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--- NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAYI JULY 19. 1907 'VOL XLIV - ULLSH OF AUTHORITY If, NORTH CAROLINA. TIGHT ON BETWEEN THE STATE r AND FEDERAL COURTS. I Beid-4 Tha Judge Long Will De- J ;ro of Habeas Corpus for f Release of Agent Green- s Another Indictment. c Raleigh, N. C,. July 17.-After a day of argument by counsel for -T. E. Green, tieket agent, and the South ern railway, pleading for a continu- ( ance of the criminal case against them in the superior court here, presided over by Judge B. F. Long, on the charge of violating the state railroad rate law, the court overruled all mo tions and ordered the trial to proceed tomorrow. General Counsel A. P. Thom of the Southern railway is here from Wash- t ington. Pleas for delay, so as to pre- t pare the case, for want of jurisdic- t tion, for unconstitutionality of the t law and for quashing the indict- 0 mens. were Iade. Judge Long over- e -ruled all of the motions and directed i that a plea of "not guilty" be enter- t ed. I After argument this morning the c court took a recess till 12 o'clock. t Twenty mniutes before this time 2 Judge Long convened court again and r ordered Mr. Green, who had been in jail all night, taken from the custody f of the sheriff and held in the custody e of the court. It will now be necessary c that any writ issued for Green shall N be directed against Judge Long, pre- t siding in the superior court, rand in ef- t fect the writ would be to dispossess o a state court of anthority in a crimi- I nal proceeding. That Judge Long will decline to surrender Greep in obedience to a writ of habeas corpus c from a federal judge is generally be lieved. A telegramfrom Asheville says that t Judge Pritchard is on the way to -1 Raleigh, having mailed the writ on an earlier train. Anindictmen4for violating the state 11w was this afternoon found against General Passenger Agent Tayloe of the Southern Railway company. [ ,AILROAD AGENT BEHIND THE BARS. Raleigh, July 16.--Indicted by the grand jury and brought into court by a capias instanter- Thomas E. Green, , eity ticket agent of the Southern rail way, charged with selling railway tiek.. ets at a rate greater than tFvo and a quarter cents as preseri'bed by law,a was today, in Wake county supreme: court, allowed bail in the sum of $100 for his appearance tomorrow. Green declined to. give bail and was< -put in the custody of the sheriff. He f was Fnot taken to the jail and in the afternoon his attorneys appeared and urged that as it was higher officials who were responsible for the rates that Green .be not imprisoned. The State's attorneys said ,that it was easy for him to give bail. This was not given, however, and tonight ( Green is in jail. Though not stated in court, it is Iknown that Green's attorneys arrang ed to ask for a writ of habeas corpus from a federal cou,rt, presumably be- i fore expected that the writ will be served tomorro,w. It is understood that thestateecourt will resist this step on the ground that there is no juris- 1 diction in Judge Pritchard in Rich mond, and it is the feredal court. The grand jury today brought in an- 1 other indictment against Green, which includes the Southern railway. In-1 dictments for selling at unlawful rates were also brought in against Southern Railway Agents M. E. Powell at Au-i burn and P. A. Creech at Cary. 1 Will Resist the Writ. Asheville, N. C., July 16..--Follow ing the arrest here yesterday of J. H. Wood. district passenger agent of the Southern, and R. R. Graham. on the charge of having violated the new rate law by charging more than the two ad a quarter cents per mile as pro vided. and the arraignment in police court this morning, wvhen the eases were continued. Judge Pritehard, in the Uited States '-ire.uit court, 1ssu ed wits of ha:beas corpus command i the chief of police to produce the risoner before him. Police Judge evnolds communicated with Gov. lenn. who instructed him to proceed 7ith the cases and have the solicitor esist the release of the defendants uder the writ of habeas corpus. Gov. Glenn denounced the action of udge Pritchard in taking the en orcement of the criminal laws of the tate out of the hands of state offi ers. and declared that it was a iglhhanded proceeding. INCREASE TAXABLE VALUES. kov. Hoke Smith Urges Enactment of New Law-Central of Georgia and Southern Railways Men tioned in a Special Mes sage. Atlanta, Ga., July 17.-Gov. Hoke bith, in a special message to the ,islature today. asks an enactment o fix the value of corporate proper y within the state as a basis for taxa ion. He calls attention to the fact hat when the valuation returned by . taxpayer is not acceptable to the omptroller. a plan of arbitration is provided, but the arbitrators, under lie present law, are not sworn and ave not the power to administer the ath to witnesses. , He calls attention o the fact that the Central of Geor ia and Southern railways have made eturns on the valuation of their tan ible property within the state, the ormer at less than one-half the mount which the company officials eclared on oath in a judicial hearing ras its value, and the latter at one hird such mount. He urged that the axation should be on such valuation .s these other corporations are al owed to ~maintain in a court of law. he Southern railway. he declares. is esisting a valuation of $26,000,000 n its property in Georgia, when an ,fficer of the road at a recent hear n in the federal courts swore that he property is worth not less than 48.150.000. The Southern returned he property for taxatior at $14,S4, 123 in 1907. TILLMAN IN AUGUSTA. lays Prohibition in Georgia Will Mean Blind Tigers.-People of South Carolina Are Disgust ed With County Dispen sary plan. The Augusta Chronicle of Wednes Lay prints the following interview vith Senator Tillman: Hon. B. R. Tillman, United States enator from South Carolina, was in Lugusta yesterday. He is on his way rest and again on a lecturing tour. drs. Tillman is with him. Mr. Tiil nan is looking very well-better than or years. But he is the same old Lemocratic Til:lman, plain of speech, ree of manner, with'a sharp word and pleasant word. 'Senator,'' a reporter yked* him, 'what will he the 'effect 'of Georgia >rohibition o.n South Carolina? Does follow that Carolin& will put on tate prohibition?'' '4ou know whpt it means when eorgia puts on state prohibition. 3ind tigers, my boy;.-blind tigers.'' 'Will Carolina follow Georgia with tate prohibition?'' 'Carolina is bent toward prohibi ion of her own motion. Independent y of Georgia action, the people are lanning prohibition. They are dis rosted with county local option and he dispensary. Not because of the rant of the dispensary plan. But the :tate could not successfully watch one >oard of control. Then thirty boards f ontrol can not be watched. They 1ave scattered the stealing, and the >eople are not gonig to stand for ither centralized or scatered steal ng. They are going to put on prohi yition.'' 'The Dolliver ineidenkt. Senator. hat was there in it?'' 'Space rates of some of your iewspaper fellow. I lectured in Jack :on one night. The third night after senator Dolliver lectured there. Some ,ay he ipped me up the back and ieked out the jail as my proper habi at- Others say he differed from me. rml and respectful.ly. All my infor~ aton is from the newspapers. .;ince e (late of Senator Dolliver 's speech hv not seen him. Nor~ have I had muf.annOf with him. '' NEWBEJRRY RAILROAD. Edgefield is Talking of a Line in the Western Part of the State. The Augusta Chronicle of Wednes day savs: 'Th'e interview with Hon. M. C. Butler, the work of the Edgefield, S. C. News and the publicity in The Chronicle, together with interests that have co-operated with thesd in cidents, have resulted, during the last few days, in commanding intense interest. especially' in Edgefield and contiguous country, in the proposed electric railway from Augusta, through Edgefield, to Newberry. There is reason to say, but no authority to say. that the Augusta-Aiken Electric railway will welcome the proposed new line as a feeder and would will-' ingly have the new road tap their line on the way into Augusta. "Edgefield, under the influence of the continued and excellent statement of facts in the Edgefield News, stands ready to do her full share. From almost every ma-n of influence in the town there have been secured expressions of favor for the enter prise. Soon there will be a preli minary meeting of some of the lead ing men there to arrange a definite plan of action. "It is but frankness to say, how ever, that at present the Edgefield efforts and influence are- driected to securing a northern outlet-that is, a line to Newberry or to Greenwood. The preliminary meeting is to the end that a road north be secured, letting 'the southern extension take care of itself until a later date. This Edge field plan is the result probably of the fear, as expressed in the Sunday Chronielc, of Edgefield merchants that closer transportation arrange mentS with Augusta would work to the benefit of Augusta at the expense of the business houses of Edgefield. "Augusta, of course, would wis the southern end given first att - tion. Concentrated action on the rt of the business men here might,n list the co-operation of the Augusta Aiken people and put the new road into this city at the same time that it is tapping Greenwood or Ne rry. The chamber 'of 'commerce might d it to Augusta % advanage to look Ln to the proposition in its pres stae. The Chroniele:blieves t a Hon 'M. C. Butter or,W .. Calhoun, Esq., of EdgefieNE S. C., will meet the chamber of .commerce, or, by letter, put them in possession of the facts in' connection with the proposed railway. "Augusta, and Augusta ~business men, have long since been taught the benefit of the interstate electric rail ways. They are business feeders of Ithe greatest value, and developers of merit. Advancement and enhance ment have charaeterized every section they have tapped and they carry pro gress and prosperity with them wher ever they extend.'' Taik on Missions.' Mrs. J. W. Humfbert will give a talk on missions at Ebenezer Sunday morning, the 21st inst., at 11 o'clock and at Lebanon at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. . - A. H. Best. Advertised Letters. Letters remaining in the post office at Newberry for the week ending July 13. A-B. F. A4nderson.. C-John Cromer, R. A. Courtney, Mrs. Em etia Caldwell. D-C. A. Daniel. Simpson Douglas. F-Carlisle Fars. G-Marley Gailey, Pick Glodennoy, Mrs. Etta Glymph. H-Miss Mary Henderson, Miss Lucy Lee Holmes, Will Henderson. J-Miss Maggie Jenkins. L-Miss Mary Lengs. Geo. W. Long. M-Glario Mendosa. Doslia Marcus. N-Miss Elie Nance, John Nesbitt. 0-Miss Susie Ouarles. R-Miles Riddle. S-Willie Sanford. Mrs. Sarah Salter. Mrs. Addie Semour. France Smith, Mrs. Anna Schoo!, Miss Lucy uide, Mack Suber. W-Mrs. Eliza Warktom. Persons calling for these will please say that they were advertised. WRITES OF ANCIENT CITY. Senator Latimer Tells of Reception by King-Visits Cotton Mill and Travels on Apian Way. Greenville News. Geneva, Switzerland, July 2, 1907. Mr. Editor: In my last letter I stat ed that we were leaving Palermo for Naples. We took a boat from the for mer place at 7.30 p. m., reaching Naples the next morning, leaving Mr. Bennet at Palermo to return along the north side of the island of Sicilia to Messina, and then to investigate conditions in Calabria and Basilica. On our arrival at Naples we gathered our baggage and proceeded to Rome, where an audience had been arranged with the king and with the minister of agriculture and commerce. Our reception by the king was very pleasant. He spoke English fluently, and we found him well posted with regard to conditions in the United States. He had considerable know ledge of the climatic conditions, as well as of the crops grown in the dif ferent sections of our country, and de plored the fact that most of the Ital ian immigrants to the United States are settling in the cities instead of go ing to the rural districts and engag ing in agricultural pursuits. with which they are familiar. He refer red to the fact that the criminal clas ses in Italy predominate in the ci ties, as in the United States, adding that the peasants made better citiz ens for us than those who come from the cities. The disposition of the king I found to be that of a plain, unassuming man. It was easy to see that he was averse to pomp and glamour and the usual trappings of royalty, and in his con versation with us he evinced a deep interest in the welfare of the com moi people. It is customary when aft aching the king during an aud Pnce to make three bows; one on entering the door, the other two while drawing near him; but in our case immediately after we had made our bow on entering the door he came for ward and shook hands. The conversa tion went along in an easy and infor mal manner for about an hour, touch ing upon the comparative condition of the peasants of this country and our farming classes, as well as the pro ducts of.the farm, the amount of land eultivated and the remuneration of the laboring man.* After dur audience with the king we visited the minister of agriculture and commerce. It was necessary to have the services of an interpreter, as he knew no 'English. We found him thoroughly.poted on agricultural mat ters, and 'he agreed to furnish an swers to a list of questions that we left with him. Mr. Rossi, one of the Italian commissioners of emigration, was very courteous to us and gave us a great deal of information, in regard to the ;whole subject. We gathered from these officials that Italy. is a great deal more prosperous than it was eight to ten years ago, and that the people here are sharing somewhat in the prosperous condition that pre vails in the United States. While in Rome we could not fail. to observe on every hand the ruins of the ancient city. There was abund ant evidence of its early richness and greatness-of the times when Rome was mistress of the 'world-the mag nificent Colliseum, the palaces of the old emperors, the forum and the fa mous Apian Way, the military road built by the Romnans more than two thousand, years ago. This road was once lined~with beautiful palaces and villas and tombs all the way from Rome to Naples, but now there is nothing but ruins all along the road. This road, by the way, has been con* tanty in use for upwards of 2,000 years and is in fine condition today howing in spots the old Roman meth. oo of paving, and fhe country ad joining the road is now used only fox farms and pasture lands. While at Rome the commission held a meeting and decided to divide the territory, giving to Messrs. Bennel nd Howell Greece, Turkey, Smyrna A~ia Minor, Southwestern Russia and te country thereabouts; to Mr. Bur ett and myself Northern Italy France. Switzerland. Germany, parn of sa, wong back along thi Northern European coast to Great Britain; to Messrs. Dillingham and Wheeler Austria. Hungary, part of Ruia and other territory in that regiun. Leaving Rome we went to Florence and saw Consul Quay, a brother of the late Senator Quay of Pennsyl vania. In the interview with him we found that very few emigrants had zone to the United States from this section of Italy. He stated that the principal industries are the weaving of straw for hats, baskets, etc., and high-class mosaic work. In addition to these, another important industry is that of marble works of art. The people are peaceable and industrious and as a consequence are prosperous. Leaving Florence we went to Ven ice; but there was little for us to do there, and after spending a day ind night we proceeded to Milan. Milan is the principal city in the northern part of Italy, situated in the centre of a rich agricultural and manufae turing section. We spent nearly three days at Milan, investigating manufacturing and agricultural con ditions, and the work was very inter esting all the way through. We visit ed a cotton mill, and as I think the pecial report we made upon it will he of interest to the people of South Carolina, I will append a copy of it to this letter. I will also write an other letter in a few days covering the result of our investigations into ag ricultural conditions in Italy as af feeting immigration. From Milan we proceeded to Genoa, 'at which point we spent a day and night, and from Genoa we went to Marseilles, France. We spent two days there, making in the meantime a trip about 75 miles in the country to look at some of the farms. On this trip we went to St. Remy, ~a village in the centre of what is probably the greatest seed-growing section in. the world; here the soil, climate, etc., all combine to grow flowers and vege tables of almost all kinds to the high est state of perfection, and the seeds arrow.n here are shipped to all parts of the world. It is a very prosper ous section, and there is naturally no emigration. Leaving Marseilles on Monday morning, we came to Geneva, by way of Lyons and ap the beautiful valley of the R%5ne river. We will remain here for two or three days in order to write out our reports, and then pro eed northward. I will try to send letters concerning our trip as often as possble.A. C. Latimer. The sub-committee, consisting .o Senator Latimer and Representative Burnett, accompanied by Mr. Dun ning, the efficient United States consul at Milan, paid a visit to a cotton mill at Busto Arsisio, a town about 23 miles from Milan, on June 25. There are several cotton millst at this and adjoininig towns. and this is said to be the cenitre of the cotton manufactur in~ industry in Tialy. There are also a number of silk and linen mills in this vicinity, but we did not visit any of them. he mill visited was the Cottonifi io. Venzaghi. Mr. Carlo Venzaghi, n of the proprietor.,, showed us through the plant and was very cour teous. This firm has been operatin a weave shed for some time, and is now installing a spinning department. The prodnet is cotton jeans and kin dred. goods. Most of it is exported to South America and Indiai. The pro prietor said 6o had shipped some rods to the United States, but had or attempted to push this trade.. The milli employs about 800 opera tives~ of whcmr 700, the proprietot sai.. a're women and children. The averae wae for the men was stated to be shout $1 per day, and that for the wvemen and children from 40 to 45 cents a day. The laws of the ountry prohibit children under twel. ye years of. ago tfrom working in the mills those from 12 to 14 years are allowed to work eidTt hours per day: an those above 14 are allowed te work full time as adults. The pro. ,rietiur said his mill runs about ter ours a day. We saw a number ol i ehildren in the mill who appeared t( ie uder twelve years of aze. Mosi f. them were at work, but we do noi k1-.e whether' they were on the pay rolls or were helping other members of their families. The women and ichildren were all barefooted while at work in the mill, but wore wooden saildals while going to and from their work. With this exception they com pared favoraibly, in general appear ance and cleanliness, with the cotton operatives in the Southern States. The commissioners making this re yort are not familliar with the cotton mill operatives in New England. The proprietor of this mill is build ing a large dormitory for the use of the girls and women without families. On the first floor are the dining room, kitchen. and recreation rooms. On the upper floors are large Ibed rooms, with 30 to 40 beds in each room, bath .room, toilet rooms, etc. The build ing is roomy and well arranged, and wIl be very comfortable. The pro prietors said they would furnish board to the operatives, including meals, beds, etc., for 40 centessim (8 cents) per day. He said he did not expect to make any profit out of the dormi tory, the purpose benig to provide comfortable and attractive quarters for women at actual cost, in order to make the mill attractive and secure sufficient help. This 'dormitory plan' impressed the commissioners very fav orably, as it seems to us an admirable arrangemen't for the girls in the mill. The proprietors said they furnished houses for operatives with families at a rental of from 75 cents to $1 per room per month. The machinery in the mill is all of English make, and appeared to the commissioners to be of an antiquated type. even that now being installed. The spinning frames now being in stalled are of the old type with long travelling carriages. The looms are heavy and cumbersome, and no opera tive runs more than two looms. Prae tically all the operatives are paid by the piece. The mill is using eledtric current. which is generated at a watAr power plant on a river some distance away. The proprietors stated that the cur rent cost $25 per horse power per annum for a twelve-hour run. There is considerable activity in water pow er development in this section, .and the proprietor. of this mill said that a number of others mills would soon be started. The mayor of the town stated that there was practically no emigration from this section, but that the demand for labor was such that the town was constantly drawing on the surround ing country for additional labor of various kinds. He thinks the mill operatives here would be desirous as operatives in the United States, but that the mill management would dobtless resist in every way any at- K tempt to induce the emigrants to leave. WALKS OUT OF WINDOW AND STEPS ITTO SPACE. Young Geogre Watson Falls Eighteei Feet While Asleep Without Ap parent Serious Injury. The State. Beaufort, July 17.--At 11 o'cloek last night George Watson, the 11. year-old son of Rev. A. kB. Watson, walked in his sleep out of an open -. second story window on to a roof and stepped off into' space. He fell 18 fet to the ground, but did not sus tan any injuries that now appear ser ios. He has not recovered from the shok, but the only apparent injuries are a cut under the chin and slight abrasions of thie nose and ear. Pleaded Guilty. Sam Washington, who lives in Gray el To-wn, pleaded guilty yesterday morning before the, mayor on two charges which were made against him, the one for storing and the other for selling whistkey. Mayor Brown gave Washington thirty days in each case, or a fine of $60. The two war rants upon which Washington was ar rested were sworn out by Chief Bish op and Policemau Adams. Washington paid the fine. The railroads of England and Ire la:nd are of different gauge. Those of 'Ireland are 5 feet 3 inches. and Eng-.