The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 29, 1910, Image 1

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? Hr. ftOnm WATCHMAN. Kmabl. i ?? .?.luatoil Aug. 2, ! S8 <f iv <\(1 .bman Ml S Dtbrw, ruhll-hed WedneMlay and Saturday ?BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SCMTER, S. C. Term*: II SO per annum?In advance \dvertiseraenta: On? .Square flrst Insertion.11.00 Cvery subsequent Insertion.SO Contracts for throa months, or longer will b? mads at reduced rates. All communications which sub senre private Interests will bo charged for as advertisements. Obituarte* and tributes of respocts tvMl be charged for. JOHN IX>F GOT Bl'SY. A Xamber Have Been Calle<l to Court From The Dally Item. June 26. John Doe. the unknown whiskey detective has been getting In some good work. A number of arrests have been made already, and a num? ber more will be In the next few days. A warrant was sworn out for Lewis Bossard. but when arrested he said he only bought it. and if an officer were sent with him he would show where it was. Magistrate Harby sent his deputy with him to the house of Anna Henderson and Lloyd C-reen. where sure enough the booze w. found. Three cases were made out against them, one for storing and two for selling. Two cases were made out against Oeo. P. McKagen. but he is confined to his room with a lame foot and has not been lodged in Jail. He has been trying to give bond, but has falleJ so far. John Rsyford had three cases made out against him. He Is In Jail. Frank Boykln. colored, refused to sign a witness bond and Magistrate Harby ordered him to Jail. He decid \ ed It would be better to sign the bond rather than to go to the county boarding house. MARE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. Went to Haddle Her Vp and Found Neck Broken. Lightning does peculiar stunts some times On Saturd.iv when the boy working for Mrs. M. Molse went to the stall to saddle up ^"the mare he found her dead. Dr. Morse was called in and a post mor ten examination was held. It dis? closed the fact that the mare's neck was broken. There was no evidence of a struggle and the only bruise was a slight one over the left eye. The only explanation Is that lightning struck the mare during the storm Friday night. FARKWFXL TO M III MUHKIl. Sumtcr Innige Ulli Honor a Faithful Member. The officers and members of Sum ter Lodge No. 86. B. P. O. Elks will give a farewell reception to Prof. W. S. Schumacher In the parlors of their club rooms Wednesday evening at 8:30 o'clock. Since the early organ? isation of the Order m Sumter. Prof. Schumacher has been closely iden tlh sj with the local lodge, and has from the night of his Initiation been one of Its most popular and enthusi? astic members. Many is the time that his violin has given pleasure to his brother members, has touched' their very souls and carried them off t<> th ?t haven of hllsn c reated only in the realm of music such as his?that music carries mortals nearer to heav? en than is within the power of any other human agency. Mr. I?. J. Wlnn. Jr.. will play the piano accom? paniments All memhers of the Or d< r In k -od shinning. an i \p.-? ted to be present gSj Wedn.-.i \ evening. It will be an occasion Milan' with m?ny conflicting emotions, an oc casion that will bring sadness to the hearts of all who attend, for it will mark the dis? appearing from the midst of Sumter Elkdom of the glowing light of one of Its most ??rllllant stars: but the passing star will lease in Its wake a beautiful wreath of never-dying for? get-me-nots. The . impiign for Sumtcr's V. M. ? ' \ has begun in earnest. A large clock, whl? h can be plalntv seen from both Main and Liberty streets, has been affixed to the BSeOSsf story of the 1>. J. ('handler Clothing ('?.. and 'ts bands will point out Sack day the number of dollars raised until thev mert "n the final goal. 8*15,000. Walking, wo are told. Is a good ea gp ts??better than riding In an auto mobile. The trouble Is that a great many of us are not looking for* exer? cise ?Mllwsukee Sentinel. shed April, 1850. 'lie .lust ar !. sun "l GEORGIA DESPERADO HMtllU \l)i:s HIMSELF AND DL FI KS AJUIKST. Two UM, Three Others Are Wound? ed?Governor is Asked Tor Troops to Storm House in Which Desper? ado Has Children. Ocilla, Qa., June 26.?Barricaded in ' his home in the western part of thiB. Irwin county, W. H. Bostwick has re? sisted two attacks of officers today, killing two and wounding three others. He is a white man with a reputation for fighting proclivities and has threatened to kill everybody who comes in range of his bulletts. The local authorities have asked Oov. Brown for troops to storm the little house where the desperate man Is hiding. The Dead. Those who died under his deadly fire are: Chief of Police Stave Davis of Ocilla. Deputy Sheriff Sheffield of Irwin county. The wounded are: Deputy Sheriff T. C. Bass, arm broken and shot in the abdomen. Sheriff J. P. Mclnnls, slightly In? jured. Deputy Sheriff Wyatt Tucker, slightly Injured. Lynching threats are heard here and a crowd of men Is forming that may not await the coming of soldiers. Bostwlek Is well armed with rifle, shotgun and pistol and has a good supply of ammunition. In the house with him are six of his children. The first attack on Bostwick's fort was made at 2 o'clock this afternoon. He was wanted on a misdemeanor charge and Sheriff Mclnnls with Chief Davis and Deputy Sheriffs Bass and Tucker went to arrest him. When they came within close range of his house Bostwick opened fire. Chief Davis fell dead and Bass was wound? ed. The officers removed the dead and wounded and summoned a posse from Ocilla and Irwinvllle and sur 1 unded the house. Sheriff M' I/inis with Deputies Tucker and Sheffield led the onslaught and Bostwick killed Sheffield Instantly and wounded the two others. He is still unharmed in his fort. The scene of the two battles Is several miles from here and In -matlon Is hard to obtain. All of the children In the house w 1th Bostwick are small and some of them are little girls. It was stated tonight that Sheriff Mclnnls is probably very seriously shot, as a rlflle bullet found its way through his breast In addition to shot? gun wounds. Information has just come that the troops from Fitzgerald will be here just as quickly as they can be mobi? lized and rushed here on a special train. Efforts are being made to burn Boetwtek out Of his house, and It is said that after holding their lire until it was ?eon they could accomplish nothing in that way, the posse began firing tonight and that several hun? dred shots were fired at the house where Bontwtok sad his little children are hidden. It was hoped this would draw the barricaded man out of his fort but it had no effect. It is not known yet whether any of ths bullets found a human mark. It is known that one of the little girls in the house is ill. Wh.n sheriff Mclnnls fall. Best? Wick sent one of his little boys out to pick up the officers pistol where It had fallen. The boy came out in the face of the posse and picked up the pistol, Hs*WSS allowed to return unmolested. There probably were UneXploded cartridges In the cham? bers Of the weapon. The posst is ready to savs the little children If the fire drives Bostwick out. He is yet keeping guard and shooting whenever any one approaches the house. Whether the efforts made to burn the building will bs success? ful tonight ens not bs foretold, it ki staled that seversl monthsago Bostwb k shot bis brother-in-law, C. O, fields and wns arre.-t. >i charged with assault with Intent lo murder He was put un.br a peace bondi it was stated, and his bondsman told the Sheiiit that be wanted |q be re? leased from responsibility. On Fri? day a deputy went to BostWlek'l house to srresl hint but Bostwick told him ho would never submit t ? srTCSt, ?hat be would die llrst. Then today the Sherlfl W< nt out with bis deputies to make the arrest and the battle followed. That In was despfr?,te was evident to th" deputy who saw him I'riday. Yester? day Bostwick's wife and one of his seven children left the house and went to the home of some relative, but the father rsfUSSd to allow the (1 Pear not-">Lct all the ends Thon Aln [TER. 8. 0., WEDNI WEATHER FOR THE WEEK. Bureau Very Safely Predicts Bonie Local Showers Hero und There und Some Warm Weulher. Washington, June 26.?Generally fair weather with no extremes of temperature is predicted by the weather bureau for the coming week over the greater part of the country. There will be local showers mostly in the central valleys, the lake region and the Southern States. The temperature will rise tomor? row and Tuesday in the lake region, the upper Ohio valley and the East? ern States, and warm weather Is probable during the next few days in the plateau region, the Southern plains States and the interior of Cali? fornia, also in the Northwestern States. No extremely high temepra tures are predicted for the week. VICTORY FOR DEMOCRATS. Washington, D. C, June 24.?To? day's vote on the anti-option bill, by which the Democrats won a decided victory In the House and put through a measure that th< have been ad? vocating since the early days of the present session, largely due to the efforts of 11 S?rth Carolina members. They have r.orked con? tinuously for months past to bring about such a resu;; as that achieved today. Beginning th the hearing before the committee on agriculture, when President Barrett of the Farm? ers' Union, and other well known Southerners appeared here, a con? tinuous fight has been kept up, and at no time have the Carolina mem? bers failed to believe that they would be victorious. The fight before the committee occupied many weeks and engaged the attention, not only of those advocating the passage of a bill to stop dealing in options, but also dozens of the bigg, it and most prominent men in the cotton ex? changes throughout the country. Among the members of the dele gaion from South Carolina who spoke today were: Representatives Finley, Ellerbe and HjSVST. While ev*ry member of the South Carolina dele? gation has been deeply interested in the outcome of this bill, no one who heard the Representatives just nam? ed could fall to be Impressed with the effect of the sledge hammer blows they delivered. Mr. Lever, as a member of the House committee of agriculture, not only protested vigorously on the floor today against the continuance of pres? ent day practice of the cotton ex? changes, but was largely Instrumen? tal in securing the overwhelming \ ote for the proposition. "The operations of the Loulaana lottery and the schemes of the "greasy pig" and "shell game" artists are as nothing to manipulations of the otton ex? changes of the country," he said. Mr. Ellerbe said "they are the most damnable institutions ever organiz? ed, and I call upon the people of the United States, through their relegated authority in Congress, to come to the rescue of the farmers today, and for all time put these monstrous concerns out of business." During the debate, and while the vote was being taken. Senator E. D. Smith was an Interested spectator on the floor of the House. It is now up to the Senate to pass the bill. other children to have him. He is i?? years of age. As soon as the first squad of offi? cers came within sight of the house today Bostwick opened fire with a rifle, killing Davis anil wounding Baaa, who, for safety) lay for some minutes where he fell. Sheriff Mc? lnnis, In the face of Bostwlck's rain Of bullets, recovered Davis' body and assisted Bass to a place of security. Sheriff Mclnnis then summoned re? inforcements and made the second attempt to kill or captuie BostWlck. The knowledge that the desperado has tlx children In the houss with him deterred the officers from shoot? ing except when they caught sight of I lost w lek. Sheffield ft n a \ Ictlm to his shot, then Tucket- and .Mclnnis were wounded. Vgaln, In the rain of bul luets, the men succeeded In dragging the sheriff out of range. The neigh? borhood by this time was alarmed and the news of the killing and wounding of tin- officers had spread to marby towns and soon the otli < eis bad 50 men to assist them. Sheriff IfcGlnnls swore each man in as deputy sheriff and ordered the house surrounded, in the meantime he had dispatched a runner to the nearest telephone office with a mes? sage to Qov. Brown to rush a com? pany Of troops tO the seen*4 post haste. A large number of citizens left < m ilia for the scene tonight well armed. is't at be thy Country'*, Thy God's ai SSDAY. JUNE 29. 19 BRIBERY jj THE SENATE. OKLAHOMA SENATOR CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN APPROACHED. One senator. One Representative and Two Former Senators Brought In? to Indian Scandal. Washington, June 24.?Senator Gore of Oklahoma disclosed in the senate today what he interpreted as an effort to bribe him in connection with legislation affecting the fortune in attorneys fees claimed by J. F. Mc Murray of Oklahoma for services rendered .to the Chocktaw and Chick asaw nations in land town site cases. The charge created a sensation in the senate which later extended to the house. The latter body, in conse q tence, sent back to conference the general deficiency bill, which car? ried item relating to contracts be? tween the Indians and their attor? neys. As the result of the denouncement Senator Gore finally involved a mem 1 er of the senate committee on In? dian affairs?one from Nebraska, and the other from Kansas?but whose names were not made public in de? bate. It is not improbable that an in? vestigation will be ordered. Mr. Gore was compelled to address the senate three times before that body was fully aroused to the seri? ousness of the charges which he made. His first effort was in connec? tion with the conference report on the deficiency bill. As passed by the senate that measure contained an amendment which would render null and void contracts made by the Choc taw and Chickasaw nations and by individual members of these tribes with their attorneys unless the con? tracts were approved by congress. This provision was In accordance with a resolution Intrcduced by Mr. Gore on May 4, larc It was design? ed to prevent Mr McMurray from ob? taining fee;: which it is said would aggregate $3,000,000 and which Mr. Gore complained had not been earn? ed by the attorney. The conference report had been adopted by the sen? ate when Mr. Gore entered the cham? ber. He announced that he had been In? formed that the senate had receded from the amendment requiring the approval of congress of tribal agree? ments but, Mr. Hale assured him that the matter had been proporly safeguarded. He added that as agreed upon in conference these argeements would require approval by the presi? dent and the secretary of interior be? fore becoming effective. Mr. Gore accepted the explanation but said If the contracts were to bo recognized. Mr. McMurray would receive $.1.000, 000. It was in this connection that he announced that improper in? fluence had been exercised by a, rep? resentative of McMurray in order to defeat the amendment requiring con? gressional approval. Mr. Gore said that he had been approached by an outsider, who de? sired to interest him in the McMur? ray claims. Later Mr. Gore examin? ed the provision as agreed upon in conference. He lost no time in re? turning to the senate chamber, where he moved to reconsider the vote b\ which the conference report had been adopted. The presiding officer in? formed him that the report had pass? ed out Of the possession Of the senate. Mr. Gore then moved to recall the report, but Mr. Gallinger moved to lay this motion upon the table. A rule against debating the Gallinger motion was enforced and Mr. Gore's motion was tabled. Mr. Gore explained thai on May J. last, he had offered a resolution sim? ilar In term- to the amendment be had placed in tin deficiency bill in the senate and that it had been re? ferred to th^ committee on Indian affairs. On the following day Senator Hughes had been directed to make a favorable report on the resolution, he sa Id. "< >n May 6," exclaimed Mr. Gore. ' a man came to me with an Improp? er suggestion. He was a representa? tive of Mr. McMurray a, resident of my home town, and had been my friend In time of need, lie assured mo that it would be to my financial interest if I would call upon the sen? ator from Colorado and advise him not to report the resolution. There was .'i suggestion that $25,000 or $">0. 000 would he available If the con? tracts were not prohibited. And 1 am Informed that a similar proposition was made yesterday to a member of the house." Mr. Gore also charged that an 'ex senator from Nebraska and an ex senator from Kansas are interested In these contrac ts." and declared that a large lobby was maintained in Washington in that Interest. He said id Truth's.' 10 THE TRTJ New Seri that he felt In honor hound to con? tinue these efforts "to prevent this steal from those defenseless Indians in i Oklahoma." Learning that the house had not j yet agreed upon the conference report, ; Mr. Gore hastened to the other cham? ber, where, he told friends of the efforts that had been made to cor? rupt members. "When the confer? ence report was brought up in the house Representative Murphy, of Missouri, called attention to the sit? uation. He declared that an attor? ney had been lobbying in the capitol for a long time In the lnterst of leg? islation which would validate his con? tracts with the Indians. "Name the attorney!" demanded several members. "J. F. McMurray," replied Mr. Murphy. The attorney was seated in the gal? lery at the time. The house almost unanimously re? jected the confernce agreement. When the action of the house was reported to the senat, Mr. Hale mov? ed that the senate further insist upon its amendments to the bill, and aked for a further conference. Mr. Gore reentered the chamber at this juncture and obtaining recog? nition reiterated his protest against the provision inserted in conference. Another sensation was created when he declared that the "friend in need" had told him during the con? versation of May 6 that "a member of this senate, a member of the Indian affairs committee, and a member of the house committee on Indian af? fairs were interested in these con? tracts." Mr. Gore said that he had just seen Mr. Tawney, one of the house con? ferees, and had asked him who had suggested the provision which was subsituted for the original senate amendment. "And Mr. Tawney named the very same representative who was men? tioned to me on May 6 as being in? terested In these contracts," exclaim? ed the Oklahoma senator. "I under? stand that this member of the house and Mr. McMurray practically live together in the same hotel In this city." Senators looked aghast at the dis? closures made by the Oklahoma member. The charges which had been mild at first piled up In such an alarming manner that even the rush for the last days of the session was not sufficient to minimize the general interest displayed. The chamber was filled when Senator Bailey exclaimed: "I think the senator from Oklaho? ma owes it to himself and the senate to give us the name of the senator who was represented to him as be? ing interested in these contracts." Mr. Gore declined, however, to mention any names, but said that he hoped there would be an investiga? tion of the whole matter before which he might make the disclosures. The bill was then returned to con? ference. Mr. Gore had prepared a resolution providing for an Investi? gation but he withheld it upon as? surance being given by Mr. Hale that the interests of the Indians would be properly safeguarded. "This is one of the biggest steals ever attempted to be put through congress," said Mr. Murphy. Alter naming Mr. McMurray as the man who had been trying to put this scheme through, he said McMurray had been "ably assisted by Cecil Ly? on, chairman of the great Republican committee of Texas and national Re? publican committee men from that State." "These gentlemen." continued Mr. Murphy, "have traveled over the In? dian territory and have procured con? tracts from Individual Indians. You are giving to these men who are hold? ing the contracts from $3.000,000 to $16,000,000 and presumably more and they have done nothing that is worth a single dollar for it." Mr. Murphy, who was once an at? torney for the Creek Indians, tonight figured the ultimate amount that would accrue to McMurray and those aasociated with him under the ten per rent, contract at $20,860,000. "This," said Mr. McMurray, "is un? der the general survey estimate and is exclusive of the percentage they would gel from the pine lands which are reserved from allotment." The glass workers empolyed by the Carolina (Mass Co., of Columbia, have gone on a strike. Where was Kick Longworth when the colonel came home? He was not mentioned In the pre ss dispatches. Forty-three applicants for license" to practice dentistry appeared before the state Dental Examining Hoard at Glenn springs Friday. Seven were negroes. One of them being I. 1>. l >a> is, dr.. of Sumter. / r Lib, S C Univ. 26-epie E SOUTIfRON, Established June, ISM es-Vol. XXXI. So. 36. FIGHT ON LODGE. BUTLER AMES TAKES CP ARMS AGAINST THE "MACHINE." Mr. Ames Says Massachusetts Sena? tor is a Tool of Railroads, Ranks And Other Big Corporations. Washington, June 26.?Represen? tative Ames, of Massachusetts, pub? licly announced his candidacy for the United States senate today in a for? mal statement embodying an excep? tionally bitter attack upon Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. Mr. Ames in his statment says he becomes a candidate after having failed to Induce any one else to "take up the fight against Boss Lodge and his political machine." These are some of the things Mr. Ames says about the senator and what he ascribes as the "Lodge ma? chine:" "This machine, backed by all the large corporations and all the State and Federal patronage at his com? mand has for many years served a ready and efficient tool to crush out all political ambitions, endeavors and opinions not sanctioned by Mr. Lodge. "His orders have gone out to crush not only for his own political end, but to advance the selfish schemes of the large railroads, banking and manufacturing interest he serves in the hall of congress as well as in the Massachusetts legislature. * "It is said that in his present ex? tremity, fearing to seek re-election on his long public record in congress and in the State, his one hope Is that Mr. Roosevelt may create new confi? dence in his behalf by speaking for him as an old friend. It is hard to believe that the former president would lend himself to the political support of one, even though a friend, who has consistently violated all the moral teachings of which he Is the great exponent. "With direct primaries, it is uni? versally admitted that Mr. Lodge would have no possible chance of re? election. The Lodge machine and * lobby worked in- the senate <Massa? chusetts) again this year to success? fully defeat the direct primary am which had passed the house. "The defeat of Mr. Lodge and the termination of this machine will lend more than anything else to party suc? cess not only in the State, but in the nation. It will restore confidence in the Republican management by di? vorcing the legislature and the lobby? ing political machine and defeating a public official \.ho has so long serv? ed the private interests rather than the public good." LIGHT COLORED RELIGION. Columbia's Mulatto Congregation Makes Big Real Fstate Deal. Columbia. June 25.?Illustrative of both the low price to whleh Colum? bia realty sank In Reconstruction days and the big prices to which it has climbed under present favorable conditions is the fact that local In? vestors have vainly offered to the fa? mous mulatto congregation?no black negroes admitted?$29,500 for the lot at the northwest corner of Sumter and Gervais streets on whleh stands Wesley M. E. ehureh, and for which the congregation paid in 1S72 just exactly one-tenth that amount. It is probable that '.h^ parties will be aide to agree shortly. Then the icgroes will build them a fine church some where else in town with the proceeds and the valuable corner lot, facing the State House park, will be converted to business or residential uses. Three lots have already been sold off the property, so the enhance? ment in value has been considerably more than ten-fold in the past 38 years. This church Is said to correspond pretty closely with one in Charles? ton, in that it is strictly for * light" colored people. Common black folk are barred?not by any written reg? ulation, of course, but simply by a sort of unwritten law. COLORED RUMMER SCHOOL. Negro Teachers of Clarendon Coast t> Have Reboot, Manning. June 24.?There will be a summer school for colored teachers of Clarendon county. The resslons will be held in Manning beginning Monday, June 27th and closing July 2L'nd. The following course of study is offered: srithmette, history. <j\ics. physiology, agriculture, pedagogy ami spelling. Lectures will bo given each week by prominent educators of both races. Prof. L M. A. Myers, principal, of the colored graded school at Manning, will conduct the summer school.