The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-11-23

Columbia, Nov. 1S.-The first batch
of foreigners to be brought to this Sec
tion to work in the cotton mills nave
arrived at Greenville, thirteen Poles
and Germans with their families. Inc
immigrants were brought in by the
land and industrial department. OF the
Southern railway. Commissioner OF
immigration Watson is trying to To-
cate all of his imports on the farms
of the State. He located two Scotch
men on Anderson farms this week. 1t
is a significant fact that OF the day
the 13 German families arrived III
Greenville, 48 farmers came in from
Cherokee to work in the Greenvllle
mills. A fight has been on the new
department of immigration in several
parts of the State on the ground that
foreigners would be brouhegnt re to
take the places of native help in the
mills, but this sentiment appears to
have died out after, interviews we're
published from some of the leading
cotton mill presidents to the effect that
it was not their intention or desire to
import labor, that the home product
was good enough and plentiful enough
to suit them.
Reliable information comes from
Saluda that ". L. Henderson wanted
for mdrder is in jail after all, in spite
of the report to the governor by the
Saluda Sheriff that Henderson was not
in his possession, although MaJ. l.. :.
Anderson presented the sherlh's ON
cial receipt for the prisoner on winch
the governor acted in awarding An
derson the 500 offered for Henderson S
capture. The information that now
comes from Saluda is to the effect
that Henderson was too badly wound
ed at the time of the fight to attempt
to escape and has all along been under
the surveillance of Sheriff Rhoden.
he was carried to relatives IN
Greenwood county and afterwards
Mai. Anderson started out with rim
for Saluda. but he became so i'll on
the way that he was turned over to
relative on the way, Mr.. Davis,
where be has been guarded by Sheriff
Rhoden. The Saluda Standard also
bears out this general statement, and
adds: "ItIhas been reported that the
negro Will Culbreatb, who is wanted
in the same case, was captured several
days ago in Prosperity, by two proml-
nent Saluda county citizens. II so
where is he? If he was turned loose
because the $50 reward was with
drawn, does, that mean that criminals
are to be apprehended only on account
of rewards?
Former Cashier S. P. Harvey of the
Coast Line road at Charleston, for l0
years an employe of the road, bas
been indicted in the sessions court for
defalcasions amounting to $50, 600.
Harvey is we'll known and his arrest
last summer caused a big sensation ID
Charleston.
Miss E. II. Botume. who had been
engaged in educational work at Beau
fort since 1864, is dead at her old
home near Boston, aged 81 years.
In the York county court this week
a negro was given lS months for steal
ing chickens. He had broken into a
hen house.
G. B. Creamer, Piedmont farmer,
and George W. Blackwell, cotton
mill operative at Maple, in Marion
county, were killed in railroad acci-
dents. Creamer was driving loaded
wagon across the Soutbern's tracks
Blackwell was asleep OH the Coast
Lines tracks.
The election returns in Georgetown
county show the overwhelming defeat
of Fl. S. Harrell, the coiored coroner.
He is the last Of Georgetown's negro
Office holders under the local govern
ment to lose his place.
In spite of the recent petition seut
into the Governor from liz Oconee
citizeus asking him to resign because
of his Communication OF Hovt Hayes
sentence Governor ran only y vote be-
hind the ticket in that county, accord
ing to the return, which have just
come IN.
Columbia. Nov. IA signed state
ment has been received from Sheriff
Rboden of Saluda in reference to the
w. L. Henderson affair in which the