The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, December 20, 1907, Image 1
\ 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.