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THmZ 81 MTEH WATCHMAN, K*t*b o!? olicaicd Auk. Ii 18( f bc 1 ii n ani) Sontbrm Published \\edne?.du> and Saturday ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SCMTKR, S. C. I enna: 1150 per annum?In advance. Adirrilsemente: On* Square flr?t insertion.$1.00 fcr Every subsequent Insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or loafer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which ?ub Mrve private interests will be charged for a* advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects ^wtll v?e charged for. i-i.owim. with DntAMffl Spartanhurg Farmer Bc-o .s to Novel Method to Thoroughly Pulverize Uli l4?nd. 8partanhurg. March 22.?J. Henr> Cildwell of Ardella. one of the most progressive farmers of Spartanburg county, today broke an acre of ground with ?hn imlte. This acre will bo ueed by Mr. Caldwell In the State id count> t orn growing contests this year. He Intends to plant his corn on Oood Friday and to cultivate It on the Williamson plan. It was a pioneer movement on the part of Mr. Caldwell. So far at Is known nothing like It has ever oc? curred in the South. Quite a crowd ^oame out to aee the dynamite touched off and the soil of the held stirred to its depths. The children of the Ar delta school turned out en masse to aee the performance. The acre broken by dynamite had ^been previously bedded up. A large supply of well rotted stable manure ?welled each bed to large proportions. In the water furrows pieces of dyna? mite were dropped In holes two feet deep and eight feet apart. In each hole was placed a long glycerine capped afuse. When the ground to be brok? en had been so loaded Jease Caldwell, Joe West and Bradley took red hot Irons and each taking a row went through the field abreast touching the fuses and exploding the charges of dynamite. The charges were eight ate?et apart lengthwise, and four feet apart crosswise. After the explosion the earth for a depth of from 24 to 26 Inches was thoroughly loosened and pulverised from one hole to another. FIRF. CAl'sF.* i \ Tl onion. \. Blackmon'4 Warehouse in Or niigfhurg BuriiM. l>>namlte Com? pleting Work of i lames. fUgaggtslg Mereh 23.?The ware hon?? of S. A. Rlaekmon. near the Qpdlsto river. WOJ burned this after? noon, about 4 o ( |.m k. Dynamite was stored In the butlllng and caused a big explosion No one was injured. The building was owned by L. A. C. Roeasler of Charleston. ^ NKW MM I l l.Xt." ACT. I i miM? m Mum! I'loul I mni \M Mute I Buildings. Columbia. Marth 2U.?Representa? tive Mt Mahan. of Rlehland, had pass? ed an Aet i r siding for the dlspiav I of State flags over public bullding? The Aet now go. * into effect and Mr MoMahaii directs attention to It The Act Is as follows: Be it en ? I by the ???-im;!1- i v ibly of tin- State ol *OU*'h Caro Se. hon 1 1 hat ItV. state flag shad be displayed .'..lit- ^ eX( t>l,t in rainy Weather, from s, ^aff upon the state House und C-rv court house, ol * building xu,. StHte rnlveisi*. ?m> of f?'*> 'stab- college, and upon every a ?nb:?; boildlag, e\, ept whefi ^?h school in closed during vacation Section 1. That it shall be tb duty of the egeeef or egsoeei hi charge of said buildings to purchex? suitable flags and cause them t ? b? displayed, tbe expense to t.e borne o t ^ .-f the runds provided for mainten? ance. Section 3. Tin It shall be the duty of Clemson College to manuta !?.!?*? '?n Its textlh" gee*ftg*esj| and se'l at approximate cost flags of suitable ?Ire? and soffsei gesAgsv whteh ihall I consist of blue, with white laeteeesal In the upper flagstaff come-, and white palmetto Iree in the c -ntre. i s Inscribed In the resolution SdnWtsO b the ?Jener?! Assembly, January 1**1, to be approved by the secretary cf the MgeS/leai commission. .-tretion 4. 1 hi ? any person WfcjS rmutilates. Injuries or desecrates tne Teg of the ? wherever dlvdaw I, as i Mae prov.ueti. shall be guilty of , i, i! > d e r v? n ?* a el np>>n < >U\ l< t * * * ?' shall be punished by a fine of gat more than ono hundred dollars, of Imprisonment tor not more than 30 i days. Ilslied April, 1850. 'Be Just a <b SU1 'TIS MAYOR JENNINGS. EMDCTION passed OWW VI hy ouietly tt i:si>\y. The Election is over ami Everybody Is Getting Down to Work Again. The election hi at last over, and some are dec-lighted, while some oth? ers are disappointed. It was a fore? gone conclusion from the start, how? ever that all could not be elected. The friends of the several candi? dates wer?, notice till the po'ls closed at 7 p. m. Up to that time it was hard to get an expression as to who would be elected. It might be said that the result was in doubt till the votes were counted. The total vote was as follows: FOR MAYOR: \v. w. DOTXJB.238 L. D. JENNINGS.333 FOR A Iii) ERMEN: J. P. BOOTH. . . . <.371 WM. BULTMAN.135 D. W. CUTTINO.383 P. P. FINN.239 JA8. F. GLENN.4 40 W. W. McKIEVER.3o9 H. J. McLAURIN, JR.498 E. H. MOSES.306 E. H. RHAME.328 W. T. ROWLAND.151 IRVING A RYTTENBERG. .217 J. D. SHIRER.303 R. K. WILDER.445 R. L. WRIGHT.412 ThoHe elected are: L. D. Jennings, Mayor, and J. P. Booth, D. W. Cutti no, Jus. F. Glenn, J. W. McKiever, H. J. Mcl^aurln. Jr., E. H. Rhame, R. K. Wilder and R. L. Wright, Aldermen. The vote by boxes was as follows Wards One and Four: FOR MAYOR: W. B. BOYLE.7S L. D. Jennings.31 FOR ALDERMEN: J. P. Booth.112 WM. BULTMAN.50 D. W. CUTTINO.108 P. P. FINN. . . . .87 JAS. F. GLENN. . '. . "7. . . . .122 J. W. McKIEVER.96 H. J. McLAURIN, JR.142 E. H. MOSES.88 E. H. RHAME.113 W. T. ROWLAND.4 4 IRVING A. RYTTENBERG. . 57 J. D. SHIRER.93 R. K. WILDER.134 R. L. WRIGHT.107 Wards Two and Three: FOR MAYOR: Wi B. BOYLE.160 L. D. JENNINGS.242 for aldermen; j. r. BOOTH.259 WM. m'UMAN*.85 D. W. CUTTIN'o.275 P. P. FINN.152 JAS. 1\ GLENN.318 J. W. MeKIEVER.24 3 II. J. McLAURIN, JR.356 E. H. MOSKS.218 E. It. Kl 1A ME.215 W. T. ROWLAND.107 IRVING A. UYTTENLLltG.160 J- & ftHlRM.210 H k. wilder.*i* R. I . WRIGHT.305 T*v v\,, utive Corr mltteo met at "?"today and tabulated the returns, and the above is the official count. Quite a number of voter? were chal? lenged, these being sealed up 'in an envelope. None of these ^'eiv count? ed, but all thrown out. The Kfeeutlvc Comm ie has call? ed a mass meeting for noon tomor? row, Thursday, in the Council cham bet for the purpose of electing an Ex ? oti\e Committee for the next lW* y >ars. iio<. \ vs BXKS i*i UN ED, Out"Clll Time Within Two Venn That His Barn IIa?. Been Destroyed, Tuesday night about 1 o'clo< k the large barn on Mr. E. Hogan'l platt tear town was found to be In IIa nie? At the time of the luv there was n< one on the place, the darkey wh i ?teepf t here being away. Mr. tlOfran did not know of the lire till this norn ing about I o'clock. . I., sides the barn, which was valued it about $3.ooo. all of the fodder, corn cotton seed. Ill sacks of cotton sc ,I meal, hog barn and a lot of machin? ery Wan consumed. The loss on these Will make the total Iohh about $4,000. This was partly covered by Insurance. Tin origin of the tire is ? mystery. This is the MOOnd time within two . in that Mr. Hogan nai i<>st a barn at this place We are In a SClcntlUe age. That Is to sn\. claptrap haa to make a noise something like aclem e in order to take us in successfully.?Puck. ud Fear not?^Let all the ends Thou AL ?[TER. S. O, SaTUB BATTLE Oil PULLMAN. - J. H, RETHEA slays TWO MEN ON I TRAIN NEAR WILMINGTON, DEL, South Carolina Contractor First Slavs ; Negro Poster, Then Conductor on Baltimore m Ohio Train. Wilmington. Del., March 23.- A.n exciting battle in which three i were killed took place on a north? bound ?Baltimore & Ohio railroad train this afternoon. The light began at Newark Del., and ended in this city. Several persons were wounded in the deadly affray which occurred at the Delaware avenue station here following the arrival of the train at 1:11 o'clock. The dead: O. E. Wellman. aged -10, of Philadelphia, conductor of the train; Samuel Williams, aged 50 ne? gro, Pullman porter, whose home is said to have been in Jersey City; J. H. Bethea. aged 40, Dillon, S. C. The injured: John O. Wiley, aged 40. a park guard of Wilmington, Del., J shot In the hand and leg; Matthew Haley, a citizen of Wilmington, shot In the leg. others were grazed by fly? ing bullets. The triple tragedy was the result of an altercation between Bethea. who was a pasesnger, and Williams, the porter In the Pullman parlor car Mer? cury. The car was bound from Washing? ton to Jersey City. Bethea, who had been drinking heavily, shot the porter through the heart, killing him instantly. When Conductor Wellman saw the porter fall he ran to the scene to remon? strate with the passenger, who still held the smoking revolver In his hand. Bethea fired a second shot In? to the negro's body. Then without a word he shot Wellamn through the heart. The conductor fell dead In his tracks. When Bethea fired the con? ductor threw up his arm to protect himself. The bullet struck the arm and continuing, ploughed through his body and lodged In his heart. Defore the psssengers could inter? fere the double murderer barricaded himself in the lavatory of the Pull? man car and threatened to kill the first person who approached. Meanwhile the train reached Wil? mington. When it came into the sta? tion a hurry call was sent to the po? lice station. A squad of patrolmen headed by Police Captains Kane and Evans and reinforced by park guards and a posse of citizens and trainmen, ran to the scene. The police called upon Bethea to surrender. As an answer he opened the door of the lavatory a short dis? tance and opened fire at the police and the crowd with an automatic re? volver. Chief of Police Black, who also rushed to the railroad station, dodged behind an express office on the train floor just in time to es? cape several bullets Bethea If. believed to have had at least 100 rounds ?l ammunition, for he succeeded in holding the posse at bay and also held up the train from :? :17 until 6:3">. During this time many shots were fired on both sides until finally all the windows of the Jar were riddled. Travel over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad was also tied up. When the batle had lasted about an hour the police realized that they would be unable to drive the man from cover. A Cull was sent to a local fire company nearby. The lire men responded x\ith their engine. At? taching a high pressure hose to a fire plug and tvVth the firemen barricaded behind trucks and boards, B stream ..f wV.r was played upon the win .'? \s of the lavatory. Bethea fired a number of shots at the firemen, b?l they were not injur? ed. "Subsequently Bethea, drenched Ith water, staggered t?> ifie platform and the i">iic- once more called upon him to ?urrender, ills reply was sev? er, i shots In Quick order from his revolt r. s veral of the policemen bad arm? ed themselves with shotguns and just as riethea fired the last shot Police Captain Evans fired a load of shot Into bis face. Notwithstanding this Injury h? kept on blazing away. Pa polman Boughman opened fire with a pistol and struck Bethea In the right arm. The desperate man tried to me again but Sergeant Kelleher open? ed tire and also managed to spring upon Bethea When the police took hold of him he fell dead in the arms of a. patrolman. Wiley, the park guard, and Haley are not seriously Injured. They wer I both Strock by stray bullets fired by Bethea. A tragic Incident of the af? fair wai that when Williams, the por? ter, was shot he fell Into n seat In the rar. All through the battle the dead porter sat with the appearance of one looking from the window. J liethea was well dressed. While it and rus t at be thy Country's, Thy God's ai ^DAY. MARCH 26. IS CATTLE-RAISING IN SOUTH. In Address Before Mississippi Society In Washington. President Finley Presents Eaets ami Figures Show ins Advantage Offered For Cattle Industry on Southern Farms?Sig? nificant Figures From Recent De? partment of Agriculture Report. Washington, D. C, March 22.? President W. W. Finley of the South? ern Railway Company is a great be? liever in stock-raising in the South. Addressing the Mississippi society in W ishington be gave some interesting facts showing the opportunity the farmer of the South has to better himself materially and help reduce | the present high cost of living by turning his attention to the raising of stock and hogs. Mr. Finley called particular attention to the fact that in many parts of the South cattle can graze practically throughout the year while in the Northern and Wrestern Sti'tes the season lasts only four or five months. Discussing the advan? tages offered for stock-raising in the South, Mr. Finley said: "No advan? tage of the South is less generally ap? preciated than the suitability of many localities for live-stock raising. In the popular mind this industry is gen? erally associated with the West, and many of the farmers living in the South do not realize their opportuni? ties in this line. In the days when the great cattle ranges of the West and the hog-growing regions of the middle West produced almost unlimited sup? plies of cheap meat, there was no in? centive for the farmer in the cotton belt to embark in cattle or hog-rais? ing on an extensive scale. But the I great western ranges are being cut up into farms, the day of cheap cattle from the range is rapidly passing away, and the consumption of meats of all kinds in the United States is rapidly increasing, with the result that live stock farming and the grow? ing of cattle, hogs and sheep as in? cidental to diversified farming will become profitable In the South. "That the consumption of meat in the United States is growing faster than the supply is indicated by a re? cent report of the department of agri? culture showing that the number of cattle other than milch cows on farms and ranges in the United States was 2,100,000 less on January 1, 1910, than on January 1, 1909, and that, notwithstanling this reduction in number, the aggregate^ farm value of such cattle had increased $03,099,000 during the year. "The same report shows a reduc? tion of 6,365.000 in the number, and an increase of $81,809.000 in the value of hogs on farms and ranges during the year. During the same period there was a substantial decline in the exports of cattle, hogs and meat pro? ducts, showing that the decline in the number of cattle and hogs and the in? crease in their farm value, aggregat? ing $135,508.000, were due to increas? ed home consumption. "This is a eonditio? that those of us w ho livw In cities and have to face the problem of meat bills may not relish, but which our farmer friends throughout the South with their op? portunities for raising cattle and bogs may contemplate With much satisfac? tion." Major Alfred Dreyfus now spends his leisure hours in the study of so? cial problems. The Atlantic Coast Line is consid? ering seriously of parking the lot at the passenger station and making it a thintf of beauty. was believed by some of the passen? gers who fled when the train reached Wilmington that the desperado was ins.me, oth< r passengers stated that he appeared to be sane with the ex? ception that he bad been drinking. There was more excitement In con? nection with the battle at the railroad station than anything that luts occur? red in this section since George White, a negro, was burned at the stake near here In June. 1903, for a criminal as? sault upon the 17-year-old daughter of a Presbyterian minister. Was Wi ll-To-Do Contractor. Dillon, March ?John Henry Be? then, Who today killed two men on the train, was a well-to-do contractor o' this place, and wms a member of prominent family. lie left ben- Monday for Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, where he was going tor an operation In hope of being cured of a disease which had j troubled him for a long time. When he left her?- be s. cmed perfectly ra? tional, it is thought by those who knew him here that brooding over his physical trouble caused him to be? come unbalanced mentally. Bethen was about 4 0 years old and was unmarried. He is survived by one brother, a merchant at Little Rock. id Truth's." THE TRI ?10. New Sei INSURGENTS EXGGMMUNECATEQ RULES COMMITTEE SLATF' NOT PROVIDE FOR IN SURGENTS. House RepubUcan Organisation In? tends That Only Rock-Rlbbed Stal? warts Shall Serve on New Body. Washington. March 22.?Through the maze of speculation regarding the probable personnel of the enlarged rules committee of the house was de? veloped today a slate for Republican membership in that body. Several conferences were held and as a result it is understood the members of the committee may be selected on a State-group basis. The tentative slates are divided into groups from which the members are to be chosen They are: Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, Smith, of Iowa, McCall or Lawrence of Massachusetts, or J. Sloat Fasse? of New York; Boutell, of Illinois, or Lon^worth, of Ohio: Young of Michi? gan or Stevens, of Minnesota; Smith of California, or Hawley, of Oregon, or Howell, of Utah. From this slate the six Republican members of the committee of 10 may be selected at the Republican caucus tomorrow night. This list of prob? able selections does not include a single insurgent Republican. Republican kaders take the posi? tion that only by a rock-ribbed un? flinchingly stalwart Republican mem? bership can the rules committee transact any really effective business. They contend that the insurgents made a mistake in fixing the mem? bership of the committee at 10 in? stead of some odd number, that it plainly made impossible the inclusion of any insurgent Republican. It was said by the regulars that to permit an insurgent as one of the committee would give him as great power as the speaker has enjoyed, in that he woHild doubtless consult his insurgent colleagues on every move and that the regulars would have to agree with him, or else let the committee be sub? ject to the vote of 5 to 5 in case the insurgent chose to vote with the four Democrats, who are to be selected in caucus on Thursday night Most of the insurgents disavow any desire for specific representation of their branch of the party. Represen? tative Hayes, of California, one of the leaders of the insurgents, is accredit? ed by the regulars with endeavoring to bring about insurgent representa? tion, but the move has taken no defi? nite shape. Representative Vaughn, an insur? gent, who has drafted a resolution providing a committee on commit? tees, said today that he had finally de? cided to introduce that measure at the first favorable opportunity. He has talked over the proposition with some of his insurgent colleagues. About 10 insurgents today signed the Call for the Republican caucus. Among these were Miller, Steenersou and Pickett. Several declined to sign, although they probably will attend the caUeus. These were Murdock, Norris, Lenroot, Linbergh and Coop? er. A member of the house organiza? tion said the organization desired it to be understood that it was taking no part in the selection of the new com? mittee. PRELIMINARY CONTINUED. The Florence Bicycle Thieves Get an Extension ol Time. A preliminary trial of much inter ( st was to have been held before Mag? istrate Harby in the grand jury room Wednesday. It was the case against Charlie Hollis and Robert Wyatt. white and Bud Taylor and Richard Young, colored, charted with con? spiracy and larceny. It will be re? membered that some time ago there was a systematic stealing of bicycles in Sumter. Messrs. 1.. I>. Jennings, w. li. Lynam, R. J. Bland, Scott Rumph, Frank Conyers, R. D. Epps, and Mayor W. B. Boyle all had wheels stolen from them. it de? veloped that negroes had ben stealing wheels here and shipping them to Florence. This was the case which was to have been heard, but owing to the absence of material witnesses the preliminary was continued till a future date to be fixed by the at? torneys in the case. The defendants are represented by Messrs. J. Willard Ragsdale and J. P. McNeill, of the Florence bar. while the State was rep? resented by Mr. L. D. Jennings. The Sumter Cotton oil Company have been shipped some seed soy or soja beans to be distributed among farmers who are really interested in experimenting in this crop. The sup? ply will be limited, and only those who are willing to make a trial should apply for seed. IE SOUTHRON .illshed June, ISM - xv> -, ?ies-V XXXI. No. 9. -\dV I? MASSACHUSETTS. >v_ DEMOCRAT ELECTED IX REPTJB I LICAN STOOXGHOLD. Congressional Campaign Made on Strictly National Issues and Rpub Ucaa Defeat In District Never Be? fore Carried by Democrat is Signifi? cant. Brockton, Mass., March 22.?The national political weathercock turned Democratward in Massachusetts to? day when the Old Colony section, one of the Republican strongholds of the State, placed Eugene N. Foss, of Bos? ton, one of the country's leading ex? ponents of reciprocity with Canada, in the congressional seat of the late William C. Lovering. Mr. Foss ac? complished what was regarded al? most a political miracle, turning a Republican plurality of 14,250 into a Democratic victory of 5,640. The vote today was Eugene N. Foss of Boston, (Dem.) 14,980; Wil? liam R. Buchanan, of Brockton, (Rep.) 9,340. It was the most overwhelming de? feat that the Republicans have met in Massachusetts since Gov. Bates was overthrown by William L. Douglas six years ago. The result is considered of more than State-wide importance for Mr. Foss stumped the district on national questions and the people backed him up with a whoop. It was the first contest to be decid? ed by the voters since the Payne-Ald rich tariff bill became operative and had a peculiar interest on that ac? count. Mr. Foss, who has figured in several campaigns, first as a Repub? lican and later as a Democrat, with moderate protectionist leanings, left the Republican party last year on the issue of Canadian reciprocity, and be? came the Democratic candidate for liuetenant governor. He failed by only 8,000 votes to carry the State at that time. The high cost of living the Demo? crats charged in the campaign to the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill and the fail? ure of the Republican party properly to supervise the trusts. The Fourteenth district has been the most consistently Republican dis? trict in Massachusetts and never be? fore has elected a Democrat to con? gress. CORER COLLEGE ENDOWED. Major Coker Presents College $30,000 Building and $150,000. Hartsville, March 22.?Two years ago Major J. L. Coker, who has done so much toward the development of Hartsville, and the surrounding coun? try, conceived the idea of establishing a woman's college in the Pee Dee country; this idea soon materialized and Coker College for Women was established on the grounds formerly occupied by the Welch Neck High School. With nis great ability as an organizer the College has developed until today it is a potent factor in the educational system of South Carolina Patriotic towards his home-town, and having always the welfare of his peo? ple at heart, Major Coker gave to the College a magnificent office build? ing and auditorium, costing $30,000 today. The corner-stone for this building was laid with the usual exorcises by the Grand Lodge of Masons of South Carolina; many prominent Masons were in attendance, and the occasion marks an epoch not only in the edu? cational development of the Pee Dee country, but the whole State. Not content with what he had already done f<?r the College, Major Coker sent for his friend, Associate Justice C. A. Woods, and announced to Coker College and South Carolina that a fund of $150,000 had been placed in the hands of five trustees as an 21 dowment for their College and assur? ing it a place in the college world. Major Coker ne\er thought that he was doing the biggest and most mag? nificent act in the history of South Carolina; he little thought that In this announcement he was creating an **? ample that other men with means would have to follow. The gift is made, and Dr. Baldy, the president of the College, voiced the sentiment of all present when he said: "It Is the princely gift of a princely ma-i for the people he loves." What impressed you most, the pyramlnds of Egypt or the pagodas of China'."' "O, I don't know. They both made good backgrounds for photo? graphs of our party."?Louisville Courier-Journal. There is considerable complaint of farmers plowing up the roads. This is a misdemeanor, and is punishable by fine or Imprisonment. Some one may be made an example of.