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VOL V too NEWBERRY S. . TUESDAY DECEMBER 1907. TWIOEAWEE1.5AYEAR SIMPSON TRANSPERED TO ASHBVILLE DIVISION. Capt. Henry A. Williams' Division Has Been EnlargOd.Le-General 'Shake-up in this District. Columbia State, 14th. The rumors of changes affecting the superintendents of the Columbia and Spartanburg divisions of the Southern railway, were yesterday confirmed by an order from Mr. .W. N. Foreacre, the general superintend -ent of the Southern, instructing Supt. R. E. Simpson of the Spartan burg disivision to report for duty at Asheville to take ~ charge of that division, and Supt. Nenry A. Wil liams of the Columbia division was 'instructed to take charge * of the Spartanburg division, .consolidating that with the Columbia diviion. This means a promotion for each of these officials, which will be very gratifying news to their many friends in Columbia and throughout the state, although Supt. Simpson's removal from Columbia will be a matter of general regret. It is rumored that other changes 'will be announced today , or tomor row, one of the xumors being that Mr. Ge6. W. Bishop, trainmastar of the Spartanburg division, will b4 assigned to other duties, _ and an other is to the effect that Mr. W. W. 3Barber, general yardmaster of the Southern at Columbia will -accom pany Mr. Simpson to Asheville and will be promoted to trainmaster of that division. Mr. Bishop was spe ,eiai law agent for years of the Co lumbia division before the formation of the Spartanburg division. Mr. W. N. F6reaere, general sup erinkendent of the eastern division of the -Souther , is expected to arrive in theoediWi4his morning to consult with Supt. Williams about the oth -er changes whieh this -new order makes necessary. rouble in AAheville. The changes announced in the or der issued. yesterday are caused by the recent dismissal of the head of lieials of the Asheville division. Supt. Ramseur, Roadmaster Ramsey and Traimaster Fortune of the Asheville division were forced to re sign. Their resignations were fol lowed by the resignation of the chief dispatcher and other minor officials. 'e action of the Southern in fore fing these men out aroused a strong protest from many of the business meln of . Asheville and a petition, numerously signed, has been for warded to President Finley, asking that these parties be given a hearing on the .eharges whieh were preferred against them. The wording of the following petition indicates that those charges were of a serious char seter: "Mr W. W. Finley, President Southern Railway Company, Wash ington, D. C.. "Dear, Sir: You are doubtless aware of the recent action of thne Southern railway resulting in the dismissal of Smpt. Ramseur, Road master .Ramsey and Trairmaster Fortune of the Asheville division. "Is is generally understood by the iAsheville -public that there has been no hearing given these gentlemen, and no opportunity of making a pro per defense. We believe that the charges we have heard in conneetion with this matter are untrue; and that, judging by the character of these gentlemen, an injustice has been done through lack of full informa tion. Relying on your sense of jus tiee and fairness, we request you to make a personal investigation at once, so that there will be no possi hility that any injustice ,be done these gentlemen.'" The following telegram from Gen eral Manager Ackert, in reply to a telegram from Mayor Campbell of Asheville, indicates that the South ei- will stand pat in its action: Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 11. John A. Campbell, Mayor, Asheville, - N. C. I have telegram addressed to Mr. Finley in regard to petitions being sent in from Asheville relative to change in division officials at that point. It is not my desire to do any inusice to an one, bu nditions are such on the Asheville division that I feel it my duty to make the changes decided upon. I can assure you it is done only with a view of performing my duty to the Southern railway. C. H. Ackert. -Superintendent Williams is a na tive of South Carolina, his birth place being Williamston, Anderson county. He began his railroad ca: eer when a mere lad, as brakeman on the Columbia & Greenville rail road, now Southern. His father, Capi. Newt. Williams, has been a conductor for years. In time Henry Wilhams was promoted to conductor. f then yardmaster and trainmaster. In 1895 he went with the F. C. & P. (now Seaboard Air Line,) as train master of the lines between Colum bia and Jacksonville. After two years he returned to the employ of the Southern,. as trainmaster of the North Carolina division, with head quarters at Durham, N. C. After a year he was transferred to Greens boro, N. C., as trainmaster of the main line between Spencer, N. C., and Monroe, Va. He held this posi tion about four years, when he was promoted to the position of superin tendent of the Norfolk division, which included the lines from Nor folk to Danville and from Norfolik to Selma, N. C., with headquarters at Norfolk. After a couple of years he was transferred to Columbia and put in charge of the lines now in the Columbia and Spartanburg divisions. Last year, when the territory cover ed by the Columbia division was di vided, Mr. R. E. Simpson was put in charge of the new Spartanburg di vision, Capt. Williams remaining in charge of the lines under the Co limbia division. The change made yesterday puts Mr. Williams again in charge of the territory which he had under his su pervision prior to the ehange of last year which means considerably more work for him and his office force. Mr. R. E. Simpson got his first ex perience in railroading on the West em North Carolina railroad, now the Southern, starting in the roadway department in a minor position. He worked up rapidly,. becoming train master at Asheville' He came to Co lumbia last year, when the Spartan burg division was created, as super intendent of this division.. Mr. Simpson is a native of North Carolina and by the new order re turns to the lines on whieh he start ed as a section hand not many years ago. As division supefintendent he will have eharge of the lines from Salisbury,' N., C., to Ashreville, Ashe ville to Spartanburg and branch lines. Mr. Simpson will leave Columbia this morning for Asheville, but will not move his family for several weeks, probably not until after the holidays. He said last niight that while he appreciated the promotion, he regretted very much that he had to leave Columbia. He made many friends during his stay here and the best wishes of all these will follow him in his new field of labor. Mr. Simpson will have under his control 'the following lines, in addi tion to the terminals: ~Saisbury to Asheville .. i.l.e14 Asheville to Spartanburg .. .. 70 Asheville to Murphy .. ....... 123 Hendersonville to Toxaway ..'42 *Total .... ............. 376 By .comabining t:: Columbia and Spartanburg divisions Superintend ent Williams is put in charge of about 700 miles of road, including terminals, as foliows: Miles Charlotte to Hardeeville .... 239 Columbia to Augusta .........82 Edgefield-Aiken branch ........24 Batesburg-Perry branch ........26 1Total Columbia division .. .. 371 I Miles Columbia to Spartanburg .. .. 9 Columbia to Greenville ....... 145 Hodges-Abbeville branch .. .. 12 Lockhart branch .. ..........13 Total .Spartanburg division .. 264~ Grand total both divisiions, nol including terminals, 635 miles. TDDY AGAINST CORTELYOU. Hitchcock and Capers May Lose Their Jobs-Won't Work For Bill Taft. A special from Washington to the Columbia State says: The deep laid "conspiracy" of Frank H .Hitchcock, first assistant postmaster g4nera, and John G. 'Capers, commissioner of internal re venue, whd have formed the South ern Republican muckamueks into a coalition for the nomination, not of Roosevelt, but of Cortelyou, is the most interesting aftermath of the president's great second renuncia tion. And Washington awaits with both ears trained and one foot sus pended to hear the axe fail upon the benighted heads of the three con 'spirators. For the Great Silent Man himself, who is said to have laid the foundations of the deep plot, if indeed he has not directed every move, is involved now with his two ardent admirers, Hitchcock and Capers. Capers will not today dias cuss the report that his resignation, by request, is now pending, pendant -indeed, between the pen and the sword. It is said here, though, on the best authority that Oapers, when sent for by the president some tinra ago, told the big chief in so many -plain English words with a few others thrown in that if he was expected in the office of commissioner of ,inter nal revenue to organize the federal office holders in his division for Taft then he would resign his office. -If this was a bluff the president did not call it; -he preferred to play the game another way. Mr. Capers makes no denial that with Roose velt now out of the race he is for Cortelyou, though he declares tiat so far as his part in forming the collition is concerned, it was for the president's nomination. This is now -seriously doubted hareabouts, be cause of the smoking out of Mr. Cor telyou's candidacy with various smoke producing circumstances and substances, and for the additional reason that it is known 3o well what obligations Mr. Capers is under to the ambitious secretary of the treas ury, if for nothing e'se than for4his present job. It is a-lso remember ed that Mr. Capers was once reliev ed of a goodly position as district attorney of South Carolina by this same Mr? Roosevelt. Mr. Hitcheoek, too, owes his all to Cortelyou, ~and mighty little to Roosevelt. 'Neither of them owes anything to Taft. As for paying anything or giv ing anything in the form of influ ence, promotion or manipulation tc any leader -high or low without ow ing it or -expecting pay for it after wards these two are not celebrpted for that kind of polities. 'So the conspiracy is thoroughly believed in by many. in Washington. It might be called a 5,000,000-vote conspiracy as. a sort of, oounterpart of the $5,000,000 conspiracy, though in truth it seemns to have more foun dation. Drastic measures are con templated, it is said, but 1lots of things have been said hereabouts in recent days and enterprises of great pith and moment are sicklied o'e with the pale cast of the possibility of making matters worse. And matters would ertainly be made worse should three heads like these fa-1l in a bunch. They would be shorn of their trength whieh lies in the main in their dominance over the federal office holders under them: especially those in the south, which have already been organized with the magie name of Roosevelt as ths eharm. But, on the other hand there would be the effects of so grsaa a row, and the necessity, if the pres ident would make things any bettet for his protege, Mr. T..1ft, of his ap pointing men to these offices wh< would. with the presidential author ity, organize'the federal office hold -ers for Taft. Conli the presiden of the United States afford toad< that? Question for debate: Resolved That Augusta, and not Savannah will be the blind tiger metropolis o: Gco 'ia.-News and Courier. TILLMAN PR.IME.. Will Lay Bare Fina<mial Situation in Senate-Refuses to be Held Off. A special from Washington to the News and Courier under date of De cember 15 says: Senator Tillman will, if nothing prevents, throw some hot shot into the Administration to morrow when he takes the floor to speak on his resolation calling for information relative to the issuing of clearing i\ouse certifieates and the management of national banks. For several days he has been col lecting data to use tomorrow and is now prepared to make some stinging comments on the financial affairs of the government as conducted by the presen't Administration. He is of the opinion that the is sues of clearing house certificates by state institutions may be subject to the 10 per cent tax imposed by Fed eral statutes upon currency issues by state banks, and is not so sure that naticnal banks are not exceeding the rights conferred by their charters when they issue currancy through the clearing house associations. "Incidentally, the Senator will dis cuss the alleged mismanagement of the Mercantile National Bank, of New York, and pay his compliments to John R. Walsh. He is of the opin ion that there has been inexcusable delay in bringing Walsh to trial. The Senator was in communica tion yesterday with the comptroller of the currency and the United Sta tes attorney of New York regar-ing the conditions disclosed by the fail-' ure-of the Heinze banks. There has been a determined ef fort on the part of Rephblicans in the senate to choke off the Tiliman nelution .,'for the good. of the fin adral world and to prevent another flurry," as stated by Senator Ald rich. The real reason is that; as on former oeeasions, the Administra tition ~is seriously guarding its ac tions for political reasons. Just now, especially Sen tor Aldrich and other Repiblican senators, fear an attack on the Administration - from Tillman and would cheerfully shelve an investigation and probable ex posure of bad financiering at this time.. Senator Tilhnan is* backed by Sen ators Culberson, of Texas. and Clay, of Georgia, and shows no signs of letting up in his determination -to demonstrate that in~ m.any' respect3 the financing of the government as now carried on is radically wronig. Besides paying his respects to Walsh and other bank wreckers he is pre pared to handle Secretary Cortelyou without gloves.. -Tomorrow's work in the senate, if Tillman gets the floor, will be decid ~edly of a sensational nature and will .robably- give the financiers of thr3 country somethi,ng inferesting to fi-1 gre on. As already statid iin this corres pondence Sen!atlor Tillman proposes to god to the very bottom of this mat - ter regardless of what the result may be for the present to the busi ness world, believing in the doctrine that a sick patient sometimes needs heroic treatment to bring about an 'ultimate recovery. BNTRY FOR THE SENATE. Hon. Daniel S. Henderson, of Aik en, Announces His 'Candidacy. Aiken, December 15.-The Hon. 'Daniel S. Henderson has announced that he will be a candidate in the state Democratic primary for United State Senator in 1908. Mr. Hender son is so well known throughout the state that it seems hardly necessary to say anything about him. He is one of the leading l wyers of South Carolina, and has always been ae tive in public affairs. He was a can didate for United States senator in 1902 when, it will be re'nembered, the aggregate votes received by the Isix candidates were not very widely separated in thre ffrst primary, Sen ator Latimer and Ex-Governor John Gary Evans leading, and the other four candidates following, all with lange support. SHIP LOST IN STORM. I 'he Schooner Thom as W. Lawson I Turns Turtle and all but Three of Crew Perish. Hughtown, Scilly Islands, Decem 3er 14.-Aifiter fsuccessfully riding F )ut a succession of gales which she r mcountered all the way across th-e v tantic, in which she lost all her b ife boats, the American- seven-mast- S >d schooner Thomas W. Lawson was l apsized in Broad Sound, Scilly Isl- t nds, where the captain sought shel- ti er from the fierce storm raging b long the coast last night. Of the rew of 18, including Pilot. Hicks, l cho boarded the vessel from a life Aver's boat 'during the night, only. h :ree were rescued. These were eC apt. W. N. Dow, of Melrose, Mass.; I 1dward L. Rowe, the engineer, of 1 Viscassett, Maine, and Georg; Alien,- 0: f Bradford, England. t] The schooner left Philadelphia No- P rember 10 for London with a cargo d if oil. She had a hard battle with P he seas all the way across, and t4 vhen she entered the Broad Sound s, ier captain, knowing the dangers of ti he coast, threw out his anchors. La :er, in answer to his signals of dis- J ;ress, the life savers put out two E ife boats and found the'Lawson an- t] hored in a dangerous position off u runner's Rock. The seas were run- t< iing high and the gale was increas- a ng, and the life savers found that h ;heir efforts at rescue were useless. )ne of the boats returned for a tug tl mnd the other was compelled to put e aek to shore because of the exhaus- S ion of the men. During their ab- I ;ence the Thomas W. Lawson turn- d 1d turtle. One of the rescued men o .s ot expected to live, while Capt. Dow is suffering from ,a fractured c irm. Ris rescue was effected af- n er the mnost shperhum efforts of s lhe life savers and the gallantry e )f Federiek Hicks,. the: son of Piloti Reks, who accompanied them on e iheir second trip in the hope of find. a .ng- his father. y Late this afternoon, after a long search, Capt. Dow and Engineer U Rowe were seen alive on the Hel: s wether Rocks, to which they had s lung for upwards of fifteen hours, the tremendous waves preventing .I their making a, ianding. Young a iks plunged into the, boiling seas and swam ashore, carrying a life a ine by means of which he and the a' Captain hauled back to. the boat the o engineer, who was practically unin- 0 jared. After assisting Capit. Dow d Riks was able to reaeh the boat un- e aided, but the effort exhausted him ( and the doetors ordered him to re-b main quiet tonight. Capt. Dow told I ihe life savers that when he found 0 his vessel was doomed he, the 'engin- t ser and the pilot lashed themselves j to the mizzen rigging. When the C masts feil the captajn and the en- 1 gineer managed to get clear. They I jumped to the deck, but were washed e overboard, being carried by the cur- I rents to the rocks where they were t found. Pilot Hicks, however, seem- T ed to be ent,angled in the rigging. I NEBW COUNTY DLBCTION. Petition for Injunction Forbidding it Denied by Cout t 2 Columbia, December 15.--Tne su preme court has refused to issue an injunction against the election 'on Tuesday, December 17, upon the establishment of Calhoun County and has dismissed the petition. The opinion of the court, whicih is writ ten by Associate Justice Woods, re conizes the conflict between the eostitution and statute in regard to those entitled to vote at such elec tion, but disposes of the point as fol- I lows: "The question made by the plain- 1 tiff is obviously a serious .one, but its decision in this proceeding would be premature. The right to vote at < an eleion b'eing a mere politicall ight the general rule is that it is ;. not within equitable cognizance.'' I It will be observed that the Wash ington jury did not delay to let loose the woman who can shoot as soon as '1 congres mt-News and Courier. REACH IN FARMERS' UION. [otice Rocalling Ci1 for Meetin Calls Forth Notice from Origi nators of First CalL Greenville, December 13.-The 'armers' Union fight is warming up i.pidly. Yesterday I'resident Good in called off the Columbia meeting, at today Secretary Earle and tate Agent Moore came back, iarging Goodwin with trying to be le wh1ole thing. They insist that 1e meeting- will be held on Decem er 18. The notices follow: ' "To the Members of F. E. and C. of A., S. C. division: -9 "Wthereas on the request of a rge majority. of the membership a i l for a state meeting to convene L Columbia, S. C., on December 18, 07, was issued by the undersigaad Teers of tire Farmers' Union, after . ie president, 0. P. Goodwin, J. C.. ickett, W. C. Moore, W. L. Kenne y and John T. Boggs had had tha -- etitions of the members presented. > them and had disregarded tthe wne and neglected to respond to ie demands of the membership,, and, "Whereas, the said 0. P. Goodwin, B. Pickett, W. C. Moore,;W. L. nnedy and John T. Boggs assume iat they are the whole .union and tterly disregarded and endeavored > override the will of the members, t ad state that no meeting shall be eld. "Now we state to the members, iat in accordanee with their. record I vote and -wish, a meeting of the 4 tate Union will be held at the City L [all in Columbia, S. C., on Wedries- =; ay, December 18, 1907, -at 10 'clock, a. m. "That every delegate herato#ore aosen is urged to be present:a.nd a <. imbers of the union throughout the tte:are invited&to:ittendan& a seyour county- Jeefrve i their duties: and; amnet povi ,for. theletion:of.elegates you" = re-urged to beprest andIse- that our eounty is represented B. F. Earle, state -secretary, trea rer and agan,t; T. T. Wakefield bate vice preeiden ;. W. L.., Ander-;, , n, secretary executive committee. k "Office of State business Agent,. 'armers- Educational and Co per.p tive Union: "I hereby make a general eall to 1 local and county bu'siness agenits. @ ud all local and 'county -pregidents f the Farmers' Union of South Car lina to meet me in a State FarmeS Jion meeting to be a'eld in the~ ouncil chamber in the City gall of ' olumbia, S. C., Wednesday, Decem. er 18, 1907, at 11 o'clock, for the urpst of devising plans -and 'a aa rganization to make tlie servie of he union benefit each individual aying member, and to report the ' onduct and mansgement / of my ork and offie for the year, and es seially the work - accomplished in stablishing direct sale& and offies ~ or the shipping and delivery of cot on to European spinners. And the esults of my trip to Europe for that purpose.. 'Dhis will be the most im ortant meeting ever held in the n on it. the state and som-e twenty or nore counties will be represented. 'Ie meer-ng will positively be held s stated, disregarding any notices o the contrary. Your interest des nands your presence and protection., - "W. C. Moore, "State Business Agent." GEN. OATES IS SELFECTHD. Lppointed as Commissione~r to Mark Confederate Graves-Has 'Had - Distinguished Career. Washington, Dee. 13.-President oosevelt today appointed Gan. Win. - 3. Oates to succeed Col. Elliott as a 'mirdesionesr (to mark Confederate ~raves. Gen. Oates was a former' 4 ~overnor of the state of Alabama, a ~olonel in the Confederate army, a )rigadier general in the Spanish u~eican war and also a former nember of the house of represents ives. Senator Davis at least convinced he country that his family is big 'nuh-N-.wS and Courier.