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THE LIE PASStu By J. M. Walker and W. W. Smoak of Walterboro. IN INVESTIATION. Major Black Excserated of the Alleged Attempt to Ingratiate Himself lato the Favor of Representative Walker Along with Chair man H. H. Evan, - At the meetirg of the dispensary investigating committee in Columbia Wednesday Mr. Lyon put up witness es in the matter of tale charge that Maj. John B- c'< ar d Mr. H. H. Evans bad tried to Ingratiate the: s. I-s Into the favor of the houce of repr. s;ita tives from Colleton county. Mr. Walker made a .emenr de claring firmly that Maj B'eg b had nothirg to do wirtn the tiarsr c tion. He said that so much of it as related to Mr. Evans and nimself was purely of a personal nature. He denied that he had been warned or advised not to make draft cn Mr. Evans for $75 to pay for a gun. He dclared in effect tnat it would have been unnat ural for him to have voted against Mz j. Black. Mr. W. W. Smoak, cashier of the bank at which the draft was present ed for payment, swore as positively that Mr. Walker had connected the names of Maj. Black and Mr. Evans in telling him for wha purpose the money was to be-used. Mr. Simoak de clared further that he had pointed out to ?dr. Walker that he was mak ing a step which he might regret and that, when the draft came back with out payment because of Mr. Evan's absence from Newberry at the time, Mr. Walker stated to him that he was glad that it had turned out that way for the sake f appearances. Before the session for the afternoon was over, quite a lot of feeling arose between Mr. Smoak and Mr. W ilker, and the lie was passed. Tne marshal of the conmittee, Mr. F. S. Strick land, grabbed Mr. Walker, and others held Mr. Smoak until the two wit nesses quiested dovwn. Q iite a lot or commotion was made, and Chairman Hay announced that a continuance of the disturbance wculd result in some body being jpiled. The dispute arose out of a matter of whic Mr. Lyon himself knew no particulars until Mr. Smoak told it. Mr. Lyon knew in a vague way that Mr. Smoak knew soniething else, and by Mr. Lyon's handling the situation somewhatadro itedly Mr. Smoak was prevailed upon to testay that Mr. Waiker had told him that Maj. Black had given Mr. Walker a $40 suit of clothes. This is the statement that Mr. Walker denied with so mucht feeling. ME. WALTER S sTATIERENT. The first wItness put on the stand yesterday afternoon was Mr. J. M. Walker of Colleton, who has repre sented that county in the house of representatives for four years. He was aaked by Mr. Lyon what he knew of a certain matter, and in a frank man ner lhe told all that he knew. He put the whole business on the ground of personal friendship, said that his con science had been clear in the matter and that he had regarded Mr. H. H Evans, the other party of the tran saction, as an honoratle gentleman. He declared that Maj Black had noth I .g whatever w co #.th edie transac -t iall started last year, during fair week, he said. He was in his room at the Columbia hotel with several ,gentlemen, among them Mr. H. H. Evans, Mr. Richard Black, a brother of Mat. Black, Hon. E. T. L. F.tte of Bamberg and Hon. J. E. Harney of Barnwell. It was discussed there that Mr. Evans would be a candidate for reelec Ion and that Maj Black might offer as a candidate for c p;Lc on ithe board. The talk drifted to the subject of all going on a hunt and he invited them all to come down to Colleton to go on a kunt~ with hims. Mr. Evans asked Mr. Walker if he llad a good gun. Witness replied that he bad nothing but a single barreled gun. Mr. Evans then said that he had a good gun which he wculd like to give Mr. Walker if the latter wu d accept It. Mr. Walker stated that he would be glad to have a good gun. 02 his return to his home, he received a letter from Mr. Evans in which It was stated that he didn't know how to buy a gun and for Mr. Walker to draw on him for $75 for the purpose of buying a gun. Mr. Lion asked Mr. Walker If Mr. Smoak had not cautioned him wnen he went to the barnk to make the draft. This Mr. Waiker denied. Mr Smoak had not said that it was high. ly Improper and 'would appear that be had-sold his vote. He said that he had not beard that he had becn criti cised by the people-of Walterboro. As soon as he had heard cf it he had stat ed that he would like to come before the committee. M'-. Lyon, he said, had told him then that he did not think that he would x.u~h the ii qiry into this mat ter. Mr. Lyon asked if he had not qualfed that expression of opinion, and Mr. Walker said that he could not recollect it. Mr. Walker stateo that during the session of the legisla tore he had seen Mayor Peurifoy and sorme other witness who had been sum moned here from Walterboro and they told him that they did not know for what they bad been sommoned, hut thought it was in connection with the use of request bocks, and it was not until af ter the legislature had at j urn ed and he had gone home did he hear why the committee had summoned these people here from Walterboro. WEY IT Wo'ULD HELP HIrr. Mr. Walker then tock up the mat - ter of the telephone conversation in which he communicated to a member of his family the result of the election of members of the board of dispensary directors. He said that the ma'i who intercepted that message is a skulk ine cur. He fc und that the legisla. ture would not ar j jurn sine die until late in tie day Saturcay, throwing him until Monday getting home, so he used the long distance 'phone to notify his family. in that conversa tion he had spoken with pleasure of the election of Maj. Biack and stated that It had meant a good deal to him. in explaining this conversation, wit ness said that the reason wby M;j Black's election would help him Is be cause that gentleman has so many re latie In C111eton and Beaufort coun ies, and as he had worked hard for' iaj. Black's election he could expect bem to hIIr him in bis campaign for t olicitor. That was all there vias in 1 t and he regrets that Maj. Black's iame has been brought into the tran etion in this way. M j. Black had aeen one of the most pspular men in Dolleton county and had been mayor 3d sher.ff and he has a great many friends, and it was natural for him to support Maj. Black. Mr. Walker said in reply to Mr. Lyon that he does not know why Maj. Black severei his connection with the dispensary as shipping clerk and does not know, except by information that Maj Ba.ck was connected with U1 mar & Co. He had gone to M -1j Black while te legislature was In session and had ask.d Maj. B'ack did he at that time represent them in any way and M j. Black had replied that he did not. Mr. Walker said he ha. done this becauie some people were making campaign talk to that eff-c- and he wanted to be able to reassure Mr. Black's friends. Mr. Lyon wanted to know how long before this had Maj. Black ceased to represEnl Uiman & Co. BLACK S PRIVATE AFFAIRS. Mr. Walker said he was unable to Ray, as he was not going around pry ig into Maj. Black's private affairs. Fie stated in reply to Mr. Lyon that ae knows it to be unlawful for the dispensary to buy whiskey from a house represented in this State by drummers, but he denied with some feeling that Maj. Black was a "drum mer." Mr. Lyon tried to find out in what capacity Maj. Black represented the house, but Mr. Walker was unable to bay. He admitted that he had felt glad that the draft on Mr. Evans bad been returned unpaid, as Mr. Evans was away from Newberry at the time-.or he had confided afterward to his wife that although he had made the draf6 as between friends, still under the circumstanczs somebody might try to make capital out of it. He denied making such an adm'ssion to any one else. Mr. Walker stated positevely that Maj. Black had nothing to do with the gun transaction and thab after the return of the draf t he had never mentioned the matter to Mr. Evans in any way. Full ,wing the testimony of Mr. Walker was that of Mr. Reid, mana ger of the Bell telephone c Mae at Walterboro. He is tne son-iniaw of the dispenser at that place, he sc.id, and sometimes works in the dispen sary.'He admitted that it was through him that the convcrsation btwe.oen Mr. Walker and a member of nis fan ay was made public. On tho day of the dispensary elections there h" been a number of inquiries at his 1, lice to the result, as many people were interested in Maj. Biack's candi dacy. There had been no news uatA Mr. Waiker called up and he told sev eral who were in the exUnange at tae time making inqulires wnat Mr. Walker was saying as to the result of the election. Mr. REed said that at tune moment he had not thought of any significance In Mr. Walker's say ing that the election of Maj. B,-c - meant a good deal to himseir, Waacer. He had not commented on it at tee time. Upon being questioned by Mr. Walker, Mr. Reid said that Maj. Black is one of tne most popular men of Colleton county an:i that when he was a candidate a number of Colleton county people came up hefeto work for him-among tuem the mayor of Walterboro and other responsible citi zeus. )IB SMOAX S 5TATEMENT Mr. Lyon then pzt uip Mr. W. W. Smoak, cashier of the Farmers' and Meronant's banic of Waltertoro. Mr. Smoak said thaa,.rYe transaction. had occurred on the 17... of November Of last year. When Mr. Walker present ed Lhe draft for collect oa he said that Mr. Evans and Mr. Black had promis ed him the gun. Mr. Smoak swore positively that he had advised Mr. Walker that as he is just a young man starting out in life it might not be wise for him to make this draft. Whether or not intended that way, it might have the appearance of selling his vote. To this Mr. Walker made some kind of reply and walked away as a customer came in the bank and the draft was forwarded for sallection of Mh. 87 - placed to the credit ofM.Walker. L.ter, on the~ 29 - of November, the draft was returnec unpaid, as Mr. Evans was not in New berry and Mr. Walker, so Mr. Smoak stated in his testimony, told Mr. Smak that he was very glad of it, for he had been thinking of what Mr. Smoak had said and had come to the conclusion that Mr. Smoak was right about it, and the matter might have appeared wrong. Mr. L;on then recalled that In a conversation with Mr. Smoak some time ago the latter had let fall some statement to the effect that Mr. Wal ker, in guileless manner, had told him f something else, but Mr. Smoak was compelled to cbserve that in confi decs. Mr. Smnoak admitted that he had sid something of the kind to Mr Lyon. The latter then pu'- it up to Mr. Smoak as a matter of duty to tell what he knew. Mr. Smoak re quested tbat he be not forced to dolit, and stated that he would not tell un less he were so forced. WANTED IT ALL TOLD. Mr. Hay, as chairman of the com mittee, asked several questions to as certain whether or. not this evidenca would oc relevant. Mr. Lyon admitted that he did not know what Mr. Smoak knew. Mr. Smoak stated, in reply to' questions, that it was a matter be tween Mr. Walker and an cifcial of the dispensary. Mr. Hay was about to rule the matter relevant when Mr. LaFitte, legal representative for Mr. H. H. Evans, interposed an objection that the transaction referred to must have been between Mr. Walker and some dispensary cffial on offcial bus iess, and not business of a perstnal nature with a man who happened to e a dispensary offical. Mr. Smoak then said: Mr. Chair man, before I answer that question of Mr. Lyon, let me ask 30ou this, if you consider the question of Messrs. Black and Evans cifnring Mr. Walker that gun or the $75 to buy that gun as be ig a relevant question." Mr. Hay--Would that be a relevant quetion. bUder the ch cumstances related by Mr. Walker and by you this afternoon, It is relevant. It was a direct dealing between him and an cler of the dispensary. Tne fact that this man then an cm2car of the dispensary and up for reelection would make it revelant. Mr. Srncak-" I fear that this is rel evant then, Mr. Chairman." Mr. Walker--"I would like to state ths, Mr. Chairman, if he knows any thing in connection with me, 1 would like for him to tell it." Mr. Smoak-"You absolve me from that pledge of secrecy, thern?' Mr. Walker-"If you know any-1 THE LIE IS PASSED. ~bfi Smdik theii c6n'inued: -' e be mattie lI hav'd referende to, gFn lemen of the committes, is this. Mr. Nalker came into my bahk about two nontb's ago and asked me about some lotuies. He had on a suit that was not u:.de by the tailors that I had repre ,ented for these young men. I will state that that club is not in force iow, and I am taking the measures ast so. Mr. Walker said 'the suit wtat I have on cost $40.' Now he says John Black gave me this suit of >lothes, and I saw him pay some tail >r in Columbia $4., for It. Now you better not tell that in the light of shm gun episode.' And that is all. Mr. Walker-''I want to say this, In reply to what Mr. Smoak said about 6he suit of clothes. A part of what he said Is true and a part of what he said is absolutely false, not a tinge of truthfulness about it. It had been my custom of buying suits from him and he had given me a commission off from time to time of 10 per cent., and while I was up here or at the time I came oack up here about which I spoke some minutes ago, I saw scme clothes around here that 1 liked in a store and mentioned it to a gentleman here and he said that I could be saved 25 per cent. of on the suit by buying them. I bought the suit of clothes there at a rate less 25 per cent and paid the money for it. I told M:. Smoak that this suit of clothes was a $40 suit. That much he told the truth about. About the balance he didat tell the truth about. That is wnat I wanted to say. Mr. Smoak-"Mr. Walker, did you mean to say that you didn't tell mt that John Blac gave you $40 to buy a suit of clothes?" Answer-"No, I didn't and you lied when you said it." Mr. Smoak-"You lie, sir." At this there was quite a distur bance. The marshal, Mr. F. S. Strick land, grabbea Mr. Walker an.i otners grabbed Mr. Smoak. Tney were very much excited. Senator Hay causion ed them that if they did not behave ;hey would be put in j il. The com mittee then went into excu.ive hes sion on other matters. DENAIUR Z D ALCOHOL. Congress His Passed a Bill Traking Off the TAx. The house ha adopted the senate amendments as to denaturizid alco hol and tne ui wiI become law. Bj some Inexplilcale way we at first un derstood tnat this bill had reference Lo r.-JeLu.g d the Lariff. Some other - z . into the same mistake. Ene ol takes off the revenue tax ano not the tariff tax. But at mnat iL is a good measure and it is hoped that onrough nais aiconol the Stau.?dard OLh camany may be stuci a serlous oluw. I is said to te superior to oil as an fliuminant to be usea in the or ainary lamp. A galion of it coLat it" and burns twioe as iung. foi motor engines it may take ne place of gasodne. It may be manutacburea oneaply, it is said, and Liy be made from grain, fruit, potatoes and pro eably from other farm products. Per naps a new and proraole mndustry win be opened up for farmers. First, though, peopie will have to get ac customed to its use. Walle all whc will be thus benenited are doubtless indignant at trust exactions it will ue iund hard to get a general change from oli to alcohol. But if 1t is so fazi superior, safe and iatLin~g and les costly a good maraen ought to De opened for it in time. We agree with the Columbia Record that it would be the greatest pity if people with this chance to a wat tne octopus should neglect it, especially wrien Laney can better themnssives hnancially and otner wise. We hope overy body vilil encourage the denatuaized alcohol industry. Pronilbitionists may Dait at the nanre, tbut they can embark In the business withcus deserning a principle. Such alconol Is not dunk acle. Let's nave a aenaturizedi alco nol campaign. MUsbt Fzy signale. The following postal order, recent ly Issued to postmasters by Fourth Assistant Pcs:master-General P. V. D. Graw, is of interest to all people who receive mall on rural routes: 1. O-i and after July 1, 1906, pa trons of the rural d li very serv:ce wrill be required to display signals on their boxes when they-leave mail In them for carriers to collect, as, aft er - that date, carri rs, when seiv ng tbeir rou es, will not be req'uired to open and examine any mnail boxes except those to which they have mail to deliver and those on which signals are dis played to indicate there Is mall for carriers to collect.. 2. Those patrons whose boxes are not provided with signals must attach some device which, when displayed, will plainly show passing carriers there Is mail to be collected. It is not nccessary that such device shall be either complicated or coatly ; a very simple arrangement will answer the purpose. 3. Carriers must lower the signals on Boxes after making collections, providing no mail is left therein; and must display the signals when- they depost mail for patrots, unless the patrons have made request to the can trary. . ares utb 4. The carer ut aeistructed to promptly inform- patrons of their routes with regard to this Order, and you should, without expense to the department, use such other necessary means for informing them as will se cure a complete urderstanding and full compliance by all patrons on the date mentioned. 5. Two copies ot th.is letter are herewith inclosed, one to be immedia tely posted by you in a prominent place in the public part of the post i fie, and the other to be placed on file. Row aiueh is She Worth? If a man has the misfortune tio lose hs wife, at d there is no member of the family to take hei- place, he be ins to realize that a housekeeper is a cstly luxury. Besides, the first ex pense or her weekly earnings, there will be a vast differenca in the cost of running the house, for without a par onal interest, many of the little c.ncmies of housekeeping will not be praictised. A word to the wise Is euf cient. How much is your wife worth G you, leaving sentiment entirely out af the question? Is she worth a wash .ng machine, a bread mixer, a clothes wringer, a nice carriage and a safe orse, or a few kind loving words very day? Murdered *n Mongolia. Reuben Monley of SagInaw, Mich., was murdered on the border of Man olia, 400 miles north of Peking, on eptember 2, by a Fren~ch adventurer tyling himself as Vicomte Laverger, mth whom he was traLveling. -ANO1IffR ROW Between the Investigation Com mittee and a Witness. WOULD N)T REPEAT Rumors Because He Thought People Character Too Sacred to be Hurt in Thit Way, and He Was Ruled for Contempt of the Committee. The invest-gating committee ha another row on its hands. The Stat says as a result of having become ei cited and used profane language I the presence of the dispensary invest: gating committee, Mr. W. G. Childi president of the Bank of Columb! and also of the Columbia, New b rz and Laurens railroad, hag b .en cite to appear before the committee o the caarge of contempt. It was apparent at tbe time tha Mr. Childs did not mean to sho, contempt for the conmittee, but h meant to express very forcib .y hj position in regard to testifying againE certain dispensary people through tb medium of repeating anything whic he had beard in a joking manner an might be taken to reflect upon th integrity of honorable men. Mr. Lyon was trying to get the I1 furmation so that the committe could pass upon its relevancy. He bs submitted the matter for the con mittee as a whole to pass uoon whe Mr. Childs very excitedly ex-laime( "Well, by God, I would go to j dl N fore I would tell these jokes, and M: Lyon had a right to confer with n before If he wanted to " Mr. L ion stated that he woul leave the matter to the committei Mr. Hay, the chairman, atated th Mr. Childs could be excused from ti witness stand. The latter went ct of the senate cta ,a'nr vowing that t would not tell anything to refla up.n anbAdy else if he had heard: in a j king way. Mr. Lyon, thinking that Mr. Chii. had txmeeded the proprieties of ti occasion in defving the conmittee b fore the testimony had been insiste upon by the committee, made the r quett that Mr. Cnilds be made to ri peat the jokes he had heard so as tt committe could j .dge if they wei relevant to the investigation. Chairman Hay replied: "Well, Mr. Lyon, 1 do not kno that we should discuss this matt any further right now. We can tal it up in the committee and discuss imong ourgelves-the bearing of it. Later on the committee issued a order for Mr. Childs to appear befoi &te committee on Tuesdasy and sho cause why he should not be attache for eontempt of the committee in b ing guilty of disorderly conduct ai contempt in the presence of the con mittee cn Friday, the 1st day June, A. D., 1906 Herein fail not. The position taken by Mr. Chilt in refusing to repeat these rumors not a surprise to those who knc him. He is just such a man as wou do a thing of the kind, and lust suc a man as will go to jail if he continu of the opinion that he ought not1 repeat these rumors. WHAT CAUSED THE ROW. The following is the testimony Mr. Childs which lead up to t troub'e, Mr. Lyon was examining MI Child: Q Have you ever heard anybri confess or acknowledge in any wi that they received any profits or di Idenids arising from either the R c: lard Distillery Company or the (I lumbia Glass Works? A. No, sir. Q Now, Mr. Childs, you are in as tive business around the city of C: limbia here, I presume, frequently A 1 very seldom ever leave my o fice except to go to dinner or on bul Q Your bank does some collectin for creditors of the dispensary ? A. I think so. Q. Don's the l'qu'.r drummers to ycur bank there or you nave good deal of correspondence or thini of that sort with them? A. YEs, sir; liquor drummers con: around when they want checks casi ed .Q Have any of them ever state than they paid any graft to anyC these dispensary cfflcla? 'A. 1 have no recollection of an3 thing of that kind. Q Lsu's see if you can't remember a. IL would not be fair for me in i ;king conversation to make a re mrark that would rfiect upon an: body, and I never heard anybody sa in seriousness that they paid rebate: Q Tell us the j akes. A. I cannot remember the jokes It has been four or five years ago. Q Wnat was the nature of thos jakts? A. I would not be able to testif as to jokes in remarks made. I hav never beard any remarks reflectini seriously upon the members of th board of centrol. Q We want to know the nature c the j ,kes. A. I do not remember distinctl: enugh to specify. Q. You know distinctly enough I stabe whether they wero complimen tary or whether they were not compli mentary. A N~o, sir; I do not. Q You do not? .KA No, sir. QAnd yet you recollect that thers were joke ? A. Yes, sir; there always was an< there is now. Q. And it impressed you suffi ient ly so remember that there was a: kinds of j akes going on, but you can not remember the nature of thost joke ? A. Na, sir; I cannot remember be cause it czdiht reflect upon somebod, and it wou'd be unjust to reflect upo: them. Q Could you remember who the men were who were doing this joking! A. N,, s8-; it was just some o: those traveling men and not men wh< would be taken on the inside. Q. How can you reach the conclu sion that these parties would not be taken on the inside of the gra'ting matter if anything was going on? A. Because if anything was going on the heads of the concerns would be doing it. not the subordinates. Q. That is the opinion that yo; draw from the l'quor drummerm? A. Yes, sir; I say If there was any thing of that krinel going on tbe hadi would not entrust it to. any of their bordinante-dt mere- -+ know if there was anythirg goirg on IQ anything that I was the head of I would b. the only one that knew it. Q. You cannot remember any of 'thue joke..? A. No, sir. Q. Now, Mr. Childs, this is a very mportant matter that I am qleston. ig you about. A. Yes, I think it is. If I knew .nything that would assist you in the natter I would be glad to give it tc 'on. Q. Espncially this matter of the Carolina Glass company. I wish tc s understand the matter fully and free ly, and if I understand you, you kno, nothing about any stock being held Ix trust for anybody else? A. No. Q. That you have never been I parzy to any such? A. No, sir. Q. That you have not transferre any stock for any one? S A. Yes. e Q. Ycu deny that without an: mental reservation? A. Yes. Q. That you have stated everythini - fully and freely withr-ut any reserva tion? a A. Ye. Q Now, did Mr. Linahan ever dis cuss with you the matter of graft. an rebates and so on? A. No, sir. Q. He never made any statemen to you in reference to matters of tha kind? 0 A. N3, sir. s Q. Mr. Childs, how many miles ar t you president of in South Carolina? A. Seventy-five. d Q. Seventy fiv? A. Yes, sir. e Q How many miles of railroad ha the Southern in the state of Sout] Carolina? A. Oti, I have no idea. d Q. Well, sir, you have a rough idea n A. I think five or six or seven hun dred. I have never figured it out. C couree I could do it. Q How many ha&the Atlantic Coa r.Lint ?. e A. Oh, I should think three- or fou d hundred. May be more. Q Well, sir; what about the -Sea ' board? Lt A. Well, the Seabaard bas abou e three hundred or four hundred; abou t three hundred and fifty miles I woul sa.. Q Now, Mr. Childs, you keep ul I presume, with the freights that pas over these lines, you have a generE e knowledge on that subject of th B freights that come into the state C South Carolina? A. I have a' general kuowledge c what comes in on. my road. I do nc Inw ab-ut anybody else. Q What percentage of th- disper e sary bu3iness do you handle? A. I haven't the slightest idea. Q. Have you any id-m abouG wha w your road handles at al.? tr A. No, that would be a matter fc , the auditing department. Ha c ul i figure it up for you without any trot ble. Q. It is not a matter of belief tha W y ur road handles the larger pfrt c tt e freight that comes into the diu 9: nsary? ? S A I think we ought to. id Q You think you ought. to? SAYes. SQ Wh;? A Because we are the only Till manite ro td 'n btitow.1, a-id it is isTillmanite institution, and when th Sdispensary was started every roa ~boycotted it. When the Darlingto riot came the other rodads cnt it. went right up to Governor Tillma to and stood right by the administrotic and the C. N. and L. stood right u to it and Senator Tillman and miyse] a are personal friends, and we hav<: bee ie getting a big part and cught to hai r. a big part. Q Are you sure you are accarate i ly those statements you have madL ? ~y A. Yes. v. Q Are you postive of it?. 1- A. Iam. YoBDEv.:r hard of an o- car being shipped ten or twelve mile out of town on the 0., N. and L. ani blinid tigers unloading the wiske; >- from it. ,- Q Explain the sItustion. A. If you read the papers you woul] t. have seen where a man got killet s- sending his wife up on that road. Q Did you see that ? .g A. I resd it in the papers. Q. So that is hear-;ay ? A. Yes; but you are making me givi :o you hearsay. a Q. Wont ycn give us hearsay 01 ~s those j ,kes? A. Nc; that is too sericus; I woul] e not tell a jokd that would ftlso thi ~- character of somebody else. Q Don't you regard that as seriou d -tnis man getting -killed ? >f A. That is his own fault./ Q Well, he got shot down? r. A. He wasn't shot down; the traii ran oier him and killed him. I sup~ ? pose the ccuris will will adjudicati a that. ;.Q Don't you know that the Sea ,borrd road paid those taxes aloni y at the same time thia' you pade ,. yours? A. Yes and did it at mysuggestior .because I was very close along wit) thei. e Q I supposed you said that you pali ycurs first? y A They didn't do It until I gol e them to do it. I wanted them to bring g that Western whiskey in here. e Q I thought you said they protest ed? f A. The seaboard did protest at first and afterwards reconsidered it. y Q. Who were these alleged j ukes that you o A. O.1, I am not going to tell you - anything ab-.ut these jokes. I do not .remember it dattnitaly enu.i4h to make Q Mr. Chairman, of course it is im' possible to bring information to know whether It le reeelant .or Irrelevant. I e did not expect that Mr Chils woiuld give me a conference te'ore he was I put cn the stanid, cons~egaently I did not go to him. I did'not know what -be knows abnt that at all but evi .1 dentaly he has heard something and .t seems to me that he ought to be re a qaired to do it. A. Well, by God, I would go to j dl -before I would tell the jokes; and Mr. 1 Lyon had a right to confer with me 2before if he wa.nted to. The Chairman(Senator Hay): You have not been required- to answer yet, SMr. Cailds. Witness: We]] I will say right now that I ain't going to answer and, if necessary, I think I should he allow ed to be represented by c.unsel. Mr. Lyon: I do not care to examine the witness any further, Mr. Chair man. He is with the committee. Witness: (is he was leaving) you know where to find me if you want me. I am at my office, but I am not going to do injustice to anybody. It is easier to keep a friend than to recover him when lost.. T . MI AcRE i t: OF THE GREAT H 3Y MAKER AL- c FALFANEXT FALL. f Some Reasons Why Our Farmers should Try to Raise Taig a a Wonderful Plant. Without apology I again call the t attention of the readers of The Pro gressive Farmer to alfalfa, or lucern, 0 as a forage crop and improver of the t 9ol; also as a money crop says T. B. Parker, in last week's issue of Farm and Ranch the statement is made I that the first crop of alfalfa hay is I now being rapidly sold in Texas at 1 from $12 to $14 per ton. When we c consider that they often get'from five I to seven cuttings annually in that e State, making from three to five tons r of hay per acre, it is easy to under- s stand why interest In the crop is growing there. Alfalfa, being a legume, especially recommends itself to Southern ag-i- I culture, as all legumes do, because of I its power of gathering nitrogen from 1 the air through the agency of the e bacteria infesting the nodules on its roots, thus through these agencies 1 largely reducing the cost of the ferti lizers necessary to supply plant root 1 in our soils. Legumes open a wide field for experiment to our farmers and offer to them great possibilities in crop rotation and soil improve ment. Interest in the crop in North Caro lina is increasing. Ten years ago the plant was probably not known in more than a dczan counties in the State, and by but a few persons in those counties. while at this time it is be ing tried in an experimeital way in probably half or more of the connties in the State. The same thing can be said of all the territory in which The Progressive Farmer circulates. In a few years I am confident the acreage t in those States will be very materially increased. Many failures will be re r corded in these first experiments and quite a number may q, -t the crop in disgust, bit enough will hold on and prove that it can be profitably grown t to insure an increased acreage in the t near future. The changes that are bound to come in our methods of farming will make It necessavy to put in crops which will not require the -constant cultivation that many l Southern, crops now require. e To illu3trate what can be accom Splished by perseverance, I will state that quite a number of acres were put in alfalfa near Goldsboro, N. C., last t spring, a $ew farmers putting in several acres each. They had rain in abundance and the grass and weeds soon over-powered the alfalfa. Most of the experimenters there have given t the crop up as unsuited to their lands, therefore unprofitable. Among the r experimenters, however, was Mr John S. Davis, who put in about one acre, prepared the land accrding to directions by deep plowing, liberal t manuring and heavy liming. The f same fate that overtook the alfalfa of others overtook his also. The crop, so far as alfalfa was concerned, was a comparative failure, but he was not discouraged to the point of quitting In August he replowed the land, or cut It with a cutaway harrow, and -resowed in alfalfa the first week in 1September. The land was in fine econhition, and within a very few datys dhe had a perfect stand. Thie alfa Dcontinued to grow, and Mr. D.avis Ibegan to reap his reward the first of lthis month in a magnificent crop of t fmne a'falfa hay. He said It averaged Ptwo feet high, and from the, acre he secured three two-horse loads of the lvery finest hay. To be sure, "one swallow does not make a spring," nor does one experiment establish a t..ing, lyet It makes one feel mighty good to have things go his way, especially after an apparent failure, such as Mr Davis had last year with his alfalfa. I simply mention this to show ho e one may- succeed with perseverance, Iwhere with less persistence failure Vwould be charged up against him. Some time since in talking with an alfalfa grower of several years' experi ence, he said that spring Is the time to begin the preparation of land in tended to be put In alfalfa the coming fall. He gave it as his experience that all lands intended for -.lfalfa should be prepared several months In advance of the sowing so as to permit the manure to thoroughly permeate the soil an-d go through the changes that seem to be necessary to secure a good crop. In view of thIa, It will be well for those contemplating putting in alfalfa this fall t'o prepare the land now by plowing well, mnaiuring liberally and lin.lrg heavily, a ton to the acre, and sow in peas. In Augusi cut the pees off and make hay of them; disc the land well or plow sbal low and sow Inoculated see d. With this management the chances will be good to get a crop of alfalfa next 1 spring, and others to follow. There is now be fore me an exten- I sive report on sifalfa growing in New~ S York in whica ev: rg exoerimnentt shows the value cf lime. Withoait a l single exception, the crop was heavier where lime was used than where nc C Ilime was used. L'me seems to in crease the chances tor suceful in oculation and t'1e development of the necessary bacteria. Unless land is very fetile or already;: contains bacteria p'eculiar to the al fat fa plant a person nead not et x.,.et to i grow alfalfa without Inoculation. t That has been thoroughly demon c strated. Notwithstanding t'e many failures that have been reporited from I the "cultures" sent out from Wash ington, a- d from those bo:ught from manufacturers. I nave great faith It. them. In passing, 1 will say these e "cuture s" are~ not now sent out from ' the government on dry cottaan as formerly, but in a liquid torni, tbere by insuring greater success .dn their use. I have faith In the "cultures" 0 because I have succee'4ed with them, IJ both at Hllsboro and Goldsboro. The t acre in alfalfa grown by Mr. Davis, e and just referred to above, was from d treated seed and the Inocuhition Is as a tine as I have ever seen. In January e Prof. H. H. Blume, State Hurt cul turist, and I visited the farm and ex amined the alfalfa for evidences of a cacterla. We found it in abundance. P Prof. Hume took a few plants to 0 photogrpb. n As with all other crops alfalfa will h succeed in some soils better than inp others. Well-drained alluvial soils, tj such as some of our creek bottom3 t that are not subject to overflow and B are well above water, which will per mit the long roots of alfalfa to go down into it and get ncurishment far below the reich of the roots of orinary crops, are Ideal soils for al- fr falfa, which sols with "hard pan"j will not usually grow it succesfully.r These alluvial soils must be elevated, dj well drained, and free fro-n acidity. c n- coure a geat deal of alfalfa is E rown on solis that do not belong to Ie alluvial class. E tech grower can rperlment. and find cat for Wmaelf ie adaptabiliy of his ownsull to the top. Remember these things: Alfalf mn be grown either in spring or Ir :s fall. I consider fall sowir g pre rable in the Cotton Btlt proper, anr pring sowing best in the more elev ted and cooler sections. For fa' >wing the seed should be in by th' 5th of Septenber and in many in Lances earlier seeding would be bet er. For spri g sowing the land rould be better if prepared in the fab r early winter and the seed put In he first of April. The land must be prepared horoughly by deep plowing, liberal anuring and liming. Of course the and must be well drained, for alfalfa annot stand a wet soil. It is a waste t time and money to sow a'falfa in oor land, or on land not well prepar d. If one succeeds the crop will well epay for all the time and money pent in preparirg the land. For experimental purposes an acre s enough for any one to begin with. f one c-m grow an acre successfully Le can then enlarge as chcumstanes ermits. If a yerson does not wish o risk an ac'e, a half acre of a quart r of an acre will sffice. I prefer heavy seeding, not less ban 30 pounds per acre, thougb nany successful growers contend tha! wenty pounds of seed are sificient rhe seed should not be covered- top eep From a half inch to an inch Is >ently deep to cover. The Queidou or Taxatton. The true reason for the pro-ninence )f the tariff question and other ta luestions lies in the fact that taxation s always with us, go where we will It is like a shadow that clings to us iDtil we reach the grave. President adison, writing to John Adams, in 818, about the discussions oi the tax ng power in the convention which ramed the Federal Constitution, said: The at tempts to distinguish betweer Legislation on the subject of taxes and )I her subjects terminated in the dis losure that no such distinction exist Taxation, therefore, enters as an ele ment into all legislation, .and is the basis of all. If it bears equally upor persons in proportion to their abiit3 to pay, it is just. If it discriminates it avor of any person, corporation, 01 elass, against any other person-, corpor tion, or class, it is unjust. A protec Live tariff' necessarily and avowedly makes such discriminations, and i, therefore unjust. It can only be sus tained upon the ground that Injustice is right, because it results in prosperi ty to certain individuals and corpora Lions. Piracy, high-way robbery, ani larceny could be sustained by the sam( argument. If a few men were privileged by la to loot every ship and every city the ould find, and rob every person the] met, the privileged class would soor become as prosperous as the trusts an monopolies which have grown up undej Lbe Dingley Tariff, and for the verj same reason-they would get some ing for nothing under the operation o: law. The law in the one case would be Lhe shelter of rugged and bloody men and the law in the other case would be and Is, a shelter for soulless corpora ions and- trust magnates; with the same general results-the accumula ion of all wealth in a few hands. A law licensing highwaymen, pirates ani thieves to take all of every man's prop rty above a certain amount in the name of taxation, would be more di. rect and more honest tihan the taril law which the stand-patters are s( strenuously defending. The }resident is, therefore. mor4 bonest than the majority of his party when he boldly advocates confiscatiox is a refuge from the effects of the Dingley tarriff, which the stand-pat ers seek to perpetuate. And the abuse )f power in the name of taxation, which he proposes, violates the consti ution no more flagrantly than the protective tariff does. But betweei :e two evils, the honest man wilJ :hoose neither. Both schemes prove y their glaring iniquties, that a grad ates income tax, which would take nly from those who are able to spare ~omething from their surplus revenu ~s,and only in proportion to such-abil ty, is, after all, the only just solutior f the Federal tax question, and, there. ore, of all other questions of legisla ion; there being at the bottom no dis inction between legislation on the ubject of iLaxes and on other s.uojects. Nearmng the Eud. Terrible predictions concerning hat will happen to this poor old arth during the next twenty-five 'ears were made at a prophetic and ~econd Advent conference last weeki n London and while they diffaree oewat in details, they all agreed hat- the end of the world Is at band, they were not quite sure whether the final catastrophe wil ame on May 2. or April 9, 1931, bu' hey are quite sure that one of thesE tes will prove to be the right one. nere can be no doubt that the world as nearly outlived its usefulness, the, rpets declared. The wars and artqnakes which have affleted l' ecenty are p oof positive and al ba is rrquired to fulfill th~e prcphe es is the coming of anti-Christ, wh: Isomewhat nkindly Identified witt iapoeon. An Obj ot L-eson The standpatters should keep their yes on Brother Taft, he is such a lttle American" that he hasordered le Panama Commission to buy 20, )0 barrels of British cement instead patronizing the home made article, roduced by the cement trust. It is ue that he safed the government 37 nts a barrel, or 87A400, on this one eal, which the trust loses over and bove a fair profit and if he continues 2s patriotic policy the trust, that ntrol the price of other articles used SPanama, will lose in the same roporton. The American consumer cement and other trust products ust buy on less favorable terms than :s own government as 'ong as the Re blican politicians refuse to revise e tariff that protects the trust and i A merican people continue to elect epublican congresses. Many Drowned. The British ship Captain Cowell. om Melbourne, April 21. for Coro 11, has been wrecked at S3.nta Ma L. Twenty-two of the crew were 'owned, Ir cluding all the clfl uers ex pt the first mate, who with three H~av2 tor Old aide. Is there really "n room in heaven for an old maid,".as ,a prominent min ister in a Northern city recently de-: clared? Coming with the seriousness and solen nity of a pulpit utteranee, the assertir n, which might serve as a passable, though ancie it. joke, be comes grotesque. Marriage is broadening in its ten dencies and in its effects disciplining; but can it entirely reform or change the nature of either man or woman? Women certainly do not always stay single from choice. Singleness is not always a deliberate sin. As society 1s at present. the meetings which result - in marriage are purely accidental, aiod if the right man does not present him self, is a woman to be blamed for not] taking one of whom she- does rot ap prove and for whom she does not care? 7 When.we speak slightingly of the "old maid" we allude not so much to the fact that she has passed her youth without marrying as to the character istics of the narrow life, such as timi dity, coldness, loquaciousness or fin ickiness which prevent comradship.. But these characteristics also apply to many men and to. many married wo men. By nature woman is much bet ter than man. Angels are likened to her, that -heaven may be brought dowrto the level of man's comprehen son. Thousands of old maids who, through devotion to parents.'sacrifice - for others or application to work, have .permitted opportunities for marriage to pass tht m by, are of spotless souls, whose unselfish lives bring much of heaven down to earth. Only the wings are lacking to carry them to Paradise. The preacher who would shut tnem out of heaven either knows little about what heaven is for, or is incapable of appreciating what qualities fit people for a home in that blessed place. It is astor ishing what rot is uttered from. the pulpit sometimes. Good Por the souL The Wall Street News, -which is a reputable financial journal of New York, and which did all it could to defeat Mr. Bryan in 1896,.makes this candid confession: "However desirable it was to defeat the free silver agitation in 1896. did the end justify the means employed to accomplish that defeat? It is not too much to say that the money spent in 1896 to prevent the election of Bryan resulted in political debaucher, such as was never before experie in-the i United States, and from which the pol itics and business of this countryhave not even yet recovered. It--is not far from the truth to say that the country has suffered more by reason of the pod-' litical corruption of the 1896campa..". i than it would have suffered from Ze. iriumph of free silverr lamentable as that would have been. Btya's tri umph-of -free silver would have given the markets a terrible shock, but Pry-.: an could not have really done- much harm in a practical way, and thecoun try would have made a speedy Tecov ery from the dicaster, but it will take many years to recover from the efects.. of the political debaucher.v which has been brought about by the abuse-Ocf millions of dollars -in political cam o "~ whlo were in a poition t know say that oldMark Hana hada corruption fund in 189*6 of $1,000),000 to defeat the people's .choice in the election of that year, much of which was contributed by so-called Demo crats of the Grover Cleveland stripe:: Is it any 'wonder that the country is still feeling the effects of the debauch ery brought about by the use otsach a corruption fund? An- honest opi cot fession, like the one made by the~ Ne ws, ought to humilate the so-called Democratic newspapers in the-South who heiped. Mark Hanna with his six teen mill'ion dollars in corruptIon mon ey de feat the honest and fearless Dem-. ocrat, William Jennings Bryan. Chick etis will come home to roost. SoME will see retributive justice In the. killing of .five men by lightning at a Sunda* baseball game at Mobile, but;- as the Newberry Observer says, it might have been the same if they had been on the spot on somneact of mercy, or if it had been Saturday or Monday. But, all the same, the Amer ican people are fast forgetting the commandment, "Remember- the Sab both day to keep it holy." THE Charleston Post thinks it is about time forithe dispensary investi gating conimittee to wind up its work, make its-final report and gave the peo-. pe an opportunity of studying the. situation and cast their ballots ac cordingly. Our cotemporary must posseses its soul in patience. The comn mi tee will wind up when its appro priation is spent and when it think.s its 'reports will do the most good for the anti-dispensaryiles. IT is just as true today i's it ever was that the safest and most honor able way for a man to e cure a com petence is to do it little by little, tak-' ing a life time for the work. The baste to be rich and make money fast is the economic curse of -Ameri'ca today. Every man wants to draw a prize in the business lottery and it is seldom - that he is content with small savings and safe investments. SENATOR Bulkeley, of Connecticut, who defended his subscriptions from trust funds to the Republican cam paign fund, is president of a life insur ance company and not a fire company as has been stated. So it was the mon ey of widows and orphans, that this stand pat Republican stole to help de bauch the voters. k'OOR old Stoessel! They are going to shoot him dead because he surren dered Port Arthur after a six months' eroic defense scarcely without parall el in the annals of war. That is the verdict of the Bussian courtmartial. If anything -was lef to stamp infamy upon' the Russian depotism this act crowns that infamy. THE United States government Is going after the men who 'ynched a ne gro in Chattanooga, taking him from the custody of the United. States court authorities. A rule of con tempt has been sought from the Su preme Court by the Attorney General nd a number of residents of Chatta nooga have been named as the guilty parties.________ ___ Roseted snke In Australia several kinds of snakes re eaten roasted. They are said to be equal In delcacy and flavor to th~e finest stewed eels. An E ag!ish trav- . eler decl-res tihe steam from the roastirg reptiles is by no means un