Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The ansnter Watchman was round? ed in U&o .ad the ^'rut *>uthroe tn 1st*. The WMrhmia *nd Southron now ha*, tfaa oenelned circulation and tafiueuce cf both of the old papers, aad ia masafeatty the best advertising see hum la fee a* lee .in i 1 There are a good many things that the lawmakers of South Carolina could do for the public benefit wl...c dallying on the ban a* of the Con garee during the forty days next en? suing after Tuesday. January 8Ci, and we hope they will tlnd time to do some tf them. We have no Idea they will Se guided by any advice or suggestions we may offer, but we will make a few suggestions, nevertheless: The Torrene land .registration law shoo Id be adopted; the school law, as ?Impltfled and modernised by the eohool law commission after a year's nard work ahould bj adopted In toto; i garutshee law should be enacted; he salaries of Solicitors should be In reased. or the office o' Circuit So ' loll or abolished end county Solicitors uhstituted therefor; a bank guaran '00 law la needed; and last, but most mporant of all, a commission should bej created to expurgate, renovate, msdsrslst end simplify the )a*n ot the State and radically reform the procedure of our courts, to the end that the administration of law shall be shorn of technicalities and use? less forma so that lsw and juatlce may come bearer being synonymous earn>a than at present. ? ? ? Bd. Boseard is dead and burled, J. W. Harper has fled to parts unknown aad R. sf. Bateman has been released oa bond. The next move wtH come when the cast against Batsman is sailed for trial. His attorney will ask feg a continuance until Harper, the principal In the homicide, can be rapt ired and brought Into court for trial along with Bater. in. who Is chprged merely with t>? i an accea eory. This proceeding 1* cuetomary; ssm atricUy legal and ethical. Har? per having taken leg bail. Mil prob? ably not be in a hurry to return for trial, and hla capture 2s a very re? mote possibility, thla opinion being based upon the manner In which the enge hae been handled thus far, therefore the logical conclusion la ?*>?? ?it fetere effort* win he directed I towards sinking the nnphaaant opt eode Into oblivion nod inducing the j public to forget it. <v rtbv less, at men wes killed with' ut met cause or1 provocation, according to thj testi? mony taken st the Inquest, und the public should not forgot it, net should Sheriff Bpperson forget that it is hie duty to set In motion all the ma? chinery of the law to capture J. W. Harper end bring him back for trial. ? ? ? Mr. Justice Gary is the friend ot those who went ball. He released Joa^v who killed Pearlstlne at j Branciv die, and has now done a like service for lt. M. Hub-man, after Judge Wilson had declined to do so on the shoeing made at the hearing before him in Manning.. ? ? ? Judge Robert Aldrich's comments from the bench on the conduct of Phil. H. Gadsden, Esq., In the Laa rence case, seems to have si rred up s hornet's nest In Charleston legal rireJen Tn our opinion Judge Aldrlch wes jastlAid by the facts In the case and his oufpoken condemnation of what appeared to be a decidedly akady tarn action is the most whole? some -vnd virile deliverance that has proceeded from the South Carolina beach in recent year*. A < II KIM M \^ Ii \\ KILLING \M? ITH AFTERMATH. R M. Bateman. indicted aa acces SOry to rh- murder of P.ddte Bossard. who was shot to death st the rail? way station in Sumter on Christmas ever cos by J W. Harper, has been granted bell. According to the story told by the witnesses at the inquest, Bateman claimed to have been In? sulted by a colored h.o kman named Bossard on Christmas morning. That evening he id Harper went to the station together. Harper npproach e i ? Ilossard, i brol !)? r g| the man with whom Be*' man said he had the difficulty, and d. tn md? d to know why he had Insulted Bateman. The h?*y disclaimed having done so. Thereupon, It was testified, Harper cursed the n? gro nd shot blin with e pUt< '. Inflicting a mortal wound. This man Harper bus not yet been apprehended, although it is >taled that h? has employed an attorney und hia announced through the latter that he will surrender himself In due time, giving a* his r? am?n for delaying to do so the fact that he la a "poor man and feara that he might have to stay In jail.1' Pesslng over the fact that no man eble to hire a lawyer would seem to be warranted In coming to sin h a conclusion In South Carolina it the present time, the situation which Is here presented Is truly amwzlng. According to the testimony adduced at the Inquest, the killing of q was apparently unprovokod, but from that, are men who shoot others down In South Carolina to be permit? ted to consult their own conveniences as to when and how tiny shall I liver Ives into the hands of the law? When a grave crime Is committed and the offender escap? s, the o dicers of the law owe It to the public to ?JMH that tin V have exhausted all their resources |0 apprehend Uli fU" gltive. Has that Ken done in the present Instance? It would not seem >> v. I?' ii, as it appears, tili m.inslnyer has been in communication with a sworn officer of the Court, and yet announces his intention of remaining *.t large until he is ready for trial. Rut there Is still another side of this case, and it Invites attention. As has been printed, Bateman, Indicted as an accessory to the crime with which Harper stands charged as prin? cipal, was granted ball Thursday night by Justice Eugene Gary, of the State Supreme Court, in the sum of $3,000. This action was taken over the protest of the Solicitor of the ] circuit in which the alleged murder occurred. Supplementary to these proceedings, we quote the following j from the Manning correspondence of the Sumter Item, p i Wished in that newspaper last Frida/ afternoon: I "Judge John S. Wilson, of the 3rd judicial circuit, heard a motion on Monday for bail for R. M. Bateman, of Sumter, charged with complicity In the murder of Rossard, the young colored hack driver. Solicitor Philip H. 8toll, for the State, and Capt W. C. Davis for the defendant. The Judge requested aditional affidavits, so the motion was withdrawn for Uli time ?o as to allow the counsel to ob? tain them." Were these additional affidavits ob? tained? If so, why was the motion not renewed before Judge Wilson? If not, why was application made afresh to Justice Gary? Moreover, while we would not as? sert that Bateman was not entitled to ball, since facts may have been pre? sented to the Court of which we are not informed, we have read the testi? mony as given at the inquest, and in Us light and as a matter of ordinary common sense, we venture the opin? ion that either Rateman, the alleged accessory, was not entitled to bail at all or else his ball should have been fixed at a lower sum than that of the member of the bar who is charged ith h'" t?>f oh^.t rinwn a fallow towns? man at liruc'bMilc i few WOOttl ago, following a quarrel, and ?v ho was rc !? as^d from custody by ?ustlc" GKsfS also In th" sum of f:\oao bn>i. All this Is the aftermath of a | Christmas Day killing?and the end Is not yet!?News and Courier. tiki i> OP PROHIBITION. !? i rrort to This Knd Will he Made In Alabama legislature?Fight for Snenkcrshlp. \ Montgomery, Ala. Jan. 8.?Al? though the legislature of Alabama does not meet in regular quadrennial session until Tuesday, the members of the body are nearly all here pre pating for the opening. The caucuses of the house and senate to select the officers will l?e held tomorrow night. There are only one Republican senator and two Republican representatives. The contest for the speakershlp of the house and for the presidency of th*4 senate are close and uncertain. Five senators are seeking the latter and four members of the house the former. An effort will be made, it is be lOVid, to IfjposJ the prohibition laws. <iov.-elect O'Neal will recommend a r ? t urn to the policy of local option And the carrying out of the platform on which he was elected. Howov r, there is a strong prohibition faction in the legislature and the repeal of the laws Is not assured, though it is generally believed they will be. Another important, action is the CfSOtlOO Of an appellate court, inter? mediary between the nisi prlus courts and the supnme court. It li thought that there will bi 00 opposi? tion of Importune.' to this measure. A do/en bills providing for com tni -ion form ..f municipal govern? ment wir ei introduced. No general assault will bi made on th. Conor railroad legislation, much of which tlie courts have declared null and void, and others of which the Comer legislature repealed. Th I .state Tress association will endeavor to have the a n 11- p.i> , bill repealed, 0 th.it any n< uspaper man can travel In this State on a free pass. It Is thought the session will last \ weeks and that the remainder of the constitutional 50 days will he used in a subsequent session two v. ,irs hence. Gov.-elect O'Neal will be Inaugu 1 itrd a week from Monday. It promises to be the BlOOt iloboroti el\lc and social affair the State has ? \ er known. Mr. Robert Singleton, living 2 1-2 miles from this city, has a lemon of uncommon size, weighing is otraot . which hi raised. The tree has more a half doz< n lemons on it and i old, Th* ir.i. ?'>? i ? ?., ii Inches In circumference (OAST MM: PUT IN CROSSING. i Musi show Cause Before Su? premo Court i?? Chemw Cane. - Columbia, Jan. 7. Working under . ? arm* ii body of deputlei ami disre? garding the explicit orders of the railroad commleelon, the Atlanth Coast Lino Hallway today put in a( grade erossing at Front street In the I town i f Cheraa; ecrost the main line of the Seaboard Air Lim-. The Coast j lane (lalmed to be proceeding under, an order from Judge K. C. Watts. This order permitted the crossing at the point in question. I Following the action of the Coast Line, attorneys repress nting the Seaboard Air Line appeared before the South Carolina Supreme Court and secured an order restraining the Atlantic Coast Line! from proceeding with the enforce? ment of the order of Judge Watts. The Coast Line has been ore ered to show cause before the Supreme Court | on January 16 why it should not be 1 permanently enjoined. Two weeks ago the Coast Line put in a crossing at the point which resulted ; in a clash with employes of the Sea? board Air Line. Attorneys for the Sea? board Air Line say that several freight trains were delayed as a result of the putting in of the crossing. On Friday the railroad commission issued an or? der which refused to allow the At? lantic Coast Line to cross the main line of the Seaboard Air Line at Front street, in Cheraw. unless the road go over on a bridge. Yesterday morning J. R. S. Lyles, of thic city, district counsel for the Sea? board Air Line, received the following telegram from W. A. (lore, division superintendent of the Seaboard Air Line: "At 9:50 A. M. I am advised that A. C. L. are breaking our main line at Front street. Think you should notify railroad commission. The sheriff has our crews arrested. Please advise me what steps to take." The commission was informed of the action, and the following telegram was addressed to N. W. Royal, the general manager of the Atlantic Coast Line road: "We are informed that Coast Line is attempting to put in grade crossing at Front street, Che? raw, and is interfering with Sea? board track. The majority decision of the commission of yesterday for? bids any crossing at Front street." Later in the day the railroad com? mission uddrossed a tolegram delegat? ing NN. F. StV< '??:., . ? epre UtS? j tive of the eo mm lasten, to son no-1 tic- of the commission on an/ and! ?*.?. pci^oi.a ti.?.igcu u. iu.,.:^ tin p ir track of the Atlantic Coast Line across the main line of the Seaboard Air Line. During the afternoon the fol? lowing telegram was received by Mr. Lyles, from W. A. Gore: "Crossing la in at 12.07 P. M. but interlocking not ?. K., but they are working on it. I am not permitting any engines or cars to go over the crossing and feel that something should be done with the crossing matter with reference to our use thereof on former order of the commission not to use same until inspected by them." Story From Cheraw. Cheraw, Jan. 7.?Another chapter in tiu- oroeeini muddle closed today. l^ast Friday Judge Watts ordered tin- ?onboard not to interfere, and Continued his injunction until the Una. hearing before the railroad commis? sion Tuesday. Commissioner Hamp? ton Would not act until he had seen the place. Ho and Commissioner CaUghman came oh a special Sea? board train Wednesday afternoon. The commission reversed its former decision and ordered the Coast Line to cease work. This morning the Coast lane officials put a large force lo work under the protection of Sher? iff DoUglaa The Seaboard ran trains on the spot, bid the sheriff arrested and held the crews while the Coast Ian. eontinued work. The railroad commission sent a telegram ordering the Coast LlnS to cea.se Work, but it was disregarded by the workmen. Later today the Supreme Curt or? dered thai nothing further be done until the matter could be heard by them. The affair caused great excite ment in town, but no violence wi a at? tempted. POSTM VHTKR REAPPOINTKI), The President Sends to Sonnte Names of Incumbents in south Carolina i'o\\ II*. Washington, .'an. The president today sent to the senate the m mine UoitS of the following m? ii to be post? masters in South Carolina at the places named; Chnrleg B. Carman. Alken; T. ii. IfoLaurln, Bennottsville; .1. \\ Rich? ardson, Greenville; .lames m. Bodle, Leeevllte; Samuel .1. Leaphart, Lex? ington ; Gc< ge i>. shore, Bumter; P. Ii. B. Sloan, Pendelton. All of these are Incumbents of their respective offices and an? nominated for reappolntment. There will be m> oi position to the confirmation of eny of them in the senate. Captain Capers, the official "referee" has approved of them all, HS TAX FOB j?tl FARMERS' l'MON WANTS FERTI? LIZER TAX FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Resolutions That Support of Clemsou Collesjp Will Ficht to The Bitter End?The Proposition is a Reason- i able one, However, ami should Be Seriously Considered by the legis? lature. i WhereaSi it has come to the knowl- ; edge of the Farmers' Union of Sum ter County, that the income from the1 * i Fertiliser Tag Tax going to Clemsonj College for the expeAse of this work' and fc-r use by the Institution, is ap- I I proachlng a quarter of a million dol-, lars, besides other sources of income available to this institution, and Whereas, This Union deems so ' i large an amount entirely out of pro? portion to the money spent upon oth- ] er phases of the education work of this State, being equivalent to about one-sixth of the entire income of the [ State Government, including the fands ?pent upon the Common Schools, the ' Executive, Judicial and Legislative Department of the Government, and Whereas, This Union considers the Departments of said institution, other j than the agricultural and textile de? partments, as luxuries which this! State is not at present able to afford, j and is of the opinion that boys want- I I ing such education should pay for the same, and Whereas, The department of engi neerlng, electrical and otherwise, j and other branches of said college are taking our best boys and training thom for work that they must find 1 outside of this State and is in this i way depriving the State of some of |tl finest material, and Whereas, This Union is informed that the State of Alabama is using j the pioceeds of the Fertilizer Tag Tax j for the common schools of the coun- ' ty in which th' fertilizer is used, and In ihls way carrying along agricul-! tural improvements and educational . progress hand in hand, Now Therefore, lie It Resolved by the Farmers' Union of Sumter Coun- 1 I That the legislature do make a suf- ; ficient appropriation out of the funds coming into its hands for the main tenance of an agricultural and tex? tile school at Cle.mson college and j thai ?hc tultt?n IT! e>*hrt* CY^C y+??-? r> r? ? o hi so arranged as to make them seif? attaining, an?: that the proceeds of the Fertl l7^r Ta;; Tax. above the necessary expenses of col ting the< same and analyzing the fertilizer, be devoted to the common schools in In tin counties In which said fertilizer' is used. JEFFRIES "DOPED," SAYS OLD- j FIELD. * Not Ncrvcus Collapse in Fight with Johnson. LOf Angeles, Cal. Jan. 7.?That James J. Jeffries entered the ring w ith Jac k Johnson, at Ueno, July 4, a drugged man and not a man suf? fering from nervous collapse, is the pith of a signed article of Barney < Udfleld, which will be published here tomorrow and which has been author? ized by the defeated champion. Jeffries, however, will not allow the details concerning the alleged drug ging to be published at this time, I Mdfleld says. According to Oldtield, Jeffries took him into his confidence during a re? cent hunting trip in the Sierras. DAVIS ELKIN8 TO BE SENATOR. Charleston. W. Va., Jan. 8.?Gov. GUUMCOCk tonight announced that he Will appoint Davis Elkins to succeed tiie late Senator Elkins his father. Washington, Jan. 8.?Davis Elkins, who will succeed his father in the United Btatei senate, is the eldest son of the late West Virginia statesman. Mr. Blkinsls now in Washington af the honn >f his mother. He receiver the m ws there tonight. CARNEGIE TRUST COMPANY FAILS. New York, Jan. 7.?A third bank across whic h the shadow of Jos. G. Robin, the Indicted promoter, had fal? len, closed its doors today, and to? night the state Superintendent of Banki Is In possession of the Carnegie Trust Company, an institution capital? ised at 11,500,000, having wide South? ern and Western affiliation. Applica? tion for the appointment of a com? mittee to take c harge of the personal estate of Robin \v:>s denied his sister. Dr. Louise Roblnovlch, in the state Supreme Court United States bankruptcy moneys and city funds are tied tip, bonded in varying degrees of sufficiency. The company was named the Official de? positor) of Federal receivers and trus? tees of bankruptcy appointed by the United states District Court, on ap? plication Of Leslie II, Shaw, who for a period was president of the com fter * r ??'??"??Hon from the Farmers' U ?A Practical Thoughts i (Conducted by IS. W. Da Mm, Prei <?? Farmers' Union Notes. The County Union met on Friday with a fair attendance of delegates from the local union?. The stockhold? ers meeting of the Union Brokerage e Company on Wednesday was a very full one. At both meetings all the old officers were reelected unanimously. The sentiment expressed was that there was no need for a change when everything was moving on so well. This vote of confidence is fully ap? preciated, and will spur each and every officer to renewed efforts to make the year 1911 the most success? ful one In the history of the union in Sumter county. ? t ? It looks like two local unions will be organized in the near future among progressives farmers and no efforts will be spared to organize every sec? tion of the county. The payment of all dues In advance for the year in? stead < f Quarterly was indorsed by the county union, and veil! simplify the work of the secretaries. ? ? * The County Union adopted unani? mously the resolution printed today on the disposition of the fertiliser tax, and against an increased State levy to put the State on a cash basis. The legislative committee of the Union was urged to press these matters on the Sumter delegation. a e a A committee was appointed to take into consideration the great inequality of tax assessments among the coun? ties, and to formulate some plan by which the State government can be run by a tax on public service cor? porations of a general nature, all such to be exempt from county and municipal taxes. When this report is made it is the purpose of the union to press this matter upon the consid? eration of other county unions and the State union until a sentiment is created that will be strong enough ?-. effect tYi? ?s In ?nstltn tion ? f the Btati that the reforms will be called f^r. We luck forward lo Increased Interest In the meetings | of he union during this rear on ac? count of this and other matters that will receive attention. E. W. D. CLEMSON EXTENSION WORK. i lemeon College Advises Fanners Re? lating to the Use of Ammoniates in Fertilizers. The largely increased manufacture and sale of commercial fertilizers have necessitated the use of cheaper and inferior sources of Ammonia than have hitherto been used. The Hoard of Fertilizer Control of Clemson College feels constrained to advise purchasers of fertilizers to ex? amine carefully the information print? ed on the fertilizer sacks, and to note particularly the statement as to the source of ammonia. At the same time, manufacturers are earned against the use of leather, wool waste, etc., which materials are enumerated in Section 361 of our laws, unless these materials have been registered with the Board, and satisfactory proof of their availability tiled. The only tests accepted are field tests conduct? ed under scientific control, or SO per cent availability by the Neutral Per? manganate Method. The use of any materials not properly registered and approved will be given the widest pub? licity, and otherwise dealt With as provided by law. The Hoard of Control is seeking to protect the farmers of South Carolina against the use of any sort of am mania which has not proven to be available as plant food In line with this policy, they have adopted s high? er standard for availability than Is in use in other Southern Slat* s. In? tensive Held tests will be conducted during the coming crop year, to de? termine in this practical way whether or not some of the new sources if am? monia Which are now being exploited can be safely recommended to our fanners. While the Board of Control d< sires and Intends t<> be fair to the manu? facturers, and not to forbid the use of materials which while new to the trade, are satisfactory substitutes for some of the older and well recognized sources of ammonia, yet It feels that since these sources nre cheaper, they should stand a rigid test for avail? ability. We would emphasise the advice so often given to our farmers by our Agricultural Department as to the desirability of growing p? as. velvet beans, vetches, and other legumes in order to reduce the necessity of buy? ing high nrlced ammonia tea it is a that commercial ? i nion News M> cr Practical Farmers nmri-lit Farmer*' tnion ?>f Sninter tuov.) ? fertilisers in any form give their maximum result! Wh? n used on soils which obtain an ample amount of organic matter. Superintendent Cain has sold about ten more bushels of the seed corn left in his office by the Boys' Corn club, and he has promised enough to more than lake up the remainder. The clay has been spread on the two blocks of . berty street pre? paratory to their being covered with the street oil, which will be applied as soon as the clay and earth has time to dry and is packed thoroughly. Carborundum first was produced by a chemist who was experimenting with electricity happening to place carbon electrodes connected with a dynamo into a bowl containing somo crushed coke and clay. To save the expense of removing a heavy chime of bells from a church at Buffalo that was to be rebuilt, the steeple was jacked up, the oil building torn down and the new one erected in its place. In a small three-wheeled electnc automobile designed in Paris 'or store delivery servic the motor is carried over and di.ves the odd wheel, which is in front and with which the steering is done. ' To demonstrate the pulling power of an ordinary automobile an enthu? siast at Los Angeles, Cal., towed a pas? senger locomotive weighing 110 tons along a track for several hundred y:?rds with his favorite car. Complete phonographic and moving picture outfits are included in the equipment of three German scien? tists who are exploring the mountains in the north of the Malayan Pern *i sulia, inhabited by wild tribes. The owner of 160 acres in the Mid? dle States can dispose of it and move W* M Canada, *"~ in Increased acreage, erect building! hereon, et?. and Still ha ? money on hand from the sale ot his landi in in*. JJi Itud fttat*?*. WANTKD?Situation >y an experi? enced young man, as machinist pipe-fitting and general mill work. Sober and good habits. Address W. D. McGrew, 1006 X. 4th St., Wil? mington, X. C. 1-5-St?W-2t. LOST?-Large white pointer dog, with lemon colored ears. Answer to name of "Sport." Beward for re? turn to R. J. Bland or A. G. Fish burne. 1-9-I-Xt-W-2t. FOR sALF?Cheap, one pair fine heavy mules. Call and see them, Corner Oakland Avenue and Purdy street. C. B. Hugglns. -l-9-I-lt.-W-2t. STOCK FOR SALF?First class hors? es and mules. Car load ju^L re? ceived. See me before buying and I will save you money. IL R. Tomlnson, Durwood, S. C. W&S?1-3-41. MONEYMAKER?We can supply a limited quantity of selected and im? proved pure "Moneymaker" cc*ton seed, raised on our farm where there has n ner been any blight. Small lots. $1.25 per bushel; Ivter price on large lots. Booth-Osieen Co., Sumter. S. C. 12-18-tfW ss:i:i> corn?The committee for the Boys' Corn Club has remaining on hand about fifteen bushels of the selected corn entered for seed corn prize. F"\ch bushel was selected with care and is the best seed corn to be had in Sumter County. It will be sold for $2 per bushel. Ap? ply to S. D. Cain. County Superin? tendent of Education* will cure ami -kin disease). That's the price ??f Hunt's Cure, and tt is absolutei| guoraesirjeel sim krs imi <? store.