Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PUBLISHED THREE OUT IN THE COLD No Census Jobs for Democrats in this State. WILL GO TO NEGROES And Those White Men Who Arc Willing to Help President Taft Bnjild Up a White Republican Party in the South and Can Get the Boesee to O. K. Them. The Washington correspondent of The News and Courier says appli cants for positions as supervisors of the census in South Carolina 6hould apply to L. W. C. Blalock and J. G. Capers. For some time The News and Courier correspondent has made repeated efforts to ascertain what line of policy Director Durand, of the census bureau, would follow with regard to the appointment of census supervisors in the South, es^ pecially in South Carolina. Mr. Du rand has apparently been as much in the dark as any one else, but grad ually, little by little his plans are unfolding. To members of the South Carolina delegation in congress'', who have importuned Mr. Durand for some in dication as to what he would do, the latter has been exceedingly stin gy with his information. A few days ago, however, it was learned through one of the South Carolina member* that Democrats are to fare verj poor ly when the appointments are made,' it, indeed, any at all are recognized; that all applications, whether from Democrats or Republicans^ must' have the Blalock-Capers "OK" be-' ' fore they will be given considera tion; and that lastly, in . counties like Beaufort and Charleston; Where' there is a large negro population, the latter are to be rewarded with appointment as enumerators in many of the sections where the negroes outnumber the whites. Representative Patterson, who saw: Director Durand a few days, ago; about the matter, informed the di rector that it would not do. to apr. point negro enumerators, and he, , further informed him that so far as th? white people of Beaufort and other counties, in .South Carolina are. concerned, they would not stand for itj It was then practically decided that negroes should work only in' negro sections and white men in white sections. It came out in the interview that Capers and Blalock would probably advise all appli cants before final action. Mr. Capers has acted with con siderable courtesy to the members of the delegation who have approached him about the matter, taking into consideration the fact that he could hardly be supposed to fall in with their plans for the appointment of Democrats. There is no fault there fore with him. From all over South Carolina ap plicants for these places are pouring in, but no appointments would be made, this correspondent was in formed, before October 1. P. H. McG. ATTACKS TARIFF MEASURE. Champ Clark Prepares Statement for Campaign. Representative Champ Clark, of Missouri, minority leader at Wasn ington, is preparing a statement dea? ing with the tariff bill as it passeJ the House, as amended by the Sen ate and as finally agreed to in con ference and adopted by the House. The statement will be sent out by the Democratic campaign commute*;. Air. Clark endeavors to show that the bill can not be called revision downward as the people were prom ised, and that it is more protection in spots than it is a tariff for rev enue. And, furthermore, the bill, in Mr. Clark's opinion is not a reve nue measure pure and simple, but rather a measure authorizing bonds to raise revenue to meet the expen ditures of the government. This feature of the bill, it is claimed by the Democrats, is. a con fession on the part of the Repub licans who formed it that it will not produce sufficient money to run the government. SCORES WITNESS SUICIDE. Young Man Wounded in Effort to Save His Friend. A hundred passers-by in a busi ness street at Albany. Ga., a few days ago saw Homer Santipher, aged 24, shoot himself in the breast with a pistol after a friend. Walter Kea ton, had vainly struggled with the young man to prevent the act. ?Keaton was shot through the left hand in a desperate effort to deflect a bullet Santipher tried to send into bis own body. Keaton's wound pre vented him from saving his friend. The two men were sitting quietly together talking when Santipher suddenly jumped to his feet, cried, "I believe I will kill myself," and Pulled his pistol. The second shot he fired struck beneath his heart and he will die. TIMES A WEEK. HITS US HARD SOUTH DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BY REPUBLICANS. Bagging and Ties Used by Onr Farmers Taxed, While Twine Used by Western Farmers is Free. Thursday morning after the vote on the general tariff bill, in which bagging was laced upon the dutiable list, Senator Culberson offered an amendment to a resolution introduc ed by Mr. Aldrlch restoring it to the free list. After some remarks by Mr. Culberson, Senator Smith of South Carolina said: "After the promises made by the Republican party, or at least that element of it supposed to be repre sented by Mr. Taft, that the new administration had entered upon a perfod of reform and that there would be no sectional differences, and In all legislation and adminis tration so far as was possible there would be absolutely no sectional dif ferences, yet when the question of granting favors to the different sec tions arose, the Western farmer? where there was a Republican senti ment?was given free binding twine, while the Southern farmer was de nied free bagging. it must be born in mind that this twine and this bagging are made out of identically the same material. The argument had been made that -in- case the duty was removed from bagging the American factories would be destroyed and that the for eign manufacturer would so raise the price that the American consum er would pay more for his bagging than he was doing at present. If 'that w;ere true, then the question would have to be answered why the Western farmer had got his binding 'twine after it was placed upon the* free list at half the price he was* paying before it was placed on the. free list. . , The truth Is that is is the same bid sectional difference, and the, Southern cotton grower as well as other Southern interests which are peculiar to the South are to be dis criminated against in favor of other sections of the country. "Under the operation of the law. of. population and wealth the time will, come iUc the. fullness of justice jW.hen.the South will have the privi lege of retaliating and I hope it will not do it?for. I believe that the doctrine of- the Democratic party and the character of the men who stand behind, it are broad enough and American enough that if the occasion should ever come, as it will come, when they are in power, they will apply their laws to all sections equally, in spite of the provoking examples of the partizanship of the Republican party." CHILDREN STOLEN. Father is Prosperous and so Is Uncle. The kidnapping of two children within a week, from the same family has led the police of New York to believe that efforts are being mad-i to blackmail the parents. When Stephen Guardino, four years, old, was stolen from in front of his home in Spring street on Sun day afternoon, kidnappers apparent ly stole the wrong child, because he was released the following morn ing and was picked up on a strange street and returned to his parents. At 2 o'clock the same afternoon, Stephen's six-year-old brother, Anthony, was sleeping in a bedroom of . the Guardino flat when a strange man entered and carried him away without awakeir.ng him. At ' the time the other members of the fam ily were visiting a neighbor. Anthony has not been found and the whole police force of New York city is seeking him. The father is prosperous and owns the lease of the tenement house in which the family lives. He has a brother in Brooklyn, who is rated as wealthy, and the family believe with the po lier; that a demand will be made for the missing child's ransom. CAUSED INDIGNATION. Citizens of Mississippi Town Deny Preacher's Story. Indignation was caused at Ethel, Miss., a few days ago by a dispatch from Cincinnati quoting the Rev. Frank B. English as saying that he was threatened with mob violence and driven out of Ethel without any thing to eat when he came to take the presidency of Rust University at Holly Springs. Leading citizens of Ethel admit that Mr. English was told to leave town because he was seen shaking hands with negroes and acting fa miliarly towards them, which they believed would excite the blacks and stir up race strife. They say, however, that no mob was formed and that no threats were made. They say Mr. English became frightened when told that it would be better for him to leave. Lightning Bolt Kills Two. Lightning struck a fodder stack on a farm near Madison, Fla., a few days ago. instantly killing Napoleon Artis and his son, colored, who were rushing to get the fodder stacked before the storm broke. ORASTGEBTJRG, S. CUT IT OUT Drug Stores in Many Towns Selling Near Sear IN VIOLATION OF LAW Wagon Loads of the Stuff Being Handled by the Drug Stores in Greenville?The Drink Contains Three Per Cent of Alcohol and Intoxicates. The Columbia Record, says they have found a soothing balm for pro hibition pain up in Greenville in the form of a sort of near beer known as Wurtburger Malt, which is destined to become rapidly pop ular throughout the State if its seiz ure, is not ordered by the State ad ministration. A Columbian in Greenville a few, days ago saw a two-horse load of the stuff in barrels being unloaded at the rear of one of the Main street drug stores, and investigation disclosed that this supply was ex pected to last this particular store only three days, and that it was be ing sold at scores of places through out the city at 15 cents a bottle, and was eagerly sought as a substitute for beer. He was informed that the Green ville sheriff and mayor had agreed that it could be sold as a tonic re gardless of its being used as a bev erage, though the dispensers of it were cautioned not to allow it to be drunk on the premises, and it is not being kept on ice. The Record further says that Chairman Murray of the dispensary commission frankly stated Thurs day that his wholesale drug company hs selling this malt in various parts )of the State, but he was not advised that it was being sold as a beverage or used as such. The Columbia druggists are not selling it, being ordered last spring to cut it out. The drink contains three per cent of alcohol, and Attorney General Ly on is under the impression that he has rendered an opinion agangt the sale of it under the name it now bears, but he could not get at his records handily Thursday morning to confirm this. Any way, if the Btuff contains any amount of alcohol, and Is being used as a beverage, whether sold as such or not, its sale Is in violation of law, and the venders are liable to the penalty under the new law provid ing for a fine of not less than $100 for the first offense, and imprison ment without fine for from one to five years for subsequent violations. If this* Is the same near-beer that is being sold in Georgia It should be cut out. It is as bad or worse than lager beer, and should not be allowed to be sold anywhere in the State. The Governor should have the matter looked after at once. STABBED DURING PLAY. Mile Dazie Unable to Assist Company Because of the Accident. Mile. Dazie, an acress, will not be able to assist her company in the production of a pantomime for some time, following a serious stab wound she received in the breast in full view of the audience in a theatre at Rockaway Bead N. Y. 'Mile. Dazie's jjalous rival on the stage was supposed to stab her to the he;jrt with a dagger, and for ; this purpose two weapons were em | ployed, one with a shining steel blade to impress the audience and the other with a rubber blade for the actual use of the jealous rival. In some manner the rival, Mile. Lina, grasped the wrong dagger at the critical time and plunged the steel blade into the breast of Mile. Dazie, inflicting a wound four inches long. The audience on hearing the shriek of the wounded actress and seeing the blood, became wildly ex cited, but was calmed by a state ment from the stage manager. Doctors in the audience dressed the wound, and said that while it was not mortal, it was sufficiently serious to prevent the actress' public appearance for some time to come. Freakish Work of Lightning. Lightning did some freakish work at the home of Mr. David Strother at Johnson Wednesday. Beginning at a corner of the house it tore up the weather boarding and knocked off plastering. Darting from the up per story Into the kitchen it shat tered the safe door and did injury to other woodwork. A negro gin was in the kitchen washing dishes but was not even shocked, neither were Mr. and Mrs. Strother, wh? were in the house as the electric cur rent ran from room to room. Robber and Pursuer Dead. Following the bold and partially Successful robl>ery of the First State Bank of White Bear, Minn., Henry Paul, the robber, and Fred Yarkins, one of the pursuing citi zens, were shot and instantly killed and William Butler, of the posse, was shot through the abdomen, and is said to be dying. One other man received a wound in the thigh and still another was shot through the wrist. C SATUBDAY. A?Gt WANTED MONEY AND THREATENED TO BLOW UP A RAILROAD TO GET IT. A Very Hot Letter Written by Him to the President of the Pennsyl vania Railroad. This i9 a declaration of war. My life is openly staked on the result, for I am prepared to meet you at any time and place you may name. The weapons I shall use are dyna mite and other high explosives." Thus wrote Abram C. Eby, mayor and referee in bankruptcy, of Burke vllle, Va., to the "president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadel phia," on. July 2-3, naming $45.000 as the ransom for the safety of the railroad, its steamships and the trav elling public and otherwise threaten ing the Pennsylvania Railroad. Fol lowing a carefully laid plot of the Federal postal detectives, Eby was arrested, while in company of Os wald J. Derousse, chief clerk to Pres ident McRae, who acted for the lat ter in inveigling Mayor Eby to Phil adelphia. He was given a hearing before United States Commissioner Craig and held in $10,000 bail for September term of court. At the hearing Wm. L. Calvert, postofflce inspector, of Richmond, Va., furnished evidence showing that Eby mailed threatening letters on the Richmond and Charlotte Rail road pos'toffice. All through the hearing Eby sat unmoved, and said simply that he could not furnish bail. In his letter Eby said he would meet no one except the president or some high official of the road. He designated the sign of a secret or der to be used in the insertion of a "personal" as an answer in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. A "personal" was Inserted by postofflce detectives and Eby's de mand of $150 and transportation to Philadelphia was acceded to through Mr. Derousse, Eby reached Philadel phia Wednesday night and wrote to Mr.. Derousse, making an appoint ment to meet him at noon Thurs day. About 12:30 o'clock the men met, and Mr. Derousse took Eby to the Third National Bank, where he secured a certified check for $30, 000 and $3O0 n cash. These he of fered Eby, but the latter refused saying: "Keep them for awhile.' Chief Postal Inspector Cortelyou then made the arrest. Inspector Calvert said: "Mr. Eby is not crazy. He has long entertained a spite against the Pennsylvania Railroad. His father held stock in a branch road in Vir ginia, and Mr. Eby believes that by the reorganization of the road through the Reading and Pennsyl vania influence his father lost some $200,000." |6" SINGULAR CASE OF MR. HARRIS Why His Friends Think He Has Not Been Guilty of Any Criminal Act. Ther are no further developments in the Calhoun Harris alleged em bezzlement case at Anderson, other than that several friends put up the $22,500 bond, and he has been re leased. The accountants are still checking his. books in their cotton mill office and have not announced any further irregular results. Har ris secured an expert accountant to represent him in the audit of the books, but the accountants left Anderson Wednesday afternoon without taking part in the work. The accountant claims that he was given no show; that his duty as pointed out by auditors of the Amer ican Audit Company was to sanction their work as they progressed. The attorney for the mills suid that there is on the minutes a reso lution adopted by the board to allow Harris, his attorney, or expert accountant to be present at all times and watch the audit of the books. Harris' friends are disposed to think that he has brooded so much over his mistakes that his mind is unbalanc ed. They say that many things have been unearthed that would not have been done by a sane man, and that the discovery of so much money stored away In old boxes and bags In the vault, with every appearance of having been there for years, shows that there was no criminal intent on Harris' part. Harris Is at his home on South Main street and insists stoutly that the accountants will And that not a single dollar has been misappropriat ed when they complete their audit. President Hammett said: "Even if the shortage is found to be fifty thousand dollars, the Orr Mills will not be crippled at all. We have a surplus of a little more, than four hundred thousand dollars, and the shortage can be charged off without depreciating the value of the stock. Our mills are capatalized at eight hundred thousand and are worth one and one-half millions." Buildings Rocked by 'Quake. An earthquake has been reported from Prest and vicinity, says a dis patch from Paris. A number of buildings were rocR ed by the 'quake and people were thrown into a state of panic, but so far as is known tha disturbance Is not serious. rST 7, 1909. TAFT SAYS BILL Fullfills Campaigns Pledges of Republicans MADE TO THE PEOPLE But Apologizes to the Country h) Saying That While the Measure is Not a Perfect Tariff Bill, or a Complete Compliance With the Promises, It Will Have to Do. President Taft gave out a.-; state ment Thursday night embodying hie views of the new tariff act which Is designated officially as the "Payne bill" in accordance with past cus tom of giving recognition to the framer of the mesaure In the house of representatives. The president declares that waile the bill is not perfect by any mean.-, nor "a complete compliance with . promise made, strictly interpreted," it is nevertheless) a sincere effort on the Part of the party to make a downward revision and to comply witn the promises of the plaLr'orm. The statement In full follows: "I have signed the Payne tarin* bill because I believe it to be the result of a sincere effort on the part of the Republican party to make a down ward revision, and to comply with the promises of the platform as they have been generally understood, and as I interpreted them in the cam paign before election. "The bill is not- a perfect tariff bill, or a complete compliance with the promises made strictly interpret ed, but a fulfillment free from crit icism in respect to a subject matter involving many schedules and thou sands of articles could not be ex pected. It suffices to say that except with regard to whiskey, liquors and wines and in regard to silks and as to some h?.gh classes of cottons? all of which may he treated as lux uries and proper subjects of a reve nue tariff?there have been very few increases in rates, "Real Decrease.'* "There have been a great number of real decreases in rates, and they constitute a sufficient amount, to jus tify the statement that this bill is a substantial downward revision, and reduction of excessive rateB. "This is not a free-trade bill. It was not intended to be. The Re publican party did not promise to make a free-trade bill. "It promised to make the rates protective, but to reduce them when they exceed the difference between the cost of production abroad and here, making allowance for the greater normal profit on active In vestments here. I believe that while this excess has not been reduced in a number of cases, in'a great major ity the rates are such as are neces sary to protect American industries, but are low enough, in case of ab normal increase of demand, and raising of prices, to permit the possi bility of the importation of the for eign article and thus to prevent ex cessive prices. "The power granted to the execu tive under the maximum and mini mum clause may be exercised to se cure the removal of obstacles which have been interposed ny foreign governments in the way of undue and unfair discrimination against American merchandise and products. "The Philippine tariff section I have struggled to secure for 10 years last past, and it gratifies me exceed ingly by my signature to give it the effect of law. I am sure it will greatly increase the trade between the two countries and it will do much to build up the Philippines in to a healthful prosperity. "The administrative clause of the bill and the custom court are ad mirably adapted to secure a more uniform and a more speedy final con struction. "The authority to the president to use agents to assist him In the ap plication of the maximum and min imum section of the statute and to enable officials to administer the law, gives a wide latitude for the acqui sition, under circumstances favora ble to its truth, of information in respect to the prlre and cost of pro duction of goods at home and abroad, which will throw much light on the operation of the present tar iff, nnd be of primary importance as officially collected data upon which future executive action and executive recommendations may be based. "The corporation tax is a Just and equitable excise measure, which it is hoped will produce a suffleent amount to prevent a deficit and which incidentally will secure valu able statistics and information con cerning the many corporations of the country, and will constitute an Im portant step toward that degree of publicity and regulation which the tendency in corporate enterprise in the last 20 years has shown to be necessary." Confiscating Contraband. They ar?> rubbing it into the blind tigers in Columbia. Raids at four places by the police Thursday yielded several two-horse wagon loads, valu ed at $1.200, and a Joint raid by constables and police at seven other places was productive of about the same quantity. , i-? SOW: rt?W LIGHT ON THE WIDESPREAD AND FA TAL HOOKWORM DISEASE. Which Is Contracted Through Soil Polution and Other Unsanitary Surroundings of the Home. A sensational report on the New World hookworm, technically known as Necator. Americans ? "The American murderer"?'-has been made to the marine hospital service by Dr. Charles Wardell Stiles, the eminent authority on this destroyer of humanity, this decimator of the poor white and the negro in the South. The present report of Dr. Stiles deals with the disease among the negroes of the South, although he says he has had far less experi ence with the disease among color ed people than among white. His conclusions are unique in that he be lieves the hookworm disease is not so destructive among negroes as among whites. He accounts for this on the sup position that the negro has become somewhat immune to it owing to its prevalence in his race in Africa hundreds of years before this- coun try was discovered. But in both races it kills, directly and indirectly, thousands of people each year, prob ably equaling the ravages of con sumption. The Old World hook worm is relatively rare in the United States, and it is the American pest that is claiming the thousands of vic tims. The hookworm is one-fourth to one-half an inch long and about as thick as a small hairpin. It has hard jaws, by which, when well in trenched in the system, it adheres to the walls of the intestines and slowly saps the life away, weaken ing the victim and bringing an aneamic condition that is often at tributed to malaria and other causes. Children are subject to the disease more than adults. In the South the disease is con tracted through soil polution and unsanitary surroundings. The e?g3 and young ones thrive in the. soil pollution. The young worm enteis the system through two methods. The first is by the swallowing of contaminated food or water. The second is by boring through the skin. After entering the. skin the yiuig worms make their way to the blood, and pass with the blood through the heart to the lungs. From the lungs the parasite pass up the wind pipe, down the gullet into the stom ach, through the stomach to the bowels, where they shed their skins several times very much like a snake, all the time becoming ma ture. They then beging the work of in juring the walls of the intestines by sucking the blood and poisoning the victims. Children become unde veloped physically and mentally, the skin becomes dry and sallow, the hair is dry, there is ground -itch, the patients are weak and indisposed to work. This condition predisposes to tuberculosis and many other dis eases. Dr. Stiles is confident that if a campaign should be made in the South against the disease the death rate in many localities would be greately reduced. The disease Is rarely found north of Maryland or west of the Ohio river. A warm climate is essential to Its existance. The medical authorities in Manila, when they discovered the disease among the prisoners of Riblibid prison, reduced the death rate from 238 per 1,000 to 13.5 per 1,000, all by sanitary regulations and the use of thymol. The treatment for the disease is not expensive. The doses of thymol to be given will depend entirely up on the condition of the patient and should be prescribed by a physician. Dr. Stiles, however, places a cam paign against soil pollution as far above anything else in the preven tion line. The greatest care should be taken in this respect. RIDES HOUSE INTO HOTEL. California Millionaire- Creates Sen sation jn London House. Frank Jay Mackey, the well known California millionaire, who has resided chiefly In England for a number of years, has been fined $10 and costs in a London police court for riding a horse into one of the hotels, according to a cablegram re ceived at new York. Mr. Mackey is said to have made a wager .'that he would riide the horse Into the hotel and around the billiard table. He did so and was cited to a policeman and taken to the police court. In paying his fine he said he was satisfied because he had won the wager. Kills His Uncle. Ap a result of a trfval dispute at Butler, Ga.. a few days ago, M. C. McDanlel, one of Taylor county's i best known planters, was killed Uy his nephew, A. J. Peacock, a young farmer. Peacock's father and McDaniel he came Involved in a petty quarrel. The son interceded for his father and assaulted McDaniel with a post hole digger. rO CENTS PEBCOPY TAFT SIGN BILL Tarriff Measures Made a Law by His Signature. CONGRESS ADJOURNS Both Houses Quit After Putting Fin ishing Compromise Touch on the Tariff Bill and Sending it to the President for His Approval, Which He Very Promptly Gave. The tariff has been revised and the extraordinary session of congress has been brought to a close. Both houses adjourned sine die officially at 6 o'clock Thursday night. The actual adjournment was taken in the house at 5:38 p. m., and in the sen ate at 5:58 p. m. The closing hours of the session were attended by scenes of a most uninteresting character. The revis ion had been according to the desires of some, and with the hearty ap proval of others, and the last two days had been consumed by mem bers of the senate in expressing their satisfaction or dissatisfaction. The conference report on the bill was agreed to by the senate by a vote of 47 to 31. The vote was tak en at 2 p. m. and soon afterward the concurrent resolution making certain changes in the leather sched ule was adopted by both houses. President Taft arrived at the cap itol at 4:45 p. m. It was his first appearance there since his incum brency as president and there was a constant procession of hand-shaking statesmen through the president's room from the time of his arrival until his departure at 5:30 o'clock Just as the hands of the gold clock in the president's room reach ed 5 minutes past five, the Payne tariff bill, as the measure will be known, was laid before tbe. presi dent. He picked up a pen supplied by Chairman Payne of the house ways and means committee, which was used by both Cae vice president and the speaker in signing the bill, and attached his signature. After writing "William H. Taft," the president added, "Signed five minutes after 5 o'clock, August 6th, 1909?W. H. T." Bending over the president as. he affixed his signature were Secretary Knox, Secretary MacVeagh, Attorney General Wickersham , Postmaster General Hitchcock, Secretary Nage! and Secretary Wilson. Standing about the table were Senator Al drich, Representative Payne and many other members- of the senate and house. Mr. Payne stood with hand ex-, tended, waiting to receive the pen with which the hill was signed. He took it with a picture of boyish glee overspreading his face. Another pen was handed to the president and he wrote the word "Approved," and handed the pen to Representative Langley (Ky.). A number of, interesting incidents occurred in the president's room pending the signing of the tariff bill. The president had something of a personal nature to say to each senator, and good nature appeared to he overflowing. SHORTAGE OF FOOD. Labor Conflict Brings Distress to Stockholm. The town of Stockholm is suf fering seriously from the shortage of food which so far is most the not able result of the labor conflict. The stock of bread already is al most exhausted and meat is scarce and expensive. Restaurants have raised their prices and the figures are prohibitive except for persons of ample means. The strikers themselves are living practically on fish. Thousands of them are camping out. some in tents, but many without shelter, on the shores of Lake Malar and the islands of the archipelago, where they spend their time in angling. LEADING LAWKR TO PRISON. New Orleans Attorney Forged to Ex tent of Over $150,000. To begin serving a sentence of fourteen years Robert J. Maloney, formerly a leading lawyer of New Orleans, will be taken to the St^.te penitentiary shortly. Maloney was charged with foFg eries exceeding $150.000. Many of the clients whom Maloney defraud ed petitioned the governor to let i him remain in New Orleans, with , the hope of straightening out sjmc of the tangled transactions of which they were victims. This was done. The governor decided a few nights ago. however, that six months v.as long enough for such assistance and ordered that the penitentiary term be begun at once. Minister Heavily Indicted Thirty-one indictments against the Rev. John J. Holtgreve pastor of the Catholic church at Plaquemine, La., were returned by the grand jury of Iberville parish. Twenty-eight of the counts charg ed grave crimes and the other three allege criminal libel.