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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25

Bsorsia knights Of Pythias Have In
voked the law % Drive Negro
Lodges Ouf o. BuslaeB.

oavsnnah. Ca. Aug. sl.--The
YSthian Lodge Secret. the officiai or
C1n of the knights Of Pythias Of
0eorsia IN n Augsst issue. out Tues
-. win publish . communication
1Bom Hon. John p. Ross. Of Macon.
post grand chancellor Of the order.
uooa the question OF the abolition Of
10 negro lodges Of knights under
NE oct sust passed by the legislature.
me communication calls upon the
xnlghts of the State to be patient and
g make no effort 60 have the law
CAfseosl - individuals. Il Il UNDER
etood Grand Chancellor Ciinord
Wa1ker. OF Monroe. win. issue an Of
ncial circular In . few days giving
- sauss sdvics direct TO ali subor-
dinste lodges In his Jurisdiction.
II 10 understood that one OF the
rsasens Governor Brown hesitated
% sisn the bill which slves to the
white secret orders the exclusive
Fights " their nance In Georgia vas
I because he feared precipitate action
from irresponsible parties from d,e-
1srsnt sections Of the state and It's
ecnsssu<nt effect npon the negro or
Deisationa Both Judge Ross and
uon. Hansiiton Dossias OF Atlanta.
Ne Ikrutd shs xovsrsur so.s .sssa ~.ths
~ assured him there would be no
snth action ON tse part Of the
Kuishts Of Pythiss and there win be
none. N 10 undertood the plan OF
those VINO have been f,ghting the ne
gro order Of knights of Pythias in
the courts FOR some time IL to give
them until January 1st next to ar
range to change the name of their
organisatien I'm Georgia. IL II is not
done by fhis time legal proceedings
win begin.
II seems to be the wish of Judge
Ross that the matter continue to be
handled by himself and Mr.. Douglas
and his wishes will undoubtedly be
respected as far as the knights are
concerned.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25

The bonding company has sent a
check for $4,000, leaving a balance
OF $4,171.22. 1t is explained that the
bonding company should be liable for
the entire amount, as the treasurer
gets bonds every time he is electd to
an office. that is to say. each term the
bond has to be taken out again. The
bonds are good for ten years. In case
a shortage is discovered within that
time the bonding company must
stand good for the amount Of the
shortage up to the $4,000 for each
term OF office. The present payment
is. perhaps. the largest in the history
Of the State for one bonding compa-
ny.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
INSURANCE COMPANIES SUED.
Arkansas Prosecutor Alleges a Rate
Agreement.

agreement.
Little Rock. Ark. Aug. 19.-Ailee-
Ing that sixty-five insurance comps-
MES. representing combined capitai
OF $166.O00.O0O. doing business in the
State of Arkansas. entered into q
rate combination on December 1S,
1908. Prosecuting Attorney r. f..
jeffrey. Of the Sd judicial Circuit.
filed suit against these companies to-
day for penalties aggregating $685.
100000 under the State antitrust
statute. The suit was brought at
Newport. Ark. I'm the Jackson County
Circuit Court.
All Of the companies sued are rep
resented at Newport. 1t is alleged by
the state that combination was ef-
fected before the law was passed and
that subsequent To- the enactment of
the antitrust statute and combina-
ton dominated insurance companies
organized here. The agreement ac-
cording to the charges brought by
Prosecuting Attorney Jeffrey, existed
224 days, expiring on August II,
1909.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
SUMTER S. G. WEDNESDAY AUGUST e5 1909 =
HARVARD SCHOLARSHIPS.
announcement is Made of Aid OF.
fered to Southern Students.

Harvard University has received
from the widow of James Augustus
Rumrill, A. B.. 1859. Of Springfield.
Mass. the sum of $4,000 to establish
in his memory three scholarships to
be known as the James A. Rumrill
scholarships.
Two scholarships of 1925 each will
be offered every year to properly quail.
ified students in their first year of
residence as undergraduates in Har-
ward College who enter Harvard from
secondary schools in Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Florida,
Georgia, Tennessee or Kentucky.
In the assignment of these under
graduates scholarships consideration
Is to be given, in accordance with the
terms OF gift, Ito, the qualities of
manliness. leadership and we'll
rounded development, as we'll as the
scholarly attainments of the candi.
dates as shown by their school rec
ords or their records in the admission
examinations, or both.
The above scholarships will be as
signed on or about September Is for
the academic year 1sOS-10. Applica-
tons should be in the hands of the
secretary not later than September /.
1909. The assignment of scholar
ships for the year 1s10-11 will he
made on or about June /, 1910, and
applications for that year should be
In the hands Of the secretary not lat
er than May 1. 1910.
Applications should state clearly
the grounds on which financial aid is
required, and they should be accom-
panied by testimonials from teachers
and others regarding the aualifica-
tions mentioned In the terms Of gift.
A scholarship Of $21s will be Offer
ed each year to properly qualified
graduate Of a college or university in
the States above mentioned who de.
sires to pursue his studies in one of
the graduate departments of Harvard
University. These departments are
Graduate school Of arts and SCI
ences
Graduate school e9 applied science.
Graduate school Of business admin
istration.
Divinity school.
Law school.
Medical school.
The selection of the incumbent of
this scholarship will be made by the
appropriate authorities at Harvard.
acting In consultation with the au-
thorities OF the institutions from
which the candidates come.
Applications should specify the de-
partment Of Harvard University that
the candidate wishes tn entA.. >ud
should be accompanied by a copy of
his college record and testimonials
concerning his character and ability
from teachers and others. The quail
ity rather than the number of the
testimonials rs important.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25

In the course Of an after-dinner
chat recorded in Sir Algernon Vests
''Recoliections." the late Admiral Sir
Henry Kippel. who served In the
navy under four sovereigns. and said
the blue collar worn by sailors had
their origin In the dressing OF the
pigtails-which Sir Harry recoilected
being In use--when a blue cloth was
put on the mems shoulders to keep
Ithe grease OF their Jackets. The pig
tais disappeared, but the collars re-
main to this day.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25

This leaves a net shortage of S.
6SS.46. The compromise agreed upon
at Edgefield yesterday fixed the pay
ment at $500, of which $4,000 goes
to the county and $500 TO the State,
leaving the balance unaccounted for
OF $2,S66.45. This amount is an
partioned among the county funds
and schools.
The Legislature will, no doubt, ac-
cept the compromise, because the
delegation was present at the meet
Ing of the grand jury at Edget field. The
report is made by the Comptroller
General in his annual report to the
Legislature on the matter CT short
ages.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
SOUTHERN'S NEW LINE.
well Founded RumOr Winston
Salem That Road Will Build Direct
Link

Winston-Sa Salem. n. c., Aug. 90
There II a well founded rumor cur
are in progress whereby the Southern
railway plans to build railroad
from North Wilkesboro to st. Paul.
Va, a distance Of over 200 miles,
connecting with direct line from
the West. Preliminary surveys have
been made.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
GRAFTING COUNTIES TREAS
URIES
Bonding Company Tenders $40. 900
In Payment of Shortage of j. c..
LangfOrd, of Hampton.

Columbia, Aug. 21.-The bonding
company has rendered $4,000 in
payment Of the shortage Of j. c.
Langford, Of Hampton County. The
total shortage reported was s24,-
171.22. and every effort will be made
to get the balance due the State and
county Of Hampton. The bonding
company is claiming insurance. In
the meantime the matter is in statu
quo.
j. c. Langford, treasurer of Hamp-
ton. was found short last year and
was suspended from Office December
"a. 1908, by Gov. Ansel, new treas
urer being appointed in his place.
The official shortage is as follows:
Due State. 49,. :. ......$ 5,457.O3
Due county. :. :. -. :. 10,529.10
schools. -. ...... S,610.06
Total. :. -. ..... .324,596.19
Turned over to successor. -. 424.s7
Net shortage. -. 80. ..$24,171.22
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
WElLMAN EXPEDITION FAILS
HIS BALLOON MEETS DISASTEp
AT JOURNEYS OUTSET.
AuspiciOus Start for North Polar Re,
gions Made on August is, But the
Dirigible Balloon Loses HEAVY
Guide Rope and Mounts Skywara
and Later Comes to More Grief.

Cape Wellman, Spitzbergen. Aue
15.-(Via Hammerfest, Aug. Alb
Walter Wellman's second attempt te
sail over the North Pole in a balloon
has resulted in failure. The sian,
dirigible balloon, America, in which
Mr.. Wellman and his party Of three
set out upon their perilous fight 70.
day. met with a mishap after It had
proceeded about thirty-two miles
from the starting point MT. well~
man and his party succeeded in MAX.
ing landing without injury to any
member and returned to this point
on board the steamer Fran, which
also towed in the disabled balloon.
After long preparation and watt
ing for favorable weather, the oppor.
tunity came today, and Mr.. Wellnar.
decided early in the morning to make
the start.
AT 10 o'clock in the morning the
anchors were cast loose, the air shin,
ascending beautifully. The engines,
were set in motion and evsrythins
semed to work to perfection. The bin.
air craft was headed northward, and,
set out at twenty-five miles an hour.
After having covered some thirty.
two miles the leather guide rope, t.
which was attached a thousand
pounds Of provisions and stores broke
away. This was just as the airshin,
was nearing the pack ice of North
Spitzbergen.
Released from this great weight.
the airship shot upwards at a terrific
pace until it was at q great height
above the clouds. The pilots sue,
ceeded, however, in bringing her
down near the earth, turned her
about and set out to fight their way
seaward and southwark against a
ssfong Wind The airsnip' proceedeo
slowly southwark to the edge of the
pack ice. where the steamer Fran
was anchored. The Fran started to
tow the airship to Spitzbergen. The
strain was so great, however, that IL
threatened to tear the car to which
the rope was attached, and Mr.. Wen.
man finally decided to bring the air.
ship down to the surface of the wa
ter. This was effected without nis..
nap, and the car rested on the surface,
OF the water until all the members sx.
the crew, the dogs and the scientific
instruments could be transferred
aboard the Fran. A fresh start was
then made, and the America was towx
ed back to the landing stage and,
within short distance of where the
start was made.
But the ill-luck of the expedition
was not yet at an end. inst "A .ns
airship had reached the landing stare
and everything looked favorable for
It's rescue without serious damage, a
sudden gust of wind caught the tie
inflated bag broadside and snatchsS ,
it away from its tow lines.
1t was carried careeninr ,v..
rough ice hammocks for some dis.
tance. and then it exploded. All tha
scattered parts of the airship wera
subsequently recovered. but the dam,
age was so great as to preclude any
1urther attempt to fly over the pole,
this year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
$1,000 GIVEN DENMARK SCHOOL
Boston Woman Leaves Bcquest for
Voorhees, Institute.

BOSTON, Aug. 21.-Under TIE will
OF the late Mrs. Marion Davis Hol-
lingsworth, widow of the wealthy
Boston paper manufacturer. filed for
probate today, the Voorhees, Indus
trial School, of Denmark S. c., is
given $1,000. over 100000 is dis
posed OF among considerable list
of charities.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25

Or. Clarence j. Blake, of Boston.
one of the leading artists of the coun-
try, and vice president of the Gren-
1ell Association, has written an in
teresting biographical sketch for Or.
Grenfells new book, "Adrift on an
Ice Pan"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25

Pittsburg. Pa, Aug. .22.-One State
trooper. and one deputy sheriff. and
three foreigners were shot and killed
tonight In a wild fiot at the Pressed
Steel Car plant. in schoenville. whose
employees are now on strike.
AT least q score Of persons were Sc
riously wounded. ten fatally.
The riotins followed a day Of quiet
and broke without warning.
The riot scene was practically in
describable. Mounted State troopers
eailoped indiscriminately through the
streets with riot maces drawn,
cracking the heads Of oil persons lott
ering In the vicinity Of the mill.
Deputy sherifYs and troopers broke In
the doors Of houses suspected of be-
ing the retreat of strikers, and whole
sale arrests were made.
From $50 to 11.3o a score Of per-
sons were arrested and placed in box
jails In the mill yards.
During the early stages of the
riotins women were conspicuous.
Some Of them were armed. others
effectively used clubs and stons.
These women. all foreigners, insane
with rags. we're mainly responsible for
inciting the men to extreme meas-
ures.
AT midnight quiet rcigned in the
strike zone.
Shortly before $50 tonight "a mob
gathered about the schoenvine en-
trance to the car works and made a
concerted attack upon the big swing
Ing gates of the stockade. The at
tack was resisted by state troopers
and deputy sheriffs. who used riot
maces. In the melee Harry Exier, a
deputy sheriff. aged nifty years. was
shot and instantly killed hy = bullet
.slred, IL iy-satd Asssa a ssske .xyimpas
thizer.
In an effort to arrest the man
picked out Of the crowd as the one
who did the shooting. State Trooper
Smith was instantly killed by a re-
volver bullet.
Troops Fire on Rioters.
For the first time since the incep-
ton of the strike the State troopers
opened volley-hre on the mob. Six
strikers fell at the first round. Three
Of them are reported fatally shot.
The members Of the mob then
opened fire with rifles. Two mounted
troopers dropped from their horses
fatally shot. They were taken to the
Ohio Valley Hospital in q dying con-
dition. As an ambulance made its
way from the car plant to the hos
pitsl carrying wounded troopers the
vehicle was attacked and the driver
forced to flee for his life. The fright
ened team Of horses attached to the
ambulance plunged vfl0ly in and
about the crowd. I've men were
trempied under the horses hoofs.
The ambulance was finally driven to
the hospital by detachment of
troopers.
Sheriff Gumbert. at the county Jail,
caued for fifty men oserve in the
strike zone at 1890. At II O'Clock
the sheriff started In an automobile
for the scene of the rioting. He took
with him ten giSt guns and two boxes
Of riot ammunition.
The county morgue has sent for
the bodies Of the dead troopers and
deputy sheriff.
The Ohio Valley Hospital has
treated ten injured. three of whom
are reported fatally hurt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25

Fort Worth, Texas, a few days aec
reported the temperature as high az
lZO. The Texan doesn't have TO ro
70 IT, 1t comes. to ohim.-Wilmipgton
Star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25

In regard to the Edgefleld shortage
a. compromise, upon which was en-
tered into at Edgcfield yesterday at a
Meeting OF the GRAND jury, the foI-f
lowing rs the official statement OF the
shortage of Dr. J. II. PattisOn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
BLOODY RIOT IN pI11sBURG.
DEPUTY SHERIFF, TROOPER AND
THREE FOREIGNERS SHOT
DOWN.

Mob OF Maddened Strikers Storm
Works OF the Pressed Steel Car
2 Company's Plant at Shoenville and
Pitched Battle is Fought Between
Soldiers and Foreigners.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25

Total deduction. :. ..$5.4CS.94
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-09-03
NEW SERIES VOL. XVI,
Who Owns OurVast Wealth :?


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- the of United
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Gouds popularity
associated Pennsylvania this
Fe
25000 Central has The roads
100000 hold their bonds
with the its official
Perkins
the
those decidedly the
may
the the activities
which divided
among their hundreds their thousands their hundreds thousands OF
shareholders which individual
but the bulk being
all
millions
children The
dua
Speculation relatively
small with This that
held
vmen than the previous time More third of the
of the that
combination In the approximately national banks with capital OF
sc0OO00OO there
Yet according the owned by
The 100000 stockholders
only about 100000 likely 100000
hence-Lesie's
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-09-03
CROP pest bulletin FREE
Issued for Benefit of Truck
Growers.
LIQUOR VIOLATORS IMPRISONED
Entomologists Hold Conference. To
Reclaim Marsh and Lake Lands.
Municipal improvements
Being Made.

A very interesting bulletin on the
common insect Injurious to truck
crops has been issued by the State
Crop Pest Commission. The small
dark brown ant, so common in New
Orleans, Baton Rouge and other
southern Louisiana and Mississippi
towns, known as the Argentine or
New Orleans ant, is oftentimes q
cause of considerable annoyance to
gardeners. The workers have a most
aggravating habit of digging up let
tuce seed as soon as it is sown and
carrying it away to their nest. On
the grounds of the Experiment Sta
ton at Baton Rouge it has been
found that the ants ane as fond of
corn meal as of lettuce seed, and IL
corn meal is sifted literally over the
beds when the seed is planted, the
ants will engage themselves in car
rying this away. If sufficient of the
meal is put out, the seed will have
terminated by the time the ants fin-
ish the self-appointed task of re-
moving the meal and by that time
the young plants will be safe from
their attack.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-09-03
Killed For Their Teeth.

That devastating traffic In elks'
teeth, scalps, etc. has been carried
en- by poachers in the confines of
Yellowstone Park, was revealed at the
hearing before United States Com
missioner Vandyke in case against
William Bankley and Charles Purdy,
who were arrested by Game War
den w. B. Morgan in Los Angeles,
Cal. as the shippers and consignees
of elk trophies, valued at almost $1O,-
900.
Among the first witnesses called
were two deputy game wardens of
Idaho. Mr. Firrin and Mr.. Harvey.
They told how the poachers. with
long range rifles, would approach a
herd of elk at distance of 100 ya:Gs.
killing as many as they could before
the snimals st2rnpedsd. They stated
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-09-03
MULLFRIGS CAN'T SWIM,
NO WATER TO LEARN HOW.

Jackson, Miss.-W. B. Gowdy. q
we'll known cotton oil manufactures
of this city, who has returned from
a trip to his old home at Paris, Tex,
brings a distressing story of the
drouth that is prevailing in that sec
tion of the Lone Star state. Gowdy
states that there has not been an
hour of continuous rainfall in the
vicinity of Paris since last October,
all creeks and streams are dried up
and overgrown with grass, and there
are bullfrogs In that vicinity, now
seven months old. that have not
learned to swim. .-..... = l
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-09-03
Agricultural Teachers Needed.

The department of Education has
been forced despite its policy of en-
gaging only Louisiana teachers
wherever possible, to apply to the
State of Mississippi for young men
to f1ll the posts in the new agricul-
tural schools of the State. The
scarcity of college men graduated in
the agricultural sciences in a State
where an agricultural college is
maintained speaks poorly for the in-
terest manifested in this important
branch of learning offered the young
men of the State. .- s..
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-09-03
ROOSEVELT TROPHIES IN
HANDS OF TAXIDERM1STS.

Misunderstanding forth siken.
ing odors, the skins sent by Col.
Theodore Roosevelt from his African
hunting trip, were unpacked In the
taxidermist's shop at the National
Museum here. The specimens were
packed in salt and were in much bet
ter condition than that In which
skins usually arrive. The tanning
of the hides will commence az soon
as other work will permit, but II VIII
be many months before the skinp are
ready to be placed on exhibition.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-09-03

Road Sentence on Liquor vfoiasors.

A new precedent for prohibition
violators was established In Shreve-
port when City Judge Fullinlove fined
Henry Lindbabm, near-beer deal
er, $500 and sentenced him to six
months on the parish roads. Lin
denbaum recently completed a road
term for a similar offense. He was
fined then also, but his friends, re-
lying on his promise to refrain from
further violation of the prohibition
law, paid the fine. Four other cases,
es, all on the docket, resulted in
convictions, and for each offense
fine of $500 and sentence of sixty
days on the roads was the penalty.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-09-03
EXPLOSION KILLS Il men
Dynamite Set Off Under Feet
of Workmeri.
bodies HURLED into AIR BY BLAST
Lighted Cigarette Thrown Into Box
of Fuses Cause of Instant Igni.
ton of Heavy Charges Of
Explosive.

Key West, Fla.-As result of the
explosion of seven hundred pounds
of dynamite at Bocachica, twelve
miles from Key West, on the Florida
East Coast Railway twelve men are
dead and five are seriously wounded,
and at least dozen others are suf-
fering from less serious injuries. The
explosion was caused by a member
of the railroad construction force
carelessly throwing a lighted cigar
cite into box of fuses. /,
Eleven of the workmen met in
slant death. and the 18th died while
being brought to the hospital here.
The men were hurled high into the
air and the bodies of the dead were
almost beyond recognition, arms and
legs being torn from the bodies Of
some. while the faces of others ware
masses of torn flesh. ~
According to one of the wounded,
a workman-one of the IL to meet
instant death-threw a lighted ci-
garette to one side, not noticing that
1t fell into the box containing fuses
which were connected with the heavy
charges of explosives beneath them.
A few seconds and the men, water,
mud and tons of dirt were thrown
seventy to ninety feet in the air.
Tugs brought the dead and the
more seriously wounded to this city,
the latter being placed in the Louise
Maloney hospital. e4
Those less seriously injured were
placed on Stock Island, opposite Be-
cachica, to be brought to Key West
later. 9
About fifty men were at work. all
close together, when the box of fuses
were discovered ablaze, and had 1t
not been for the sounding of the
alarm by the dredge Manteo 1t is
doubtful II third of the men would
have escaped with their lives. -,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-09-03
DISCHARGE i'ii
OF GUN KILLS LIRS. NOBLIN.

Huntsville, A1a.--Mrs. Robert No
blin, of Fisk, Ala. was accidental
ly shot and instantly killed by Mrs.
Lassater, wife of her SON. The FAM
lily we're sitting in the yard when a
big hawk alighted in tree nearby.
Lassater went into the house and re-
turned with his gun, intending to
kill the fowl. which in the meantime
had taken flight. He asked his
wife to take the weapon back into
the house. AS the younger woman
started through the door, the ex.
plosion came, and the whole top OF
Mrs. Noblin's head was blown OF.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-09-03
Government Directors Confer.

Dr. w. D. Hunter, government d.
rector of the experiments made in
the boil weevil sections of the south,
with headquarter at Dallas. Tex. has
been in consultation with Wilmon
Newell, the entomologist OF the State
Crop Pest Commission. The govern
ment and State authorities are also
working in conjunction in the tick
eradicating work.