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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-15
SENATOR DAVIS SPEECH.
Second Pan-American Congress
May Result in Good for America.

Mexico City, jan 1O-Senator H:
Davis chairman Of the United
States delegation to the International
American conference, who leaves for
Washington tonight, took leave OF the
conference at this mornings session
in brief speech, saying in part:
8. Much against my desires, clrcuM-
stances require NE to leave tonight for
my home. Enough has been accom-
plished to assure Us that much good
will come to the American republics
as result of the second Pan-Amerl-
can conference s.s.sS.... -
ss Among the achievements of this
conference plan of arbitation has
been substantially agreed upon that
will be Of great value to all OF the re-
pnblics. This I feel sure is long
step towards preserving peace and set
Ting disputes between American re-
publics.
80 Permit me to say to my colleagues
Of the southern republics, where ques-
tions so often arise, and particularly
about boundaries. if you accept the
opportunity to adopt The Hague artl-
clesi it will be the greatest and best
move you can make toward a peaceful
settlement Of all disputed questions
thus following the enlightened, civil
ICED nations of the world.
ss By the construction Of the Pan
American railway it is believed; com
mercial and friendly relations will be
increased. ::
80 The government of the United
States appreciates the many courtesies
extended to their delegates and are
pleased with the results accomplished:,
Personally Person sIowe a:dsbt of gratitude
to the officials and all connected with
the conference for many kind acts
that have made my sojourn in this
country most pleasant. Z hope that
the friendl relations between the
delegates herewith mot terminateswith',
the adjournment of this conference:
With. best wishes and expressions of
my high esteem, / extend to all an
afectionate goodbye.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-15

OUR GOLD DEPUSlTS.s

Charlotte, Jan. 8.4Through the
courtesy of Assayer v. S. C1anton
sof the United States assay ofce--in
thisscity, meinterestine data regard
ing this branch The. treasury depart
:mentsis made available.
The business Of this branch is to
spurhcase. gold bullion on government
account for the iifhladep mint,
and to make ore assays: Ehe bullion
zterriitory tributary to this Office IN
3cludes North Carolina, Virginia,
South Carolina, Georgia and Ala
3bama. The gold bud ion deposited from
these states, with few small deposits
from ptherssect during thesye
inst closed amounts to S236, 63
.fuIE so percent, Of this amount com
ing rom the Care rolinas and Georgia.
This:essaysof1c issthe only one OF
the twelve smints and assay offices OF
the government that is authorized to
make ore assays During the past
year work Of this class has come from
s25 different states and territories as
follows North Carolina, Illinois.
Florida, Tennessee, Washington, Mary
land, Maine, kentucky, South Caro-
lima, PENNSYLVANIA, New York. Massa-
5chusetts, Arkansas, West Virginia,;
Ohio, Indian Territory, Kansas, Texas.
Alabama, ireini Mississippi, Mis-
sour, Idabo and Iona.
The amount Of gold bullion deposit
ed during the syearjust closed shows
IA slight decrease as compared With
1900, and some 500 O00 less than 1893.
This shortage. however, does not In
5daicate a falling off Of production Of
this territory, but is due mainly to
the large amountsof shipping ores IN
the shape Of copper matter contain
ing gold and silver that has gone to
northern refneries This amount
added to the bullion actually handled
by the Charlottee office would indl-
scate an increase for the slope of at
least $40, 900. over 1900.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-15
A Biohop Under Fire.

Few preachers discuss public ques-
tions, poll iticaE economic and social,
SO frequently IN the newspapers as
does Bishop Potter, of New York. He
IS avery active partici pant In current
affairs and is usually ready to express
his opinions concerning issues and
movements Of almost any character.
His frank and forcible manner OF
doingso makes it inevitable that @he
should sometimes offend those who do
not agree with him. - 3
At present Bishop Potter is in a
lively controversy with the prohibi-
tionists. He provoked it by azrecent
address in which he contended that
prohi ibition is not only a failure, but
has done more harm than good.
The following is one Of his declara-
tions thathas especially lrritated the
pTohi bition papers, orators and organ
Sizations
ss Whenever prohi bition has triumph
ed it has educated race ofsfrauds and
hypocrites. In Nfaine;S New Hamp-
shire and Vermont today by actual
statistics the; consump ption sof certain
preparations isglargers than anywhere
'else>in the country. One of these is.a
sarsaparil1a which has IL per cent
of alcohol. another is compound
Withss7 percent Of alcohol, another is
@bitters with 81 per cent of alcohol. A
good claret has 10 per cent. of alco-
hol, and great mu1titudes of people
who are sworn prohibitionists are the
consumers of these things. We are
going to persist in this policy, to se-
curely close all the front doors on
Sunday and open the bach. door: we
aregoing to nurse a race Of hypocrites,
stozfurnish an opportunity to party
to exact a bonus and to close the door
to the manly and Christian method
of dealing with intemperance. Prohib-
ition is an impudent fraud and an I'M
pudent failure. sss
In the same address Bishop Potter
condemned the habit Of Speaking Of
every drunkard as a victim or a
martyr. He said in substance that all
the blame is laid on those who make
and sell strong drinks, while the man
who makes a beast of himself is held
up to sympathy as If it were the GUS
sLOm@OI s1Iq uOIa oodlel9 W sAoLo oiioAt :
customers and pour the stuff down
their throats. There is little truth
and less reason in such arguments.
There comes times, perhaps, in the
life Of a confirmed sot when he is to
be :pitied, because he has reached a
point where he has no power to con-
troll his appetite and is drunkard be-
cause he cannot help it, but intelli-
gent, sensible men who start on the
downward road to a drunkard's grave
do SO of their own free will. They
are not in any sense martyrs and they
are not victims of anybody but them
selves.
These and similar declarations have
called down storm of criticism upon
the bishops venerable head
It. has come in the form of hot
editorials in prohibition and religious
publications, in condemnatory resolu-
tions passed by prohibition organiza-
tions and in great stacks of personal
letters signed and anonymous.
Bishop Potter has been through
such ordeals before and should be used
to them bv now, but the present
row is one Of the liveliest be has ever
stirred up.-A tlanta Journal.
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ANOTHER IlaI eoEfiSIola:
I sFlagman Dies at His Post
Thfee Killed.

Roaonoke, Va, Jan. There was
a head-end collision on the Kenvao
division Of the Norfolk and Western
railroad at O'Clock this morning IN
which Hugh Smith, an express mes
sengersand baggagemaster OF this city
ard Flagman John Turner Of Bluefeld
were killed.
The oMsion occurred near AlnWick,:
Va, between No. passenger
seastbo1nd, and an extra Westbound
freight train. The passenger train
wassoR time and the freight was de-
laEed The freight train sent Flagman
Turner ahead to kold the passenger
train at AlnWick, but owing to the
heavy fog the engineer OF the passen-
sgertrain did not see hin, and the
sfagman IN his efforts to be seen got on
tie trackinfront of the train and was
srun: :oVersand killed.
The two trains came into collision
] just east Of AlnWiek. Both engines
were badly damaged The express car
was crushed and Messenger Smith kill
sed. EngineerBa Bailey off the passenger
straln was seriously hurt, and G;onduc-5
Moran Of the same train was
slightly injured by being cut with
broken glasss. Engineer Kipps Of the;
freight train ightly hurt, but.
has s:freman was nnlnlured. :IaeseG5
press car and the combina natlon exs,
press aud baggage car caughtfre and:
swsres destroyed, nothing being saved
except two trunks The body OF Mes
sengerS was lbad3ly burned before
I Itswas rescued from The flames. None
ssof She passengers were Injured.
ss Engineer Barley Of the PASSENGER
tram, whose home was at Blueneld;
died iisaeYenlng from his Injuries,
making the number OF dead three.
SItswass not thought at first that Engl
sneer Bailey Jurfes Wo1ld prove:
fatal
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One Cent Letter 2 Postage.'

Mr. CharlessEmorv Smith, who re.
Gently resigned the postmastergenera
ship, filled that Office vi th conspicuous
sabilitysand his opinions asssto the
needs Of thespogtal service are entltlee
to osrespeetffnls sideration.
It was his ambition to see one-cen1
letter postage an accomplished fact
before he left the cabinet, and though
1t has not yet been realized we are
nearer to it now than We were when
Mr.. Smith became postmaster general
He helped forward the acrse Of one
cent letter postage by his persistent
efforts behalf of reform IN the sec
ond-class mail service.
a reduction Of the letter rate could
have been effected long ago if the vast
ouanat;iitt ;ity tg Of matter thatsgoes through
the mails as second class matter which
is not really entitled to that privilege
had been required to pay higher
rate.
The second-class rate was intended
to apply to legitimate newspapers,
magazines, etc, but a multitude OF
cheap advertising and gift enterprise
Punneatlons nave peen= p'i1niesoo -
use ~ -. .h1;aa+;one,s tara ithaon c.,.
inese pupllcasl slons law soogn q
millions Of dollars a year; whereas II
,yoni fn,seuarai
1sso.s o, r,,l,,s ;nstasd
yeaIS es,p
ofsa Genet sn!ples s1las Mosllu nass
bTougntsapouI 1cheI !eeae.elol...o.
the iegger razor sosnel lll 'loveliels
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-15

Some time agony daughter caught a
severe cold. She complained of pains IN
her chest and had bad cough. gave
her Chamberlain's Cough Remedy accord
ing TO directions and in two days she was
well and able to go to school. have
used this remedy IN my family for the
past seven years and have never known 1t
to fail says James Prendergrast, mer.
chant. Annato Bay, Jamaica, West India
Islands. The pains in the chest indicated
AN approaching attack of pneumonia,
which in this instance was undoubtedly
s-wsarded OFF by Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. It counteracts any tendency OF a
cold toward pneumonia. Sold by Dr. A j
China.
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WANTED To GET ijE IN.
He Was Willing to Join II It Didn't
Cost Too Much.

He Was Willing to Join IL It Didn't
Cost Too Much.
a lank, long countryman stood out
side of the reading room door Of the III
brary Of congress and looked with long
ing eyes. at its gorgeous interior Admit
tance had been refused on his declar-.
ing that he had 10 intention of reading,
but he fingered near the door hoping
something would turn up to let him in.
Finally he again approached the door
keeper.
You say 1 can't set in, boss?1 be
asked.
Not unless you want to read" was
the discouraging reply.
"a dollar. wouldn't. be any object to
yon; would it, boss?,
The doorkeeper shook his head and
waved the insistent visitor away. In a
few moments three members OF Goes
gress approached and, nodding to the
doorkeeper, said We are members.
you know" nd.passed in through the
door. The countryman darted forward
again.
Il say, boss" he asked confdentiaIly;
show much does it cost to besa mem
ber? 4 belongto one lodge already but
eff tain tstoo all fired much I'll go you;
for / certainly do want to git in thar
and dsset down. spell; certainly do. -
New York Tribune.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-15

Yokohama, Jan. PA report has
been received from Seoul. Corea. to
the effect that Russia, without waiting
for Corea's permission, has pushed its
telegraph line across the Tooman river
into Corean territory.
Amsterdam, Jan. 10.-The Boer
delegates in Holland evidently antici-
pate that some kind Of peace overtnres
viii shortly be made, though they are
reticent as to their reasons for this be-
lief. They maintain, however, that
the demand for an unconstitutional
surrender must be. abandoned. It IS
privately admitted that the DELEGATES
will not reject what they call any
fair offer to terms, . IF the negotia-
tions are started by a neutral power
the delegates will earnestly seek to
obtain aux modus vivendi which will
reconcile Mr.. Ringers desire for
complete independence with the terms
offered By Great Britain.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-15
...se'.:s;..=.t -; Ia 4
Aalatfc HuuOr.

A8AalIC
Atone Of the public dinners given
by..Ameers Abdur Rahman Khan" says
Mr. Stephen Wheeler in his story Of
the .ameer,s life, @an: excited native
rushed into the midst Of the assembly
and prostrated himself in front of the
ameer.
.sahibr he sgasped. The Russians
are comingr
g rom what direction are they visi-
bley asked the ameer without chang
ing his expression.
" From yonder hill replied the ma
tive. :s=
e Climb that tree and watch until
they Gomez was the royal command. IS
The native ascended TO the topmost
branches and was forced to remain un-
til he dropped TO- the ground.
Political upholsterers, !" whom Addi-
son described as grave persons" may
see in this anecdote evidence OF the
ameer's full confidence in sRnssia's in,
tentions toward Afghanistan. It is
more probable that it wassa manifes-
tationi OF that grim humor which was
OF the quaint oriental. stripe with
which the ARABIAN Nights have
made us familiar.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-15
Many schley Resolutions.

Washington, Jan. l0.-When the
house committee on naval affairs met
today for organization, Representatlv
R;xey of Virginia proposed that the
various measures relating to Admiral
sSchley be considered by the commit
tee as a whole instead of awaiting the
consideration Of subcommittee.
The sentiment OF the committee was
against tie proposition and=it was de-
termined 20 allow these measures to
take. the usual course. There are ten
resolutions. and bills bearing on the
Schley case and they will =bein charge
of the regular subcommittee on or
zeanization. rank and pay. consisting Of
Representatives Watson. Dayton, Cou-
sins. Tayler, Meyer, Cummings and
Wheeler.
Washington, Jan. 1o-Representa-
tive Lowering of Massachusetts today
introduced a bill providing a salary
for ex-presidents of the United States.
The salary is to be at the rate of s25,-
900 annually, from the date of retire
ment from the presidency, and the bill
is to apply to any ex-president living
at the time the law is enacted.
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Tile Y omen I of Sumter & [: e.

undressing and daint and valuable
and entertaining in the Woman2s
abniaa that the average visitor has
hafdy time toIealy inspectmoret than
asfeWsof the dozens fsroemsa and booth
andsdepaftmeRts,u less: indeed he rs
eEtlfelyaat atsleisuresnads dscounts not the
hours as they places1s we'll
worth asfnl study andre doubteYery-
onewhosha5e entered and gone away
feeling that much hassbeen left un-
seen viii return when It. Is possible
and 90 On with the very pleasant task
assigned Those xho noWsSYisit the
Woman n,ssbuildingw will find that in the
section devoted to county exhibits
there's little more to T be done;a and
among thoserecenttl finished is the
exhibit fthela ladies' Of Sumter. The
Gamecock Cuonty has now one OF the
most attractive and beautiful booths
the buildi and dstthereEi isamuch to-
invite attent1o and repay tors
dorsth hesstimesgpe sss.tthefein: The Sum
ter otfi.issabo boutsmid dWaysins the spe-
sciaI sectiensofAc ties; the east
sIdeof The buil lding, and IS handsome
Moderated The Mal llssares hung with
sswinecolored fsu4ed3s damask por-
tieres, and the floofis covered with a
velvet rare rgOna1ta pattern.
About the: space are wall cases, cabi-
snetaY south cornersis occupied Sby:
Sarnstics stand npoHsWhiie are perch
led d number Of fine birds, such as are
\ hunted IA Sumter County, and the
stand also contains seVerak very. fine
sets Of antlers, also the trophies of
3Snmter,ssgamep preserves Fine paint
ings, IN oil and water colors, adorn the
walls, and .syaaHabl old chairs are
placed near the window and entrance
3 slnone of the large g1asszcases is dis
played splendid collection Of en-
sbroideries, painting on silk and lace
work, made By ladies' OF Sumter:
Another cabinet contains several
pieces Of white and gold china, mark
ed which belonged to Gen.
Marion and are now owned by his
descendants The chap epau
lets Of Brig. Gen. Thomas Chi1ds, u.
IS. A. hero OF three wars, who
t1edsin 1854 = occupies space, and
the portrait and sword Of Lieut.. Gen.
Dick. Anderson are given promi-
nence n another: his sword is Of
beautiful workmanship gilded and
having the head Of Calhoun at the
hit. It was presented to Gen. An
\ derson for gallantry IN the Mexican
war bythe State Of South Carolina.
pretty and ornamental wall cabi-
net is filed with rare old jewelry and
abfic-a-brac, snuff boxes Of chased s5l-
5rer, WedgeWood ware and hand-palnt-
The evening world., 1902-11-29
tspsci.l to The Evening wOrld.l

Especial to The Evening World.)
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. D.-Charles F.
Kelly was arraigned this morning In
the Central Station Police Court and
held to await requisltion papers from
81. Louis. He refused the legal help
Of Joseph B. McKenna. VINO claimed to
have been sent by John ]. Green.
sci for the Democratic City Central
Committee.
II shall look after my W interests
and you will obllge me by leaving my
case alone" said Kelly.
McKenna proposed habeas corpus pro-
ceedings. After Detective James Tate.
sr., read the telegram from Chief Kelly,
OF st. Louis, upon which he had ar
rested the eX-Speaker OF the House OF
Delegates, Kelly arose in the prisoners
box looking pale from his night in the
cell. His voice trembled as no responded
to the usual qneAtlons of name and res
ldence. Without waiting for any further
responses Magistrate Kerchespergel
said:
Held without bail to await reoruasI
Kelly "a led back to his cell. with
his friend Jacobs close at hand. Al
officer from st. Louis is expected to ar
rive here with the necessary papers OF
Monday.
The evening world., 1902-11-29
AIdermanic Committee Divided
on Question, Minority Advo-
eating Franchise as 1t Isl
Majority for a Labor Clause.
BOTH TO BE READ TUESDAY,
Demand for More Remuneration u
City Likely to compIleate thl
Situation Still Further and Insur
Rejection Of Bill.

The Railroad Committee Of the Board
of Aldermen. to which the mattar Of tbs
Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel f~ranchIss
was referred, has finished Its delibora.
lions. which were conducted in secrot
session. The members are said to b
divided on the question and . =s5STis5
and a minority report will be read ai
Tuesdays meeting of the Board.
The minority report approves thu
franchise in its present form, It Is sat0
but the majority report win contend foi
the insertion of the labor and ndenntay
clauses. as well as stIpulating greate1
compensation to the city based on &
tratfic rate percentage.
The session will therefore DO livalH
the contention hat the compensatioa
agreed upon by the Rapid Transit Com
mission is inadequate, introducing {
third division in he body.
II nothing occurs in the mean time q
whip the aldermen into line h fran
chiae will be rejected and voted to Be
sent eek to the Rapid Transit Commlaf
sion for amendment. Discussion OF thf
reports Of the committee will occupy 81
OF Tuesdays session, when there VIII -
an adjournment and the matter will %
over until the following Tuesday. Thel
the question Will be voted on dnallH
That Is the present programme
The evening world., 1902-11-29
OBR|EN TO LEAVE
The SCHOOL BOARD
After More than Twenty Years
Continuous Service He Will
Retire to Private Life.

After nearly twenty-five years con-
tIruous service in the Board OF Educa-
ton. Niles NJ. O'Brien will retire or
IAN. 1. HIS successor will be Edward
d. o'Brien, q son of Justice Denis
o'Brien, of the Court OF appeals.
Miles o'Brien retires from the Board
with the esteem Of Ids associates and
OF Mayor Low. When he was reap
pointed last year he intimated that he
had served 80 long and that the de-
nands upon his time were 80 many that
he should be permitted to retire. but
the Mayor prevailed upon him to re-
main in the Board until the new mem-
bers appointed by him had become
familiar with their duties.
The first action taken by Mayor Lows
appolntees was to dspose Mr.. o'Brien
from the presidency and r~eorganize the
Board on a different basis. This fact,
however. had nothing TO do with his
retirement. as when he accepted his APP
pointment from Mayor Low he stipu-
lated that It should be for one year
only. -,
Mayor Grace and was reappointed by
every succeeding executive but Mayor
Strong.
The evening world., 1902-11-29
A CLEVER SCHOLAR.
Knew the Food to study On

When q young lady going away TO
.chool carries food away with her
in place Of q box OF canoy' unere
must be some reason.
A woman in Milton Mills, n. n;
SAYS: Having a large family l nae
much are and worry, and was v
very strong and healthy, but man
aged to keep fairly we'll until the
lat few vars. Each summer lately
round me worn out and weak at Its
close. 90 that l had to spend a week
or two in bed. Ny stomach always
falls me when / am over-tired, the
food refusing to assimilate, until
finally my stomach becomes 30 weak
that the mere standing on my feet
causes me to reich so violently that
I have often vomited blood.
81 had seen Grape-Nuts food ad-
vertised and fancied 1t vas like other
cereals. many of which l had tried
and discarded. When my usual at
tack anne on last August, l was In
despair, for nothing would stay on
INV stomach except a little hot milk.
''I decided to try Grape-Nuts and
sent for a package. / ate a little and
law DICK dllCT Shblh6 "ASNON S-RN@
encing any of the sickly feelings
that usually followed any movement
in bed, and fell into a refreshing
sleep. l continued using the food
and day by day gained rapidly in
strength until now l am entirely
we'll and strong and my stomach does
not bother me any more.
"Grape-Nuts is what l have often
wished for-something that | can
eat for breakfast and feel that l am
satisfied. After eating n dish OF
Grape-Nuts with a little cream, !
can work all the morning and forget
| have a stomach.
THE children like 1t so well that
II is hard to keep them in bounds -
TO the quantity that should be eaten.
! MY eldest girl actually carried of
a package when she returned to
school at - with as much ella
ton as IL 1t had been a box of the
choicest bon-bons." Name given by
Postum Co.. Battle Greek, Mich.