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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12
yorkville, S. c., Sept. Is, 1904.
Hon. A. F. Lever,


My dear Lever: enclose yon copy
o.. letter from Hon. ". s. Cownerd,
Chairman Democratic Congressional
Committee, this letter fully sets forth
the situation. The prospect for Dem,
ocratic success is bright, provided
nroner efforts are put forth. 1t is certain
bogeyer. that great deal Of work is
- 70 he done. to do this and to carry
~ ~ the work successfully, money is nec-
esssv tits a fact that the democratic
1ar.y in South Carolina is not
cajIsd on to make any contribution
- .ba marty in the State. In view OF
this and the .u.ther fact that our peo-
nle are greatly interested IN democratlc
success this year, hope that am
correct in believing that ene oemoc-
@ rscv of the State will contribute some
thing TO the campaign funo.
sffer consultation with trends, l
hsua decided to write each Congress
.an - IN the State and request that ne
4sLe | charge of the matter Of collecting
eeso.ntr;hutions es.n in his district. the de-
te;,S to be worked out by him. L su5-,
aose ~ however, that 1t might be gooo
ean pa democrats AZ in EACH county and re-
n1est a1 them to solicit subscriptions.
further suggest, that any one may
suhscribe, that his name and snoun1
of subscription be kept ana sent &c
|hs;yman CoWherd or myself. A suit
shis acknowledgement will be given
&C. - the party by the committee.
ione that this coi1rse Will mee'
u;,h vour appreciation and that you
wiii he successful in raising Iunos ioi
ene Yours sincerely,
ID. e. Finley,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12

Really star aerial performances pos
sess the most thrilling interest for
everybody, and III this branch of arenic
art the combined great Forepaugh
and Sells Brothers circuses are pre-
eminently strong. They present an
unparalleled number of the greatest
and most venturesome and original
male and female mid-air trapezee, hor-
izontal bar, floating ring, invisible
wire and funambulisic experts, III
the strangest and most startling and
stupendous flights. dives, evolutions,
catches and combinations. They give
the town plenty to talk about as viii
be shown here on October 26.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12
Stateburg Items.

Stateburg, Oct. 1.-THE weather is
still perfect for the harvest and cotton
is being gathered in as fast as the farm
ers can have it picked. 1t is still
hard matter to get it ginned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burchell Moore leave
today for their home in Iowa, after a
pleasant stay of ten days.
The Messrs. Ross and Mr.. Robert
Wells of Clarendon county we're the
guests Of MI. W. J. Norris last week.
Mrs. Gordon Bradley and four sons,
are visiting Mrs. G. NJ Murray.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. Smith of Co.
lumbia are visiting the family of Mr..
Tyre Stuckey.
Miss Butler who has been visiting
realtives in Columbia, returned on
Monday.
Mr.. Harry Bull, OF Sumter, spent
Sunday at home.
Mr.. VIM. H. Barnwell arrived on
Saturday and is with his son Rev. W.
H. Barnwell.
Mrs. A. c. Butler is visiting her
daughter Mrs. Pritcbard jenkins near
Sumter.
MI. W. B. Nelson of Charleston was
in Statesburg on Wednesday to attend
the Nelson. Mcleod wedding. He re-
turned to Charleston on Friday ac-
companied by Mrs W. B. Nelson and
sor.
Miss Anrie Nj. Barnwell spent Sun
day at home.
Master Harrison Saunders spent
Saturday and Sunday with relatives
at Hagood.
Messrs. R. NJ. Cantey, Frean Mel
lette, H. G. Muldrow and Mrs. A
S. FLUID and Misses Julia and Anna
Burgess spent Saturday in Sumter.
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Lexington. XIV. Oct. 10.-It is an

Lexington, Ky. Oct. 1O.-It is an
nounced that E. E. Smathers, the
we'll known turfman has consigned bis
entire bunch of trotters to the Ncvem-
ber sales of the Fasig- g-Fipton com pany
at Madison Square Garden, New York.
This decision means that Smathers IS
practically quitting the light harness
sport. In the list Of those to be sold
will be Major Delmar, the worlds
champion trotting gelding.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12
The County Democratic Executive
Committee.

THE Executive Committee is hereby
called to meet in the Court House, at
II O'Clock on Tuesday, Oct. Sth. Mat
ters of importance will be brought
before it and full attendance is de-
sired.
By order of the Chairman.
II. L. B. WELLS,
Sec. and Treas.
Herald and Freeman please copy.
Oct -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12
Battle of Kukden Being Fought.

London, Oct. II, 4 p. ma dis
patch from Toxic this evening reports
that the japanese gunboat Heyen
struck mine near Port Arthur Sept.
18th and sank Only four of the crew
were saved. Another dispatch from
Toxic says that general engagement
was in progress near Mukden today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12
Ressians 0utnumber Japanese.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 1.-THE Gen
eral Staff reports that the Russian
front about Mukden is now contract
ed to thirty versts in length. The
Russian forces exceed the japanese by
25, 900 men they say.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12
skirmishinq in Close Quarters.

st Petersburg, Oct. 11.-General
Kuropatkin reports that the Russian
vanguard is now IN contact with the
Japanese who are within gunshot.
The scouts are skirmishing along the
entire line.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12

The Columbia banks have formed a
clearing bouse association.
A savings bank with $4,000 capital
has been organized sby negroes in Or
angeburg.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12
BATTLE OF RuKDEH Has BEGUN.
London Papers Have Received
Confirmation of Reports of
Beginning Of Battle.

London, Oct. S.-Several papers
this morning received reports that the
battle at Mukden has begun. The
reports have received some conhrma-
tion, but nothing is yet official.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12

yev-York, Oct. 1o.--Jadge Parker
20 .;v"d at the hotel Seville from ESQ
az Of 10 O'Clock this morning to con-
t;a1a R. conferences with the party
iasde,s Iss 40 and to attend TO the uork on
is bis campaign. 1t is understood enat
taSav,s conference is to be devoted
ia,osiy TO the state canvass.
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successful sortie at Port Arthur.

st. Petersburg. Oct. 1.-THE Rus
sian forces at Port Arthur made a
sortie on Oct. 9th and reoccupied the
heights overlooking Tapke baye which
had previously been captured by the
Japanese.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12

it turns out that the report OF the
death of George Shaw, from the
effects of flow on the head which
was inflicted by Jethro Conyers, was
q fake. Shaw is still alive, aad, II
the latest report is to he believed, is
in no Immediate danger of death.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12

London, Oct. S.-The ST. Peters
burg correspondent of the Exchange
Telegraph Company wires that the
Gear will today bid good bye to the
Baltic feet, which will start for the
east at once.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12

New York spots Unchanged, mlddIlng
1926, sales 955.
Total port receipts today 81, 161,
vs.. 9O,236 last week, vs.. 63, 897 last
year.
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Iaps CAPTURED Russian Merchant Ships.

Rome, Oct. 8.-The newspaper
Giornale Di Roma reoprts that Admiral
Kamimura's squadron while cruising
off Vladivostok, Thursday, captured
several Russian merchantmen.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12

Rome, Oct. 1O.-The Giornale di
Roma has a dispatch from St. Pet
ersburg estimating that the Russian
casualties in the campaign so far have
been SO, coo killed, wounded and taken
prisoners. At Port Arthur and on
the Liao Tung Peninsula, the paper
says the losses have been fifteen thous-
and, against first Japanese army ten
thousand. Kaimagn Tacchikao and
Haicheng six thousand, at Liao Yang
twenty thousand, in addition to which
1000 sailors have been drowned and
forty thousand sailors aud soldiers
taken prisoners.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12
DAILY MARKET REPORT.

Special by Ware & Leland's Private
Wire.
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Rome, Oct. 1O.-The newspaper
Mattines asserts that Port Arthur is
in far better condition than late re-
port, indicated. There are at the port,
says this >aper, ample stores to keep
the garr n, which now comprises
%, OO0 S. 41ers and 16, 900 sailors, for
twelve months.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12

?st. Petersburg, Oct. lo.-A dispatch
from Mukden says the Japanese are
falling back on Liaao Yang, which
the Russians will in the end attack.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12

The BisLopville New Era, which
was established few weeks ago,
with Mr. H. A Moses, as editor, has
discontinued publication.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12

St. Petersburg, Oct. 10.-Lieutenant
General Sakharof in dispatch this
morning confirms the press reports of
the occupation of Benaipudse by the
Russians and of the beginning of an
advance against the japanese by the
Russians under General Kuropatkin.
The Japanese retreated from Benai-
pudse after a skirmish.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12

Mukden,O ct.1 o.-An artillery bat
tie occurred Sunday, continuing
throughout the day. The Russian
center and left were engaged. The
japanese retreated everywhere, press
ed by the Russians.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-20
End Of Bitter Fight.

1.-TWO physicians had long and
stubborn fight with an abscess on my
right lung" writes J. F. Hughes of
Dupont, Ga. "and gave me up. Ev-
srybody thought my time had come.
AS a last resort [ tried DR.. King
New Discovery for consumption. The
benefit I received was striking and
I was on my feet in few days. Now
I've entirely regained my health. "
1t conquers all Coughs, Colds and
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teed by A. G. Luken & Co., drug
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The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-20
A PRETTY TRIBUTE
Indiana Miners Suspended
Work in Honor of
Senator Hanna.
KEPT FUNERAL HOUR
Fifteen Thousand Toilers in the
Mines of the State Reverence the
Memory of Friend.
The Operators heartily Coucurred
in the Order of President
Mitchell.

Terre Haute, Ind, Feb. 20.-Fifteen
thousand miners in Indiana suspended
work at noon Friday in respect to the
memory of Senator Hanna. President
John Mitchell sent a message to Pres
ident Kolsem, of the Indiana opera
tors, saying the miners had been asked
to suspend work, and that he hoped
the arrangement would not inconven-
fence the operators. President Kol-
sem replied: 4 heartily concur in
the action taken, and believe that l
voice the sentiment of every operator
in the state of Indiana"
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-20
DISAPPOINTED TOWNS
Supreme Court Decision That Has Far
Reaching Effect.


Indianapolis, Feb. 2O-A number of
school towns in Indiana are disappoint-
ed by the decision of the Indiana SUI
preme court that a man who bid on
the $35, 900 of school bonds offered for
sale by Rushville need not take them
because the act under which they
were sold is unconstitutional, having
made an arbitrary classification of
towns. The decision is probably a
death blow to such legislation in the
future. The act construed by the SUI
preme court as unconstitutional ap-
piled to towns of not less than 4,540
nor more than 4,545, according to the
last preceding United States census,
which could mean only Rushyille.
When the last general assembly met
there was a request from many towns
of the state for legislation permitting
school trustees to borrow more money
and levy additional tax in order to
meet tie needs of the public school
system. A general law was passed,
but several of the towns had special
acts passed which defined the popula-
ton so narrowly as not to affect any
other town. 1t is these towns that are
affected by the courts ruling.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-20
UNANIMOUS DECISION
Presbyterian and Cumberland Church
es Have Declared for Union.

st. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 20.-At confer
ence extending over the past three
days, the committee on church coop
Grafton and union of the Presbyterian
churches of the United States and the
committee on fraternity and union of
the Cumberland Presbyterian church,
have unanimously adopted an agree
ment as basis of the union of the two
churches. 1t is in the shape of report
to the general assemblies of the two
churches and will have to be ratified
by both those bodies before it be-
comes operative. Both general ASSN
blies meet May 10, the Presbyterian
at Buffalo and the Cumberland at Dali
las, Tex. The union is to be effected
on the doctrinal basis of the confession
of faith of the Presbyterian church
in the United States of America, as
revised in 1903 and of its other doc
trinal and ecclesiastical standards.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-20

Il1-health In woman is generally trace
able to disease of the delicate womanly
organism. Many women have been re-
stored to happiness by the use of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. If there
is an invalid woman, suffering from
female weakness, prolapsus, or falling of
womb, or from leucorrhea who has used
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with
out complete success DIR. Pierce would
like to hear from such person-and it
will be to her advantage to write as he
offers, in perfect good faith, a reward of
$500 for any case of the above maladies
which he cannot cure.
III feel it my duty to inform you that had
been sufferer for many years from nervous
ness with all its symptoms and complications"
writes Mrs. o. n. Fisher, of 1861 Lexington Ave,
New York, N Y. 'I constantly going to
a physician. I was induced to ask DR..
Pierce's advice. / then took five bottles of Fa-
vorite Prescription L not cross and
irritable, and have good color in my face;
and one thousand Of comfort for am new
woman once more"
The dealer who offers substitute for
"Favorite Prescription does SO to gain
the little more profit paid on the sale Of
less merito-ious medicines.
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps
to pay expense of mailing onkv. Send 2I
one-cent stamps for the paper-covered
book, or 81 stamps for the cloth bound.
Address DR.. r. v. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-20
Nice Point in Law.

Bluffton, Ind, Feb 20-John w Ter
rel, convicted of the murder of Melvin
Wolfe, his son-in-law, and recommend
ed to life Imprisonment, is again on
trial in the circuit court here, this
time to determine his mental condi-
ton. Judge Smith is presiding and the
attorneys who figured in the murder
trial are in attendance. His friends
are confident that Terrell will be de-
clared of unsound mind and that he
will be transferred eventually to the
hospital at Richmond. The disposition
OF Terrell involves a nice distinction
of law, in which Judge Smith will have
to exercise the inherent right of his
office. There is no statute covering
this particular case, and, in fact. there
is no case of record in the United
States, SO far as called to the attention
or the court, where prisoner await
ing life sentence has become insane
after the verdict was rendered and
prior to pronouncing sentence.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-20

tanf pas o the empire. -1adfvostoc
for EXAMPLE. or Odessa. were formerl.
teleeraphed to st. Petersburg to be
passed On. NJ. Plehve. minister of the
interior, and Count Lamsdorf. the for
eign minister, both joined in the rec
ommendation that the censorship be
abolished.
The internal censorship is to be re-
tanned, but foreign dispatches are to
be entirely free. Inasmuch as a state
of war exists kilograms from the thea
ter of hostilities will be subject to the
same kind of military censorship en-
forced in all countries under similar
circumstances.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-20
FIRE ALARM BOXES.
FIRST DISTRICT.

FIRST DISTRICT.
South of Main, West of Seventh.
l2-First and south c, piano factory.
13-Second and south B.
14-Fourth and south ID.
15-Fifth and south B.
16-Fifth and south III.
18-Seventh and south H.
SECOND DISTRICT.
South of Main, Between Seventh and
Eleventh.
21-Eighth and Main.
23-Eighth and south E.
Seventh and south G.
25-Ninth and south A.
26-Tenth and south C..
27-Eleventh and Main.
2S-Eleventh and south j.
THIRD DISTRICT.
South of Main, East Of Eleventh.
31-Twelfth and south B.
32-Twelfth and south E.
34-Fourteenth and Main.
35-Fourteenth and south C.
36-Eleventh and south A.
37-Twentieth and Main.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
North of Main, West of Tenth to
River.
41-Third and Main, Robinson s shop
42- Third and North c..
43-City Building.
45-Gaar, Scott & Co.
46-No. 1 Hose House, N. Eighth.
47-Champion Roller Mills.
48-Tenth and North I.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
West Richmond and Fairview.
5-West Third and Chestnut.
51-West Third and National Road.
52-West Third and Kinsey.
53-West Third and Richmond Ave.
54-Earlham College.
55-State and Boyer.
90 Grant and Ridge.
57-Hunt and Maple.
5S-Grant and Sheridan.
59-Bridge Ave-, Paper Mill.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
North of E, East of Tenth.
61-Railroad Shops.
62-Hutton s Coffin Factory.
63-Hoosier Drill Works.
64-Wayne Agricultural Works.
Go Richmond City Mill Works.
&C. estcott Carriage Works.
81 Thirteenth and North Ell.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Between Main and North D., East of
Tenth.
Ninth and North A.
and North B.
72-Fourteenth and North C.
73-No. 3 Hose House, East End.
"a Eighteenth and North c.
rs Twenty-second and North E.
SPECIAL SIGNALS.
1-2-1-Fire Out.
0-1O-10-Natural Gas Off.
10-Natural Gas On.
3-12 Noon and 6 p. m.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-20
The Death Penailz.

A little thing sometimes results
in death. Thus mere scratch, in
significant cuts or puny boils J ave
paid the death penalty. It is wise
to have Bucklen's Arnica Salve ever
handy. It's the best Salve on earth
and will prevent fatality, when
Burns, sores, Ulcers and Piles threat
en-. Only 25c, at A. G. Luken & Co.,
drug store.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-20
Russia Ready to Emerge
From Dark Cloud of Mis-
representation.
CENSORSHIP ABOLISHED
An Act Regarded as the Most Inn
pOrtant to Russia Since Eman-
Iation of Serfs.
Lifting of an Embargo Existing for
Generations the Personal Act
of the Gar.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 20.-The Rus
sian government has abolished the
censorship upon all news and other
kilograms going abroad.
The lifting of the embargo which
has existed for generations upon the
free transmission of news from the
Russian empire, came as direct re-
suit of consideration of the subject by
the car himself and in some respects
this abolition is regarded here as the
most important act since the emancf
patton of the serfs. Under a regime
allowing perfect freedom to the for
eign press it is believed that Russia
will soon cease to be constantly sub
ject to underground attack, and that
she will see herself through honest
spectacles.
For years. said a prominent Off
cialz "our country has been the victim
of every imaginable SANDER and mis-
representation because it was known
that kilograms addressed to foreign
sources went through the hands of the
Russian censor. Any story, no matter
how baseless or exaggerated, that was
sent surreptitiously across the border,
was greedily accepted abroad, espec-
tally by the Russophobes, as true, be-
cause the government would not put
it's official stamp upon it. Regular
anti-Russian news factories have been
in operation in Berlin, Vienna and
elsewhere, and these have spread the
most absurd and preposterous libels
supplied by the enemies of Russia.
Every act of the government has been
twisted and distorted. Insignificant
student affairs or workingmens riots,
such as would not attract general at
tention elsewhere, have been magni-
fed into great movements of popular
discomfort until certain portions of the
world have been led to believe that
Russia was perpetualIy on the eve of
a great revolution.
"Some English newspapers, esDec-
tally have conducted systematic cam
paigns against us. Moreover, the fact
that dispatches were censored has Of
ten been interpreted as semi-off1ciaI
authorization, when perhaps they in
no sense represented the views OF the
government Hereafter the cores
pondents of foreign newspapers will
be untrammeled. We expect to see
huSSld pT0S0ul0u III n6F true lSnJ.
The opening of the flood gates may
result in the evilly disposed stirring
up as much mud as possible, but we
feel confident that in the end truth will
prevail. We are not afraid to have
the light turned on. We are proud of
our country and we are entitled to
faithful and honest presentation of our
current history"
Foreign kilograms, until recently,
were subject to censorship at the min
istry of foreign affairs, but, since the
death last fall of M Crotch, who was
at one time connected with the Rus
sian embassy at Washington, the cen
sorship has been temporarily under
the ministery of the interior, where
the permanent censor bureau of plays
books and newspapers in Russia is
located.
News kilograms addressed to foreign
sources originating. in the most dis
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-20
LIGHT And DARN.

Day and night, sunshine and shadow
are not more different from each other
than a healthful from a sickly woman.
The hea1thfu1 woman carries light and
sunshine with her wherever she goes.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-20

Who was your grandfather of 1000
,ears ago7 We know how to trace
rour foreparents back, perhaps far
beyond the origin of Your family
name. Please enclose stamp for
eply when You write, for We work
heap. Address Samuel B. Huddles-
ON, Dublin, Ind. !
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-20

Hundreds of lives saved every year
by having DR.. Thomas Electric Oil
in the house just when it is needed.
Cures Group, heals burns, cuts,
wounds of every sort.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-20
Low Fares to Georgia via Pennsyl.
vania Lines.
TheiWiggins Co.

Excursion tickets to Atlanta, Ga,
will be sold via Pennsylvania lines
February Goth and 21st, account De-
partment of Superintendent Nation
al Educational association. For fares,
time of trains, ETC., apply to ticket
agents of the Pennsylvania lines
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-20
Murderer,s Awful Fate.

Little Rock, Ark, Feb. 20.-Glenco
Bays, a negro was burned at the
stake near Crosset, on the charge of
numbering J. D. Stephen, of Ashley.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-20

n e wo III a n
who S uf f eTs
from i1l-hea1t1l
casts a shadow
on her own hap
piness and the
happiness OF
o t h e RS. She
cannot help it.
Those who suf-
fer ca mn o t
smile au5 cin0