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1, O NEWBERRY9 S. 0.1 FSIDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1907. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR THE FARMERS' UNION MET ON 1EDNESAY MEETING WAS REPORTED TO BE HARMONIOUS. Resolutions Were Adopted Urging the Legislature to Repeal the Lien Law. Columbia State. 19th. Notwithstanding the fact that President Goodwin of the South Car olina division of the Farmers' union "alled off" the state convention of the union, scheduled to be held in Co lumbia. and declared in his order that any action taken by said proposed convention would be "null and void," delegates from 14 counties arrived in the city yesterday and promptly at 11 o'clock a. m., the convention was called to order in the city council chamber. Mr. C. S. Barrett of Un ion City, Ga., national president of the organization, was present and presided over the convention. .. Three sessions were held yesterday, one in the forenoon, another in the afternoon and one last night. Alto gether about 40 delegates were pres ent, including the officers. The fol lowing counties were represented: Anderson, Chester, Lee, Greenville, Edgefield. Florence, Greenwood, Cheroke, Richland, Darlington, Lan caster, , Kershaw, Orangeburg and Sumter. Besides President Barrett, the fol lowing high officials of the union were on hand and took a very active interest in the meeting: R. F. Duck worth, president of the Georgia di vision; T. M. Jeffords of Oklahoma, seeretary of the national board; R. H. McCullough, national secretary treasurer. Newspaper men were not admitted to any of the sessions, and very little information regarding the proceed ings of the convention was given out for publication. The most important work done was the reading of the report of Mr. W. C. Moore, state business agent, who has receitly returned from Fu rope. His report dealt with the work he has been doing for the union abroad and it is said to have been a very interesting statement He spent \.about six weeks in Eurcye, visiting the big spinners and perfected ar rangemnents whereby the union will be enabled to ship cotton direct to Eng \and to - the spinners and receive al iiost 1 cent per pound more for it *than is paid on the local markets. The scheme for handling this cot ton in this manner is as follows: Mr. A., a member of the union, will con *sign 40 bales of cotton to the county business agent, who in turn will con sign it to the state business agent, to be exported. About 70 per eent of the market value of the cotton will be paid in cash to Mr. A. througn ~these officers of the union and the remainder will be paid as soon as the reports from the shipment are receiv ed. Mr. Moore talked at length on the .natter of baling cot:ton. The 'Ame'rican bales are so badly put up that they are hardiy in what might be- termed decent shapo when they reaeh the foreign spinners, and this causes considerable. complaint ani results in a large loss to the farmers. He recommended that the union take the matter up with a view of getting more improved methods for baling cotton. He stated that the stat-e business agent of Alabama is aow ex perimenting with four American made compresses constructed on the lines of the compresses used in In dia. If they prove satisfactory it is proposed to have them -installed througiout the south as rapidly as o5sible. The report of Mr. Moore consumed part (f each session heid yesterday ci it was very generally discussed the delegates present. To Repeal the Lien Law. resel"tion tlrging the South Car a *ranera.l assembly to repeal the law was unanimously adopted. question called forth greneral ssion and it was urged that the I of the law is necessary in or out the south. A similar resolutic was adopted at the Greenwood mee ing. Another mat.ter which came up f< discussion was the parcels post. Ti union put itself squarely on recoi as favoring the passage of a law pri viding for a parcels post sy.tem au it is announced that a national con mittee representing the union wi appear before congress at the pre ent session and urge the passage the biil. At 11 o'clock last night the co: vention adjourned to meet again Cclumbia on Juanary 22. At th meeting it is proposed to comple the state constitution and other ma ters of more or less vital interest the members of the organizai throughout the state will be taken u Although President Goodwin of tl South Carolina division was preser the did not preside at any of tl sessions. "The meeting was -entirely ha monious," said a member of the' co vention last night. "All differene have been settled and the union is g ing to work earnestly and with mo vim and vigor than ever for the pri ciples whioh it stands for." When asked if there would be ai change in officers at the Janua: meeting, one of the delegates repli that l:> could not say anything that line. It was learned that the "Farmer Union Bureau," which has been co ducted by Mr. J. C. Stribling Pendleton, will no longer be co ducted. It is not known wheth Mr. Stribling's recent eritimisms the officials who called this conve -tion had anything to do with this a tion. Last week Mr. Stribling h: the following "hot shot" in his "b I reau" column, which appeared paners througiout the state: "About the only plausible ai reasonabl excuse for calling this sp cial meeting, only five months aft we met in July, may be in giving t new memhbers who have come since July the opportunity of par cipating in casting the votes th choo-se the managers for the ne seven months. But some may s that the act of joining the union u der the leadership of the present c ficers was equivalent to an endors ment of the present offeials of t union. At best this December met inz can not be called anything el but a kind of revolution or revolt out own actions. Our constituti that was adopted to guide the acti of the union has not guided the acti of some of our offiials but lit' more than the curl in a pig's t~ controls or guides the movements the pig's nose.'' YAQUIS MURDER. Slaughter 12 Mining Men in Mexic State-.Victims Lined up and Shot to Death. Nogales, Ariz., Dec. 13.-Inforn tion which has just reached here te of the frightful murder of 12 mn 'by a band of 150 Yaqui Indians, mies southeast of Magdalena, sta of Sonora, Mexico, last Wednesde P. J. McIntyre and a party of mini: men of this section have arrived frc the seene where they viewed thei mains of the murdered men. T-he 'Y quis captured the party of 13 m* Among the number wvas Jose Ferna dez, son of President Fernandez the town of Cuircuipe and owner the Mesea plantation. where the ki ing occurred. The others were Me: can laborers on the ranch and sor C~annea miners looking for work. One American was among the nu her, but he was rescued by men w told him that they were American The remaining 12 were stripped na ed. stood up against trees and sh2 'through th1e head. A band of Y quis is reported to be on'the we jnath. Strong prejudices indicate a wel mind. Hidden in every vice we p1e lies the seed of our own punishmet Sacred things are those things th t TI MAN ON tIQUOi. Advocates Stre's Right to Contr )r Whiskey-Traffic-Two Important e Resolutions. -d W ashington, December 1.-In t: .d senate today resolutions were intr 1- duced by Senator Tillman :ing tl 11 Inter-State commerce commission s- -report whether any corporation ei )f ',azed in Inter-State commerce is tl Iw1n-2r of the stock of any other co - 'poration transporting passengers ar in 'freikht, and calling upon the Inte is 'tat"e commerce commission to defii te 'the authority of the federal gover t- 'mcnt and the state in respect to tl to '' :rc: of the liquor traffie throut >n he operation of the inter,State cot p. 'me:"ee law. These resolutions pr re 'rr.ked considerable debate and we .. lfinally referred to senate commi ie <tees, though one of them was tran 'formed into a bill. r- The report that a Canadian ro, ai- has succeeded in acquirring a maje s ity of the stock of some Americ, o- 'railroad having come to the attenti+ re of Senator Tillman, he today intr n- ,luced the following resolution: "That the Inter-State commer iy .commission is directed to inform t' ry '-enate whether any corporations e d gaged in Inter-State commerce a >n the. owners of any of the capital sto, of any other corporations which a s' transporting passengers and freigh1 n- and if so the commission is furth of directed to transmit a stateme n- rhowing the extexnt and details er ',uch cwnarship so far as the fat of now appear in the office of the coi n- nission, and to state in what cas c- 'the corporations whose stock is id 'ow:?ed have been competitors f u- 'traffic with the corporations ownii in 'their stock." Senator , Aldrich objected to t: ii 'a.a-ze of this resolu.tion on t e- "round that it called for a treat dE er of information from the Inter-Sta he 'ommerce commission, which wou in consume much time, and ha thoug ti- 'it should first go to the committee at 'Inter-State commerce in order th xt 'hat committee might ascertain h< y 'much work would be involved in n- 'Senator Tillman remarked that t f- senator from Rhode Island seem e- -Lo !e suspicious. he "'I am always more or less si V- 'picious of a resolution coming fr< se 'the senator from South Carolin-a at >retorted Mr. Aldrich. an "'Because he wants to get facts n :asked Mr. Tiliman.. an ''No,'' replied Mr. Aldrich, ''1 le 'cause he may want to get facts f ll ting into a preconceived idea of wh of 'sould be done. '' Mr. Aldrich insisted upon hisc 'jection and consideration of the res 'lution was postponed, which acti abas the effect of deferring it un an 'aftei- the holidays.* Senator Tillman today introdue .the following resolution on the qu< -tion of whiskey traffic: a- ''That i;he committee on Int State commerce be instructed to et sider and report by bill or otherw t what legislation is desirable or n teessary .to enable the states in, t g exercise oftheir police pawers control the commerce of liquors a all alcoholic beverages within th e-borders so as to aid the cause of te: a-. perance and to prevent the encoi n'agement by the United States gc oenent of illicit dealing in t of 'same." 11-. Explaining his purpose in the mi - ter Mr. Tillmian said it was to p: vent, if possible, the circumventi of the laws in the interest of prol - btion which are being generallye acte in the Southern States. is. 'Congr.ess nttempted by enacti k .he Wilson law to protect the peoo o 'in the enforcement of their sta a- 'laws, but tire courts have shad Lr- down protection until there is pre 'tial ly nothing left of it, and I wa 'the committee to aseertain wheth it is not p)racticable to give relii a'The decisions of the courts ha ne:ni on the groundl that the laws 'terfere with In ter4State commer< it anti :t is on this account tha.t I ha it. -asked to have the investigation ma by the Inter-State commerce comm at ion" | Mr. Tillm;an would hold the expre companies responsibie for the evas ion of the state laws. He e-iys they Al are flooding the local option part of South Carolina and other local option Southera states wi'th whiskey which is sent in from other state "C. 0. le 'D." The supreme court of the Unit - 'ed States has held that such traffic re cannot be interfered with because to I,f its Inter-State character. When 2- 'Mr. Tillman attempted to secure the e 'adoption pf the resolution he aroused r- 'a iong discussion. i.d ' Mr. d.Mrich suggested that the r- measure should go to the committee e on judieiary. Mr. Tillmany consente n- o the change, but insisted that any re -committee taking charge of it should h irst be instructed to take the ques n 'tion up. o- "Does the senator from South Car re olina," asked Mr. Kean, "want to t- .instruct states what laws they should s- pass to protect themselves from th - liquor traffic?" id Mr. Tiliman explained that his re r- solution simply sought to define the In point where the police power of the )n state begins. He said that as gov o- -ernor of South Carolina he had dealt with this question. He wanted some ce committee to determine how far con he gress can go in limiting as a police n- -power the control over Inter-State re 'traffic in intoxicating beverages. ek Senator Clark, of Wyoming, chair re 'man of committee on the judiciary, ts preferred having the resolution laid ar ever until it could be worded in a at. 'way to allow the committee to report of -on it intelligently. Its After further discussion in which n- rSe:ntors Bacon, McCumber, Knox Z and Tillman participated, Mr. Knox so suggested that the whole difficuity or ould be reached through a bill. "g "Draw one," suggested Mr. Till 'man, whereupon Mr. Knox prepared a 'n-amAddment to the Wilson bill, he +providing that the control of the state should begia as soon' as tie te package is "within the borders of a l state and before or after delivery ht ,to the consignee." Mr. Tillinan then withdrew his re at solution and offered the bill. which . 'was referred to the committee on h judiciary. ed 'The bill- as presented reads: "That all fermented, distilled or other intoxicating liquors or liquids >m transported into any 'state or terri " tory or remaining therein for use, 'consumption, sale or storage therein " upon arrival within the borders of "the state and before or after delivery e- 'to the consignee in such state or ter it- ritory, are stbjeet to the operation at and effect of the laws of such 'state or ter'ritory enacted in the legisla b'ture for- its police powers to the same extent and in t'he same man o- nor as 'though such iiquids or liquors t had been produced in such state or 'territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being intro ed duced -therein in original packages or Sotherwise." r- NORTH AUGUSTA. In- - se In Lime Light On Account .of the e-Aiken County Dispensary heFght. ad Columbia State. air The order of the Aiken county dis - pensary board establiishing a dispen rsary at North Augusta has appar3nt v-lv stirred up the neighbors just over he the line in Georgia as they have not been 'stirred for a long time. The L- 'effort of the city council of North e- Auzusta to block th'e purpose of tihe on dispensary board havinte failed. the 11- cisty of Augusta has now taken up nthe fight, and there is promise of some warm scrapping. ng The state prohibition law goes in >le to effect in Georgia thd first day of .te January and t'he Augusta people fi ed zure that if a dispensary is establish e- ed at North Auut itwillr-iv a er lare a tronage from Augusta peo er le.andthis the-y do not take kindly af. ~to in the least. They do not care to asee money poured out nf the poeL ets n- of tihe rgoraia folks into 1!e tress eury of the Aiken county ?ispeneary e board. de The following from y-esterday'.s iAngusta Chronicle shows that very unusual steps may be taken to pre ing given the North Augusta uis pensary: "The city of Augusta has gone af ter the South Carolina dispensary good and strong. By a resolution adopted in council meeting last night, presented by Mr. Bothwell and see onded by Mr. Blackshear, if the North Augusta dispensary is contin ued in operation the strongest forc'es kaown to the members of council will be u.sed to curtail the trade which it has been alleged the dispensary is seeking after the 1st of January that of the city of Augusta. "The feature of the fight to be anad'e is the fact that if their pur pose is successful Augusta will re vive a custom which has long since died out; that of charging a toll for the use of a highway. "The subjeet of Mr. Bothwell's resolution offered verbally by unani mous consent, was that the city at torney be instructed to examine into she contract between the city of Au gusta and the North Augusta Land and Investment company, by which the North Augusta bridge was pres ented to the city, and ascertain just what the rights of Augusta are in the premises; if the city has the right to charge a toll for the use of the bridge, and under what condi tions the toil may be charged. "Mr. Bothwell stated that the ob ject of the resolution was to guard Augusta against the iniquity of the North Augusta dispensary after the state prohibition law goes into ef feet. He said unless something of tihe kind is done North Augusta dis pensary bottles will be littering t'he streets of Augusta, and the institu tion will cause this city more trouble than anything in the whole commun ity. '"The opinion was entertained that a toll..can not becharged on the I North Augusta bridge unless it is al so charged on the Centre street bridge, but certain of the members of council believe the only exemp tion on the North Augusta bridge is the free traffic of street cars being 'interfered with. "It is Mayor Dunbar's idea to ebarre a toll of 2 or 2 1-2 cents each way for eaeh person using the North Augusta -bridge; allowing all vehicls Ifree use of the bridge. This would mean that passengers on the street ars could go over free, by paying the street car company 10 een.ts fare; th'at buggies or persons could Ibe driven over tihe bidge without paying anything, but the people in the buggies or wagons would have tc pay a toll for themselves. ''It was generally believed thai this can be done, but the city attor nCy will take the matter up at once and make a report to council. It is understood that if t'his should not be possible .council will find some other way to block the free use of dispen Isary liquor in Augusta, and cat off the expected trade of that institu tion. ".l\fr.- Bothweli suggested, during the course- of the debate, that if thre ent could find no other way around the dispensary, thie commissioaer of public works eculd probably condemn the bridge and have it torn down.'' More' Discretion Than Valor. Fire Commissioner Lantry of New York, in.. explaining to a reporter his plas for establishing a fireman 's 'roll of merit,'' told this story: 'It takes pluck,'' he began, ''to be a fireman. A young fellow of on l average pluck was serving at his first fire, and the chief rushed up to him and shouted: '''Shin up that ladder to the eihtX st )ry, erawl along the eorniee to the f'ourth window, drop down three e.roc.a nd catch that wood.m s<n you see smoking there, swing y ourf aln5 to the second window that t':e red glare is coming from, b1 c': Ass. and go in and res cue e three old ladies-well, what t>e -ku ::are you waiting for?' " Tor eer a:nd ink, sir,' said the ncw manl: 'I want to hand in my No man became a villain all at Ionce.-Tuvenlal. CORTELYOU CITED TO APPEAR IN THE COURT THE PANAMA BOND ISSUE THE QUESTION. Unfair and Illegal Treatment in Manner of Awarding Recent Bond Issue Alleged. Washington, Dec. 18.---Justice Gould of the district supreme coazrt today cited Geo. B. Cortelyou, secre tary of the treasury, to appear in court Friday, Jan. 3, 1908, to show cause why he should not be enjoined from turning over or delivering the balance of the $21,450,000 of the Pa nama canal bonds to certain banks and persons to whom he has announc ed allotments. The citation issued by Justice Gould is based on a peti tion filed by geo. W. Autin of New York, who describeis himself as -a taxpayer and property owner in the United States and who declares he made a proposal to purchase bonds of the advertised issue of the face value of $3,000,000. He avers he had agreed to pay at the rate of 103.375 and accrued interest per $100 and on notice of the acceptance of his bid stands ready to deposit the amount with the assistant treasurer at New York. Mr. Austin informs the court that he has been advised through the public press that in direct violation of the statutes and in absolute dis regard of the treasury department's circular No. 68 of the $25,000,000 of the bonds allotted, only $1,000,000 were allotted to natural persons who were individual bidders for the same and who, in accordance with the sta tutes and said circular, were given an equal opportunity to subscribe therefor; the remainig $!i00),000 were allott"2d to divers national banks throughout, the United States. and on ly $3,550,000 of which were allotted to banks which had a. higher price than that bid by him.. When he learned that his bid had. been idnor-2d and no allotment made to him he sa ., he complained to the department and "tire response eon vinces him that it is the seeretary's intention io disregard the statutes and thereby commit a mialfeasance for which he says he advises and avers Mr. Cortelyou is not a man of sifflient means to answer to the itizens of the United States and to him.'' An A Nasty Trick. "namusing but nasty trick wars played in the early autumn at George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore estate near Asheville,'' said a Pittsburg florist. "A friend of mine, orie of tae Biltmore gardeners wrote and told me about it the other day. "It seems that, at the entrance to Biltmore, there was 'a sign that read, 'Please do act pluck the flowers without leave.' "Well, one visitors' day; some jo ker added an 's' to the sign's last word. As a result, 'every visitor-left Biltmore that dary with a delighted smile and an enormous bouquet.'' Gol. Johnstone in Lauirens. Lauens Herald. berry, who won high encomiums up onl his signal ebility as special judge at the recent term of court in Rich land county, was in the city yester day on business. It .is fully under -tuQ that this able and distinguish 1jurist will b in the race for Unit ed States senator. Besides being a lawyer of surpassing excellence he is a farmer of practical experience and with success. Mr.: Johnstone has been a member of the national house of representatives and is familiar with public affairs and acquainted with public men. His thorough edu cation and high intellectual attain ments combined with his plain comn ,mon sense, executive and business ability, and his power as a speaker. will make him a formidable rival. Be the estries great or small, Latimer will have Johnstone to beat. No one ever gained force by put ne on frills.