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WHm? SCMTKIt WATCHMAN. GMlkll Consolidated Aur. 2,1 Jbt tU<lat(l)m;in;inli ?outbron. l*wbJMuil \\ riliM^Oay and Saturday ? BY? ?STEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8CMTHR, 8. C. MM 11.10 per annum?In advance. i%d?ertl?ueaas: One Square firm Insertion.U Ott mhr*rr aubeequfnt Insertion.SO contractu for three meaths. or toaerer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub sarva prtvste Interests will he charged for aa advertisement*. Obituaries and tributes of re spec U wUI he charted for. n\.m" i\\i> commits sricini:. Crtartrwtonlan KilN HlnmHf In Neu York City. New York. Sept. 10.?Samuel F. Innea, a wholeaale shoe dealer, of Charleston. 8. C. who had lived in mortal dread for several weeks of a pending: operation, killed himself in his room in the Hoffman House early today. Mr Innea who was 47 years old and unmarried, came to New York last Tuesday with his brother. C. A. Innea. They went to the Hoffman House and Samuel F. Innes was as signed to a room on the fifth floor, while his brother took one on the ninth. They consulted specialists re? garding the merchant's ailment, which had been giving him mstl trouble, and were told that an opera? tion would be necessary. An exam? ination with the X-ray was made yesterday and Mr. Innes was told that the operation would not be very successful, but that If it were not performed now. results might be fa? tal This seemed to shake his nerve, and for the remainder of yesterday he was In a nervous state, making n<> efforts to hide his dread of the ope? ration. Because of this uneasiness, the brother was alarmed and t'tls morning, shortly before 8 o'clo k. went to Samuo F. Innes' door and knocked. There was no response, and Charles C. Nobles, the assistant of the Hoffman House, was JHMefnd ne ordered the door bro k*n In. They found Samuel F. In? nea. In his pajamas, dead on the floor near the bed. with a pistol near him. He had shot himself through the right cheek, and evidently had tried to reach the telephone after he had fired the shot. Ho had left no letter nor word of any kind. < ?NIHTION OF COTTON CROP. Improvement Is Shown Though Open lug U Quito Slow. Memphis. Tenn.. Sept. 11?The Commercial Appeal tomorrow wdll publish the following summary of cotton crop conditions: "A moderate improvement in the cotton crop is indicated during the weak In all States east of the Missis? sippi river and in Arkansas. Rains fell in nearly all sections and the plant was stimulated to better growth and shedding was checked. Owing to the growing condition of the plant cotton In all this territory is open? ing slowly. There are sections in the eastern and central portion which had little or no rain and complain of severe shedding and expect a short crop. These places pull down the general average somewhat though as sn offset are some reports of very excellent crops. "In Texas It Is shown that the raln fsll was not general, being confined to northern central, northern and western countle*. The benefit In the central and northern districts will be considerable If the frosr date is suffi? ciently deferred. Correspondents say that rain now would be of no benefit In the South and that the moisture In the drought stricke t West came too late to save the cotton. Oklahoma was holped by rains, but there Is rather widespread complaint of boll I worms which are very active on some of the lowlands. "Outside of Texas cotton Is open? ing slowly. In the latter State the reverse la true and farmers are sell ins; aa fast as the gins turn out the bales. Elsewhere the early cotton is keiner sold at prevailing prices." Flrat Senator Cummins goes Into Wisconsin to apeak for Senator l.i Follette, then Senator Polllvor, and now Oulfford Plnchot, Colonel Itoose velt himself doubtless will be along noon ?Chicago Inter Ocean. The simple fit Itaftt John Brown Waal not a standpatter In his day Is nil that prevent* | feXftd fancy pictur? ing Aldrleh and ?* . r. n.. n || the patron saints of some future Osnwatomic celebration.?Indianapolis Star. *he<l April, 1850. 'Re JtiBt an 381. BD] PROVES <>r MIX II INTEREST. Rahtatt nt Ohio Valtoj Exposition of TlM Sotithund Its Reeourcea ii? Col* mWwmm by Southern Railroads \t trn< t- Much Attention. Cincinnati, Ohio, Bept. II.?Th< South is getting a groat deal of the most valuable advertisement and Its advantages are being put before large numbers of Just the kind of PtOplt It wishes to attract as set t! ' s. through the magnificent exhibit of "The South and its Resources" which the railroads of the South col? lected by Joint action and are dls- I playing at the Ohio Valley Exposi- I ti<?n. now in progress In this city. | This exhibit, said to be the most I comprehensive display of the agri-1 cultural, mineral, and forest resources! of the South ever gotten together, is seen here at the best possible ad-1 vantage. The exposition manage- j ment gave It splendid position and inj arrangement and decoration It isl most attractive. The exhibit covers! nearly 30,000 square feet, giving prac-I tlcally one foot for every mile of I railroad in the South, the combined mileage of the railroads joining In 1 the display being 30,000 miles. Every I product of Southern farms, mines, 1 and forests is to be seen and the I showing made has been the occasion 1 of the greatest surprise to many vis- I Itors. This has been especially true | of the display of corn and small I grains, hundreds of visitors having! for the first time learned that the South is a great grain growing sec- J tion and that Its lands can produce I as many bushels of corn, wheat, or | oats per acre as any land In the I West. The newspapers of Cincinnati and j surrounding cities have given a great J deal of space to the exhibit of "The I South and its Resources" and this! Is one of the first features sought by | visitors on entering the grounds. I When it is considered that the at- J tendance is running Into the thous-J ands every day, It is easily seen howl many people are being interested in I the advantages of the South. In ad- I dltion lectures illustrated by colored I and moving pictures are given every I day by experts. These lectures are I drawing large crowds and men in I rnVrge of the exhibits are kept busy! all the time answering questions. J Register have also been provided on I which persons desiring additional in-1 formation will hnve literature sent! them by the railroads. The large 1 number of names which have been placed on these registers is one of j the best evidences of the great work 1 for the boosting of the South which 1 la being done by this exhibit. The management of tho exposition! and husniesfl men of Cincinnati con-1 slder this exhibit one o fthe really! great features of the exposition and! are most appreciative in their ex-1 presslons toward the railroads of the I South for collecting this exhibit and 1 bringing it to Cincinnati and toward I the people of the South for their co- I operation. | Many Cincinnati manufacturers have found to their surprise that they can buy to advantage in the South raw materials which they have been buying from points hundreds of miles more distant from them. Business men have been awakened to a real? ization to the poslbllities of trade which the South holds out and one result of the exposition will be a redoubled effort on the part of Cin? cinnati to get a larger share of Southern trade. The majority of the visitors to the exposition come from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and ad? jacent States. Thousands of these people will be interested in the agri? cultural possibilities of the South and doubtless large numbers of the most desirable settlers will be drawn to the South, through the efforts of the railroads of the aectlon In mak? ing this splendid display at Cincin? nati. FROST WOULD RE RISASTROrS. Yew Orleans Newspaper's Report Says Cotton Has Reterlorated. Ww Orleans, Sept. 11.?Tho Times Pemo? rat. In presenting its monthly crop reports on tho cotton crop for the last month, says: "Taking the belt as a whole, thero has been a moderate deterioration, j The hoi! weevil has done great damage in certain districts of Ar nnnma Loutaana and Mississippi. I "Th." < r<?p is vcrv ? potted and very Into. A premature frost would con? sequently ba disastrous- and even a normal ana would probably shorten ?In- yield. Popnera seem disposed to meet the market with the Brat pick Inga but the ballet In higher prtoes la strong and may lea' to a g. neral holding movement when the tint ruah to pav debts Is over." id Fror not?Let all the sad* Thou Aim UTEK, 8 0., WEDJ\ESD COL. W. T. BROCK INDORSED. Lottere of Recommendation by Militia Officers of National Guard. A number of the officers of the National Guard of the State are try- 1 ing to secure the reappointment of Col. W. T. Brock as assistant adju- j tant general. Letterl recommending j him strongly for the position have been prepared and signed by several of the officers. Several months ago charges were preferred against Col. Brock by the adjutant general. There was a court of injuiry appointed to investigate the. charges. The report of the court was submitted to Gov. Ansel for a decision as to the charges. Gov. Ansel has had the report under advisement for several months. The following are the letters in? dorsing Col. Brock for assistant adju? tant general: "The undersigned officers of the Na? tional Guard of South Carolina, be? ing familiar with the good work and untiring efforts of Col. William T. Brock as assistant adjutant general in behalf of the National Guard of the State and having faith in his in i teprity and ability as an officer and j believing that as assistant adjutant general his long experience in the i office and devotion to the militia will greatly benefit the service, do hereby earnestly recommend him for ap? pointment as assistant adjutant gen? eral." Another Letter. "We herewith inclose an indorse? ment of Col. William T. Brock to be j used in his application for reappoint? ment as assistant adjutant general. Tt appears that both candidates have ! expressed themselves as being willing I to be governed by the wishes of a majority of the National Guard of? ficers in making this appointment. ; and we feel sure that Col. Brock's > qualifications for this office and his ? long and pleasant relation with the Rational Guard officers of the State Will make his selection one that will meet with the approval of a major? ity of the officers. We feel that his experience is such that he will be able to accomplish a great deal of good for the militia at large, and we our? selves unhesitatingly indorse him. "We sincerely hopo that you may see your way clear to sign the In? closed indorsement and mail at once to Capt. A. E. Legare, Columbia. (Signed) Walter B. Moore, Major, First Infantry; Augustus H. Silcox, Major, Third Infantry; Edward L. j Fishburne. Major. Third Infantry, I Thomas B. Spratt, Captain, First Infantry; Artemas E. Legare, Cap? tain and Adjutant, Second Infan , try; George C. Warren, Captain. I Second Infantry." ? _ I CAPT. RICAHRDSON REPLIES. _______ States That He Would Not Make Col. 11rock His Assistant. Capt. J. M. Richardson, a candidate for adjutant general of South Caro? lina, declared yesterday that were he elected he would not appoint Col. W. T. Brock as his assistant. The statement was made in reply to a circular letter signed by a num State of September 11. The letter Brock, which was published in The her of militia officers indorsing Col. assumes that both the candidates have bound themselves to abide by the wishes of the South Carolina Na? tional Guard in respect to the ap? pointment of the assistant adjutant general. "While I am disposed to cooperate with the officers of the militia of South Carolina in every effort to im? prove the service," said Capt. Rich? ardson, "yet in view of the recent findings of the court of inquiry. I would find myself unable to accede to the request that Col. Brock be ap? pointed." EXPENSES IN SECOND PRIMARY. As Filed With Clerk of Court Par rott. The expense accounts, as filed with Clerk of Court Parrott, of Messrs. R. L. Burkett and W. R. DuBose, can? didates for magistrate in the Sixth District, who were the only county officers to be In the second primary, follow: Mr. Burkett. nothing; Mr. DuoBse, railroad fare and buggy hire, $1.70. Crowds greeting President Taft on his dash from Beverly to St. Paul Should not make him forget what astonishing few votes there are in crowds - Plttsburg Sun. The Republican party of Ohio ostensibly is not looking for a chanci to do ;t favor for William S, Bryan; and yet it is trying to defeat the re election of Judeon Harmon to th< < lovernorshlp.?Denver News. and i is t at be thy Country' t, l ??> God's on ?Y, SEPTEM< EB 14, l! SU in SfllNDLEH CAUGHT. MW WITH MANV ALIASES LODG? ED IN JAIL ON SERIOUS CHARGE. Pretended To Represent Insurance Company and Swindled Victims Out of Payments on Account?Also Sold Patent Medicine Without A License. W. O. Jennings alias J. W. Oliver alias J. S. Sanders, a young white man, and to all appearances one of the slickest swindlers who has paid this city a visit since the advent of Professor J. A. Goodwin, has been lodged In jail, charged with the se? rious offense of obtaining money un? der false pretenses. It seems that Jennings for that ap? pears to be his real name, has been for several weeks going among the colored people In the city, pretending to be a solicitor for a health and accident insurance company, and has in this way managed to realize quite a neat sum of money. He would go, It Is stated, to a prospec? tive customer, explaining that he was the representative of an insurance company, and offering his victim membership in the company, provid? ed he was paid the sum of $1.25 "on account;" and he promised his dupes that he would return In about ten days with the policy duly filled out. He gave a receipt for all money re? ceived in this manner, signing most of them with the name, J. S. Sanders. He stated that his office was over DeLorme's Pharmacy, and it is said that numbers of those whom he has swindled have been inquiring in I vain for "Sanders' insurance office." Jennings was not content with j plying this trade alone , but was "killing two birds with one stone," as he was also selling patent medicines, i and selling them without a license, i The police had been on the watch j for Jennings for several weeks, but he managed to keep out of their sight until captured by Sergt. Mc i Kagen on Oakland Avenue, Saturday i afternoon. 1 Jennings will be given a prelimi j nary, before Recorder Raffield as soon is Mr. Raffield, who is with his t jsick daughter in Asheville, N. C, re | turns to the city, and there will no i doubt, be some amusing as well as Interesting testimony brought out at this hearing. STOOD BY HIS FRIENDS. Plestse as Mayor, Extended Practical i Clemency to Convicted Blind Tigers. Newberry, Sept. 11.?Dr. Geo. B. Cromer, former president of New berry college and mayor of New berry, on his return to Newbery to? night from the Southern Lutheran synod, was asked about the prosecu? tion of certain blind tigers while Dr. Cromer was city attorney under Myaor Langford. j In the last election Mr. Langford I was defeated by Senator Rlease by i a small majority, although Mr. Lang ' ford, in the four wards in the city proper overwhelmed his opponent by 85 votes and was defeated by local issues in the remaining wards. ' D. Cromer stated that he had prosecuted several blind tigers. May? or Langford fined one Guin, a form? er alderman, $100, and one Ruff $100. The former was represented by Cole L. Blease. Appeal to city council and then to circuit court was made. But in the meantime Cole Blease made the race for mayor and got into office and, after abandoning appeal, got council to reduce Guin's fine to $50, all of which was suspend? ed during good behavior. This was Blease's client; Blease practically se? cured his pardon. INDIANS SHOW PROGRESS. rast Approacl?isg Whites in Matter of Civilization. Washington, Sept. 11.?Great pro? gress generally is being shown by the American Indians towards gaining a footing with the whites in the mat? ter of clvlllatlon, according to As? sistant Commissioner Abbott, of the bureau of Indian affairs, who has just returned from a 20,000-mile tour of inspection in twelve States. Mr. Abbott spent six months inspecting warehouses and industrial conditions. "The system of education taught In the Indian schools," said Mr. Ab? bott, "is at least 25 years in advance of the present public school system In Industrial training. The boys are taught farming nrnd the related in? dustrial arts; the girls domestic sci? ence. Promises may *r< t friends, bul it Is performance thai must nurse and keep them.?owen Eeltham. ni Truth's." 910. <;OLI> BULLION STOLEN. Lead Substituted for Precious Metal Aboard Steamer?Amount of steal $57,500?Bank is Protected by In? surance. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 11.?Gold bul I lion valued at $57,500, part of a con? signment of $170,000 from the Wash? ington-Alaska bank of Fairbanks to the Dexter Horton National bank of Seattle, on the steamship Humboldt, was today stolen in transit. Lead was substituted in the strong box. Discovery of the theft was an? nounced today. The stolen gold weighed 250 pounds. When it left Fairbanks on a Yukon river steamer for Dawson and White Horse, the! gold was contained in three wooden boxes and was In the care of the Alaska Pacific Express company. When the boxes were opened by the Canadian customs officers at Dawson the gold bars were found to be, as stated, in the express company's pa? pers. The boxes were opened again at the United States assay office in Seattle Friday noon and the theft discovered. One confiined pigs of lead instead of gold. The seals of the boxes were In? tact when they reached the assay of? fice and it was evident that the rob? bery had been committed on board ship. The gold was insured against loss by the express company. Pastures and Iluy for the South. There are few sections in the South where good pasture grasses of some sort do not thrive, and on most of the lands of the Piedmont and mountain country the finest sort of a permanent sod can be maintained. The fact is, that the Southern cot? ton farmer has been all his life fight? ing grass, and he dreads nothing more than a Bermuda sod, the finest summer pasture grass in the United States in its proper climate. It is not a good thing to have in a cotton field, of course; but I knew one of the most successful cotton farmers in South Carolina, who, when he was living, always had a perma? nent pasture of Bermuda grass, and had fine cattle, fine sheep and fine hogs, and grew cotton with more suc? cess than most farmers, seldom mak? ing less than a bale an acre, and of? ten more, and he had no trouble with the grass getting into his fields. Then in the upper Piedmont and mountain country, where Bermuda Is out of its element, we grow orchard grass, Virginia or Canada bluegrass, the latter as permanent a sod as Bermuda, and green all the year. Then in the eastern coastal and south? ern sections the Texas bluegrass thrives wonderfully as a winter grass, and Is excellent to mix with the Ber? muda, for it just begins to grow when the Bermuda turns brown. But to get good pastures we must treat them well. We must prepare the land and seed thickly, and then by annual top-dressing we can main? tain and thicken the sod indefinitely. Therefore, I hope that all of our read? ers will study closely what Mr. French says about pastures. Then as to hay. There is no part of the country which can ocmpete with the South In the production of great crops of the best of hay from cowpeas. soy beans and velvet beans in the various localities. The South? ern dairyman or stock feeder can grow all the protein he needs, while the Northern man buys it in grain. But with cottonseed meal secured in exchange for seed, legume hay that can be grown after a small grain crop, and corn silage, the Southern stock feeder has a great advantage over the stock feeder in the North. ?Progressive Farmer." LYRIC CHANGES HANDS. Mr. J. H. Grady Buys Popular Amuse? ment Resort. Mr. J. H. Grady has purchased the Lyric theatre and . assumed charge on Monday. He will have the place thoroughly renovated and will make it more attractive than it has ever been in the past. For the present the daily programme will be confined to pictures and illustrated songs, and three full length films of newest pic? tures will be shown daily. As soon as the improvements and renovation have been completed, high class vaudeville will be put on, and the ? ffort will be made to give Sumter the best amusement house of the kind In the state. Mr. Grady will give the Lyric bis personal attention and su? pervision and his constant effort will be to five bis patrons the beat ob? tainable. I First a man beata a woman at j wasbing dishes and then cornea word thai a man is making his living mal< j Ing doylies. Why are some women , suffragettes??Milwaukee Sentinel. B SOUTHRON, Rsta' v<& ^ilue. lttftf - ^J> tmmM_. VoL '^dU No. 6. *?? , I DI .A I, RABBI. I Dr. David Klein's First Sermon to Congregation Sinai. Rev. Dr. David Klein, who arrived in the city a few days ago to assume charge of Congregation Sinai, deliver? ed his first sermon in the Synagogue Friday evening before a large con? gregation. The subject of his ad? dress was, "The Ideal Rabbi." He said in part: "It has been truly said that the worth of a man in relation to his fellowman depends upon the ideals he cherishes." Entering upon an in? timate and sacred relationship with you, permit me to point out to you what I have conceived to be the Ideal of a Rabbi in Israel, an ideal which I shall ever strive to pursue, though I may never be able to attain. "This ideal is set forth In Holy Writ in the injunction given to Aaron when he was consecrated High Priest to min? ister in the Temple of God: "And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel**** *upon his heart as a memorial before the Lord con? tinually." This command addressed to the high priest of old applies with equal, if not greater force to the preacher o ftoday. The High priest bore upon his heart a golden breast? plate, studded with the rarest gems i upon which the names of the tribes of Israel were engraved, as he enter? ed the Holy place to minister at the altar of God. and it is equally incum? bent on the preacher of today to bear the name and the cause of Israel upon his heart continually. The glory of Israel, the noble beauty of his past, the high duty of his present and the promised destiny of his great future, these shall be uppermost in the heart of the Rabbi continually. The name of the Jew and the cause of Judaism must be precious to him, for more than those rare gems on the golden breast-plate of the High priest. Jew and Judaism must be deeply and indelibly engrav? ed on the tablets of his heart; and with all the strength of affection he is to love and lift up that name be? fore all the world. Verily to preach? er of today as to the priest of old, is the divine command: He shall bear the names of the children of Israel upon his heart continually. The fair name of each individual Jew, the lowdiest as the lofty in statue, like the honor of the whole Jewish com? munity must burden to his heart, if he is to be indeed a Rabbi in Israel, worthy of this honored title, and fit to fill an office so holy. "To bear the name of Israel upon his heart continually, to represent the sacred cause of Judaism faithfully and efficiently will necessan!y bring the Rabbi in contact with Israel's neighbors and friends. There in the larger sphere lies the largest duty of the Rabbi: To bring about a better understanding between Jew and Gentile, to expand and disseminate the noble truth of Judaism, to show forth the transcendent beauty of our faith and the sublimity of Jewish doctrine, whereby the name of the Jew will ^e more honored and the faith of Judaism more revered, such is the duty of the Rabbi. This is the ideal I set before me to attain to. This is the work I propose to do in the community. To bring into closer fellowship the people of this city, ir? respective of class or creed, to unite all good men and vomen in the great good work of furthering the intellec? tual and moral wellbeing of the com? munity, to intensify the love of faith in the souls of men, yet to extensify on a broader plane the brotherhood' of man. "To do this good work I need, and I crave your hearty co-operation; to do this great and needed work I beg to solicit the assistance of all good men in the city, Jew and Christian alike. If we will work together as we ought; If we will unite heart and hand to do the tasks assigned to us, even as we should, then our work will redound to the glory of God and the blessing of man." AMERICAN IMPORTS DECREASE. Oriental Countries Now Depending More on Each Other. Washington. Sept. 11.?The grow? ing commercial interdependence cf Oriental countries, as against their former dependence upon the Occi? dent, is shown by the latest figures of China's foreign commerce, which have just reached the department cf commerce and labor. In most cases China's imports fn m Occidental countries indicated a de? cline in merchandise coming from India. Japan, Russia, French Inde Chlna and Singapore. The figures show a larger decrease in imports f *om the United States than from any other of the important countries of the world.