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VOL XLIII. NO. 31. NEWBERRY. S. C. TUESD)AY. APRIL 17. 1908-. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR SENATOR TITMAN. AGAIN. It Doesn't Matter What He Said About Limit.of Purchases, But How About Bids? The State. SWashington, April 12.-When ask ed tonight if he would reply to the letter of Mr. Fraser Lyon published in Wednesday's State, Senator Till man fplied; ''No, lut I am much ir ritated over the way several of the newspape'rs got my Latin mixed up in the reports of my remarks at Clemson. If there is anything that I do take a pride in it is the little Latin that is left me in my old age and I don't Want to have anybody messing that up. They made .me use a nominative jistead of an ablative and I know I did nothing of the kind." The senator looked particularly fierce as he said this, for as has often been noted, he does take great' pride in his Latin. He appeared not to wish to discuss the Lyon letter but did finally make a few brief remarks, the gist of which was as follows: "I consider Mr. Lyon's letter too silly to call for any auswer from me at all." After turning over two. or three newspapers which he held in his lap, scrutinizing several cartoons of him self and making a few random com ments, he turned suddenly, and the lines of his face assuming their stump speech position, he added, "You can say this if you want to, that while my idea of $40,000 being the limit of the amount that the board may pur chase may not be entirely correct, my idea of the law as to the competitive bids I know is correct and I predict that unless the investigating commit tee repudiates all purchases made without comptitive bids-I predict, there will be a demand for an investi gation of the investigating commit tee." LEWIS R. REDMOND IS DEAD. He Was a Noted Moonshiner in Days Gone By. The Pickens Sentinel of last week has the follwo iifgnnoamrSHRRDD has the following information: "We learn that Major Lewis R. Redimond, the noted moonshiner of by gone days, died at his home near Seneca last week, after an illness of only a few days. Major Redmond was well and favora,bly known to many of our people, having been born and raised in this county, and had many ups and downs through life, though his latter years were spent quietly in peace and plenty, with his family, near Seneca.'' LeRoy F. Youimans Will Be In Race. "I shall act upon the advice of my friends in various part.s of the State, given without concert or con ference between them; and you are authorized to announce that I shall be a eandidate in the Democratic pri mary this y 3ar for nomination for the office of. attorney general,'' said Attorney General Youmans today to the niewspaper callers. "When Mr. Townsend, the late as sistant attorney general, announced to the late, lamented attorney general, Mr. Gun'ter, that he would vacate his position on the first of last October, Mr. Gunter most unexpectedly ten dered me the position. While I held that position, I invariably said to friends, who proposed to me to be come a candidate for the attorney generalship in the approaching Dem ocratic primary, that I could not con sider the proposition until the views of Mr. Gunter, as to his being or not being a candidate, were announced, and that in the event of his being a candidate, I most certainly could not be. Now that Mr. Gunter 's protract ed illness has resulted in his lamented death, and that I am attorney general by the appointment of Governor Hey ward, unsolicited, I think it proper to make this announcement.''" You cannot do GQd 's work while wandering from His way. When a man's shoes hurt him he acts as if he makes you believe the only thing needed to complete his joy would be to be dancing. BOARD AGAINST COMMITTEE. Refused the List of Purchases With Prices-Board Custodian Samples Won't Keep Them "In tact" For the Committee. Record. The state board of dispensary dir ectors has "sat on" Senator Chris tensen and Representative Lyon, of the dispensary investigating commit tee in the matter of the latter's de mand for a list of the purchases made at the last meeting with prices and amounts ordered out, and has refused to keep the samples "intact." Director Black replied through Clerk Mobley to the letter from Mr. Christensen along this Jine, to the effect that while the board was at all times ready' and willing to assist the committee iir protecting the in terests of the state and that the books and records of the board are open at all times to the members of the committee. "they do not feel called upon to furnish,'" and "they wish to say that the,board is the ,ustodain of the samples.'" Mr. Christensen was not satisfied with this and wrote to ask that at least one other member of the bodrd pass upon his demands. This is the reply he got, dated yesterday: "Dear Sir: I am directed to say that the board concurs with Major Black in my letter to you of March 31st.'" These purchases have been referred to a number of times in the recent spirited controversy bctween Senator Tillman and Mr. Lyon, Senator Till man intimating that the investigating commitee is trying to assume the purchasing power and needs investi gating itself and Mr. Lyon insinua ting that the purchases have not been to the lowest bidders. Here is'the correspondence of full: Beaufort, S. C., March 28. M. M. H. Mobley, Clerk State Board of Control, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Kindly furnish me at your earliest convenience wth the cop ies of the list of purchases last made with the pencilled memoranda as to amounts awarded, ordered out, etc., so that they swill be exact duplicates of the sheets you showed Mr. Lyon and myself. Who are the Belroy people? Is the proof of liquor furnished generally given on the invoices of the firms from whom the state has bought during the past few years? Does the Anchor Distill * eompany liquor bear the labels of that concern? and has' the state bought from that concern .the Manatee brand, or the Henrietta brand or both? I presume you have informed the board that the committee wants all samples submitted at last meeting intact. Very respectfully, N. Christensen. Columbia, S. C., March 31. Hon. N. Christensen, Beaufort, S. C. Dear Sir: In reply to yours of the 28th inst. beg to say Major Black be ing the only member of the board in the city at the time, I laid your let ter before him, and he directs me to say that the board will assist the com mittee in every way possible to pro tet the interest of the state, and that the books, records, etc., of the dis pensary are at all times open for in spection by the committee or any member of it, but they do not feel called upon to furnish you with a copy of the orders of our purchases. Ini regard to the samples, I am di reted to say that the board - is the custodain of the samples. i~n reply to the question ''who are the Belroy people?"' will say style of firm is Belroy Distilling Co., of Louisville, Ky. Replying to question 't Is proof of liquor furnished?'' will say it is not generally given on invoice, but ap pears on barrel. In answer to question, ''Does the Anchor Distilling company's liquor bear the labels of the concern,'' will say the Anchor Distilling company's oods hear the labels of the firm, Henrietta being one of their brands. Cannot find where they sell such a brand as Manatee. Very respectfully, M H. Mahleyv Clerk Beaufort, S. C., April 3. Mr. M. H. Mobley, Clerk State Board of Control, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Yours of March 31st to hand. Please have same passed on by at least one other member of the state board. euaRgfl a slimfyp Kindly mail ne copy of my letter to which yours above referred to is in reply. Very respectfully, N. Christensen,Jr. Member Dispensary Invest. Com. Ban on Slot Machines. Columbia, S. C., April 12th-The justly famous slot machine case came to a sudden and sad termination, tem porarily at least, this afternoon in Magistrate Moorman's court to which it had been transferred on a change of venue from the recorder's court where a similar case had been decid ed adversely under the otdinance. The magistrate also decided against Man ager Cain, of the slot machine con cern, the prosecution being brought under section 501 of the criminal code, which provides for the seizure and confiscation of goods exposed for sale o.n Sunday. The 41 slot machines seized last Sunday were returned Wednesday after Mr. Cain consented to open them'and release the contents. The goods, valued dt $40, were con fiscated under the decision today, though Mr. Cane himself suffered no fine. I Attorney Frank G.. Tompkins did not attempt to disprove the facts set up by the prosecution but based his hope on three technical objiections that the statute was intended to prevent only persons laboring on Sunday; that the procee'dings were not regular in that section 504 of the same- chap ter provides a different method, and that the act itself is unconstitutional because it deprives a person of prop erty without due process of law. He, therefore, gave notice of appeal to the Circuit Court and says he will carry it to the Supreme Court if nec essary. This ties up the sale of ci gars, candy and chewing gum on Sun days until the appeal can be heard at the June term of court, .unless the case can be gotten by consent before the- civil court, which convenes in a few days. Some other move may be made in the meantime, however. Lucas-Milliken Fight Ends. Spartanburg, S. C., April 12th Stockholders representing the Lucas and Milliken interest in the Laurens Cotton Mill met at Laurens this af ternoon and final action was taken which closed the fight for the manage ment of the mill and its output. ,Lu as severed his egnnection as presi dent, N. B. Dial being elected to suc eed him. W. S. Montgomery of this city, who has been mentioned as a probable successor to Lucas was made treasurer and general manager. When the conciliatory plans were drawn up here Saturdiy, Milliken of fered to buy the, Lucas holdings at 170. The proposition was accepted this afternoon and the strength of the management of the Laurens cot ton mills is now in the hands of the Millikens, who will continue as sel ling agents, over which matter the complications arose more than a year ago. The meeting at Laurens was exceedingly harmonious and all par ties seem satisfied. Simple Pat. London Answers. A poor Irishman one day went to the office of an Irish bank and asked' fr change in gold for fourteen one pound Bank of Ireland notes. The cashier at once replied that the Cavan bank only cashed its own notes. " 'Then would ye gie me Cavan notes for these?'' asked the countryman in his simple way. ''Certainly,'' said the cashier, hand ing the fourteen notes as desired. The Irishman took the Cavan notes, but immediately returned them to the official, saying: ''Would ye gie me gold for these, sir ?'' And the cashier, caught in his own trap, was obliged to part with the Imoney. OUR AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS. Highest Records for This Country Are Now Being Made. Washington, April 12.-Agricul tural products are now making their biighest record in the exportations of the United States, ind should the preserit rate continue during the re mainder of the fiscal year the total xportation of such products will in 1906 for the first time cross the bil ion dollar line. In the eight months andirig with February, for which the Department of Commerce, through its bureau of statistics, furnishes the de tailed figures, the value of agricultur al products exported amounted to A700,000,000, which is a total consid-. rably in excess of the figures for a similar period in any preceding year. Contrasting the figures of 1906 with those of 1S96 and 1901, the growth is strongly marked. The total value of agricultural products exported for the eight months ending with Feb ruary, 1906, was $700,000,000; in 1896, the total was but $404,000,000, and in 1900, $570,000,000, while the largest total previously shown for the eight months ending with Febru ary was $664,000,000 in 1902. The to tal for the eight months ending with February, 1905, was but $568,000,000. This growth occurs in all of the three great groups which form the bulk of agricultural exports, viz., breadstuffs, cotton and provisions, the latter term including meats and dairy products. The largest increase oc curs in breadstuffs in which the gain is $70,000;000; provisions show a gain of $33,000,000, and cotton a gain of $30,000,000, each compared with the orresponding months of the immedi ately preceding year. The group "breadstuffs" includes wheat, wheat iour, corn, oats, barley, and other ce reals, cereal preparations for table food, etc., and in nearly all of these articles there is a marked growth in the eight months ending- with Febru ary, 1906, compared with the corre sponding months of the preceding year. Wheat shows an increase from $3,710,550 iii the eight months ending with February, 1905, to $22,621,958 in the eight months ending with Feb ruary, 1906; flour, an increase from $26,723,329 to $42,098,842; corn, from $27,010,601 to $46,760,572; oats, from $405,283 to $11,255,229; barley, f'rom $3,991,711 to $6,749,364, and corn meal'- from $575,350 to $1,043, 297. The increase in exports of wheat is chiefly due to the' shortage in our own supply which existed in 1905, and a return to normal condi tions in 1906. In the eight months ending with February, 1905, 'only 4,196,000 bushels of wheat were ex ported, while in the same- months ending with February, 1906, the number of bushels exported was 27, 467,298. Of flour the exports for the corresponding months of 1905 and 1906 were 5,853,507 barrels and 9, 785,39Q barrels. Of corn the, quanti ty exported in the eight months end ing with February, 1905, was 50, 938,169 bushels, and in the same months of 1906, 88,234,903 bushels, while of oats the 'total exports in the' eight months of 1905 was' 959,941 buxshels, and in the same months of' 1906, 32,714,453 bushels. These increases in the exports of breadstuffs occurred chiefly in the movement to European countries. To the United Kingdom corn exports in creased 14,000,000 bushels; oats, 13, 000,000; wheat 6,500,000, and flour 2,000,000 barrels. To Geramny corn exports increased 10,000,000 barrels. To Germany corn exports increased 10,000,000 bushels; oats, about 6, 000,000; wheat about 2,500,000, while flour shows but a small increase. Coton shows an increase of $30, 000,000 value in exports during the eight months ending with February, 1906, compared with the correspond ing months of last year, but a de crease in quantity, the total number of bales exported in the eight months ending with February, 1906, being 5,399,055, against 5,879,327 in the same months last year. The increase in value of exports by countries oe urs in the movements to the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and Canada and a decrease in the movements to Belgium, Japan, eherlands and Mexico. In quanti ty, however, the figures show a de cline in movements to all the prin cipal countries except France and Canada, the increase in total value being due to the high average export value per pound, that in 1906 being a little over 11 cents per pound, while the average per pound in the eight months ending with February, 1905, was slightly more than 9 cents. In the group 'designated "provis ions" the total increase is $33,000, 000, a gain in which nearly all the classes participated to a greater or less extent. Lard shows an increase of $11,000,000; oleomargarine oil $4, 000,000; bacon $6,000,000 and butter nearly $3,000,000. While agricultural exports are larger in total value than ever before, it does not follow that they form a larger percentage of the grand total of exports. On the contrary the per centage which they form of the total exports in the eight recorded months of the fiscal year 1906 is smaller than in any earlier year in our history, ex cept 1905, in which they were abnor mally low by reason of the shortage in the grain crop of 1904. The per centage, which agricultural products form of the total exports in the eight months ending with February, 1906, is 59.3, against in 1904, 66.27839456 is 59.3, against 63.8 in 1904, 66.2 in 1902, 68.9 in 1899, and 71.9 in 1898, considering in eachi ease the corres ponding Wnonths of the year named. This indicates that other great groups of our products are increasing even more rapidly proportionately than that designated as agricultural pro ducts, and this relative gain in per centage of the total .exports occurs chiefly in manufactures. The percentage which manufactures form of exports in the eight mbnths -ending with February, 1906, is 32.8, while they formed but 27.2 per cent of the total exports in thee orresponding months of 1903, 22.5 per cent- in the corresponding months of 1898, and 16.5 per cent in the corresponding months of 1890. GREEN & GAYNOR CONVICTED. A Long Trial Brought to An End Case Has Been Pending ror Seven Years. Savannah, Ga., April 12.-Benja min D. Green and John F. Gaynor were found guilty' of conspiracy against the government; presenting false claims and embezzl'ement in the Federal court for the southern dis trict of Georgia today, and tomorrow Judge Emory Speer will p,ass sentence upon them. The defendants were found guilty, with no recommendation, upon each of the indictments. The verdict was returned a few minutes before 2 o'clock, after the jury had been out three hours, and a half. For 14 weeks the case had been in progress and there was the stillness of the tomb in the court: room as Judge Speer asked the jury 'if they had .agreed upon a verdict. Foreman Hope Thomas answered in the affirm ative and the three indictments were taken and the findings read by the clerk. The jury at the request of the counsel for the defense was then polled and each member stated that the verdict rendered upon the indict ments were his. The maximum sen tence that the court may impose un der the law is an aggregate term of 17 years in the penitentiary and a fine of $575,000, the amount of the alleged embezzlement. It is not believed, however, that the sentence will be of extreme severity. Before adjourn ment until tomorrow morning at 10 o 'clock, when sentence will be pro nounced, Judge Speer said: "I have no disposition towards these unfortunate men except to be just as merciful as my duty under the law will permit."' The Minimum Sentence. The minimum sentence permissible under the law is two years in the pen itentiary and a fine of $1,000. The clerk read to the court a corn munication from the jury in which the members tendered their heartfelt thanks to the court. the attorneys on~ b0th sides, the marshal and the oth r offcer of the court for the kindly consideration shown them and the matter in which they hal provided for their comfort and welfare. Judge Speer, in reply, thanked the jury and said: "Since it is true that no jury in the United States perhaps in this century has had an ordeal more severe than yours, surely also it is true that you have rendered a service more likely to be of benefit to the people of this great republic in the future. The court wishes to thank you with all his heart for the manner in which you have performed your duty. Wishing you God speed, a safe return to your homes and families, a long life and much happiness, you are discharged by the court." The defendants' counsel will not discuss the next steps to be taken in the case nor will District Attorney Marion Erwin say what will be done regarding indictments against Oberlin M. Carter, Michael A. Connolly, Wil liam T. and Edward F. Gaynor, who were jointly indicted with the defend ants convicted today. Mr. Erwin this afternoon received a teleram from Attorney General Moody expressing the congratulations of the presiden,t -and the attorney gen eral upon the outcome of the case, upon which Mr. Erwin has been en gaged for seven years. Sketch of Famous Case. No case in the history of the federal court in the southern states has ever equalled the Green and Gaynor case for the sensational interest and the. determined prosecution as well as stubborn defense that has at all times marked it as a record breaker in le gal circles. Dating back years ago when it be came known that charges were being' made of fraud in the dredging of the Savannah harbor, the public eye has centered upon the principal charac ters in the legal drama-District At torney Marion Erwin, who has been the nemesis that day and night has trailed the fugitives-John F. Gay nor and William G. Greene. The de fendants have spent a fortun! several times over in their fight against ex tradiction, have been long under ar rest and for even ar longer time were dodging service servicers in Canada. One of the sensational features of 'the fght was the kidnapping of Greene and Gaynor. This incident almost - ,reached the proportions of an inter national episode before the end was, reached.. Through all the stages of- the case Attorney Erwin has slowly, but surely Iwound his net of guilt about his pris-' oners until the- end was at hand to day at 2 o 'clock in a verdict of guilty. The jury was charged last night, the last word of Judge Speer being spoken at midnight. This came after a trial lasting nearly three months, which has been interrupted by illness of a juror and the death in the family of Colonel Meldrim, of counsel for the defense. Steadily the jury has remained at its post, however, and the members have been away from home long en ou~gh to have made a tour of the world and visited all foreign seas. Their fidelity to the cause of their country has been commented upon by Judge Speer as being just as glorious and patriotic as the soldier's task, who dies in defense against an invading foe. Sentenced Imposed.. Savannah, Ga., April 13th,-Judge. Speer today sentenced Greene and Gaynor to pay a fine of $575,640 and serve for four years each. Each defendant had been found guilty upon all the counts of the three indictments charging conspira cy, embezzlement and preseuting a false claim. Sentences upou the three indictmnts were respectively two, three and four years, but the court ordered that these run concurrently so that the sentence was really for four years. Imprisonment is to be in the fed eral prison in Atlanta. Three months of each year, during which the behavior of the prisoners may be good may reduce the sentence to three year's. The fine need not be paid if. on completing the sentence, Ye prisoners make affidavit that they have not more than twenty dollars. An appeal will be taken. The order of court grants ten days for filing ill of exceptions.