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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
BREAKING HOLD ON CUBA.
President Palma Requests I'm
mediate Withdrawal Of All
American Troops.

Washington, Sept. 22.-The govern
ment of the United States is to be re-
quired to terminate the last yestige sof
authority in Cuba. The war depart
ment has been advised formally by the
department of State that President
Estrada Palma has notified Minister
Squiers that he desired the American
troops remaining in Cuba to be with
drawn.
The State department does not nn-
dertake to pass on his request but
transmits it toSecretary Root, holding
that the problem presented is purely a
military one in proving the competency
of the new Cuban government to take
over and care for the coast defense now
in American hands. Secretary Root,
while he has not come to any conclu-
sion, has indicated that the troops
might be withdrawn. It is a matter
that may be discussed with Presi-
dent Roosevelt while the secretary is
in the west. At, present there are
eight companies of coast artillery in
Cuba.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
WESTERN TRIP ABANDONED.
President Roosevelt Had Opera
tion Performed Tuesday.
Abscess on Mis- Leg Caused by TrolIy
Accident.

Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 23.-Pres-
iednt Roosevelt's western trip came to
an untimely end in this city today.
He was found to be suffering from a
swelling in the left leg, between the
knee and the ankle. which required
Immediate surgical attention and, in
stead OF being taken to the train to
continue his journey to Fort Wayne
and Milwaukee, he was conveyed to
st. Vincent's hospital where ne was
operated on. The operation occurred
at 8. 45 O'Clock and lasted only a short
time. Then he was taken to a private
room in the hospital to rest. After
taking light luncheon at 7.30 p. NJ,
he was conveyed on a stretcher to his
train, which had been backed up on
"Y" near the hospital, and at 10
minutes before s o'clock the train left
for Washington.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
PROF. SLOAN REMAINS
ACTING PRESIDENT.
South Carolina College Opened To-
day. Bright Prospects.

Columbia, S. c., Sept. 24.-Today
tae South Carolina College will re-
sumo its exercises for the scholastic
year. The prospects were never bright
er. Up to yesterday afternoon there
were about Is students on the campus.
The board of trusteesiof the college
met yesterday to make final arrange
ments for the opening of the session.
The board did not elect a president at
this session but had a general talk
about the matter. No tender was made
to anyone and the election was left
entirely open for final action at sub
sequent meeting of the board. Maj.
Benz. Sloan, who is making such an
excellent executive officer, will con-
tinue as acting president, much to the
pleasure Of the board, student body
and faculty.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
The Civil War in Venezuela.
Light Thrown on the Cause of the
Revolution.

Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Sep
tember 2l.-A correspondent of the As
sociated Press has had an interview at
Alta Gracia, in the State of Zulia,
Venezuela, with Gen. Manuel A.
Matos, leader of the revolution against
President Castro, on the subject of
the report that Gen. Matos intended,
in case of his success, to turn over
control of Venezuelar finances to Ger
tain German powers. Gen. Matos
said:
"This is absolutely false, and to at
tribute such an idea to me is stupid.
The surrender, direct or indirect, Of
Venezuela to foreign control would be
contrary to my ideas and to my char
acter. I said recently in Paris, Lon
don and Hamburg, and I am not
afraid to repeatit here, that the Gov
ernment of Venezuela should put an
end to the sqandering of the country's
revenue and administer the national
finances, not for the heneft of the
few, but for that of all Venezuelans
and the satisfaction of our territory.
: Venezuela does not need to be con-
trolled. During the ten years between
1890 and 1900 Venezuelan customs pro
duced s74, 600, 600: during the same
period of time the legitimate expenses
Of the country amounted to $40, 600, 600,
leaving a surplus of $4,000, 600.
This 81, 900, 600 has disappeared, and
instead of surplus, the country owes
5000, 600 for interest. Within six
months after the re-establishment of
peace in Venzuela intend to show
the financial world what the financial
resources of the country are.
lit is true that I desire Venezuelan
finances to be controlled, but not by
foreigners; they must be in the con-
troll of an honest Venezuelan, who will
administer them properly.
'sIn four weeks time, when we shall
have arrived in Caracas, I will further
explain my plans for the future of this
country
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
MAGHNIsTs' WAGES RAISED.
Atlantic Coast Liae Makes In
crease of 20 Per Cent.

Florence, Sept. "a delegation
from the Florence shops went to Will
mington on Saturday last to inter
view the authorities in regard to an
increase in wages of the men in tie
several departments of the shops. The
Florence delegation was met In Will
mingtom by like body from Rocky
Mount shops.
The two delegations held a confer
ence with Mr.. j. r Henley. An in
crease Of 20 per cent was asked for and
granted at once.
Mr.. Henley took occasion to say that
the Coast Line had every reason to be
proud of the men who worked for it,
and he appreciated the service that
was being rendered in Florence. The
increase will take effect on October l.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
DRAWING The COLOR LINE.
Ohio Town Stirred Up TO Fighting
Pitch by School Teachers Order.
Line Drawn at Kissing Although Negroes
Attend School With Whites.

A special dispatch from Bellalre,
O., to the Louisville Courier-Journal
gives the following account of re-
markable case of drawing the color
line in negro loving Republican Ohio:
"Never was a community stirred to
greater depths than is Bellaire over
the action Of Principal J. D. Deafen-
baugh, of the Gravel Hill school, in
compelling eleven quarreling girl
pupils, ranging in age from twelve to
fifteen years, to kiss and make .up,
three of their number being colored.
The kissing scene took place at the
school late Wednesday. Indignation
among white residents was aroused by
Vida Hopkins, twelve years old, rush
ing into the house at the close OF school
Wednesday, crying as she moaned !:
"What do you think? | had to kiss
some colored girls!''
She explained that Principal Deafen-
baugh lined up eleven girls, three
being colored, and gave them the
alternative of kissing and becoming
friends again or taking whipping.
Stephen Hopkins, the girls father
when he heard the story wanted to,
fight. He started out to find Deafen-
baugh, and met two other fathers on
the same mission.
One of the eleven girls lined up, Ida
Eberline, broke from the line and.
dashed through the door and ran hone
She is now the heroine Of the sean
dal, and is pointed to as girl with
spunk. The members of the warning
factions each took her turn at kissing.
calling the girls name as she did SO.
Two of the colored girls kissed are
mulattoes and the other is black.
When the whites girls finished kissing
the colored girls, Prof. Deafenbaugh
called on them to give them return
kiss, which was done
Protests were filed at once with the
School Board, and the Committee on
Teachers and Salaries took up the case.
Deafenbaugh admitted the act as
He said:
$ thought it better for the white
girls to kiss the colored girls than to
fight on the street, which the two fac
tions of school girls have been doing
A special meeting of the board to-
day was attended by majority of the
members, and resolution was adopt.
ed unanimously giving Deafenbaugh
but few hours to resign. .....nasssS ...
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
cur BY i cow SHREDDER. !
ar. Daniel Davis Has Cue Arm Severely
Injured.

a negro, who came in haste for a
doctor, brought the news to town
aboat I O'Clock yesterday OF serious
accident Co Mr.. Daniel Davis, OF Con-
cord toRnships The negro could give
no particulars Of the accident, merely
stasing that Mr.. Davis, while ope-
rating corn shredder, had one arm
cus TO pieces from the hand almost TO
the shoulder. Is is possible that the
report exaggeratss the gravity OF Mr.
Davis, iniuies, but it is certain that
he suffered quite a serious wound.
Later-Reliable information is that
Dir. Davis injuries while painful
are not serious. His hand was pain
fully cut across the back, the skin
and flesh being torn loose, and there
is deep cut across the palm. The
arm was neither cut nor injured IN
any other way.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
SOUTH CAROLINA TELEPHONES.
Thsy are Made in Sumter and Sold all
Oyer the ceanfry---The industrial
Prosperity of This State.

(. A About four years ago, said Mr..
p C.. Manning, of Sumter, S. c.. at
the Ebbi5s House, j walked into the
Office Of q man engaged ia the tele-
phone business IN New York city and
asked for an interview. 1 told him l
represented a facSory down In South
Carolina that was tnrDing out all sorts
of telephone appliances, and that ia
ike an order from him.
e He looked at me in such sheer
amazement that could see he took me
for an escaped luHatic. Afterward he
told me frankly that Just such an idea
had entered his mind. What on earth
do you means' said he. Have you got
tne nerve to come here to New York
from South Carolina for the purpose
Of supplying our trades What do you
think yon can produce down theres'
g / had taken the precautien to carry
one or two things along with me in
nv pockets, for knew he'd never go
TO the hotel to see what had. In a
minute he got interested, and before
thirty minutes he had made bigger
order than ever I hoped to get. He
is now our New YORK agent.
Q&G&WS4o 1GuI ySoES oSOs ASAoJ
our concern is manufacturing tele-
phones on a scale of some magnitude,
furning out complete instrument
every ten minutes, and we are selling
them all over the United States and
Canada. We make every part Of our
machines and even the woodwork OF
fhe switch board is taken out Of the
adjacent forests Of white oak, than
which there is no finer timber in the
world.
South Carolina are hardly known out
SIDE the State, and they are being con-
stantlv increased. The story of the
bio cotton mills of Columbia, Green
vile and Spartanburg is an old one,
INIT few people know that at the little
town of Hartsville there is located one
af the great paper mills of the coun-
try nor that Georgetown has lumber
mills with an aggregate capital OF
800. 600. 900, with their own line Of
steamships, and with forests covering
tens tens of thousands of acres of pine
lands: nor that extensive glass works
are located at Columbia.
Nv own belief is that South Caro-
lima is going to be one of toe great IN
dnstriai centres of the United States,
and that before the century is much
older nearly every branch of manufac-
tnring will be located within its bor-
ders.-Washington Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
AMERICAN MARINES HOLD ls7RMus.
Commander McLeon Carries
Things With a High Hand
at Panama.

Washington, Sept. 22.-The navy
department is in receipt of the follow
ing cablegram from Commander Nc
Lean OF the cruiser Cincinnati, dated
Colon, Sept. 90:
: "The United States guards and
guarantees traffic and the line OF
transit. Today I permitted the ex-
change Of Colombian troops from
Panama to Colon, about one thousand
men each way, the troops without
arms, in train guarded by American
naval force in the same manner as 9TH
er passengers, arms and ammunition in
separate train guarded also by naval
force In the same manner as other
freight -
Officials of the Colombian legation
bere predict that storm Of 6sapprov-
al will arise in Colombia as q result
of Commander McLean's action in dis
arming the Colombian troops before
their passage across the isthmus. It is
stated here that Colombia's agreement
with the Panama Railroad company
specifically provides for the transpor-
tation of Colombian soldiery by the
railway when occasions arise and the
commanders action is regarded at the
legation here as direct Infringement
of Colombia's sovereignty over the
isthmus-
A belief which has grown SO strong
that it no longer can be disregarded,
is held in Central and South American
diplomatic quarters here in regard to
this latest and, in point of Numbers,
almost Unprecedented dispatch of naval
force to the isthmus. This belief
(and it should be stated that the i'm
preston prevails in spite of emphatic
expressions Of high officials of the
United States government to the con-
trary) is that the large naval force
which has been sent to keep traffic
open across the isthmus will prevent,
by its very presence, the continuation
of hostilities along the railroad on
any extensive scale, and soon bring
them to halt altogether, that the
force has been sent there in anticipa-
tion of an early signature Of the
Panama canal treaty and that it will
be kept there to maintain order.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
TRYING TO RETAKE VELA DE
CORO

Willemstad, Island of Curacao,
September 21.-Five schooners, bear
ing about 1,50o Government soldiers,
under the command of Gen. Castillo,
left Maracaibo, Venezuela, yesterday
morning in tow of the Venezuelan gun
boat Zumbador. This expedition will
attempt to reoccupy La Vela De
Coro, which is in the power of the re-
volutionists..
News has reached here from Vene-
zuela that the revolutionary general,
Mendoza, continues to retreat with
his forces to the interior of the country
in the hope Of drawing President
Castro from Valencia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24

adoption of such measure will be in
the interest of our people as q whole.
Above all, while fully acknowledging
the high-mindedn and moral-sincer-
ity of those Of my associates with whom
on this point / differ, yet feel most
strongly that by every consideration OF
a generous and far-saghted pubic
policy We are bound to prove to Cuba
that our friendship with her is of a
continuing charater, and that we in
tend to aid her in her struggle for the
material we'll being which must under
lie healthy national deEelopment. y
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24

Chattanooga has the curfew law in
force Boys under fifteen years of age
must be at home after 9 O'Clock at
night.
One hundred and twenty-four days
of the coal strike cost mine owners,
railroads and others Sl06, 600, 900.
The city of Los Angeles, Cal, is sup
piled with 5000 electric horse power,
transmitted from a waterfall eighty
two miles distant.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24

Langdale, Ala, Sept. PIN a fight
last might between William Phillips
and William Owens the latter was in
stantly killed and Phillips mortally
wounded. Shooting occurred after
church, which both the young men
attended, and the trouble arose over
a young woman for whose affections
the men were rivals
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24

Derby, Conn, Sept. 22.-Wm.
Hooper Young, for whom the police
of New York have been searching, in
connection with the murder of Mrs
Anna Nelson Pulitzer, has been found,
and is also said to have made con
fession regarding the killing of Mrs.
Pulitzer. In the guise of tramp, be
had been wandering about the country
for several days, when he was arrest
ed on suspicion last evening by the
Derby police.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24

Florence, Sept. 22.-W. f. Clayton,
Esq, has just served papers on the
Atlantic Coast Line in suit for s2o,
600 damages, brought by the wife of
the late Frank MCGOWAN, engineer,
who was killed about Is months ago at
Hope Mills, in wreck of rs
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24

Chicago banks are daily shipping
f,ona 800, coo to 50, 600, 600 to coun-
trv banks in the Mississippi valley to
simply the needs of farmers in harvest
ing the grain crops. -~--.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24

Former Queen Liliuokalani has pre-
sented claim for $50, 000 600 to the
Senate Committee of Hawaiian Affairs
at Honolulu. She wants this amount
in payment for the crown lands taken
from her at the time of overthrow of
the monarchy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
Great Price Paid for a Bull.

Indianapolis, Sept. 23.-At the stock
yards Celm Graves, owner Of the Bun
ker Hill farm, sold the Hereford bull
Crusader for $4,000 Edward F.
Hawkins, of Earl Park, Ind, was the
successful bidder.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24

Detective stories of all kinds at Il.
G. Osteen & Co.'S book store.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27
Ladies' Waists

Ladies' Seamless Black and Fancy Hose,
were i24c pair; Clearance Sale Ola
Ladies' Black Lace Stripe Hosiery, full
seamless zoe goods, at, TE
a pair .,........' N1g
Ladies' Plain or Drop Stitched Lsle Hose,
seamless and stainless CSC stock 4 MA
ings, at, pair ................ 4 eSS1
Ladies Fancy Lace Patterns in Black and
Imported Hosiery, Csc goods, at, zoo
a pair .......... .....,.. y & -
Ladies' Imported Hernsdorf, dyed black,
drop stitched, very open patterns, Q9M
900 Stockings, at ............. & sDU
Ladies' Fine Gauge Lace Stripe Hose, seam
. It, a pail. stainless: y goods, 12hc
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-05-02
ARBOR DAY FOUNDER DEAD.
j. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Ag-
riculture in Cleveland's Cabi-
net, Dies in Chicago.

Chicago, April 29.-Sterling Nor
ton of Nebraska, secretary Of agricul-
ture under President Cleveland, and
founder of Arbor day, died at the home
of his son, Mary Morton, at Lake For
est, ILL.,, Sunday afternoon at 4:30 p. m.
He had Just rounded out his 10th year.
Mr.. Morton had been in poor health
for more than a year.. The death of his
youngest son, Carl Morton, at Wauke-
gan, last January, was a great blow to
him, and it is said that he recov-
cred from it.
Since his retirement as secretary of
agriculture in 1897 Mr.. Morton had re-
manned in private life, but had been a
strong influence in both state and ma
tional politics. He was a staunch mem
Der of the gold wing of the Democratic
party and refused to follow the lead of
William Jennings Bryan and the Chi
cago and Kansas City platforms. After
returning to his Nebraska home from
Washington he established a weekly
paper called the Conservative, in which
he discussed the politics of the day and
current events. This paper had a wide
circulation and with 1t Mr.. Morton sup
ported Mckinley for president In both
his campaigns.
The achievement of which Mr.. Nor
ton was %proudest was his founding Of
Arbor day, which is observed each year
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-05-02

Port Chalmette, will be submitted to
the attorney general, as have been all
the ether papers in the case. At the
state department, it is pointed out that
he argument, while ingenius, is fatally
defective because 1t is founded upon a
probable ignorance of the basis upon
which the articles in the treaty of
Washington relative to wal material
when drawn; with us, for instance, it
Liston Stewart, 16 years old, a Dowies
disciple, died at Bloomington, Ill. The
police learned that he had been without
medical aid while suffering from
typhoid pneumonia and expired after a
weeks illness. The c~oroner's jury rec
commended a grand jury investigation.
The case has aroused much feeling
against Dowieites. Young Stewart was
attended by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Jas.
Stewart, who recently came to Bloom
ington after spending some months at
Dowie's Zion, learning the texts of the
religion.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-05-02
DOINCS
PROGRESS OF PUBLIC MATTERS
BEFORE BOTH HOUSES.
Minor Business Largely Occupies the
Attention of the Solons-Bill is
Passed Extending Time for Build
ing Railroad Across Winnebago
Reservation in Nebraska-Senator
Carmack Concludes Caustic Speech

Washington, d. c., April 2S.-Some
minor business was transacted at the
opening session of the house today.
May 10 was set aside for paying a trib-
ute to the memory of the late Senator
Kyle of South Dakota.
The District of Columbia %appropria-
ton bill was reported and placed upon
the calendar.
Mr.. Grosvenor of Ohio asked that
unanimous consent for consideration Of
the joint resolution to extend the
thanks of congress to Hon. John Hay
for the Grafton upon the occasion of
the Mckinley memorial service, but Mr..
De Almond of Missouri objected.
Bills were passed to appropriate So
900 for the lightkeeper's station at
Ecorse, Mich: to apportion the terms
of senators elected at the first general
election in Hawaii; to extend for three
years the time within which the Omaha
& Northern railroad can construct a
railroad across the Omaha Winnebago
Indian reservation in Nebraska.
Public business was then suspended,
and the remainder of the afternoon was
devoted to paying a tribute to the mem
cries of the late Representatives J..
William Stokes of South Carolina and
Rousseau o. Crump of Michigan.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-05-02
KAISER WILL FOSTER ARMY.
Emperor William Declares He VIII
Follow Principles Observed by
His Grandfather.

Karlsruhe, April 2S.-The celebra-
ton of the 50th anniversary of the ac-
cession of Grand Duke Friedrich / of
Baden eliminated this evening in a
brilliant banquet at which Emperor
William, King William ii of Wurtem-
berg, the grand duke and grand duchess
of Baden, their daughter, the Crown
Princess Victoria of Sweden and other
royal p~ersonages, Count Won Buelow,
the German imperial chancellor, court
dignitaries and army officers were in
attendance. The grand duke, in pro-
posing the toast to Emperor William,
said his majesty's presence gave to the
occasion a far higher Importance than
the mere fact that it was a jubilee cele-
bration. He said also that he hoped,
despite his age. to still be able to serve
in the army, the noblest profession in
the empire.
In responding Emperor William said:
THE grand duke was a tried companion
and an efficient supporter of my brill
liant father and my revered and IL
lustrious grandfather, and, therefore, It
is natural that | should desire to bear
the humblest part of this unique fes-
tival. 1t "a only awaken in me the
deepest gratitude, when from the lips
of a noble representative of my grand
fathers generation | hear words of ap-
prevail of the principles by which | am
trying to rule. ! have resolved to do
justice to the heritage which has de-
scended to me. and this can be chiefly
accomplished by care for the army. I
hope to succeed by keeping in the con
dition left by my grandfather the in
strument for preserving peace and con-
quering in wal the Incompatible
training of nnr nennln