Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ON RAILROADRATES Governor-Elect Hoke Smith Speaks in Cincinnati. TALKS TO BUSINESS MEN Suggests Inauguration of Competition Through Publicly Owned Lines. Favors Extension of W. & A. Road to the Sea. Governor-elect Hoke Smith of Georgia delivered the chief address on Thursday night at the annual banquet in Cincinnati of the Merchants", , Manufacturers' and Shippers' Associa tion. Mr. Smith discussed the transportation problem and attributed the evils of the present day to those who are suffering from them, the business men, as a result of their failure to take an active part in political affairs and demand tne passage of legislation prohibiting the issuing of fictitious railroad securities and preventing railloads from forcing the public to be taxed to pay dividends on such watered stocks and bonds. He contended that additional pow- | crs should he given me miersiaie commerce commission and the various state railroad commissions and declared that something should bed*nc to prevent the courts from being so ready to block remedial legislation with injunctions. Taking up the situation in Cincinnati and rates charged from that city j to the southeast, Mi. Smith declared | that Georgia will certainly extend its | . railroad to reach tidewater and said that he believed that if a railroad, owned by cities or states, were built between Chicago and Cincinnati, this in connection with the Western and Atlantic would control such a large volume of business that the Cincinnati Southern, owned by Cincinnati, but operated by the Southern railway under a long term lease, would be .v forced to terms, and that this comtination could give sucn rates from the lakes to the South Atlantic coast as to force all competing lines to charge only rates representing :* just income on a fair valuation of their assets, Mr. Smith said in pait: "Facilities furnished and rates A. charged by the railroad companies regulate almost the entire movement r -of person and property. Most men can stay at home and avoid high pas senger rates and poor accommodations. but freight rates and facilities enter necessarily into every avenue - cf life. "The farmer must depend upon the railroad company for much that ho .u?ts to leake his crop, and again he must depend upon it to ship his crop to the market. As the rates are high and the facilities poor, the net profit which comes to tim from his labor Is lessened, and the value of his farm decreased. "The merchant buys his goods in one market and frequently ships lb em from his store to a distant market to supply his customers. Freight rates and Ireight facilities rest as a con. stant burden upon his business. "The manufacturer gathers raw material from all over the land and ships ike perfected product of his factory to distant states. Freigat rates and Ireight facilities form a most important part in determining whether his efforts shall be crowned with success or failure 'The control of the railroads of the i v country has passed from trained railroad operators to bankers, who spee' unite in railroad stocks. A notable result of this condition is a withdrawal of authority from the local management and local superintendents, the reduction of salaries to those actually doing the work of transportation, and he dwarfing of the power and capacity of the men upon whose management the public must immediately depend. To this, at least in part, is due the recent tendency towards a less efficient service." C-EORGIA TROOPS ARE CALLED. -our Batteries or Mmnery ana rour Infantry Companies Wanted. A Washington dispatch says: The governor of Georgia has been request* ei by the war department to designate, from among the state militia, fear batteries of heavy artihery ic act as coast artillery reserves, and four companies, of infantry to act as supports for the coast defenses at Sa< vannah. . These troops are invited to go to Foit Screven in July and receive instructions. COLLEAGUES GREET BAILEY. Texas Senator Arrives in Washington to Take Up Duties. * Senator Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, upon entering the senate chamber about noon Sunday, fresh from the scenes of his sensational trial in his native state, resulting in his exoneration and political vindication, was given a hearty, friendly greeting by ' tis colleagues, > f UNTIL FIRST OF JULY ( South Carolina Initial Plan of Securing Immigrants Can Be Legally Followed, Say Authorities. A Washington dispatch says; Information given out Wednesday renders it clear that the immigration authorij dcs: as cue result of the several con- j I fereucc^recently held, in which the i president. Secretary Strauss, Attorney I General I'.onaparte,. Commissioner of j immigration Sargent aud prominent men of the south have participated, will interpret the existing immigra[ tion law as it was interpreted in the South Carolina case. The attorney general has held that the immigrants landed at Charleston, J S. C., last November are legally in this country. They were induced to come to America by authorized agents oi' the state of South Carolina and the passage money of some, at least, of them was paid by the state, and of others by contrii^-tions of citi zens. Several other southern states have decided to seek immigrants along the same lines as were followed by South Carolina, and it is understood they will not be interfered with in the carrying out of iheir plans prior to the first of next July, on which date the act of February 20, 1907, will become effective. In other words, such immigrants as present themselves to the ports of this country before July 1st, next, under conditions the same as surround those who arrived at Charleston, S. C., last November, will be permitted to land. Meantime Attorney General BonaJ parte will examine carefully the new immigration law and will prepare an interpretation of it for the guidance of the administration and the southern states. It is quite certain that the states, under the new law, will be permitted to advertise the advantages 10 immigrants of locating within their borders, but whether the state authorities are to be permitted to go to the extent of furnishing immigrants with transportation to thi3 country is yet problematical. It is the opinion of Attorney General Bonaparte that they will be permitted to do so. but he expects further to examine the law in the iight of the decisions of the courts and render to the president a formal 4V. u;..i i?c ? . J'?? UjJiUIUU UU I LLC bUUJCVl umuiti IUC law shall become effective. JAP CHILDREN ADMITTED To Schools of 'Frisco in Compliance With Promise to Roosevelt. The San Francisco board of educa! ticn, keeping its word with President Roosevelt,Wednesday unanimously rescinded tli 2 resolution of last October ty which the Japanese were segregated in the public schooi3 and adopted au alternative resolution in accordance with the understanding reached at the Washington conference between the president. Secretary Root, the school board and Mayor Schmitz. The board then sent the following telegram: "At a regular meeting of the board of education held this afternoon, a resolution as agreed upon with.you was adopted unanimously. Certified copy was given to United States District Attorney Devlin." The president having telegraphed Mayor Schmitz / Tuesday that he would direct Mr. Devlin to dismiss the suit against the board in the United States circuit court and the supreme court of California as soon as the action stated should be taken by the board, members of that body look upon the Japanese incident as now closed in so far as San Frauciscc is concerned. There is, however, it is stated, an unwritten reservation to the effect that should the presi dent's reciprocal promises to the board regarding discretionary restriction of coolie immigration to California not be carried out, the board may feel at liberty to raadopt tlie resolution and again segregate Japanese. APPROVES "UNWRITTEN LAW." Alabama Governor Pardons Men Who Killed Daughter's Seducer. "I pardon this man because ha killed a man for seducing his 16-year-old daughter. Let his civil and political rights be restored. in these words Governor Corner of Alabama declared himseif as an advocate of the unwritten Taw when he issued executive clemency to W. E. Shill of Bibb county, sentenced to fifteen years for the murder of a young man named Bass. SILVER SERVICE FOR GEORGIA Will Be Presented to Battleship at Hampton Roads, June 10. A Washington dispatch says: Arrangements have been completed between Governor Terrell of Georgia and the navy department, whereby the silver service which the battleship named after their state will be presented to the ship at Hampton Roads on Juno 10. ROADS FEAR 8WTE8= Consequently are Not Averse to Federal Control. SO DECLARES MR. BRYAN : < In Interview Nebraskan Has Some* j thing to Say Regarding Conferences Betweer Railway Magnates and President. William J. Bryan spent an hour in Buffalo. N. Y., en rout 3 from Beaver, ?' I'a.. to Binghampton Wednesday, to : till a lecture engagement. He was met by National Committeeman Nor- ' man E. Mack, who remained with bim until his departure for Binghampton at 8*15 o'clock on the Erie Express. Mr. Bryan was asked: ' "What is your opinion of the proposed conference between President Roosevelt and the railroad presidents?" ; Mr Bryan replied: "The republican leaders object to the doctrine, 'With Ihe consent of the governed,' in the ; Philippines, but some of them seem to think that nothing can be done in tbe regulation of railroads without the consent of the railroad managers. The important part of that announcement, however, is that tho lailro.id managers want ihe supervis- > ion of the railroads transferred to the federal government, that they may avoid state legislation, and this contradicts the president's theory that 1 ihe corporations favor state rights as 1 a way of avoiding federal control. On his arrival in Binghampton he was asked what effect the Harriman and other investigations would have on the agitation in favor of govern- ( ment ownership or management of railroads, and replied: "The most interesting phase of the situation just now is the refusal of the people to lend money freely to the railroads. The railroad managers say that this is due to hostile legislation, but this is a mistake. There has * ?i iii- i ; ~ i Deen no nusuio ie;;i:sia.ii<ju vj. sum- | ciont severity to impair the real value cf railroad securities where the rail- ' roads have been honestly conducted, upon an honest capitalization. If the investing public is alarmed it is because the railroacl managers, in a vain effort to terrorize the legislatures, have carried matters too far. "If any other answer is needed for the hesitancy on the part of the investors the investigations furnish it, for the inquiries have shown to what extent railroad stocks have teen watered. But what is the alternative? Must the government refuse to investigate rotten management, for fear the mismanaged railroad no longer 1 will be able to fool the public into buying inflated securities? The soon- 1 ei the railroads are put on an honest basis the more secure will the investing public feel." MARRIAGE IN COURT ROOM. ' . j Man Acquitted of Murder Weds Woman Whom He Defended. ( About midnight Tuesday in the court room at Shrevcport, La., where he had five minutes before been declared not guilty of murder Lee Brock was married to Mrs. Hattie Kelley, the woman in defense of whose , reputation he did the killing which caused the trial. The jurymen who had acquitted him were the witnesses ( and the judge performed the cere- ( mony. The jury donated the license. Brock shot I. A. Bickham last sum mer, alleging that he cursed Mr3. KelIe.v. FIVE EXECUTIONS PER DAY Is Record of Drumhead Courtmartials in Russia. Statistics published in St. Peters- < burg regarding the drumhead court- l martials show that up to March 5, < when the activity was suspended by 1 Premier Stolypin. on account of the ; opening of parliament, 764 persons 1 were exeucated, an average of almost i five daily. ICE MEN FEAR LAWS. I No Prices Were Fixed at Convention Held in Atlanta. Anti-trust legislation and the activ- . i ity of the muck-raker caused the dele- t gates to the convention of the South- i ern Ice Exchange held in Atianta to * decide against organization for the c purpose of regulating prices. As has been the case every year, -j the question of higher prices was f 1 ^ crVi I tr K?if if- vrr o c* /la WiiWi UUfell 1/ Ul.3VUC.3vU) UUL 10 ?f CLO UC" cided that it would not be wise to take any steps along this line. RELATIVES SUE MRS. EDDY. ? % Aged Founder of Christian Science Must Appear in Court. ^ The controversy over the mental condition of the founder of Christian T Science, "Ma" Eddy, has been revived j in a sensational way by the instita- j tion of a suit on behalf of her son, r granddaughter and nephew agiinst j the members of her entourage for an e accounting and for the appointment J cf a receiver for her property. / s . / * "WE'VE LOST OUR HEADST'~ In Wild Chase of the Alnvghty Dollar, Says President of Pri iceton College in Banquet Speech. The South Carolinians of New York gave their first annua! dinner nt the Walcioi l-Astoria in that city Monday night, with former Secretary of the Treasury L.eslie M. Shaw. President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton and Judge Joseph A. MjCuIlough ol South Carolina as the principal speakers. President Wilson had for his subject, "Soutu Carolina's Most Famous Statesman, John C Calhoun,' and attei paying tribute to him, Mr. Wilson discussed national matters. He sail in part: "It is interesting to note how often progress is pushed to such a speed .. ? j v>?. .Mirth maonc tnnr IIia diiu UJ .TUV.U imvi wamu w*v peace of tne country is threatened. Its interests thrown into discord. -Our trouble at present is that the tariffs and all special means o? stimulation have been pursued too far and too fast, to the destruction of balance and harmony in the social and economic development of the country. We are obliged to acknowledge that we have lost our heeds in our pursuit of wealth and material prowess. Having lost wise self-possess'cn in our too eager progress, we are in danger of losing it in our efforts to reform. "We have, by our own forgttfulness of the true principles of legislation, created classes and put colossal interests at clash with one another. The mere reform of the tariff is not a sufficient, it is not even an intelligent program. The tariff is by no means the whole root of !he difficulty, and is slow to change. Every correction must be a series cf adjustment or prudent re-urrangeneni. Moreover, we must be careful to deal frankly and without favor with class privilege of all kinds. "There is another as formidable an enemy to equality and freedom of opportunity as it, and that is t'n;c class formed by the labor organizations and leaders of the country, representing only a small minority of the laboring men of the country, quite as monopolistic in spirit as the capitalists, and quite as apt to corrupt and ruin our industries by their monopoly. If we are to restore the purity of our laws and ihe freedom of our life, we muse see to it?in all moderation and fairness?that no class whatever is given artificial privilege or advantages " Mr. Shaw, in responding to the toast "The United States," took occasion to refer to the railroad situation pnvins- anions: other thinsrs 'There have been recently given cut a number of pessimistic interviews, and on Thursday last, there occurred a serious local panic, the result of psychological, and not logical causes. let it by understood that he who invests his money in railroad extent ion, or in railroad equipment shall' be as sate and as secure from tne renkless ambition of the manipulator on the other hand, and the reckless ambition of the demagogue on the other, as the man who elects to invest in farm lands, town lots, riyies, factories or forests. "Let the investor in jailroads be protected from management having tor its cnl manipulation, and from eovernmeut ownership or confiscation, having for its end political aggrandizement, and the money wiii be forthcoming with which to double and quadruple track our railroads, as needed.'* GlfcL LOCKED IN SAFE. Fhhy Roobery Story Comes from Evansvilfe, Indana. miss josie Gray, cashier Tor the R. md G. Furniture Company, the largest r stablishmont in Evansville, Ind, was found locked up in the safe in the office at 1 o'clock Sunday morning, p. here she had evidently been placed sfier having been slugged by robbers, who robbed the safe of several thousand dollars. BIG OUTPUT OF CEMENT. 'induction Last Year Was Valued at Over Fifty-Four Million. According to :i statement issued by he geological survey at Washington, Monday, the total production of hyhaulic cement in the Uniud States n r.)0fi was 50,027,*;jl barrels, valued it 4,015,773. This represents an increase in boih production and value >f cement over the preceding year, he increase in production being 9,.3.5.013 barrels, and m value $13,.03,524. ALABAMA DISPENSARY BILL Signed by Governor Comer and :s Now a Siate Statute. The Moody local option dispensary >ill has- been signed by Governor Coner, and is now r. law of Alabama, t will work along with the general ocal option oill, providing open sacons, dispensaries or prohibition, rbis bill was worked on for many rears by Senator Moody of Tuscaloa >a, who filially got it through at the iresent session of the senate. - - -> - ' >.t FOUR RIFLES USED This Much Sure in Brownsville Riot Probing, | CULPRITS NOW WANTED Tangible Clew is at Last Unearthed by Committee at Washington Investigating "Shooting Up" ov Texas Town. m A Washington dispatch says: Four rides front Company B, Twenty-Fifth inlantry, were usc-d m the Brownsville aftray, if the ordinance department of the army can substantiate reports sent to tho senate committee on military affairs Monday concerning the microscopic examinations o? the thirty-three shells picked up in the streets oi the town 011 the mcrning following the shooting. All ot the riftes in the possession of the batalion at Fort Brown on the night of August 13 were seas to the Springfield arsenal, and two shots were fired from each. The shells used were then compared. with those picked ^ up at Brownsville, and the officers making the tests reported that it has been demonstrated beyond dispute that four guns of Battery B were used in discharging all of the thirtythree shells. The reports were made a part of the committee records, and Lieutenant Hawkins, of Iho ordnance department, and C. A. Soconer, expert inspector of gauges, used in the manufacture of muskets at the Springfield arsenai, are ready to go on the stand to explain their reports and be crossexamined concerning them. Two of Company B's rifles, said to have been used in the affray, were kept in the store house under lock, the key of which was in the possession of Former Quartermaster Sergeant Walker McCurdy, and the other two rifles were said to have been issued to Privates John L. Wilson and Thomas Taylor. Senator Fc.raker immediately had subpenas issued for Taylor and Wilson, and for the recall of McCurdy. He aluo asked that i he war department be instiucted to send for Lieutenant Laurison, who rr.mmaruipd Comnanv B at the tilttS of the affray. Secretary Taft, In a letter to the committee, pointed out that the men who did <he shooting may have used any guns they could secure, and that 'I aylor and Wilsyi cannot be held to be guilty because of the showing made by the tests at the arsenal. No members of the Twenty-Fifth infantry were examined at Monday'3 session, and no direct bearing on the shooting except that of Henry Watson. a private of company M. Twentysixth infantry. He testified that he was left behind as a guard a: the post when the Twenty-Sixth infauiry moved cut. and that he saw loose shells of both the Krag and Springfield type lying about the barracks He said that he also saw 38-caliber revolver ammunition lying around, and that the barracks were open so that citizen3 could secure access to this ammunition. On cruss-exsmination he admitted that it was always easy for soldiers to secure extra ammunition if they desired it The committee took up the question rvf rr ^incr i r\ Rmwrievtlio in runner.. tion with the in/estigation. it was decided that it probably wilt he necessary to visit Brownsville, but no action was taken towards fixing a time for the trip. DELEGATES FROM GEORGIA Appointee^ by Governor to Attend Meeting for Canal Discussion. Governor Terrell has named twenty-five well known Georgians to attend the convention, of the Progressive Union of New Orleans, which meets in that city on March 23. The convention is to be composed of Southern ami gulf coast states and the relation o: this territory to the new Panama canal is to be discussed fully. MANY CONViCTS A 7 LARGE. Another Wholesale Escape Occurs in Americas, Gi. Another wholesale escape of eoujity convicts from Sumter's oaaingang was made at Americas, Ga., JMoucay, when I fil'/. .. iL A 5 _ | iiv<j jjjon ui^ivu <i uai in iiiv; pxiswil I pen and escaped. Going to the xa.ilrc.id shcps. they secured tools to se! ver their shackles.. j'here have been numerous escapes recently, with the result that seventeen misdemeanor convicts are now at large, besides Murderer George Bundrick, and ether jail birds. GOTHAM HONORS CLEVELAND. Flags Fly in Commemoration of His Seventieth Birthday. By order of .Mayor McClelian, the national, state and citv flags wore run up on the city flagstaff > in N'ew York .Monday in honor cf former President Grover Cleveland, who is 70 years old. This compliment is-said not to have been paid to any other private citizen in the last half century. sJSvr' , ?V'V EIGHTEEN PEOPLE DROWN As Result of Fire Which Broke Out id Flooded Cistrict of Wheeling. Rescue Was Impossible. 1 ^ Eighteen persons are known to 'Ji have lost their lives in a lire that oc-;;;|3 curred Satuiday morning at the plant - ^ of the Warwick Pottery company, vjja at Wheeling. W. Va., which is locate ' Jfl ed in the flooded district. Fecause of the water suriounding ^|| the burned district, it was impcssibio for rhe ri rev apparatus to reacn :J|9j the scene. The firemen pressed into service all the aoats that could' bo st cured and carried the lines of hose 'M| to the burning building by this means. They did heroic work, and not only <;JS fought the fire, but assisted in rear / '. Wk ling many persons. v::^9 The crew of a boat that was moor- ^ 6Q across int.' nvci nun u<? viui<* ing manned a yawl and rescued aocut. one hundred persons During the progress of the Are the J scene was most frightful The/. M screams for help of those in ihe bulldr>^ ings could be beard as far as the ||j steel bridge a mile nor;L, where thousands of persons unable to lead ';?= any assistance watched the blaze. Had the drowned persons remained in their homes none of them would IX have met death. The building's ee-";^H| cupied by the unfortunate victim* were not touched by the flames. *||X Heavy Ficod Loss at Pittsburg. ''JsX Afler three days of business sta^jjX nation caused by a renuukably rapid;' rise in the Monongahela, Alleghenr^aM and Ohio rivers, which inundated mora than ten square miles of Pittsburg, Pa., conditions have about assumed ".SM their normal trend. With the excep- ; -| tion of lowlando below the city, water has subsided to its natar^^B. ' The loss in the Dittsburg district estimated a': $10,000,000: Report?JSc| from up-river poiatn increase the daai||8;:;J| age by the fiood in western Fennsyl- cM $ vania at lea^t $30,000. J The exact number of fatalities caiie^S ^ td by the high water has not yet beettV' .ascertained. Saturday additional to- c|Sj port? cf many deaths were received by the coroner from the surrounding 'yfmi towns. Ifowever, the reports hav*. J3|H not as yet been verified. M Flood Recedes at Wheeling. nllsJ At Wheeling the waters began to recede Saturday night, leaving the city coveted with wreckage. The dehrhy^|f is so great in some sections of city thac it v ill be days before the^||M streets can b? used. . \ The ilood was higher than antlcipat- ;:||1 ed. and as a result much carnage done. It Is estimated that the daiu- ||jH age sustained in Wheeling alone wflt^ ? be over $3,000,000. So great has tho^:?t| damage been to local industrial ^ that it will oe weeks before they wKi bo able to resume operations - | There is a great deal of rofferfns^&|H but prompt steps have "been taken tflLijffij alleviate" thi3. :-|? SHELLS WERE EASILY SECURED. S||? One Line of Defense in Brownwill* ||S ^ Affair is Smashed. A Washington dispatch says: Evi- rJa dence shattering one line of defen^'M of the negro trocps accused of shoot-"J^H ing up Brownsville, Texas, was given ^||8,| lefoie the seiate committee on tary affairs by Rowland Osborn, post quartermaster sergeant at Fort Brown, Twenty-sixth Infantry, occupying the barracks which were later occupied by the Twenty-fifth (colored). ' It has been testified that the ne- grc soldiers had no possible* way of securing extra ammunition without 'm- . the knowledge of their superior ficers. Sergeant Osboni testified that\^^| it is the simplest thing in the world .'-Vm for soldiers to accumulate ammnniticn for their own use; that it can aH iin don ft bv men saving. ammunition they do not uso on hunting trips. ye v-lB at target practice. He said that this is often done. , Tt bad been contended that the 1 shootmg up of the town by the negro ^ soldiers was highly improbable because they could not have gotten the shells and cartridges. Sergeant Os- 'jS hern's testimony contradicts flatly "isSj such a defense. "Igi FRANCE HONORS DEAD JACXIE3. V.|s Sailors Killed in Explosion on Bat* tleship Given National Funerai. The victims of the explosions on the ' battleship Jena, March li\ were given { *|| an imposing national funeral at Tou- :|S ion, France, Saturday. All business . v. as suspended. The coffins were piled on gun car* 'Ht' riages, draped with the tri-color flag ol France, and almost the whole J| population of Toulon, dressed ia II j mourning, lined the route ci the fun- E oral procession. President Failliere3 . ^ delivered a touching funeral oration. FORTYYONE HORSES CREMATED Ir.cendiaries Set Fire to Stock Barn ?|| Oi Mississippi Convict Farm. A Jackson dispatch says: Iacendl- -M aries set fire to the stock barn of the Onkley convict farm Thursday ? ? night and the structure was burned to i the grour.dfl. Forty-one horses were 3|1 burned to death and a large quantity of feedstuff was destroyed, entailing u heavy loss.