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VOL XLVI NO,.18 NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY. M AR011 ,2 1909. TWIOE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR
CORPROXISE AGREED
10 BY THE HOUSE
SENATE AMENDME'QT ADOPT
ED BY VOTE 45 TO 41.
Srveral Prohibitionists P'otest
Against Any iWthdrawal From
Original Idea.
The State.
By a vote of 45 to 41, the house
yesterday adopted the senate amend
ments to the prohibition bill introdue
ed by Senators 'Christensen and Wil
liams and referring the whole matter
to a vote of the various wet counties.
This was not done, however, until Re
presentative Richards made a vigor
ous protest and urged that nQ com
promise be made. This amendment
was in the nature of a compromise, he
said, and the prohibitonists were
fighting for a principle and not for a
compromise. There was not much de
bate on tthe amendment and the vote
was taken within 20 minutes after
-the senate sent over the copy. Many
of the members were out of the house
and there were about 30 not voting, in
addition to the pairs.
The lineup on the vote presented
an interesting situation. The local
optionists were divided on the ques
tioll, as were the prohibitionists. Some
of the local optionists wanted to fioht
the entire matter out and if possible
send it to free conference, with the
hope that it would be killed there.
Mr. Richards, one of the leaders in
the fight for prohibition, found his
own forces divided, Mr. Kibler, who
had voted with him, urging the pas
sage of the amendment. So the vote
was not what might be called a "fac
tional test." There was no, doubt
early in the morning session but that
the amendment would be passed, but
the smallness of the majobrity was
somewhat of a, surprise.
After the passage of the resolution,
Mr. Hall had a resolution introduced.
which waz, that the house felt them
selves in nowise bound to not work
for prohibtion at the nxt session. The
resolution was not considered, how
ever, as it was brought up after Mr.
Hall left the city during the after
noon session. The vote on the motion
of Mr. Richards to refuse to concu
in the senate amendment, which was
defeated, was as follows:
The Vote.
Yeas-Amick, M. J. Ashley, Bodie,
Bowman, W. D. Bryant, Carey, Clary,
Cosgrov.e, Dar, E. C. Edwards, Isaae
Edwards, Foster, Fultz, Garris, Gas
que, W. J. Gibson, Horger, Hughes,
Hydrick, McColl, Mann, Mars, Mob
lev, Niver, Patterson, Paulling, Rich
ards, 0. L. Sanders, Sawyer, Scarbor
ough, B. A. Shuler, Singleton, C. A.'
Smith, Spears, J. D. Sullivan, P. P.
Sullivani, 5uyd.am, Wade, Wiggins.
WilliAms, 0. D. A. Wilson, W. B.
Wilson.
Nays-Speaker Whaley, J. W. Ash
ley, Bowers. Brice, Brown, Carter,
Celer. Daniel, Duvall, Fraser, Gra
ham. Greer', Girifln, Hall, Harmon, J.
R. Harrilon. W. C. Harrison, Hines,
ollis. Jackson. Kib1er. Lawson. Les
gue. McEaehern, Moseley, Nesbit,
Nicholson. Nunnery, Ridgell, G. M.
Riley, Roberts on, Roessler, C. T. Sim
kins, K. P. Smith. Stubbs. Tobias.
Vander Horst. Vaughn. WVells, What
ley, Wingo. Wyche.
SWhen the amendment was brought
,er Mr. Richards at once moved non
oneurrence.
Mr. Kibler wanted the amendment
~dopted. He had supported thie pro
hibition bill and considered the fight
had been won.in part. A compromise
was better than nothing and it wvas a
step in the right direction.
Mr. Richards' Position. .
Mi'r. Richards then explained his po
:sition.' It was no individual fight.
but a matter of principle. After 10
days of continued work the house had
put ithelf onl reco)rd as favoring State
wide nroibionx. It would be a shame
to '-e:-ede from this position. TH
thought the State newspaper, the
le:' ne exponent of local option, had
correetly stated the idea when it saidl
ditorially that a compromise meant
that nothing w~ou1ld be done on the li
quor q,eCStioni if this compromise was
adopted. Ist was known to the news
,paper that this would be proposed
and it might mean the defeat of pro
ibition at least that was the idea
of the local optionists. There was no
doubt but that the newspapers mud
dled public opinion and their influ
ence on this question was not to be
despised.
The vote was then taken, after Mr.
Fraser moved :the previous question,
stating that it had been discussed
enough and he believed the house was
ready to settle the dispute.
As soon as the result was announe
ed and the clincher put on the action
the house in eoncurring in the sen
ate amendment, Mr. Sawyer moved to
recall the bill from the engrossing de
partment, it having been ordered for
enrollment. H6 thought it should be
thrown in free conference and did not
see how the prohibitionists could con
sent ito have such a bill rammed down
their throats and did not see how the
local optionists could consent to the
passage of such a measure. Anyhow,
there were errors in the wording and
he was opposed to any such legisla
tion.
Mr. M. L. Smith, in a point of par
liamentary inquiry, which was sus
tained held that the mill had been or
dered for enrollment and th:at now
nothing could change the bill. He did
not want to be misunderstood as
changing his position. but he thought
an action of this kind would be out
of order. When Speaker Whaley an
nounced that the point was sustained
the fight was ended and the house
turned to the consideration of other
matters.
There is now some questions as to
the election. No funds are provided
for holding the election and unless or-.
dered by Gov. Ansel no election can
be held. Should it be held, the gener
al assembly will have to make an ap
propriation for the expenses and ev
en then it is not believed that a hilf
dozen counties will change their posi
tions.
JNO. Y. GARLINGTON ARRESTED
Requisition Made on Governor of
Tennessee and Sheriff Ooleman
Goes Today to Serve
Papers.
The State.
John Y. Garlington, of Laurens, has
been arrested in Chattanooga as a re
sult of further proceedings in the
celebrated case of the Seminole Se
curities company. Two requisitions'
have been issued in the case by Gov
Ansel-one against Garlington and
the other against Garlington, J. S.
Young and M. J. Jeanes, all being
connected in some capacity with the
concern. Sheriff Coleman leaves to
day for Nashville with the requisiti6n
papers.
The case is familiar to the public.
Te setion for a receivership after
the purchase of the Southern Life
Insurance company, the meeting of
stockholders, at which time newv di
retor.; were elected: the charges that
tle sale of stock was at an exorbitant
price and that Garlington and his as
sociates took a part of the margins on
the sale of stock, have been publish
ed and created much comment at the
time of the proceedings in the courts.
It was announced when the litiga
tion ended that erimninal proceedinigs
woud be commenced against Garling
o and other directors, and the wvar
rants for the arrests were issued yes
trday. The charge against Garling
ton is obtaining money under false
pretenses and the charges against
Garin2gton, Jeanes and Young are
breaches of trust with intention to de
frad.
While Garlington is under arrest,
the others have not yet been served
with the papers, although it is pro
bable that when the announcement is
made that criminal proceedings are
pending all will make arrangements
to give bond.
Helping the Police.
Phils delphia Inquirer.
Policeman (:to l.oierer)-Now, t.hen,
w4vt are you doing bare?
Loiterer-Wh-a-t are you a-doing
here?
Policeman-Can' you see? I'm do
ing my duty.
I.oit eer-An ' ennt y ou see I'm :a
makn' the duty for you to do?
As it Was in the Beginning.
Life.
The good things .that some men deid
-aml wling aronnd on two feet.
W. B. SEABROOK SHOOT
AND KILLS FOOT-PAD
Mr. Seabrook Tried to Escape From
Robber, But He Came Upon Him,
Knife in Hand, and Augus
tan Was Compelled to
Fire or Forfeit His
Life.
(By W$illiam Buehler Seabrook.)
Copyright, 1909, by W. B. Seabrook.
Published by Permission of Author.
Arles, Bouches du Rhone, France,
Feb. 28.-Beneath the ancient ram
parts of Arles, near the Porte de
'Or, in a deserted valley shaded by
cypress trees and littered with the de
bris of ruined sepulchres, extends the
Avenue des Aliscamps, a celebrated
cemetery of the middle ages, once the
holiest a:nd most carefully guarded
spot in Europe, now the most deso
late..
The history of the Aliseamps, ac
co'iin to monkish chronicles, is
mingled from earliest times with mys
teries and marvels. Formerly a pag
an burying ground, it was dedicated
to Christi.anity during the reign of
Constanitine, and when the first bish
ops of Gaul were assembled for the
consecraition rites, so runs the story,
Jesus Christ descended from the skies,
accompanied by a multitude of angels,
and, with His pierced hands out
stretched, pronounced 'the benedic
tion. A granite boulder marks the
spot, .and to this very day credulous
Provencals point out a, curious de
pression in the rock, said to be the
Saviour's footprint. Inaugurated un
der such dramatic and unprecedented
auspices, the cemetery was soon re
nowned throughout all Christendom;
hosts of aged pilgrims, including
kings and princes, traversed rivers;
seas and mountains in order to die at
Arles and sleep within ithese hallowed
precincts.
Around 'this mortuary field are
clustered myriad ghostly legends, and
when the Arlesia.n greybeards ga.ther
on winter evenings to doze and gossip
in some hospitable - chimney corner,
they tell strange tales of saints and
devils and grim speetral bands, un
happy spirits who return by night to
prowl like ghouls among the sunken
graves, searching in vain for bodies
that vandal hands have long since
scattered to the winds. Its massive
stone sarcophagi are yawning and
empty as if -the Trump of Doom had
already sounded for th'eir countless
vanished de.ad, and its barren, crumb
ling toombs recall Ezekiel's prophetie
Visior
'The weird tr,aditi'ons, recorded by
the monks as veracious chronicles and
ree.ounted to me as solemn facts by
the Provencal peasantry were a
strangely fitting prelude to a start -
ling adventure tha,t befell one night,
while I, a matter oif fact ahd sceptical
American newspaper reporter, was
wandering among ithese haunted sep
ulehres of the Old World.
While sojourning at Arles, it occur
red to me 'that the Aliseamps would
present a. superb p)ict1ure by moon
light. Choosing a favorable occasion,
leaving my hotel at an htour whlen hon
est people usually seek their beds, 1
threaded my' way th rough the narrow,
deertedl streets, p)assed the Roman
amphi-theatre, a.nd emerged upon the
amparts. Enc'onering a belated
pedestrian, I hailed him and made
some trifling inquiry concerning the
ro:id to the cemetery, fo I w-a..s not
qute sure that I could find my way
inte .semi-darkniess. He furnishedi
the desired informiation i-ith a p)olite
ness and intelligenee that proclaimed
the gentleman, and then, eyeing me
in a very queer manner, said:-"I bez
pardon, but is it your intention to vis
it the Aliscamps alone at this hour of
the night?'~
T-t was obviously none of his busi
e; wxhat I intended doing, hat his
tone and atti,tudeC were not offi(cions,
and I re=ponded civilly and told him
of my desire to see tne spot by moon
lght.
"If yon will aecept a bit of unsoli
ied advice, '' saidl he, "yvou will
abandon youri implIrudenVt project.'
and when I asked an explana.tion of
his words, he added somuethiing which
I did not ca.tTh. about dane.er and dia
!e. Taking him for a superstitious
erank. I lanighingly experwsed my dis
!,elif in h;-is or) devtils, and wen
my warv.
I will not try: to portray the over
that met my gaze when I entered the
once sacred confines of that ruined
city of the dead. The pale uncertain
light, ibscured by fleeting clouds, re
vealed mysterious avenues and vistas,
half-hidden by t'e trees, passing be
-tween long lines of eip-ty granite cof
fins and leading to the black itouth
of some charnel vault. It was a pic
ture worthy of Dante's pen or Gus
tav Dore's pencil. ideed, the fa
mous Florentine visited the Aliscamps
during the period of his banishment
and bore away a profound impression
of the scene, as testify the lines, "Si
come ad Arli, ove'l Rodano stagna,
fanni i sepolehri tutto '1 loco varo.''
In truth, if certain of his biographers
are worthy of belief, it was here that
he received the inspiration for the
sombre poem in which he chanted
the resurrection of the dead and the
eternal agonies of the inferno. As I
stood beneath the stars, I strove to
picture the commencement of that
tremendous drama: "And now the
Fields Elysian trembled. And the
sepulchres were opened as on the last
day. And the granite coffin lids were
lifted. And from their graves a migh
ty company of the dead marched
forth with inarticulate murmuring..
But my phantastic musings were
brought to an abrupt, unlooked for
termination. Down there among the
ruins, something was stirring, some
thing was emerging from the door
way of a 'tomb. "A rabbit, or per
haps a fox," I thought, but as I was
about to toss -a pebble in tha direc
tion of the apparition, a moonbeam
filtered through: the tree stops, and
for an instant the moving figure was
distinctly visible. It was a bony, hu
man arm, !a ghastly, groping arm,
from which the shredded flesh seem
d hanging in tattered ribbons! Then
the shadows closed, while a tall, gaunt
form glided swiftly from the sepul
cr-re, and, crouching like a tiger, dis
appeared among the rocks.
The blood seemed frozen in my
veins.' .and I stood paralyzed in my
tracks, helplessly waiting for I knew
not what. My first emotions were
those which such a sight would natur
ally awaken in the breast of the aver
age man, terror in the presence of an
appareLI supernatural vision, ming
led with a deeprooted fear of . the
dead; but gradually this unreasoning,
childish fear was dissipated by the
increasing intensity of a radically
different sensation, a lively and intui
tive apprehension of imminent bodily
danger coupled with the animal in
stint of self-preservation. Bending
low to e'arthi, avoiding lighted spaces,
creeping steathily from hollow to hiol
low, striving t.o screen my movemgent
by tree trunks and crumbling walls, I
hurried toward the public road, flee
in from the nameless peril that I felt
was foll owing in my footsteps, east
ing nervous glances behind me fromn
time to~ time, and catehng mnonen
tary glimnpses of the slinking form.
Nearer and nearer it approachied; my
knees were tre:nbling and: my pace
~as growing feeble: flight was now
inossible for I d:ared ni !.onger turui
:n back uponi that which was pursu
ino mec. Despera.te, rather t:han coura
aeous, I strode str.adight toward the
pat wvhere I had Last seen the fleet
a hadow. Swiftly and silently the
hn rose and rushed to meet me.
Pointblack I fired. guided by mnvol
m!atay im)pu1le, and then, as the
s~ihlrp rep):rt broke the nervous ten
son and arounsed meC to volun1tary ae
tivity. I fired again. Blinded by the
powder's flash, dazedl aud deafened
by the noise, bewildered by my
srange surroundings, I st'umblett
from t he cemetery without venturing
to ascrtrAn the nature of my myster
ios as Vadbmt, for I wa:s too) compllete
lv unstrung t.o face the sigh.t which I
supposed would have greeted mv'e T
Returning to Aries, I went to the
gendarmerie, aroused the sleeping ser
et and t-old my story. I could not
elp realizing that it sounded highly
imp)robable, even absurb, and I was
uzzled to observe tha.t -the omeiers,
after su)ressing first exclamationi of
aonishment, aeeepted my accoutit
w .it ho t cross-questio1ning~ or conmment,
fl)dd.ed his head gravely aind remark
ed th.A I was extremnely fortuni~ate' n
~aterns wecre li:.ed, ai Itah
L .)irmed, anid I led th wa:
to the .Aliseamnp', whe.re We verified
il predi,tion of thme serge.ant. Out
str,tce uown the g-rass lay the body
of -a villainous looking tramp, clothed
in rags, his stiffened fingers still
el.nehed around the hilt of a long,
inurderous knife.
The following day I learned that
ilre Aliscamps were notorious as a
rendezvous for vauriens and vag
rants, who frequently sought shelter
in the abandoned tombs, and that sev
eral robberies and mauvais coups at
tributed to these ghouls in recent
years had contributed not a little to
the evil reputatio-n of tlh cemetery. It
was 'against these diables, or pauvres
diables, as the class is commonly de
.nominated in France, that the gentle
man on the ramparts had wished to
warn me-and I hiad been too stupid
or too hasty to understand.
GOVERNOR PATTERSON
ON THE STAND
Tennessee Executive Told of Col.
Cooper's Demeanor.
Nashville, Feb. 27.-Two facts
stood out istrongly in the Cooper
Sharpe trial today for the murder of
former Senator Carmack. One w
the calling by the defense of Govt.,
nor M. R. Patterson, the other was
the failure of the State to cross-ex
amine him. It has generally been con
ceded, however, that innocently Gov
ernor Patterson was one of the re
mote causes of the killing.
Gov. Patterson testified twice
once before the court and again be
fore the jury. To the court he hold
how he was called over th-e telephone
by Colonel Cooper's daughter, Mrs.
Lucius Burch. What Mrs. Burch
told him he did not say, but, it is
known the girl was in deadly terror
and appealed to the chief executive
to use his influence to avert the
tragedy. Whatever it was that Mrs.
Burch said so impressed the Gover
nor that he took his private secre
tary and began a frenzied hunt for
the colonel, commencing at nine
o 'clock and ending at noon at the
Maxwell House where he found Col.
Cooper.
He told of the conference there, at
which besides himself were present
Colonel Cooper, Attorney James
Bradford and Robin Cooper. He de
scribed the colonel's anger and his
declaration, and told how they sooth
ed the old soldier and made him pro
mise to let his friends arrange a
peaceable settlement.
After he told his story to the court,
Judge Hart listened to arguments and
decided the governor could not repeat
the conversation at a conference at
tended but might say what the result
was and describe the colonel 's manner
and demeanor.
The State to the surprise of all de
elined to cross-examine today but re
served the right to recall the gover
nor later for a grilling.
Immediately after the governor was
exused the judge adjourned court.
Attorney General Garner opened
the day 's proceedings b)y asking that
further cross-examination of T. L.
Thompson on the subject in dispute
he postponed until later. '"We have
some authorities to cite and will pre
pare a brief. In the meantime we
will ask Thompson a few questions
not connected withi his visi.t to Sena
tor Carmaek. The jury wa brough.t
"Mr. Thompson wvhen you reached
Senator Carmnack 's body did you see
a hat.'
"Not until after we puLt the bodyv
in the wagon when some one handed
me a green hat and said it was his.
"Was it Carmack's?"
"'I understand that was not the
senator's."' Witness told how upon
hearing Senator Carmack had been
shot he ran from the capitol block
away to the scene of the tragedy.
"YXou came down Seventh avenue
ou the same side of the street that
John Sharp, one of the defendants,
laims he wvent up towards the capi
tol '''
"'It was a most unusually smoky
day, forest fires had been raging, it
was c.oludy and as there wvas no wind
a p)all of smoke hung over the city,''
the witness said.
('ould von tell or see a blue steel
'itol hailf a block away ?"
"I eoulld not."
"Did you see as you approached
n\y onie at the scene of the trage
dv?"''
sI saw a group of people indis
inetlv."'
"Could you recognize any of
threm."
.No, sir, it was too smoky and
dark.'
"When you got near to the group
did you find any of your friends?"
"I did.'
"But you could not recognize them
from the corner of Union street and
Seventh avenue?'
"No, sir.''
"Would it be possible for any one
to recognize from the corner a man
standing near th-e scene of the kill
ing?"
"I do not think so"
The aim of the State was to show
that it was impossible for the Coop
ers to recognize Carmack nearly a
block away or for John Sharp to
see the tragedy in every detail from
the corner, as he swore he did.
Roscoe Matthews Taylor, the next
witness, told of meeting John D.
Sharp, in the Arcade the afternoon
of the tragedy, of stopping him and
soliciting an order for a suit of
clothes. This corroborates Sharpe's
testimony to the same effect. When
Matthews was talking to Sharp Col
onel Cooper and Robin came up and
were introduced.
Dr. Richard Doke, whose office was
:aciross the istreet from where the
killing took place, said he heard five
shots. He rushed out, he said;' and
saw Robin Cooper leaning against a
pole, Colonel Cooper with an arm
around his son and Carmack's body.
in the street. He said he saw a revol
ver near the senator's right hand. The
witness testified that he thought Mrs.
Eastman was highly excited.
"RECEIVED AS INFORMATION."
Roosevelt Shows Some of the News
paper Correspondents a Lively
Article on G. Washington.
Washington, Feb. 26.-Mr. T.
Roosevelt is like Mr. G. Washington.
He admits it himself. Just about to
retire from the office of president of
the United States, with men saying
all manner of evil against him and
desnitefulIy using him, he sent today
for some half dozen of the faithful
among th-e Washington correspond
ents, and, taking them into his inner
office, he reached over and took up
a faded, yellow and worn periodical
of the vintage of 1797. After shak
ing off some of the dust and must, it
was seen to he a copy of The Aurora,
a paper edited by Philip Freneau at
Philadelphia. The date was March
6, 1797, two days after George Wash
ington retired from office, and an edi
torial article in it read as follows:
'Lord, now lettest thou thy sev
vant depart in peace.'' This was the
pious ejaculation of a pious man who
beheld a flood of happiness rushing ini
upon mankind "'If ever there was a
time that would license a reiteration
of the ejaculation, that time has ar
rived now, for the man who is the
source of all the misfortunes of our
country is reduced to a level with his
fellow-itizens and is no longer pos
sessed of power. to multiply evils up
on the United States. Every heart
in unison with the freedom and hap
piness of the people ought to beat
high with exultation that the name of
Washington ceases from this day to
give currency to political insults, and
to legalize corruption. A new era is
now opening upon us, an era which
promises much to the people, for pub
lic measures must now stand upon
their own merits, and nefarious pro
jects can no longer be supported by
name. When a retrospect has been
taken of the Washington administra
tion for eight years, it is a subject of
the greatest astonishment that a sin
le individual should have cankered
the principles of Republicanism im
an enlightened people just emerged
from the gulf of despotism and should
have carried his designs against the
public liberty so far as to have put in
jeopardy its very -existence; such,
however, are the facts, and with
thee staring us in the face, the day
ught to be jubilee in the United Sta
tes.'
But in spite of Mr. Frenau 's ser
jous reflections on the first president
at the timne of his retirement from
fice. G}eorge has come to be quite a
figure in history. So will it be with
fieodore. And the newsp'rer cor
.. pon1nt rec-eived it as infrorma