The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 18, 1911, Image 3
REBELS REPULSE R?RIIES.
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auror*.
Comsiock. Texas. Jan. It,?More
than 200 mm were ktlle I In a desper?
at* battle between tb
eral soldiers and a small party of
revolutionIst.s os) the bank of the Klo
Ores ie, opposite this point, yester?
day. The Insurgents had only 18 men
and for three hours they held s^t bay
70 rurales and 70 Infantry soldiers.
When darkness ended the battle the
tasurtectos held the field and the fed?
eral troops had withdrawn a couple
of miles and camped. The revolution?
ists left a couple of hours later for
their mountain headquarters, 50
miles away carrying their wounded.
Of the II Insurgents, two were killed
and seven wounded.
E. Sorrllll, an Associated Press cor?
respondent with the Insurgents, re?
ceived a slight wound In the thigh.
The determined stand of the hand?
ful of Insurgents has not been equaled
In border warfare. Twice rurales
charged the Insurgents' position, once
coming within 50 yards, but each time
they were repulsed. The correspond?
ent counted IH soldiers that were car?
ried from t!\e field during the battle.
The insu? recto band originally
a timbered 4t and had been for several
days riding through the country gath?
ering up horsea
For two days a party of 70 rurales
had chased the band and on the night
of January 10 the party went to the
river to water their Jaded horses aad
rest, thinking they had eluded the
government forces.
The next morning It of the band
started for a ranch about 12 miles
away to get more horsea
The camp of the Insurrectos was
discovered and a company of 70 In?
fantrymen was mounted and sent to
the nopport of the squad of rurales.
When they approached the ramp of
the Insurrectos preparations were
made to give them a hot reception.
Two f the rebels were set at work
packing extra ammunition and rlt'es
oa mule-back.
The 18 insurrectos, armed with
mtngtons. took possession in a line
dawn across ?he trail of the advanc?
ing soldiers. The firing commenced at
a distance of about 300 yards. The
hssnrgents poured a volley Into the
enemy and three soldiers fell. The
soldiers returned the tire and the bat
t was
After half an hour's contlnu ?d
fighting the federals received rein?
forcement*, from their man body and
a charge was made on the Insurrectos.
As they advanced the defenders of the
pass sent a storm of bullets Into their
ranks, firing coolly and making every
s>ot count. The federals advanced a
short distance and then returned to
their original position.
The flr*ng continued and one by
one tho uand of Insurrectos dropped
from the ranks, either dead or wound?
ed UBtV oily nine men remained
working their guns. Again the sol?
es charged, this time approaching
within SO yards of the gully, where
the Insurrectos were concealed. Not
a man gave away, but continued filing
deliberately until the soldiers again
retreated. In.th in the charges and
retreats the ruralers kept their line In
good order* and showed no panic.
The steady fire and good aim oX the
Insurrectos was more than the sol?
diers could stand and they shrank
from closing for a final assault.
The battle started st 4.20 o'clock
and continued steadily until 7:30. As
darkness approached the 20 Insur?
rectos who had been sent for hv>rses
appeu,. d on a neighboring hill, ap?
proaching at a gallop. Tho bugles of
the soldiers Mew a retreat. They fell
hark about a mile, where tlnv took a
stronger position In a shallow can?
yon and the field was left to the In?
surrectos.
The Insurreetos hurled their dead,
cared for the wounded, pscked their
equipment and two hours later start* d
acroas country for Kl Hurro. the
mountains where they have establish?
ed their stronghold.
?l?cetli In Ib.arlng lire
may not result from the work g|
firebugs, but often s* / UTe burns are
railed that make a q j|ek need for
Mucklen's Arnica Halve, the qulckent,
surest SUM for burns, wounds,
brulnes, bolls, sores. It subdues lull hp
matlon. it kills pain. It soothes
and heals. I?rlvea off skin eruption-,
uhers or pllea only lie at Hlbert's
I?rug Store.
I roia experiments In St. Louis, It
appears that Insane persons "show
more sense In shopping" than pre?
sumably sane folks, which seems to
he damning with faint praise.
?l?o rOS knoW that fully nine out
of every ten rasen of rheumatism sre
simply rheumatism of the muscles
due, to cold or damp, or chronic rheu?
matism, and require no Internal t
ment whatever" Apply Chamberlains
Liniment freely and see how quickly
It given relief Kor sale by all deal
.iti.i mi n is thursday before!
v. s. si'PRKMK < olrt.
ciiurK<ii wiiii H?ing u Trust Under
the Sherman l4iw, standard Oil
Compaii)'* Hlsnolutlon is Sought by
Federal (,o\ eminent?Heuling of
Gass Dssnyed ky Arguments in "To?
bacco Trust" Suit?Story of Action
Against t.icjit < oi |M>iatlon.
Washington, Jan. ii.?Before the
Supreme Court of the United States
tomorrow, it is expected will begin
the final fight of the Standard Oil
Company to avoid dissolution as a
trust, under the operation of the
Sherman anti-trust law. It was
thought the case would be reached
today, but arguments upon the sim?
ilar case v>f the so-called "Tobacco
Trust" were not concluded.
When these arguments are finish?
ed, soon after the resumption of busi?
ness by the Court tomorrow, John G.
Milburn, of New York, Is expicted to
lay before It the foundation of the
defense of the Standard agamst the
move instituted by the Government.
The suit under the Sherman anti?
trust law to dissolve the Standard Oil
organization was instituted in 1906,
in (He Ctrenll Court of the United
State?, for the Kastern district of Mis?
souri. The proceedings were begun
by the department of justice in the
name of the United States against 114
corporations and seven individuals.
The principal corporation was the
Standard oil Company, of New Jersey.
Prom 1882 to th at time this
mpany is said to have operated re?
fineries itself, but In 1899 its stock
was Increased to $100,000,000 so as
to enable it |0 acquire the stock of
nineteen other oil companies, which in
turn owned a large number of com?
panies, concerned in the oil business.
The Standard Oil Company, of New
Jersey, was designated as a holding
company and is similar to the Amer?
ican Tobacco Company, the -organi?
zation of which was considered by the
Court during the last few days.
The se'-m Individuals named in
the suit as defendants were John D,
Rockefeller. William Rockefeller.
Henry M. Flagler, Henry II. Hogers,
John D. Archbold. Oliver II. Payne
and Charles M. Pratt. The part these
men are said to have played in the
alleged violation of the Sht rman anti?
trust law has been summarized by
tie Government as follows:
About 1870 the Rockefellers and
Flagler conceived the purpose of
controlling the petroleum trade, both
domestic and export, and obtaining a
monopoly thereof. They entered in?
to a conspiracy to accomplish this
purpose, which from time to time
took the form of various combina?
tions. Shortly after 1870 the Rocke?
fellers and Flagler were joined in the
conspiracy by Rogers, Archbold,
l'ayVie and Pratt.
The form which the alleged con?
spiracy took is described by the Gov?
ernment as being from 1870 to 1888,
" a combination between a large
ftumber of manufacturers, who ueted
in harmony and whose stock Interests
were pooled in the hands of three
trustees in 1879.' From 1888 to 1899,
the form of the alleged combination
was that of a trust agreement, where
i v the stock of a large number of
corporations was placed In the hands
of trustees, who managed the prop?
erty. From Iff! to the present time,
the combination is alleged to ha\e
taken the form of a holding com?
pany, the Standard <ul C, mpany of
New Jers* .
The four Judges In the Circuit
? urt found the Starfdard <>il was an
illegal com bt nation In restraint of
Inter-State commerce and was also
monopolising the oil trade. A decree
was entered enjoining the holding
< ..mpany from SXSrctslng any control
OrSf the subsidiary companies, and
eiijolnl.hr the subsidiary companies
fro;:i paving any dividends to the
holding company. All wire enjoined
from engaging In Inter-State com?
merce until the Illegal combination
S I I discontinued.
MOS Kidney Pills.
?Are tonic In action, quick in re?
sults. A specal medicine for all kid?
ney and bladder disorders. Mary C.
Abbott. Wolfeboro, N. H., says: "I
was afflicted with a bad case of rheu?
matism, due to uric acid that my
kidneys failed to clear out of my
blood. I was so lame in my feet,
I Joints, and back that it was agony for
me to step. 1 used PolOS Khlney Pills
for thrro days when I was able to get
up and more about and the pains
were all gone. This great Change
Is eondttloa i owe to roley Kidney
Pills and recommend them to any
ans suffering as i have." w. w.
Maori
Mm Taft left the national Capi?
tol sofort her husband's message was
half rend. Nothing like exercising
one's privilege
Old Soldier Tortured.
i or years i suffered unspeakable
torture from Indigestion, oonstlpation
and liver trouble" vsrote A. K. fchotth,
a war veteran ?t Brie, Pa., "but I >r.
Kind's New Ufs PIIIp fixed ml Sil
right They're simply great." Try
lasen for stomach, llvsr of
kidney trouble. Only lie at Slbert's
I?rug Store.
SCHOOL liW REPORT. 1
COMMISSION MAKES RECOM?
MEND v. I \s TO LEGISLA?
TURE.
The Revised Law Would Strengthen
and Unify Public Behool System and
Bring It Up-to-Date?Some of the
Changes,
Columbia, Jan. 1 :i.?Few fundmen
tal changes, but thro.- constitutional
am< ndments and several alterations
Of the existing school law are suggest?
ed In the report Hied today by the
commission to revise the school law
of the State and report a bill em?
bodying recommendations to the gen?
eral assembly. The effect of the bill
would be to unify and strengthen the
existing system and bring it up-to
date. The powers of the State super?
intendent of education are enlarged
and he is given control of the ap?
pointments to the State board of edu?
cation.
The commission was composed of
Superintendent Swearingen, High
Scoool Inspector Hand, President
Johnson, of Winthrop, Superintendent
Edmunds of the Sumter schools and
Mendel L. Smith of the Camden bar.
Columbia, Jan. 13.?Half an hour .
sufficed for today's session of the ]
house, after which an adjournment
Was taken until 8 o'clock Monday
* venlng to allow the engrossing de?
partment to catch up with its work.
Thf notable report from the Com?
mission to revise the school laws was
referred to the education and public
school committees, w liich will hold a
joint public hearing there on Tues?
day afternoon.
Mr. DlXOn of Falrfleld introduced a
bill to add "And Civil Engineer" to
the degree of Bachelor of Science con?
ferred by the Citadel.
The portrait of John Eaurens, by
Edmonds,' was accepted and a joint
committee will arrange for its pre?
sentation.
Dr. Woodrow Wilson has been in?
vited to deliver the adrdess on that
occasion. On objection the concur?
rent resolution passed in senate to
dismiss the Southern Hallway com?
pany merger suit appeal was laid over
until Monday in house.
AN OFFICIAL JOKF.LFT.
Sheriff's Office Shuts Off Supply of
News.
The sheriff's office Itself has been a
joke so long that people have ceased
smiling when somo one unthinkingly
inquires why an obvious duty is not
performed, has perpetrated a joke that
la too good to keep. They have decid?
ed to run the Daily Item out of busi
n sj by refusing to reveal any news
that by chance may get lodged in that
office, It would be a hard blow and
one that a newspaper could scarcely
survive were things different from
what they arc, but, since the Item
usually hears things the Sheriff ought
to know?even murders and the leis?
urely departure of fugitives?hours
and sometimes days before the Sher?
iff's Office gets a glimmering idea that
yomething has happened, the blow" is
one to be borne with tolerant forti?
tude. The cause for this would-be
drastic action against the Item is
surmised to be?from the rather
rambling and unlucid verlbage of the
ultimatum?the inability of the Daily
Item to admire the administrative
methods of the Sheriff's office. It is
also gathered from conincident cir
BUmstanc? I that the latest grouch of
the Sh. lift's office arises from the
lion appreciation of the publicity gi\
t n the fact! relative to the fall lira of
the Sh. i ill' s office to do anything tbac
they might reasonably have been 6X?
pected to do, SS public officials, to ai
resl J, W. Harper, before he took his
lelaurely departure for Habana. Now
id it Mr. Harper, with a kind eonaid
iration and thOUghtfulness, hardly to
have bean expected in the clrcumstan
es, has furnished his address to the
BherifTs office, it is to be wondered
what the BherifTs office will do w*ek
ifter next, it it can make UP Its mind
lo do anything at all in so short a
lime.
'Medclnss that aid nature are al?
ways moat effectual. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy acts on thTu plan.
It allys the cough, relievo* the lungs,
tpsns the weoretlons und aids nature
In restoring the sytJtem to a healthy
tondltlon. Thousands have Leatlfled
to Its superior excellence. Sold by
ill druggists.
It's Hid "election by popular VOt?"
that the old Senators fear, but the
failure of election,
Solve a Deep Ifyetery.
?"I want to thank you from tb<
bottom of my heart," wrote C, I'..
Hader, of Lewiaburg, W, Va? "lor
(he wonderful double benefit I got
from Rlectrlc Blttera, in curing no
of both a severe ease of stomach
trouble and of rheumatism, from
which I bud been on almost help
less sufferer for ton years, it suited
my ease ;is though made just for
me." For dyspepsia. Indigestion,
laundlCS and to rid the system of
kidney poisons that cause rheums
M m. Rlectrlc Blttera has no equal
Try them. Every bottle Is guaran
leed to satisfy. Only lOc at Sbert'.
Drug Store.
COMMITTEE OP CITY MET LAST
SIGHT AM) DECIDED TO
CALL I <)H VOLUNTEERS.
Are The Citizens of Sumter Patroitio i
Enough to GlVC Their Services Free
of Charge In the Internet of the
City.
FrAn the Daily [tern, Jan. 13.
The special committee of three of
the members of City Council, Mayor ;
Jennings, and Aldermen McKelver
and Glenn, appointed to have charge
of the retaking of the census of the
city, so as to get a more exact enu?
meration of its inhabitants than that
taken by the government census enu?
merators when they enumerated the
inhabitants of the city last May, met
in the Mayor's office last night and
after discusing the matter of a new
census for some time they decided in
View of the offer of citizens to serve
as volunteer enumerators that it
might be advisable to have the cen- t
sus taken by volunteers rather than to 1
employ paid enumerators as at first j
decided upon.
Now the question is, "Has Sumter j
enough patriotic citizens who will
volunteer their services for the work." I
it seems that the question is already !
partly answered for many of the!
prominent citizens of the city have al- !
ready volunteered their services and j
many more have declared their wil?
lingness to either subscribe towards
having s new census taken or to do
? very thing that they call toward-;
having it taken. This seems to ans?
wer the question pretty well, but the'
thing is nos Whether it Will meet the
hftarty approval of all of the citizens, !
and will enough of them volunteer so
that the work can be dot e in one af?
ternoon. ,
The system proposed by the com?
mittee is to have one man for every
block in town and, as the block will 1
i
probably not be a long one, this will I
work no hardship on any one man.
lit getting the enumeration done by
volunteer census takers, the committee
also had In mind the fact that in this !
way it would be done, not only so
much Quicker, but SO much better.
The reason for thinking this Is that if
it is done by the volunteer census tak?
ers, it will be done by them only be- |
cause of their interest in the city's 1
welfare and their desire to see jus- I
tic done to the city.
Another and very important reason
for having the work done by the voi ? j
unteer force is the saving to the city |
of more than $100. While Council at |
its last meeting appropriated $1T.0 1
for the retaking of the census, it is I
anxious to save that money for the \
city if possible, and where there Is a
chance to save money for the city, it j
is the desire of the committee to do i
so. This committee, which is work- I
ing for the city without pay, th'nks 1
that the citizens of the town ought '
' i
to be w illing to do what they are doing (
and it seems but natural that this
should be the case. What Is wanted is
honest and conscientious men who will
give up one or two hours of their
time to the taking of the census on
their blocks, men who will swear to
do their duty and their Whole duty
by the city. Those who are willing to
take the job of volunteer census tak?
ers upon themselves shouls) let the
City Clerk, or one of the members of
the committee appointed to look af?
ter the new census, know of it at 1
once.
There are between three and four
hundred blocks in the city, "will one
good man from each one of those
blocks volunteer?" Already enough
have volunteered their services to
take most of the principal blocks in
the city, but this should not prevent
others from Offering their services, for
interest in the matter car. not be
shown by too many persons.
Jokelet Number Two.
Tin Governor's official proclama?
tion of the reward for the capture of
j. w. draper has not been printed in
this paper, as the Sheriff's office has
cut *?ft' business dealings with the
Daily Item as well as the news sup?
ply. The Daily Item will manage to
rock along without the small sum
that the Governor pass for printing
proclamations, and it is to be hoped
that the Bheriffs office Is getting lots
of .satisfaction out of withholding
from publication for three or four
days longer than necessary, an official :
proclamation that should have been
printed at the earliest possible op?
portunity. But, as the Daily Item
gave gratuitous publication of the
fa? t that the Governor had offered j
th<- reward, the public interest did
not suffer, consequently the Sheriffs!
office can < njoy and gloat over its
neat and nifty Spite work with a clear
c( mscience,
P, s. it has been the custom for
many years for proclamations of re?
wards to be printed in all newspapers
lure, and the Governor's office has
always promptly paid the bills, hence
the Sheriff's office is neither following
precedent nor saving money f >r the
county In this matter.
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of
f - and has been made under his per
zf?fi^fc** sonal supervision since its infancy*
^^^^ Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and ?? Just-* -good" are but?
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment?
What is CASTOR IA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare?
goric, Irrops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant* It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Karcotie
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and aMays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea?The Mother's Friend*
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Sears the Signature of
The KM You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
TUB ?KNTAUM COMPANY, fT MUMNAV ?TU ?CT. NSW VORM CITY.
If you were to deposit only $5 and leave it and the
compound interest on it in our bank for five hundred
years, and you were to live thai long, you could buy the
earth. Money placed in our bank and LEFT ALONE
will grow TREMENDOUSLY fast.
Make OUR Bank YOUR Bank.
We pay liberal interest consistent with safety 4?.
First National Bank
OF SUMTER.
THE
BANK OF SUMTER
SUMTER, S. C.
i
Capital and Profits
$140,000.00
I 'Time and Tide Wait for no Man."
But the Farmers' Bank Trust Company is
always waiting with the goods. Having the
largest capital st? c k of any hank in the
county, ami a steadily increasing surplus, its
prepared to take care of you and wants your
account.
The Farmers' Bank and Trust Go.