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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-28
qua BEST WISHES.

Tne year 1904 nov rapidly drawing
% ! close has been one Of exceptional
prosperity and the people sof South
Carolina and Sumter, in particular.
have many reasons for welcoming this
Christmas with feelings OF, thankful
ness and gratitude FOR the manifold
does ings Of which they have been the
recipients during the past twelve
months. We hare been blessed in
many ways and there are few who were
aps able 70 welcome the Christ
mas season with the true holiday
spirit and participate in the innocent
festivities With joy and gladnesss, re-
nswing their youth by sharing s1e
ioys and pleasure, Of the children,
so whom Christmas is the happiest OF
m days.
10 many the day must of necessity
have been singed with sadness for
nories OF other days viii come
czoRdirg 10, and those who once
shared the pleasures OF Christmas
15us have since passed across 70 the
hining shores Of the great beyond,
are remembered with q distinctness
shas the associations of the day
centuatss. These recollections come
Vish the falling Of the shadows Of
evening, sfser the days festivities
ne over and before the lamps are
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-28

The jolliest thing we now have in
Sumter, Mr.. Editor, is our system Of
incandescent lighting. The "dim re-
ligious light" furnished to the pat
rons of the system is worthy of hign
mention in the papers. There are
some uncertainties in our mortal life,
but we never live in doubt of the as
sured fact that c1r struggling lights
will 90 ont on US once or twice or
oftener each night. The men who are
at the head of the system offer no ex-
PLANTATION, apology or excuse. We do
not know whether the trouble is caus-
ed by incompetent management or by
inadequate machinery, or by careless
ness. All We know is that We who
pay for the lights in our places OF
business are counted as set OF fools
who will patiently endure this abuse.
and never say word nor raise COM
plant. It seems that the time is ripe
for some man or corporation to come
in and take hold of the matter Of fur
nishing lights for our citizens. 3
stockholder, to whom complaint was
made, declared that the company en-
gagged in making the lights had never
declared a dividend. Is it to be Won
dered at? Is it not patent to all that
the gradual loss Of patronage is cut
ting down the income? Is it to. be
hoped that the income will grow
larger in proportion as the lights
grow poorer? Is it not farcial for men
to be asked to pay for the little half
red strings which hang night by night
in the incandescent bulbs? Will no
one come to our relief? There are
towns in South Carolina where good
lights, are furnished, and really we
shall have to discontinue our boasting
Of the glories of Sumter until this one,
fragrant annoyance can be remedled.
Who can point suffering public to a
means Of relief?
Since beginning to write these
lines. the glowing bulbs of red have
gone out on me twice, and ! am now
using a ficKering candle. which gives
about as much light as the two incan-
descent lamps for which [ am. solemn
ly called upon to pay once month.
A friend suggests that We call a
meeting of interested citizens to con.
slider aud discuss the whole matter of
our homes and places of bust
ness. We cannot much longer endure
the farce now being perpetrated upon
Us. We need lights-lights that will
give light, and lights which will burn
all night. It is az unrighteous i'm
position to have to pay for 16 candle
power lamps which, while burning,
give only half the light they are said
to give, and which, while at their
best, suddenly 60 out, and compel
the patrons to keep candles and lamps
constantly on land and ready for use.
1t might be that full and free dis
cussion of the matter by the assem-
bled patrons would either result in
giving life to the old lights or in get.
ting new and effective system. If
the citizens concerned will express
themselves in any way at all, there
are some of Us who are ready to give
the time and labor necessary to bring
ing them together for consultation.
One in the Dark.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-28

It is most refreshing to report
among the various Christmas Incl.
dents the generosity on the part of
O,Donnell & Co. towards their en-
ployes. Each was presented with a
twenty dollar gold piece, accompanied
by pleasant note hoping that each IL
spending would derive as much pleas
ure as the donor in giving. Such &C
ton speaks well for hrm, and in
this instance is only in harmony with
that broad. minded, liberal spirit
which has ever characterized O'Dop.
nell 6 Co., in all their dealings.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-28
CHRISTMAS AT sTATEBURG.
Many of the Young Folks Spend the
Holidays at the Old Home.

Stateburg, Dec. 27.-Miss Julia V.
Frierson is spending few days at
home.
Miss Mayo Rees, who is teaching at
Goodwill, is spending two weeks at
home.
Mr.. Frank P. Burgess is at home
for the Christmas holidays.
Miss Emma E. Barnwell, Of st.
Mary's college, Raleigh, is at home
enjoying the Christmas vacation.
Mr.. Singleton Moore. of Sumter,
spens Thursday and Friday at'"The
Ruins
Miss Halle Nelson, who is teaching
school at Ashton, ls at home for two
weeks.
Mrs. J. S. Pinckney, Miss Aimee
Moore and Miss A. N. Burgess are
spnding several days in Sumter.
Miss Ina Mellett leaves today to
visit relatives in PrivaJeer.
Misses Emma and Bette Frierson
are at home for several days.
Miss Sadie FLUID is enjoying the
festivities of Christmas house
party at Gadsden.
Mr.. William Rees is spending a
few days at Winthrop College with his
daughter.
Miss Anna P. Burgess left last
Tuesday afternoon to visit friends in
Berkeley county.
Miss A. M. Barnwell is at home for
a few days.
Mr.. Temple Frierson. Jr., spent
Christmas at home.
Miss Bessie Murray is spending two
weeks at home.
Mr. Charles E. Cabaniss is the
guest of Mr.. w. D. Frierson.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-28
ORGANIZING THE FARMERS.

To the Cotton Producers and Business
Men of Sumter County:
After consultation with others who
are interested, we have decided to ask
the farmers and business men of each
township to meet at their usual polling
places on Saturday the 3lst of Decem-
ber, to organize each township for the
purpose of holding the cotton now on
hand untila fair price can be realiz-
ed, and takes steps to reduce the crop ;}2
next year to the point wnere II will
will send one or more delegates to
county meeting for Monday, January
I'd, in the Court House at II O'Clock
" E. W. Dabbs. ". H. Scale, Levi
Bros, H. D. Barnett, ". A. Boy
nan. P. NJ. Pitts, j. G. Tisdale, 4.
G. Tisdale, O'Donnell s. Co., A. B.
Stuckey, A. j. China, II. Hardy,
Richard l Manning.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-28

.such impudent and brazen disregard
of 1curaalissic ethics and the righte
Of property thas we decided to call the
matter to the attention Of Mr.. Hugh
G. Haynsworth, the managing editor,
for ne iels sure that he could not
have countenanced the appropriation
Of the Daily Item report. Mr.. Hayns-
worth, as we believed, knew nothing OF
the matter and expressed surprised
and regret, saying, among osher tsings,
that the boys in the Office treated the
matter as joke and appeared to think
it was smart to capture and use the
report.
Mr.. Haynsworth assured Us that no
such mistake, or accident, should occur
in the future, and offered to make
any amend the circumstances demand
ed. Therefore the paragraph quoted
above.
We would have continued silent con-
corning the unpleasant incident, bad
the statement gone far enough, but
as the responsibility was shifted almost
wholly upon the shoulders of young
and ignorant messenger boy, We felt
constrained to state the facts in their
entirety. The messenger made a
mistake in delivering the dispatch at
the Evening News Office, but some one
in that Office made a greater mis-
take in receiving and signing for a
dispatch addressed to The Daily
Item, some one in that Office made a
still greater mistake in editing for
this dispatch, addressed to
The Daily Item and signed Publishers
Press. These were all, possibly, mis-
takes due to haste or carelessness.
But the publication Of these four dis
patches, for which The Daily Item
pays, after the fact had been brought
home to some one or more persons in
che Evening News In office the most
manner possible by the
demand of the Western Union
manager that the said dispatches be
returned to him for delivery to their
righsful owner, The Daily Item, was
neither Q mistake nor inadvertence.
but the deliberate use Of another's
property without notice or consent.
Had the Daily Item been disposed to
play the pirate, it could have seized
the Evening News reports dozen
times, for they have been brought to
this Office time and again BY the mes
snger boy who is now called upon to
be- she scape goat Of this transaction.
However, we knew what was due to
ourselves and to the property rights OF
others, and promptly returned each
dispatch to the Western Union Office.
Daily Item, Dec. %.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-28
Assault Without Damage.

At eight O'Clock Friday night con-
certed attack was made upon the Bart
lette Street Parsonage, without malice
aforethought however, and with no
intent to kill. It was successfully car
ried by storm. surrender being
prompt, and without resistance. !,
Childhood and maturity mingled
fully in the ranks and carried OF
equal hono-s.
The forces dispersed quickly and
quietly, laving their baggage in pos
session of the happy inmates.
Supplies may be short at Port Ar
thur. but at Bartlette Street Parson-
age they are flush.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-28
CHRISTMAS at MuKDEN.
JAPANESE CELEBRATE THE DAY
IN HONOR OF FOREIGNERS.
Field Harshal Oyama Gave a Great
Banquet, Lasting All Night-At-
tended BY Foreign Officials
and Correspondents.
Special to The Daily Item.

Special to The Daily Item.
Rome, Dec. 2S.-A dispatch to the
Carrier Della Sera from Fusan says
the japanese troops celebrated Christ
mas in honor Of the foreigners who
are with the army. Gen. Oyama en-,
tertained at a banquet all the foreign
officials aid newspaper correspondents
the festivities lasting all night with an
artillery accompaniment.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-28
ETHICS AND PIRACY,
Daily Item, December 27.

Daily Item, December 27.
The Evening News, in its issue of
Saturday, makes extended reply to
our editorial Lesson in Ethics,
which, if boiled down. would amount
to a confession that, having been
detected in appropriating the news
service Of the Daily Item, it regretted
being exposed fully as much as being
guilty of the ofenss against the pro-
prieties.
Taken as whole, Ee have no fault
to find with the statement of facts
submitted by the Evening News, al
though in some particulars it is glar-
ingly inaccurate. for instance the fact
that four and not three specials were
appropriated, but it is not the details
Of the piracy that We were discussing,
but the principle involved. 1t is as
wrong to appropriate penny as to
embezzle a million.
Notwithstanding the minor depart
ures from the facts that the statement
Of the Evening News contains. We
would have charitably overlooked
them, had this statement of facts,
as they were made to the editor Of the
Evening News, appeared in the issue
of December 22nd. instead Of the par
agraph to which we took. exception.
That paragraph was neither state
1nent of facts nor an apology, but an
attempt to shift all responsibility to
the shoulders Of the messenger boy,
when the fault was the fault Of some
one in the Evening News Office. The
messenger boy rectifed his error when
be notified the Evening News of the
mistake and reclaimed the dispatches
belonging to the Daily Item. We
| cannot abide to see man, or aewspa-
per, seek to shirk a responsibility, and
the imposition on the messenger boy
riled us more than the appropriation
of our news. AS we stated to the
editor of the Evening News, any ex-
planation be saw ft to make would
| have been satisfactory, but instead of
an explanation and statement of
facts, he gave an excuse that did not
| explain. AS we said on Friday, the
statement did not go far enough.
The whole matter in nutshell is, the
Evening News received press dis
| patches belonging to The Daily Item
and published them as theirs, afte,
notice. If they are satisfied that they
did the right and proper thing, as the
editorial of Saturday implies, why
any expression of regret, Or promise
that nothing like it should occur
again?
The effort to cloud the issue and
distract public attention from their
| violation of journalistic ethics. by &C
cusing the Daily Item Of news-piracy,
/ falls fat. One of the two articles that
were copied from the News and Cou.
rier. and run in under Daily
Item special line, was properly credit
| ed at the bottom to the News anc
Courier. The other was matter ol
/ general news, and having been pub
1 lisbed in the News and Courier, was
free to all. It was clipped and pub
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-28
s Lesson N ETHICS.
me Daily Item Arraigns the Evening
News for Piracy OF its kilograms.

6 We regret very much. that through
inadyertance, certain dispatch
brpught to the office Of the Evening
News By messenger boy Of the tele
rraph company, but really intended
Hor our contemporary, The Daily
Etan, was published IN yesterdays
Eysning News. The mistake was dis
severed by the Manager Of the Even
ing News too late to make the ccr-
sraction. While the telegraph COM
nany vas chiefly at fault in the mat
Tsr. we fesl that we owe this state
ment bosh to ourselves and to The
Daily Item. -
The foregoing, which appeared in the
Erening News yesterday, calls for q
brief statement of the facts.
Between and 2 o'clock Wednesday,
when portion of orr telegraphic
press news was delivered by the West
arn Union Telegraph Company, we
discovered that the FIRST install
nent, which usually reaches the Office
beswesn IL and 12 O'Clock. had gene
astray, it containing reference to
preceding dispatch. An immediate
demand was made on the Western
Union fer the missing dispatch. Mr..
Bradley, the manager of the Office.
stated that the dispatch had heen re-
rsiyed and sent ont by one of the mes
aesger boys, and that he would ascer-
sain at once what had become OF it.
About an hour later the missing sheet
mas turned over to as, with the state
rneEt that it had been delivered to the
Evening" News. This sheet, which
contained four press dispatches, was
syps written and plainly addressed to
The Daily Item on the heading and
siEaed Publishers Press at
me bottom. The condition in
which it was when received in
This Office showed that it
had been edited for use in the Even
ing News. But it never occurred to
us thss reputable newspaper would
rpake use Of another newspapers s
uress report that had fallen into it's
hsnds through the mistake of q care
3sas messenger boys therefore We said
acehing 10 the News Office inrefernceto
4se matter fog, while we did not under
ssrd now it was easily possible FOR q
verse,n To have failed 60 observe that
shs report was addressed 70 the Daily
zss.n, still We realized that mistakes
~sli happen and that the news editor
e shs Evening News might have over.
7rcked both the address and signature.
We Ghought shas. having been in
formed that the dispatches were the
1,rppsrsy of The Item. they would
nss rs If shey had never seen them.
onr surprise was great, therefore,
"wednesday afternoon when we found
m four Of our dispatches Published
vsbatim in the Evening News, under
ae heading, "By Associated Press, -
sud not word Of explanation.
This proceeding gave evidence Of
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-28

Mr.. J. R. Weatherly, manager Of
The Dixie Stalk Cutter Co., leaves
today for the factory at Philadelphia,
Pa, In the interest of the new Dixie
cutter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-28

Ex-Secretary Roots declaration
that the United States must exercise
police duty over the nations CT South
America has occasioned considerable
interest in Washington as it is believed
to be a frank expression of the views
of the president expressed ny
private citizen, no longer in the cabi-
net. There are just now two situations
in South America which are calling
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-28
ONE ATTRACTIVE FEATURE.

case.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-05

I.ans 1owne which brought the TWO
governments appreciably nearer set
Element. 1t is known that Lord Lahs-
downe instructed Sir Charles Hardlnge'
the British amba ssador at st. PETERS,
burg, to discuss the question or COM
Iensation for the owners OF the hn1gh'
Commander with Foreign Minister
Lams.lorff, and it is believed here that
the latter viii! not fail to make an
equitable offer which will be satisfac-
tory to the British government.
The foreign office is reticent in re-
gard to the exchanges of communists
tions which have passed between Couht
I;enckendorff and Lord Lansdowne. but
beyond the question of the sinking or
the specific ship the two diplomats, 1t
is learned, discussed in Il friendly spirit
the general principles involved in the
act.
Lord Lansdowne, however, did not
modify his previously expressed view
that Admiral lessen acted contrary to
international law. There is talk of a
modlhcation of the Russian naval reg
ulatloh which will p"evt ut a recurrence
OF incidents such as the sinking OF the
NhlSht Commander but whether they
are modified or not The Associated
fress has reason to believe that an I'M
derstandInS has been reached to the
elect that only under the most extra
ordinary conditions will neutral vessels
he sunk hereafter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-05
MMANY HALL
Ratifies Nomination of Parker and
Davis With Love Feast.

New York. Aug 4.-Tammany Hall rat
fled the nomination of Parker and Davis,
tonight. The first mention of Parker's
name brought forth bOisterous cheers
from the audience which about half filled
the hall. The name of Davis was also
applauded.
The resolutions were presented by For
mer State Senator Thomas c. OSullivan
and were adopted They endorse the ma
tional platform. pledge support to the
national ticket declare that present de-
preston Is due to the Presidents abso-
Lutte disregard Of constitutional limita-
lions. call the President the man on
horseback" denounce protection. oppose
monopoly, declare for the independence OF
the Filipinos. and denOunce sectiohaliSm
Mr.. O'Sullivan. who made the princi-
pal speech OF the evening. made an an
swer to the criticisms of Tammany and
said that Tammany should meet such
criticisms by an overwhelming majority
for the Democratic nominees. He declar-
ed that Elhu Root did not dare accept
the nomination for governor of New York
because he was sagacious enough to see
defeat for his party.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-05
RETURNS FROM WEST.
Republican Chairman CorteIyou Con.
fers With President Roosevelt.

Washington. Aug. 4.-Republican Ma
tional Chairman Cortelyou arrived here,
today, from the West, where he has
been for a week. He came Immediately
from Canton, o., where he stopped for
a brief time to visit Mrs. Mckinley.
Soon after his arrival he called on
President Roosevelt and had an hours
conference with him. The conference
related largely to details OF the opening
of the campaign headquarters in Chi
cagO and the political situation in the
Western states. as it had been observed
by Mr.. Cortelyou through interviews
with party leaders whom he met in Chi
cago and at other points on his trip.
Chairman COrtelyou declined to be in
terviewed for publication regarding
the campaign or any Of his recent OBJ
servations. 1t was evident, however,
that In a general way, he is satisfied
with the situation as he found it. He
expressed pleasure taht the national
executive committee, the personnel Of
which he announced two days ago in
Chicago, had met with such general APP
prevail. AS to the details Of the man.
agemept Of the campaign he had moth
ing to say for publication.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-05
FOREST FIRES.
Immense Property Loss and Narrow
Escapes in Montana.

Calispel, Mont, Aug. 4.-FOurteen
distinct forest fires are raging in the
vicinity and property valued at thous-
ands of dollars is being eaten up by
the flames which have spread to sever
al small towns along the Great North
ern Railroad
Whitefish and Columbia Falls, two
villages west of here, are entirely cut
off from the telephone communication
and the wagon road to Whitefish has
been made impossible by the flames
which are raging on both sides of it.
The latest arrivals from there who left.
Tuesday night, report that several
churches and other outlying property
have been destroyed and dwelling
houses outside Of the town are in great
danger. 1t is thought, however. that
unless high wind sets in the main
portion Of the placakwill be saved.
Another large fire is raging near
Dayton Creek. a heavily timbered sec
ton and the pine forests Of that sec
ton will be almost entirely destroyed.
The whole country is covered by a
dense smoke which makes sunlight all
most a novelty. In some places along
the road. the smoke has totally oh
scured the suns rays for several weeks
past.
One ranchman and his family near
Whitefish narrowly escaped heinz
burned to death and when they reached
that town the man reported that bis
home and farm buildings. together with
all his crops had been destroyed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-05
THE JAPS' PLANS
Are 10 Whip the Russians and They
Seem to Be Doing 1t.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 4.-The army
organ makes no effort to fOreshadOw
events Of the immediate future in the
Far East and gives no clue to Gen.
KurOpatkin's intentions; but it declares
that the events of the last ten days
demonstrate conclusively that the Jap
anese objective since the beginning of
the war had been to strike the main
army of the Russians and not as popu-
larly supposed, to take Port Arthur.
The paper says the Japanese general
advance began July IS, the taking of
Ia Tche Kiao being a signal for the
final struggle in the valley of the Lao
river. On July 81. after six days pre-
paration the armies of Generals Oku
and NodZu moved against Hal Cheng.
The same day Gen. Kuroki began his
advance on Lao Yang, rushing the po-
sition Of the Russian eastern army at
Yangsee pass and that of Gen. Her
schelmann at Yushu pass equivalent
to the Japanese "Yishulintzi."
This paper estimates the strength Of
Kuroki's army at 10000 men of which
number $4,000 are on the high road to
Lao Yang, 10000 on the SaimatsZa-
Lao Yang road. 10000 on the roads to
Mukderi and 10000 in reserve. The paper
does not give the figures of Gen. Oku's
and Nodzus armies, which are believed
to bring the total close to 200, 900.
The sailing of the cruiser division Of
the Baltic squadron has been postpon-
ed for a fortnight. The cruiser Oleg and
the transport Kamtchatka are ready
to go into commission. The vessels now
commissioned are the battleship Alex
ander III, the battleship Bordino, the
armored cruiser Admiral Nakhimoff,
the battleship Navarin, the battleship
Osliabia, the protected cruiser, Aurora,
the battleship Siovoraff, the battleship
: Orel and two other cruisers with quite
f1otilla of torpedo boats and torpedo
boat deStrOyerS