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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23
AMERICAN CONTROL OF COTTON.
English Mills to Close Rather
Than Buy. at the Advanced
Prices.

London, July 1S.-The newspapers
display great anxiety regarding the
situation in the cotton trade. They
describe Lancashire as preparing to
fight for It's existence as the world s
greatest cotton center. Mills are be-
ing closed and orders from India have
almost ceased.
The Daily Mail says that at the
bidding OF bold groups Of American
spectators the mill owners had to
choose between conducting their bust
ness at heavy loss or stopping. The
writer declares that certain groups
headed by Theodore Price of New
York have gradually acquired con-
troll of what is left of the old crop OF
cotton.
The new crop not being available
until September the Lancashire mill
owners will have to pay about 500,
coo, 600 extra for raw material between
now and October unless something is
done. The present situation means
ruin for them. America is. fighting
for the British markets, and India is
building her own factories.
The president Of the Master Cotton
Spinners' Federation says that combi
nation must be me with combination.
The American rings have already
forced up prices cent pound OF
$50, 600. 900 on a half-year crop. The
federation proposes that the mills
close on Monday and Saturday each
week.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23
THE REFERENDUM.

The Initiative and referendum idea
ismaking some progress. 1t has been
adopted, to greater or less extent, in
Sonth Dakota, Nebraska, Illinois and
California, though in the last named
it is confined to the city bylaws Of
San Francisco.
The adoption of the referendum in
Oregon at the last election has been
noted, but the radical character of the
constitutional amendment has not at
tracted mucn attention It provides
atwhenever 8 per cent. of the voters
of the State petition for the passage
of law it shalls be submitted to a
vote OF the people, and, if approved
by majority of those who vote upon
it, it shall become law. Thus a
small>minority may frame law, and
they may also enact it unless the other
voters take the trouble to vote against
it. This is the initiative. But per
cent. of the voters of the State may
demand that any enactment of the
Legislature be submitted to popular
vote, and, unless majority of those
voting upon it shall approve. it shall
not be g law. This is the referendum.
The Governors veto does not apply
in the case of laws thus submitted to
popular vote.
This system will occasionally have
the effect of defeating bad legislation,
but it may also promote the enact
ment of many crude laws unless ma
jori6y OF the people can be induced to
defeat them, which experience shows
to be pretty difficult. For exmple, in
South Dakota the people voted in ia
vor of the States going into the
business Of manufacturing liquors, but
as they did not supply the large capi-
tai required, it has been decided that
the law cannot be carried out. This
instance is eloquent of the rossibili-
ties under this system Of initiatiye.-
Courier-Journa1.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23
GEN. YOUNG 10 SUCCEED MILES.
Probable That he will Become
Lieutenant General of the Army.

Washington, D. c., July 16.-Major
General S. NJ. B. Young, now presi-
dent of the War College Board, will
probably succeed General Miles as the
Lieutenant-General OF the army:
General Miles will reach the age OF
retirement in August, 1903, and the
Presidents plan now is to name Cen
eral Young as his successor. There is
an element Of injustice in this plan,
and the President is perfectly con-
scious of it.
General Henry G. Corbin is the sem
Tor Major General, and has right to
aspire to the position now held by
General Miles, but Corbin and MS
friends are perfectly agreeable to the
Presidents plan to nominate General
Yonne. There are two reasons for
placing General Young ahead Of Gene
raj .Corbin, and these reasons appeal
to Corbin as we'll as to the President.
TIE first reason is that Young will
reach the age Of retirement in Janu-
ary. 1904, while Corbin will not
reach that age until 1905. The only
hone of Young reaching the head of
the army is for him to succeed Miles.
By so doing he will have six months
to serve as Lieutenant General before
he goes on the retired list. He has
been one OF the distinguished fighters
of the army, and the President desires
TO gi7e him this promotion before he
retires. General Corbin is entirely
agreeable to this and in hearty SYM
pathy with; the Presidents idea of
Justice. He and General Young are
intimate friends, and it might be said
that each is ready t. waive his rights
in favor of the other.
There is, however, another reason
why Young is to be selected to succeed
Miles rather than Corbin.
The President and Secretary Root
desire to end the martydom OF Gene
raj Miles with his service at the head
of the army. They want to have that
event close the military career of Miles
and also end. the controversy regard
ING the troubles Miles has had with
the War Department. They realize
that this cannot be done if Corbin
should succeed Miles, because OF the
persistent talk there has been about
the long and bitter enmity between
Miles and Corbin. The friends of
Miles would insist that Corbin was
selected as the successor as means OF
further 5estifying to the administra-
tons desire to humiIiate General
Miles.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23
MIR. Martins Impressions.

Mr.. O. B. Martin is making good
impression at the campaign meeting.
However this may be, Mr.. Marian is
making pretty spectacle Of himself
before all educators of the State as
well as before all other well-informed
people.
His attempt to attach blame to the
State superintendent of education
for the text book adoption indicates
very clearly that he is either. grossly
ignorant of the duties of the Office to
which he aspires or seriously lacking in
principle. If ne does not know that
it is the duty of the State board of
education, consisting of nine mem
bers, to adopt the text books, and that
seven of these members are appointed
by the governor, the governor and
State superintendent being ex-ofhcio
members, then he is too ignorant to
hold the position of teacher in the
public schools. If he knows this and
knows also, as every well-informed
educator in our State does, that the
present State board was appointed with
ruthless disregard of the recomnep-
dations of the State superintendent,
and that nearly every book adopted
was adopted over the superintendent's
protest-if Mr.. Martin ssknows this
and.continues to charge Mr.. McMahan
with any responsibility either direct
ly or indirectly for the recent adoption
of textbooks, then Just men can have
but one opinion of Mr.. Martin, name
", that he is man totally lacking in
principle. We would prefer to believe
that he is only ignorant.-The Educa-
tional.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23
TlLLMAN OUTLAWS
G. F. Won KOLRlTz, JR.
The Latter is a Candidate for
The State Senate.
Snecial to The State.

Special to The State.
Charleston, July 18.-Senator Till
man has put Mr.. George Won Kolnitz,
a candidate for the State senate, un-
der the ban, and he declares that if
Mr.. Von-Koinitz is elected he will
never do another thing for Charles
ton. Senator Tillman's declaration on
the subject is most emphatic, having
been given in writing as we'll as by let
ter, and he declares that he means
every word that he has said.
The situation becomes doubly inter
esting for the reason that Mr.. Won
Kolnitz is thus without opposition in
his canvass. Mr.. Joseph W. Barnwell
determined some time ago not to
stand for reelection to the senate,
leaving the field undisputed to Mr..
Won Kolnitz. No other names have
been mentioned as likely. to make the
race, and it remains to be seen what
will be the outcome now that Senator
Tillman has put the only candidate
out for the Office under the ban.
Senator Tillman's opposition to
Won Kolnitz is based on Won
Kolnitz's support of the Republi-
can party platform and candidates in
the campaign of 1896. Won Kolnitz
made a number of speeches in op-
position to the Democratic ticket in
New York and other doubtful States.
He spoke as "sound money Demo
crat, opposed to the Chicago plat
form, perferring the triumph of the
Republican ticket to that put out by
the Democratic convention.
It is known that recently certain
interests opposed to Mr.. Won Kolnitz
endeavored to have the State execu-
tive committee rule him out of the
primary on account of his former polit-
zeal affiliations. The appeal was made
to Chairman Jones but not meeting
with success it is presumed that the
matter was carried to Senator Till
man, and the dictum has been rem
dered accordingly.
The action of the senator in inter
fering with the election here is, of
course, resented by many people.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23

The Atlanta Constitution of Mon
day printed the following: Capt.
George Lynch, who was recently ap-
pointed superintendent of the Atlantic
Coast Line at Charleston. was born
on March 8, 1852, at Enfield, N. G.
In 1868 he entered the service of the
Wilmington and Weldon as freight
clerk, and in 1879 was made freight
conductor and later passenger conduc-
tor: 1881 to 1885 he was assistant mas
ter of trains and 1885 to 1895 train
master, after which position he held
that of assistant superintendent of
trains until his appointment as super
intendent of the Charleston district of
the first division of the Atlantic
Coast Line on July l, 1902.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23

Simmer complaint is unusually prevail
emf ameng children this season. A well de-
Teloned case in the writer's family was
cured last week by the timely use of
Chamberlain's Colo, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Kemedy-one of the best patent
medicines manufactured and which is
always kept on hand at the home of ye
ssribe. This is not intended as a free puff
3gsa.sor the company who do not advertise with
as, but TO benefit little sufferers who may
sSas be within easy access Of physician.
Nc family should be without oettse OF
tbs medicine in the house, especially in
ssumu.eretime.L LansiHg, Inaa, JournaL
For ssls By Or. A. J. China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23
Brothers Run Close.

Jacksonville, July 17.-Ths race for
the State Senate from Duyal county
hieh was one of the most exciting
and remarkable political contests on
record, has ended in victory for Tel
fair Stockton over his brother, Tom,
by the narrow margin of39 votes in a
total of 8 ,297 votes. It required the
official count to settle the matter.
The brothers conducted q very stir
ring campaign against each other and
the community was closely divided in
their support. The Stocktons are
among the most prominent people in
Jacksonville and the two brothers who
cSposed each other are both men Of
sss Slity and influence.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23
FORTUNE LEFT TO CONVICT.
Pardoned From Prison he Goes
TO Germany to Claim Estate.

New York, July 1S.-In order that
he may return to Germany and obtain
fortune of $4,000 to which he
recently fell heir and to which his
right has been fully established,
Richad Bassler has been pardoned by
the New Jersey court of pardons.
Bassler was sentenced to two years in
the state prison last fall on charge
of burglary. The story of the crime,
as he related it to the court Of par
dons, was that while intoxiated he fell
through a store window with no in
tention of stealing.
Another prisoner sentenced for ten
years in 1896 on a charge of breaking
into postofice was paroled in order
that he might take up the manufac-
ture of a sewing machine invented by
him while behind the bars. A COM
pany with an authorized capitalization
of 81, 600, 600 has been chartered to
manufacture the machine.
The pardoned prisoner is said to
have received $50, 600 cash and block
of stock in the new company.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23
GREAT FLOOD IN The WEST.
The Loss TO Farmers Will be
Two and a Half Millions.

Keokuk, Iowa, July 18.-Heavy
rains in central Iowa yesterday and
today, sending a food down upon
prosperous Missouri farmers. which
will ruin many of the them and cause
losses aggregating, at conservative
estimate, two and half million dol
lars. There seems to be no hope to-
night for the country between the
Mississippi river and its Missouri
bluffs between Keokuk and Hannibal,
80 square miles, mostly corn laid by,
with some thousands of acres of wheat
in the shock.
The water had touched the danger
line the first of the week and had
begun to recede, when heavy floods
started again in the Des Moines,
Skunk and Iowa rivers. With a stage
in the Des Moines river only three
feet below the tops Of the great levees,
the river began to rise three inches an
hour at the mouth here today, con-
tinuing until the factor of safety, was
wiped out this evening.
a rise of one and half feet in a
short time this morning at OJtumwa
and further rise throughout its
length below the capital city was pre-
vented from running out freely by a
rise Of foot and half at Davenport
last night, increasing and coming
down rapidly.
This afternoon the, observer of the
weather bureau at Keokuk sent tele-
graphic warnings to all points south
to prepare for danger. The crest is
expected here Saturday or Sunday.
The Egyptian levee which stood the
food Just receding after strenuous
efforts to hold it, is only slightly
above the water now and the coming
food in the Des Moines will cover it
certainly This will let the water into
hundreds Of square miles, including
the town of Alexandra, Mo. The in
habitants there are preparing for an
overflow of the entire town to a depth
Of several feet. The worst feature is
the time Of the year. The corn crop
is all made and wheat is in the shock,
entailing a total loss Of the years
work. Crops we're never finer and the
yield promised to be immense. Grain
men put the figures Of the loss from
the overflow nearer four millions be-
tween Keokuk and Hannibal.
tt is believed the Illinois levees will
hold and the damage there is likely
to be only $40, 600 to $50, 600 between
Keokuk and Quincy. Heavy rains are
reported in southeastern Iowa today
and tonight indicates still higher wa
ter. Low lands, diver men and the
weather observer men alike predict
the greatest damage ever known from
food on the upper river.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23

Hammocks at special prices to close
out stock. II. G.. Osteen 6 Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23

Postmaster General Payne has just
issued an order to the effect that logs
and bags of dirt and such things can
not be sent through the mails, particu
larly when they weigh in single case
as much as 200 pounds, says the Phil.
adelphia Press. This is the result of
complaint by the Agricultural Depart
ment that some postmasters refuse
such packages while others, accept
them. = It appears, according to the
complaint of the Agricultural Depart
ment, that some of its agents have
been in the habit of sending through
the mails packages containing sec
tion of logs weighing from 100 to 200
pounds" This seems to have aston,
ished Postmaster General Payne, and
on investigation he found that not
only logs were shipped as mail, under
the department frank, but also that
bags filed with dirt or "soil" were
sent in the same way. He has just is
sued an order to postmasters stating
that he will hold them responsible if
they permit the law to be violated IN
that way. Some years ago it was dis
covered that roll-top desks and things
of that kind were being sent through
the mails under franks, and that was
particularly true at time when the
mails were being weighed to deter
mine what was to be paid to certain
railroads for carrying the mails.
The Mobile Register in righteous
fit of disgust, gets off the following:
Buckingham Palace and Oyster Bay
are fast becoming tiresome subjects:
the public are not being either spe-
cially interested in what King Edward
eats or in the color of the stripes of
the lawn tennis suit which Roosevelt
wears. While the people of the Uni.
ted States have personal interest nj
Rooseyelt's physical condition, SO far
as it bears upon the probability OF his
living out his present term, or In the
possibility of his serving another,
they do not care baubee whether he
rides bay mare over tenralt fence
or jackass over a field of daisies.
London, July IA dispatch from
Milan, Italy, to The Daily Telegraph
reports the arrest by the police at
Bra, near Turin, of young barber
from Paterson, n. J. The prisoner
gives his name as Tonett, probably
assumed, and confesses that he is an
ananarchist. Papers seized at his
domicile indicated his intention to
assassinate King Victor Emanuel.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23

London, July 1s.-In the house of
lords todsy, the foreign secretary,
Lord Landsdowne, said it was hoped
to. restore Een Tsin to the Chinese
within a month. He also said that
the Chinese indemnity debt was a
gold debt, but Great Britain was not
y5ndietiye and In consequence of the
serious depreciation in the value cf
the tsel had suggested to the other
powers mitigation of the terms by
which during the first eight years
China should not pay more than she
would have done had the .tael main
tanned the value at which it stood
when the protocol was signed.
Roankoe, Va, July H.-While q
bridge force was working on Norfolk
and Western Railway trestle, over
Reed Greek, two miles west Of Tythe-
vile, today, the scafolding gave
Eay. recipitating Allen Grub, James
~. Smith, Stephen Gregger, William
Hicks and John Mckenzie. the latter
q foreman, eighty feet below into the
creek. Smiths head was crashed by
striking a bed of rocks, which killed
him instantly. Grubb and Mckenzie
are believed TO have received Injuries
that will prove fatal. Gregger and
Hicks were only slightly hurt. All of
the men are of family. Smith leaving
s wife and thirteen children at Dub
lin. Va.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23
Yacatiou DAYS.

Vacation time is here and the children
are fairly living ont of doors. There could
be no healthier place for them. You need
only to guard against the accidents Incl
dental to most open air sports. No remedy
equals DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for
quickly stopping pain or removing danger
of serious consequences. For cuts, scalds
and wounds. Il used DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve for sores, cuts and bruises
says l.. B. Johnson, Swift Tex. ''It is the
best remedy en- the market" Sure cure
fer piles and skin diseases. Beware of
counterfeits. j. S. Eughson & Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23
Acts Immediately.

Colds are sometimes more troublesome
in summer thar II. winter, it's so hard to
keep from adding to them While cooling
off after exercise. One Minute Cough Cure
cures at once. Absolutely safe. Acts
Immediately. Sure cure for coughs, COLDS,
Group, throat and lung troubles. j. S.
Eughson Is Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23

cat this out and take it to DR.. A. J.
China's Drug Store and get box of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
The best physic. They also correct dis
orders of the stomach. Price 25 cents.
The Washington times., 1902-07-28
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.
Peck Adams to Answer for Alleged
Serious Offense.

While trundling a baby carriage on
Florida Avenue northeast Miss Mamie
Spair. residing on the Avenue at 1882.
was accosted by burly colored man
who attempted to assault her. Miss
Spair exhibited great nerve In the pres
ence of danger, and at once grappled
with her assailant Her screams for
help attracted the attention OF num-
ber of citizens, causing the negro to
violently break away and disappear.
Citizens attempted to follow, but found
him too fleet of foot.
During the struggle the baby carriage
with its little occupant started down
the slight incline toward the street car
track and was rescued Just as a car ap
preached.
Miss Spair and the citizens who saw
tie negro described him as dark brown.
about twenty-five years old. 8 feet s
inches tall. wearing a dark shabby suit
and black shirt and hat.
Upon receiving the Information Lieu
tenant Daley at once ordered a number
of policemen to the scene. with the re-
suit that late in the afternoon Peck
Adams. a negro well known In police
circles, was taken into custody on sus-
picion of being the guilty person. Miss
Spair, it is said, identified the negro as
her assailant. as did number of other
citizens. He will be held pending fur
ther Investigation
The Washington times., 1902-07-28
BOTANY IN PHILIPPINES.
Section of Military Reservation Set
Aside for Agricultural Experiments.

At the request of the agricultural
bureau Of the insular civil government,
General Chaffee, commanding the Divis-
ion of the Philippines, has ordered that
section of the United States military
reservation on the Pasig River, about
twenty-five acres In extent, be set aside
for the trial OF seeds and botanical
plants.
The reservation will be inclosed and
the agricultural experts will make it OF
practically the same character as an
experiment station in this country.
Many OF the numerous varieties of trees
which grow in the archipelago will be
transplanted to the reservation.
The agricultural bureau now has cul-
tivated about 700 different trees in the
islands. and the experts believe that
there are still remaining about 400 un
known varieties. Among other things,
the bureau will endeavor to determine
what of the United States agricultural
staples are suited to climate conditions
In the archipelago.
The Washington times., 1902-07-28
Urgently Put Forward by
Commissioner j.
w. Ross.
MERIT SYSTEM FAVORED
Recent Example in Appointments to
Positions as Assistant Assessors
Changes in Police Department-Hard
Work Causes Collapse of MI. Ross.

y One of the reforms in the District gov
ernment earnestly advocated by Com
missioner Ross for several years is the
placing of appointments In the munich
pal departments under civil service
rules. Now, as by the irony of fate. the
Commissioner is the victim of the very
abuses of office seeking which he sought
to correct. Undoubtedly Mr.. Ross was
quainted with the run of things at the
District Building, II is perfectly evident
that the overwork to which the Com
missioner was subjected was the impor-
tunity of the office seeker.
Just prior to the close of the fiscal
year 1t became evident that the personal
tax law was to be enacted, and there
was a rush for appointment to the as
sistant assessorships and the two clerk
ships created under that law. The
woods were literally full of talent for
those three or four positions. They
came in droves to the District Building.
The Assessors department is under
the supervision of Mr.. Ross. and the
brunt of seeing all those people fell
upon him. There is an unwritten law
at the District Building that any citi
zen, however humble. shall be accorded
an interview with the Commissioners TO
state any grievance he may have and to
lay before them any subject which
may pertain to the municipal govern
ment. And, of course, the suave friend
of the Office seeker is allowed to take
few moments of the Commissioners
valuable time Just to lay before him
the claims of the most available man in
the world for the position sought.
Nobody ever figured up the precise
The Washington times., 1902-07-28

interests of good results that the paint
Ing be done on business day.
AS was the case with the Railways on
the upper floor painted on Saturday, so
1t can be with those on the floor below
II the work is done on, the afternoon
and night of Saturday, August 90. The
next day will b., Sunday when .he build
ing will be closed and Monday. Septem-
ber l. Labor Day, being legal holiday
1t will again be closed for business, so
that the paint will have plenty of time
10 dry.
The work of renovation and improve
me Mt will also be carried to the base
ment into the Offices of the Recorder OF
Deeds and the Register of Wills.