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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-11-24
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER "a, 1905.

The people Of. Cherokee township
in Cherokee county have sent pc
tition to Governor Hayward urging
the governor to place a state con-
stable at Blacksburg. They state
that since the dispensaries were voted
out at Blacksburg and Gaffney, the
increase of illicit manufacture and
sale of liquor has been so great, 1t IS
a source of annoyance to the respect
able and law abiding residents of that
township. The governor, of course,
has not yet had time to take any &C
ton on the petition.
This action will be surprise to
many people inasmuch as it has been
constantly held that the people OF
Cherokee county could and would en-
force the prohibition law which has
been effective since the dispensarles
have been voted out. 1t will be re-
membered that Cherokee was the first
county to/call an election, and to vote
on the question under the provisions
of what is known as the Brice' law.
! We see it stated also, from An
derson that meeting of prominent
citizens was held in that county on
Wednesday to discuss the question,
but in that county, the election has
not vet been held. Action was taken,
however, by this meeting expressing
the opinion that the: time had not yet
arrived when prohibition law could
-be enforced, and that the dispensary
law under existing circumstances and
properly enforced was the best solu-
tion. A resolution was also passed
favoring strict enforcement OF the
law, and the removal from office OF all
corrupt officials and their qrosecu-
ton in the courts.
.s We-have all the time held to the
opinion that the sentiment IN favor
toff pfrohibition was not strong enough
in any of the counties to enforce a
prohibition law, and that the cause OF
Temperance would be better promoted
by having some law which would reg
eulate and control the sale Of; whlsskey,
and thereby reduce to minimum, the
3 evil resulting from its use. We do
not believe, however, thar any amount
of patching of the stateF dispensary
law will avail, and the best thing that
the next legislature could do would
be to abolish the state dlspensary,
and the state constabulary, and permit
each county to regulate this question
in its own. way under constitutional
requirements. In other words, al
*ter abolishing the state institution
and the state constabulary,; permit
each county to have prohibition, dis
pensaries under county control, or
license system, and let each county
BE responsible for the execution and
enforcement Of whatever plan its cltl-
zens may adopt. Under such law,
I'VE believe that there are counties IN
this state in which the dispensary
system would be; the best solution,
and in others, it would be best to have
some sort of license system. AS a
matter of fact, we do not believe pro
6ibitior will be enforced with any de-
gree of efficacy in any Of the counties
t1ntil.public sentiment is made strong
.er against the use of whiskey as a
Beverage than it is at present.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-11-24

Cheerfufness IS not always sponta-
neous; it is greatly a matter OF habit,
and bears cultivation.
Evening star., 1905-10-19
Toys and Dolls.

Toys and DOLLS.
Odds and ends that we want to close ont to-
morrow. Not many of kind-so only prompt
buyers will share in the bargains
Lot Crokinole Boards without men Slight bo
y damaged. Reduced from 81 and S1.49 NWC.
Lot of Body Bisque Dolls; slightly
damaged Choice NU/
. Dolls Trunks; slightly damaged. Re- se
duced from sSc OaYSs
Odd lot of Hand-sewed Wigs, in light OH/ !,
a Friday NAIlGs
Odd lot of Iron Express Wagons. with en- pm
wheels steel gearing. Reduced from $1S9 to y 10y
Evening star., 1905-10-19

q dozen Mendel's Wrappers, of heavy heeced
ck annelete and best grade Good styles
aterns and desirable shades of blue gray black
ad e. wate. n Remnants OF lines which sold from WIS Oc.
Evening star., 1905-10-19
BE SOBER
Saws President Roosevelt

at is of incalculable consequence to the man
himself that he should be sober and temperate. and
II is of more consequence to his wife and
his children: for ii Is hard and cruel fact that
III this life of ours the sins of the man are often
visited most heavily upon those whose welfare
should lie his special care. President Roose-
welt 10 the Miners Wilkesbarre. Pa.
Evening star., 1905-10-19
Methods of Regulation.

Any applicant for registration under the
proposed Poe amendments might be exam
ined upon any or all of the above sections
of the state constitution, and IL he did not
reply to the satisfaction of his questioner
he could be forthwith deprived of the right
OF being registered.
The applicant for registration, when de-
MED the right to be placed upon the lists
OF voters would. under the law, have a
right to appeal his case to a court but the
question is being raised, as there would be
no stenographic report of the applicants
examination, whether the task of having
the courts pass upon mass OF cases would
not be so great as to make Ii impracticab,e.
1t IS also urged that the law would give the
officials IN charge of the lists of registration
discretion in determining whether the APP
plcant understood the clauses of the consti-
tuition which he might be asked to exp.ain.
If the expense of the appeal should<Ge
placed upon the applicants for registration
their inability TO bear II would, 1t is said,
effectually nuliify the benefit of the appeal.
These are the questions that will receive
the entire attention of the political parties
In Maryland during the coming three weeks.
Both sides win be kept busy in explaining
the probable effect OF the proposed law.
c. e. X.
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of heart I am not positive, but from
what + know Of him and his people 1.
believe that = the American officers.
objected and probably: put "a, stop to,
Ali's 'cruelties,.:. to his robbing Of the
natives, to his system Of securing: and
trading in slaves and to his .looting and
raiding of, neighboring tribes to secure
women. Piang, in his superior wisdom,
remained friendly, while Ali went on.
the warpath that led to his death: = :,
f.,>,:-;; f. + @ -.: +. +; -
1.-THE history Of the relationship be-
tween Ali and the Americans, I: learned
from patient inquiry among the natives
and from the Fiipinoss and Cinnamon
who had: lived. in and about Kato5 Batto
during the whole period. The story as
I=gleaned it has never been printed to
my knowledge, 1t is especially inter-
esting. in that upon Datto Ali i himself
falls the blame of the original misun-
derstanding between the Americans and
the .Moros that later resulted in much
bloodshed, and labor and loss. r u 3 = {.
8, Cat the end of. the declaration ofpeace
between Spain and the United States
the Spanish troops at kato Batto eVacu
ated but left about Ito stands Of rifles
! with the eFilipinos for their protection
against the Moros. The River Moros
Ais mer and others, were enemies Of
the Lake sMoros who lived about forty
miles distant in the Mountains. Aftei
Z the troops left, Ali and Piang came
: to Kato Batto and borrowed "a larg,
number Of, these rifles, saying that til,
Lake Moros were. coming! down n t,
attack that part of the J. country ant
they needed the rifles for projection
Later on the Fiipinos, suspecting some
thing was wrong, sent for their rifles
Ali and Piang brought their men. dow
the river and stationed. them ss;ont al
island in the river; within: easy riff
range Of the town and opened fire The,
killed a number Of the sFnipinos an,
captured the town of Kato Batto. Z. Til
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house. where Mexican monte and
Chinese fantan. were being played and
there he remained until ,he had won or
lost: enough. Then %he and his I, train
would again: depart up the. river to the
pounding Of the. tom toms = and the
rhythm Of the splashing oars. :. : :. ~
cali was a heavy gamb bier; often los
ing or winning 500 pesos. or $3.50 at one
sitting: He neverI complained, at least
not so any Of us knew, that: he was COM
planning. e. : = ;; = : -. i >.
Zone day when Ali was at one; Of
these places, a sergeant, in charge Of
the guard that day, and who had been
drinking, went upstairs where Ali was
gambling and asked for a loan Of 500.
Ali. told him he was; losing. and he. did
not want to break into his stake but
would give him: 10 pesos: The sergeant
took the pesos from Ali and with a
quick movement flung them into: ibis
face. Ali Jumped up and drew his kris
and started for the sergeant: Two
colored sergeants were standing, near
and one caught Ali from behind and the
other seized the sergeant ! and threw
him down stairs Ali 81 men in the
meantime who had been. watching this
incident, rushed down to the boats and
caught up spears, knives. and other
weapons, and stood ready for an attack.
The troops were called out, but the ,ex.
citement died down. These two colored
men, acting 80 quickly. prevented
a bloody fight. ! = ...
Il 81 saw both .Datto Ali and sDatto
Piang in town many times subsequently
and came to know the latter, who was
more often there, quite well. Several
times l went with pleasure parties uI
to Ali's fort without any armed pro
lection. We were always treated with
the utmost courtesy at Datto Ali and
his followers were most friendly to the
Americans at that time and continued
so until sometime after General WOOD
took command of the American force.
on the island. What caused his chang,
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AumazzH-QeaD s eeaa<znss salluzza N&k1IEl
- AAINNEApO MANS MI
Q EXPERIENCE zU4fh DATTOSSk
ALI RECENTLY SLAIN~TEfE@
y HITHERTO UNTOLD STORY
o. THE SAVAGE haORO RBBK
81 q PHYSICIAN WHO Ekx1l
3 THEIR FRIENDSHIP m - - y

Of rubber andasot herssuplp they would
be literally held up, their goods taken; !.
from them and bearing some compara.
lively valueless calico ,or. trinkets as
pay. for their stores, they, would bessent
back home while Piang would market
the goods:a Kato Batto at fabulous
profit. Their traffic in slaves was also
large and the men and women captured
from subjected tribes would yield their
tribute to the company. In this and in
other ways the riches of the Ali-Piang
company were rapidly increased. -.
"In common with the other Moros
Datto Ali had a harem. How many
wives he counted as his I do not know,
but l have seen, on my visits to- his
home, some eight or ten-and he prob
ably had more. Some Of the Moro
chieftains would consider that very
depleted harem as the membership, in
some Of them ran as high as seventy
FIVE or eighty. Ai's wives were always
kept secluded and like his countrymen
he never took any Of them with him
on his trips away from home
:~"sI was stationed at Kato Batto for
several months and during my stay
some. Of the principal events were the
occasional visits of Datto ALL This
Moro chieftain travelled in royal state.
He came down the river in his chief;
tain g vinta that was rowed by sixty
trained slaves. This boat was always
decked out in the gayest of gay holiday
garbs. Fore and aft f1oated' great purple
silk banners or pennants and, after the
coming of the Americans, from the flag
staff in the center Of the boat always
hoated the stars and stripes. Other
smaller pennants covered the rigging and
on the deck the ruler sat in gaudy state
while number of musicians contins-
ously played what must have been a
Moro triumphal march on many large
tom-toms hung about the deck. The
paddlers forward always struck their
paddles against the sides in time to the
pounding of the tom-toms while those
in the rear of the chieftain 8 throne
house, would paddle out from the boat
at arms length and with each stroke
would throw a stream of water about
eight feet into the air making con-
tinual fountain border effect. Ali also
had drum, presented to him by an
American and this was pounded by q
slave in accord with the other music.
Accompanying the chieftain g vints
there were always scores Of other and
smaller craft carrying in all between
400 and 600 slaves. The boats Of his
retinue were less gaudily decked out
but still had a share Of the savage
splendor. .#.i..# $751;, =
"Never can I forget the first, tim!
I stood on the banks Of the Mindana,
river in Kato Batto and watched thi
strange fleet with it's stranger leader
was somewhat bewildered by the tom
| tom pounding and was amazed to So
| the regal, if barbaric state in which
Datto Ali visited town. The leade
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Manhrope- Explanation of Wisconsin Enigma

The effect was stunning, whitening.
He did not cry out; he sat speechless,
his head sunk upon his breast. When
the ceremony was over, he gathered his
strength and stole pnnoticed from the
church.
That was his last love romance. Never
again has he placed faith in a woman
and she is still a bachelor. He immedi-
ately. left Chicago for the east, where
he enlisted in. the United States navy,
and served for few months in the
civil war. When peace was declared,
he drifted back to Illinois and from
there to-: Wisconsin. He has been a
Wanderer for more than thirty years
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bridal party had reached the church
and that the march should begin. I'm
mediately his soul felt the usual thrill
of pleasure, and the music that flowed
from the instrument seeQed inspired.
All absorbed by the. beauty Of the
melody he was playing, he was unmind-
full Of what was taking place in. the
church until the last notes Of the march
died away. "a 81
Then he turned and looked down upon
the bridal party. That look was
fatal to Matson s happiness, for the
lovely brunette, who stood before the
altar to be wed -Was his own affianced
bridel 81, SIS S.
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church and, convent, where the people
had gathered for protection, were rid
died with. bullets =: II. =.
:: 8 s'tsAfter getting: possession Of the
town they went around to Polloc and
captured that. town, putting Ali's
brother in charge of the place and then
went to Perang-Perang, leaving Ali in
charge; there, but later the Moros all
fell back to -Kato Batto. By this time
the Americans were nearly down to
Kato .Batto and Ali wrote them letter
saying that he had held the town
against the Lake Moros as long as he
could :. and tried to, keep peace ana
would be glad to have the Americans
come ;, in and take possessions Of the
town, thus enabling him to 60 back
home. = 8. 90 -. =. ..-..--
=. teSoon after. the Americans came to
that part Of the country there was a
conference called between the Ameri-
cans. the Lake Moros and the River
iMoros. One Of aAli's men was used as
interpreter and he interpreted all the
friendly protestations of the Lake
Moros as hostile, and hostile .protesta'
tions as friendly. A misunderstanding
arose. !. Words and threats led to a
clash. Of arms and in the disturbance
that followed one of the chieftains Of
the Lake Moros was killed. The sayages
were justly indignant: over. the death OF
i their leader in a peace conference, and
withdrew to- their homes, vowing ven
geance upon the Americans, not know
ing that the blame belonged to thell
hereditary enemy, Datto Ali. z-.=l
. .&s' IL s&s - .
ttIn 1902, when the Americans sent
a detachment to make a reconnaissance
Of the lake region, they were ambushed
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His parents had given him an excel
lent education in music, in accordance
with his inclinations, and in Chicago
Matson supported himself by serving as
church organist. Life took on a
bright side for. him; he was happy and
popular.
But something happened, SO unex-
pected and so crushing that it changed
the tenor Of his life, making him an
irredeemable misanthrope and eccentric
wanderer among mena human enigma.
Like most musicians, Matson had
much sentiment in, his soul, and soon
after his arrival in Chicago he became
enamored OF pretty, vivacious bru-
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by. the natives. All Of their. horses
were captured or killed, part Of / their
arms and ammunition was secured and
many Of the soldiers were killed or
wounded. .,.r evil 80 ~.G,s, -
Z "A punitory expedition was sent out
from Manila as soon as this incident
was reported there. I went with that
expedition. -. - = ssft
d "There were about eight companies
Of infantry, one battery Of artillery,
two or three troops of cavalry and in ali
about 1000 men. We had 400 or 500
of Ali's men with the expedition to help
build road that was necessary to
enable US to 60 into the country. As
soon as Ali's men found they were not
to be allowed to fight and join in the
spoils Of war, they deserted and the
roads were then built by our own men.
We would establish a camp, work out
from that for two or three days, always
under the greatest difficulties, and then
move the camp farther into the country.
The Moros did not meet us in battle,
but attacked the camp sometimes two.
three Or four times night, firing few
shots and then retiring. They would
cut down trees so that they would fall
across our roadway and in every way
retard our progress. We finally estab-
lished Camp Vickers which has since
remained permanent camp.
Lieutenant Vickers was the leader
Of the expedition that made the first
trail thru the country, but it was nearly
a year before good road was estab.
lished., We had to cut our way thru
dense forests and as it was the rainy,
season the ground was very wet and
rain fell in sheets. Many Of the mon
were sick and with the wounded We
had always about $50 men in hospital.
The Moros had secret trails which they
could easily traverse and thus keep up
with us and around us without our
knowing where they were or where
they would attack next. At night we
had simply to fire whenever we saw
flash. In the daytime we could see
nothing of them tho we knew they were
all around us.
"Shortly after our arrival in the lake
region our position was attacked Mt
night and the Moros were repulsed only
after great loss of life to both sides.
All Of these and many more losses in
petty fights are laid at the door Of
Datto Ali, but for whose trick peace
probably never would have been
!. broken"
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BY Martin. w. odIand.

BY Martin w. OdIand. = -.
~ OWN in the little village of De
Forest, near Madison, Wis, lives
- man whose ife-story contains
an episode as strange and romantic as
any chapter in French fiction.
Joachim Matson is the man 8 name.
He was born in Norway, about sixty
five years ago, Of parents who belonged
to the higher class Of peasants. While
a mere youth, owing to some troubles
concerning which his lips are sealed, he
left his parental home and, coming to
America, the goal Of all restless, dis
contented Norweglans, cast in his lot
with the people of Chicago.
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savage. nabob{ with ming ledas eelingg
of wonder, amusement ahd pity: IS. !:
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aiss .no: -, .ns " n sssss
~, Sy 80 :, ~ $3.50 o ID. sSzs
Woii as tie ,eu 'G1pah Hlaae * 9 sapNs s
piece q cloth fo 1e PACK squaTasy
were al OF the nnesgglotn tnag eanla
Pc pougns IN tnat @ q tneesWerlo:<
As an aaolglonai nIarK q d .s5
naGto A1 u earrlea g. Wonaer1aiiy pean es
J1flll s ID ar krlsLne naive war knlfe
! a9y the M ':'t IRE.
W!orshApPIng ancese9Is' : aIterwa a
exam3 1 q. paEsae ular KITS ana founq
u to'oe OF 1he M s1esWorKm an
snip: mere were over $ooo worm &o1
spanish al golo CONS "orkeo lnto Inc
n,no1e anu 1n9 oiaqe was oeau'ltully
W. ~ .AI;,a n;r.s -, 11b;o1 b;s go
is inlaid in gold. This, as is all the
work on Moro weapons, was done by
hand and with the crudest of tools, a
kind Of a hammer, a rasp and rough
forge constituting their outfit. A Moro
often spends. years in polishing and
bringing to his standard of efficiency
one of these krises. T. =.
"Having effected landing the chief.
ACCOMPANIED by g. large retinue of
slaves proceeded up into town and T
watched with interest this king and
his black, half dressed but we'll armed
band Of retainers who, chattering and
gesticulating, closely followed their
lord and master. Always near at hand
was his lordship's betel-nut bearer.
This slave carried a large, handsomely
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M ITH the killing, last week, 2of
NV ~ Datto Ali, there passed one
I - Of the most picturesque fg-.
nres and one of K the most powerful
ehieftains OF the savage Moro warriors
whose treachery and cruelty have cost
the Americans SO muoh treasure and, 80
many lives in the tropical Businesses Of
the Philippine Island Of Mindanao.
And with the passing Of this Moro
leader comes also the telling for the
first time, by Minneapolis physician
formerly surgeon in the regular SER
vice, Of the dramatic part played In
the Moro tragedies by this grim old
warrior and his Mohammedan fighting
men. It Is story replete with incident
and vivid with local color and tells
how Ali, avowedly friend Of the
GUS tribal hatred, first caused the breach
could only be filed with the bodies of
murdered men.
The announcement Of ALPS death at
Captain Mccoy, launched the Mime
'apolis surgeon on sea of reminiscence,
personal and historical, that has never
public. The Minneapolitan saw much
Of Datto Ali, his relatives and people
during his stay on Mindanao. He came
in close contact. with their methods
Of thought and action and cleaned from
their people the unpublished story Of
the Moro-American enmity for which
this chieftain must always remain re-
sponsible.'
"Years ago. said the doctor to a
Journal representative, "Datto Ali, or
Chief Ali, altho the head Of tribe,
or rather Of clan, Of Moros, was com
paratively unimportant. He had a
ranchero or fort on the Mindanao river,
about thirty-fve miles up from Kato
Batto, formerly the capital of the Island
of Mindanao. About this ranchero were
clustered the matched homes of his fol
lowers and fighting men. He controlled
only small strip Of land. Gradually
by warfare upon the neighboring clans
Ali increased his prestige. He captured
slaves, annexed territory and made
money by trading with less intelligent
Moros until he became something Of
a ruler.
Il
married Datto Piang and an alliance
was perfected between the house of AL
and the house Of Piang that had pros
pered until, when I first went to Kate
Batto in 1902, the power Of the Ali
Paing monarchy extended over trac
in the Mindanao valley about twent.
miles square. In this territory tn
heads Of the houses were absolute il
their power and beyond it their infu
ence was potent and their name
dreaded. Their wealth was estimate
at about 100000 pesos, or 100000
their force Of fighting men numbere
nearly 5000, and their alliance an
friendship was sought by their neigh
bors far and near.
Cali, was the great chieftain. Upol
him developed, the burdens of war ant
he divided his time between fighting
capturing slaves and gambling. Datt'
Piang was much the more intellectual
and he handled the commercial part O.
the business. He was said to be hal
Chinese and half Moro, his mother bein,
a native Moro woman. From his Chimes
ancestors he probably inherited hi
shrewdness which was far above tn
average Of the natives and made hir
natural leader among them.
"These two leaders controlled tn
Mindanao river with their forts an
when the people from the mountain
came down the river with their store
s.
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savage nabob5 with iingle6l fee liinngssssl
Of wonder, amusement ind pity. % & 81