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(1 VOL XLIV O 3 NEWBERRY S. 0', rES;)AY' JULY 16. 1907. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR BRIBERY GRARGED INJEAUFORT GASE W. H. STALWORTH IS ARREST ED IN GREENWOOD. Approached the Board-Defendant, However, Denies Charges and is Released on Bail by Magis trate. The State. Greenwood, July 10.-Sheriff T. W. MeMillan yesterday received in struetions to arrest W. H. Stalworth, a well known citizen of this county, who made his home for a few years in Beaufort, the order to arrest being based on a warrant issued by a mag istrate of Beaufort county, charging him with a violation of section 46 of present dispensary law. This war rant had to be endorsed by a G reen wood county magistrate, who could then order ithe sheriff to make the arrest. The local magistrate, W. G. Austin, was occupied all day with a case, so Sheriff MeMillan secured the endorsement and order of Magis trate M. G. Bowles of Coronaea, who was in town yesterday. Mr. Stalworth was in town, hav ing come up from his motber's home in the country, where he h been for a few days, preparatory to going to Gainesville, Ga. where the has accept ed a position with his brother, who is the manager of the big otton Mill *t New Holland, built by the late Capt. John Montgomery. MT. Stallworth accepted this position some weeks ago, but las been unable to go to work on aecomnt of a run down condition of his health. He s nt some time here in 'town after eturning from Beaufort and only a ew days ago went out into t'he coun .Iry to his mother's plantation. Yes terday he happened to come to town on business and saved Sheriff McMil lan a trip. Upon the advice of his at torneys, Grier & Park, he waived his right to a preliminary hearing and demanded bail. Magistrate Bowles granted 'his release upon a bond of. $500, which was immediately given. The sheriff of Beaufort county was immediately notified by Sheriff MeMillan of the outcome. Mr.:Stall worth denies specifically and emphat ieaily the dharge made against him. He says :he is not connected in any way with any whiskey house and an ticipates no difficulty, he says, in .pre seating proof of 'his innocenee. For some reason tde sheriff of this county was cautioned to use ''great secrecy'' in making This arrest. Mr. Stallworth was greatly amused at any intimation that such a -thing was deemed necessary. He has done nothing, he says, and, his mrovemen,ts have never been under cover. Indeed he has been on 'the streets of Green wood every day for over a month un til a few days ago. STALWORTH AREST . NO SURPRISE Affdavits Had Been Received Charg ing Man With Serious Violation. H. C. Stallwor'th, former district constable with Beaufort as hieadquar ters, was arrested Wednesday in Greenwood on the charge of attempt .-ing to bribe and influence a mem ber of 'the Beaufort county dispen sary board in violation of section 46 of tihe Carey-Cothran act. For some time there has been an investigation of the charges against StalIworthi and hHle in Beaufort looking into thes Solomons case Auditor West received affidavits that caused him to order the arrest of Stallworth. ? ifiavits have been filed from H. -G. Bu'rkmeyer, a member of the Beaufort. board, and Dr. Elliott, the chairman of the board. The former states sthit ,he- was. approached by Stallwdrth in- regard to purehasing~ liquors from Augusta. Mr. Burk meyer refused to aMow him to dis elose dhe names of the firms repre sented and referred Stal'worth to the law on the subject. Dr. Elliott states that he was ap proached by Stallworth, who asked advice as to whether to work on a a.lar or commission. Dr. Elliott stated halt a salary was more eertai. Then Stallworth said that his house had suggested working on a commis sion, but he was afraid that he might have to divide ithe commission with some one. Dr. Elliott then told him lie had betiter be careful how he ap proached individuals along this line. Attorney General Lyon said last night that he would push this case before the courts as 'he had pushed 4he Solomons ease. An Inquiry. During the Revolutio-,ary War, John Arnold moved, with his family, from near Kings Mountain, North Carolina, to Newberry District, South Carolina. His family consisted of seven sons and one daughter. The,, daughter married a man by the name of Jay. The names of the seven sons were George, Moses, Willi6 John1 Isaac, -Jacob and James. In the year 1807, George, Moses and Wil liam, moved with their families to Ohio, the remaining four brothers and sister staying in Newberry District. Should there be any descendants of those four brothers or sister in that section, will they please correspond with the undersigned and attend the reunion, the n%eee of which is given below. G. W. Arnold, Lockington, Ohio. Arnold Centennial Reunion. .Three brothers, George, Moses and William Arnold, sons of John Arnold of South Carolina, came, with their families, from South Carolina to Ohio in the year 1807. The descendants of these three brothers will hold a Re union in. the Darke County Fair Grounds, near Greenville, Ohio, on Thursday, August 8, 1907. Order of the Day. 8 a. M'. to 10 a .m-Assembling. 10 a. m. 'to 11 a. m.-Addresses of Welcome and Responses. - 11 a. m. to 1 p. m.-Recess for Lunch and Acquaintanceship. 1 p. mi to' 2 p. m.-Talks on 'A Century in Ohio." Reports of Committees and ReoT ,anization. 2 p. m. to 5 p. m.--General Good Time. You and your family are cordially invited to come with smiling taces, extended hands and well filled bask ets. Let us 'honor the memory of our noble ancestors. .All friends of the family kindly invited.' G. W. Arnold, secretary, Locking ton, Ohio. Luke Arnold, President, Ansonia, Ohio. Reception and Information Commit tee.. L. N. Arnold, Greenville, Ohio; W. H. MCool, .Jaysville, Ohio; L W. Arnold, Greenvill1e, Ohio, (R. R. 7.) Rich Men Economizing. New York Sun. ''What 's 'the matter, Mr. Oppen heim?' asked a waiter on duty in the Waldrof-Astoria cafe a few af ternoons ago of Ansel Oppeaiheimn, vice president of the Chicago and Great Western railroad. 'About what?'' rejoined Mr. Op penheim, w'ho is known to all the waiters through his freq,uent visits1 to The 'hotel. 'No itips,'' replied the mai-ter, as he cast his eyes over the empty.cafe. 'Three cent fares 'and 80 cent gas I guess'' laeonically replied Mr. Op penheimi. A little inquiry and a little sig'ht seeing in the cafes or other hotels in New York city developed a similar state of affairs to that in the cafe at the Waldrof. Men .acc.ustomed to lounging in these places for an hour o so laite in the a:fternoon to gossip and take a nip or two now line u~p at the bars of the hotels.. If they must have their beverages they take Uhem standing over ,the bar and save t*he tips to ..the waiters. No class of men, i was said,;:is's~o qnick to re trench at -these lig'htest indication of bflaad times as those aceustomed to An Oriental war would relieve Har riman from the danger of proseeution, a the Harriman Lines would 'haul the men and the supplies aeross the' NO ELECTION IN MARION. Official Notice Given by County Sup ervisor, Which Means a Year of Prohibition. The State. Official nQtice has been filed by the county supervisor of Marion county that there will be no dispensary elec tion in that county this year on ac count of laek of a sufficient number of names. This means that Marion will remain prohibition for this year at least as the law forbids the circula tion of another petition after one has been passed upon. Notice of this ac tion was given in The State a few Jays ago but the official notice issued ay -the county supervisor may be of interest. It is a s follows: 'To the people of Marion county: ''On April 30, 1907, there was fil ed with me a petition requesting me to jrder an eleetion on the dispensary juestion under the terms of the Car ey-Cothrain aet. 'This petition is signed by 1,032 citizens of the county, purporting to be qualified electors. The chairman -of the board of regis tration has issued a certificate which s on file in 'my office stating that there ire now 5,163 registered electors in the .county. Aside from other possible objections which might be raised to the petition, in my judgment, the cer tificate of the chairman of the board >f registration is binding upon me: and, as under the official doeunients )efore me, the petition has fallen short of the requisite number of elec tors, to wit, one-fourth, I am. compell ed to decline to order an eleetion on the pefition filed. ''W. B. R. Gasque, "County Supervisor." Dots From O'weall. 0 'Neall, July 15.-T1he snauner ses sion of O'Neal school opene&the frtr day of July with Prof. L., A. Sease teaeher. The !ot weather of July is very ,disagrcnble to the people. The rmps in this section are '..ok ing fi e at this writing. A large eongregation attended tlie omv.rnion service at Mt. Olivet chur-h the first Sunday held by the pastLr Rev. J. C. Wessinger. . Messrs. Olin Shealy, Pat Wise, Cz ar Wessing er and Luther Derrick went to Newberry Friday. Prof. L. A. Sease has just returned from tlemson on business. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Derrick spent last Wednesday night with their son Mr. J. .S. Derrick in Newberry. Messrs. Backman Derrick and Hen ry Wessinger went to Newberry last' week. Mr. and M~rs. T. L. Shealy spent Friday with Rev. J. C. Wessinger and family at Little Mountain.. Mrs. Catt's Norwegian Maid. The news that Norway has followed iland in granting Parliamentary suffrage to women reeall's 'Mrs. Car rie Chapman Catt 's amusing adven tre with her Norwegian 'maid. The women of Norway have had munici pal suffrage for some years. Several4 years ago, when .the women of New York were trying to obtain the same right. Mirs. Catt engaged a new maid,1 Norwegian. 'The girl was surprised .4 at the large amount of mail received every day by her mistress, and asked Mrs. Catt 's stenographer wha.t it meant. The stenographer explained1 that Mrs. C.at't was an officer in an or ranization which was working to get women the right to vote at municipal lections. The daughter of Norway . looked first surprised, and then scorn-1 ful. "'The right .to. vote?"' she said, 'Wihy, in Norway we have that al ready. I thought they said America.1 was the freest country in the world for women!'' She drew :'herself- up roudly and looked down upon Vhe ittle stenographer; \vho'for the .monW ent found nothing to answer. Cardinal Merry del Val has bought i an automobile and is having the timet if his life learning how 'to run the thing. As one of his great and good i Friends, we would suggest that he at- 1: rach Father George A. Kraft, of e Earleston, to his entourage, at least, , Ltil after he has mastered the ways 1, i m ac.hie-.Nws and Courier. .i FARM LABOR LA IN SUPREME COURT APPEAL TAKEN IN THE ALLEG ED PEONAGE CASES. The Papers Filed-The Present Situa tion is Said to be One of Demo ralization All Over the State. The State. Charleston, July 11.-,The decision f Judge Brawley declaring to be in valid the act of the legislature making the breaeh of 'a arm labor contract a misdemeanor is to be submitted to the supreme court of the UniteJ States for a ruling. -n the office of .the district court to ay t&e neeessary papers were filed ,ppeain frem Judge Brawley's de aimion and taking the case to the highest tribunal. The papers were fi'led by Attorneys William Henry Parker and W. St. Julien Jervey, act Ing for Attorney General. Lyon, with whom they were associated in the re eent q1earing of the test case of Elijab aud Emoch Drayton, in which the ecu,rt rendered its decision and re leased the negroes from custody. A. lengtfhy bill of exceptions, pre pared by the attorneys, 'is filed in the case, setting forth the reasons for the appetai. The court is held to have rred in taking the position that the imprisonment of he negroes on the ehaingang for v-b ir eon raot was a violatin: e f the t'.irteenth ind fourteenfi arPndi'erL., of the 3onstitution of the Frited States. The view of the court is obje' d to on the purpose of the -act in question, the bill of exceptions statinr! that ''it .s respectfully submittid t>hat both the purpose and compulsory service in the payment of a debt, but, in the Legitimate exercise of the-poliee pow r of the state, to punisk crime in repressing fraud in the, breah of a ivi- contract, and ineidentally there by to prevent -the commission of sueh 'lrime. The court is held to have erred in rindiig that "there is n essential fistinotion between an act whicl 'nen alizes -the !-Ih of *a contr1 ir personal seaiif 'withrmt -'icent 'xcuse to be adju..,' '-* t'e court' and 'the act in que- a here which penalizes such breach made 'wilfully 3.d without cause,' that is, fradulent l.'' It is poin,ted out that ,there is 'an essential difference in 'the eye af the law between fraud in the mak inor procaring of a contract for per sonal service. and fraud in .the failare to perform, the same. ''The essence of lhle South Caro [na, statute.'' it is declared, ''is the epiessie. "if the frandulent spractice >f breaking con'tracts of a personal service of the kind indicated, that is, by laborers on farm lands 'wilfully mnd wit'hou't just cause' and incident rly only to induce the performance >f stipulated service in liquida?tion of he debt whichi wias 'the consideration ~or the promse.'' The eonrt is fart'her held to have ~rred in :holding that tihe breach of a ontract of personal service, even if ishonest and franidulent, can not be crime under the constitut-ion of the nited States and ean not be paliz d as suc'h by any state in this Vinion. Error in judgment is~lso hiigin e construction of the eot3t tha e hirteenth amendmet $d he eon#i ution not only provides 'thstg .re ~hall be ''neither slavery nor iiclnvi ary servitude exeept as"* punishpt or crime, whereof the party4 shall rave been- duly'convietedw?' b'ut 'also hat there shall not be ''involuntary ervitude'' even for crime, if the rime arise fr.om tl e breach.of a .cou ract 'of personal 'service. In concluding, the bill of exceppiopng tates that -the 'court'''filed to 'dis;-in uisl1 betweeni, ermipia~ iegislation di -eeted' to tihe erfd of seb1i-ing' di nent of debt and like legislation for he inrpose; o'f #reventinig fraud1 nd nidentalily inducing the laborer not o commit fraud." The case is' a very ihterstLing and mportant one and its% consideration v *t'e supreme eourt will be follow d with mueh eoneern. The ddeisiin of udge Brawley declarin the 4tate ny uneonstit'utional caused muech de acaizton of labor condi'tone og ac tnt of the peculiar relations of Is much of the farm labor to the far- jt mer and much pressure has beeni 2 brought to beer upon the attorney h general's office to press the case fur- If ther and if possible secure a favor- ei able decision to sustain the farm lab- P or law. t) t] Farmer a Union Bureau o ei Information -Condueted by the- P South Carolina Farmers' Eduea- r tional and Co-Operation Union. W@Communications intended for this f, department should be addressed to J. C f, Stribling, Pendleton, S. C. e b Don't forget that all farmers wheth- 1( er members of the Farmers' Union or 1 not have a -special invitation to the r Greenwood meeting 25-26-27 of July. 1 Something Doing in South Carolina. c, The highest move in the interest C of the S. C. Farmers even known is tl now on. The Farmers Union, Cotton si Association and the Clemson Agri- o cultural College Institute Car, are all a out; each waging a separate campaign a: of their own. Each set of speakers are v vieing with each other trying to do e, for the farmer the very important -, things that the farmer has in a gen- h. eral way failed to do for himself. s, If we- are not mistaken in the signs h of the times-that old saw about the ti "downtrodden farmer" will be blown a: off -the face of the land in S. C. The f trend of all these movemen.ts in .the p interest of the farmers is elevating, h onward and upward -to a higher plane. q The less informed are being brought el up towards the top, and no one need si go lower but all interests move up- a ward with the farmer. . We.-vill be delighted to hear of all si the farmers going out to these very ci instrtive- meetings. No ehanee -to W lose anything, by going out to these b meetings. Can farmers set prices on kheir own w rops? Yes, -they can. If farmers do o not set prices. on their own erops some b other folks do it for them, why not farmers do it? si I.t 's time for a change. Farmers R 'take care of your own business -and _ let the other fellow do the quarreling C sweating' and* cussing awhile. The whol'e trend of the educational tj feaf,ure of the Farmers' Union isa leading Southern Farmers to- a per- ti manent higher level of proseprity and , right living.f Southern farmers -that farm right w and raise their own food crops can E afford to eat and live off his own pro- e duts while he holds his cotton and o waits for profitable prices, while the h eotton bear is compelled to buy all s that 'he eats and uses while he waits. When this kind of game is on to a finish, who will starve out first ? Playing with a Two-Edged Sword. Through the teaehing of farmers organizations our farmers are learn Iing fast, and we may state here tihat j Isome of 'our farm papers, and others too, are ilearning that the farmers are F no longer going to stand for any pub iation that is earrying large adver Itisements of- questionable dealers or fraudulent goods. Not long back our government chemist showed up ?'one Iof the most outrageous frauds being perpetrated upon the American farm er, is that of prepared stock foods: common meal, bran, with a' little heap sulphur, salt, epsum salts, pep- N Iper, saltpeter and some loud smellhng stuff, etc., added to change the tas'e, and the mixture. hardly more valuable than ordinary ship stuff) put up -in B flaming, packages, advertised in, big B illustrated ads in farm papers, and sold to gullible farmers at from $250 to $2,250 a ton." And when' some tine: ago the chief Southern contributor of0 one of the farm papers miost largely. circulatd in- our territory, wrote air P article givirfg' thi tfaith about this gi- ~ gantic swindle. and' sent it- to this ~ piper. The reply' came baeli: " The . Stock Food Co. pays us $5,000 'i year for advertising, and we.should h ioe it if we were to print your letter. e Please don't insist.'' Now isn 't' this t farm-paper in league with, and a part4 n~ ner with those that he must know are swindling farmers out of some of their tc hard earned money?1 And more, .these ti farmers are catching up with these farm papers that ar/e helping to rob i he -Thi muzaHng the press. and appressing information directly in 2e interest of fraud and against the iWpVe proteetion of the farmer, will ave to stop just so sooon as farmers ,arn what is going on. When farm es quit patronizing and reading these apers that are in partnership with iose that are swindling farmers; then iese papers will learn to their sor )w that they are playing with a two Iged sword, and when there is no far ter to read these fraudulent ads, this udas money will stop coming -to these apers that divide their money with )scals. Verily the farmer is a patient ass, >r the world. He not only has to .ed them all, but be swindled as well: ren sometimes by his neighbor and rother in toil. Just now, howeyer, oms up an astonishing game of Bunco" by Fertilizer Manufacturers spectfully referring to Bulletin No. 26, issued by South Carolina Agri 3tural Experiment Station, Clems ollege, S. C. According to t='zist iere is seareely a fertil fatory .lling in the state 6 has not one r more brands below .the guaranteed nalysis; over,ane third of the brands nalyzed proved defielent in some one aluable element of plant food claim I by the manufacturer. Even with Worable lawyers to mmke favorable iws for manipulation they are not itisfied but still adulterat.e their rands below the minimum guaran on the sack, of course these men re estimable gentlemen, sit st 'th4 -ont in church, properly robed, sup rt the cause, send .the gospel to the eathen, but somehow they have. no aalms towards plundering the pock ts of our ignorant farmers even by rbterfuge and fraud. Verilythis s day of strange staIrds. Trne tho trmer has a remedy but then he is ich a, patient, docile aes they have ; ased to fear his kick. Sontimes. e hear his sympathy-seardhng b t the sound thereof disturbs.o his Laster, for he knows that he .il' eariY bear his- burden on, ignorait how or when he became aservile Again will somebody reveal the, ory- of how, Ground Phosphate ock, was pushed ok the market, viz. -"floats.'' It was once available at harleston and was known . to be -orth twice as much to, the fari as ie faetory trea-ted Acid Ph6sphate nid cost but half as much. Whio m~ght the farmer that for quick res 1ts ,Jie should use the high priced r metry produet and burn his lands ith Salplurie Acid treated rock. ak of 'this.is a story of much inter t to the farmers .of the south. And fmuch interest to men who want onest fair 'business. Let us have the :ory somebody.-.W. C. Moore. chedule of 1 armers' Union Bally *Meetgngs Arranged by State Executive Committee. -reenwood, S. C. .... .... July 25 aurens, S. C... ... .. July 30 ewerry, S. C.,....... .. July 31 exington, *S. C.,.. .......Aug. 1 dgefield, S. C.,...... .. ..Aug. 3. aion, S.C.,.... .......Aug. 5 partanburg, S. C., ... ...Aug. 6 herokee, S. C.,.. .......Aug. T ork, S. C........ .Ang.8 hester, S. C..... .'.....-.Aug.9 hesterfield, S. C..... .. ..Aug. 10 :ershaw, S. C., .... .....Aug. 13 umter, S. 'C... .. ......Aug. 14~ ee, S. C., .. .... ......Aug. 15 [aron, S. C.. .. ..... Aug. 16 [arlboro, S. C... .... ..Aug. 17 alda, S. C... ...... ..Aug. 20 rangeburg, S. C.'.... .... Ag 22 amberg, -S. C... .... ...Aug. 23 arnwell, S. C..... .. ...Aug, 24 reenville, S. C., .;........ Aug. 13 ickens, S. C..... ......Aug. 14 conee, S. C.'.... .....Aug. 15 These datesare. subjeet 'to change. 'ovide4 the Executive'Commnittee is uld lie glad to correspond with any rmer in any .of the coipties naineJ? regard tpo place best' suited for 1dig these.mieetings, anid any oth K ratter'looking .to the success if e meet;ings. ,The speakers - will be. med. later. Any correspondence. in. fence to above should b?e addressed W. L. Anderson, Secretary, Exequ re Committee, Ninety Six, S. C.. J. B. Pickett., Chairman.. W. L. Anderson, i..A Secty., Ex. Corn.