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I, dnt ridey A kd for -Onferenco tL ~ ,As to Railroad sigation in d Qiarleston~ Ji tte, harle'ston,, Feb. 14.--With the SrWeton commercial organizations o -VI, the com0nission of the legislatifre ti .,o. ,d in the fight for the removal of hi he freight rate discrimination b inst' South Carolina and Charles- b on, the Southern railway scents trou- tI Iq nI this afternoon Mayor Rhett, p WlAo ir largely responsible for the it tar'ting of the fight, received a long ti teibgram from President W. W. Fin- li oy -.of the Southern. railway asking t] a conference, Ivith the view of ar- n ving at a better understanding of si mnatter. ~M fayor Rhett haJ had much experi- p ce fith conferences with railroad C 01)le and their promi.-es which nev- e e availed, but at the same time he C is prepared to' give President Finley E a hearing and with this spirit in 0 view he immediately wired the rail- d odd official of his willingness to join f ith him in an effort to arrive at c me understanding. l The Correspondence. The correspondence speaks for it elf. Mr. Finley% telegram was sent b frem Chattanooga, as follows.: ' t. R. G. Rlhett, Mayor, Charles on S. C. t Peing on the line of road, I have seen your letter of the 9th inst. 'Col. Watson, appearing in The a ews and - Courier of the 12th inst. 'While of course not intended, the etter, in so far as it deals with South- 1 rn railway policies, is in many res ects unjust and I regret to note the ourse which the matter is taking, ) ithout first affording an opportun- t y for the fullest discussion and co:n sideration%.on the part of Charleston a nd the railroads serving that city. a "Of the natters involved, I know on will agree with me that the mat rs are not to be solved in a:n.y mis nderstanding of the conditions sur- ti ounding them, and I ask you to join S e in the effort to reach a better un rstanding with respect to the mat- 8 04s involved, as I know you are con liced, as I am, that the most vali 'Ie and patriotic service a man can, ler present coilitions, render his unutry is to assist in establishing a etter and more friendly understand- a jg between people a;nd the rail ,)oads. Mayor Rhett's wire was as fol lows: "W. W. Finley, President Southern Railway. o "Your telegram this date received. ti y,letter was a plain statement of .acts, accompanied by statistics. All want. is fair play for this city and -tate. I shall most cheerfully join you anl effort to arrive at. a better un erstanding of the situation. '' L rlThe reply of Mayor Rihett leive.s A ~ o doubt where he and those who are L sociated with himt stand in having .1t discriminations removed from reight traffic thbrough this section of ,. country to the isort of Charleston. A ~ANTED TEMPElTANCE REFORM A A tal Abstainers Make Demonstra- L tion ft Capital In thelnterest of A the Bill to Rid the District A - of Columbia of the Litju- A or Traffic. pecrance advocates 1,000 stog edthrough the national capit.ol T ti .tof the b)ilh inttroducned in V by Hepresent.ative Weber, to rid the D)istrict of Colum the liquor I raf'fic. Men, women P hzldrten, reCpreseniting~ a score of " b)stinene. orders and loading I' hof the district formed the piro on which mnoved th rough the cap for mnorc thani two hours he Repre.sentative. WVebber and 'r pro~hibitlin advocates were eking -before the house committee the District of Columbia in an fort to secure ai favorable report t'he bill. Only .fifty of the temperance advo tes2vere able to get into the. smallE tiittee room, bujt the army of pro itionists. moved constantly past .doors of the room and lent their pyt to the arguments against theA ,f rum. e 0nrrender'' was the watehwird . p3reformers and .many of them e) a. to the greot oil painting in otunda representing the surrend- t Coiawallis and Burgoyne, and t neing cpnfidently' that right- b je~e alwvays -triumplh, declaredb e~rseverance will inevitably ~'mph to the' tempera.ncea deribons of the Wotn a oupranIee Union pgldo Sbgline of crusajer,d laidii k%d woni, of all ages, nd .women dresed in the heiglit of ashion *wikel with' those .Wearing le plain uniforn- of 'le Methodist eadoless. Many mothers carried [iildren"-in? their rms m and led their milies. Among the men in the pro ssion Olergymen seemed to pi-evail, Rhepresentative Webber, in eharge f. the prohibition - speakers before ie house -'oimitted. and Robt. Crane id the argument against the Webber ill. In his opening speech Mr. Web er said that liquor .is responsible for ie condition. of 90 per cent, of'the ersons -in. the jail,. work house and isane hospital of the District and af )r reveiwing the income from liquor cense, explained fhat Ib falls more an $800,000 short every year of inintaining tile institutions which lie lid liquor makes'necessary. In support of his declaration that rohibition had been a failure wher ver it was tried, Robert Crane quot i from statements of Bishop Henry . Potter, the Protestant Episcopal ishop of New York. The monition f Bishop Potter's name called forth erisive laughter followed by hissing rom th temperence advocates in the >mnittee room. Mr. Crane denoune i the action of the prohibition dele attioi, and stated that Neal Dow, the Eaine prohibition leader, admitted ie week before liLs death that he had ecn on the wrong track all through is long fight for prollibitiol. ,''It is not true '' practically all ic white ribbons in the room ex aimed, jumping to their feet amnd 3peating their details again and Mr. Crane said the south was mis iken in its movement for prohibi itio!,and that the laws regulating quor selling in Ten.nessee and Ken icky have been failures. He stated int the ''blind tigers'' of Tennessee are caused an increase of murder id crime in that state. This brought a emphatic denial from Representa ve Sims, of Tennessee. a ienier of ic house committee oi the District f Columbia, who said the speaker atd no knowledge of what lie was ilking about, and declared that the tate of Teiinessee had found its pro ibition. legislation an unqualified lecess. Misc Phoebe Cousins was among ke speakeis who opposed prohibition gislation for the District of Colum in. She denounmeed the temperance Avocates who hissed 'the nume of i%hop Potter, and said such intol ance was a sign. of iarrow minhded ass. Aren't you glad that you don't 6vi th earth when. it is taxpaying me? EARLESTON & WESTERN OAR OLINA BY. chedule in effect January 27, 1907. v. Newberry(C. N. & L.) 12 :36 p. mn. r. Taurens 1:42 p. mn. v. Laurens (C. & WV. C.) 2:10 p. mn. r. Greenville 3 :35 P. mf. v. Lauirens *2:07 p. mn. r. Spartan burg 3:40' p.m. v. Spartanburg (So. Ry) 3:50 p..m.. r. Hecndrsonville 6 :25 p. mn. r. Asheville 7:30 p. m. v. Lanurens (C. & WV. C.) 1:50 p. mn. r. Greenwood - 2:46 p. mn. r. McCormick 3:40 p.mi. r. Augusta 6 :30 p. mn. Pullmaon Chair Casbetween Au-. .mta, Laurena and Ashbeville, tri eekly. Leave Augusta Tuesdays. hairsday and Saturdays ;leave Ashe lie Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri 'ys. Note: The above arrivals and de irtumres, as weolI as conhIect.ions with ation, anId 'ire nurt gnaranuteed. I*rnest Williams, Augusta, (Ga. Gieo. T. Br.yan, Gen. Agt.,. GIreend~ile, S. C. TATE OF SOUT-H CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWB3ERRY. By Jno. C. Gogganas, Clerk of CQurt, squire, Acting Probate Judge'. Whereas, Annie R. Harris made mit to me, to grant her Letters of dministration of the Estate of and ~feets of William H. Hlarris. T.HESE ARE THEREFORE' to te and adminish allt and singular e kindred and Creditors of the said illiam H. Harris,- deseased, thlat icy be and appear lgefore me, in the ourt of Probate, to be held at New Irry C. H. on Saturday, February Ith, next after publication thereof,' 11 o 'cloak in, the forenoon, to show use, if any they have why the said dministration should not.be granted. ,GIVEN7 under my' Hand, this first y ,of February, Anno Domini, 10'7. Jno. C. (4ggans Clerk of ao t Aoi*JA N C. Ohoate's Answer. Some one asked of Jospl U.' 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