The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-01-11

lege centennial, but the college au-
thorities are destined to disappoint-
nent, for two weeks DR.. Wilson
/ has been i'll at hospital in New
York city. A severe operation was
| there performed and it will be two
| weeks or more before DR.. Wilson will
be able to resume even his presidential
duties at Princeton.
Policeman Knox, in the Columbia
mill district, on Friday arrested d. w.
Ward and Willie Minis for soliciting
labor for the Graniteville mill.
The presidential electors Of this
tstate will meet next Monday to con-
clude the business for which they
elected and to select messenger to-
carry the vote Of this state to the
electoral college which meets in
Washington next Tuesday. The elect
ors are: For the state at large, George
Johnstone, T. j. Cunningham. First
district, NJ. P. Howell; second dis
trict, B. w. Crouch; third, H. n. Wat
kins, fourth, w. T. Jeter; fifth. W. N.
Shannon; sixth district, Olin Sawyer;
seventh, A.. w. Summers.
Mr.. T. 81! Hitchcock, successor to
1.-THE late VIM. c. Whitney as president
OF the Saratoga Racing association,
and a steward Of the National Rae,
ling Association, also owner Of a prom
inent racing stable, is spending the
winter in Aiken the guest Of his broth
Ter, Mr.. Thomas Hitchcock. Jr.
An important capture was made
Thursday afternoon by Magistrates
IConstable z. A. Mills in the arrest Of
VIII Springs, coIored, charged with
the killing of officer S. e. Coles Of
Meck1enburg county, n. C- and the
wounding of II. M. Nabors near Sugar
Creek church, just across the North
fcarolina line, last Sunday afternoon.
Immediately after the killing, Springs
fed from the scene of his crime anG1
came to that section where it is sup
/ posed he has since been hiding. For
the arrest Of Springs, Constable Mills
will receive a reward of s390-$200
from the governor of North Carolina
and 500 from the sheriff Of Mecklen-
burg county. Constable Mills took his
prisoner to Charlotte yesterday after
noon, where ne was positively identi-
fed as the man wanted for the killing
of Cole and the wounding of Nabors.
Four Italians, Thomas Scandini,
Tuzo, Capsalata and Gualto, were ar
rested Friday at the rock fields near
Pom Pom and carried to Charleston to
answer to the charge Of peonage u1-
der United States revised statutes
I4552e, 5527 and 1890. The arrests
were made by Marshal Adams, Office
iDeputy Adams and Special Deputy
Button with but little trouble. The
United States officers would have
Eprobab absyshad a serious time but for
the factthat Mr.. James Lawton, su-s
3perinteden of the works, but having
no connection at ell with the peonage,
kindly assisted the marshals and IL
Educed the Italians to submit to the
sarrest. The warrants were taken out
on the afhdavits OF four italians who
escaped from the pen in which they
had been housed. The affdavits allege
that they had been imported and put
to work in the rock fields, being fre-
quentIy beaten and receiving no re-
nuneration for their work. scandini.
the boss, and his guards say that the
men we're simply working out the cost
of their expenses and would have
been paid for their services later. The
preliminary VIII probably be held
Monday.
Two we'll known young Charleston
ians are dead, DE-. w. II. Prioleau, Jr.,
and Edward shubrick Hayne. DR..
Prioleau was in failing health for sew
eral years and his death was not un--
expected. He practiced in New York
after graduating from the South Car
.olina Medical college, achieving dis
tinction, but was forced to return
,o,,41,s o,, account of hiS health nrac-
ticing in Summerville and later il.
Asheville, n. c., in both places build
ing up large and lucrative practice
in "a short time. Mr.. Hayne recently
| left Charleston to engag in business
in Yazoo City, Miss, dying after
brief illness of pneumonia. It is a coin
cidence that his brother. died in the
same city q couple Of years ago.
A young negro, Arthur Paine, was
| .snot and killed Wednesday night in