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^ The Dillon Herald | ESTABLISHED IN I?95. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, I!Mo! Vol,. 10. NO. 12. 1 rnnncn ninnnncn! ?upurmr.~ uuurLK nircuuiuu Slayer of Senator Carmack Saved by Governor. W * d!G SENSATION IN TENNESSEE. Supreme Court Had Affirmed Col. Duncan B. Cooper's Sentence of Twenty Years?Young Robin Cooper Given New Trial. "Nashville. Tenn., Special.?A sensation, equaling that which inflamed , Tennessee in November 1908 when jormer ?jnueu oiaies oenuior r.uwaru "Ward Carmaek was shot and killed on Nashville's streets, was the pardoning hy Governor M. R. Patterson Wednesday of Col. Duncan B. Cooper, who, with his son. Robin J. Cooper, was convicted of the murder of Carmaek. I The issuance of the pardon on the Oovernor's own initiative, without a formal petition before him. followed quickly the reading of the opinion of the Tennessee Supreme Court aflirming the verdict of guilty in the ease of 20 years in the penitentiary, and reversing the lower court in the case of Robin Cooper. Governor Pattrson wrote the full pardon for Colonel Cooper and filed it with the Secretary of State while Chief .Justice Beard was yet reading a dissenting opinion in the ease of Colonel Cooper. In a statement given to the press the Governor said: Tu my opinion neither of the defendats is guilty and they have not hod a fair and impartial trial, but * "were convicted contrary to the law P aiul the evidence." & Desperate Boycott Against Meat. g. New York, Special.?The boycott Hfargaiust high prices is spreading more Jf/jjrapidly than any similar movement Br remembered in Now York City. All Ia meats have advanced one cent a Bflbound wholesale. Alreadv !)."? nor [eeiy of lh*' Kosher butcher shops in ilie city, supplying a population of p5.000 have been either forcibly closed or have shut up in sympathy with the movement. In turn the butchers, who say they cannot sell lower and live, descended 200 strong ion the I'nitcd Dressed Beef Company Tuesday in such threatening mood that t lie company telephoned for police protection and the crowd was dispersed. Virginian Gets a Job Anyhow. Washington. Special.?William 1*. Kent, of Virginia, who resigned his post as consul general to Guatemala to enter the race for Governor of Virginia on the Republican ticket last fall, will again enter the consular services. President Taft has sent to the Senate the nomination of Mr. Kent to he consul at St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. Bights of Mississippi. Jackson, Miss., Special.?The sujjp>remc court has decided valid the Bet of the legislature prohibiting for ll?i?n corno rat ions from rumnrinw c?i*c I am state to federal courts. The state provided that tlie penalties for alation were, first a forfeiture of k right to do business in the state. Mi second, forfeiture of the right of pinent domain. Sitting Steady in the Boat. ^VTashington. Special. ? Speaker mon Tuesday again defied the iurgents'' to depose him from the ^keJrship. declaring in a speech Kkbe floor of the house that "iid the Hcpul)li< ans. who do not ape re of tlie personality of their Miker, have the courage to join the d minority 1 remain speaker until Keh 4th, next." .JDoctor and Governor Disagree. Hbrenton. N. J.. Special.?A hearing pen by (Jovcrnor Fort on Assembly fe Ramsey's bill to place only one jppath on the State board of niedexaminers ended rather sen I^hmibiiv in ine r>iaie House JuesH| when the (Jovernor accused Dr. Hfcber M. Halsey of Williamstown, |pj., chairman of the legislative comHbtee of the State medical society, of Min": misrepresented liira. Hpights of Columbu'J Pilgrimage. HlTew York, Special. Under the Hritual guidance of the Right Rev. fchop Van ?le Ylver, of Richmond, ^PUt 500 members of the Order <>t' Bnieiits of Columbus, from all parts the United States, will leave New York July 19 for pilgrimage to Home phi a general tour of Europe. Two Battleships for $12,000,000. Washington, Special.?By a decisNe vote of 162 to 11U, fourten being Ohaent and not voting, the House has authorised the construction of Egg?;? two battleship* to eo*t *6,000.000 |?P> I t?eh. 1 Baft fe'jfcAji fe-fein'-ii'1 ' " B&2 s, ..v. i ; ' ^APik intntVYSffllNUItLY IULU The Heart of Happenings Carved From the Whole Country. By a unanimous vote tlie New York Board of Estimate voted $(>0,000,000 for new subways and $5,539,472 for public schools. T. White, the western counterfeiter, who escaped from the federal prison, nt Atlanta, May 29, 190G, was captured near Houston, Tex. Conscience-stricken after 22 years because lie cheated Governor Stubbs, of Kansas, out of 18 bushels of corn, worth $9, an Osage county farmer is preparing to make cash restitution. Aided by two women, who are thought to have smuggled saws with 1. At? i ? which iu cm me dai's or a winnow and provided an automobile for their flight, two military prisoners escaped from the guard house at Fort Ix>gan, Col. The French submarine boat \>ntoz established a record by navigating at a depth of 113 feet for 24 minutes. Heedless of the man hunt for the bandits who killed the cashier and manager of the Victor Hank in Sclioenville, Pa., robbers made a raid on the Thomas Supply Co. store, almost opposite the bank, at the notorious "bloody angle." John Red Walters, who lias a criminal record, paid tlie penalty for wife beating at llagerstown, Md., by receiving 15 lashes, vigorously applied by the sheriff. With assets of 70 cents, Brunslnw Nicnias/.ek. 13 years old, of Newark, had legislative influence to procure the passage of two bills through the New Jersey legislature, amending the procedure in the execution of judgments against debtors under the age of lti so as to avoid their imprisonment. President Taft received from the niPliibers; of Tliivim I ,w1<r<> V., 1117 Free. Ancienl and Accepted Masons, of Baltimore, a handsome Masonic apron. The occasion was the fraternal visit of 300 Baltimore Masons to the lodgerooms of Naval Lodge, No. 4. of Washington. Letter carriers of New York have begun an active campaign in the interest of their movement for a day of rest each week, a reduction of Sunday work to a minimum and compensatory time off during the week for those who must work on Sunday. Seventy-two million eggs are said to have been taken off the open market recently, and Chicago dealevs say one of the effects of this will he to keep up the retail price. The first of the. trials of persons arrested in Philadelphia at the instance of the State Board of Pharmacy for the illegal sale of cocaine ended when George and Charles Bulling. colored, changed their pleadings to guilty and were sent to prison for two years. A line of .$500 was also imposed on each. The Ohio senate passed the Ditmars house bill, forbidding the sale of tobacco in any form to minors under 18 years of age. The bill as it pussed the house fixed the age limit at 21. The body of Mrs. Louisa A. Jarrell, who died in a Huntington, W. Va.. hospital of septic fever, was inriini iroin ir.c ?. nesapegKe & Ulno Railway station at Colcord, a distance of six miles 011 foot over the mountains, to the cemetery. That the province of Quebec will, in the near future, prohibit the exportation of pulp wood, cut on the crown lands of the prpvince, to the United States, was announced in the legislature. Mrs. Frank Nor ford, of Maryland, has an Easter egg 45 years old. The egg was attractively dyed and etched in 1806. Certain fat men of New Orleans are wearing a complacent smile and affecting a self-satisled strut. They are members of the Two-Hundred Pound Club, organized with a considerable membership and "ample prospects." Lexington, N. C., has passed an ordiancc requiring all trains running within the corporate limits of the town to reduce their speed to 6 miles an hour. The liquor question figured in numerous municipal elections in California. By substantial majorities, 9 towns voted dry and by majorities equally substantial li other towns in dorsed saloons. Robert S. Sharp, collector of internal revenue at Nashville, 'Fenn., has been appointed chief postotlice inspector. The University of Denver, Col., a Methodist institution, conferred the degree of d. Hor of laws/ on Father William O'Ryan, a Catholic priest of Denver. Six women oo-respondents beat Ave mere men similarly classified in a divorce suit d*-Med ias New York. . V ? , liUVtKNOK SliOKtl) Patterson Denounced for Pardoning Col. Cooper SENSE OF DECENCY IS SHOCKED i | Capt. G. T. Fitzhugh, Prosecuting Attorney, Who Made Famous Speech, Declares That the Law Has Been Trampled Under Foot. Memphis, Tenn.. Special.?Capt. G. T. .Fitzhugh, assistant counsel for the prosecution in the Cooper case, whose speech at the. famous trial attracted widespread attention, characterized the pardon of Col. Duncan 11. cooper as an outrage, lie said: "The disgraceful haste displayed by the Governor in pardoning Cooper before the ink was hardly dry on the Supreme Court opinion convicting him of murder, shocks every sense ' of decency. "Sworn to execute the laws as construed by the highest Court, the Governor, without 'even a petition from any one, tramples law under foot and sets aside the Court's decision for the benelit of a cold-blooded murderer, whose influence with the Governor is, and has been, far more potent than the interest and 1 safety of the people of this great ' Commonwealth." I Street Car Strike Settled. Philadelphia, Special.?The com- ' inittee of fourteen, composed of representatives of the striking motormen and conductors from each of the 1 barns of the Philadelphia Rapid 1 Transit Company met Friday and voted in favor of accepting a settlement ottered by the company through representatives of the American Federation of Labor. Since "the beginning of the strike 2?S persons have been killed by trojley cars. These I accidents, the strikers claimed; were caused by inexperienced motoruien. Women Hiss President Taft. Washington. Special.?The President of the luited States, the lirst eu:.i l' ?.!? > ? nii-i r,.\rilU!Vc HI III!' IKll lOll t'VlT to {;reet a convention ot' woman suffragists, braved the danger ot' facing an army of women who want the ballot, had the courage to confess hi? opinion, and was hissed. So .great was the throng tlnit sought admission to the hall that hundreds were turned away. Negro National Wholesale Drug So Atlanta, Ga., Special.?The Let Chemical company was incorporated with an authorized capital of $100,00U. The company is the tirst attempt of negroes to promote a national wholesale and retail manufacturing drug company. In the prospectus sent out, the company is appealing to the negro to cease consuming everything without producing anything and learn to do something for themselves. Women Suffragettes by Thousands. Washington, Special.-?More than 5,000 suffragettes from every State and Terrotory in the country are at the national capital to attend' the forty-third annual convention of the National American Women Suffrage Association. Thev have planned-an assault on the Capitol. This will he one of the most unusual sights ever witnessed beneath the dome of thut historic st meture. Investigation May Be "Inadvisable." Washington, Special.?The Prudent has been requested to send to Congress any facts in his possession which might,, make inadvisable an investigation of the sugar trust frauds unless, in his judgment, such action might be incompatible with the terests of the public service. Evelyn Thaw Gone to Paris. New York, Special.?Ambitious to j gain fame as a sculptor. Evelyn Nes| bit Thaw has sailed for Paris to con| tinue her art work abroad. She will rent a modest apartment in Paris and do her own cooking. She still receives a monthly allowance from I the Thaw family but her friends say I she is permanently estranged from Harry K. Thaw, her husband| Alabama Editor Cowhided. Florence, Ala.. Special.?Much excitement was occasioned ,on the streets 'here when Mayor Walker publicly horsewhipped II. E. Meescr, editor of the Florence Ilerald, for editorially attacking the mayor's Jury Convicts Strike Breaker. Philadelphia, Special.?The firsl strike-breaker to he placed on trial on charges growing out of disturbances due to the street car strike in this eity was convicted by r jur> of . assault and battery with attempt to, kill. I f y %W, FOR RIFLE RANGES Government Will Buy Land in The South INTERESTING TO MILITARY MEN Sites Will be Purchased in North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia?Places For Encampments to Be Selected. Washington, Special.?A bill in roduced in tin; House by Congressliun Byrns, of Tennessee, authorizes ;he See ret a rv ol' War, whenever it nay seem expedient for liiui to do so. o acquire lands in the States of fennessee, (Seorgia. South t'aroina, and other States, under the Department of the (julf. whieii may he luitahle for eneiiuipinents, ritlo ranges. ete. It is understood that :his is a step in a general plan of MitlQn by the war department of rstahlishing such ranges in the States mentioned. Mr. Burton, "Be Ashamed !" Washington. Special.?Santor Bur;on. ehairinun of the National Waterways ( ominission, op|>oses pending bill, which would appropriate about [C)J,000,000 for improvement of riv?rs and harbors. Severely arraigns piecemeal appropriations and conlemns many of the projects named. His objections cover wide range and intirc Senate may be involved in the lisenssion. Will attack specitio items, among them the Norfolk-Beaufort waterway. Youngest Mother in the World. Chicago, Special.?Ollicials of the Juvenile Court investigated the case !)t' Annie Kpps, 10 years old, who ?ave hirlli (o a girl Iialiy at the county hospital several days ago. ''The young; mother's ago has heen investigated and it iias been found absoiutely true that she is just 10 years aid," a physician at the hospital said. "She is one of the youngest mothers known in this part of tlie world.'' Wages Increased $S>,000,G00. New York Special.?Substantial increases in wage's by the subsidiary companies of the I 'nit cd States Steel Corporation wail soon be announced to become effective May I. it was officiality stated here Saturday. The proposed increase will apply to a large majority of the corporation's , 2'Jn,b00 employes and in round figures will increase the pay-rolls of the steei corporation by about 1100 annually. Earthquake's Destructive Force. San Jose, Costa Rica, l>y Special Cable.?A series of earth shocks, varying in intensity, Friday swept over Costa Rica doing vast damage, the extent of which can only be estimated at more than $1,000,000. So far there has been no report of loss of life, but people in the cities are panic-stricken and are abandoning their homes for the hillsides. Electrical Storm in Tennessee. Memphis, Tenn., Special.?All railroad trallic in and out of Memphis was suspended Friday. The severe rain and elect rival storm which swept West Tennessee. Arkansas and Mississippi lias caused washouts on all roads running into Memphis with the exception of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley to New Orleans. Tennessee Bank Hit Hard. Spring City. Teun., Special?Robbers blew the vault of the First National Hank of this place and escaped with over $10,0011. Nitro glycerine was used. Police Chief and Recorder Fined. Atlanta. Go.. Special.? Recorder Nash Broyles, of the Atlanta police court and Chief Johnson of the sanitary department, were Until $10.75 by Mayor Maddox. as the result of the list fight between the two in jk>lice court after the lie had been exchanged. Premier Asquith Causes Excitement. London, By (.'able.?Amid scenes ot intense excitement hardly paralleled since the Gladstonian home rule debates, the House of Commons by majorities of 103 rerorded its approval of l'remier Asquith's resolution dealing with the veto power of the House of liords. Requisition for the Millionaire. Harrisburg, Pa., tfpeci&h?Gtovernor Stuart has signed a requisition upon Qoivemor Hughes of New York for the return to Pennsylvania ot Frank K.I HofMoi, wanted in Pittaburg OU ijiatbery barges. J > ? CONFEDERATE CHOIR ! TO SING "AMERICA." | Program For Annual Reunion Con- ! tains Many Interesting Features. Mobile, Ala., Special. (ieneral Clement A. Kvans, eoinmumler-iu| chief of I lie United I 'on federate veterans, has approved the program of the general reunion of Confederate veterans to be held here April 2ti, 27 and *2S, made public by Chairman W. K I* Wiluillt 111' t oiiinl. il l? ?. AM program and exercises. The program deals exelusively with those events concerning the veterans* three days' stay in Mobile, thai of the Sons of Confederate Veterans henig separate. The convention of veterans will take place Tuesday morning, April "J(?. deliberations being in the auditorium at Monroe park, Major (leneral tieorge 1'. Harrison, commanding the Alabama division, assembling the convention. Following invocation by Kcv. I .inn Cave, chaplain general of the Confederation. the singing of "My Country, "i'is of Thee," by the United Con fed- i crate choirs of America and the reading of a poem of welcome written by II. (i. Barclay, of Mobile, hv Miss Vera Williams, the veterans will h? welcomed by Coventor Braxton Bragg Comer on hehalf of the State. Mayor l'at ,J. l.yons is to extend the welcome of the municipality, and Clarence .1. Owen, commander-in-chief of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans. will welcome the old warriors on behalf of that organization. Great Choir to Sing. The ptogratn for the forenoon session also includes a song. "The Soldier's Bream." by Thomas 11. llalli well; rental inn by .Miss .Minnie Rosso Richardson. of Alaliaina; an address surrendering the eunventien totieneral Clement A. Kvaus l?y (ieiieral Chairman Jacob 1?. Itlocli, followed by a response l?y (jcncrnl Kvans. At the afternoon session of the first day lion. I., H. McKarland. of Memphis. will he the orator of the day. Throughout the ses>ioiis of tin' convciition tlie 1'iiiied Confederate Choirs of America will render appropriate songs. Rabbi Alfred (1. Moses, of the Jewish congregation, oilers invocation upon the opening of the convention on the second day. followed by the report of the committee on credentials and of the committee on history. Mrs. Kmuin Lahrella. of Mobile. will sing "The Last Rose of Slimmer." Then follows the report of the committee on I tattle Abbey. In accordance with the custom that has prevailed for a number of years, the convention will suspend business at noon and lake part in the exercises of the "Memorial Hour." At the afternoon session reports of the commit Ices on resolutions and on moilitiiu*iit will he made and then otlieers are to he elected. Aside front the cuterlainuicnt features of the reunion, this will hring the deliberations of the second day to a close. Thursday the parade of the veterans will be the one hig feature. The route has been selected with the greatest care in order to make it .just as light as possible upon the physical condition of the veterans. sons 01 veterans. The annual convention of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans will be held in (Scrman Relief hall. The program has also been completed and it is very lengthy. There are a number of addresses of welcome and responses. Mayor Lyons will welcome the Sons to the city and General Clarence J. Owens will respond on behalf of the organization. While veterans and Sons of Veterans are deliberating members of the organization known us the Medical Otlicers of the Army and Navy of the Confederacy will be in session in another part of the city. This promises to be one of the inte;csting features of the reunion. President G. B. Thompson, of Memphis, is to preside. A local committee of the Mobile County Modicni association has prepared an interesting business and entertainment program lor the Confederate surgeons. This meeting promises to he one of peculiar interest and it may he of vital import, possibly involving the integrity and perpetuity of the organization. By command of General Clement A. Evans, commander-in-chief of the | United Confederate Veterans, General William K. Miekle. adjutant general and chief of staff, has issued a general order. The order concludes: "The number of our dead has been s greatly augmented during the past | year by the following distinguished I leaders: "Major General Robert Rowry, brigadier general, C. S. A., and commander Mississippi division, 1*. C. V.; Mrs. J. Addison Hayes, daughter of our only president; Major General Zimmerman Davis, commander South Carolina district, U. C. V.; Major General Paul A. Fusz, ex-commander northwest division, U. C. V.; Brigadier E. G. Willett, assistant quartermaster general, U. C. V.; Colonel J. R. Cowan, M. D., assistant surtreon general, U. C. V.; Colonel B. F. Eshleman and Colonel R. E. Park, aids on staff commander-in-chief;" VARBAMAN AGAIN Will have Another Chance at U. S. Senate PRIMARY ELECTION TO BE HELB Senator Percy's Suggestion That His Election Be Repudiated or Endorse ed. Adopted by Legislature?Will* be Held in November. Jackson. M Special.?After en?, dorsum tlit* suggestion of ITiited . States Senator Lemy I'erey that a primary eleelion lie ealleil in effect to serve as an endorsement or re- ; pudiation to the people of his election to Congress. the Mississippi Legis-?.; hit are adjourned sine die Saturday after probably the most sensational legislative session in the history of' the Slate. The resolution as to the primary ' adopted by the Legislature instructs the Stall ltemoerat te exeeutive com mittee te> call the election to select 1 a party senatorial nominee for the regular term wnicli will begin it llll.'l to lie held during the month ot November of this year. In this primary Mr. I'erey and Mr. \ urdaman will hoth he candidates. Should the res-It lie uufuvoralilc to I'erey he agreed, >? his address, to tender his resignation as I'nited Stales Senator for the present term to the next session of the Slate Legislature, an appointment to he made by the <!ov- * ci nor to hold until the nominee selected at the proposed primary is semen in r.nn. liniii rscnator t'ercy ami Mr. Vardaiiiau have aililrcssed t<> Chairman l.oina\ ol' I In* I)cmoeratie State e.xeeul ive committee agreeing to this plan. Eoth Virginias File Objections. Washinvrlon. Special.- Tim State rif West Virginia ami Virginia Saturday tiled in tin* Supreme Court o? tin- Cuilcd States exceptions to the report of t.'liarles I',. Kit t Icticld, special itiasler. to a.sccrtain facts as a basis of an iv ine at the proportion of the ilehi ot Virginia before the organisation of West Virginia. that 1 the latter Slate should pay to (lie * former. According to the report West Virginia tna\ lie ealied upon to pay he- L l ween S {.tiiMl.tMin and $!UK>O.OUh to the mother State. The principal objection made is i lull West Virginia, objectinti to the master im lading in the auiireyate aiiioiint of ordinary ex- 0, peiises of Virginia from IS'J.'t to IHtiO the sum of .-Ih.tllMMMMI interest on the public debt. Football Victim Finally Passes. Annapolis, Md.. Special.?Karl Wilson, the Navy football player, f died Saturday nioruiiit;. Wilson, who was front Covington, Ky.. was injured October 1<? last, in the came against Villa Nova Collage. 11 was while making a living taekle that I lit- hack of his nock struck violent l\ against the ground. An examination revealed a fracture between the fourth ami fifth cervical vertebrae, ami I lie spinal cord was > severely depressed, causing complete paralysis from the shoulders down. I An operation was performed by | which the pressure on the spinal cord was relieved, and physicians felt that this would bring about his recovery. but in vain. Other Lucky N. & W. Employes. Honnoke. Va.. Special.?The trainmen and yardmen employed by the Norfolk & Western Railroad get an increase of (i per cent in pay. The new wage schedule was arranged at conferences held between the management of the road and representatives of the employes. Eight Farmers are Guilty. Cincinnati, Special.? Kight Orant county. Ky., farmers were found guilty of conspiracy in restraint of J trade by a .jury in the I'uilcd States district court at Covin"!on K'v ??.# unlay. Of tlie twelve men indicted one was dismissed by order of Federal Judge Cochran and three others were acquitted in the verdict given by the jury. Fines ranging from $100 to $1,000 were imposed. Taft Endorses Southern Congress. Washington. Special. ?President Taft Saturday received the executive committee of the Southern Commercial Congress. A full statement of the pnr)H)se of this patriotic endeavor was made to him by John M. Parker I t>f Krw Orloana o..-l f " ...... ... tiruovenor l)a?i'. managing director, of Wash| ington. President Taft expressed liis nnro-' served interest in this co-operativo endeavor to ninke the advantages oC the South fully known. v. The executive committee ed Thomas I* Field, now of Lo/Jt00* but formerly of Kortk agent general for the British 4