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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16
Tobacco Smuggling.

New York, Sept. 9.-The examina-
tion of Joseph Wahrman, dealer in
leaf tobacco, today, before United
States Commissioner Ridgeway, on a
charge of buying smuggled tobacco.
brought out the fact, if the confes-
sions of two sailors ARRESTED on Mon
day are to be believed, that there are a
number of tobacco merchants in New
York engaged in illict traffic in tobac-
co. On Sunday night two treasury
officials followed two sailors of the
Koenigen Luise, giving the names of
Thome and Schone who, they say
delivered smuggled tobacco to Joseph
Wahrman. Today, when three men
we're arraigned before the commits
sioner, the two sailors made confessions
and testified in behalf of the Govern
ment and against Wahrman. The COM
missioner held Wahrman for trial in
1,5OO bail, which was furnished.
Wahrman denied the charge most en-
phatically and insisted he was a vic
tim of circumstances. The sailors were
parolled.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16
HORRIBLE TURKISH ATROCITIES.
Reports Indicate That the Turks
Have Massacred $4,000 Bul-
qarians.

Sofa, Bulgaria, Sept. s.-All reports
from the vilayet of Monastir agree in
describing the situation as appalling.
Between 1900 and $4,000 Bulgarian
Inhabitants are believed to have been
massacred by the Turks, and every
Bulgarian village in the vilayet has
been destroyed. The refugees in the
mountains and forests are dying OF
starvation by thousands. At present
It is impossible to obtain precise
figures. The revolutionary headquar-
tiers estimate that thirty thousand
Bulgarian men, women and children
have been killed, while at least the
same number of refugees are slowly
perishing Of hunger. In official cir
cIes these figures are regarded as an
underestimate, and officials incline to
the belief that the number of the mas
sacred exceeds so, 900. The Turks are
apparently determined to exterminate
the entire Bulgarian population OF the
vilayet.
alton is viewed with increasing alarm.
It is reliably reported that the
Turkish forces in Macedonia number
800. 600. It is considered impossible
that such a force has been assembled
merely to crush the rebellion. 1t is
feared that the Sultan is medltstlng
an attack on Bulgaria.
TWO BATTLES IN MACEDONIA.
Salcnica, Turkey, Sept s.-Twelve
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16
MADE MAD BY HOLINESS.
A Horrible Tragedy in Anderson
County.

Anderson, Sept 8.-A horrible case
Of infanticide caused by religious fana-
ticism occurred last night in Broad
way Township, about six miles from
the city. John Grafenreid, negro,
and his wife, had been attending a
holiness meeting and had become
greatly wrought up over the excite
nent attending it. They left the meet
ing Monday night and spent greater
part of the night praying.
Just before daylight, Grafenreid
SAYS, his wife awoke him and asked
him which he loved best, his wife or
his baby, child about 1e months of
age. She said the Lord was going to
take one of them and asked which he
would rather give up. He says he said
that if it was the Lords will he would
rather give up the child. He says the
woman then got out of bed and took
the child in her arms and declared she
was going to offer it as sacrifice. He
says he was standing by her trying to
get her quiet, when she suddenly ex-
claimed: "Here, Lord, take this
child,o and threw it against the wall.
HIS WHY SACA CkAAOW AOA q S44SSA1S
him and tried TO choke him, saying
something about both of them going to
Heaven together. They had a scuffie,
which awakened the other children,
who ran into the room and took the
child and placed it in bed. The wo-
man then jumped out of window and
left the place and went to the farm OF
W. @. Hammond, where she appeared
early in the morning, acting in a
strange manner, as if demented, and
Mr.. Hammond secured her for fear
she would do herself or others harm.
She said something about her husband
killing her baby, and this aroused Mr..
Rammond's suspicious, and he 'phoned
Sheriff Green for Instructions. The
sheriff gave instructions to have her
husband arrested and this was done.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16
Mayor Seth Low Endorsed.

New York, Sept. 9.-At the Fusion
conference tonight the name Of Seth
Low was endorsed as the candidate for
mayor to be presented at the fusionist
Convention by all the bodies affiliated
with the Fusion movement, except the
Greater New York Democracy and the
Kings County Democracy. The con-
ference was held at the headquarters OF
the Citizens Union. It was evident
before the conference was called to Or
der that Mayor Low would meet the
favor of most of the delegates, although
John G. Sheehan, leader Of the Greater
New York Democracy announced that
his organization would demand that an
independent Democrat be named. He
indicated, however that this decision
was not final.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16
Death of Mrs. Boyeson.

La Porte, Ind, Sept. 9.-Mrs. Jane
Stewart Boyeson, of Chicago, died to-
night at Asheville, N. c., as result
of nervous shock, following accusa-
tions of theft. The news reached here
in a telegram to friends. While Mrs.
Boyeson was at hotel near Spartan
burg, S. c., the room of guest from
Augusta, Ca, was robbed of $500
worth of jewelry. Mrs. Boyeson was
accused. She was not in good health
and the charge resulted i'll her physical
collapse. Before the end came she in
stituted a $50, 900 damage suit against
the proprietor of the hotel in the Fe-
deral Court at Charleston. Mrs. Boye-
son had done considerable newspaper
work, and was musician Of marked
ability. She was member of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
the Chicago Woman's Club and other
organizations.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16
4 NEGRO MURDERER RESCUED.
Work of the Chicago Police in
Battling an Enraged Mob.

Chicago, Sept. 9.-Under fire Of
bricks and stones, policemen last
night rescued negro murderer from
a mob of would-be lynchers. Ten
minutes before John Brinkley, a col
ored watchmna. had snot and killed
Charles Mccarthy. a plasterer, almost
in the presence of the latter's wife,
who stood in the doorway holding her
baby. Then the negro backing into
the doorway of his own quarters, held
a crowd of two hundred men and boys
at bay until Patrollman Robert
Mooney. walked up to him unarmed,
and took away his weapon. Mooney
took his prisoner into the Office Of the
tile factory, in which Brinkley was
employed, to await the patrol wagon.
But as he did so the crowd surged
forward once more with cries of
"Lynch him!'' "Lynch him. ''Get a
roper' Brinkley turned and fed from
the Office by the rear door.
The mob saw the escape. and, head
ed by Mooney, streamed down an
alley in pursuit. The negro ran sew
erai blocks before he was fnlly over
Gak6u. lNe pOllcomeu HaPluS Oeon
brushed aside. Brinkley was now at
the mercy of the crowd. A teamster
jumped down from his wagon and be-
gan lashing the negro across the face
with his whip, the victim being held
the while by dozen men and boys.
A patrol wagon arrived with three
policemen, who together with
Mooney. seized the negro and succeed
ed in dragging him to the patrol
wagon. me horses were whipped up
and the rescued prisoner whirled to
the police station. None of the riot
ers was arrested.
The killing grew out Of a quarrel in
which Mccarthy had accused Brink
ley of stealing chickens from his
premises.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16
TOM BELAB0RS HANNA.
Chic Campaign Opened With Vim.
Tom /. Johnson PiIlories Hanna
as the Champion of The Trusts,
on Which Republican Party
Depends for Success.

Akron, Ohio, Sept. 9.-The Demo
ractic State Campaign opening meet
ing was held in this city tonight, ad-
dresses being delivered by Tom l..
johnson, candidate for Governor Of
Ohio; John II. Clarke, candidate for
United States Senator, and Henry
George, Jr., of New York. The at
tendance at the meeting was estimated
at 5000. Mr.. johnson, in his speech,
said
'.The city of Cleveland furnishes an
excellent illustration of the issues OF
the Democratic party in this campaign.
Cleveland has become known as the
most completely enioined city in Ohio.
Since I have been mayor, fifteen in
functions have been ISSUED against the
city in the interest of the owners OF
valuable special privileges like the
street railroads and the gas and cleo
tric light companies. And after each
Injunction the Democratic pluralities
have been larger than before.
"Senator Hanna, who is financially
interested in some of these public ser
vice corporations, with the aid Of At
torney General Sheets, has been able
to prevent the city from compelling the
public service corporations to pay their
just share of the taxes, and has so fai
blocked the establishment of a three
cent street railroad fare to compete
with his five cent fare monopoly.
"Senator Hanna is standing for vim
dication. He stands for vindication
on that variety of municipal owner
ship, which through the ship sub
sidy proposes to pay into the pockets
of Mr.. Hanna's friends from ten tc
fifteen million dollars annually in ship
subsidies. He stands as opposed to al,
lowing the people of Cleveland to ex.
press their will as to whether they
desire an electric plant. will be sat.
isGed with the verdict of the voters. ,:
John II. Clarke referred to Senator
Hanna's stand pat" policy, and said
aWhile Senator Hanna has thus
been urging this do-nothing policy,
there has been worked out unrestrain.
ed in our country, the greatest indus
trial revolution of modern times, which
has placed every branch of business
and manufacture in the control of q
form of monopoly, which all the world,
except Mr.. Hanna, agrees to call
trust. ("
GAS to the remedies in the way Of
controlling trusts, the first is the tax.
ing of the tariff from all articles. the
manufacture or sale of which is con.
trolled by a monopoly, and the second,
the limiting of the capitalization OF al
corporations engaged in Interstate
commerce, strictly to the value of the
property invested. -
Mr.. Clarke favored granting i'm
mediate independence to the Filipinos
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16
HARD ON PRINTERS.
Catholic Church Will Refuse to
Give Them AbsoIution.

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 9.-The
Journal today says: The slogan for
what promises to be one of the biggest
contentious in which organized labor
has been enagged, one with the Cath
olic church, has been sounded by
Father NJ. J. Ward of Beloit, who has
declared that neither he nor any other
priest of the Roman Catholic faith will
give absolution to those who have
taken the oath of the I--.ernational
Typographical union. The oath of this
union requires that the members al
legiance to his union shall have
priority over every obligation, religious
and otherwise.
Father A. F. Schinner, admins
traitor of the archdiocese said today
that Father Ward was altogether justi-
fed in making such a statement and
that he would himself say the same
thing.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16

Cynthiana, KY, Sept. S.-The
trial of Curtis Jett for the alleged as
sassination of Town Marshal James
Cockrill at Jackson, KY, in February
1902, began today. Judge Osborne
overruled the motion by the defence
for continuance, and the case was
set for trial for September IA, on ac-
count of the necessry absence until
then of Judge Black, one of the de-
fendant's attorneys. County Attorney
Webster also made a motion for rule
against Jasper King, to show cause
why King should not be arrralgned Tor
contempt of Court. The affidavit OF
County Attorney Webster charges
King with hanging the jury last month
in the case of Jett and White.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16
UnIucky Buzzard Balloon.


Whitewater, Va. Sept. 9.-Prof.
Langley's air ship was disabled again
this afternoon at o'clock by the
wreck of the starboard propeller, which
broke about the middle under pressure
of its own velocity, one of the blades
dashing against the frame work and
doing considerable damage. The blade
whirled through the air at a fast rate,
barely missing several men on the
deck of tug boat. Prof. Manly, who
was in the car, at once had the machine
placed inside.
The structural weakness, which this
second accident indicates, will require
much work before launching is at
tempted. Prof. Langley was not hers
today, but a test would have beer
made if all had gone we'll.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16
sAL7ED The WELLS.
! Remarkable Charge Against
the Trust.

Fort Worth, Tex, Sept. .6.-The
For Worth Telegram prints the most
startling story that had ever come out
of the Beaumont oil fields, and states
that its informant is one of the
most prominent men of Fort Worth,
who returned from Beaumont yesterdy.
This man declares the Standard Oil
Company has perpetrated most gl-
gantic sWindle in the Beaumont fields
and that positively established details
are Just coming to light. The inde-
pendent oil companies of Beaumont
are the victims. Many of them have
been wrecked by the Standards base
work.
Recently some of the leading men
of the wrecked or injured companies
determined to investigate and in two
days time raised $1,000 with which
to push the WORK. The Developments,
it is decalred, are simply astonishing.
It is shown that numerous well, that
were apparently ruined by salt water
were put in their bad condition by the
Standard company's conspirators.
AS fast as company went TO the
wall its property was bought in by the
Standard. By accident, it is said,
the desperate work of the STANDARD
was recently discovered.
The Standard Oil Company long ago
built pipe line from Beaumont to
the Gulf of Mexico. A pumping sta
| tion was erected at Beaumont and an.
other at the gulf. Oil was pumped
through the pipe line to the Gulf and
thence shipped to various parts OF the
world. Suddenly many wells of inde-
pendent companies had salt water in
them. The ruin of the owners is part
of the history of the field.
| One day, not long ago, one OF the
pumping stations got out of working
order, and oil pumping to the Gull
had to be suspended while repairs
were beng made. Suddeny wells thai
had been giving out fully one-half sail
water began Towing nothing but oil
good fuel oil, it is declared. That lee
to Investigation. The Investigators al
night secretly plugged up the pipe
line at the Beaumont end. They de-
toured several miles into the country,
dug into the ground over the pipe
line, made tapping into the line anc
salt water gushed into the air nearly
100 feet. It's claimed that the pressure
was from the Gulf pumping station anc
that salt water was being pumped tx
Beaumont and into the wells that the
Standard companys' conpirators de
sired to wreck; that there was no pres
sure from the Beaumont end because
of the plugging of the pipe.
The informant of the Telegram de
clares that force of detectives are a
work seeking evidence on which Il
have the conspirators arrested.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16
A Good Liver.

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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16
Is Indigestion a Disease :?

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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16
IIlRIIRMTs FOR
POSTAL THIEVES.
lhs Scandals in Postal Department
Reach a eIimaK.
al Grand Jury Brings in Sew
] en- Indictments Against Six De-
parfment Officials.

Washington, Sept. S.-After deIb-
Grating for several weeks over mass
Of documents submitted by the post
Office INSPECTORS, the Federal grand
siiury in this city today returned seven
indictments IN postal cases, involving
six different persons. All the indict-
n,ents were kept of the public record
ard both the officials of the district
attorneys Office and Of the .postofice
Department refused TO diyulge names
or details of the indictments until the
parties indicted are arrested. The
identity of the indicted individuals
was thus left matter OF conjecture.
The grand iury's action probably
marks the beginning OF the end or the
Investigation that has been in progress
since the middle of last March. Volum-
inous evidence has been laid before
The grand jury as the result Of the in
ouiry, and while the present report OF
The fury disposes of most of the cases,
there vet remain several TO be passed
upon. When the latter are disposed
Of, according. te Postmaster General
Pavne the Investigation, SO far as the
work at Washington is concerned, will
BE at an end for all practical purposes.
Seyer,sl OF the persons indicted today
i've oatside Of Washington. They will
be arrested as soon as bench warrants
can be served.
Two other important events occurred
today in the postal inquiry. Leopold
Stern, the Baltimore contractor, who
disappeared from Baltimore before he
could be arrested on an indictments re-
turned July 81 last, was located at
Toronto, and the long delayed sur
render OF George Beavers, the former
head of the salary and allowance dlVl-
sion. to the New York authorities
sook place. The postal officials have
been searching for Stern ever since he
disappeared and have finally received
word from the Canadian authorities
that he is in Toronto.
Tie question Of extradition has beer
taken up with the State department.
The case has featEfes similar TO the
Greene-G -Gagnor case. It was then
. contended that conspiracy was not ex-
traditable, but the State department.
took the view that the acts themselves
involved alleged embezzlement aud
constitute, extgaditable offences. Stern
was indicted for conspiracy TO defraud
the Government. He was charged
with resolving full price for satchels
fer letter-carrierss including shoulder
straps, despite the supply to him OF
these straps at Government expense.
In consideration Of the supply Of these
straps to him, for which he was paid
in full, he is charged with paying
large sums to ". G. Long, of this
city, and A. W. Machen, the deposec
head Of the free delivery service.
New York, Sept. s.-George W.
Beavers, the former head of the salary
and allowance division of the postof6ce
department. at Washington, surrendered
himself in the Office of United State!
Commissioner Hitchcock, in this city
today, and gave $1,000 bail for his ap
pearance before Commissioner Hitch
cock on September Is.
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A Bull Point From Alabama.

Montgomery, Ala, Sept. "The
cotton crop has deteriorated fully %
per cent in The cotton belt of Alabama
within the past two weeks said Com
missioner of Agriculture Poole today.
''The hot weather has stopped the,
growth of the cotton and caused it to
shed. The boil and the army worm also.
have added to the injury. The report
of the agriculture bureau at Washing
ton was made on reports received up to
August 26, and since that date the crop
has been materially injured. l pre-
dict the next report will show worse
condition than for years. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16

Austin, Texas, September g:-Ass
torney General Bell filed suit in the
District Court today against the Wells
Fargo Express Company and the Paci-
fc Express Company, to cancel and
annul their permits to do business in
Texas, on account of alleged failure
to maintain general Offices in the State.
as required by law. Suit was also Gfed
against the American and the United
States Express companies restraining
them from doing business in the State.
on account Of their failure to take out
permits and maintain general Offices.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16
Rich Mexican Gold Mines

Mexico. City, Sept. British ex-
perts, familiar with South African
gold regions, who have visited the
recently discovered gold fields in the
districts Of Mexico and Micbochan.
assert that Mexico will soon be one OF
the greatest produces of the yellow
metal in the world. Eloree Camp is
pronounced superior to Rhodesia in ev-
cry way. The experts made a pro-
longed study of the camps and have.
returned to England to make a report
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16

Charlotte, N. c., Sept. "a special
to the Observer from Spartanburg, S.
c.. says that Miller Mckinney, a
merchant, of Tucapau Mills, S. g.,
was shot and killed this afternoon, On.
the public road, near Spartanburg. by
Harry Dean, aged is years, Of Dun
cans S. G. Dean surrendered, claim
ing that he shot in self defence, Nc
Kinney attempting to shoot him, as q
result of a quarrel over a debt of 81. so,
which Mckinney alleged Dean owed
him. Both Dean and Mckinney
were mmbers Of weli-to-do families.
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SUMTER s. c. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER TO- 1908.

battaliops of Turkish troops are re-
ported to have surrounded large re-
volutionary band near Ostrovo, thirty
miles from Monastir. Figbtingis is pro-
crossing.
The revolutionaries have taken up a
position near Lake Aniatovo, in the
Yilayet of Constantinople. Turkish
troops are now said to be attacking
them,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16
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Birmingham, Ala, Sept. S.-An ex-
plosion of loose powder in the coming
department of the Birmingham Pow
der Company's plant this morning
resulted in the death of B. Bargett
and the fatal injury of j. Goodlet,
both laborers. No Others were in the
mill at the time. An explosion in the
same mill two months ago resulted in
the death of three men.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-16
Elliott's Emulsifed Oil Lini-
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DAVIS VERSUS VANDEvENTER.

Hope, July 17.-Gov. Davis and Mir. Vandeventer spoke to an audience of 500 or 800 today at Spring Hill. The governor spoke along his usual lines. He touched up the recent legislature, intimating that it had sold out to the insurance companies, and he warned the people against conventions, say ing his opponents would try to down him that way instead of by primaries.
 He spoke one and half hours, and was followed by MT. Vandeventer, who spoke one and a half hours.
 MT. Vandeventer was hissed by some of Davis' men and a few of the noisy element, The impression of several unbiased men is that Van deventer's talk made him votes.