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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-21
SELL YOUR PISTOL {
No More Pistol Carrying or Pistol
Selling After Next Month

Columbia, May lit does notsaps
pear to be generally remembered thats.
the State. is going to practieally stop
the sale of pistols after the istssoEsS
July. Its not a long while before sthess
new statute goes into effect. 49,
therefore, high time for the dealers M
pistols to remember the existence ct:
the. statute and get to the point ofsclos-ss
=ino ont their stocks. At the time the
statute was enacted there was some 'll1s
talk Of bringing a suit to test the con-
stitutionality Of the Act: No test
can be made until the law becomes
operative, because the State Supreme
Court will not decide a case winch
presents q prospective issue. mere
IS now talk Of a pool being gotten Pc
among the dealers to employ d1stln5s M
gnished counsel and, by violating the
law. make a test of the constIt tutlonss:
ality. The man who, after July
violates the law ard allows himself toS
be convicted merely to test the statute.
rms a considerable risk, but some
agreement may be reached upon tn1ss:
matter.
The law is radical and extraordinary
Init South Carolina has before TINS:
done some more surprising thlngss
and and If the new law will only stop the the
pistol habit it will have done great
thing. 1oo,s ss
and is known as the Cooper law, readss
as follows:
Section 12s. From and after the
first day Of July, 1902, it shall be uns
1.lSif 1awfnl for anyone to carry about the
person, whether concealed OF not, any
ppistol less than twenty inches iongs
and three pounds in weight, ana ~
shall be unlawful for any person, = Inn
or corporation to manufacture, sen ols ls
offer for sale, or transport tor use oIss
sale into this State, any pistol OF. tl:s LIS
length or weight. Any iolatlon OF snls
section sect shall be punished BY tine OF
not ,1s lees than one hundred dollars, OF
;nnr;sonnment for not more tnanS an
tb;ytv tl1 days. and IN case Of violation
hy . firm or a corporation It sbaH 1oI-=
felt the sum of one hundred dollars 70
and as. for the use of the school fund OF
the ,.ts comfy wherein the latlon taxes
nIace y;LS to be recovered as other nnes
and a forfeitures. This section snall a3
not not apply to peace officers in the actual
d;scbaroa i of their duties or to persons
while on their premises. es.-o.-o.:=
Yep e.sThe fines and fo1feitures above pro-
yided for, when collected, sf1aA g9.asos
the school fund Of the county Wnere
the violation occurred. ca-a-.,
At%the recent session OF the Genera Gene
Assembly the Act was anendeo. .osgiss
friends so as to cure aInb1gall1Sslesss.7- El1sss- -
News and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-21
YESTERDAY IN MARTINIQUE.

Fort de France, Island Of Martl-
nique, May 19-S a. m.-A party from
here has gone to st. Pierre on the
British cruiser Indefatigable, carrying
wifi them cofins for the purpose OF
rerecovering the bodies of the family
of Thomas Z. Prentis, the late Uni
ted States consul at that place, who
were killed in the disaster The IN in
termentS Of the remains will take
place here and will be conducted with
military honors. The Indefatigable
brought 100 tons of supplies.
There wss another eruption from
Mont Pelee yesterday. Ashes fell here.
The vlocano is still violently smoking
and there are no signs of it ceasing 1ts
activity.
natl and the United States tug Poto-
mac will be stationed here indefinite
lv. The Potomac will shortly go to
the island Of Guadaloupe to bring to
this place the furniture, books, ETC.;
of the Office Of the United States con
sui there, Louis Fl. AFme.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-21
TIE STATE FAIR.

THURSDAY was the day upon which
the bids for the State fair recently
called for By the committee were to
have been opened. None OF the COM
mitteemen reside here and it could not
be definitely acsertained yesterday
whether any bids were presented; It
"a said that there were none. Colum-
bia did not put in bid to keep the
fair here, the merchants and business
men taking the view that lf#the tar
is carried away they will at once
organize an exposition company and
give first class show every fal!.-Ihe
State, Mays1
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-21
spARIANBURG WINS The cUp.
Jury Has Awarded Prize to Spar
tan Women.

Charleston, MAY E.-SpartanburgI
has won the prize for the best county
exhibit III the Woman's building. The
following is the report Of the commit
tee, which was selected by Mrs. s. zC..
Simonds, president Of the Woman's
board, without their names being
known even to the executive commit
tee. Spartanburg also Won the first
prize of 81, 600. for the best county
exhibit at the Exposition:
.At the request of the president OF
the Woman IS. board of the Exposition,
Mrs. Sarah Calhoun Simonds, Mrs.
RichardNP. Bland, Mrs Edyth Tozier
Weatherred and Mrs. S. Rhett Roman.
consenting to act as "a committee on
awards, have examined carefully and
critically the county exhibits OF
women's work placed in the Woman's
building. with view to give their
unbiased and honest opinion as to
which county, by its superior display
Of art and other women's work, and its
superior decoration, should be award
ed the silver cup prize offered by Mr.
James Allen for that purpose.
The counties which have exhibits IN
the Woman's building are the follow
ing; Dorchester, Greenville, Laurens,
Newberry, Edgefeld, Anderson, Or
angeburg. Union, Sumter, Florence,
Berkeley, Spartanburg, Aiken and
Georgetown, thirteen in all.
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Fessender's Wireless Telegraph.
Pittsburg, Pa, May 10. The Ga
zette tomorrow will publish the fol-

lOW1nGG -
Prof. Reginald a. Fessenden, the
wireless telegraph expert, is in Pitts
burg with friends. He declared last
night that. he had completed arrange
ments for the organization of a close
toss5, 600, 600 company for the develop
ment OF the wireless system. Prof.
Fessenden said also that his system of
wireless telephoning has been perfect
ed to a degree that If applied to Pitts
burg there would be none OF the
troub blesome crossing oflines.
On the strength Of the success OF
experiments condc dcuted in the interest
.of=the United States Government, Prof.
Fessenden has arranged to fulfill a
number of contracts of Importance
He and his associates will shortly
take up the work Of installing Trans
Atlantic stations, connecting, IN one
instance, the United States and France.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-21
GOAL NINE HORROR n sSEE.
About Two Hundred Men and Boys.
Entombed

Coz. Greek, Tenn, May Is. 99.---.Thes
worst disaster in the history of Ten
:nessee mining occurred at 7.3O O'Clock;
this morning, when between 175 and
20 men and boys met instant death at
the Frateryille coal mine, two miles
west Of this town, as a result Of gas
explosion. 4sf:53s
Out Of the large number Of men and.
boys who went toswork this morning
elopements at 10 o'clock tonight
show that only one is alive and he is
so badly injured that he cannot live
This man was VIM. Morgan, az aged
Englishman, who was a road man in
the mine and was blown out Of the en-
trance by force Of the explosion. One
hundred and seventy y-fire miners were
checked in for work this morning by
the mine boss. In addition to these:
were boys who acted as helpers and
drivers, roadmen and others to the
number of perhaps fifty.
Fraterville mine Is the Oldest mine
in the Coal Creek district, having
been opened in 1870 It's fully three
miles from the mines opening to the
point where the men were at work.
They had not been at work long be-
fore the terrible explosion occurred
There was a fearful roar and the
flames shot from the entrance of the
air shafts. News OF the disaster
spread like wildfre, but as soon ass
possible two rescuing parties were
started in, one at the main entrance
the other through Thistle mine, which
5adjoins and in whichsno men were at
work. The Thistle party were unable;
to make any headWay, as theS gas
stifed theaworkers. The Fratervilleg
party went fully two miles under the
earth, until heavy fal1 OF slate was
encountered. At this barrier mem
worked like demons, hoping against
hope that those beyond mig ghts beEsafe.
All day long the rescuers toi1edsat:
the. slate obstruction and not until 5
O'Clock this evening did they
entrance through It. Up to that hour
only five dead bodies had 5beensrecoVer
ed and hope was sill high that many
within were safe The hopes Of the
living were doomed, however, for
when once the rescuers could enteHsand
proceed they walked through con-
tinuous tomb Of death. Therewasnot
sign Of life. Every mania perlshS
ed, they believed, althoug twill be-
tomorrow; morning before al the
rooms can be entered.
Eight dead bodies were frstrecoger
ed and these were sent to Coal Creek.
Twenty were soon found. They
wereSnot dlsfgured hey yond identifcas
tiion, and each corpse, as it was borne
from the month Of the gigantic tomb,
was surrounded by eager crowds
of relatives Of the men who Weres
entombed. ss5sssssssssss
The Fraterville le mine is soWne
the Coal Creek company, ofsWhichs
Maj. T.. G. Camp president He
was in Cincinnati and is now hurry
ing to the scene Of the disaster insl
1891, after inspecting F'raterYille mlne
State Commissioner of Labor
Shihet reported that the yentnatIon
was not up to quirements that the
furnace was inadequate to Ventllate
the mine, and that the way sWeress
choked in places
He found that l64 men WeresatWo
on the, day Of his visit, requlring bysz#
statute 1920 cubic feetsof ar per-
The volume Of air entering
heEmine, heSsaid, was only8,0 000 cubic
feet per minute.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-21
A BARGAIN In PENS.
Esterbrook;s Superior Steel Pens, All
Sizes. For Sale.

Sumter, S. c., May 2o.-We have
just bought. at sacrifice sale, 80
GROSS Esterbrook Pens. assorted sizes,
winch we offer at so cents gross.
The Esterbrook pen is the standard In
quality and is never sold for less than
15 cents gross-many statloners
charge 81 gross. ss.,aa
Liberty Street.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-21

Mr.. George f. Seward, president
Of. the Fidelity and Casualty Company.
of New York, is an intimate friend OF.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie, and tells a.
most remarkable story concerning the
millionaire Scotchman: 1t is in effect
that when the Spanish treaty was
pending Mr. Carnegie vent to Presi-
dent Mckinley and said to him that
be wished to be sent to the Philip
pines as special commissioner or. as
one of the several commissio oners, with
authority to assure the Filipinos that
the Americans were seeking only their
good and had only the kindest feelings
for thems that we desired to help
them establish their own government
securely and then their independence
would be recognized. He further told
Mr. Mckinley that if he could have
such authority he himself would
undertake TO pay the $50, coo, eco which
the treaty of Paris stipulated the Uni
ted States should pay to Spain for the
REIMBURSEMENT Of her title to the
Philippines.
tits hard to believe that Mr.. Car
neeie made such a proposal as this to
the President of the United States,
vet the story comes from q reliable
source. It was scarcely less than the
}soffer of bribe. Tt was certainly a
reflection upon our government for
Mt. Carnegie to intimate that a none
! tary consideration stood between us
and our duty to the zFilipinos. If Mr.
Mckinley had not been one of the
most amiable men in the world he
would have shown MIR. Carnegie the
/ door.-Richmond Times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-21

London, May 1S.-A dispatch from
Vienna to news agency says u is re-
ported from Cracow. GaIc1a, tnaJ a
million roubles have been stolen from
the headquarters Of the general stat1
there. Two generals and several staff
officers, says the dispatch, have been
arrested in connection with the roo
hary
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-21
1rERN6 5R GAMBLERS, STATE
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III store honsa IN
fhe civ
and Hal Ia comfy poliee had
were uaii
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as,s ~. t.,es
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80 = s;.N atce sAl af
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tba as d;s.
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Z. :. - sDsplss5
sSneSn Shropshire adT1sed me tnats
IEnlle ne nad ssbeen at the telephone
taIklng to SherlHsNeinas had soT-s OF:
1ered the house burned and the negro.
had ESCAPED, but was believed to be: IN
sa,.n1others aonse near By. MeanWhl1e the.
troons under Major Barker bad gone
"a fha scene Of the trouble, ordep:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-21

San Antonio, May 1s.-Shortly after
noon today terrible wind and ram
storm swept over San Antonio, damag7
ing property to the extento not.less
than S5o.OOO The wind reached a
velocity of. .seventy-two miles an hour
and continued at that rate for nearly
twenty minutes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-21

The British steamer Camorta is re-
norted to have foundered near sns ne
Madras coast, with all oft crew anos ana
passengers, numbering 73e.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-21

Houston, Texas, May lS.-A tele.
gram from Superintendent Forbes, OF
the New York, Texas and Mexican, to
General Manager Van Week, in this
city, says that eight blocks of busl-
ness houses were blown down at
zGoliad. Thirty negroes and twenty
seven white people were killed and
seyenty-fve or eighty others injured.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-21

Switzerland is preparing to substi-
ltute electricity for steam on its rail
,roaes and water power for coal. 1t
us the beginning of what appears to be
the next great revolution in the rail
way problem.
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Moon WORK ATLANTA
gesperate Negro Criminals Shoot h
Down Police.
Whole Square Burned and Negroes
Shot While Attempting 70. Es-
cape.
MILITIA Cal ED OUT.

Atlanta. Ga, effort
bpomcers of the law tb arrest negro
DntlaWs who had barricaded them
saNesin store, resulted Today IN the
smost fatal ot. IN the history ofthe
mon were killed inel1d-
lng three policemen, white citizen
md four negroes Six people, black
Ii swounde The most
axeitinr.sceness spreYaii1ed at the place
s Od the disturbance and all available
spoIieemen, with the mill called
out the GoYernor, had al they
could do TO preventa general riot An Aln1
entire blockso of.build ldings was burned
before the conflict which began early
thismorning,W was astermlnated.
Yhe scene 81. 3 the tragedy WAS on
@MeDanie1 street. asfew5 hundrep yards
outside the cit limits rEhes county
police first attempted sttosraid the place
alone where the negroes had taken
refuge, and lateTthe city police were
called upon for aid. Still latersSthe
7oYernor was appealed to- and the
military were ordered out.
81: the barricaded store were three
negroes believed there were at
fr as many as FIVE; and that two
ssSascaped before The store
ar,ssenal: in which were a.
numb OF Winchester rihes and q,
Calling gun twas aSIendezSSss ezSs
goas for gangsof leVes and Sn1uT-5
sfseleIs.
sftersthe burned bod sof lchard.s
SON had been found anSangry crowd OF:
fs,a1iia men seized "a and boresSat
sk.y4
The evening times., 1902-06-14
MILLIONS
FOR DEFICIENCIES
Var CLANS Grained.

The last "f the great supply
bills yet to be acted upon by the
House, the general deficiency ap-
preparation bill, was reported to
the House by the Committee on
Appropriations today. It makes
appropriations to supply defeien-
cies in the appropriations for the
fiscal year 1902, and for prior
years and carries total OF 81,
945,317, exclusive of $1,000. GOO re-
appropriated for expenses of the
military establishment. Among
the chief items are allowances to
States for expenses incurred IN
suppressing the war of the rebel
lion"
The evening times., 1902-06-14
House DEBATE ON
PHILIPPINE BILL
Senate Measure Likely to Be
Taken Up Wednesday.
Argument to Continue Seven Days, Two
Under Five-Minute Rule, With
Evening Sessions,


The House Committee on InsulaT AZ
fairs this morning authorized Chairman
Cooper to ask the unanimous consent
OF the House that the Senate Philippine
bill be taken up for consideration on the
18th OF June, and that the debate shall
continue for seven days-fye for gen.
eraI debate and two days under the five
minute rule. when amendments will be
in order.
After the first day of debate the House
is TO meet at II O'Clock in the morning.
with two hours and a half session in
the evenings for debate only. The Demo-
Gratis are to have the right to offer their
bill as a substitute
As this program was agreed TO unani-
mously in the committee this morning,
there is hardly any doubt but that It
viii be accepted by the House. and thus
prevent the adoption Of any special or
Ger from the Committee on Rules.
The House will probably adopt the
Philippine bill reported by Chairman
Cooper. of The Committee on Insular
Affairs. as substitute for the Senate
rseasure
In the committee this morning, the
Democrats tried to have the bill by
Senator CuIberson adopted as a substi-
tute for the bill passed by the Senate.
but this motion was lost by a parry
vote.
The evening times., 1902-06-14
SETTTB'S PROGRAM
ON CANAL OUTLINED
Waterway to Be Feature of
Next Weeks Business
SPEECHES TO BE DELIVERED
Cuban Reciprocity Also to Be Brought
Prominently to the Forefront-A Re
publican Caucus to Be Held Next
Tuesday Afternoon.

Isthmian Canal legislation Will be the
feature in the Senate next week In ac-
cordance with agreement, a final vote
viii be taken on Thursday of next week.
which viii settle the question as to
whether the Senate favors the Panama
OF Nicaragua canal. If the decision is
in favor OF the latter route, the House
bill viii be adopted ane viii be sent
to the President for his approval.
If. on the other hand. the Senate ma
jority votes for the Spooner amendment.
y hich authorizes the President to pur-
chase the Panama Canal, If he IS salts
fed with the title, the fight viii be
transferred to the House.
The arrangements so far made for
speeches on the subject are as follows:
Mr. s[ittridge on Monday. Mr. Stewart
on Tuesday, Mr.. Hanna on Wednesday
and Mr.. Morgan to close the debate OF
Thursday, just before the voting begins
at o'clock. Messrs. Spooner and Cal
linger are also expected TO address the
Senate in favor of Panama
with the canal bill disposed Of. the
Cuban reciprocity question will come to
the fore. The Administration Senator's
expect to have full meeting of the
Cuban committee on Tuesday, at which
a favorable report will be made. they
believe. on the bill favored BY the Presi-
dent in his message yesterday, viz. pro-
viding for the 20 per cent reduction in
the tariff on all Cuban products. to go
into effect as soon as Cuba makes
similar arrangement in favor of United
States products, with proper restrictions
to insure that the benefits will be en-
ioyed by the Cubans and net by the
sugar refners of this country.
On Tuesday afternoon a caucus Of the
Republican Senator'S will be held, at
which an effort viii be made 10 whip
the beet sugar men into line by making
the bill party measure.
The evening times., 1902-06-14
THE PRESIDENT WILL
VISIT SPRINGFIELD
Tells illinois Citizens He
Will Come in Fall.

President Roosevelt this morning
promised Senator Cullom and party
Of prominent citizens Of Illinois to visit
Springfield. in that State, next October
on the occasion of the State fair there.
The members Of the delegation intro
duced to the President were: Martin
Conrad, OF Chicago. president; w. c.
Garrard. secretary; George H Madden.
of Mendoza: A J. Lovejoy, of Roscoe; J.
F. Rhein, of Chicago, and J. K Dickin-
son. of Lawrenceville. Ill The date of
the Presidents visit 10 the fair VIII be
October 2. according to the present
plans.
The evening times., 1902-06-14
Miss LEE FAILS TO
APPEAR IN COURT
Forfeits Collateral for Vio-
lating Car Law.
CASE HEARD WITHOUT HER
Daughter of Confederate General Es-
capes Appearance IN Court-Testi-
mOny Given by Car Conductor and
Policeman Who Made Her Arrest.

ALEXANDRIA Va. June 1.-THE ar
rest Of Miss Mary Curtis Lee. daughter
of Gen Robert E. Lee. for violation of
the lin crow" car law on the Wash
ington and Alexandria and Mount Yer
non Electric Railway which last night
.occasiOned much excitement. was readily
adjusted this morning by the forfeiting
Of the collateral deposited by the fair
transgresscr of the new law
BY this means Miss Lee was spared
a visit TO the police court and conse-
duent trial.
It had been anticipated that Miss Lee
would not appear, and the necessary
collateral. amounting to s.. was deposit
ed BY her friends some time prior to
the hearing The railroad employees and
MIR. J. K. Svartz. cne of the officials Of
the road. were On hand TO prosecute the
case.
The railway employees and policemen
who placed Miss Lee under arrest gave
their testimony and Mayor Simpson i'm
posed a fine of s.. the amount of col
lateral deposited.
The evening times., 1902-06-14
GEN. WOOD SAYS HB
COURTS INVESTIGATION
He Has Nothing to Conceal
About Cuban Expenditures

BOSTON. June I4.-'+There is nothing
in connection with the administration OF
Cuba that wish to conceal. and any
investigation would be welcomed, +" said
Gen. Leonard Wood today. Every ex-
penditure was open and aboveboard.
made upon proper voucher. and the
authority for all OF ,he money spent may
be seen By any Investigating body
There was really nothing new
brought out in the testimony Of Mr..
Thurber concerning the expenditures
for acquainting the American people
with the true position OF Cuba and the
need for a reciprocal concession By the
United States. That /, as the trustee OF
Cuba, acting for the United States, en-
deavored 10 present the case from the
standpoint Of Cuba and employed Mr..
Thurber's mailing list was we'll known
before Mr.. ThurbeF testified