con? gress, he advanced to the government altogether $658,007.13, an enormoua sum :it thai period for a private in? dividual when :? 11 business and com? ma ,-??< v>:i? proatrated. ?um does not Include nis support <o' the delegates to congress and offlcera of the army and government >sith the 'means of defraying their ordinary ex penaea of the men. among others, al rei dy named. \ committee of the rioted Btatea i congress In is~e>. to which was re? ferred a resolution to reimburse the heirs of Haym Salomon for the money so generously advanced, admitted the ? lustlce of the claim und reported that ho had "ad- nncod liberally of his meana at time when the alnews of war were i ?sentlnl to success." |h?wn to date ti? ? i :i penny haa been repaid to his heirs, and to (heir honor i it must he aald that they do not ask I tor money, but Uiat some no dal b< struck In recognition of the services ol their illustrious ancestor, and more recent!) .< movement has been In I atygurated to have ids picture adorn j ;i bank note. Madison, in is-T, urg ed that the memorials might be in? demnified. Jare l Sparks wrote many years ago that Salomon's associations with Robert Morris "were very close ami Intimate, and that a great part of the success that Morris attained in his financial schemes was due to the skill and ability of Haym Salomon. Salomon died suddenly in 1785, at the age of forty-five, left his affairs In a tangle, and his wife and four children, to use the language of the congressional report, "to hazard and neglect." He had great claims due him, quantities of public securities, bonds, notes and mortgages, govern? ment securities and other valuable papers. For any account of Haym Salo? mon's dealings with the government we have to depend chiefly upon con gressional reports. Almost all book? and papers dealing with him and hi affairs were destroyed when the British pillaged and burned the pub? lic archives. The oft-repeated observation of the ingratitude of republics applies with striking force to the "little Jew broker." Here is his obituary no? tice, taken from the Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Observer of January 8, 1785: "On Thursday, died Haym Salo? mon, a broker." That's all! The real financier of the American Revolution, one of the greatest benefactors of his country, and the foremost philanthropist of his day! Surely, this American re? public should now, in this twentieth century, give credit to the Jew broker whose pricely munificence made possible our peerless republic. Dr. Madison C. Peters. CLEM SOX BOARD MEETS. Will Not Elect President at Present Sesaion. Clemson Colege, March 1.?The reg? ular spring meeting of the board of trustees convened here tonight for transaction of routine business. All the members are present, but Senator Tillman, Col. Simpson, Mr. Mauldin and Mr. Richards. It is understood that the board will not go into the election of a president at this meeting. The election of a president of the board and a secretary of the board will be held. Col. Allan Johnstone and Dr. P. H. Sloan now hold these postions, and will doubtless be reelected. The board of Visitors will also be elected, and probably an assistant agriculturist. He Wanted to Know. The door opened to admit an indi vidual of benign aspect, who at once began: "You advertised that you had found a purse, did you not?" "Yes." "You said it contained a sum of money?" "Yes." "In fact a very large sum of money?" "That's so." "You mentioned, too, that the own er could have the same by naming the sum found and describing the purse?" "Yes; go on." "That is all I wanted to ask." "But you will have to give a de? scription of tin- puree before you can claim it." "I haven't lost any purse." "You haven't?" "Xo." "Then w hy on earth ha v.- you call? ed ?" "Oh, merely to see what a man looks like who will find a very large sum of money, and then advertise the fact In the daily newspapers instead of having a good time with the pluil' der. Qood morning, sir!"?New York Journal. New York City is now producing 4,682,000 barrels of beer each month, but New Yorker's don't drink it all. One-third of the poorest families of New York that manage to exist in an underfered condition spend about twenty-two cents a day for food. The standard OH Company's real estate holding in Bayonne, X. J., where its largest oil refining plant in ttie i-::.!*t is situatcii. hovu In? creased from S7.seo.OdO, the value fixed upon them in l'.'OS for taxatioon, to $15,000,000. More than ftf/y thousand children were ? nabled fcy the authorities of Berlin to spent? tins summer on land within easy r*ach of the city limits. They were oislgnd plots where they could play ;-;d cultivate gardens pro? fitably witk the help of their families nnd ibe fdvico of public Instructors ? "oiin'ss de Castelmeuardo Is now visiting In Washington and la connect? ed \,iii the historic families of the rounfy. Her father, Thomas B. Van Burtfii U;|S Unted States minister to Japn< and she is a great grandnlece 0f Jre8ldent Van Buren, On her umber's side Bhe also has Interesting /?nnection, being the granddaughter ? f Joseph Sheffield, who founded the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale, MEAT JUMPS ! I* AGAIN. Scarcity of supply Given As The Cause, Despite Indictments, New York, Feb. 28.?Meat prices' soured today, and James E. Bathgate, Jr., one of the Indicted directors of the National Packing Company, ar? ranged to give $2,500 bail to guaran? tee his pleading to the charge of con? spiring to raise the cost of living. Bathgate is the tirst of the indicted packers to offer to surrender, and will probably be the last. The others have declared that they intend to fight extradition stoutly. Search of the cold-storage ware? houses in Jersey City resulted in the discovery of interesting exhibits among which was a brace of chickens and a turkey as black as ink from the long association with frigid tem? peratures, and also one turkey which had been frozen 422 days in an arti? ficial Artie Zone. The keeper of the warehouse said that the creature was as good to eat as it had ever been, and that he was willing to have it served to him at any time. The inspectors bore away the venerable bird for analysis and bacteriological examination. Pierre P. Garven, the prosecutor, whose activities caused the indict? ment of the packers, will go to Tren? ton next Monday to argue in favor of the James bill for regulating cold storage wholesale prices. Meats and poultry took their sec? ond sharp advance, since the indict? ment was found, early this morning, and scarcity of supply was given as the reason. Beef was 10 1-2 cents a pound, an increase of 1 cent over the price of last week; mutton reached 13 1-2 cens, an increase of 2 cents a pound; veal was offered at from 15 to 17 cents and hams at 19 cents. An Increase of 3 cents a dozen was noted in the price of eggs. Mr. Bathgate's attorney, Robert S Hudspeth, appeared before Judges Blair and Cary, In Jersey City, and declared that his client was willing to plead to the charge against him. Mr. Hadspeth requested that the sheriff be a little deliberate with any capiases delivered into his hands, and not take Mr. Bathgate Into custody forci? bly. It Is likely that tomorrow or Wed? nesday Mr. Bathgate will stand at the bar of justice to commence his bat? tle against the conspiracy charge The sum of $2,500 was accepted as satisfactory bail by the prosecutor's ofilee, although Major Vickers, the Assistant Prosecetor, said that $2, 500 was not to be regarded as a stand? ard of the amount to be deposited by the non-resident packers. The other defendants are residents of Illinois, Missouri and Nebraska, although most of them are Chicago men. Richard V. Lindabury and Wil? liam D. Edwards represent them in New Jersey and Samuel Untermyer and Lewis Marshall, of this city, are of counsel. Mr. Garven said today that proceed? ings toward the extradition of all the persons indicted wou'd be begun without delay. His atMtude toward the packers has undergone a change since they sounded their shrill note of defiance from Chicago. The necessary papers are now oeing prepared, and probably tomor? row warrants will be in the hands of the Sheriff. It is improbable that the "confederate defendants" will be ar? rested immediately, but a requisition will be made lor them by Governor For! upon the Governors of Illinois and other States. Should the executives of the West? ern States decide to honor the de? mand for defendants, arrests will be made and the packers delivered to the New Jersey authorities. If requi? sitions are disregarded, Sheriff Weldln, of Hudson county, would be on the alert lor any of the indicted men who might appear within the borders of New Jersey.?Baltimore Sun. The Woman Ami The Dog. a crowd gathered at Tenth and Barton streets to watch a handsome fox tender that was running about, nose in the air. While froth was ru:i nlng from the dog's mouth. "He's mad!" yelled a fat man. The fox terrier stood in the center of ?)t? ? group witn w i ic open eyes, cither t.... mad or t.>.? Cri Khten?d t ? > in?>%-??.. At this juncture, tin policeman ar? rived, a dosen voices began tel?ng him that the dog was mad; that it must be kilicd; that it had been snap? ping at the children; that it began to froth when it passed a pool of water, adn h 'w ,M st to shoot. A tall, quiet-looking woman push? ed through the crowd and started to? ward the doa. A dozen nu n yelled at her. two or three m< n grabbed at her. she picked up the dog ami started ?ut of the crowd. The policeman stopped in r with: ".Madam, that dog mad. He must be shot, i.k at the foam coming out of his mouth." "Foam," she said, contemptuously '?That's a cream puff he was eating."? si. Louis Despatch. it la quite useless to tell the goal not to butt in; he will do it anyway. CORPORATION TAX DELIX QUEXT8. Penalties t<* be Imposed May Amount To One Million Dollars If Law is Carried Out. Columbia, March 1.?Although it is ruled that all Federal corporation taxes mailed today will not subject those paying them to penalty, it is ex? pected that the list of non-returns will be comparatively large when the mat? ter is checked up tomorrow at the of ftce of the collector of internal reve? nue for South Carolina. The penalty ranges from $1,000 to $10,000 and the appearances were this afternoon that a number of firms would lay them? selves liable to this penalty, although returns were coming in very fas*, to? day. It is estimated that unless many re? turns come in tomorrow the penalties in this State may reach a high-waier mark, even as high as a million dol? lars if the letter of the law Is obeyed. But it cannot be told until tomorrow what the situation is in regard to the application of the new Federal cor? poration tax in this State. WHISKEY FIRMS SETTLE. Friedman, Keiler & Co. Sent $1,535. To Attorney General. Columbia, March 2.?The restitu? tion fund is growing. Attorney Gen? eral Lyon yesterday received a check from Friedman, Keiler & Co., of Pa ducah, Ky., for $1,535. There was no overjudgment against the firm as all of its dealings with the State dispensary had been closed up several years before the commission was appointed. The money was se? cured by the firm of Anderson, Feld? er & Rountree of Atlan^.. The restitution fund has reached nearly $60,000, and other large sums are expected. This firm at Paducah was one of the first visited by Mr. Lyon and Mr. Christensen on their graft hunt. Be? ing novices at the time, they could find nothing. ASKS GOVERNOR TO VETO ACT. Augustine T. Smythe Argues Fire? man's Pension Bill. Columbia, March I.?Mr. Angustine T. Symthe, of Charleston, appeared before Governor Martin F. Ansel to? day and argued that the "firemen's pension bill," enacted at the recent session of the general assembly is un? constitutional, and that it should not be approved by the Governor. The po? sition was taken that inasmuch as the Act has not yet. been signed by Gov? ernor Ansel and the Chief Executive is sw'orn to support the Constitution, if the Act is shown to be unconstitu? tional the Governor should withhold his signature. In this very unusual hearing the I State was represented by Assistant Attorney General DeBruhl, who took the position that inasmuch as the Act In question lays down a condition for Insurance companies to enter and do business that its constitutionality should not be brought into the dis? cussion at this time. The argument is that the firms do not have to enter if they do not want to. but having en tered should obey the conditions as laid down In the Act. The Act in question being designed In part to aid In maintaining a fire de? partment. Mr. Smyth pointed out In his argument before Governor An? sel that "the City of Charlestor. has made its own provision for the relief of disabled firemen by setting aside by ordinance a portion of the tax paid by fire insurance companies into the treasury of the city." Thus it was pointed 011% that a fireman's pension should be left to the municipalities. Mr. Smythe added: "This Act whilst not specifically mentioning pensions Is undoubtedly an Act allowing money t.? 1?.- used for that purpose." nice Flour. 35 tons fresh from the mills. Best and Cheapest Feed for Horses, Cows find Hogs you can buy. Booth-Har by Live Stock Co., Sumter S. C. 2 12-St.?W The eity council Of Florence haa Awarded ;i contract for V>uiltlir?s' ? The ox knoweth his owner and the ass his master's crib, but there are any number of men who do not know when to quit when they hove told all they know. CASTOR! A For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always bought Bears the Signatur re of (^^/tM?c^^ FOlt SALE?Genuine Marllere Proli? fic seed corn. B?chel $2.00; half bushel $1.25? peck 75 cents. Last year this corn measured 77 bush? els per acre with less than $11.00 worth of fertiliser*, .1. Et. Myers, Sumter, S. C, ft, F. D. No. 4