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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-26
GONE WITH $4,000.
r. c. BRoCK1NGToN OF A CO.
LUMBIA BANK SKIPS.
He Disappeared With Consignment
of Cash Which Was Given him
Early Yesterday to Ship BY Ex-
press.

Robert C. Brockington, aged nine
teen, who has been for, about two
years collecting clerk for the State
Bank, has disappeared with $4,000
belonging to the bank.
Shortly after the bank was opened
for business yesterday morning,
young Brockington was given sealed
package containing $4,000, with in
structions to ship it by express TO
one of the banks customers.
Since the moment that he put on
his hat end left the bank with the
package in his pocket, he has not
been seen by any Of the bank people,
nor have the officers who were in
formed Of the matter after an inter-
val been able to ascertain what be-
came of him. Young Brockington
has made good clerk and has gained
the confidence Of his superiors to
such an extent that they did not al
low the fact Of his disappearance
with the money entrusted to him to
become known until today, hoping
against hope that he would turn up
almost any moment with the express
receipt for the package and a good
excuse for his absence.
His disappearance, from the time
he left the bank, seems as completely
2. mystery as if the earth had opened
then and there and swallowed him
ND. So far as the bank. officials have
been able to learn, none Of his many
friends about town have seen him,
nor has he visited his room. His en-
blowers are still unwilling to believe
that he has absconded with the pack
a ee. and re convinced that if he has,
age, and are conviNced that if he has,
ousness of his crime. Some Of his
friends reject with scorn the idea
that he has stolen the money,
They fear that he has been the victim
of foul play, though it is hard to
imagine how anything could have
happened to him during the five min
utes required to traverse the three
blocks of busy Main street between
the bank and the express Office.
Brockington came here about two
years ago from Winnsboro. He be-
longs to an excellent family, and has
prominent connections in this city
Columbia Record, Sept. 20.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-26
THEY WHIPPED NEGRO.
Porter on Parlor Car Acted Too Fa-
niiIiar Toward Ladies Of the Town.

niiliar Toward Ladies Of the Town.
Mccormick, Sept. 22.-The negro
porter ON the parlor car that runs
from Augusta to Spartanburg, over
the c.. &; w. G. railroad, was given
a. severe whipping on the arrival of
the train yesterday afternoon by
some of the best citizens Of this little
city. 1t seems that yesterday two of
the most respected and best ladies
went down to take the 11.40 a. m.
train for Greenwood, and the porter
caught hold of their arms as they
were stepping upon the platform Of
the train.
The affair was conducted in a
quiet, orderly, business-like manner.
There was no excitement at all, and
everyone says he deserved what was
meted out to him. He was told if it
ever occurred again he would be
treated to the sand cure"
I'VE intend to protect our women
no matter what the consequences
may be, and it's getting time for the
negroes to understand it." was the
remark made by the leader of the
whippers.-Anderson Daily Mail.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-26

Manila. Sept. pa disastrous
4.,,,,oon struck the Philippines today,
cansir@ great damage and loss OF
,;4a sontb of Manila. The arsenal ana
sot,,ing at cavite have suffered
sa,.sr.ly. one of the vessels ashore
: The ennbiat Rayat Telegraph wires
to the interior are all down ana iir3ie
news is obainable as to the amount OF
damage and casualties.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-26

Young Brockington, the Columbia
defaulting bank clerk Will not be
prosecuted by the bank and they are
trying to help the poor fellow to his
feet, but it IS not known Yet whether
or not the Aetena Bonding Company
will consent to any such settlement,
Governor Hayward has been eiecteo
an honorary vice president of the
United Irish League of America The
first session of the biennial conven-
ton of the organizatiin will be held
Monday. October 1st. at the Ameri-
can Academy of Music in Philadel-
phia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-26
CHAMBERLAIN TO REMAIN
rxGovernor of South Carolina De-
MICS Intentions of Living Abroad

Ex-Governor D. II. Chamberlain
has sent a dispatch TO The State de-
.vi,g the report published in that
naoer T. the effect tha he was going
:, eyatr:ate himself: He returned
ero-r Europe last June and does not
exnect 10 go again and will spend his
,pinters as usual in Columbia. AS to
nis selling out in West Brookdeld, ne
did that two years ago for business
reasons. He denies too, that he ever
.ore1,t Office in Massachusetts,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-26
CONGRESSMAN LEVERS WORK.
Daily Mail Service Between Columbia
and Fayetteville on the Atlantic
Coast Line.

Washington, Sept. 21.-Represen-s
tative Lever, who has been here for
the past TWO days looking after de-
partmental matters of interest to his.
constituents, returned to Columbia to-
hight. He rece:ved assurances from
tae postoffice department that a cegu-s
lar mail service will be inaugn.atea
constituents, returned to Columbia to-
tween Fayetteville, n. c., and Co.
lumbia, S. c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-26

snu ething over three years ago. =.
Adams shot and killed a man
snan,ea Jacques IN Colleton county.
He was indicted for murder and on
his trial was convicted, the strongest
evidence AGAINST him being given Dy
vonns woman who was his niece,
no secured a new trial and this time
the young woman testified IN hes
nncle,s favor, declaring she had tesa-
fed to the contrary before under
duress. The case came up TO the
sunrene court on points Of law, ana
that tribunal being unable to agree
,ne of the justices, under the right
e;va, him BY the law in such cases
1royided, called for a sitting OF the
conrt en- banc to hear the case. Ine
order above quoted was the result.
sittings of the court en- banc are not
very frequent, only four or hye nav
ing been held since they were pro-
yidea for in the constitution, adopted
in 1895. The tribunal is likely 70
consist of about eleven judges-the
sonr justices of the supreme court
and seven circuit judges. Two OF the
circuit Judges are disqualified ana
another will probably have to be
eliminated in order that the court
shan not consist Of an even number.
The method Of eliminating circuit
Judge in order to reduce the NUMBER
10 an odd one is simple. Col. y. Il.
Brooks, the clerk, will put into nat
ae many slips as there are circuit
i,,6ees available. On all but one Will
he marked the word qualified the
single exception. of course, beng
marked disqualified" The judge
drawing the disqualfying slip is
eliminated.
Eminent counsel is engaged on the
case and some of the points involved
are fine and interesting. so that the
h,aring is apt to be decidedly inter
estins to the people of legal mind.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-26

Ha5ana, Sept. 21.-It is understood
here that Secretary Taft has sent a
gloomy message to President Roose-
Welt, saying that private reports re-
ceived by him from the interior are
to the effect that state bordering
upon anarchy prevails throught al
most the entire island, exceptions
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-26
TROUBLE IN CUBA.

Havana, Sept. 21.-La Discussion
publishes a dispatch from Cienfuegos
saying that the blue jackets from the
American gunboat Marietta, who
were garrisoning the soledad sugar
estate have been fired on by the reb-
els. The Americans returned the fire
and the rebels fed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-26
YOUNG BRoCKINGToN ARREs-
TED.

Jacksonville, Fla, ept. 21.-Robert
C. Brockington, collection clerk Of
the State Bank of Columbia, S. c.,
who disappeared from there yester-
day with $4,000 of the banks funds,
was captured by the police at late
hour tonight and made a full con-
fession. The police authirities OF
Columbia were notified by long dis
tance telephone of the arrest. Brock
ington is a mere lad, and seems
thoroughly ashamed of his escapade.
He had all the money with him ex-
cept $50.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-26

Commissioner Yerkes and Congress-
man Hill Have Been Examining the
Methods Of Regulation Of Using
Denatured .4Alcohol in Continent
and europe.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-26

Robert C. Brockington, the young
Columbia defaulter, who was caught
by the Jacksonville police in that city
early Saturday morning, was brought
back to Columbia on the train reach
ing there at daylight Director Dun
ming had him in custody and cashier
Melton, of the State Bank, was with
them to identify the clerk and look
fter the banks money. He is now
lodged in jcil.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-26
WILL SIT EN- BANc.
An the circuit Judges Qualified CAL.
ed IN to Settle Adams Case.

Columbia, isept. 21.-The famous
ADAMS murder case of colleton
county, after three years course in
the courts, has resulted in the Or
dering together of the highest court
that an American state may have
the supreme court en- banc.
Today this order issued:
TIE State of South Carolina: In the
supreme court April term, 1895,
ninth circuit. coHeton county:
The State VS.. r. A. Adams.
1t is ordered that the members OF
the supreme court and all the judges
of the circuit courts of this State,
except such circuit judge who tried
tte case. shah meet together IN the
civ of Columbia in the supreme court
room TO pass upon the questions IN
VOWED in the motion for a new trial
Of The above stated case, on Friday,
the asth day OF September, 1905, at
10 o,elock in the morning. Let the
clerk, of this court notify the parues
4, the suit and their attorneys OF
this order forthwith.
-. 7. J. Pope,
fAttest, Chief Justice.
u. r. Brooks, CLERK.
sentenber 81, 1906.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-18
GOOD wORKMEN.
Experiment With Italian Immigrant
 Labor Highly Satisfactory.

Editor of the Age Herald.
 l notice in your issue of the 18th inst. an article from your Selma correspond ent headed Another immigration Fail ure." I wish to tell of an "Immgra- tion Success" About ten months ago we sent to New York and secured ten Italians to work for us as railroad graders and section men. One of the ten men could speak English and we made him foreman of the crew.
 In the ten months in which this fore to be first t-class railroad track foreman. can grade and keep up track all right. We have been adding to this number from time to time until now We have twenty-five Italians and one Spaniard all of whom are doing tion.
 We find these men to be kind obe- dient and polite. They have the great est respect for their superintendent and foreman. They work six days in a week and are always on time, when the signal for work is given.
 One of these Italians has bought one hundred acres of land and is pre- pairing home to bring his family from Italy. Others are speaking of buying homes and locating here. too. We be- lieve we are beginning to solve the railroad is concerned. and we are go- ing to continue in this line until we get all the labor necessary to operate our plants, as we believe that the Ital- ians are the coming laborers for the South. Very respectfully,
 C. w. Plant. Superintendent,
 Map1esville, Ala, April IA, 1906.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-18
TODAY IN HISTORY.

.o,s Name ns pssy: Aenas. Sun rises at S;as;
 i5s3-shakespeare's poem of Venus Adonis entered in the books at Station
 l63s--Puritans from London under TheophIlus Eaton, and the Rev. John Haven. Conn. They held their first meeting this day and elect Eaton, gov ernor and buy the Indian title to their land. New Hayen remained separate
 177S-The French Government orders a squadron of twelve ships of the line and four large frigates under under. Count e,Iat in the Delaware; the fleet arrives. July 8, but Admiral Howe. who had re cefved the ministerial orders, had left
 17s4--Jean, Joseph de Laborde. a wealthy French merchant. guillotined. Revolution. he alone furnished the gov ernment with twelve million flyers in gold at Brest, which enabled the ex- petition under Rochambeau to set sail and bestowed immense sums for chart- table and benevolent objects. He fell a sacrifice to the rury of the revolu- ton, at the age of 70. for no offense but that of being rich.
 1797-Austria made peace with France, ceding the Netherlands, free
 iso5MoVer 1T 1oo persons lost lost their lives by the great flood of the river Tiber.
 1S30-In New England the right of suffrage was granted to every male in- habitant of 21 years. except paupers and persons excused from paying taxes at their own request.
 IS43-The difficulties in Rhode Island over an attempt to substitute State Constitution of government for the Charles II. Charter assumed a serious aspect.
 1ss1--Harper's Ferry seized by the Confederates.
 1s74--Forty- eight saloon men indic- ted at Rock Island as part of a great temperance wave that was sweeping the country.
 1S75-Emperor William of Germany signed the bill withdrawing the rights enjoyed by the Catholic church. A pro- papal paper in Berlin was suppress ed.
 1S76-President Grant vetoes a bill to reduce his salary to $25,
 1SS0-Great tornado swept over the West totally destroying the town of Marshfield. Mo. killing 100 and wound ing 150 persons.
 1s99-Resolutions introduced in the Massachusetts Legislature revoking the order vanishing Roger Williams in 1885.
 19O4-New York Democrats, by a vote of l01 to 149, instruct their dele gates to vote for the nomination of Judge Alton B. Parker for President.
 l905--Lower house of Wisconsin leg islature passed railroad bill fathered by Governor IaFOlette,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-18
WILL IT ERUPT.

The causes of volcanic activity are far from plain, even to the best inform ed scientists. Even those considered break forth when least expected. Mount Rainier, or Tacoma, in Washington. is one of the volcanic mountains that has long been extinct, it is stated. but is 1t really so? People living on Puget Sound, fifty or sixty miles away, claim that they can see smoke issuing from the old crater and that they can hear rumbling sounds from the same source. This may all be fancy or imagination. heightened by reading the accounts from Vesuvius. but on the other hand there may be foundation for the re- ports.
 As we have said. there are mysteries connected with volcanoes which have never been satisfactorily explained. Histories supply us with many in- stances where a volcano which has been quiet and apparently dead for years or centuries has become active and dangerous. The cause of this re- VlVHicatlon may pernapS pc conJectured but that is all And thers are those who imagine that there is some sort of underworld sympathy between Tacoma and far distant vesuvius which has, or may have, an effect on the former and cause 1t to become active. Nobody knows that there is such sympathy or communica tion, but does any one know that there is not? If old Rainier de- cides to become uncontrollable 1t will be dangerous object.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-18
south American Needs.

BaLt1m0re American.
 The Pan American congress which IS soon to assemble in Brazil promises to be of unusual interest and importance. The Southern republics are freer from time past, and the development of their economical interests have been propor- tionally great, Some of them-Argen- ous strides. and upon their economic improvement must rest the hope of graduation from constant disorder into There Is not only peace within their own borders, but they are not fighting each other. and all will come together in Brazil on friendly terms.
 Something is being said of the Pan- American railroad, but this Is apt to be a fancy rather than reality. Large stretches of road have been built: and that constructed by Meigs among the clouds of the Andes-but there are vast gaps in length taken together at least >structed, and which would not return an ymoney in a hundred years. They are barren stretches of territory which offer nothing in the way of develop minal, either now or in prospective, to justify a railroad. The great continen- tai roads of this country passed through delivery and exit at their terminal but the world will be pretty crowded when 1t seeks port in Patagonia
 Such scheme would be largely de- pendent on sentiment, and the money can be spent more beneficially in oLner directions. Railroad building is one Of South Americas greatest needs. There are great. wild expenses of terriroy, the richest on earth, which only need trans portation facilities to make them homes for millions. There Is also great need of a transcOntinental road or roads to connect the Atlantic with the Pacific These questions will probably be dis cussed at the coming congress. and 1t may be that several states will take hold of some of these enterprises. That which would be easy for two states might be ruinous for one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-18
The Man With n Muck Rake.


 In this realm of personal and poli- tical endeavor, where a man may chose in a great measure the battle ground where he is to wage his fight and has the choice of weapons, it would seem remarkable that one already raised to some eminence by the people should gain his own consent to chose as his platform the muck pile and as his weapon the muck rake. Yet that is just what Mir. B. B. Conner. president of the railroad commission and candi- date for governor, has done and is do-
 There is much talk and writing at this time of men with muck rake. The type of the politician represented by that striking simile. of the presidents ada ptation, is not so rare but that it can generally be recognized. ..
 The man who is gSing S svas about FotusHd sHd on tthe muck heap. 1tom which he rakos tip the refuse of past years, splashing the substance. in which he the constitution of the state; the men who have made it's laws; the men who have so faithfully executed those laws and the judges who have inter- pretcd them-Mr. B. B. Comer--is not rake" but RhIRs elevation represents the ap%thGosis pIg E.I of the type. .,,nn in Ala bama, past of present, at which thls man with a muck rake has not tax ken fling it is because he has overlooked tention later He has characterized as menials of corporations the men who have lain the basis of our state laws interpretation and execution. and in so doing he has be-spattered the people who placed these men in office. II his charges were believed py the world at large. which they are not, the fair pages of Alabama's history would bo all blaCkened and bespotted. the repu l. tation of her noblest sons would be be ned while thiz state and ne Democratic party would stand humi- Hated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-18
WEDNESDAY,, APRIL IS, 1906.
WILL NOT SUBMIT TO DIorArroN.

W AAA NOA sOnMAA IO EgErs MT. Conner made speeches at half dozen points In Mobile in the interest of the avowed Conner candidate for State Senator. There was no doubt about his active and open participancy in a county election. MT. Hamburger, an avowed Cunningham supporter was elected and MT. Conner was flatly re- buked. The Mobile Herald, MT. Ham, burgers paper, in speaking of the re- suit, says:
 The vote of MT. Hamburger is not strength in Mobile county, for never before has a candidate been forced to face so galling fire from so many diff rerens sources as did Dr. Cunninghams will the methods used against Mir. Ham, burger find place In the annals of the political history dt;1d Of this great and Elo-
 The Mobile Register, which opposed Hamburger. but supports Cunningham, says that Mobile will do immensely better by Cunningham than the ma sority given to Mir. Hamburger. It is doubtful If such efforts to defeat man will be made anywhere in Alabama as
 
 which opposed Hamburger. In addition to all this MT. Conner himself appeared Dn the ground and it was all of no avail.
 All who heard MT. Conner here will remember his frantic appeal to elect men to the legislature who stood for what he does and would act if elect ed in line with his suggestions. There was only one candidate who publicly ard everywhere announced that he stood with Conner. and he was de- feated.
 MT. Conner once lived in Anniston and he went there to take part in the cam paign for State Senator which closed Monday, and, as everybody knows, he went to work against Hon. Fred S.. Blackmons reelection to the State Senate. The primary in Calhoun was held last Monday and MT. Blackmon was nominated by 35S majority. MT. Conner spoke at Piedmont. Oxford, Jacksonville and Anniston. but it was all in vain.
 The free people of Alabama will do their own thinking and not dance to the crack of any mans whip. Mir. Blackmon is man of decided abil- ity. He is a member of the present Senate and the State is the gainer by his reelection.
 On the 21th of August. MT. Conner will learn that the calm con- servative thought of the people of Ala bama will lead them away from him and his narrow and prejudiced views. They will turn to Lieutenant Governor Cunningham, d safer and surer man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-18
Why Doctors
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It Refreshes and Strengthens the Body
 With Predfgested Nourishmenf.

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 Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer is known by physicians everywhere as the best beer because of the absolute purity of It's Ingredients. Because of the exceeding cleanliness of the exclusive Paosr method of malting and brewing. Pabst beer Is considered perfect beer, and perfect food. It contains 12 per cent of food properties derived from the efght-day barley malt (exc1usively PabsD. These consist chiefly of sugar and other carbohydrates so necessary to the health of the body, along with the proteids, potash. and phosphorus. all of which nourish and build up the body and brain. This 12 per cent food value. the reader must understand, is high percentage, equal sndeed to the food value percentage of pure milk. the percentage of water in each fn- stance being ss.
 If your food doesn't taste just right. or if your digestion is little "off," or your appetite is poor, try Pabst Blue Ribbon beer for few days and find for yourself that 1t Is good food.