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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25

Columbia, March 16.-Dr w. J.
Murray chairman Of the winding up
commission, to-day returned from a
trip to Florida for the benefit Of his
health. Florida not being in the cir
cult Of which Judge Pritchard il
Judge. DR.. Murray was, of course,
| relieved to know that the Supreme
| court Of the State had now taken the
view that the commission IS still in
power and that the Federal court has
no authority in law to virtually re-
| move them from office.
He was, however, evidently pained
by the criticism in the editorial of The
News and Courier thissseorning, which
criticism is based on IN error Of the
stenographer in taking the testimony
OK DR.. Murray in the Arthur matter.
The error was corrected when given
out last week, but at that time Tn.
News and Courier did not publish DIR.
Murray's testimony in suli, and the
errpr appears in the testimony as fur
nished by Mr.. Arthur Cor The News
end Courier several days later. It
represents DR.. Murray as. saying
directly the contrary to what he did
| Say.
Dr. Murray has given very valuable
service to the State on the commiss-
ioh' as all who have kept up with the
matter will bear testimony. TIL,
State abolist< the State .ispensary
as going institution, without any re-
gard to what might be save or lost
from a financial standpoint, and the
judges estimated year ago that il
the State came out even she would be
doing we'll, but the commission, under
DR.. Murray's leadership. has saved the
State from 100000 to 100000. II
this fund is not now dissipated in re-
ceiverships and attorneys fees.
The duty Of the chairman was to
take active charge Of the whole work
Of closing out this enormous business.
TO take charge Of all the mail, money
and merchandise, to reply to all the
demands made. and to keep UP with
the daily routine work. No one save
those. connected with the matter can
understand what this means, and it
was all done without the least critI-
cism from the Commission or the at
torney.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25
WILLIAMSBURG DIsPENsaRY.

Testimony n Casl Involving County
Roard Turned Over 20 Oov. Anacl
by Nj. Wssi.
Columbia. March s0.-Dispensary
Auditor West returned yesterday from
Kingstree. where he gave Q bearing
to the county dispensary board and
tho boards clerk on the charges and
counter-charges growing out Of the
recent dispensary tanglc IN williams
burg. This testimony has been taken
stenoGrsphicaliy and as soon as tran.
scr.bod will be turned over to Gov.
Anscl for acticn.
The county board. consisting Of ].
L. Bass, w. e. Snow len and ]. NJ.
aiker. after removing The clerk. ].
ID. Gil'aad, charsed the latter with
soliciting business through Bluthen-
thai & Bicktrt. whiskey firm. Coun-
ter-charges were filed against the
county board and Gov. Ansel will base.
his action upon the testimony given
on both sides.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25
DR.. S1urray,s statement.


DR.. Murray this afternoon gave out
the following statement:
First. am not responsible for
errors In the stenosrapher,s report.
Second. did not charge single
day that was not actively engaged
and supervising the work Of the COM
mission or when out OF the State.
Third. In refe renee to alcohol.
The concern I represent with the
other jobbers Of the State, had been
buying alcohol from the dispensary
almost since its existence. and when
the commission took charge there
were tsn barrels CT alcohol IN hand.
The commission passed resolution,
which was unanimous. that the Job
hers be allowed to purchase alcohol.
The Charleston druggists ordered four
narrels. The Greenyille druggists
ordered one barrel. The Murray
Drug Company five barrels and paid
the same price for it.
Fourth. In reference to Mr..
Arthur being called to Richmond, [
did not knew he was or ever had
been in Richmond. have never
called him tc Columbia except when
tile commission was called together.
No one knows this better than Mr..
Arthur himself. AS far as Mr..
Stevenson and his bank are concerned.
beg to say that I have held collat-
eral all the time for the collection
made by him; the money was prop
crIy transferred as soon as it possibly
could have been done. Mr.. Stevenson
has worked faithfully for the Stat,
and the commission and We all apprc-
ciete what he has done, and the whole
State. too, should realize what a man.
moth work was placed on him and the
commission. We have endeavored to
do our best and have saved the State
many thousand dollars.
I'm conclusion I want to say that If
any one can lind where 1 have charg-
cd the State one C ent more than ! was
titled to 1 shall gladly return the
whole amount for my services.
Lastly, Mr. Arthur is mistaken in
saying his opposition to withdrawing
the money from the Palmetto Nation
nj Bank caused the criticism of his
vouchers. The report had oecn made
by the attorney some weeks before
and the commission had examined
the witnesses and concluded all mat.
ters relative to Mr.. Arthur before the
motion to withdraw the money was
made. Mr.. Arthur's memory is bad.
very bad. News and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25
NEGRO CHILDREN CREMATED.

Three Little Ones lose Their Lives in
"a Fire Which Destroyed Tlcir Fa,h-
cr's House.
waihaiia' March 1s.SLast night
the home OF Elias Davis. folored. was
burned and three OF his children per-
ished In the flames. Four children
were left alone and had torch too
close to a sack OF seed cotton. which
caught fire and in their efforts to ex-
tinsuish the fire their clothing be-
came ignited. The children became
frightened and with the exception of
tho eldest one. the others renamed
In the house, although an open door
was near.
Davis home Is four miles east of
Walhalla. IN inquest was held today
over the charrt d remains.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25
HEE1 ulll VISIT JAPAN.
@vRsNrIoN FROM TUE NIKAp<,
- ACCElTED.
uw J,pesscse Manifestation Lays be.
- Scesetsry Root Request that
u1set Pat In at japanese Port ON
- Wy Home. end IHvitation is Ac.

washington. March 2).--Tha Ameri-
- hatslc shir fisct u to visit Japan.
Jh~ ds>ire of tho Emperor of tho Is.
md Kinece m to play hos: &c the "bis
nocons Wa- laid before Secretary
Anra Yesterday ~ Baron Takahira.
- Japansre ambassador. The In
voeation which was couchsd In ths
oppne cordial terms. was he subject If
~E1endsd discussion by President
D1cesvclt end his entire cabinet tc-
GEs- sssrtary Root was directed to
peoppt tAo sv:tation and the accept
unrp was lad before the Iapenese am
oruad,r late to-day. 1t II regarded
- o1Nc,al c'rcios here that IL 10 likely
- CAlnA viii bs the maze TO bid for
= lpck a& ths aeet. and that should
- - me casa the Invitation would
- uee.Vsed.
ososes~ry Metcalf and Admiral
DUGosry. chief OF naviga.ion. arc ar
unno1Ho The details Of the now lirer-
-: Mn ths exception, OF China. Il
= tn1Sevsd 10 have bean d.tsrmiasd
- ~ otb<r invitations. should any
- rUoelvsd. viii DO declined. for at
- 90 flsst will now no. be ablo "a
punA NE Atlantic ssaboord before
- npuooe aszt March.
4, IA ol1asarS. which seem IN be the
UnD61 0IEuc4 includes stope NJ the ffa-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25

Colnnbia. March -Attornsy Gen.
enrso LrSa hss sivsn an important
~p1o,cn &C The request OF Dispensary
Aoo1eor wsst rssarding ths disposol
- seeeA q the dispsnasriss' whore
- eeunties hAvs voted for prnhibi-
-. o. or two ot these questions
lyvs sEsspa sincr the Chessero~id
<De.unrsas wsrs cl,s,l. bur others
'u.nv<vsus - Erom time to dime. ana
-, Wn9 dsurss : general inter-
ieNo1nDm - ~ Nv.
~. I1oe hslds that ssctiun 81 81
~ Iaw pfvvsass tSr the disposal yf
= saoef ath,r u oshsv county dis
xonsnassS or = part1es outside Of the
lea>e. sbat thSuvv ro restrictions up.,n
- sn.znsr - means to lie employ ID
~ ~ 11szh The cr.n, IA further
mnEs ~ suwsr To csrta'u questions.
'1s y .ny SVsnion that in the event
Nh~sconAsy esspsnsary board n unable
~ fsE tAs Uusds ay q price sufficient
% oou.hsrUs azI tho dsbss II the DIS
unmzv. 90 they should then give
- psssa from whom the liquors
vsss bsuet3 an opportunity to buy
GAsn and 49, protect their interests,
~ corid % this ~ letter or other
-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25
CAROLINA HONEY. WANTED.
Herr Consul J0hnz Says Thousands Of
Barrels are Sought by Germans.

If anybody In or about Charleston
would Hike to sell a thousand barrels
OF honey, or one hundred thousand
barrels, Imperial Consul e. II. Jahnz
should be communicated with at once
because he has received q communi-
cation from Germany from 'distribu-
tors Of that product in the Father
land asking for an unlimited supply
Of American and particularly South
Carolina honey.
The Germans use lots Of honey each
year, so much in fact that local api-
aries, and even the bee plants of the
neighboring countries, fail to supply
the demand for honey that comes
from hundreds of bakers of Germany.
1t would seem that use could not
be found for the vast amount OF tho
honey produced in Germany and i'm
ported annually, but the supply has
not yet equaled :he demand, for the
Germans have a sweet tooth and like
! nothing better than their "honigku-
chen" or honey cake, kind Of confec-
ton that Is widely popular, and is eat
en- by high ard low Germans.
Some of the single bakeries use as
much as one thousand barrels of
honey In one year, in making the
honey cake dough The -four from,
wheat In some quantity, but
mostly from barley. rye and other
dark grains, Is mixed with honey,
ginger and other ingredients. and al
lowed to stand for one year, some-
times two years. in order that the
proper chemical changes may take
place for tho best honey cake mixture.
1t takes time to make the dough for
the toothsone cake, but the German
ladies and children as we'll as mem.
bers Of the sternsr sex can eat a very
large piece In q very short time, after
It has been baked and made ready
for the table.
The German distributors will buy
any kind Of honey in any shape, Herr
Consul Jahns said today. in discussing
the request which he has received
from Germany. ' The bitter honey is
as convertible into a prime ,ingredi-
ent for the honey cake as the purest
sweet honey. Strained or unstra:ned,
the honey brought IL taken.
Letters addressed to the German
consul at Charleston from prospective
honey sellers of this city or State will
he Forwarded, to Germany and prices
Quoted by the distributors there, They
will give the highest market prices for
honey.
While Charleston ana vicinity con-
tains no very large apiarics. probably
because there is TO very active local
market for honey yet with the an.
nouncement by Consul Jahnz that
all the honey produced will be bought
by German agents. 1t should be very
profitable TO establish here bee rais-
Ing farm ard honey producing equip
ment on large scale. With the mar
ket assured the Limit Of money to be
made in this iniustry would be ex-
pressed only by the capacity OF thu
plant operated -Charlsston Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25
Mccormack Jewellery Co.,

For the production of local and in
tense heat directly where it is wanted
electricity IS in 4 class by itself. For
facility and fcxibility Of control as to
the degree Of heat it has no rival
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25
UNDER EIGHT PRESIDENTS.
A Fourth Class Postmaster Who Has
Held His Job Since 1859.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Postmaster Richard JOKES, Of Feed
Ing Hills, Mass, has resigned his Of
fee after serving, since July IL, 1869,
under eight presidents. This Is not an
extraordinary length OF time for an
bother man to hold a place. but II Is
an extraordinary length of time for
q postmaster to keep one.
Not that postmastorship Of itself
Is moro difficult - fill than other Do :
sittons Of tho same relat:ve iiaport-
ance. but that. especially in small
town, o pootraoter must not only be
acceptable In his private capacity to
the community which he aims to
please and In his public capacity to
the government which 1t Is his duty
a. well as his pleasure to serve. but
also in his political capacity to the
the congressman from his district to
whom he owes his appointment or his
latest reappointment.
At the same time he mas. not say
|or do anything that might by any
possibility offend or antegonixe the
probable successor Of his congress-
man. or take any step. privately. pub
licly or politically. that could be In
terpreted a. an unfricndly uct to-
ward either Of tho United States sem
ators or their probable successors. to-
ward any member Of the county. State
or national committee toward any
Influential friend OF the existing ra-
tional administration, toward any
body who Is close to the postmaster
general or any Of his assistants, or
toward the newspaper which for tho
tlmc being may be the organ or
mouthpicoe Of thu party. faction. ele-
ment or coterie that exercises the
right OF inspection ana control over
tho local federni jobs.
Even in thess days. when civil
scrvico reform has changed many
things. postmasters In small towns
would be glad lt Postmaster Jobes
could be induced to write and publish
. book which would tell them how
he managed TO trim safely through
the administration Of Grant. Hayes,
Garfield. Arthur. Cleveland. Harrison,
Mckinley and Roosevelt. There must
have been times when ne was in ver3
close Quarters-.when Il looked to
him a. II II would be next to impos-
sibe to avoid getting OF on one side
Of tho fence or the other.
I i would certainly ba interesting to
learn how he ever succeeded in get
ting through the long and bitter strug-
gle between the 'Stalwarts'' and the
'Halfbreeds" without losing his head:
how he managed 10 be acceptable TO
Hayes after being acceptable to Grant;
how he managed to be acceptable to
Arthur after being acceptable to Gar
neld; how ne managed things 20 that
Cisvsland could bear with lone who
was borne with BY Artbur. and 30 on
down to this date.
In view OF what 10 bhOkn OF this
remarkable case. we sAAlr hk1dly be
accused Of IN sxtravasant statement
when, we say that among those who
have navisated In politics from the
beginning a our history there never
has been q more proficient navigator
than Richard Jobes. Of Feeding Hills.
Mass. although many. even in I'LL
nois. have come very near to rivaling
HIM.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25

\ physician was recently attending
. woman patient whose husband came
- re him concerning her condition.
1he husbsnd said: Doctor. do you
think there II any need for any un-
o>ecesary anexiey about my wife?"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25

Little Boy Tin tho toy shop)-Is
ahis hank safe? Saiesman--Absolute
~. my little man. I'll warrant you
WON'T break into IT, Little Boy-But
want one that papa and mama
cant break into Harper's Weekly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25

In Preston, England. the power
generated by the city's waste, is suf-
hcient to operate the electric railways.
This Is suggestion for the wasteful
cities of this country.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25

do you get your wife a birthday
present." "NO. we were born on the
same day. and just call it square,
ST. outs Post-Dispatch.
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ma vz&DIcrs AT rr.oRExCE,

1oeher 40 Son Burned with lclcc-
ssic Wire Awarded e:S.oO0.
rorsncc. March 1s.-rho biggest
verdict ever awarded by riorense
Ccsnty jury were recorded to- day In
ahe csse OF Mrs. Maud Laughiin and
hnr little son. Lawrence Laushlin,
ns1A az whom were horribly burned
- an electric wire In tbs city last
Auxust. against the Florence Electric
nght and Power COMPANY and the
SDsthern Public Service Corporation.
Mra Lnushlin. who asked $50 Ou0
<DsmaRes. was awarded SIT 900. and
1r s1s,ooo damages. obta'ned a Yer.
sict for $4,000.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25

One husband may be enough for a
woman. but one engagement is seldc m
enough for a girl.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25

Sprinkle the cellar often with,
chloride of lime and it will be kept
free from, rats.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25

The ennui Of rich man Is sy-
nonyInous with the laziness Of a poor
man.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25

Mr.. William Bultman went to Cam
den on baseball business today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25

n little boiling water added to ar
1me2sR Win keep II from being tough.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25
MISDIxo C1.S .Sl,nFExs AnlEx.

HnpcrunA 0pis.tDs ~ A:>orsry Cen
"a, NJ Rsvssss o. DssI'cs.ary .Am'st-
0s Wese
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25
MURRAY'S TESTIMONY RIGHT.
DISPENSARY BOARDS CHAIRMAN
GIVES OUT STATEMENT.

Attention Called 10 Alleged Error i'm
StenOgrapler's Report of DIR. MUIR
rays Testimony in Regard to His
Expense Account as Furnished by
MFR. Arthur and Published,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08

v0vWn % lakO O1anoh.
~. Ashlsn6 Ave-. enc Aoeh O.
ve,epheNs vasas ~.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-31

I South are determined that the Negro
will and shall be disfranchised every.
where it is necessary to prevent the
recurrence of the horrors of carpet
bag rule. WIN. Jennings Bryan, in
his New York speech, 1908.
Il favor, and if elected will urge
with all my power, the elimination of
the Negro from politics. ."-Hoke
Smith.
I'VE stuffed ballot boxes. We shot
NiggerS. We are not ashamed
of it."--Senator Ben Tillman, in the
United States Senate.
Some of our would-be leaders have
been endeavoring to encourage the
Negro to commit the same wrong of
which he himself has too frequently
been the victim. They have insisted
that the race should condemn Presi-
dent Roosevelt beyond pardon. ior the
one act in his whole public career
which they consider a mistake and
an injustice to the Negro soldiers. His
manly stand in defense of the race on
countless other occasions; his broad
and liberal utterances in our behalf
In public speeches and in executive
messages are to count for naught by
the side OF this one-atmost-mis
take of judgment. This is not fair
and the Negroes of this country do
not and will not stand for it.
The Negro voters on the Bird day OF
November will let President Roose-
welt know; they will let Judge Taft
know; they will let the Republican
party know that their cup of graft
tude is not empty and that their sense
of justice and fair-play is as keen to-
day as when during the days of the
Rebellion; they were too noble oil
heart to injure defenseless women
and children or to destroy unprotect-
ed property, but stood as faithful SEN
tinels and watchful guardians until
the Republican party declared slav-
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-31
VOTE THIS Way

The election of Judge Taft ana Mr.
Sherman is practically assured. The
remarkable, almost sudden change of
sentiment against Bryan and in favor
of Judge Taft is almost unparalleled
in the political history of this coun-
try. Judge Taft's personality and his
frank and manly defense of his posi-
tion while on the bench and the ease
with which he has exposed the fall
lacies of Mr.. Bryan has won for MIN
thousands of votes. This transforma-
tiOn in sentiment of the American
people from Bryan to Taft is not alone
tribute to, this great and good man
but is display of the discriminating
judgment on the part of the masses of
the American people that speaks vol
umes for the political intelligence of
the people. This is the third time that
Mr.. Bryan has tried to deceive the
people into electing him president of
the United States by visionary poll
cies, impracticable economic princi-
Iod sIH 'sluemnSIg eAIsnIep puB seId
licies and the arguments by which he
seeks to maintain them show him 10
be just the opposite of that great
Kentucky statesman who declared
that he would rather be right than
president.
The campaign is fast drawing to
close and Mr.. Bryan is still maintain
ing his reputation for magnificent sill
ence on all matters pertaining to the
Negro vote. 1t is safe, therefore, for
the Negro to conclude that Mr.. Bryan
stands by his declaration in favor of
disfranchisement and jim Grow cars.
Walters! Ransom, Waldron, Stand
up and tell the Negro voters wnat
message of hope and consolation you
bring them from Bryan, Ben 1illman,
Hoke Smith. or the Democratic party.
If you have none, then as ministers
of the Gospel, go wrap yourselves in
sack-cloth and ashes and do pennancs
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-31

for the base deception you are prac-
ticing on your people.
AS an evidence of the fact that in
case of Bryan's election his chief ad-
visers would be men who are the
most bitter enemies Of the Negro
race, we have but to call attention to
the fact that Mr.. Bryan has called on
Hoke Smith and Ben Tillman to go
into the state of Ohio and help to
swing the vote, including the Negro
vote, to the Democratic party
1.-The white man In the South has
disfranchised the Negro in self-pro-
lection. The white men Of the
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-31
cry to be no more.

cry to be no more
The indications are all in favor of
the election of Judge Taft and Mr..
Sherman and we are glad to say that
the Negro vote will be on the side
of victory TO the extent of SO per cent
of the normal vote.
We present in this edition the cuts
of the men who have conducted the
campaign which Is now about to
close. in such business.like and sue
cessful manner. When the Hon.
Frank H. Hitchcock was selected by
the National Committee as chairman.
he was confronted by condition
that no other leader had been re-
Continued on page three
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-12-25
FOR OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

1t must be remembered that the
late ruling Of the Postmaster General
requires us to collect subscriptions to
The Commercial within one year af-
ter the subscription begins, else we
must be notified that the paper is
wanted for another year. Practical
ly, ain subscriptions should be paid in
advance, but this is not always OBJ
served by subscribers and patrons Of
county papers. This notice, however,
is for Tie purpose Of asking our delin-
quent subscribers 70 pay up or notify
us accordingly Il they desire the paper
to continue II the foregoing rule is
not observed we are compelled to dis
continue the paper Please let us
hear from you ut once.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-12-25

sation with the Nightriders, Gen. Caldr
well asked him number Of questions
and his answers in substance were as
follows:
THE Nightriders did not say much
to me about Capt. Rankin, but said
to them: Gentlemen, you can scare
me in that way You can kill me. I'm
not afraid to die You can't cheat lsle
out Of anything much BY killing tne.
/ have been here SO years aii{ havs
not got a long time 70 stay here but Il
is a very different matter with Captain
Rankin; he IS d young man.
There IS one man that hils every All
pearance Of the man that did Tie most
Of the talking tonne, except thai thal
man either had whiskers Al eIsa he had
something on bis mask chat locked like
whiskers to me. That man i the Dc.
PENDANT, Garrett johnson.
i noticed Gle other day When Ihs
prisoners were being bronght from The
Jail to the courthouse when 0as stand
ing on the outside, that when johnson
came within 4 few feet Of ipa he turned
his head and looked the other way, and
would not look at me.