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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07
Roosevelt Should Talk Sense.

tt is humiliating to find President
of the United States uttering such
rot as the following from Roosevelt 8
recent speech at Sharpsbur g:
Every friend Of liberty, every be-
lever in sels-government. every ideal
ist. who wished to see his ideals take
practical shape, wherever he might be
in the world, knew that the success OF
ali In which he most believed was
bound up with the success OF the
Union armies IN this great struggle. !"
In plain words, according to this
aamboyant orator, if the Confeder-
ates had won the battle Of Snarpsburg,
or Antietam. liberty and self-govern-
ment would have been destroyed.
Even the exigencies of such an occa-
sion cannot excuse such a perverslon
Of truth and conditions. Even II the
Confederates had been successful, not
oniy in that battle, but In all that fol-
lowed, and had succeeded in establish
ing a separate government, both North
and South would still have retained q
republican form Of government, and
the Liberties of the people would not
have vanished from the continent. :.
The President shoEld talk sense, it
he can.-Montgomery Advertiser.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07
70 SEND NEGROES TO The NILE.
Booker Washington Said to Have
Joined in an appeal to Pha-
roah.''

Tacoma, Wash. Sept So Leigh S.
j. Hunt. a millionaire mining opera
tor in Korea, and formerly a resident
of this State, and Booker T. Washing
ton. have joined hands in negro CO.
lonizauion undertaking. Details OF
their plans are supplied in letters re-
ceived recently by friends of Hunt.
The general scope of the project IN
cludes the reclamation Of several hun
dred thousand acres tributary to the
Nile river, in the Soudan, Africa, and
the cultivation of these lands by ne
gzoes who are to be taken from the
United States.
Mr.. Hunt is now at watering place
in Germany. In October be expects to
meet Washington in Africa, probably
at Cairo, Egypt. Together they are
to perfect plans for the colonization OF
thousands of negroes. Preliminary
details were discussed at meeting
held in New York last month before
Mr.. Hunt sailed for Europe.
Following the panic of 1888 Mr.
Hunt lost bis fortune on Paget sound.
Letter, he went to Korea and secured
a concession for develping gold mines,
which have proved among the richest
gold mines in the world.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07
RE NJ MINISCENSES
Jailer George ". Hancock had
, Something by Which to Re-
member the Early '60's.

Here in Sumter there are few people more
generally known than George W. Hancock
keeper Of the jail. Mr.. Hancock is an inter-
estipg talller and tells Il story we'll. OF war
stories he has an ample store. Seen one day
at his castle on Canal street he told the fol-
lowing
Il have been down in bed on account Of my
back several times and suffered the most in
tense pain right across the small OF my back
which felt just rs if Il log of wood was laying
on it and crushing the life out OF me and
was unable to get from under it. could not
turn over without taking both hands to pull
myself. The kidney secretiOnS were very
dark full of sediment and called me out OF
bed every little while I think contracted
the disease during lhe war. away back in
1852 and 1853 laying ont in all kinds Of wealth
e.. exposed to heat and cold. Since then dur
ing later years have suffered everything Il
man could suffer ard live | used everything
| could get hold of but nothing seemed to
touch it, finally s;lw Doans Kidney Pills
advertised and went to DR.. a. j. China's 5
drug store and procured Il box. They acted
like 4 charm. have used three boxes and all
tie pain in my back has left. the kidney Sc
crctiOnS have become natural and ! feel ~
No /. Doan's Kidney Pills are the best back
ache remedy on earth
Fo. sale by all dealers: price 30 cents. Fos-
ter hlilburn Co. Buffalo. y. y. sole agents
for The United States.
Remember the name Doans and take no
other.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07
KING OF YAp's ESTATE.
Dave 0'Keefe. Formerly of Sa-
yannah, Left $500, 900 of Pro-
ductiye Property.

San Francimsco, Sept.2 Evil
liam G. Hartridge, who went to Car
oline Islands last May. in the interest
Of Mrs. Catherine O'Keefe the widow
of Dave D. O'Keefe, has arrived on
the steamer Doric.
O'Keefe was known as the King Of
zap. He left his wife and daughter
in Savannah in the early seventies,
and was wrecked on this island. Being
the first white man the natives had
ever seen, the natives treated him
with every possible reverence, and
finally made him their King. Over a
year ago, after visiting Hong Kong
on business, ne started to return on
one of his vessels, and that was the
last ever heard of him.
Upon hearing of his death, Lawyer
Hartridge was sent out to see how
matters stood. He found the will in
Hong Kong, distributing the estate,
valued at 81, 800. 600 in property, all of
which is productive. He left large
amount to his daughter, Mrs. j. F.
Butler of Savannah, and it is expected
that the Savannah widow will claim
about 80 per cent of the estate.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07
Not a Profession.

State Senator Frank McDonough, of
Eau Claire tells good story at his
own expense, but which may have a
wider application than he seemed to
think. He was out from home a few
miles and concluded to walk back:
But the roadway was heavy with sand
and. becoming tired, he took seat by
the wayside. An Irish teamster came
along and offered seat in his wagon,
which was gladly accepted. 'sYou are
professional man?" the teamster
asked. A brief affirmative reply was
given, and the conversation ianguish-
eduntil the son of Erin again spoke
<sYou are not doctor. because you
have no pill box; you aren't lawyer.
because you let me do all the talking
YOU aren't a preacher, becuase you
swore Just now when a stone in the
road iolted us. What the dickens is
your profession, anyhow?' The Sena-
tor replied that be was a politician.
"A politician HI, that's no pro-
fession-that's a disorder !''-Milwau-
kee Sentinel.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07

commercial resources. Not the least
significant phase of all this is the
organization of bureaus of immigra-
tion, the growing inclination of
Southern boards Of trade and other
business bodies toward liberality in
advertising the opportunities Of their
immediate neighborhoods and the
movement to the South of real estate
men who have prospered in the West.
Advancing values Of farms in the
cold and uncertain climate of the
North and West and better under
standing on the part Of farmers there
as to opportunities in the South are
bringing thousands of experienced
tillers of the soil, men who are able
to purchase when their wants are suit
ed, and who, recognizing the vastly
greater chances in the South to men
of energy and thrift, are not slow
in taking advantage of the low prices
of lar i to become desirable and useful
citizens, and are being welcomed by
the people of the South, who realize
that an addition to the white popula-
tion there means betterment in every
respect:-News and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07
Three SPECIAL JUDGES asked.
Wanted for Fairfield, spartanbnrg
and Union.

Columbia, Oct. Applications for
special terms of court continue to
come in, although the fund of 50, 500
tically already expended. Eight spe-
cial terms had already been granted
and three urgent applications came in
yesterday, so that it is thought that
by the time all the pay claims are
in for these the fund will be ex-
hausted.
The applications fled yesterday
asked for special terms at Fairfield
and Spartanburg, and a special judge
for Union.
The Union court is due to open next
Monday, but Judge Klugh being too
sick to preside, the governor, upon
the recommendation of the chief JUS
tice and the petition OF the bar at
Union, has appointed Judge Benet to
preside.
Spartanburg sent in petition ask
ing for special term to begin No
vemlber Is, for the trial of cases not
requiring juries. The petition
states that there are no less than 100
cases on each of the civil calendars
Nos. nd 2, and that to prolong the
adjudication of these to the December
term will result injuriously to credi-
tors and debtors and entail deprecia-
ticn Of the property involved. This
petition was referred to the chef JUS
tice for his recommendation of a
special judge.
The Fairfield bar, conditions pre-
vailing in that county SIMILAR to those
in Spartanburg, prays for a special
term of two weeks, commencing the
third Monady in November, and asks
that Mr.. ALLEN j. Green of this city
be appointed to preside. The peti-
tion, which was accompanied by re-
commentator from the chief justice,
was granted.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07

The Appellate Division OF the New
YORK Supreme Court held, in the re-
cent case of Wright VS.. Elsie, that
where an architect prepares plans and
Specifications for a building for a
cl;ent for certain compensation and
files such plans and specifications with
the building department of the city in
wbcih the edifce is to be erected he
thereby publishes the same, and has
No further property rights in them
nHo;ent to entitle him TO recover for
the SUBSEQUENT use thereof in the con-
strnct;on S- of another building by a
third person, and that such plans, If
S Enable as property after their publ
cstion, belong to the client and not to
the architect.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07
The War Cloud in Bulgaria.

Sofia, ulgaria, October 1.-The war
ministry has ordered out the annual
contingent of recruits for October IA,
instead of at the beginning of the
year, as usual. This step, though
quite constitutional, has occasioned
some surprise, considering the re-
cent improvement in the general situ-
alton.
While the conditions are undoubt-
edly more hopeful, there is strong
belief III some quarters that the Mace
donian question is still very threaten
ing and can only be settled by war.
Tne Bulgarian Government, therefore,
continues preparations for evontuali
ties.
in tie meantime the Turkish dip,
lomatic agent is conferring with the
ministers here, and the new bulga-
rian diplomatic agent at ConStant;-
nople, M. Natcheyics, goes to that
city tomorrow.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07
The FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
What Senator Carmack Says
About the Possibility of Its
Repeal.

Nashville, Tenn, Sept. 26.-The
American will say tomorrow:
Senator E. W. Carmack, in an inter
view here today, said, when asked
about the publication that be would
make an effort to secure the repeal of
the fifteenth amendment:
81 am sorry that the impression has
been created that I am preparing to
agitate this question in Congress.
GA reporter was discussing with
me an article [ had written on the
race question. He asked me if Z in-
tended to introduce measure for the
repeal of the fifteenth amendment. [
replied that I had not thought of do
ing so, but added that I might do it
just to bring on a debate. That was
all.
81 confess that have a great curl
osity to hear the fifteenth amendment
defended by the Republicans who
now. take the position that the gen
eral principles of the Declaration of
Independence are applicable only to
white and not to colored men, and
who hold that the brown man in the
Philippines has no right that the
white man in the United States is
bound to respect.
ga the same time, l know that any
progress toward the repeal of tie
fifteenth amendment depends on its not
being made a partisan or sectional
question. To make it such would be
to check at once healthy growth Of
public sentiment. It may we'll be
that any direct effort on the part of a
Southern man for it's repeal would
result in making this a sectional or
party question. This must be void
a5 ;,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07
Rydales Elixir.

The new scientific discovery for diseases
of the throat and lungs, acts upon new
principle differing greatly from the old
style Cough Medicines which are compos-
ed chiefly of wild cherry and tar, which do
little more than stimulate the lining of the
throat and lungs. Rydales Elixir strikes
at the root of the trouble, it kills the mi
crobes that cause throat and lung diseases.
It removes the cause and hastens recovery
by helping nature restore the diseased Or
gans to health For sale by all dealers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07
Saves Two From Death.

''Our little daughter 1ad an almost fatal
attack of whooping cough and bronchitis"
writes Mrs. W. K. Haviland, of Armonk, N.
Y, s'but, when all other remedies failed, We
saved her life with DR.. Kings New Discoy-
cry. Our niece, who had consumption in
an advanced stage, also used this wonder
full medicine and today she is perfectly
we'll" Desperate throat and lung diseases
yield to DR.. Kings New Discovery as to no
other medicine on earth. Infallible for
Coughs and Colds. soc and S1.O0 bottles
guaranteed by j. F. w. DeLorme. Trial
bottles free.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07
Confessions Of a Priest

Rev. Jno. S. Cox, of Wake, Ark. writes,
'For ~ years Isufered from yellow jaun
dice. consulted number of physicians
and tried all sorts of medicines, but got no
relief. Then began the use of Electric
Bitters and feel that am now cured of a
disease that had me in its grasp for twelve
years" If you want reliable medicine
for liver and kidney trouble, stomach dis.
order or general debility, get Electric Bit.
ters. It's guaranteed by j. F. ". DeLorme
Only 50.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07
Hot Fights in Macedonia.

London, October News from
Macedonia today gives reporvts of Sc
we're fghing from both Turkishsand in
near Nevrokop, lasting thirtyfour
hours, the Turkish troops burned TWO
villages. The insurgents were scat
tered. The Turks claim that one hun
dred and thirty of the insurgents were
killed at Raziog, while the insurgents
report that one hundred and fifty
Turks we're killed in fight at Relavo-
dizta, in the Perlepe district.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07
Broke Into His House.

s. LeQuinn Of Cavendish, VT, was rob-
bed of his customary hsaltn by invasion of
Chronic Constipation. When DR.. Kings
New Life Pills broke into his house, hls
trouble was arrested and now he's entirely
.cured. They're guaranteed to cure, 25c at
I. w. DeLorme's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07

Seneca, Sept. 3O.-Louis Elliott ac-
cidentally killed himself on Tuesday
morning at High Falls, this county.
Elliott was out hunting, LAID his gun
on log and when he picked the gun
up the hammers caught, discharging
the gun and blowing off the largest
portion of bis head.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07
Confederate Veterans Reunion, Augusta
GeOruia.
Low Rates Via Atlantic Coast Line

Low Rates Via Atlantic Coast Line.
Tickets on sale November9 and 10. 1903 from
all points in Georgia and South Carolina be-
yond a radius of one hundred miles of Angus
ia, and November 10 and 11th from points
within radius of one hundred miles of Angus
ia. and for trains scheduled to arrive in Au-
guSta before noon of November u. 1903 Final
limit Of all tickets will be November 13. 1905
The rate from Sumter to Augusta and return
for this occasion will be $3.50.
H. NJ. EMERSON. W. J. CRAIG.
Traffic Manager. General Passenger Agent
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07
\ Love Letter.

Would not interest you if you're looking
%or . Guaranteed salve for sores, burns or
nile=. Otto Dodd, of Ponder, No., writes:
& suffered with an ugly sore for year,
bat box of Buckien's Arnlea oalSe cureo
me. LIS the best Saive on earth. 2ac at
+. w. DeLorme's Drug Store
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07
STATE FAIR, COLUMBIA, S. c.,
Low Rates Yia Atlantic Coast Line.

Tickets on sale October 9th to 26th. inclu-
sive. and for trains scheduled to arrive in Co
lumbia prior to noon Of October 30th.
Final limit of all tickets will be November
2nd 1903. The rate from Sumter to Columbia
and return for this occasion will he S1.SO. in
Guiding one admission into the Fair Grounds.
II. NJ. EMERSON. W.. CRAIG.
Traffic Manager. General Passenger Agent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-07
EXCURSION RATES TO AUGUSTA, GA.

And Return Via the Southern Railway Account Geor.
ola State Reunion of Confederate Veterans Nov.
1912, 1908.
The Southern Railway will sell reduced
rate tickets from all points in the State of
South Carolina to Augusta. Ga, and return
account of State Reunion OF Confederate
Veterans November 10th-l2th, at One Cent a
Mile plus Twenty Five cents.
Tickets on sale from points beyond radius
Of 100 miles Of Augusta. Ga. November 9th
10th. and points within radius Of 100 miles
November 10th-l1th, and for trains scheduled
to arrive in Augusta. Ga, before noon OF
November -. limited to November 18th. 1903.
For full particulars apply to any local
Agent of the company or to
R. W. HUNT, D. P A. Charleston. S. C..
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that one railroad station which did
business of but 1915 for the whole year
Of 1883. did business of 1887 in ship
ping milk alone in the one month Of
June.
These results are these of class of
settlers who have been attracted to the
South through letters written by
pioneer friends. Such letters are part
of the vigorous campaign for immi
grafton upon which the leading rail
roads of the South have entered. For
example, one road has arranged for
cooperation of its Southern agents
with about thousand agents in Illi-
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Min
nesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio,
South Dakota and Wisconsin for the
handling of intending settlers. This
is part Of the general scheme of Civ
ing widespread circulation to the
simple facts regarding Southern con-
ditions, of advertising extensively
special low roundtrip rates and of
running homeseekers' excursions two
or three times month. Immediate
effects of these plans appear in the
crowds passing through such gateways
as Memphis, Kansas City and st.
Louis, one party of 5000 persons hav-
ing left the Last named city on SIX
trains within two hours one night last
month. Again, the rice harvest IN
Louisiana attracted LOCO homescekers
and investors, where there are colonies
or individuals, in the desire to enjoy
the full advantages of participation in
the development of the South's farm
ing, mineral, manufacturing and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-10
NEED MORE UNIVERSITIES
British Scientist Says Their Lack Is
Affecting British Trade and
Manufactures.

Southport, Eng, Sept. 10.-The British
Association for the Advancement of Sci
ence met last night here. Sir Norman
Lockyer delivered his presidential address.
entitled 1.-THE Influence of Brain Power
on History" He referred at length to the
struggle for existence in modern commu-
mites, and showed that British industries
We're suffering from international compe-
tition. He said:
Our position as nation, our success mer.
chants are in peril chiefy--dealing with PREVENT
BILE causes-because Of our lack of completely
efficient universities and neglect of research.
We in Great Britain have eleven universities
competing with 1874 state and privately en-
dowed universities in the United States and
twenty-five state endowed in Germany. The
German state gives to one university more than
the British government allows to all the univer.
stiles and university colleges in England, ireland
Scotland and Wales put together.
These are the conditions which regulate the
production of brain power in the United States
Germany and Great Britain respectively, and the
excuse Of the government is that this is matter
for private effort Do not our ministers of state
know that other civilized countries grant efficient
state aid, and, further, that private effort has
provided in Great Britain less than 10 per cent Of
the sum thus furnished in the United States II
addition to state aid:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-10

Barth, Frankel and Seagari, to show that
all the symptoms Of the illness Of Pope
Leo. XIII, asserted in official bulletins by
Drs. Lapponi and Mazzoni, lead to the
conclusion that the late pope was not
affected by the pleurisy or pleuro pneu
monia. Professor Cardarelli affirms that
from the moment bloody liquid appears in
the pleura and is found in thora centers,
especially when the fluid gathers deceit
fully without pain or fever or manifest
cause of pleurisy, the diagnosis Of pleur-
liquid forms in the right pleura it only
indicates cancer or hydrothorax in aged
people.
There are forms Of senile pleurisy or
pneumonia, he continues, in which fever,
pain and cough are lacking, but these are
almost without exception of a tuberculous
nature. The declaration that the post
mortem examination confirmed the dag
nosis made by Drs. Lapponi and Mazzoni,
the professor declares is not sufficient, as
only careful microscopic examination in
of the pleura. The professors statement
concludes as follows:
"Hematic serum gathered deceitfully,
without fever, pain or cough in an old
man Of "a, with diminishing strength,
should have made the doctors think of
cancer Of the pleura or tuberculosis hydro
thorax instead Of pleurisy, pleuro-pneu-
| naonia, or senile pulmonary Repatriation
but it Is impossible to make a diagnosis
| without having seen the patient and with
| out precise data on the chemical nature OF
| the composition of the liquid taken from
the pleura. Faithful to high pledge
taken, have waited forty days from the
pope's death before making this publica-
tion."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-10
ION EDGE OF A PREcIPIcE"
European Diplomats Terse Description Of
the Balkan Situation.

London, Sept. 1o.-"Europe is standing
on the edge of a precipice," to-day said
diplomat who is participating in the
international negotiations in connection
with the Balkan question, "and no one
can tell but that tomorrow may see
Turkey and Bulgaria plunged in war in
spite Of all the efforts to prevent it, tho
the powers separately have made strong
representations to Bulgaria to desist from
aiding the insurgents and are on the
eve Of making a quiet demand for the
observance Of a policy of strict neutral
ity. In the meantime, Turkey is becom-
ing encouraged by the attitude of the
powers towards Bulgaria, and there is
strong feeling among the Mohammedans
that the opportunity Is at hand to take
summary vengeance on Bulgaria.
1.-THE porte has been warned against
engaging in war, and we believe it hes
itates to embark upon move which may
result in the armed intervention of Eu-
rope. The only encouraging sign in the
situation is the understanding between
the powers, ell Of which. we are sure,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-10
BUBONIC PLAGUE
The Dread Disease Claims a Quintet
of Victims at Marseilles,
France.

Marseilles Sept. 1o.-A number Of
buildings on the outskirts of this city,
where suspected cases Of bubonic plague
had been reported, were destroyed by fire
to-day. The sanitary officials used sui
pher in the disinfection Of merchandise
in the buildings and the flames cornmuni-
Gated to the buildings themselves.
Officials here continue to assert that
the existence OF the plague has not been
established, but they admit that eight
cases were suspicious and that five re-
suited in DEATH
These cases originated in a cargo Of
rags brought here in a vessel from Con-
stantinople. Rigid sanitary precautions
have been adopted.
Unofficial reports make the situation
more serious. The dead, it appears. In
clude four women and one man, whose
bodies were covered with buboes leaving
little doubt as to the nature of the disease.
Eighteen suspects, including four infants.
are under surveillance. The vessel which
brought the cargo has been isolated.