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\ VOL XLIV NO. 101 1 NEWBERRY. S. O.i S'SIDAY. DECEMBER '20. 1907. TWICE A "WEEK. $1.60 A YEAR m m FARMERS' UNION L MET ON WEDNESDAY W MEETING WAS REPORTED TO BE HARMONIOUS. Wf\} Resolutions Wore Adopted Urging f tlie Legislature to Repeal tho JsV Lien Law. jv Columbia State, 19th. Notwithstanding the foot that fe President Goodwin of the South Oarf olina division of the Fanners' union fiw, "mailed olT" tho state convention of tho union, scheduled to he ivold in Cofcv': lumhia, and declared in his order that K?-nny action taken by said proposed Kt convention would be "null and void," I.delegates from 14 countios arrived in HuaBtbe city yesterday and promptly at EsPf 11 o'clock a. in., the convention was i called to order in the city council |$y chamber. Mr. C. S. Barrett of Union City, Ga., national president of the organization, was present and 8jw? presided over the convention. kJr . .Three sessions were held yesterday, (fy one in the forenoon, another in tlve ? afternoon and one last night. Altot ^ether about 40 delegates were present, including tho officers. The fol' lowing counties were represented: Anderson, Chester, Lee, Greenville, Edgetield, Florence, Greenwood, Cherokee, Richland, Darlington, Lancaster, , Kershaw, Orangeburg and Sumter. Besides President Barrett, the fol- i lowing high officials of tire union were on hand and took a very active interest in the meeting: R. F. Duckworth. president of the Georgia division; T. M. Jeffords of Oklahoma, k secretary of the national board; R. * Tl. MeCullough, national secretarytreasurer. Newspaper men wore not admitted S& to any of the sessions, and very little j || information regarding the proceeds' ings of the convention was given out for publication. The most important work done was the reading of the report of Mr. "NY. C. Moore, state business agent, who has recently returned from Rurope. His report dealt with the work lie has been doing for the union abroad and it is said to have been a "* very interesting 'statement. ITe spent f about six weeks in Europe, visiting the big spinners and perfected ar jpfcl'angemcuts wlierobv the union will be !%JtV^nabled to ship cotton direct to EngM|ISan<l to tho spinners and receive al^<ipn<ist 1 cent per pound more for it MMfthan is paid on the local markets. The scheme for handling this cotw ton in this manner is as follows: Mr. f A., a member of the union, wiil consign 40 bales of cotton to the county business agent, who in turn will consign it to the state business agent, to be exported. About 70 per cent of f the market value of the cotton will \ (d)c paid in cash to Mr. A. through \Theso officers of the union and the rt ^winder will be paid as soon as the rep wis from the shipment are rcceiv- t Mr.?Moore talked at length on >\ the nlvkjer of baling cotton. The i 'Americiv bales are so badly put up r that thtV ai*e hardiy in what might 1 be' term/d decent shape when they t , reach the foreign spinners, and this t causes considerable, complaint nn;l i results in a large loss to the farmers. < 1 He recommended that the union take / K| the matter up with a view of getting ( g more improved methods for baling I ^ cotton. He stated that the state I to business agent of Alabama is now ex- i | pcriri.bnling with four American- < niade compresses constructed on the ft lines of tho compresses used in In<lia. II they prove satisfactory it is ' En proposed to have them 'installed ' 3H througiiout the south as rapidly as rl ^H)>os-il)|c. { BK| ''eport of Mr. Moore consumed ' pari ct each session heid yesterday ' Sft'd it was very generally discussed 1 KnXHk 'he delegates present. $EhH To Repeal tho Lien Law. ?88^ resol'Hion urging the St.nth Car- 11 general assembly to repeal the law was unanimously adopted, question cailed forth general li ^Mussion and it was urged that the EH^M9?al of the law is necessary in orHXHHto protect the farmers through- s ut the south. A similar resolution ms adopted at the Greenwood meetAnoiher matter which came up for iseussion was the parcels post. The mini put itself squarely on record s favoring the passage of a law proiding for a parcels post system and t is announced that a national conilittee representing the union will ppear before congress at the presnt session and urge the passage of he hill. At 11 o'clock last night the condition adjourned to meet again in \:luml:ia on .Juanary 22. Ait this aeeling it is proposed to complete lie state constitution and other maters of more or less vital interest to he members of the organi/aFTon hroughoul the state will be taken up. Although President Goodwin of the iouth Carolina division was present, ui did not preside at any of the essions. "The meeting was entirely harnonious," said a member of the' con entioii last night. "All differences lave been settled and the union is gong to work earnestly and with more im and vigor than ever for tire prin iples whioh il stands for.'' When asked if there would be any 'ha;i?e in officers at the January ueeting, one of the delegates replied hat 1 could not say anything on hat line. 11 was learned till at the "Farmers' 'nion Uureau," which liar, been conlucted by Mr. J. C. Si rib ling of 'endleton, will no ionger be conlucled. It is not known whether Ur. Stribling's recent critiniisms of lie ollicials who called this convenion had anything to do with this acion. Last week Mr. Stribliug had he following " hot slio! " in his "bureau" column, which appeared in uuiers throughout the state: "About the only piausihlc an 1 easonabl excuse for calling this spj iaI meeting, only five months after ve met in July, may be in giving the low members who have come in lince July the opportunity of parti ipating in casting the votes that tlioose the managers for the next even months. Tint some may say hat the act of joining the union unler the leadership of the present ofIcers was equivalent to an endorsenent of the present officials of the niion. At best this December meetn** can not be called any lilting else nit a kind of revolution or revolt at nit own actions. Our constitution hat was adopted to guide the action >f the union has not guided the action if some of our officials but little norc (haii the curl in a pig's tail ontrols or guides (he movements ol he pig's nose." YAQUIS MURDER. Slaughter 12 Mining Men in Mexican State?Victims Lined up and Shot to Death. Nogalcs, Ariz., Dec. IS.?Tnformaion which has just reached here tens >f the friirhtful murder of 12 men ?y a band of 150 Yaqui Indians, 43 niies southeast of Magdalen a, state >f Sonora, Mexico, last Wednesday. \ J. Mclntyre and a party of mining nen of this section have arrived from ihe scene where they viewed the remains of the murdered men. The Yapiis captured the ]>arty of l.T men. \mong the number was Jose Fernanle/., son of President Fernandez of lie town of C'uircnipe and owner of he Mesca plantation, where the killng occurred. The others were Mexi an laborers on the ranch and some ""aiinea miners looking for work. One American was among flic numter. but he was rescued by men who old him thai they were Americans. I'he remaining 12 were stripped nakid, stood up against trees and shot liromrh the head. A band of Ya|iiis is reported to be on'fhe war>ath. Strong prejudices indicate a weak iiind. I Tidden in every vice we plant ies the seed of our own punishment. Sacred things are those things that ervo lif'e in a worthy way. TILLMAN ON LIQUOR. I Advoca.tos State's Eight to Control Wliiskey' Traffic?Two Important Resolutions. Washington, December 18.?In tin? sen ate today resolutions were introduced by Scnii'tor Tillma:i asking the Inter-State commerce commission to report whether any corporation engaged in Inter-State eommeree is the nwnor ol' the stock of any other eor poration transporting passengers and 'frekhl, and calling npon the Interstate commerce commission to define "Hi" authority of the federal govern nn-nt and llio state in respect to the :vm of the liquor trallic through lit? operation of the luter-Slate coin merce law. These resolutions pro vt.UvmI considerable debate an.l were Uinally referred to senate comtnit'tces, though one of them was trans'formed into a bill. The report that a Canadian road lias succeeded in aequirring a majority ol the stock of some American railroad having come to (lie atteniion of -Senator Tillman, he today inlro\lueed the following; resolution: ' "That the Inter-Slate commerce commission is directed to inform the 'senate whether any corporations oji'. aged in Inter-State commerce are tilie owners of any <>f (ho capital stock of any other corporations which are 'transporting; passengers and freights, "and if so the commission is further "directed to transmit a statement showing- the extend and details of 1 such o-wn?rship so far as the facts now appear in the ofliee of the commission, and to state in what cases l-he corporation* whose stock is so ?)w icd have been competitors for irajlie with the corporations owning 'their stock." 1 "Senator, A;ldrich objected to tlva 'passage of this resolution on the "round t'hat it called for a great deal ' 'if information from the Inter-State i vommeree commission, winch would 'consume much time, and h,> thought 'it should first go to the committee on ruler-State commerce in order that hat committee might ascertain how r 'touch work would be involved in it. 'Senator Tillman remarked that the Senator from Khode Island seemed *!o he suspicious. 1 "1 am always more or less sus picious of a resolution coining; from ' 'the senator from South Carolina," retorted Mr. Aldrich. "Because he wants to get facts?" i !aske<l Mr. Tillman, i "Xo," replied Mr. Aidrieh, "be! 'cause he may want to get facts fit I 'ling- into a preconceived idea of what ' should be done. " Mr. Aldrich insisted upon his objection and consideration of the resolution was postponed, which action 'has the effect of deferring it until after the holidays. ' Senator Tillman today introduced the following; resolution on the question of whiskey trallic: "That the committee on Inler State commerce be instructed to consider and report by bill or otherwise what legislation is desirable or necessary .to enable the states in the . 'exercise of their police powers to eontrol the commerce of liquors and 'all alcoholic beverages within their borders so as to aid the cause of tem perance and to prevent the encour agemenl by the United States government of iliicit dealing in the i 'same." Kxplaining his purpose in the ma;'ter Mr. Tillman said it was to pre'vent, if possible, the circumvention mI the laws in the interest of prohi !>ilion which are being generally en-I acted in the Southern States. "Congress attempted by enacting I the Wilson law to protect the people > 'in the enforcement of their state j 'laws, but tire eourls have shaded < down protection until there is prac- ' tieally nothing left of it, and I want' 'the committee to ascertain whether i 'it is not practicable to give relief. 1 j'The decisions of the courts have I'V n on the ground that the la?'s in-I forfore with lntcr-iState commerce,! and it. is on this account, that 1 have , asked to have the investigation made I {'by the Inter-State commerce com mis-' J?ion." | iMr. Pill man would hold the express ' companies responsible for tho evasion of the state laws, lie says they are flooding the local option part of South Carolina and other local option Southern stales wi'th whiskey which is sent in from other state "<C. O. I)." The supreme court of the United States has held that such traflic cannot he interfered with because of ils Interstate character. When 'Mr. Tillman attempted to secure the adoption of the resolution he aroused a ioug discussion. ' Mr. Aid rich suggested that the measure should go to the committee on judiciary. Mr. Till many con scute I .?> the change, hut insisted that any committee taking charge of it should first he instructed to take the qn?s tion up. "Does the sc ator from South Carolina," asked Mr. Kean, "want to 'instruct states what laws they should pass to protect themselves from th"3 liquor -traffic ?'' Mr. Tiliman explained that his resolution simply sought to define tire, point where the police power of the state hep ins. He said t hat as governor of South Carolina he had dealt 'with this question. He wanted some committee to determine how far congress can go in limiting as a police power (lie control over Inter-Stale trallie i:i intoxicating beverages. Senator Clark, of Wyoming, chairman of committee on Jlhe judiciary, 'preferred having the resolution laid over until it could he worded in a way to allow the committee to report "on it intelligently. After further discussion in which 'Senators Bacon, McCumber, Ivnox and Tillman participated, Mr. Knox suggested that the whole difficulty could be reached through a bill. "Draw one," suggested Mr. Tillman, whereupon Mr. Knox prepared 'an amendment to the Wilson bill, providing that the control of the "state should begin as soon* as the 'package is "within the borders of a State and before or after delivery to the consignee." 'Mr. Tillman then withdrew his resolution and offered the bill, which was referred to the committee on judiciary. The bill as presented reads: "Thai ail fermented, distilled or [oilier intoxicating liquors ,,r liquids transported into any state or lerriI to:y or remaining therein for use, ['consumption, sale or storage tiierein upon arrival within the borders of the "State and before or after delivery to '.lie consignee in such state or territory, are subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such state or territory enacted in the legislature for its police powers to the same extent and in the same mannor as though such iiquids or liquors had been produced in such stale or territory, and shall not be exempt there from by reason of being introduced therein in original packages o/ I otherwise.'' NORTH AUGUSTA. In Lime Light On Account of the Aiken County Dispensary Fitfit. Columbia State. The order of the Aiken county dispensary board establishing a dispensary at North Augusta has appar>:itlv stirred up the neighbors just over the line in Georgia as they have not been stirred for a long time. The effort of the city council of North Augusta to block the purpose of the dispensary board having failed, the city of Augusta has now taken up the fight, and there is promise of some warm scrapping. I be state prohibition law goes into effect in Georgia the first day of January and the Augusta people figure that if a dispensary i- established at North Augusta il wi'd >'eceive, a large patronage from Augusta people. and t his I hey do not lake kindly to in the least. They do not (-are to see money poured out "f lli,? pockets of ('he C'f orgia folk*, 'ulfi fl-e treasury of the Aiken county ^ispen* 'irv bo'ird. The following from yesterday's Angurta Chronicle shows that very unusual steps may be taken to prevent a heavy Georgia patronage be iug given the North Augusta dispensary : 44 Tito city of Augusta lias gone after t'lie South Carolina dispensary good and strong. By it resolution adopted in council mooting iast night, presented by Mr. Hotiiwell and seconded by Mr. Hlackshoar, it' the North August a dispensary is continued in operation the strongest forces known to the mouthers of council will be used to curtail the trade which it has been alleged the dispensary is seeking alter the 1st of January? that of the city of Augusta. 44The feature of the 1"it?*ht to be im a do is the fact that if their purpose is successful Augusta will revive a custom which has long since diod out; that of charging it toll for the use of a high way. 1 lie subject of Mr. Hothwell's resolution offered verbally by unanimous consent, was thai :he city attorney be instructed to examine into t'ho contract between the city of Augusta and the North August a Hand and Investment company, by which the North A ugust a b rid ire was presented to the city, and ascertain just what the rights of Augusta are iti the promises; if the city has th.j i right to charge a toll for the use of I till' bridge, and tinder what condijtions the toil may be charged. ; "Mr. Hot It well stated that the ob| ject of the resolution was to guard Augusta against tiie iniquity of Ihv North Augusta dispensary after the state prohibition law goes into effect. lie said unless something of ! t'ho kind is done North Augusta disj pensary bottles will be littering thv streets of Augusta, and the instilution will cause this city more troubh than anything in the wlioic community. 44The opinion was entertained thai a toll can not be charged on t'h< i North Augusta bridge unless it is al | so charged on the Oentre streel j bridge, but certniu of tl:e member.' j of. council believe t he only oxemp | tion on iho North Augusta bridge i> I the free traffic of street cars bci:u I interfered wit It. | ''It is Mayor Dunbar's idea If charge a loll of 2 or 2 1-2 cents oael I way for each person using the Nortl | Augusta bridge; allowing all vehicles I free use of the bridge. This won!, j mean toa! passengers on I lie stree j cars could go over fr-'e, by payiui I the street car company 10 cent: I ai\?; i luit buggies or persons eonh bo driven over t'ho bridge witliou paying anything, but the people ii the buggies or wagons would have t< pay a toll for themselves. 44 It was generally believed tha tais can he done, but the city aftor ney will lake the matter up ill onc< ami make a report to council. It i; understood that if t'his should nol b? possible .council will find some othei way to block the free use of dispell sary liquor in Augusta, and cut of! the expected trade of that inslitu tion. "Mr. Hothweli suggested, durini , the course of the debate, that if th< citty could find no o flier way arouiK the dispensary, the eommissio.ter ol public works could probably eondeini the bridge and have it torn down." More Discretion Than Valor. Fire Commissioner Han try of Nov j ^ ork. in explaining |o a reporter hi) I p 1 n ts for estahli.shing ii fireman': "roll of merit," fold this story: 41 ll lakes pluck," he began. 4<t< be a fireman. A young feilow of on | lv awraje pluck wiis servimr :it hh j Ill's) lire, and the chief rushed up !< I hint and shouted: 4 4 4 Shin up that ladder to the I ei'.'.iiI v si >ry. cr'awl .along- the cornic( j I" 'Ii- '"in 11< window, droj) dowr j three !? '? '- ,ind catch thai wood v j si'/n you .?"? smoking there, swinjj i youf tion" to the second window j tiiat }'i> red glare is coming from 1 bt . :!. i>:< ss. and go in and rescue !:,.se iold ladies-?well, what !ho leu are yo>i waiting for?' " I'or pep a id ink, sir,' said th( I new man: 'I want to tinn.1 in m.\ I resignalicn.' '' No man became a villain all al once. Juvenal. CORTELYOU CITED TO APPEAR IN THE COURT THE PANAMA BOND ISSUE THE QUESTION. Unfair and Illegal Treatment in Manner of Awarding Rocont Bond Issue Allogod. Washington, Dec. IS.?Justice (build of ill,, district supreme court today cited (!eo. B. Cortelyou, secretary ol' the treasury, to appear in court l'Yiday, dan. M, 100S, to show cause why he shonid not he enjoined from turning- over or delivering; the .balance of trtie $'21,4.r>0,000 of the Panama canal honds to certain bank's and persons to whom he has announced allotments. The citation issued by .Justice (Jould is based on a petition t iled by (leo. W. An d in of New \ ork, who describe himself as a taxpayer and property owner in live I nitcd States and who declares he made a proposal to purchase bonds ol Hie advertised issue of the face value of $3,01)0,()<)(). lie avers ire had ' agreed to pay at the rale of 10d.'17fi ; and accrue,1 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 disregard of the treasury department's ; circular No. (18 of the $2."),000,000 of the bonds allotted, only $1,000,000 were allotted to natural persons who were individual bidders for I lit* same a id who, in accordance with the statutes and said circular, were given ^ an equal opportunity Co subscribe 3 therefor; the remaining; $24,000,000 were ailotl ?d to .livers national banks ' throughout the I'nited States and on" lv $:{,.")0,000 of which were allotted to lm'iks which had a higher price * till a n that bid by him. When he learned that his bid had been ignored and no allotment made ) to him iie sav he complained to the 1 department and "the response con1 viuces him (bat it is the secretary's 1 intention io di -regaid the statutes ' and thereby commit a malfeasance ' for which he says he advises and 1 avers Mr. Cortelyou is not a man of * suOJeient means to answer to t.ho 1 citizens of the United States and to 1 !ii:n." i A Nasty Trick. "An amusing; but nasty trick was played in the early autumn at (leorgu \Y. Yanderbill's Bill more estate near Awheviile," said a Pittsburg florist. "A friend of mine, one of t'lie Billmore gardeners wrote and told me about it (he other day. P "It seems that, at the entrance to Biltmoiv, there was a .sign thai read, 'Please do not pluck the flowers without leave.' ' "Well, one visitors' day, some joi kcr added an 's' to the sign's last ' word. As a result, every visitor iefL Bill more that day with a delighted smile and an enormous bouquet." Col. Johnstone in Laurens. Laurens Herald. \0ol. (Source Jiohnslone, of New* < berry, who won high encomiums up; "ii lis signal abiiity as special judge a 11 ; rec; ni term of courl jn Ifieh, la.id county, was in the city yesterday i'ii business. 11 is fully nuder^1 : d that this able and distinguish* , t jurist v. ill ': in the race for t'nited Stales senator. lie ides being' a ^ l;iu\er of surpassing" excellence he is a farmer of practical experience and with success. Mr. .Johns!one iias been a member of the national house of representatives and is familiar with public affairs and acquainted with public men. Mis thorough odu' cation and high intellectual altaiuI ments combined with his plain com! moil sense, executive and business ' ability, and his power as a speaker, ' | will make him a formidable rival. Bo ' j the entries great or small, Latimer j will have Johnstone to beat. I No one ever grained force by putting on frills.