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i "ii u .h r»ii Kftf t M The Farmers’and Merchants’ Bank, OF AIKEN, S. C. Every accommodation extended to customers, coneisten with safe, conservative Banking. Accents of small merchants and farmers a spe- I cialty. w i take care of our customers. Correspo 'dence invited, cr call in to see us when yoj want loans on Warehouse receipts.' liken eMitel The Farmers’ and Merchants Bank. OF AIKEN, S. C. CAPITAL STOCK $50,000. President, J. P. McNair. Vice President, IL W. McCreary. Cashier, D. Monroe Weeks. YOUR ACCOUNT SOLICITED. WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS. Arthur P. Ford, Editor and Proprietor. AIKEN, S. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1906. Established 1H81. Price 81.50 a Year, in Advance. MERCY FOR BOYS HITS AT “DRY" COUNTIES Necks of Milton and Jessie Rawlings are Saved. SENTENCES COMMUTED Decree of Death Revoked and Life Sen tences Imposed by Governor Ter rell on Recommendation of State Prison Commission. The Rawlings boys, Milton and Jesse, did not die Friday on the gal lows erected for them in the Valdosta, Ga., jail—the same gallows from which their father and the negro, Alf Moore, were swung into eternity. Twenty-four hours before time for their execution, the state pardon board recommended that their sentences be commuted to life imprisonment, and Governor Terrell promptly signed the order, which saves the lives of the two young boys. Sheriff Passmore was immediately notified of the action of the chief executive, and on Friday, the day they were doomed to death, they were, instead, sentenced to be gin their terms of imprisonment for the rest of their natural life. At the same time that the sheriff of Lowndes county was notified to stay forever the gallows sentence. At torney Cooper of Macon, who has fought for their lives with such de termination, telegraphed the two boys in the Valdosta jail that Governor Terrell had saved their lives from the gallows and also wired the broken hearted olu mother in Coffee county, who had just returned from the burial of her husband, J. G. Rawlins, who had been hanged with Alf Moore. The recommendation for a commu tation of death to life imprisonment was made at a quiet meeting of the state pardon board Thursday morn- ing at 10:30 o'clock. They had as their evidence the in fluence that old man Rawlings is. said to have exe: ted over the boys—the youth of the two defendants who were 35 and 17 years old when the Car ter children had been murdered, and the overwhelming expressions of pub lic sentiment that hari come up from all parts of the state asking that the boys’ lives be spared, because they believed that justice bad been meted out when old man Rawlings and the negro, Alf Moore, paid the death pen alty on the scaffold. The opinion of the pardon hoard in commuting the sentences was drawn by Judge Turner,- and gives the rea son for the decision, in part, as fol lows . "The father of the defendants, Leon ard Rawlins, their brother, and Alf Moore, the negro, were all convicted of the same crime and all sentence! to be hanged with the exception of Loonvrd, who received a sentence of life imprisonment in the penitentiary. "The defendants (Jesse and Milton Rawlins) were, at the time the crime was committed, aged 16 and 15 years, and were doubtless completely domi nated by their father, whose will would brook no opposition from any one, much less his minor sons. "Their participation in this atrocious crime must have been at his intiga- (ion and command. S-ince the execu- tioyr of their father and Alf Moore, public sentiment seems almost uni versal that the ends of justice have been satisfied and this clemency is urged by more than two thousand citiy.ens of the state and from every portion thereof and of every station of life. “They are represented by more than two thousand telegrams and letters be sides the petitions. More than 500 cit izens of Lowndes county have urged this clemency, among whom are seven jurors, who convicted the defendants, lawyers, bankers, newspaper men, ministers of the gospel, city and coun ty officials, and numbers of members of the house and senate of the state legislature.” MANY RURAL MAIL ROUTES. Report of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Shows 36,914. Fourth Assistant Postmaster Mc- Graw Thursday made public a report on the operations of the rural deliv ery service up to December 1, 1906. It shows that the total number of pe titions for the establishment of the service thus far received is 54.665, upon 15,4 43 of which adverse reports were made. On the 1st instant 36,914 routes were in operation, and 2,200 pe titions for the establishment of routes were pending. The number of regular rural carriers now employed is 36,782. FIFTY LIVES REPORTED LOST. b.s Result of Broken Dam and Flood in Clifton, Arizona. From information received in El Paso, Texas, late Tuesday night, K s believed that the town of Clifton, Arizona, has been practically washed iway by the breaking of a big dam. n,e Copper Queen hotel Is said to lave been swept vway by the flood tod at least fift> persons lost their IT', es. United- States Supreme Court Renders I nportant Decision Anent Ship ments of Georgia Booze. A decision handed down by the United States supreme court Monday relative to the shipment of liquor from Augusta, Ga., to Charleston, S C., establishes the right of a man living in a dry county or a dispen sary county to receive liquor from other sections for his own use. It places such shipments under the in terstate commerce law until actually delivered. This decision gives a seri ous blow to communities wishing to forbid the importation of liquor in any form. The supreme court holds that a person has the right to order liquor sent him and places such ship ments under the interstate commerce law until actually delivered. The case was that of Parti Heyman vs. the Southern Railway company, and the supreme court of the United States dealt with the question of the extent to which a railroad company becomes an insurance company to its freight patrons. Heyman is a wholesale liquor dealer in Augusta, Ga.. and when some years ago he sold and shipped two con signments of whisky to purchasers in Charleston, S. C., it was immedi ately seized by the state authorities and destroyed in pursuance of the South Carolina dispensary law, while still in the warehouse in which it had been placed by the railroad com pany. Heyman was compelled to re turn the purchase price to the con signees, and then sought to recover from the railroad company on the ground that the railroad company had insured the safe deliveryr of the goods. The Georgia supreme court held that as the property had been seized under legal authority, the company could not be held liable. The opinion of the federal supreme^ court was de livered by Justice White and revers ed the findings of the lower court. T^lll I A Palmetto State Hews! HIRED TO CALL STRIKE. Such Is Charge Made Against Head of Teamsters’ Union. A Chicago dispatch says: Albert Younj^ who, with three other labor leaders, confessed to c°npplracy in the teamsters’ strike before Judge Ball, declared, while on the witness stand, that Cornelius -Shea, another defend ant, himself and some others had been bribed to call the strike against Mont gomery, Ward & Co. "I received $300 as my share,” wao j the statement of Young in telling the | story of the strike. "Shea, myself and some others | met Robert Norsen, representative of the Garment Workers’ Union, in the stock exchange building to talk about the matter,” said Young, "and Nor sen displayed $1,506 and offered it to us to call a strike against Montgom ery, Ward & Co. We accepted it. Shea and myself gelling $300 each. We then went to Shea’s office and he said: ‘We will have to make good.’ Then a strike was called.” BRITONS TO BUY COTTON LANDS. Manchester and Lancashire Manufac turers Want 5,000 Acres. It is announced in 'New Orleans by Col. F. M. Welch, in charge of the Gould system immigration bureau in that city, that the representatives of the Lancashire and Manchester Cot- tdn Spinners’ Association, who have ust completed a tour of the cotton belt, practically have decided to pur chase a 5,000 acre tract of cotton land each in l/ouisiana and Mississippi with a view to raising and shipping cotton to their own mills in Lan cashire and Manchester. The lands under consideration in Louisiana are in Red River, Avoyelles, Ouachita and Tensas parishes. The experiment of handling cotton direct from the farms to the spinners, if carried out, will be of far-reaching effect. The Englishmen believe that in this way they can eliminate the "middle men,” and land cotton at the! • mills much cheaper than at present.. ’FRISCO MAYOR ARRAIGNED. He and Alleged Accomplice Under Charge of Extortion. Mayor Schmitz and Abraham Ruef appeared before Superior Judge Dunne in San Francisco Monday for a re-arraignment on charge of extor tion preferred by the grand jury. Attorneys for the two indicted men asked that the arraignment be post poned, pleading tho fact that the mayor had arrived in the city from Europe only a few' days before and had not had time to confer with his counsel. Judge Dunne set Thursday as the day for the trial. VOTE OF FARMERS’ UNION Is Overwhelming fer Adoption of the New Constitution. The counting of the referendum vote* by the directors of the Farmers’ Ed- , uoational and Co-Or era live union, ; upon the new' constitution, as sub- , mitted at Texarkana in September, j was completed in Little Rock Wed nesday, with the result that it was adopted by an overwhelming vote, and thus becomes the union’s organic law. Bethea to Be Secretary. Governor-Elect M. F. Ansel has an nounced the appointment of A. J. Bethea, of Darlington, as Ills private secretary. New South Carolina Industries. The following new industries were established in South Carolina the past week: Marion—$50,000 lumber company. Ulmers—$10,000 lumber company. Spartanburg — $10,000 development company. Murderer Resentenced. R. A. Adams, a Colleton county murderer, who killed his kinsman, Henry Jacques, several years ago, was taken from the penitentiary a few days ago and carried back to Colleten to be resentenced, /til efforts to save bis life proved futile and he received the death sentence. Reduction in Price of Lights. Charleston will have cheaper lights as t. result of action taken by city council, by which a substantial reduc tion, both in electric and gas rates, lias been agreed to by the local light corporation. Gas will ultimattely be furnished at $1.25 a thousand feet from $1.65, the present rate. Merchant Kills Himself. P. Butler Wood, a retired nui chant of Chester, shot and killed himself by fastening a shotgun in front ti bis bedroom door, a string from the trigger to the knob, and slamming the door. He left a note saying he had to die and preferred dying by bis own hand. He had been suffering from acute nervous trouble for some time. Boy Accidentally Kills Sister. At. Harlsville, Darlington county, the little six-year-old daughter of Mr. Parrott Bell w^as accidentally sh* t and instantly killed. - A brother of ten years of agt' was standing on a box and reaching for a shotgun on a shelf, the box fell as the gun was grasped and in falling the gun w r as discharged. The load tore off the top and side of the head of the little girl, standing nearby. Large Force Building Railway. Nearly one hundred laborers have been put to work to build the Charies- ton-Summerville electric railway, which is being financed by General A. J. Warner of Gainesville, Ga. Con tracts for material have bene let, and every indication points to the comple tion of this line from tho water front of Charleston through the heart of the city on to Summerville, twenty- two miles distant. The great difficulty in securing rights of way has prevented building this road for many months. Clothing Company Embararssed. The Eddens company, clothing and dry goods merchants of Sumter, have addressed a letter to their creditors stating that owing to bad crops and poor collections, the firm finds itself embarrassed and unable to meet its obligations now due, and offers to set tie at 25 cents on the dollar cash, if the offer is accepted at once by all the creditors. Its assets consist of stock valued at $1,200 and cash in bank and on hand to the amount of about $800, in addition to which ii lias a ci msiderable number of ac- counts receivable. Its liabilities, as given in the letter, are $25,000. Trial of Contractors Postponed. The Columbia federal grand jury has returned true bills on all the in dictment against Grant Wilkins of' Atlanta, Moise DeLeon <-f Augusta and other large contractors charged with violation of the eight-hour law in connection with the work on the Charleston navy yard. The attorney representing Mr. Wil- k'ns and other defendants, asked that court to determine when the cases would be tried. Ho said Mr. Wilkins stood ready to give bond whenever required and that lie had no desire to avoid the processes of the courts. Dis- uici Attorney Cochran agreed to this and it was decided that the cases would not bo called for trial until the spring term of the court in Charles ton. It is understood that if these prose cution are successful other cases would begin. The defendants will set un the claim that the laborers were paid by the hour and if they worked more than eight hours there was no violation of the federal statute for bidding the employment of laborers more than eight hours per day on government work. Respite Given Convicted Negro. Governor D. C. Heyward has grant ed a respite until January is, 1907, for Joseph Henderson, colored, who was sentoncod to have been hanged at Sumter last week. The officials and prominent citizens of Sumter pe titioned for clemency for Henderson, Decause he wms twice instrumental in preventing a jail delivery, while con fined in the Sumter jail. He inform ed Sheriff Epperson of one plot and probably saved the jailor’s life. The other prisoners had secured arms and tools to break jail. The respite is granted In order that the board of pardons may pass on die case in January. Henderson was con victed of killing his wife, by stab bing her to death on the streets of Sumter. Banker Sues Trust Company. In the common pleas court at Co lumbia the trial of the suit of W. A. Clark against the Columbia Trust com pany was begun the past week. Mr. Clark is president of the Carolina National bank, the oldest bank in Co lumbia, and president of the Columbia chamber of commerce. He w r as for merly vice president of four of the cotton mills in Columbia and of die Columbia Electric Street Railway company. Three years ago an agreement was made by which the Columbia Trust company proposed to finance the street railway, which was then in dif ficulties on account of the embarrass ment of the cotton mills. Mr. Clark was one of the largest stockholders in the street railway company, and his stock, as well as that of others, was taken over by the trust com pany. The suit arises out of the transfer of the stock. The Columbia Trust company is controlled largely by Mr. E. Yv 7 . Robertson, president of the Na- ttonal Loan and Exchange bank. Gov ernor Heyward has recently been elec ted president of the trust company, which, it is proposed, to be changed into a savings bank. The suit will occupy some time. Directly or indi rectly, nearly all the prominent bank ers and financiers of Columbia are interested in the outcome. Attorney General Youmans Dead. Attorney General Leroy F. Youmans died Monday at his home in Colum bia. after a long illness with liver troubles. He was ov^f 70 years of age and spent an eventful life. He was celebrated as South Carolina's most eloquent orator of this genera tion. He was admitted to the bar before the war. He w r as elected a member of the South Carolina legislature and la ter solicitor. When the war began he enlisted in company third South Car olina and served with distinction. Re suming law practice after the war he became attorney general of the state in 1877. when General James Connor retired and was subsequently elected for two terms on the ticket with Wade Hampton in 187S. In 1SS5 be was appointed by Pres ident Cleveland district attorney for South Carolina and served for years, having a remarkably successful record as prosecuting official. He was ap pointed assistant attorney general. When Mr. Gunter died in March, 1906. the governor made Mr. Youmans at torrney general, he holding that posi tion at the time of his death. His term would have expired next montn, at which time ho would have been succeeded by J. Frazer Lyon, who won as a member of the di uensary committee. It-is likely that Mr. Lyon will at once be appointed and assume the duties of the office, the future. KICKS REGISTERED' Over Part of Message Anent Japs in ’Frisco Schools. CRIMINAL ASSAULT PART Of Document is a Strong Declaration. The President U r ges That Such Crimes Be Made Punishable by Death Penalty. TRAINS CAN KEEP GOING. Cannot Be Compelled to Stop in Small Towns Along Line. According to a decision rendered Monday by the supreme court of the United States, opinion by Justice Pecklmm, a state railroad commission cannot compel trains running from one state to another to step at designated stations. The state involved was the Mississippi Railroad Commission vs the Illinois Central Railway Company, and it grew out of an effort on the part of the commission to compel cer tain through trains on that road to stop at the town of Magnolia, a place of one thousand inhabitants, about one hundred miles from New- Orleans, and the county seat of Pike county. The e ntention was made on behalf of the railroad that the town already has three trains daily to New Orleans, and it was urged that to make the through trains stop would disarrange schedules, break connections and pre vent compliance with the terms; of the road’s contract for the expeditious carrying of the mails. TRAIN ROBBER GOT FORTUNE. Swiped $110,000 from Express Car on Cotton Belt Road. It has been learned that the train tobber, who probably fatally wound ed the express messenger on a Cotton Belt train Saturday night, near Pales tine, Texas, secured $110,000 from the messenger’s safe. The Pacific express officials refuse any explanation, claim ing It is impossible at present to state the amount taken. A glance at the messenger’s book's, however, won lit tell the amount stated above. i No part of President Roosevelt’s - message to congress, which was reati in both houses Tuesday, created more interest among the members of the national law-making body and the vis- itors in the galleries than did the chief executive comments and suggestions anent lynchings. One of his most important declara lions was that the crime of attempted criminal assault should be made pun ishable by death, in the discretion of the court. His discussion of the ques tion was with special reference to the Atlanta riots. That portion of the message touch ing the subject of lynching Is as fol- iow's: “In conection with the delays of the law. I call your attention and the at tention of the nation to the prevalence of crime among us, and, above all, to the epidemic of lynching and mob vio lence that springs up, now in one part of our country, now in another. Each section—north, south, east and w-cst— has its own faults; no section can with wisdom spend its time jeering the faults of another; it should be buay trying to amend its own shortcomings. ‘‘To deal with the crime of corrup tion, it is necessary to have an awak ened public conscience, and to supple ment this by whatever legislation will add speed and certainty in the execu tion of the law. When we deal with lynching even more is necessary. A great many white men are lynched, but the crime is peculiarly frequent In respect to black men. The greatest existing cause of lynching is the per petration, especially by black men, of the hideous crime of rape—the most abomibnable In all the category of crimes, oven worse than murder, frequently avenge the commission of this crime by themselves torturing to death the man committing it; thus avenging in bestial fashion a bestial deed, and reducing themselves lo a level with the criminal. ‘‘Lawlessness grows by what it feeds upon, and when mobs begin to lynch for rape they speedily extend the sphere of their operations and lynch for many other kinds of crimes, so that tv/c-thirds of the lynchings are not for rape at all; while a consid erable proportion of the individuals lynched are innocent of all crime. California and other Pacific coast senators were quick to show their dis pleasure at. that portion of the mes sage in reference to the exclusion of the Japanese from the white public schools of ■S'an Francisco and forcinf them to attend a school provided es pecially for those of oriental parent age. Their displeasure was* evident dur ing the reading of the message, and they expressed themselves freely af terwards. The members of the delegation from California are unanimous in their dec laration that no treaty rights have been violated in excluding Japanese from public schools attended by thq whites. Representative Hays said that if any treaty of the United States pre vents California from running its schools as it tees fit, the treaty is clearly unusual, and should not stand. A meeting of the California delegation will soon be held to discuss the San Francisco situation. The suggestion in President Roose velt’s message that the naturalization be extende j to Japanese is extremely distasteful to the California delega tion. Here and there the reading of the document was punctuated with ap plause and hearty handclapping from democrats as well as republicans, fol lowing its conclusion. GREATER ELASTICITY URGED. Secretary Shaw Refers to Weakness of Our Cuprrency System. The annual report of Secretary of the Treasury Shaw submitted to con gress Wednesday reflects Urn prosper ous condition of the country, shows that the same healthy tone is manifest in the status and operations of the treasury, and dwells at length on the weakness of the nation’s currency sys tem with the necessity of provisions for greater elasticity. CLEMENCY FOR NEGROES. President Commutes Death Sentences to Life Imprisonment. 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