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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-04

here from Edgefeld county to take
charge of the mechanical work Of the
paper. When Mr.. Parks moved to CO.
lumbia about two years ago Mr.. CO.
var became interested in the business,
which was run in the name Of Parks
& Covar. Several months ago Mr..
Parks sold his interest in The Patriot
and the printing outfit to Mr.. j. H.
Funderburg and Mr.. Covar, and the
newspaper has since been published
by Funderburg & Covar as publishers
and proprietors.
1t is stated that since this transfer
there has not been pleasant feelings
between Mr.. Parks and Mr.. Covar. It
is reported that Mr.. Parks held q
mortgage over the newspaper plant
and that he was preparing to foreclose
and it is thought that he came down
from Columbia THIS morning for the
purpose Of making some arrange
ments. Both parties were together in
conversation for some time this
morning and they separated. 1t was
only short time when they came to-
gether again, and the shooting took
place as above stated. 1t is reported
that a gentleman telephoned t" Mr..
Parks at Columbia yesterday and ad-
vised him not to come to Orangeburg
today, asking him to have his business
transacted either through other par
ties or by correspondence, stating to
Mr.. Parks that Mr.. Covar had threat
ened to kill him if he foreclosed his
mortgage 1t is also rumored that
MIR. Covar had been informed that Mr.
Parks intended to kill him On account
of some reports that he had heard.
The fact is that both parties were well
and prepared for shooting
without delay. The father Of Mr.. Covar
an old gentleman, who resides here'
With his son was armed. He did not
attempt to shoot and returned his pis.
.ol to his pocket when the pistol was
aiken away from his son, so your
hears from an eye wit
less. After the fusilade wher Mr..
covar was walking forward after Mr..
Parks, as stated above. the old gentle
nan called to his son to stop.-The
State.
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say against his opponents.
Take a Breathing Spell.

There will be a rest in the campaign
from now till July 9, when the meet
ing will be held in Columbia. The
weeks rest Of the campaigners gave
them notions. They have unanimous
ly asked the executive committee to
give the campaigners another week s
rest. They want week after the
Lancaster meeting, July %, and then
want to resume the campaign at
Winnsboro, August 6, and go to Chest
er, August Z, and then keep right on
from that point, only making each
date week later than it is now ar
arranged. This will end the campaign
August %, instead Of August is, as
now arranged. The campalgners
think this will be more satisfactory
all round. and Chairman Jones, who
was at the meeting today, thought
the committee would agree to 1t.
The expression today seemed to be
that Senator Tillman's recent letter
had been a solar plexus for State cam
paigas in future years.
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PICKS ANsEL TO WIN
With Blease as His Opponent in Sec
ond Primary-The Hope Of Lau-
rens Paper.

The Laurens Advertiser, in guessing
mood, says:
When the primaries are over it may
be interesting to talk about the fol-
lowing predictions, based on study
Of the facts:
Mr. Lumpkin will receive about 20,-
O0O0 votes against Senator Tillman.
This leaves $4,000 for Tillman.
Mr.. Martin F. Ansel will lead in the
first primary by at least 10000 votes
over his nearest opponent and be
elected overwhelmingly in the second
primary. Four years ago he carried
his old judicial circuit almost to man
and it gave him about $4,000 votes to
start with. He got mighty few else
where. Hayward and Talbert were
known generally and he was not. Bar
ring accidents, he is as good as elect
ed. People who want band wagon
seats take due notice.
At present Mr.. Cole L. Blease Is
leading for second place. If Senator
Tillman joins in the campaign he wils
quietly undertake to put a stop to this
and throw his influence to Mr.. r. I.
Manning-not that he likes Manning
so much, but because he thinks Man
ming would prove a stronger man in
the final heat. Meanwhile, if Mr..
Blease continues to develop strengths-
Senator Tillman will be scared off
from interfering.
Mr.. A. w. Jones will be elected
Comptroller General and ought 70 be.
The closest contest of ali Is be-
tween Col. Lewis W. Haskell and Coz.
J. C. Boyd for adjutant and Inspector
general. We can't predict the result.
The race for railroad commissioner
is Wharton against the field, with Sui
liva.n second.
We hope Col Tribble vii: be elected
secretary Of state.
We believe that ]. Frazer Lyon viii
sweep the state for attorney geaerat,
we believe in the people strongly
enough to take for granted that they
Will elect him overwhelming He de-
serves elec:!oa more thaa any man
that has run for office in the State in
twenty years.
F In the cases of Tribble and Lyon the
Judgment IF The Advertiser may pos
sibly be biasei by. its wisaes-we do
not know. IN ::se other cases we wish
sorne of our predictions" elected and
some defeated. OF course, this Lau-
rens newspaper is for Wharton first,
| last and all the time.
Keep this and joke US about it when
! the votes are counted. .~r..s, .xss
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washington, D. c., July BY
a;-ection of the president, Secretary
w,,son of the Agricultural Depart
ment today issued an official state
,+ concerning the new system OIL
.ao+ insnection to be Immediately put
,n+o effect in accordance with the Ia"
nossea by Congress last week. me
statement is INTENDED to restore pup
~ confidence at home and abroad IN
-oaora TO meat products OF American
hacking institutions.
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To 4he Editor of The News and Cou-
r.er. Please let me thank you Tor
vou- courteous editorial notice OF the
proceedings OF our late. convention
here, and my remarks on the subject
of denatured alcohol.
There is an excellent article IN the
Manufacturers Record Of June on
+be relation of cotton oil mills to the
n,annfacture of denatured alcohoi.
reerA IS a most excellent article by
Josenh Danna Miller in Moody's FL
nancial Magazine, New York, for the
month of May, on the same SUBJECT.
Mr. Miller shows in his article tnat
the United States department OF agrl-
c,1fture reported long ago that alco-
hol testing "a per cent could be SOLD
probably for Is cents per gallon. He
goes on to say: I've know that fuei
alcohol is sold in Germany for 10
cents asgallon, and that an alcohol
lamp. which costs in Berlin from
$50 10 $3.50, gives tairty-cand4e
noweSSight at cost Of one cent per
hour: 1eo, ,oeo,o0e gallons Of aicohoi
ere consumed in Germany in the arts
and industries prior to the imposluon
of taxes upon the product, and but ~
ner cent after the tax was imposed.
Tna removal of the tax on alcohol
,;sed in the arts and industries would
furnish employment for thousaos OF
work;ngmen and millions Of capital.
The farmer would benefit enormous
Nv since cheap alcohol would result IN
increasing the demand for the raw
materials out of which alcohol IS pro-
duced-for example, damaged corn
otherwise ble-and at the
same time supply him with cheaper
nover for his threshing and dairy ma
shines. When any of the farmers pro-
ducts fell below the normal prlce-as
in some years when it is cheaper to
bnrn corn than coal for fuel-such
products could be converted into atco-
mol. thus supplying the farmer with
rAvenne from a source always re-
naming open. Two hundred million
additional gallons of alcohol-which
is not an extravag CANT estimate Of the
increase Of consumption that the re-
rooval Of the tax would cause-would
create a demand for 60,o00,0O0 bush
els Of corn or other farm product
The tax is now removed and | have
taken the liberty to go further IN the
subject with you, because of the inter-
esting report in your paper OF yester-
aav Sv the government officials IN. re-
gard to draining cur coast lands.
banpen to know that gasoline engines
arc being used extensively through
ont the Middle West and in the South
west. for threshing wheat nd oats III
tho West. and rice in Louisiana aho
Mississippi. AS Stated the
alcohol is sold in Germany for 10
cents per gallon retail. it is sold al
from u to Is cents in Cuba, and II
takes the place of gasoline for such
commercial purposes as automobiles
farm pumping machines, thresh'ns
machines, ginneries, etc. With the
manufacture Of "denatured" alcohol in
this country the cost Of draining our
rice lands along our rivers by pumping
n,ants would not only be practlcaole'
h,+ W. would not be burdened Win
+he question Of handling coal ana
wood, which would absorb great oeai
Of labor, which we need for other
purposes on the plantations
G. Fitzsimmons, General Manager.
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SUMTER. s.. c. WEDNESDAY. JULY 4. 1906.

hal been uncovered in the State dis
pensary, but re is opposed to abolish
ms the institution. This corrup-
ton forms shame On our mis-
tory and if we abandon the
dispensary as hopeless We Will have
dark spot on our history for our
children. We would thus say to the
world we are unable TO expiate rotten
ness and corruption and that to save
ourselves we must turn away. He be-
lieved the State should demonstrate
that we can find honest men to con-
duct this great business. He is op-
posed to the humbug Of local self-gov-
errment as talked these days. 1t is a
delnogogic theory to boil everything
down to county or town control. The
pride of South Carolina will not con-
sent to abolish it.
ldr. Sloan was for the State dispen-
sary. He criticised Mr. Ansel for
trying to ride two horse at once, one
the white horse of prohibition, the
other a bay called Rye, and unless he
gets off one he will break his political
neck. The time has come when men
must declare unequivocally whether
they are for or against the dispensary
or prohibition 1 ask him to tell me
where he stands. One breath, he
blows prohibition and in another dis
pensary. Col. Sloan was proud he had
voted for Tillman for senator.
He detailed his efforts in behalf OF
the Citadel, Clemson, Winthrop and
So.ath Carolina college.
Mr.. Ansel said as solicitor of his cir
cut he had stood twelve years foi
law and order. He thought he had
made himself plain on the liquor aues-
ton. He is opposed to the State dis
peasary and in favor of county option
eliminating any choice Of high license
leaving it to each county to have its
own dispensary under control of 9
county board or to have prohib1tlor
officers. AS far as he was personally
concerned he would always vote dry,
bu: believed every county and every
individual should have its own way
!lessrs. Ragin, McCown and Nor
rison, for secretary Of state, spoke a.
usual.
!Wessrs. Walker and Jones for comp
troller general, and Messrs. Boyd an(
Haskell for adjutant general con
su1ned their five minutes.
Railroad Commissioner Wharton
who has warmed the seat for six year:
Summersett, the irrepressible Cansler
Sellers and Sullivan, had their usua
brilliant encounter Of wits.
Mr.. Lyon reiterated his unalteraol'
opposition to dispensary. His oppon
ents. Youmans and Ragsdale, were
not present.-Columbia Record.
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MONEY IN saLooHoL.

Mr. c. Fitzsip1mons, General Manager
OF the southern Oil Company,
Points Out the Great opportnni-
ties Open to South Carolina Farm
er-sone Valuable Information on
the Subject.
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The congregation Of St. Joseph,s
catholic Church at Anderson VIII
eec+ new church building to cost
..o.eoo.
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DR.. Hugh K. Aiken has been elected
ce-president of the Bank Of Laurens-
to succeed j. j. Pluss, resigned.
The dispensary following in York
county will nominate legislative tick
ct to- run in the coming primary.
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Lexington, June 30.-The first series
of meetings Of the State campaign
ended here today. 1t was very good
meeting. There was much more snap
and life in the proceedings than usual.
A. C. Jones, John McMahan and r. I.
Manning broke away from their even
tenors and made things lively. But
the sparkle Of the meeting g\was fur
nished in the speech of Mr.. ]. Willard
Rs.gsdale, who is opposing Mr.. Fraser
Lyon for Attorney General
Mr.. Ragsdale arrived here late ano
spoke after the Gubernatorial candi-
dates. Mr.. Lyon had spoken early and
had kept close to the usual lines Of his
previous speeches, but Mr.. Ragsdale
literally lit into Mr.. Lyon with gloves
off. He jabbed him wherever he
thought there was an opening, and be-
sides trying force, tried to ridicule his
opponent Three or four times he rose
on his feet, and with arcned fingers
pointing to his bosom, exclaimed: u
am J. Fraser Lyon, the great pursuer
of grafters!"@Then he would tiptoe and
exclaim: 81 am the great Fraser
Lyon who was going to do this or
that.
It amused the audience because it
wss roasting the other fellow brown,
and the average crowd enjoys finish
cd roast no matter much who is roast
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Lyons First Remarks.

Mr.. Fraser Lyon. after few dashes
at good roads and public schools,
Jumped right on the State dispensary.
He said he did not think this popu-
lar platform in this county, but he
ridiculed the "chemically pure" ad-
vertisement Of whiskeys; insisted that
the dispensary has been paying more
for liquor than any common bar. He
predicted that as soon as county dis
pensaries came those who so strongly
advocate the dispensary will largely
change because Of the loss of political
influence. He would Kill the State dis
pensary because he believed it cor
rupt. a fraud and corrupting. He
wanted a chance to prosecute the vio-
lators Of law and those who denied
Lexington its full liquor profits. He
wondered how many "grafters" and
despoilers Of the State would be found
voting for him. He had nothing to
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-06-29
PLAN TO GOVERN
THE ISLE OR PINES

Washington, juno 29.-A joint resolu-
tion providing temporary government
for the Isles Of Pines was today intro
duced in the senate by Senator Dick.
The presentation Of the bill created i'm
mediate interest, and at the request Of
Senator Morgan it was read and re-
ferred to the COMMITTEES on Pacific is
lands and Porto Rico. It applies the
canal zone government to the island
and in addition declares policy with
reference to it. It is as follows:
"That until 1t shall be otherwise pro-
vided by act Of congress or by treaty
with Cuba, the government Of the Isle
Of Pines rightfully belongs to the
United States of America.
& "That until congress shall otherwise
provide by law all the military, civil
and judicial powers, as well as the
power to make all rules and regula-
tions necessary for the government of
the Isle Of Pines shall be vested in
such person or persons, and shall be
exercised in such manner as the presi-
dent shall direct for the government
Of the said Isle Of Pines and maintain
ing and protecting the inhabitants
thereof in the free enjoyment of their
liberty, property and religion. -
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duced form Of that usually employed
on the bricks and stone monuments of
the oldest kings of Chaldea; and in a
second case to their being in the an
cient Sumerian language, the speech
of the pre- Semitic population Of Chal1
dea, of which scholars had but little
knowledge until recent years. Both
come, the text having been copied by
DR.. Ira Price, an American Assyriolo-
gist, and the difficult task Of transla-
tlon has now been most successfully
completed by Professor F. Thureau-
Dangin.
The work was very difficult, for the
records are very ancient, being memo
rails of the great Chaldean priest, King
Guaea, who ruled in Lagos or surpuna,
the ancient city whose ruins are marked
BY IT the aa mounds noun At o7Sd Ts1Lq and who
any Of the I'D chaldean Inscriptions ions
previousla discovered. They contain
prayers and hymns Of great beauty, az
we'll as descriptions Of ceremonies and
customs Of great interest to the student
OF anthopology. Such literature would
require an extensive vocabulary and
much research would be required to as
/ A'SV cAheeU 0l4O- uA1 u cIloAcUAOAA VI vuS
two documents is before us, we gain the
most wonderful insight into the life
people Of BabyIonia of 1000 years age m
| possibly. The story Of the origin Of
these cylinders is set clearly before us
and it is one Of curious interest. A
drought had visited the land and there
was no water for irrigation" the in
crease grew not up; the rising waters
sparkled not, nor rose in their splen
DOR Naturally. the priest, king ol
viceroy saw in this visitation the hand
Of the city god, Nin-girsu, and turned
to him with prayer and sacrifice.
.tsAll kinds Of rich things he offered
| in sacrifice He is troubled chiefly
about the dream, which has already
been described. but this is interpreted
for him by the goddess Nina, who tells
him that 1t is the god Nin-girsu, who
has appeared to him in the form Of 9
colossal divinity, crSwned with the
s divine storm bird. deifcation of the
lightning, and riding on q hurricane,
and, assisted by other divinities given
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ANCIENT BABYLON !
IN OLD RECORDS
HAMMERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE
YEAR 2760 B. g.
Palace Of King Guden, Built 1000
Years Ago-An Annual Festival Of
J Peace and Joy in Which Equality
Existed - Precedence Given to
= wonen .-z- s
London Globe.

AS long ago as 1877, the late NJ. de
Barzec, French consul at Bassorah,
while exeavating in the mounds Of Tel
70, on the Shah-elHie, in the marsh
district Of the Afadz in the extreme
south Of Babylonia, discovered two re-
markable inscribed records. These
were two large clay barrel-shaped cyl
inders, closely covered with archaic
writing The larger of the pair con-
tains thirty columns Of text and more
than six hundred Of writing, and the
smaller about one hundred less. A1tho
these important records have been near
~ thirty years among the treasures Of
the Louvre, no complete translation
Of their contents has been made.
This delay was due to two circum-
Rcter Of the writing, which was re-
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from wealthy people and by any other
provinces certain portion Of the gen.
eral taxes is set aside for the estab-
lishment and maintenance Of these
schools: Tuition is charged in practic-
ally all schools, however, and the sup
port Of nearly all these institutions is
more or less precarious and unsatisfac-
tory.
Undoubtedly one reason why more
Chinese students have not visited the
United States is because Of immigra-
tion restrictions. A year ago there
were about $500 Chinese students in
Japan. Now there are fully thousand
more. There Is, on the part Of the
Chinese officials concerned, strongly
marked disposition to send students who
intend to study abroad to Japan rather
than to European countries, and espe-
cially to the United States.
The anti-American boycott agitation
in China during the last eight months
has been furthered by students more
than by any other element. The bust
ness relations Of the United States and
China have been threatened more by
this non-commerctal portion Of the pop
ulation than by any other. It is un-
irresponsible. From this class trouble
in the future may possibly come. How
ever, it is one Of the most favorable
aspects Of the new turn Of things in
China that the danger Of disturbance
to follow too sudden turning from
the old to the new is appreciated.
The result of this new system Of ed
ucation ought to be a constantly in
creasing demand for all classes Of for
eign goods, for foreign books, instru-
ments and appliances, for machinery of
n in oil
ticles Of foreign manufacture which 20
to make up present-day western civfli-
zation. A general demand for, such
goods from China need not be expected
in a day, but the demand will come in
due time.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-06-29
1im the plan Of the temple he Is to

him the plan Of the temple he is to
build.
It is to be noticed that it is always
goddess whom the viceroy consults in
his trouble. Thus he says: To my
mother I bring my dreams, that the di-
viner Of the gods who knows what /
desire may reveal to me the meaning
This clearly indicates belief in the
power Of wise women or witches to in
pears that the chief oracle Of the tenn
pie was the sleeping chamber Of the
divinity where, as we are told, was
the sacred couch richly decorated, and
where the dreamer dreamed his. dream
and the goddess appears and explains it.
The inscriptions are interesting for
the light they throw on the manners
calls himself the viceroy (patesi) Of the
god, while the divinity is always adj
dressed as king, and it is evident that
the government was a theocracy, and
Gudea the earthly representative Of the
god king. In this relationship we have
the key to the long account Of the
construction Of this temple, which Is an
ideahzed form Of the royal palace ~
the city. Accordingly we see all the
component parts Of this building.
AS to the life Of the people, there is a
passage IN the second cylinder which Is
Of immense value. On the day the di-
vine king entered his new. temple, an
octave Of festival was proclaimed, a
period of joy and peace, thus described:
During seven days the female servant
was equal with her mistress and the
man servant on par with his master,
in his city. The strong and the weak
lay side by side. On the evil tongue
the wicked words were changed to good,
and evil was turned from the temple.
All paid attention to the laws of Nina
Min girsu, the orphan was not oppressed
by the rich, and the widow suffered not
from the mighty s
It is curious to notice how closely this
happy state in the days Of Gudea. agrees
with that in the golden age Of Ham
murabi, some FIVE centuries after. One
special point to be noticed is the prece-
dence given to women; the wife and
mother precede the husband and father
and the maid servant the man servant,
and the goddess is often mentioned
before her consort.
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mo MORE ''LOCK. STEP
FOR JOLIET PRISONERS

Journal Special Service
Joliet, Ill, Jnue 29.-The last vestige
Of the old order of "iron heel" disci-
plne has been wiped off the slate in the
Joliet penitentiary. Warden E. j. Muir
ply yesterday ordered the discontinue
ance Of the lock-step'' in marching
inmates from. their cells to the shops
and the dining hall.
The gradual modera tion~o the rules,
which has been going on for the past
ten years, was made possible largely
thru the influence Of ,Maud Ballington
Booth, the alittle mother Of the ma
tion IS penal institutions. I1lri1 her in
fuence the convicts at Joliet gradually
have come to look upon their incarcera-
tion as an expiation and to- withstand
1t heroically and in spirit Of humility
and Christian obedience.
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new INDUSTRIES
FOR THE II /; SOUTH |.
Fifteen Million Dollar Company to
Make Denatured Alcohol
from Cotton Stalk.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
New York, June 20. The recent act
of congress which removes the internal
revenue from denatured alcohol has de
veloped q new industry in the south.
New York and southern capitalists have
just completed in Wall street the
organization of $15,0OO,00O com
.pany to manufacture denatured al
cohol from the fiber of the cot
tonstalk. Harvie Jordan. president
of the Souther Cotton association,
is president; s. F. B. Morse, vice presi
dent, and Arthur F. Kales, secretary
and treasurer E ag. -
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-06-29
a PLAIN DEDUCTION,

The Cheerful Loser looming from the rncesl-
By George The racing game is the greatest
| everi
The swimmer Humpa, How'd o you make
that out
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HIS FINISH


s.He was born with q silver spoon in his
month, s& s@.s-ssH
Eyes; but he met chap who was raised with
tour aces In his hand. I ss
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HIS PARTH1AN SHOT.

mo. Mr. Lallysag; no. l sayI Ny mind d
'1t tss Gee, I supposed that WAS the one
part Of you that was not made up."