The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 28, 1910, Image 2
G?tHOR A GAsDtQATE
Si l M> IWOIUII l ()lt (il HEIt
N YTOIUAI? NOMINATION.
Strength of IVmuh ratl Movement
Toward New York Mayor Admitted
by Tammany leader?Gaynor's
Attitude Not Known, However?
8entlmr.it of State PI acre Gaynor
First and Sul?er Second Choice?
Parker for Temporary Chairman.
New York, flept. 22.?Gaynor sen?
timent took form and assumed direc?
tion In the Democratic circles here
today more rapidly than at any oth?
er time since his name came to ths
front as a possible candidate for Gov?
ernor.
There was much open talk vor
Oaynor among dlstr ct leaders, wt.o
gathered at Tammany Hall, and
those who heard I could only ac?
count for it on the supposition it had
warrant from those higher In tho
councils of the eoclety.
Charles F. Murphy, the tactlturn
leader of Tammany, publicly admit?
ted the strength of the movement to?
ward Gaynor, while carefully reserv?
ing any declaration of his own at
tltuS.
Murphy said:
"The sentiment of the State seems
to favor the nomination of Mayor
6aynor for Governor."
By many Tammany men this dec?
laration was taken to mean that Mur?
phy had brought away from his re?
cent visits to the mayor at St. James,
some intimation of his attitude to?
ward a nomination, and that the
mayor's own action in permitting the
publication of his long letter to his
sister In Utlca. relating his personal
recollection of the attempt to assassi?
nate him, had been interpreted as
equivalent to an announcement of
bis willingness to run.
Mr. Murphy's declaration was
saade In the presence of a delgatlon
who went to Tamamny Hall on an
errand quite unconnected with Mr.
Gaynor. They called, In fact, to
urge the claims of Representative
William Sulser, whose boom has
been most actively put forward. The
Rnlser boomers eagerly spread the
report of their conversation on ac
eount of what Murphy said further
on.
"SuUer is also much talked about."
he continued. "I have had men go?
ing through the State and they re?
port that the people seem to want
the mayor nominated, with Sulser as
second choice."
-< HFMFcWINS ENTHUSIASM.
?Aeeor-mi < ' " Propo '*lon
Plan?? Before ?lovemmcn
Washington Sept. 22.--John Par?
ty Ryan, son of Thomas F. Ryan,
Ol? New York multi-millionaire,
?i i th?> war and navy de?
partments and succeeded In driving
the officials Into a state of enthusiasm
erer the proposition to pro\lde the
armv and navy with a fleet of air?
ships that would augment tremen?
dously the offensive and defensive
nowers of the "twin" service.
The attractive feature of Mr.
Ryan'* proposition was the economi?
cal *hb I h* does not ask a dollar of
Government money In return for the
creation of a reserve of about a
and aeroplane that might bo
asjfc I Immediately into service by
ttte Oo\ernment in time of need
Want he ?H l want was the moral
supp. rt of th^ departments In the
UN "aeronautical reserve,"
and this was promised him by Gen.
aii?m chief signal officer, who natu?
re ll\ !?. ?ks aft?*r aeronautical mattors
for the war department, and by Capt.
Flail leaf M ' barge of materials. *ho
? s a similar function for the
navy Tbo Idea is to have an officer
Aeiadl I frorr eoch branch of the
servl? e to set with the aeronautical
rrvrvc, acting In an advisory capa?
city, ,nl to assist In the organization
of the reserve on military Unea.
Efforts will be made to develop
scroplanes of greater size than those
tow In us> so ,,s to transport a cor?
poral^ guard rnd to carry aufflclant
ammHtatl?fl for effective bomb work.
Mew in r DtntWieni* for Catarrh That
< ootsln .Mercury.
a.* mercafJf will surely destroy the
?* n ? if ,1! snd completely derange
the WflOli system when entering It
throt.^l. tho? mucous surfaces. Such
artl< U I Should mvsjf be Used except
on p ? rlptlong from icputuble physl
elsn Ifie damage they will do Is
ton ? ? 1 to the good you can possibly
dor I from them II. ill's Catarrh
Cure manufactured by F. J. Cheney
A ( o i ?o. o. eontatna no mercury,
snd M taken internally, act'ng direct?
ly u' ?) the blood snd mucous sur?
faces of the system. In buying Hall's
Catat i h Curt be sure you get the fjn
ulne It Is taken internally and made
In T> ! Ohio, by |\ J. Cheney ft
Co. TsjitlmosiUlla free.
I '. lirukTsls.s. Pries 75c, per
bet' ?
Take Hall's Family Pills for eons
stlp-iKon f>-4-lm
Tte mevltabts eonoosjusnris of nor
ertv hi *' l ?d< it -e -Johnson.
? N'. i ? minute should be h-st when
a child shows symptom* of croup.
OfcuanberlMlu'a Cough Remedy gi en
SJg V 1 i the i hlld l?e< ItnJIOa ho)il -.e,
or l ftef the i ri up] OOUtfll ap?
pear.- ill pee Vent the atta< k. Sold
b y n Inert.
B ALLING ER HUNTING FR AUDS, j
Spokane Paper Says Far Reaching
Investigation If in Progress Af?
fecting Alaaku Claims.
Spokane. WaBh., Sept. 22.?The
Chronicle says today:
"An investigation of suspocted
land frauds in Alaska which may ex?
ceed in scope and startling develop?
ments the famous Cunningham cases
Is believed to be In progress, guided
by federal officers In the Northwest.
"This Investigation, which is stat?
ed to Involve an entirely new group
of claimants In charges similar to
those brought against Cunningham
Interests, is believed to have been
instituted and actively pushed by
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger.
"The list of entrymen involved is
said to include many men of promi?
nence in Spokane, as well as others
of national ^importance.
"Secretary Balllnger's recent visit
to Spokane, according to the rumors
afloat here, was made In furtherance
of the investigation now in progress
by officials of the land office and
the department of Justice."
LOWEST DEATH RATE ON REC?
ORD.
Only 15 Deaths per 1,000 Population
in the Census Bureau's Registra?
tion Area In 1909.
Washington, D. C, Sept 23.?The
death rate in the death registration
cities and states of the United States
dropped to 15 per thousand of pro?
visionally estimated population last
year, according to tho forthcoming
United States Census Bureau's bulle?
tin on mortality statistics for 1909,
which has been submitted to Direc?
tor Durand by Dr. Cressy L. Wilbur,
chief statistician for vital statistics.
In 1908 the death rate in che
Census Bureau's registration area
was 15.4 per thousand and In the bu?
reau's annual report for that year,
Issued last spring, it was stated that
it is evident an era of low mortality
has begun.
The death rate for 1909 is, the
bulletin states, lower than that for
any previous year of registration and
probably Is the lowest that ever oc?
curred In the history of the United
States.
It Is stated that the mortality was
distributed with more than ordinary
uniformity throughout the year 1909
and no epidemics of other than a
very local extent were found to have
occurred.
It Is a fact of much Interest, the
bulletin states, as showing the gen?
eral prevalence In 1909 of extremely
fnvorsble conditions for human life,
that the death rate of England and
year was 14.5 per
? was also the lowest
f ?r that country, while the
rate of 14 for the city of London was
even lower and demonstrates the fal?
lacy of the belief that high death
rates are necessarily found In large
cities.
The total number of deaths return?
ed from the registration area for
1909 was 732,538, an Increase of 40,
9t>4 over the number, 691.574, re?
turned for 1908.
Of the total number in 1909, there
were 398,597 deaths, or 54.4 per
cent, among males, as compared with
64.3 in 1908.
The largest number of deaths re?
turned for any month In 1909 was
70,09 3 for March. With the great
majority of the registration states
and cities it is the month having the
largest number of deaths, while
June Is the months of lowest mor?
tality.
The provisionally estimated aggre?
gate population of the registration
area of the United States in 1909 is
48.77?.893 or 55.3 per cent of the to?
tal estimated population of conti?
nental United States.
The official death registration area
Is com posed of those states and
. Cities which require the registration
of a death before the issuance of a
burial permit and which have com?
plied with other requirements im
poaed by the Census Bureau as con?
ditions precedent to Inclusion in this
area a hose death returns are annu?
ally collected, tabulated, analyzed,
and presented in bulletin and report
form by the Census Bureau. In 1909
the death registration area Included
the following states:
California, Colorado, Connecticut,
Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massa?
chusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire,
i New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Penn?
sylvanla, Rhode Island. South Dako?
ta. Vermont. Washington, and Wis?
consin.
la addition to these, returns of
deaths were received from 5 1 cities
Ig nonregistration states, in which
the registration under local ordi?
naries is considered satisfactory,
The District of Columbia, which is
coterminous with the city of Wash?
ington, Is not Included in the list of
separate registration eitles. For most
I purposes it Is treated j?s ? city, but
! irr the table Showing groups of roijls
11ration states the District of Colum
: Ms Is Included as a stale area.
j HRooeeveH hi warring." says the
I Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, Ju t as if
? he was a moon.
INSIST ON GUARANTEE. I
COTTON BILLS OF LADING MUST
BE GUARANTEED.
Foreign Rankers Agree to Accept No
Cotton Drafts Unless American
Ranker* Guarantee Bills of Lad?
ing lu Pro*cribc<l Form?There .
Seems to Be a Deadlock.
London. ?ept. 22.?The European!
hankers interested in the prevention
Of fraudulent bills of lading in the
shipment of American cotton decided
j today not to recede from their posi
! tlon and indorsed the action of the
recent banking conference in de?
manding guarantees from the Amer?
ican banking houses.
The committee took this action
after considering the reply of the
American bankers to the European]
proposition and the offer of vallda- j
tlon certificates from the railroads.
In accordance with this action Amer?
ican hanks will be expected to guar?
antee cotton bills of lading after Oc?
tober 31.
The committee took up the matter
of the guarantee and unanimously
decided upon a draft of the form of
guarantee which will be required
from the American banks by the
European accepting banks as to the
genuiness of the bills of lading ac?
companying the cotton bills. The
forms will be printed in London and
New York.
No Word Received.
New York. Sept. 22.?Local bank?
ers today bad received no word from
the London conference and in the
absence of official information de?
clined to make any comment.
The bill of lading committee of the
American Bankers association prob?
ably will meet soon to consider the
latest action of the foreign bankers
and the belief here Is that the atti?
tude of American bankers as ex?
pressed by the committee last week
will not be deviated from.
Matter Immaterial.
New Orleans. Sept. 22.?Inquiry
made of Frank B. Hayne, the bull
leader in the cotton future market,
brought the following cablegram to
spot members of the New Orleans
cotton exchange today:
"Bills of lading Immaterial."
Mr. Hayne Is now in Liverpool,
where he has been looking into the
bill of lading question. Many spot
dealers say that arrangements al?
ready have been perfected for the
movement of a larger part of the
crop hut assert that the character of
the exporters will be a much greater
factor In purchasing cotton and in
honoring drafts than it has been
heretofore.
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ENDS TWO LIVES.
Wealthy Detroit Business Man At?
tempt to Kill Another's Wife and
Later Commits Suicide.
('lev.land, Ohio, Sept. 22.?As the
end of a close acquuintum ship of
Unknown duration, >'.. W, Yates, a
wealthy Detroit business man. today
shot and seriously wounded Mrs.
Fred Btnger In a Rooky River wine
room and two hours later hanged
himself in the county jail.
Tonight the woman's attorney.
Frank Billman was closeted with
Yates' two sons for several hours.
The result of the Interview was not
given out and they refused to discuss
the shooting or its cause.
The young men, H. V. and A. W.
Yates, have arrived here from De?
troit as soon as the news reached
them, and the body of their father was
shortly after lndentifled as it lay
in a private morgue.
Yates was 48 years old and mar?
ried. He was chairman of the board
of directors of the Business Men's
Publishing Company of Detroit, was
owner and manager of a hotel and
possessed extensive lumber holdings
near Bradford. Ont.
It is to this latter place that his
body will be removed tomorrow by
special permit of the coroner.
Mrs. Singer formerly is resident of
Detroit, but lately residing In a
Clecveland hotel, is the wife of a
traveling salesman and is related by
marriage to many prominent in
Cleveland.
Sjife Medicine for Children.
?Foley'a Honey and Tar is a safe
and effective medicine for children
ris it does not contain opiates or
harmful drugs. Get only the genuine
Foley's Honey and Ta. In the yellow
package. Sold i?v Siberia Drug Store.
The Methodists of Marion have de?
cided to build a $10,000 church.
The Lash of a Friend*
would have been about aa welcome to
A. Cooper of OawegO, N. Y., as a
merlclea lung-racking cough that de?
fied all remedies for years, "it was
most troublesome at nicht." he writes,
"nothing helped me till 1 ased Dr.
Klng'a New Discovery which cured
me co? i pi et el y, I never cough at
night now." Millions know lt< m iteh
merli for stubborn colds, obsti?
nate coughs, sore lungs, lagrlppe, as
thma, hemorrhage, croup, whooping
cough, or hayfever. it relieves quick?
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free. it's positively guaranteed hy
Btbert'i Drug stoic.
CTIOIiKRA IN RUSSIA.
Native of the Cossack Section of
Russia Tells of Great Scourge.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 19.?The au?
thor of the following sketch is a
native of the Don Cossac country, who
quitted St. Petersburg to pay a visit
to his birthplace, which Is fifteen
miles beyond the town of Novocher
kasok. In Novocherkaaok he found
the cholera. Before taking horses to
push on further, he questioned a
Cossack:
"Is there any sign of cholera In
my village?"
"No, none."
"Good."
"I then had the horses harnessed |
and set out on my home Journey. On
the way I fell into conversation with
the driver. 'Any cholera In the vil?
lages about?' I asked. "No. I've
heard of none.'
"Wo soon entered my village. My
father and mother were at home.
They welcomed me with extreme
heartiness, and then remarked: So
you were not afraid to come to us?"
"No, not I. But what is there to
be afraid of "
"Why, the cholera, of course," re?
plied my father. 'We have it here
strong and malignant. At most it
lasts an hour and a half and then it
leaves you to the grave digger. No?
body recovers. Every mother's son
who falls ill dies. They built a hospi?
tal, but It's emptv. It comes all of
a sudden; nowarning.no premonitory
tokens. A man is walking in the
street, thinking of nothing in partic?
ular, and an hour later he Is dead,
stone dead.'
" 'Well, but what are the doctors
doing?' I asked. 'The doctors?' re?
plied my father. 'There are no doc- I
tors about. Our village numbers
8,000 souls, and it has but one medl- 1
leal attendant and no doctor. Thirty J
people are carried off in a day.'
" 'And how long has this been go?
ing on?' I asked. j
" 'About a month,' answered my
father.
" 'And do you mean to say that
during all that time they have ta?
ken no measures of precaution or
prevention ?'
" 'Ive heard of none. One day a
doctor did come and look. But he
only said that this a particular kind
of cholera, aggravated with typhoid
fever. He called it 'lightning chol?
era," and then he left.'
" 'Well, and how about the peo?
ple?' I asked. 'Oh, they're all right.
Quiet. You see they've all been to
confession and communion together
with their superiors, and all tho 8,
000 are now awaiting the end calmly.
As you noticed, the streets are de?
serted. The people are all indoors
expecting death.'
"Just then we heard the church
bell tolling. ^
" 'What is that?* I inquired.
" 'That means,' explained my
father, 'that another Cossack has
been struck down. And the bell is
tolling like that all day long."
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of chronic, but whatever It Is Foley's
Kidney Remedy will aid you to get
rid of it quickly and restore your nat?
ural health and vigor. "One bottle
of Foley'l Kidney Remedy made me
well." said J. Slbbull of Grand View,
Wis. Commence taking it now. Sold
by Blbert'f Drug Store.
The Farmers' and Merchants bank,
of Eastover, has opened for business.
The capital stock is $25,000 and Col
Richard Singleton Is president.
Hammered
Brass.
1 have a nice assortment of
solid hammered brass umbrel?
la stands, jardiniers, nit flower
stands and trays. You can't
possibly buy them elsewhere
at the prices we are offering
1 them ;it. We wanl you to call
1 and look them over.
W. A. Thompson,
Jewelm .?ad Optician
No, h South Main Street.
Birnie's Drug Store,
6 W. Liberty St. Sumter, B. C.
-Dealer In
Pure Drugs and Medicines,
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We have both the regular and aide
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They are well made and are comfort
bale for both horse and rider. Thjey
or as high-class and low priced and^
our other harness, and we could gjre
no higher praise.
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LjjyL Cement,
ACME PLASTER, SHINGLES, LATHS*
FIRE BRICK, DRAIN PIPE, ETC
"Hair Clrain Rice Flour, Ship Stuff, Bran, Mixed
fl<iy, VJldlll, Cow and thicken Feed.
Horses, Mules, Ha?nesVT:a:gon:8: an:1
No Order Too Large or Too Small
Booth-Harby Live Stock Co.
SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA.
HEED 0?R DIN
SER Slfilll!
Stop putttnv four funds in
storks and bond*. Dark e%t.
where they are at the merey
practically of the man ace men t
of the company or institution.
Put your funds where they will
earn a substantial return with
absolute safety, j\z :
No. COO Booth Main St.. Lot 50 by 'JOS. eicht room dwelling, all modern 'con?
veniences, good >irn and stable.
No. *Jil S Main St., Lot 50 by MB,8room dwelling, all modern conveniences.
This Is Main Street Property and very ciose in.
No. 881 \V. Hampton Ave., nice six room dwelling.
No. 9 North Salem Ave., nice six room cottage.
We have some very choice country property for sale, that is worth Investi?
gating, would be pleased to show you any or all.
Fi * prices and terms, apply to
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SUMTER REAL ESTATE * INSURANGE CO.,
Farmers' Bank & Trust Co. Bldg.
Sumter, S. C.
The Time Comes On
when business picks up. The busy man gets busiest
and the days grow shorter. More has to be done in less
time.
Then it is that small delays and inaccuracies assume
undue proportions. Then it is that the financial institu?
tion, which by its perfected organization and systematized
methods is enabled to reduce to a minimum these small
troubles, elicits most the approval and appreciation of its
customers.
We have the organization. We have the facilities
and if your financial connections have not been altogether
satisfactory or you have new buisness, we invite your ac?
count on the basis of an elimination of these "gnats" of
trade.
i Bank of Sumter.
DR. N. G. OSTEEN, JR.,
DENTIST.
18 \V. Liberty St.
Phone No. 30.
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