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VOL, XX'VI MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER ,11 O1 HIGHER PRICES State Ctton Convention T- kes Action Looking, to That E d. WIll CANVASS THE STATE Farmers, Bankers. Merch.,nts and Other Business Men of State At tend Meeting, Discuss the Situation Generally and Formulate Plans to Aid Cotton Sellers. The State cotton convention, call ed by E. J. Wa.tson and E. W. Dabbs, president of the State Far:eers' un ion, in response to the action of the Southern Cotton congress, recently held at Montgomery, Ala.. was held in Columbia Thursday in the hall of the House of Representatives. It was one of the most largely atten.ded con ventions ever held in the hAil, and tne personnel was such as to cause many to remark that seldom had there been seen gathered together for conference a more representative body. The convention was composed of Farmers' union men, farmers, .mer chants, bankers, and business and professional men from all parts of the State ,and throughout the proceed ings there was perfect harmony of thought and action and a unity of purpose was manifested with a, de gree of determination indicating the character of the fight that the people of this State propose to maKe throughout for a higher price for cotton. The action of the convention in the end provided machinery extending in to the vigorous prosecution -of the holding, warehousing and financing movements, with the object in view of causing a substantial cessation o' the rush of cottor to market. Action was taken on almost every phase of the cotton situation and considerable work was cut out for this State's representatives in con gress to undertake. Along this line the plain intimation was given by the convention tha.t the ti-me had come for some kind of national legislation to be insisted upon in regard to the marketing of the cotton crop, now representing nearly $1,000,000,000. In calling the convention to order Commissioner Watson, who is also the president of the Southern CottoD congress and a member of the nat ional cotton campaign committee, along with President Barrett of the National Farmers' union and Con gressman Heflin of Alabama, declar ed that he was glad the hour had come in South Carolina when the pro ducer, the business interests and the banking interests of the State could meet to discuss a situation involving the welfare of every material inter est in the State and indeed the very life-blood of every man, woman and child in South Carolina. He said that the hour had arrived at last for intelligence to hold sway, for the thinking men of the South to realize the value of their cotton. He felt thankful to the bears that they had hammered cotton down to 10 cents in .the face of this conven~tion for, perhaps 10 d ents cotton would stiffen the backbone of some people why, if cotton were above 10 cents, were likely to rush it on the market. The conference was convened in the hall of the house of representa tives at 3:30 o'clock. The meeting was called to order by- 1. J. Watson. commissioner of agriculture. J. Whit ner Reid was named as secretary. Follo~wing the roll call of the dele gates present a ;;ermanent organiza tion was perfectt.d and Commissioner Watson was named as president. Mr. Barrett had asked him to say to the convention that negotiations were under way but had not yet been concluded, that he hoped, however, they would be c'ompleted at an early day. A message from Mr. Barrett was also conveyed to the effect that there was every indication o-f a reac tion in New York almost immediate ly in the rice of cotton, and he urg ed the convention to do everything in its power to hold every possible bale of cottan oir the market. ~Commissionler Watson further an nounced that the national committee members had about determined upon a whirlwind campaign through the cotton belt with a series of monster meetings and that United States Sen ator Smith of this State and United States Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi had been requested to take part in this campaign. This will give five men, posted on cotton. tc conduct the meetings. the com:.littee men being Messrs. Barrett, Heflin and Watson. Mr. Hef!!n in his remarks at the opening of the night meeting pre sented' a number of essential facts bearing upon the marketing and han dling of the cotton crop. Committees on resolutions, com pcsed of one member from each con gressional district, was appointed as follows: W. McL. Frompton, R. M. Mixson, Alan Johinstone, u. P. Good win, W. P. Pollock, Douglas McIn tyre. E. W. Dabbs, chairman. There were calls for United States Senator E. D. smith and in a lery few moments Commissioner Watson, referring to Senator Smith's work in behalf of cotton in the movement that carried the price to 15 cents, presented "Cotton" Smith to his peo ple amid the vociferous cheering of the delegates. At the conc~asion of his address, as frequently during his remarks, Smith was most enthusiastically and vigorou~sly applauded. At the afternoon session the bank ers present were called upon for stateentns as to their views in the matter of assis-ing in the holding movement bry financing the crop. These statement were not only most signifieant and reassuring, but were f e~wh -a chmracer t-hat each eaused a speedy manisfestation of pleasure of the delegates. At the opening of the night session Commissioner Watson announced that he had hoped to be able to give some definite information from Pres ident Barrett as to the $75.000,000 loan from the French-British syndi cate for the purpose of aiding the holding movement. He announced that he had within the last half hour had been talking with Mr. Barrett on the long distance telephone. That .the -banks of the State are friendly to the farmers was brought out by expressions from well konwn bankers at the congress. Every banker present promised to cooperate in a substantial manner to assist the farmers of the State iL their fight for a higher price for cotton. The expressions by the bankers followed a general discussion. The iniquitous cotton exchanges was repeatedly attacked on the floor of the House of Representa~tves and two resolutions of procelure were re ported by the committee formed by one member from each Congressioni district and appointed by Commis sioner of Agriculture E. J. Watson. W. P. Pollock favored a petition to Congress. asking that the use of Inter-State means of communication be denied the exchanges, but this meeting with objection on the ground of possible legal resistance, a sub stitute motion was adopted after the deba.te. An agreement brought about was that Congress be memorialized to regulate dealing in cotton by -the ex changes so that real cotton will be the basis of all contracts and actual delivery he had. The following resolution was also adopted at the night session of the onvention: "Resolved, That the county farmers' unions of the differ ent counties of the State be requested o appoint a committee consisting of not less than three men in each town ship in each county to canvass the e farmers of their county and ascertain how many bales of cotton they will ledge themselves to hold for the agreed price u'nless otherwise In structed by the State rarmers' Union to sell. "That the secretary of the county nions be requested to- forward re orts from these committees to the secre'.ry and rpesident of the tate Farmers' Union be requested to co-operate with Mr. Watson to have this plan carried out in all of .he cotton growing States. 'Be it further resolved, that the president of the State Farmers' Un ion be requested to keep the local mions posted as to the number of bales of cotton pledged in the differ ant States in conformity to this reso lution. "Be it further resolved, That the t chairman of this body be and is here >y authorized to name from each I ounty a special committee of bus!- I ess men and bankers to represent I ach and every bank in said county, esignating which banker is to be the c'.airman of said committee, the t uties of this committee being as 1 ollows: They are promptly to is ertain from every special committeei ppointed to canvass the cotton grow ~rs the number of .bales of cotton to t e held, -promptly arrange for finan ing as many bales of the said cottont s possible." MOB LYNCHES WHIlTE MAN. "iling of Two Deputies Leads toC Violence in ,Arkansas. Forcing their way into the Desha Jounty jail at Dumas, Ark., between ifty and one hundred men, members f a mob formed so quietly that the tuthorities had not the slightest varning, overpowered the deputies a charge and took Charles Malpas, Sr., white, to a water tank and hang d him early Wednesday. The mob ~hen dispersed without demonstra ion. None of its members is known o the authorities, according to their tatement. The lynching followed a pitched attle at the home of Malpas the lay before, in which the sheriff and wo deputies were killed. The wifE if Charles Malpas, Sr., a negress, and he Malpass younger son, a young ulatto, escaped from the house dur: ug the fighting. The authorities sa.) hey do not think the negress ant he boy engaged in the battle an( or this reason it is not thought th< wo will be sought further in connec ion with the a~ffair. Queer Case for Divorce. Mrs. Henry Schutz, of St. Paul .Iinn.. on the ground that her hus and said he was a widower with lree children before the fnarriage thereas after the knot had been tied. rs. Schulz was "shocked and sur :rised, although fond of children, tc earn he had ten, ranging in agc rom one to fifteen years." * Strung Him Up Quickly. At Kiev. Russia, Dimitri Bagroff. he assassin of Premier Stolypin who was condemned to death by court martial, was hanged Monday. Be fore his execution the young man asked that he might see a rabbi but refused this consolation when in formed that the interview must be in the presence of officials. Gen. Jackson's Birthplace. IAt Clarksburg, West. Va., a bronze tablet marking the birthplace of Gen. Stonewall Jackson was unveiled on Tuesday. Dr. James Power Smith, only surviving officer of Gen. Jack son's staff, made the dedicatory ad dress. Lies Down Before TJ.rain. At Live Oak. Fla., Ben Hines, a stranger, said to be unbalanced on account of his religion, deliberately laid down in front of a train Tues day and was instantly killed Falls to His 1)eath. Lieut. R. A. Camnmell, of the Brit ish oviation school of Farmnborough, England. was killed recently while making a flight at Hendon, six miles from the c-entre of London. *I THE RED SllIRT Annual Reunion of Veterans of Reco struction Held. VERY GOOD ATTENDANC Col. John S. Mobley, Miss Grac Lumpkin, and Governor Bleas Speak at Formal Opening of Rq union.-Senator John Sharp Wi liams Unable to Attend. A Columbia dispatch says no mor lemonstrative gathering of men an women has probably been seen i Dolumbia in recent years than th issembly which crowded the lowe oor and two galleries of the Coluti gia Theatre Wednesday night at th ,ormnal welcoming of the Red Shir Veterans, who began their annual re inion. By far the large majority of th nen in the gathering wore the re ;hirt, and aside from the picturesque less of the view of blazing red ming] d with the fashionable gowns of th air sex, the spirit of good humor wa broad in all its vigor, and, time afte ime, bubbled over in cheers, av lause and shouts upon the slightes yrovocation. Col. John G. Mobley, commander -chief, presided over the gatherinj knd by his side on the stage sat th< ponsor, Miss Elize Stribling, of Pen Ileton, and her two maids of honor disses Agnes Ravenel, of Spartan >urg, and Zena Evans, of Cheraw Lnd Miss Grace Lumpkin, who deliv red the welcome to the "Men of '76. After the prayer and the Doxology ung by the entire assembly, Col Iobley in brief but well chosei rords, introduced Senator Francis H Veston to the audience, and he, af er a stirring recital of some of th< cenes and conditions of reconstruc ion days, introduced Miss Lump :in. At nftrly every possible Interva n the remarks of the speakers, ap lause broke sontaneo-usly from thosi eated near the front of the house aost of whom wore the red shirt! nd cheers were not infrequent dur ng -the middle of Col. Mobley's talk hile he was mentioning some o he leaders who took part in the re< hirt days of reconstruction. A life sized portait of Gen. Wad< fampton. which had been veiled un il now, was suddenly placed in ful iew of -the vast assemblage when th< Lame of that -political leader wa: rentioned; instantly there arosi rom every male voice -in the bous4 heers upon cheers, and the ovatioi iven the portrait of the old citief ain required several minutes t4 pend its force. In a thrilling voice Miss Lumpkih elcomed the "Men of '76'' to Co van.bia. She recited briefly somet o he things that the Red Chirt Veter ens had accomplished and assure< hem of the gratitutde and love o veryone who enjoyed the great her tage they had left. Governor Blease, who next aros< o welsome the Red Shirts on behal f the State, was welcomed by the 'eterans with prolonged applause. Hi vas several time interrupted in hi: emarks by cheers. Governor Bleas< poke of the return of the soldier Lfter the war, the Reconstructio: imes, conditions and what had bee: ecomplshed by the wearers of thi ed shirts during the days of '76E le spoke also of the prosperous con lition of the State at present due ti large extent to what the men a 76 .had done. It was a matter of general regre o all that it was impossible for Sen itor .Tohn Sharp Williams, of Mis ;issippi, to be present. Col. John G iobley, commander-in-chief, an iounced Wednesday night that h 2ad just received a letter from Mi Viiliams stating his inability to b aresent. It would be a hara, matter, in leed, to conceal from even the mor 'asual observer, the fact that th ~ed Shirt veterans of the State ar aking an invasion of the Capita ity. Clad very, very, distinctive1l r shirts of the reddest red, set o ay black trousers, and broad rimme lats, even a single one standingi crowded street, is easily single -ut by the eye as a mark of specia interest. ELEVEN DROWNED IN SEINE. uto Plunges from Bridge into Rive With Direful Results. Eleven persons were drowned an en others hurt by the overturnin f an automobile 'bus into the Seii Thursday afternoon, says a Pari lispatch. The automobile 'bus wit twenty-five passengers, was comim from the Jardin Des Plantes in ti direction of the opera. It was hal way over tahe Archeveche bridge leal ing from the left bank of the riv4 to the island immediately behind tl Cathedral of Notre Dame. In trying to avoid a collision wit another omnibus the chaffeur ga' his steering wheel a sharp turn. TI heavy vehicle skidded violetly, shb onto the sidewalk, crashed throng the heavy iron railing as if it wel a pipe stem. and dropped into ti river below. All the passengers we carried down with the exception two or three who jumped just time. Blease's Pardon Record. Gov. Blease granted a parole F1 day to Wess Williams, who was co victed in Newberry county In 190 and sentenced to ten years in tl penitentiary on the charge of ma slaughter. Since assuming office governor has extended clemency 333 case's, as follows: Paroles, 12 arns, 109. PICE QUELL RIOTS FORCED TO CHARGE MOBS WITH DRAWN SABRES. Mexican Indians Crucify Chiofas Cit izen When They Sacked That Place -Women and Children Murdered. Within a few hours after the re turn of Francisco I. Madero, Jr.. e from his speaking tour through the . south Thursday, Mexico City again became the scene of riots whose quellin by the mounted police result quelling by the mounted police re sulted in two fatally wounded and 15 e injured. To restore order the police d were forced to charge the mobs with a sabres drawn. Groups of manifestants were still e paradi-ng the streets and shouting r "Vivas' for the returnin& candidate when police were compelled to dis perse rioters who had gathered in the zocalo in front of the city hall. The work of the authoritiels accon' plished here was repeated half an hour later in a factory district ten blocks away, where the same drastie measures were umployed to suppress another outbreak. Neither of these riots had any r great political significance and their . origin on the day of Madero's return t was either merely a coincidence or due to the fact that the thousands of . manifestants on the streets made It easy for troublemakers to get In their work. Instigated by those who profess to believe that Antonio Rivergo, the governor's secretary, was responsi ble for the political confusion in the state of Chiapas, the mob-marched to the zocalo. Its numbers steadily in creasing and the cries became so in- t sistent and insulting that the author ities called out the mounted police. Twice the police called on the peo - ple to disperse, but without resul-t. Sabres then were drawn and the squadron charged into the midst of , the mob, which gave way, but not I until a few scattering shots from re I volvers had .been fire by the rioters, t - one of which fatally wounded a mem- 3 b ber of the mob. Ten minutes later the zocalo was 3 deserted, but the neuclus of the mob - remained intact and gathering fresh recruits the hoodlums marched to La Carolina, a texile mill in the north ern part of the city. A labor dispute was pending there and the rioters' efforts were directed toward precipi- I tating a strike. Another squadron of . I mounted police charged the rioters. h This time the mob did not reform. c DEATH AMONG MERRY-MAKERS. s Rockets Explode in Mexican Church. 0 -Malero Festival. I A terrific explosion of rockets and -boombs in a crowded church at Guad-1 Ialajara, Mexico. Wednesday, resulted - in four dead and fifteen seriously 1ijured, cast a shadow of gloom fover the merry-makers attend - ing the coming of Madero Wednes day. Of the wounded many were so seriously burned or trampled in the panic which followed that they are .believed to have been fatally injured. Fifty rockets and six hundred Sbombs had been stored in the Chapel of Jesus for use in celebrating the arrival of the sacred imnage of the 1 Virgin of Zapoapian, which at this - season is carried from church to a church and believed to have power to -effect miraculous cures on the faith - ful. ) The explosives, piled at the foot f of the stairs leading to the tower. is thought to have been ignited by the tcareless dropping of a lighted cigar - ette. Those nearest were hurled in - all directions by the force of the de -tonation. - The building was Quickly filled a with suffocating smoke, which blind -ed the struggling and frantic occu e Dants who fought one another in their efforts to reach the exits. When - the smoke cleared away one man was t found dead partially disemboweled, e and three boys, one eight and two e ten years old, so frightfully burned .1 and mangled that they died soon af Ster being carried from the building. BLUE AND GREY LINK ARMS. .11 Climax of Union and Confederate Gathering at Memphis. To the strains of the fife and drums 500 veterans of the Blue and Grey marched with arms linked rthrough the streets of Memphis Wed-1 nesday -night bunting bedecked and< gayly illuminated in their honor. Iti d was the culminating feature of the greunion of soldiers who fought in e the opposing armies during the civil swar of the '60's. h The Sons of Veterans and other gavxiliary organizations, State troops, e fraternal associations and mounted nolice paraded with the gray-haired ~men. Former slaves, body servants rduring the war, marched in the wake e o the veterans and spectators crowd ed the streets to cheer the old sol hdiers. e The most important action taken eat the Reunion was an endorsement of a proposed peace jubliee and a hi genera.1 reunion in Washington in -1913. Other than this the Reunion tewas principally a happy interming e ling of those who wer'e foes fifty nyears ago. They participated in a barbecue arranged by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Negro Crushed by Train. a- Sam Drayton, a negro, had his life . crushed out of him by Charleston & ie Western Carolina train No. 42 be n- tween Allendale and Fairfax. It is of thought that liquor was the cause of in his being on the track since a num 1; ber of bottles with their contents artly-one were in evidnce. CHINESE CRUISER HERE HET HAI CHI ANCHORS IN TH CHARLESTON HARBOR. Only Chinese Warship That Ever Vi. ited American Waters.-Officer Extended Courtesies of Port. The imperial Chinese cruiser HE Chi, flying the yellow and green drag on 'flag of the Celestial empirf steamed into Charleston harbor Wed aesday and anchored in the strean where she may remain .or severa lays. She is the first Chinese warshi: aver seen in American waters, ani Charleston is the only port othe han New York she has entered. Th Eai Chi is bound for Havana. Sh :ame to the United States from Eng and, where she was sent to repre ent the Chinese government at th ,oronation of King George V. The Hai Chi is commanded b: ,apt. Ting "tong, and she also flie :he flag of Rear Admiral Ching Pil Kwong. She carries a crew of sev ral hundred men. Very trim and business-like al seared the Hai Chi as she came u: :o the harbor shortly before noo Wednesday. She is painted in dul ,rey, the conventional battleshi olor, and her name appears in Chi iese ideographs on the stern. She i iandled in first class sailor fashio3 mnd bears all tne appearances of , rarship of the most modern type which, as a matter of fact, she'is iaving been only lately complete( Lnd taken over by the Chinese gov rnment. The courtesies of the port was ex ended to the Chinese admiral an< he-naval and army officials at th4 avt yeard and at the island fort( xehanged calls with him. Admira: hing is a highly educated Chinesv rho has traveled extensively, and F haro.ughly familiar With the Wes ei world. He speaks English per edly and has visited this countr3 efore. He has seen much servic Sa4he Chinese navy and served ir h6; Chino-Japanese war. Some o ikfcers also served in that war. 'HE HOiSTEIN-SPRADLEY FEUD, ensational Affair Out of Which Grevi Charge of Murder. The Holstein homicide case is ex ected to come up for trial in Aiker his week. An Aiken dispatch say he case has created more interesi au;any that has been tried In thai ounty in many years. In this casc [eath of Mrs. Spradley, aunt of Co mbus Spradley, with severely whip ix members of the Holstein family ne of the most prominent in th( ounty, are charged with causing thE ing Mrs. Spradley's husband, Bey pradley, and of whipping young Co .'mbus Spradley and compelling hin o leave the community. The Holsteins and a neighbor, Do< Iockrel, are alleged to have visited he home of Ben and Mrs. NettiE ipradley about six weeks ago givini iolumbus and Ben Spradley a sound hrashirig. The excitement 'is said tc ave caused the death of Mrs. Sprad ey, though this is denied by the Hol teins, who state they will have n< ifficulty in showing that she was wel .nd hearty after the affair of thai Vednesday night. Ben Spradley re eived but one~ severe blow, but h4 Lvered between life and death foi everal days, finally recovering. Co umbus Spradley disappeared ani vas not located for several days, bu1 vhen .found it was ascertained tha1 te had not been- seriously injured This unfortu-nate affair hingec Lout the attentions of Columbu: pradley to Miss Gussie Holstein, iretty and intelligent girl. When thi -oung man visited a school entertain nent in that neighborhood somn reeks before he lost his heart to thi 'insome girl, but met with the vie ent opposition of her relatives. Oi he day of the whipping young Sprad ey had gone to the home of his un :le, Ben Spradley, near the Holstein: rem his home in Augusta. FOUR DIE IN FIRE. Lhey Were Smothered Before Hell Could Reach Them. At Chicago four persons wer< smothered early Monday morning il re said t obe incendiary that partl: lestroyed two small flat buildings a 336 South Sangamon stre.et. Th< dead 4re: Haxrry Egalovitch, hi wife, their baby and L. Alport, boarder. They lived in the third fla af a three-story rear building. two-story building fronting on th street was also partly destroyed. Al ther occupants of the buildings es aped in their night clothes andi was thought that na one had bee: urt until the firemen found the fou persons dead. Their bodies wer scarcely scorched and It is though they were asphyxiated by smoke be fore the alarm of fire aroused then: Two babies were dropped from sec nd floor windows unhurt. Three Men Were Hilled. At Louisville, Ky., an avalan'ehe c bricks from upper walls of a burr ing six-story building, in the Mai street wholesale district, crashe through three floors of an adjoinin building, killing three firemen an injuring two others. They Ran Him Down. Bill Suber, who killed James Baal knight ,was run down by blooc hcunds and captured at his mother house Monday night. He Is said I be a bad negro. Became Insane. At San Jose, Calif., Rev. Thomc Sherman, son of General Win. Sherman. has bee placed in the il LABEL CASES The Shadow of the Old State Dispen. sray Frauds Loom Up Again. SAYS THEY WERE PAID A Witness in the Trial of Boykin, Towill and Tatum, Former Officials - of the Old State Dispensary, Testi fied That They Were All Bribed in the Label Matter. In the trial of W. 0. Tatum, L. W. r Boykin and John Bell Towi.l, 'charg ed with defrauding the State in the purchase of a lot of labels for the use . of the old State Dispensary when it . was in operation, John T. Earley, a liquor house representative, Thurs day testified that in the Spring of 1905 he talked with L. W. Boykin , and J. B. Towill, dispensary directors, about the purchase of labels, suggest . ing that if they gave the order to .Mr. Weiskopf of Cincinnati it would . mean money in Earley's pocket. That subsequently Commissioners Tatum and Boykin went to Cincinnati in company with M. A. Goodman and Earley met them at the Grand Cen tral depot; that together they sub sequently went to the office of Nivis son, Whiskopf & Co. to discuss the matter of labels with them, that the agreement to give the big job of lith ographing to the firm was made; that subsequently. Earley received -as one . third of the net profit of the deal a check for $6,534; that Goodman told . him that he -had paid Boykin $3,000, Tatum $300, somthing to Towill, and something to W. J. McCartha, anoth ei dispenrary employe. Here is the substance of Earley's testimony: Q. What business are you engag ed in, Mr. Earley? A. At present in the wholesale liquor business. Q. Salesman for a wholesale liquor business? A. Yes, sir. Q. What liquor house do you sell for? A. The Fleishmann copan'y. Q. Did you ever have occasion to sell any liquor to the State dispen sary? A. Yes, sir. Q. While you were offering these liq.uors -for sale, did you ever come to Columbia to see abdut it? A. Yes, sir. Q. -Mr. Earley, state whether or not you were in the city of Colum bia during the year 1905? A. Yes, sir. Q. Who was on the board of di rectors of the dispensary at that time, do you recall? A. I think It was John Bell Towill and Whit Boykin and Hub Evans. Q. John Bell Towill. L. W. Boy kin and H. H. Evans? A. Yes, sir. Q. Mr. Earley, while you were vis iting Colum.bia during the year 1905, did you have any conversation with Mr. Towill or Mr. Boykin, or Mr. Goodman. any of them, in reference to purchasing labels? -A. Yes, sir; I spoke to him about it. Mr. Lyon: Well, sir, was the mat ter of purchasing labels discussed there? A. I told him that I had a friend who was interested on some labels, yes, sir. Q. Did youi tell him who that friend was? A. Yes, sir. Q. Who was it? A. Nivisson-Weis kopf company of Cincinnati. Q. Was Mr. Goodman also interest ed in the order? A. Yes, sir. Mr. Lyon: Mr. Earley, were Mr. Goodman and Mr. Bowkin and your self, were you together at any time for the purpose of discussing this purchase of labels? ,A.. Yes, sfr; we spoke about it together. Q. Was Mr. Tatum present at any time that th-is label matter came up before you all? A. In Columbia? Q. Well, anywhere else? A. I could not say positively whether he entered into any conversation on the label question at all. Q. Was he present when any com versation took place? A. I could not say that positively. Q. Did you meet .Mr. Tatum in Cin cinnati on that occasion? A. Yes, sir. Q. With Mr. Boykin and Mr. Good m'an? A. Yes, sir. Q. Were any labels purchased from Nivisson Weiskopf company on that occasion? A. Yes, sir. Mr. Lyon: Mr. Barley, state whether or not you had a conversa tion with Mr. Boykin in the city of Columbia in regard to this label transaction? A. Yes, sir. Q. What was the conversation? A. As I repeated before, I was interest ed in selling labels for a friend of Lmine who had submitted a bid to the State dispensary, and I would have 'liked to see him buy the labels. IQ.. What else did you tell Mr. Boy . kin? A. I do not remember what else t I said to him. 1 Q. State whether or not you told r him that you could make some mon , ey out of it? A. To the ,best of my t knowledge I told him that I could . make some money if they bought the labels from the Nivission-Weis -kopf company. Q. You could make some money out of it? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you ever have a conversa tion with the boardf of directors? A. I spoke with Mr. To'will and Mr. Boy kin~ SQ. About what? A. About secur ing an order for labels. Q. Were there any bids or any thing of that sort before the board or sketches or anything of that sort? A. Yes, sir; Nivisson-Weiskopf com pany of Cincinnati sent them a bid. -Q. Mr. Barley, state whether 01 - not it was discussed in your pres sence by Mr. Boykin or Mr. Towill 0 that these sketches were sent froir Nivission-Weiskopf company? A. Yes sir. Q. Mr. Barley, state whether oi . not, subsequent to your conversatior . you had in Columbia. if Mr. '-oykir - and Mr. Tatum went to Cincinnati! *A. Ves sir. Q. In whose co.mpany were they when they arrived in Cincinnati? A. M. A. Goodman. Q. Where did you find them in Cincinnati? A. Goodman 'telegraph ed me to meet him Q. Never mind what Goodman did; where did you meet them? A. Grand Central depot. Q. From there where did you go? A. I am not pretty positive-it has been four or five years ago Q. Did you or not go on tha.t oc casion to Nivison-Weiskopf company's place of business? A. Yes, sir. Q. For what purpose did you go there? A. They said they were go ing to buy bottle supplies and labels. Q. And you went 'to the Nivison Weiskopf company? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did Mr. Boykin go? A. Yes, sir. Q. Mr. Tatum go? A. Yes, sir. Q. And Mr. Goodman? A. Yes, sir. Q. And yourself? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you discuss the lab'el mat ter going along there or during the day, at the Nivisson-Weiskopf com pany? A. Well we spoke about it in a general way. Q. And you were going there to make a contract for labels? A. Yes, sir. Q. Well, was there a contract en tered into there? A. I do not know whether it was made there or signed there or signed here. Q. Was there any agreement or understanding about buying the lab els there that day? A. Mr. Goodman told me Q. Never mind what Mr. Good man told you. Mr. Earley, were those sketches made in Cincinnati at the time you were discussing the matter with Wleiskcpf? A. Yes, sir. Q. Mr. Earley, what proportion of the profits were you to receive? A. I was to receive one-third. Q. One-third? A. Yes, sir. Q. State whether or not that is a check you received in payment of the profit? (Handing paper to witness.) Mr Johnstone: We object now, unless these men knew it, your hon or. The Court: I will let him answer that question. Mr. Lyon: Is that the check, Mr. Earley? A. Yes, sir. Col. Nelson: $6,500, is it not, Mr. Lyon? Mr. Welch: $6.534. Mr. Lyon: We offer this check in evidence. Mr. Lyon: $?r. Earley, you had this conversation with Mr. Goodman? A. Yes, sir. Q. What did Mr. Goodman tell you on that occasion? A. He told me a short while afterwards he paid Mr. Boykin $3,000. Mr. Raysor: I object to that, on this ground, that it was -not in fur-. therance of this conspiracy. He said it was -several months afterwaids, hF. paid money out. Mr. Lyon: I will ask the question a little bit differently. .M. Earley with reference to this conversation with Mr. Goodman and yourself. when was this check of $6,500 and odd dollars paid you? A. It was af ter the labels had been shipped and paid for. Q. After the labels had been ship. ped and paid for that you got the check? A. Yes, sir. Q. When was this conversation had between you and Mr. Goodman; was it .before you received the check? A. Which conversation do you refe: to? Q. When he told you he had paic lir. Boykin $3,000. A. It was prev icus to the check. Q. About how many months afte3 they were in Cincinnati? A. Well. I do not know positively. I will say a week. Q. Within a week after they left Cincinnati? A. Yes, sir. Q. Now, Mr. Earley, you state thai Mr. Goodman told you that he hac' paid Mr. Boykin $3,000 ? A. Yes. sir. Q. Or an amount in .that neighbor hood? A. Yes. isr. Q. Did he say whether or not he paid Mr. Tatum anything? A. Hie said he paid Mr. Tatum $300. Mr. Raysor: We object to that. Mr. Lyon: Did he say whether he paid Mr. Towill anything? A. Yes sir; he said he paid him some amount; I do not know the exact amount. Mr. Timmnerman: We object Mr Lyon: Did he tell you whethey he paid anybody else anything oi not? A. He told me he paid another party some money, a Mr. Mack. Q. Was it McCartha? A. I think so. Q. What relation was McCartha to Towill? Mr. Timmerman: We object to that, your honor. Mr. McC'artha is not indicted. .Mr. Lyon: The indictment, your honor, stated that he paid various sums to Towill, Boykin, and other persons to the jurors unknown. Q. Mr. Earley, state whether or not Mr. Goodman, at this conversation to which we referred, stated that he paid Mr. McCartha some money? A Yes, sir. Q. Do you know who Mr. McCartha is or was? A. He was at one time connected with the dispensary, but I do not know exactly what year it was. Mr. Lyon: .Mr. Earley, state wheth er or not the amount of money paid. Mr. Boykin and Towill -and others was fo rthe purpose of securing the business or was it a part of the pro fits of which you received one-third? A. It was not from the profits that I received the third,no. Q. State whether or not it was ex penses for securing the business? Mr. Nelson: We object, that has no reference to this. Mr. Lyon: State whether or no' this amount was stated to be the ex penses of securing the business down here? A. Goodmah says it was the Mr. Lyon: Mr. Earley, how long did Mr. Tatum and Mr. Boykin re expenses. main in Cincinnati. so far as you know? A. A couple of days. I think Q. Mr. Earley, did you go out witi LMr. Tatum and Mr. Boykin on the Inight they were there, and with Mr Goodman? A. I went to the theatre MODERN BORGIA New Orleans Police Suspect Yoong We., mra ot Several Crimes. SAID TO BE DRUG FIEND Annie Crawford, Arrested for 3ur der of Young Sister by Use of Mor. phine.-Three Other Members of Her Family Died MysterioUsjy in Last Fifteen Months. A young woman of French-Amer ican extraction, 'under arrest for the murder of a Younger sister, whose life was insured in her favor, Thurs day night admitted to the district attorney that she had administered morphine to the girl but b: i done-so by mistake. Three other members of -the Craw !ord family have died under cyster ious circumstances within the past Sfiteen months, and Annie Crawford was the beneficiary Damed in the in strance policies on the life of 'each. The poliiies she held on all four amounted to only $1,750, however. rhe police say she spent nearly all the money on. clothes. Elise Crawford died suddenly last saturday, and under citeumstances o suspicious that the coroner had .he contents of the stonacb analyz d by an expert chemist. The find. ng of traces of morphine was fol owed by the arrest of the sister. The tuthorities indicated that the bodies )f the three other members of the amily would be exhumed for a sidt lar examination. District Attorney Adams declined o state whether he contemplated ,harging Annie Crawford with the nurder of all four niembers of the amily but he dictated the following tatement to the Associated Press: "It was established Thursday that Lnnie Crawford is a drug fiend and robably is addicted to morphine. 't is also established that Annie orawford had access during the past ,hree weeks to morphine a,nd. was in L position to obtain it in practically mny quantity during that period. )uring her indisposition Elise Craw ord complained that her food and [rink were doped. I have charged kanie Crawford with the murder of ter sister Elise." (For five hours Thursday the Craw ord woman was under examination y the police. She stoutly maintain d innocence and appeared cool and inmoncerned throughout. She-sid-* eged to have made numerous contra lictory statements and when con ronted with evidence tending to in riminate her she would declare Lgain and again, "tisn't so." Annie Crawford also holds and in urance policy on the life of her rounger sister Gertrude, who told the - listrict attorney Thursday that she was afaraid of her sister. In one fifth of a cupful of the ontents of Elise Craiwford's stomach )r. A. L. Metz , the city chemist ound 3 and 1-2 graIns of morphine, ufficient to kill two persons. The first of the Crawford house told to die was Mlary Agnes Crawford ister of the prisoner. Her death >ccurred June 25, 1910, suddenly, upposedly of acute meningitis. Three veeks later, July 15, 1910, her fath *r died, uremic poisoning being given :s the cause. After an interval of we weeks, or, on July 29, 1910, -her nother died. In her case uremic poi oning was also given as the cause. Annie Crawford held insurance )olicies on the lives of the deceased n the following sums: Walter C. Crawford, father $800; VIrs. Crawford, mother, -$400; Mary \.gnes Crawford, sister, $300; Elise - 3rawford, sister, $250. She collect-. >d the insurance in each case except hat of -her sister Elise, payment of *vhich was withheld pending receipt af the certificate of death. On Mon lay morning following her sister's leath, Arnne made deme,nd on the nsurance company for -the money. )n that day she also went to the -ailroad office where her sister had een employed as stenographer and :ollected $45 due the deceased. -vith them one night. Q. After the label transaction had. een completed? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did Mr. Weiskopf make a state nent to you as to his having to turn >ver expense money to Goodman to ;et this money or not? Mr. Nelson: We object again, your onor. Mr. Weiskopf is here pres 2nt in court. We object on the ;round already stated; your honor :an rule as you see fit. The Court: Go ahead. Mr. Lyon: State whether or not M~r. Weiskopf told you that? A. He :old me he advanced Mr. Goodman some money. - - Q. Do you have any recollection of :he neighborhood of the amount? A. He told me after he gasve me my heck that it was 75 Q. We do not want to know any thing about that--after he gave you' the check. Mr. Earley, state whether or not, during the times that you were visiting Columbia here to look after the sale of liquor by the Fleis chman company to the dispensary, and while Mr. Boykin was a mem ber of the board of directors, wheth er you occasionally 2:'aned him mon oy or gave it to ~him, or anything of :hat sort, when he was buying whis itey from your house? .Mr. Nelson: We object, your hon or. This is entirely outside of this indictment. Mr. Lyon here made an argument to show that witness could show that defendant had received bribes pre vious to that ti-me, as was done in the St. Louis cases. Mr. Lyon said it was the object of the prosecution to show that the dispensary officials tried to get money out, of other trans actions.