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y XIV No 69. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUERDAY'JULY 30.1907. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR N1ORT-GAROLINA WINS ITS FIGHT COMPANUES DECIDE TO PUT IN TO EFFECT TRE NEW RATE. Threatened Conflict Between North Carolina and the Federal Govern ment Over E-nforcement of 2 1-4 Passenger Rate Averted by Rail roads Agreeing to Enforce Nev Law Pending Settlement of the Appeals. Raleigh, N. C., July 27.-The StatE of North Carolina has won in its fight to have its passenger rate law of 2 1-4 cents observed by all th( railroads pending an appeal to thE courts by the roads of the state whiel propose to fight the law. The promise of obedience to the law by the Southern and the Atlanti, Coast Line railways, which, since Ju ly 1st, the date set for the rate lam to go into effect, have been violatin the law. was given late today, at 2 conference which the railroads soughl with Governor Glenn, who had stt ed that as a precedent to any agree ment he might make, that the 2 1-4 cent rate -must first be put into effect The conference was a private one newspaper men being excluded at th( request of. the railroad attorneys. Af ter -the conference, Governor Glent stated that at the beginning of th( conference -the railroad representa tives stated that they were ready t( agree to the 2 1-4 cent rate. later tc be tested in the original inqunctior case before Judge Pritchard, an ap peal if necessary to be taken by stat( to the United State Supreme Court while the railroads would appeal th( Wake county case to the North Car ,plina Supreme Court, and if necessar3 take the case on writ of error, to th( United States Supreme Court. The only trouble in the conference was z selection of the date at which the f 1-4 cent rate should become effective The railroads wanted a longer tim( than the state was willing to grant but finally the eighth of August wa agreed upon, as the railroad represen tatives stated that it would be im possible sooner to make the propei arrangements at heir various tickel offies to supply tickets and to fiJ rates. The conference was harmonious throughout. The state was represent ed by Governor Glenn, State Treas urer Lacy and the special. counsel en gaged by the governor, including For mer Governor C. B. Aycock and Hon E. J. Justice. Speaker of the house o: representatives. The railway repres entatives were Alfred P. Thom. o: Washington, and .Judge Alexander P Murphy, of Louisville, general coun sel of the Soathern Railway, Alexan der Hamilton, of Petersburg, Va. general counsel. and Geo. B. Elliott of Wilmington, N. C.. assistant gen eral counsel of the Atlantic Coas Line, and George Rountree, of Wil mington, N. C., counsel for R. Nelsor Buckley, and other stockholders o1 *the Atlantie Coast Line, who had ob tained restraining orders and ai interlocutory order from Judg Pritchard against the Atlantic Coas *Line. putting the 2 1-4 cent rate int effect. The Agreement. The agreement. reaehed at th conference is: "1. The railroad puts the 2 1-4-cen rate into effect not later than Augus 8. 190~. "2. The state to appeal from th order Ef Judge Pritchard dischargin parties in Asheville on writs of ha 'beas corpus. "3. The Southern Railway app)eal: c Sulpreme Court of North Car the Wake county case, an< case is there decided against i take the ease by writ of error t< ~Supreme Court of the Unite< ates. "4. That both sides co-operate t< ave both of said cases advanced an< argued together and speedily advane ed. "5. The sta,te at its option to indie the Atlantie Coast Line in one case. ''6. All indictments and proseeu ions now pendinz to be dismisset nd no other indictments or prosecu ions to be instituted for any allege< -li(nS of the law up to the tiuii of the new 2 .14-cent rate is put into effect under this arrangement as far as the Governor can control the same. "7. The governor advises all peo ple against bringing any penalty suits pending final determina;ion of the questions involved and asks the peo ple as a whole to acquiesce in this ar rangement. "S. The suit pending before Judge Pritchard to be diligently prosecuted without the state, however,. waiving any question of jurisdicton." Messrs. Alfred P. Thom and Alex ander P. Humphrey, counsel for the Southern Railway company, under stand that the Southern Railway will not inaugurate centempt proceedings because of anything heretofore done -by any of the state officers in con nection with the rate litigation. They agree to do all they can to prevent the inauguration of any such con tempt proceedings. This arrangement between Gover nor Glenn and the Southern Railway is also assented to by George Roun tree, attorney for R. Nelson Buckley and others, complainants, and Alex ander Hamilton, general counsel for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad com pany, except that they do not consent that the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company shall be indicted in one case. As to this clause in the agreement they leave the state at liberty to do as its sense of duty may dictate. Statement by Governor Glenn. Governor Glenn. late to-night, gave out a statement to the press regard ing the outcome of the state's fight for the 2 1-4 cent rate law, as follows: "The governor considers the vic tory in the matter of the state against railroads as one for state's rights and the people. There were many things that added to the victory. '"First, the righteousness of the eause, the determination of the peo ple through their officers. no longer to submit to the oppression of the rail roads or the interference of the fed eral courts. "The governor feels that it is a great step forward for state's rights and that if all the other states of the Union will continue the fight already begun in North Carolina, and insist upon their senators and representa t tives in congress trying to curtail the Sgrowing power of the federal courts, in the future there will be no trouble to control and direct railroads and other corporations.'' - Sanford Back in Washington. -Washington, July 2.-Assistant United States Attorrrey Gener al Sanford returned to Wash Eington today from Asheville, N. C., where he went at the suggestion of Ethe attorney general to look into the matter -. of differences between the federal and state authorities, arising out of the law inhibiting a charge of more than 2 1-4 cents per mile for passen;rer traffic within -the state. Mr. Sanford said he was not at libery to make ime statenent regarding his -mission or the result of it. He left to-I inight for Lenox, Mass., to lay the Swhole matter before the attorney gen eral who is spending his summer vaca 1tion. i A Doubt. " That was raTher slighting,'' said Senator Beveridge of a certain speech. "It was like the speech of the Sold Adams butler. "When I was a boy in Adams tcounty, Judge Blank was taken very till. . The doctor called regularly, but the judge kept gettinz worse, and fin Sally the crisis came. " 'The mlorninlg after the 'eri is the -doctor ran~ the jdbe 's he!! at sun rise. "' '1 h pe your master's tempera-' " 'I'm no ssure an: ii:i.'' the .man as ered. 'HeC diedl. sir in the Ini::'.' '-'ittsburU Press. )Cheap Rates to Little Monntain on IAccount of Newherry College - Reunion. On accouunt of Newberry C'olleg.e re Sunion at Little Mountain. Friday, Au gust 2nd, the C.. N. & L. will sell -round trip tickets limited to date is Isued, good on regular trains from -Newberry at the rate of 60 cents. I .1.~~ T. R4 )MnelOfn SEN. PETTUS PASSES AWAY. rhe Distinguished Alabamian Called! to His Reward.-Died at Hot Springs, North Carolina Was 86 Years Old. Asheville, N. C., July 27.-United States Senator Pettus, of Alabama, lied last night at 10 o'clock at Hot Springs, this state, from the effect of i stroke of apoplexy with which he was seized when at the breakfast table yesterday morning. His entire ody was paralyzed and he never re %overed consciousness since that time. Senator Pettus's daughter and his Zrandson, E. W. Pettus, Jr.. reached Hot Springs an hour before the Sen tor's death, but he did not reen<rfnize them. The attending physicians say that from the time of the apoplecticl 4troke Senator Pettus suffered no pain and that he passed away quietly. While the funeral arrangements have not been completed, it is announced that the body will be prepared for burial here and on Monday will be taken to Selma for interment. The funeral services probably will be held in Selma next Tuesday or Wednes day. ' Senator Pettus arrived at Hot Springs about a week ago from Tate Springs, Tenn. Up to the time of the eizure he was a-pparently in the best of health. At the breakfast table yesterday, it is said, he was unusu ally cheerful, and when he wasl stricken the guests of the hotel thought he merely had a fainting fit. Physicians were summoned from Asheville for- consultation with the local physieians and it was seen that there was no hope of the Senator's recovery. Senator Pettus celebrated his 86th birthday at Tate Springs last week and on that occasion his unpsual vig L was the subject of comment. Gen. Edmund Winston Pettus was the son of Mr. John Pettus, a plan ter, and of his wife, who was a daugh ter of Capt. Anthony Winston. Born July 6, 1821. Gen. Pettus lost his father in early infancy, but was for tunate enough in having the care of a wise and excellent mother. He was educated at Clinton College, Tennes see, and read law in the office of Mr. Wm. Cooper in Tuseumbia. Licensed to practice in 1842, he at once located in Gainesville as the partner of Hon. Turner Reavis. The same year he was elected district solicitor, and was re-elected ira 1849, but resignedl in 1851 when he removed to Piekens. He labored in his profession in Car rolton till 1853, when Governor Collier appointed him to the same of 41ee to fill a vacancy. In 1355 he was elected a judge of the circuit court, and remainedl on -the bench till Janu ary. 1853. He then went to reside in Dllas County. Here he pursued his professional career till the beginning of the war between the states, when he was appointed a commissioner to the State of Mississippi. In the spring of 1861, in connection with Gen. Gar rott, of Perry. and others, he raised the 20th regiment of Alabama infan try, of which he was first major, and soon after lieutenant colonel. He first saw active service in the Ken tucky campaign, and was mn command of the van of Gen. E. K. Smith 's army when it drove the enemy into Covington and Cincinnati. During the winter the 20th was sent to Mississip pi and he, participated in the battle of Port Gibson and Baker's Creek. In the former lie was captured, but made his escape. While the siege of Vicksburg was progressing he became colonel by the promotion of Gen. Garrott. Captured when Vicksburg fell, lie was soon exchanged, and made a bri gadier general. The '20th, 23d. 30th. 31st. and .46th Alabama regiments were placed under him. At Missionary Ridge he was on the right under Hardee. He was also a participant, and a conspicuous one, in nearly all of the battles from Dalton to Atlanta and Jonesboro. Accompanying Hood into Tennessee, his brigade forced the passage of Duck River in squads, in the face of the enemy's rifle pits and carried. their entrenehments at the point off the bayonet. On the re treat from Nashville. lie covered1 the rear. Transported to North Carolinma. in the latter battle. At the surrend er, he returned to his private pursuits in Selma. Gen. Pettus married a laughter of the Hon. Samuel Chap man, of Sumter. His elder brother, .fohn J. P)ettus. was -ov ernor of Mis sisppi. In November. 1896. Gen. Pettus was elected to the United States Sen ate, taking his seat in that body March 4, 1897. Prior to that time he was not a candidate for political of fice. He was unanimously re-elected to the senate in 1903. GOLD BRICK WAS WORTHLESS. Indian Territory Man Pays $10,000 for an Imitation. S0ift: .McAleeter, I. '*.. Jnly 27. J. J. MvAlester, president of the American National Bank. today paid $10,000 en%h for a worthless "gold" brick offered L- a man representing himself to be a miner. The brick, when offered for sale, was taken to Musgokee. appraised at the govern ment offie and found to contain 80 per cent pure gold. When the deal was cOmpleted. the McAlester banker got a wor.thless imitation of the brick the appraiser had examined. The swindle was discovered a few hours after the transaction. BREMEN HONORS LATIMER. Great Banquet Given in His Honor by tpe - Bremen, July 2.-The .enate' to night gave a great banqiet in the Town Hall in honor of A. C. Latimer, United States Senator, of South Car olina,- and the ether memhers of the immigration commission, at which the leading officials, business men and members of society were p':es. - A Cabby Stung. Foreigners often fall a prey to the unserupulous wiles of the British cabby, who basely takes advantage of the stranger's want of familiarity with English -idiom, coinage and lo cality. We have-heard of the intelli gent foreigner being driven about six statute miles in a journey from London Bridge to Charinz Cross. That cabby got the hes' oF the trans action, but a recent attempt to im pse upoX foreign credulity was frustrated eleverly by a son of Gaul, whose taste for joking led him to try to bamboozle a cabby into atteimpting it with him. He dem'anded in sex eedingly broken E~nglish to be dri ven to a certain place, the fare to which was exactly one shilling. It may be remarked that he really could speak English as well as he could his mother tonene. On arriv ing at his destination he asked, still in a struggling fashion: ''Ow mooch 'ave I to pay?'' ''Five shillings.'' promptly re spond the cabby. ''And 'ow mooch is five shill ings?'' queried the traveler, taking out three half crowns and laying them aeross his palm. ''Them three's ri'zht.'' said cabby, pointing to the e:ine. ''Oh!'' said the Frenchman. Then, dropping his 'assumed imperfect ac quaintance with the vernacular. ''Well, here's a bob for you,'' he said. and departed. leaving' his erst while jehu standing with a perplexed expression on his face, which took sme time to disappear.-Tit--Bits. A Factory Romance. So brief is the opportunity for per sonali life with working-people that periu'ps in the little time when they enter into self-cnsciousness they live all the more ardently and vitally. There is a peculiar intimation of this in Mfaude .Radford 's inmensely hu man and compelling stories of fac tory life. ''An Idyl of the Yards'' in the August McClure's, tells the story ofa factory girl of the modern type vigorous, self-reliant, sophisticated -who suddenly meets and grapples with a moral dilemma of which all her worldly-wise experience has taught her nothing. One loses sight of economic laws and theories in reding this tale, so absorbing is the it erest of the human problem: but by implicationl they are still there. hi 1. I- im ~, rn i criminal tale SENATOR BLEM SE TALKS. Of the Liquor Question and Prohibi tion and Dispensary. The Augusta Chronicle of Saturday contained an interview with Senator Cole L. Blease on the situation in Newberry on the liquor question and incidentally on the question as it will probably be presented at the next ses sion of the legislature. The following is the interview: "'Senator what do you think of the failure of the petitioners to have at election on the disepnsary question in Newberry, due to an insufficient num her of names to the petitions?" "Well, sir, while the local optior bill was being considered in the sen ate, an amendment was put in allow ing several counties, Newberry in. eluded, to have an election on the question of dispensary or no dispen sary this year, provided the prope petitions were filed. The amendmen was offered not to earse an electioi to be ordered but simply to give the peorple of the county the opportunit to have such an election provided the3 wished it, and it seems that they diJ not desire to agitate the matter a this time. "Personally, I had no interest ir the matter, and did not sign the peti tion. "I presume that the fight that I made in the senate against the coun ty dispensary system is well remem bered, and I am still of the same opin ion as follows: Because ' do not be lieve that the people of South Caro lina are in favor of such a system a the bill will give them; and becauss I believe that the systein provided fo in the bill will prove a curse to th( state.. "The people are showing that the: are not in favor of such a system, an, the system itself is proving to be i curse, as the troubles in many coun ties of the state already show, an' the further it goes the worsh it wil be, fake and farce, as I said to yoi in an interview of May 12, I am op posed to it, and will ever be. "I believe, however, that if th people of this county had the oppor tunity they would vote to re-estab lish the state dispensary as we had i before, but they are with me ani against this rotten sytsem whic' some counties now have.'' "Do you think that the liquo question for South Carolina will b ne of the main questions(for disens sion and settlement at thre next se~ sion of the legisl.ature, and if s< what if any,' changes do you expect? was then asked Mr. Blease. "I look for a straight fight in th next legislature for state prohibitior and,'' continued the speaker, "I es pet the most interesting fight the has taken place inr the South Carolin legislature since the session of 1895 when we first established the stat -ispensary system. If the state dih pensary people cannot re-establis that system, they will hold the bal ane of power between prohibitio and the county dispensary systerr Then the question will be, what wi the faithful do? Upon the answer t mn South Carolina's pos tion on the liquor question depend "Senator. I notice that in a news paer interview recently Senator Til man is quoted as saying if Georgi zoes nrohibition, South Carolina wi follow in her wake. What effect. i any, in your opinion, will this actio of Georgia have upon this state?' was asked. "I think regardless of what Geor 'ia does. the situation in South Carc lina will be just as I have given it t vou.' The Knuckle-Pusher. "The Knuckle-Pusher'' was th titlg opportunely bestowed by cavalry troop on a fighting Irishmar In a story full of the gallant humo and hardy spirit of the camp. Wi Adams. in the August McClure ' tells how the captain of a troop sas ed his men on a singularly uniqu occasion. and incidentally proved hi title to the lig'ht-weight champion ship of the West. This is one of th best stories of a fight ever writter and is told with the peculiar enlat o -o o.Tal in love with his suTc GONE TO WASHINGTON. Committee from Olemson College to Lay Situation Before War De partment. A special to the News and Courier from Columbia says: "The committee from the Clemson College trustees, which was appoint. ed to consult with the war department with regard to the selection of a commandant for the college will leave Monday for Washington. This com mittee consists of Mr. Alan John stone, of Newberry;'Mr. G. D. Bel. linger, of Columbia; Mr. W. D. Evans, of Marlboro, and Dr. P. H. Mell, president of the college. It is under stood that the committee will lay the whole matter before the war depart ment, and while none of the trustees has had anything to say for publica tion in regard to the. retirement of Capt. Clay, it is known that they feel confident that the war deparment will not be justified in refusing to continue the military feature, at Clemson. The committee will probably be in posi tion to make a report at the meeting of the trustees, which will be held in August, and much that is not yet brought to light will probably be de veloped at that time." L The report of the inspecting officer, Capt. Penn, which inspection was made in April and whose report has r just been published says that every . thing is in fine condition at Clemson. The trouble of which Capt. Clay com . plains it seems took place in June after the inspection by Capt. Penn. . Clemson is a great institution and every one wants to see it sueeeed, and continue to do the work which is rh fi for it to do. Their Ancestry. Mrs. Donald McLean, president of I the Daughters of the American Revo L lUtion, said of ancestry at a dinner in - New York:. [ "I think we would all, if we had I our choice, prefer to be well born. I Good children are more apt to come - from good than from bad parents. Then, besides, good birth is a reeom mendation. In every thing we oonsid - er the source. "It is like the story qf the school teacher. I "There was a teacher, teaching in i a very poor neighborhood, who receiv ed daily gifts of flowers from one of r her pupils, a ragged little 'boy. e"'The flowers were of all sort, - sometimes costly hothouse blooms, .sometimes simple, old-fashioned gar . den flowers. As a rule they were 'somewhat faded. "One day. the boy brought the teaeher a great bouquet of mauve or 1chids. To be sure 'they were much wilted, but none the less it could be gseen that they had once cost a great adeal of money. The puzzled teacher, ~as she took them, said: e" 'Jimmy, where do you get all .these flowers that you give me? You 1 don't steal them, I hope.' "'Oh, no, ma 'am.' the youngster Sanswered, father's an ash man. Philadelphi' Record. A Christmnas Story in August. A great English highway mufflel under a blur of December sleet-a solitary traveler slightly touched with the spirit of knight-errantry-an over Sturned coach, and a distressed lady, decked. like the heroine of the Irish talc. "with gold and silver and pre e ious minerals'-and one enters, at the very outset of Mary Watts' bril liant extravaganza, "'The great North Road.'' in the August McClure's, up on a series of gallant encounters and Sodd imbrolios which up to the very denouement seems to defy untangle ment. So robust and vivid is the atniosphere of this tale that it pro duces an incontrovertible illusion of T ule logs, mistletoe, and Christmas cheer, though read on a summer r beach and under an August sun. i] Nothing so successful in the way of .remantie writing has been done in . years. S Coc-ktail thirsters' in a diy country - are for Fairbanks.-News and Cour a ler. fTractable husbands of Daughters - of the Revolution are for Fairbanks.