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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-21
NOTE. Safety lies in buying
only the Royal Baking Powder,
which IS the best cream Of tartar
baking powder that can be had.
NO SPECIAL TERMS.
Governor Hayward Will Refuse all
Requests for Extra Courts Unless
Attorney General Advises Him That
the Law is Mandatory.

Columbia, March 15.-If ne finds
out from the assistant attorney general
that the law allows him such discre-
ton, Governor Hayward will not order
any special terms of court for this
year, and if it is decided that the
statute makes ordering them obliga-
tory, he will refuse to pay the judges,
as the legislature cut Off this appro-
priation. He will simply report the
bill for special terms to the legisla-
ture He will not pay them from his
contingent fund.
Solicitor Zimmerman has asked for
a special term for Richland and the
application is being held up for an
opinion from the attorney generals Of
flee.
Mrs. Charles Martin Niles, wife Of
the rector of Trinity, died here today
in her fortieth year of cancer Of the
stomach. She was a native of Ro-
chester, New York, and came here
with her husband, who succeeded the
late Rev. Mr.. Satterlee, who was also
a. New Yorker. McCaw.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-21
STRIKERS USE BOMBS.
NEW YORK TRANSFERS BLOW
UP WHOLESALE GROCERY
BUILDING.
Non Union Men Have Been Murder
ously Assaulted and One is Dying i'm
Observation-Disclosures of Firm Threat
ened With Death and Destruction of
Their Property.

New York, March 14.-Following
the strike of the teamsters against the
Clark, Chaplin & Bushnell Wholesale
Grocery Company, three chalk marks
were placed on the front Office door
early today. Later on an explosive was
put under the door and touched off.
The explosion occurred at 4:12 o'clock
this morning, just after the police had
been withdrawn after an all night
watch for the expected effort to de-
stroy the building. The vibration was
so great that it was heard for half a
mile Part of the building was wreck
ed. The police quickly surrounded
and searched this vicinity but found
no trace of the perpetrators.
Since the strike the firm has been
employing non-union men. The latter
have been assaulted on numerous
occasions one of whom is now dying in
the hospital as the result of the as
sauit The firm has also received let
ters threatening the death of members
Of the firm and the destruction of their
property.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-21
PRESIDENT KING WARNS.
Head of New York Cotton Exchange
Says the Time is Critical With the
Cotton Planters and Urges That
They Go Not Yield to Che Tempta-
ton to Oyer-Piant.

The following very interesting letter
from Mr.. Wm. V. King, superintend-
dent Of the New, York Cotton Ex-
change, was received b. Richard
Cheatham, secretary Of the Southern
Cotton Association:
Mr. Richard Cheatham, Secretary
Southern Cotton Association, Atlanta,
Ga.-Dear Sir: Your favor of the 18th
instant is received. Thanks for Presi-
dent Jordan's cotton statistics, etc.,
which give the facts clearly and intel
ligently-
In my opinion the coming planting
season will prove to be the most try
ing, if not the most critical, in the
experience of the cotton growers Of
the South Trying because there are
many who believe 10 or 10 1-2 cents
will prove so serious a temptation to
the planter that he will put every
available acre in Gotten. This opinion
is not confined to this section Of the
country alone, but is endorsed by
many of the good people OF the South.
not planters Of cotton, I am glad to
say.
son for the planter. and for the entire
South, should the temptation to over
plant in cotton be carried out. The
years of splendid work Of your Asso-
,iation, together with that Of others
who have co-operated, will be swept
away, and condition Of servitude for
the planter will be re-enacted, with It's
consequent 6 cents OF cents for cot
ton.
This is not an extreme picture. 1t is
certain to occur unless the planters
stand solidly together and, for their
own protection, diversity the planting,
putting in moderate acreage only in
cotton. If the planters will not pro-
tect themselves in a matter of such
vital interest, to whom can they look
for help? Certainly not to the buyer
and the consumer
To sum up the matter, the situation
for veal or woe, for cents or for
IL cents, is entirely in the hands Of the
planter. In 5rief interval Of time tae
world will know whether he has prov
en- false to himself or has had the
courage and manliness to resist the
temptation, which now threatens to
wrest from him the control of the sit-
uation. Yours truly,
VIM v. King.
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No More Crop Bulletins.

Columbia, March 19.-The South
Carolina division will hereafter not
issue crop bulletins as it has done for
years past. For many years the Co.
lumbia station has issued every Tues
day morning, during the crop season
bulletin giving a resume Of the crop
conditions. This bulletin has been
very interesting and has been we'll
done.
Orders have been issued from Wash
ington that hereafter this weekly re-
port shall only refer to climate condi-
tons. and that there is to be no men
ton Of the crop conditions.
1t is understood that this order has
been issued because of the status Of
the appropriation bill, and the report
of the Keep investigating committee.
Exactly what will be the nature of
subsequent reports. both hy State and
on the part of the government will. it
is said. depend on the verbiage of the
bill providing for mon
ey for the statistical work Of the de-
partment. and what conditions are
placed in the bill.
There has been general regret that
these Stare crop reports are to be dis
continued
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-21
T|LLMAN DISCUSSES
The HEPBURN BILL
The Necessity or Railroad Rate Regula-
tion Made Clear.
THE RAILROADS. sTUpEAD0Us POWER.
His Report to the Senate Contains
Startling and Convincing Facts-The
Liberty of the People at Stake and
the Railroad Magnates Warned That
quiesce in Wise Legislation.

Washington, March 15.-'The gross
annual earnings Of the railroads, in
round numbers, are two thousand mil
lion dollars. Their net earnings are
seven hundred million dollars. 1t
will thus be seen that once year ev-
cry dollar in circulation in the United
States passes through the hands OF
the railroads, while once IN three years
every dollar in the United States be-
comes a part of their net earnings,
and those net earnings equal in
amount, annually, the entire expendi-
lures of the United States govern
ment.''
This striking statement was made
by Senator Tillman in his formal writ
ten report on the Hepburn railroad
rate bill, which he was directed to
make by the senate committee on in
ter-state commerce and which he pre-
sented in the senate shortly after it
met today.
4It is small wonder he continued,
'that with such princeiy revenues the
most brilliant, legal minds CT the coun-
try are at their command to conduct
litigation, frame laws and secure
their passage through legislatures and
congress, and to exercise such an
over mastering influence over the ju-
diciaries and executive departments
Of both Of states and nation, that the
average citizen is almost driven to be-
live the fight is hopeless, and that the
government, instead of controlling the
railroads is controlled by them, and
that the liberties of the people, to
say nothing Of their rights, are in jeop-
ardy.''
The report is an extensive one. In
conclusion Senator Tillman warns the
friends Of the proposed legislation
that all their expectations may not be
realized at this session Of Congress.
'"The great influence Of the rail-
roads," he says, might prevent the
passage Of any bill at all; or the en-
actment of one that will prove wholly
inadequate" Such action on their
part will, in my Judgment, be very un-
wise and will only dam up the water,
and if those most interested in these
great properties will not consent to
wise legislation to relieve the distress
Of the people, there is danger of more
radical policies and leaders coming to
the front, with the result that legisla-
ton far more drastic and dangerous
than anything proposed in this bill,
and amendments will be offered and
will be enacted"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-21
sHNAToR T1rIMaN TALKS.
He IS TOO Busy ID Washington at This
Sirae 10 attend q Convention, But
Has His Eyes Open.

washington, March 16.-Senator
Imam says that he knows nothing
Of any plans TO hold a convention OF
The friends Of the dispensary y have
scarcely had tine to give such a thing
he said today
be added. you can say this.
II hen the time comes and the
fight IS on. Z expect tobe IN it, wheth-
er it begins before the opening of the
paign OF a fer,
you expect anything to be done
before the opening of the regular cam
.sI say. I don't know. To hold
eonxeation or to organize, as they
cali is would take a bit OF conferring
and a LOT of correspondence, and SO
as & am: concerned, I haven't the
10 do wouldn't even have
isne 10 Attend that convention or con-
ference, or thing else, SO long as I
am ssamped this way
Ihen he turned. to a pile Of papers
desk called acIerk, and added:
~ sSsaa ss feei Ike fellow down
In deep we'll I can't begin TO see
daylight An I can see is a little gleam
ef light which viii get bigger and big.
geras e climb out Of this well But
YOU know when a fellows down in
such "a hole as this, the sky looks
about the size q dollar and he cant
sees exsnsthe sides OF the hole he IS in
How the name OF sense can 4 see.
OUTSIDE to organize the dispensary
forces or anything else at homer
oh yes Rm watching it, !" he con-
cluaed The State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-21

The pardon board was hard at work
Thursday and disposed of over 20 Of
the petitions turned over to them by
Governor Hayward. There were only
four which received favorable consid-
Grafton and all of these were for pris-
one-s who have a short time to serve.
The Farmers State Mutual Hail In
sucance Company has been reocgan-
lied with F. II. McMaster Of Colum-
bia as president, and a strong board Of
directors
Andrew Carnegie has agreed to con-
tribute 10 Woffeyd college $4,000
provided the movement Or foo. reach
es 5000 which Will be reality.
George Wilson an a. c. L brake
man w2s run over and killed in
Charleston Friday night
The drug store. of. DR.. ]. A To-bin
Barnwell was burned Sunday
Carroll S. Mo:ee won the inter-
society gold medal at Furman Univer-
sity Friday night and viii represent
that school in the State oratorical
contest.
Mr. C. c. Wyche Will represent the
Citadel in the state oratorical contest.
Major Alex W Marshall, a promi-
net citizen of Charleston, died sunday
afternoon
The 4-year-old son of Mr.. Judson
McMann was burned to death Friday
M Lancaster county.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-21
A RAILROAD HORROR.
WOUNDED PASSENGERS ARE
SLOWLY ROASTED TO DEATH
IN WRECKED CARS.
Forty or Fifty Persons Lose Their
Lives as the Result of q Collision OF
Two Passenger Trains in Colorado.
The Injured Were Pinned Down
Under the Wreckage Of the Cars.

Denver Col, March 16.-From for
ty to fifty passengers were killed or
roasted alive after a collision between
two passenger trains on the Denver
and Rio Grande railway at 2 o'clock
this morning.
The trains, one of them a double
header, met on a curve near Florence,
in the Arkansas valley, 140 miles
from Denver. Immediately after the
collision the wreckage caught on fire
and the injured, who were pinned
down, were slowly roasted to death,
and their bodies cremated. One of
the trains was local passenger made
up at Leadville and the other was the
Utah and California express, which
left Denver at 8 o'clock last night. The
impact caused both engines and the
baggage and day coaches to turn over.
But fifteen Of the passengers in them
were able to escape. It is reported
that the crews OF both trains are miss
ing.
A physician who reached Portland
from the wreck says forty are dead.
A dozen Of the injured have been
taken TO Pueblo.
The scene Of the wreck after the
cars had been burned is almost too
horrible to describe. It is impossible
to get a list of the names Of the killed
and injured until the railroad conduc-
tors compare their reports.
Every person killed was practically
c1emated and nothing now remains of
the trains except the blackened tim
bers and twisted rods, with here and
there q, pile Of ashes.
The Official estimate of the number
OF dead is SO and rs injured.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-21
SOUTH CAROLINA NEws.
Items Of Interest Condensed and Par
agrapied for Quick Reading.


Code Commissioner William Elliott,
Jr., has just gotten out for distribu-
ton the first forty-eight pages Of the
permanent statutes for the year 1906.
This preliminary publication contains
forty-eight Of the most important and
interesting statutes.
The new state board of dispensary
directors have struck a serious snag
in attempting to recall the request
blank feature Of the dispensary law.
This is clearly evident from a very
emphatic letter the governor received
from the Richland county auditor, W.
H. Gibbes, who says it is impossible
for him to carry out the law, and
pleads with the governor to "devise"
some way to relieve an impossible sit
uation caused by the passage Of fool
ish and inconsistent laws.
The first meeting Of the board Of
trustees Of the South Carolina Indus
trial school was held in the governors
Office. There were present: Cover
nor Hayward, Assistant Attorney Cen
eral Youmans, Judge A. c. Haskell Of
Columbia; DR.. Samuel NJ. Smith
Of Columbia, DR.. w. c. Irby Of
Laurens. DR.. T. A. Crawford Of York
vile, Professor Henry P. Archer Of
Charleston, DR.. ]. L. Mann Of Flor
ence, and DR.. D. D. Wallace of Spar
tanburg. The board organized by
electing Governor ;ss=yward president;
Judge Haskell vice president, DR..
Mann secretary and Dr. Wallace treas
urer. The bond Of the treasurer was
fixed at $1,000. The board found
several propositions before it of a very
favorable nature, but as there has not
been a general understanding Of the
nature and extent Of the work contem-
plated in the establishment and
growth of the South Carolina Indus
trial school, it was thought best not
to come to any decision at this time.
The Columbia correspondent of the
News and Courier says: There are
$500 pensioners on the lists of the
state on account of the Confederate
fund. 1t is noteworthy fact that
one-tentn of all Of the pensioners in
South Carolina are in Spartanburg dis
tr;ct.
Mrs. Mary Coggins. who died a few
days ago in the mountain section OF
Greenville county, was "a years Of
age She had PA descendants. Of
her II children all are living but 3,
the Youngest being 50 years OF age.
She has 202 grandchildren and great
grandchildren and four great-great
granchildren.
At y o'clock Thursday night Mr..
NJ. P. Howell. of Walterboro. fled an
crder from the Chief Justice. staying
the renitttitur in the r. a. Adams
case until April 10. This means that
nothing can be done until after that
time. and that Adams viii not be
hanged until after some new move is
made
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-21
COTTON TALK.

Camden, March 14.-If we fail TO
send you the news as you think we
should, remember we are four miles
in the country, and have charge Of
two eight horse farms three miles
apart. So you see we are kept on the
go all the time, and sometimes don't
hear important news in Camden till it
is published. and we don't care to be
like an old lady we once knew who
told everybody she saw for six months
about the death Of a neighbor.
AS our interest is the farm, it is Of
the Mariner we will have most to say.
The recent drop in the price Of cotton
proves that we were right last fall in
condemning the action Of the Cotton
Growers Association in fixing the
price at is cents. If they had said IL
or 12 cents, which is a, fair price, /
believe every bale of last years crop
would have brought it. But they
were unreasonable, and demanded
more than they were in po-
sition to force. So you see
in place Of getting more it
is actually worth less. 1t is impos-
sible to control the market without a
complete warehouse system. Place
the farmer where he can, if necessary,
borrow money on his cotton, and he
can then sell as he sees fit. 1t is high
time the farmer should have some say
so in fixing the price of his own pro-
duct. But he will have to make the
change by little. One farmer cannot
say he will not sell sell for less than
Is cents, when his neighbor is selling
for 10 cents. The manufacturer does
not care whose cotton he gets just so
he gets the cotton.
AS we said before, let the associa-
ton preach less acreage in cotton,
more grain and meat and be in po-
s;tion to let the price adjust itself. AS
long as the South owes the greater
portion Of the crop, before it is plant
ed so long will the gamblers take ad-
cantage Of his necessity and fix the
price as they see fit. Let each farm be
4 committee Of one to see to making
,verything used on the farm. and the
South Will soon be in position to defy
he world But it is useless With your
barn and smoke house in the West
to say that you will not sell cotton for
less than Is cents You can't eat or
feed mules on cotton Now don un-
derstand me to oppose the work Of the
association-we are far from that
but think it unreasonable with the
condition of nne-tenths Of the farm
ers. We make large cotton crop.
but raise plenty Of corn and meat to
run the farm. And the south Will
never prosper till she adopts this
method. B. NJ. Hudson.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-21
DR.. M,Dow CONVICTED.
Judge Klugh Imposes a Sentence of
-Four Months Imprisonment or $3.50

lancaster, March 1e.-Promptly at
s:se this morning the argument in the
McDow case was entered upon, Mr..
~. d. Trantham opening for the de-
tense in speech Of 35 minutes. Such
dificulties as this, said he, have been
occurring since the world began and
no such difficulty perhaps had ever
occurred over so small a matter.
Young Witherspoon had the best Of
blood n his veins, that Of DR.. John
Wftherspoon OF Princeton. one Of the
signers OF the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence. McDow was the son Of a
man now dead in his grave who never
allowed q. man to tread on his toes.
He contended that Witherspoon COM
naenced the difhcu1y by insulting Nc
Dow and that when Dr.. McDow was
knocked down by Mr.. Brown he was
thrown into transport Of passion un-
der which circumstances he fired,
thinking 'the whole crowd were after
him.
Mr.. b. B. Clark followed in an able
and eloquent speech Of one hour.
Solicitor Henry closed the argument,
consuming an hour and five minutes.
Many have expressed the opinion that
it was the best speech they had ever
heard Mr. Henry make.
Judge Klugh for Is minutes charged
the jury as to the law of the case.
The jury were out for four hours and
% minutes and returned into court
with verdict Of assault and battery
ana carrying concealed weapons.
Judge Klugh sentenced McDow to a
term of four months in the peniten-
tiary without hard labor or to pay a
fine OF $3.50. McDow's counsel may
appeal, and in the meantime he has
been released on $500 bond. But it
is thought the fine will be paid. 1t is
sa;d the jury at first stood five for. the
highest c=fense charged and five for
acauittal-The state.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-21
THE FLORENCE KILLING.
The Coroner's Jury Holds Jesse Glenn
ents for the Murder of j. F. Baker.

Florence, May 15.-J. F. Baker, the
man who was shot by Jesse Clements
at the transfer yard Tuesday night
died last night about 8 o'clock and the
inquest was held this morning. The
body was lying in the Coast Line hos
pital.
Baker had been under the care OF
Drs. Grigg and Evans since the night
Of the shooting but never rallied suf-
hciently for the balls to be extracted
and his death seemed certain from the
very first.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-21
TWAIN WOULDN'T BE SENATOR.
I'm the LATEST Man on Earth and
Congress Needs Industry He Says
Thinks He Could Earn the Sal
ary. but as Representative Of the
People Would be s.Dead Timber.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
Suggestions having come from vari-
Gus sources that, in the event Of the
retirement from congress Of either Of
the New lcrk senators, Samuel L.
Clemens tMarA Twain: would be
named as s,cce ssor, a reporter for the
Herald called pom the humorist yes
..erday at his home, in 5th avenue, 10
g.: his cxpre ssi"ns on the subject
Mr. t'le1neES. who was clothed in ms
pajamas and busily engaged in shav-
ing when he was asked if he would ac-
cept senatorial seat, instantly stop
ped welding the razor, and, turning to
his questioner with an expansive smile
on his lathered face, said:
eff such an offer as that were made
to me it would be the most gigantic
compliment I ever received. I would
not consider myself, hswever,
worthy successor to DR.. Depew or Mr..
Platt, as am in no way qualified for
the post. A senator needs to know the
political history Of the country, past
and present, as we'll as its commercial
industrial and financial affairs. OF
these things am blissfully ignorant.
Even if were qualified, the du-
ties of a Senator would be distasteful
+o ,,o nv, AVN ror+;o,,1or yorly ic
the greatest source of pleasure have,
and for that reason I do not consider
it as work at all. I regard myself as
the most lazy human being on earth.
have absolutely no industry in me
whatever, and to make good as
Senator one must be in love with his
job and be industrious. If a man is to
succeed in any occupation the work to
him must be labor Of love. It has
always been Sc with me and my work,
and I think I can justly say, without
vanity, that my career has been, to
fair degree, a success.
writing or debating, and I'm in mod
fled paradise the while. Saturdays
and Sundays I take off, and during
these two holidays, as I call them, I'm
in modified hades''
When reminded that the senate, as
a body, is sadly lacking in humor, and
needed livening up, Mr.. Twain said,
smilingly:
well, as Falstaff to the Senate,
guess I could fill the bill and earn my
salary. But as a representative of the
people I would be certain 70 prove
dead timber
But can't humorists be serious as
we'll as other mortals. Mr. Twain?
Most assuredly. There is no man
alive-not even excepting a Scotch
Presbyterian minister-who can be
more serious than I. But as senator
the people would refuse to take me
any more seriously than they do in NY
natural capacity as humorltS, and
I don't care to make an unattractive
exhibition of myself. It's humorist's
business to laugh at other folks, not
inspire other folks to laugh at him.
Mr. Twain is now writing his auto
biography. He started on the book on
January 8. he said. and has now 100.-
600 words of it completed. He devotes
one hour and three-quarters to til
work every morning. debating it While
N bed.-New York Herald.
Mr. Burr Jolly. wel!-to-do farmer
of Cherokee county dropped dead in
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-21
THE AMENDE HONORABLE.
Our Hagood Correspondent Disclaims
Any Intention to Reflect Upon Any

Any 1ntention &c Hehect Upo:i My
one.
/ wish to thank you, Mr.. Editor, for
your timely information about that
court house matter. 1t was foreign to
my purpose to reflect upon any one.
though I must confess that what
wrote would lead to a different con-
and I sincerely hope no one is
Go. Please give this cor
rs place in the Item and oblige
,zruly, 'Hagood"
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Mr.. Burr Jolly wel!-to-do farmer
of Cherokee county dropped dead in
the road Saturday while returning
home from Gaffney.