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SENTINEL - JOU Entered April 23, 1903, at Pickens, S. 0., as Second-Class Matter, Under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. III. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1909. NO, 41. REPLY Its Reading enate. E CRITICISM Will Be Read Examined All the by the Presi if the Facts Be is Guilty Simply n and There Was in His Actions. eeial.--No subject I about recently at nei fervor as Pres disclosure of Sella 'ged colilollon with deal, blt, the collea h1 Carolinian are ill Id jiIdguient, nitil he ortinity to explain. tat t hi Senator will read anation proba-bly will rob it of the sharp and homely epi sual to his speeches. expressions of dissatisfaetion rd becaune of the manner in he President made public the I gathered by postoflice in s about Senator Tillman. It ted out by Senators that the sent to Senator Hale was not onse to the latter's request to ds of the executive depart or a statement of the opera the secret service, as tle in ion of Senator Tillman's effort to obtain Oregon lands secuted by inspectors of the Department. rumored at the Capitol that ident told a friend, who re o remak, that an effort was Senator Hale and Aldrich ess the facts about Senator Undoubtedly this impres gained by a visit to the t by Mr. Hale, who suggested matter relating to Mr. Till ithdrawn. President Roose lined to withdraw the refer of the Senators who have ex all of the evidence prodneed IPresident and tile postoffiee tors say that if the facts are as ented, the offense was one of riety and indiscretion, but that minalitv is involved. It was said Mr. Tilinan might have intro his resolut ion enl ing liupon the tent of Justice to begin pro gs to compel the sale of the i land at $2.50 an aere, in ae iee with the (riginial grant. and e sme time apply for some of and withdrawn without lmahilng If the target for severe crit itismvi. his statement in FVbruary last Senator said lint lie had not Ift any Western land nor had lie dertaken'' to buy any. e evidence submitted by the ident shows tlint prior to this ement Mr. Tillman had made .p ation for nine quarter sections. eernking himself against the ap rance gf having niade a mislead statemlnt, Senator Tillmian told friends that he should have said the floor 'that lie had not ''con eted'' to bgy any land, and thlat whole ease against him has been t upon thle interpret at ion placed nthe wordl 'Snetkn' o.bring this v(hole matter before nublic eye at dnce let it be nioted Senator Tihllm ni some time ago that certain\ landl grants in nhad been to feited by lack of mpinnee with te a~ of tihe grant nd urged that the. be sold. While ooking into the matc er lie concluded to make an investment himself. WVhen -certain investigationil were beine made by the secret savice men this was discovered. In thes late troubles between the President end Congress anbout the secret service -appropria tions wvhich the' Presided~t wanted re stored to former sufimeidney and the bYartres by Congress thatt the secret service department was becominjg of I1ensively active, the Pdesident used strong language which Congress look~ed un,on as reflectio:ns (in that 'body and demanded of the President instances to .iustify hi,s language. While disavowing any iptention of discourtesy he cornplied so far as to I-givo names that furnished the basis -of his langnnge. Thmi \the cast of Senntor Tilli)an beceme a part of the justfientinn of the President. It seems that the Senator's ease wils stmlbleld upon while making eel - itain other investigations. It is also stnted( that certain parties who were offeded wit i Senator Tillman's urgiTg the sna4 of this Oregron land resorted to this method of revenze to put the President i-1 possession of the facts of Senator TillTuan's purpose to nenitire some of this land. The Senator. it is we]! known. is in 1aner of physietl collnpse but wiI make a strong per-onal defense- be fore the Senate. Now lie finds too that an envelope With certain im portant papers which lie left (before goinig to Europe) in his private desk in er.mmittee room are missing. He does not charge that they were taken hy tetectives but such was possible from the feet that there were only coimnon locks on the desk. To add to the complication Post master PAnis has seni. ;ienator Till mnn a bill of $16.00 for postage for a tynewriter fhat the Senator hnd franked fron Trenton, S. C.. to Wash ington. it being claimied that lie hni no right to send it under the frank Ing privilege. The Senator reFuses to pay the bill on the ground that it is the government's tvpewriter. that he was usinq in the interest of the publie and that it was the eistom so to do, lie hnving never heard of any rule promulgated ngainst it. Had it beeni his own private affair he woild have expressed or freighted it. Senator Tillman has beeii accredit ed with rivid llonestv as is President Roosevelt, the former fierv to the term of ''pitchfork'' anI tlie Intter immnl sive to an unusual dperee. Withal the public will most probablv pass no judgment until further developments. Saved By a Parrot. Naples, By Cable.-Queen Helena is taking particular interest in a six year-old girl who was rescued from the ruins under remarkable circum stances. While some Italian sailors at Messina were climbing over wreck age they heard weak cries of "Maria I Maria!'' After niuch work they reached a room where they found a parrot continuing to utter cries of "Maria." The seamen turned to leave, but as the parrot persisted in its cries, they broke into an adjoin ing room and found a girl lying sense less. She and the parrot were taken on board the battleship Regina Elena. Hill Pays Carnegie's Gift. Berlin, By Cable.-David Jayne Hill, the American Ambassador, paid. into the Seehandlung Bank, Wednes day Andrew C.arnegie's gift of $125, 000 to the Koch Institute for Tuber Culosis Cesearch. Mr. Ilill also com1- 1 municated to the president of the in stitite MIr. Carnegie's cordial ac knowledgement of the gratification he felt upon having been elected an lon orary member and his good wishes for the success of so beneficient a work. Stmp Clcrk Short in His Accounts. Anniston, Ala.. Special-According to a statement of postofiep inspectors here We(lnesday, Ed 1). Sinith, stamp clerk in the Anniston postolce, who sudd(enly left here Saturday niight, w'as short ini his accounts bet ween $1,800 and( $2,000. It is said that friends of the vouing mani wvill make good the shortage. Nothing has been hiear'd from Smith since the recepit of a letter Monday. saving that he left because lie could not stand trouble, lie was last seen in Bir minghamn Sunday night.. Wilbur Wright Smashes All Aero piano Records. Lemanis, France, 1y Cable.-'WVi bur Wright, the American aeroplanist. beat nll previous aeroplane records1 her'e fhursday' withI a magnificentI flight that lasted for two hours. and nine minutes. lie covered ofheially a distance of' 7 miles, hnut as a niatter of fact, coumtiing the wide curves, lie made over 90 miles. Mr. Wright 's feat w'as the more remarkable because of the it ens coldl. Afteri breakinig the record Mr. Wright we'nt aloft again withI M. Bart hoiu as a piassen ger. Iava rigas chief mntinfacturlng con. ter is Nui!gmbere which. with the ad. leining e itt V. " ru "'n 1 w .has a pop-' ':tation of n'early 400,000O. ALL AR[ INDICTED Pittsburg's Councilmen Accused of Accepting Bribes. Pittsburg, Pa., Special.-The seven councilment accused of accepting bribes and conspiring to secure bribes and the two former bankers accused of giving bribes, all of whom were ar arrested two weeks ago upon com plaint of the Voters' League were in dicted late Monday by a grand jury impaneled Monday morning. True bills were found as follows: T. 0. Atkinson, select councilman, bribery and accepting bribes. William Brand. president of common council, bribery and accepting bribes and conspiracy. John F. ICAtin, common councilman, bribery and accepting bribes and con spiracy. Jospeh C. Wasson, common councilman, bribery and accepting bribes and conspiracy. Jacob Soffel, .ommon councilman, bribery and ac !epting bribes. Hugh Ferguson, com mon couneilman, bribery and accept ing bribes. W. W. Ramsey, former ,resident of German National Bank. )ffering and giving bribes. A. A. Vil ;ack, former cashier of same bank, of fering and giving bribes. All of ae iused gave bond after their arrest, ind these bonds will stand until the ourt hearing. There is every indica tion that these hearings will be held tlmost immediately. Mr. Taft Will Eat 'Possum and 'Taters in Atlanta. Atjanta, Ga., Special-One hundred O'possums with the usual accompany rent of sweet potatoes, will grace the banquet table of the Atlanta chamber of commerce on January' 1.5th, when President-elect Taft will be the guest of honor. When a dele ration of prominent Atlantians called ipon Mr. Taft a few days ago in Au nsta to arrange the details of his visit to this city the spokesman court ously asked the next occupant of the White House if he had any sugges ions to offer relative to the prepara ion of the banquet. "Just one," he ;milingly replied, ''I have had a life time longing to taste 'possum and' ta ers. Mv visit to the South would be neomplete unless this wish is realiz bd.'' Relief For Earthquake Sufferers. New York, Special.-Laden with wenty-five tons of clothing and more han thirteen tons of provisions with vhich to clothe and feed the starving md half-naked survivors of the Cala )ria and Sicily earthquake and carry ng homeward over 300 Italians of all lases. most of whom are 1i1trrying to he scene where their loved ones have en killed. maimed or rendered des itute, the steamship Hamburg, of the Tamburg-American line sailed Tues lay for Genon and Naples. Most of he provisions destined for the Ttalian oufferers were donated by Nathan ;traus from the stock of a local firm >f which he is a member. No Trouble With Honduras is Antic ipated. Mobile, Ala., Special. - F.rnesto Potes, Honduras consul at Mobile, referring to the publication of a prob able Central American conflict said Afond1ay that all these reports are not ible for their want of varacity. He ;aid that peace in these countries is en assuredl fact, and that the neutral ity of Honduras is maintained by the treaties of Washington, and in conse qunence, Honduras today has only a normal number of regular soldiers. Alligators Raised Like Pigs. Since the alligators are getting iearco on our Southern coasts and their value is being better known there are at least three alligator Earms in this country and there may be more, since each one of the three las made a success of the industry. ['hey are situated ini Arkansas, Flori Ia and California. They are raised md butchered like pigs. Bouthern Steel Company Will Soon . Start Up. Birmingham, A4i., S peeU.--W. P. 1. Harding, member of the to-orgaIni. r.ation committee of the Southern steel Company, announced Monday hat the new corporatior. will be one f the largest in the South and that the plaint wvill r'-nme oplerat ion with ini sixr ne ight wv&lkq MR. TAITS VISITORS. The President-Elect is Kept Busy Greeting Callers and Conferring With Prominent Republican. Augusta, Ga., Special.-The Presi dent-elect is a member of tlie national child labor committee, and Wednes day he listened to a report on general conditions of child labor in the South, from A. J. MeKelway, secretary of the committee for the Southern States. M. McKelway has head quarters at Atlanta. It was his con clusion that the child labor laws of the Southern States are pretty well adapted to conditions, but that there is laxness in their enforcement. No action on the subject is understood to, be contemplated at this time. National Chairman Frank H. Hitch cock returned from his trip to Bir mingham and Atlanta, and had an ex tended interview with Mr. Taft. John Hays Hammond, wh.o visited Atlantar came back with Mr. Hitchcock. Chauncey Dewey, of Chicago, recently appointed inspector general of the Il linois State militia, is here to see Mr. Taft and Mr. Hitchcock. Mr. Dewey was one of the two Taft delegates from that State in the convention, and it is understood he has some po litical friends he wishes to intercede for. A call was made on Mr. Taft by Judge William H. Jaokson, of New York, and his brother, Henry Jackson, of Atlanta. The latter is a Georgia Republican of prominence. Henry Anderson, of Richmond, talked Southern polities with Mr. Taft at some length Wednesday, but noth ing tangible for publication resulted. The President-elect smilingly sub mitted himself for "exposure" to practically all the photographers in Augusta Wednesday. They called at his cottage, they said, to keep an en gagement made' by Mr. Taft's "Jap anese secretary." This meant Moni co Lopez, his Filippino valet, and Mrs. Taft enjoyed the joke hugely. Building the Sea Wall at Sumter. Rapid progress is being made on the construction of the sea wall on Sullivan's Island and no trouble is experienced with the receiving of the material. At the scene of the work there is a large force of men and a line equipment of machinery, driving piles and placing roek, and the work is very satisfactory. The building of the sea wall, of course, is under the charge of the United States engineer offleer stationed at Charleston. Capt. E. M. Adams, of the corps of engi neers, and he has as engineer in charge Mr. J. H. DuPre. a well known civil engineer, who is assisted by Mr. William Dehon, another capa ble member of that profession. Venezuelan Matter Not Yet Settled. Washington, Special-Daily idvices are being received at the State De partment. from William I. Buchanan, the American special commissioner, who is now in Caracas. conducting ne vrotiations with the Oomez govern ment. having in view the reaching of an understanding regarding a basis of settlement of the international questions pending between the Unit. ed States and Venezuela, as a pre. r"nnisite for the resumption of diplo matic relations. Mr. Buchanan's dis patches are hopeful in tenor but show that no definite conclusion have been vet reached. .His instructions are very broad and( form the basis on which his negotiations with the Venezuelan government are conducted. Grounds Off Cape Charles. Norfolk, Va., Special.-Losing her bearings in the dense fog early Wed nesday morning the British steamer Anglo-African, with a carog from Tocopila, Mex., bound for Baltimore, brought up on Smith 's Island, off Cape Charles. There is little wind andl only a moderate sea running. She is reported in good condition. It 's said it will be necessary to lighten the cargo before the vessel can be hauled off the beach. Meteor rails in Alabama. Marion, Ala., Special.-A large meteor fell in~ the western part of Percy county at 10 o'clock Friday night. It came from the southwest and could be seen thoro'ughout the county. A short time after it fall a distinct shock was felt her a large part of the county tl,qt caused win~ dows and doors to rattle.( NIGIT RIDERS GUILTY Court Will. Sentence Six to Death. OTHER TWO GOOD FOR 20 YEARS Wotion For New Trial Overruled Two of the Eight to Have 20 Years in Prison--Brief Summary of orim inals and Their Capture. Union City, Tenn., Special.-With a verdict of guilty in varying degree the jury in the night-rider trials re -orted at 8:45 p. m. Thursday. The twelve men found Garret John son, Tid Burton, Roy Ransom, Fred Pincon, Arthur Cloar and Sam Apple white guilty of murder in the first de gree with mitigating circumstances, and Bud Morris and Bob Haffman, the other defendants, guilty of mur der in the second degree and fixed their punishment at twenty years in the penitentiary. The punishment of the six first named defendants was left to the court and may be death or life imprisonment. The defense filed a motion for a new trial which was set for hearing Saturday and which will be overruled, as indicated by the court when sentence will be pronoune ed. The court will sentnece the six first named defendants to death. Thus is ended, in the lower court, one of th- most vigorously contested and notable criminal trials ever heard it'this State, the outcome of a reign of lawlessness, the culminating act of which being that of which men were found guilty, calling forth the muster ing of the militia of the State, under the personal direction of Governor Patterson, to the aid of the civil authorities in the ferreting out and the taking into custody of those who were charged with the commission of the crime, the so-called ''night-rider clan" of Reel Foot lake. The operations of the night-rider band began with the burning of fish docks extending to the inflicting of corporal unishment on those whom the leaders in their counsels demed guilty of actions in opposition to the wishes of the clan, finding a climax in the lynching of Captain Kanken. MRS. ERB A FREE WOMAN. With Her Sister She is Acquitted of the Murder of Capt. J. Clayton Erb by a Jury in Meida Court. Media, Pa., Special.-Mrs. Florence M. Erb, wife of Capt. J. Clayton Erb, and her sister, Mrs. Catherine Beizell, who were charged with the sensation a' '' ' 'n Erb on the night of C tt , Thursday walk ed from the Deleware county court house free women. After the jury had been out nearly eighteen hours it bronght in a verdict of not guilty in the case of each wvoman, both of whom had been charged separately and jointly with the shooting of the captain. During the morning the jury filed into court and asked for further in derctns on the question of self dees,soon word came from the juhy room that the men had agreed. The defendants were sent for at once, but there was a few minutes' delay before they arrived. When the foreman announced the verdict of acquittal there was a sec ond 's pause, a dead silence and then with half a scream, the sisters fell in each other's arms. Women wept as they looked at the pathetic scene. In an instant the wvomen wvere sur roundled by their friends and attor neys and overwhelmed with congratu lat ions. Fund Distributed. Durham, N. C., Speial.-The larg est per capita distribution of school funds in the history of the State was made Wednes;day by the eounty Board of Education. It was $4 for every child attendipg school. Forty thousand dollars w s apportioned to the public schools o the county. Dur- " ham leads tho,Statecjn this respect: