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MASSEE WINS DECISION. ? Judge Sease Holds That Requisition for Him is Invalid. Spartanburg, Aug. S.?\V. J. Massee, the Macon, Ga., capitalist, will not be taken to Tennessee to answer charges in the courts of Maury county at Columbia. Yesterday afternoon Judge Thos. S. Sease held that the requisition on which Mr. Massee was arrested in Spartanburg twelve days ago while Dassing through South Caro lina en route to Georgia from as v Eastern business trip, was invalid He also declared that the case appeared to him to be an effort of the Tennessee prosecutors to collect u debt through the criminal courts. Judge Sease's decision was on habeas corpus proceedings instituted by Mr. Massee at the time of his arrest. His bondsmen were relieved * of further responsibility to the South Carolina courts and all claim against him in this State was dismissed. Attorneys for Mr. Massee attack* ed the validity of the requisition by which it was sought to extradite him to Tennesee on the ground that the papers were not signed by Gov. Ben W. Hooper, of Tennessee, having been issued by his secretary during his absence from Nashville. On Vii'noQfl tho Aiitonmo nf thf i 1111S pumt UlUgVU (.uv VUVVVUlv proceedings. Mr. Massee was not present at the hearing to-day, being at his home in Macon suffering from an attack of vertigo. He was represented by his brother, 0. J. Massee, of Macon, and his attorneys, Felton Hatcher, Rov land Ellis and W. D. McNeil, of Macon, and Sanders & DePass and Cecil C. Wyche, of Spartanburg. Judge Sease ruled that as Mr. Massee was under $10,000 bond, the hearing could proceed in his absence upon a consent order from Mr. Massee agreeing to that course, which was introduced. An affidavit from Dr. H. P. Derry, of Macon, Mr. Massee's regular physician, was presented stating that Mr. Massee was ill and would be in danger of a physt v ical collapse should he be brought from Macon to Spartanburg. Before presenting the consent order and the affidavit Mr. Massee's attorneys had made a motion for a postponement of the hearing, which Judge Sease overruled. .. Blease Favored Bucket Shops. Several years ago a bill was introduced in the legislature by C. P. Sanders, a member of the house from this county, which would prohibit the operation of bucketshops in the State. In the senate Senator H. B. Carlisle championed the bill. Cole L. Blease was its leading antagonist. This bill was of vital interest to tho farmers of this section who raise cotton. It put an end to the speculation through the bucketshops and every farmer in the county was especially anxious to have the measure passed. Practically all planters in South Carolina were in favor of the bill, except for those who had dealings with the bucketshops. \ But Gov. Blease opposed the bill, championing the bucketshops and their cause. The following record, taken from the senate journal, shows wherein Mr. Blease fought the measure, which was lost, but passed subsequently when introduced a second time by k Senator Carlisle. Extract from senate journal, South Carolina, iyub. House Bill 393. Mr. Sanders. A bill to declare the keeping of any room or place where contracts are made for the future delivery of any stock, bonds, cotton, grain, meats or any other animal, mineral or vegetable products of any kind without the seller being the owner of said stock, bonds, cotton, grain or other articles contracted to be sold and without any intention on the part of either the seller to deliver or the buyer receivi ing the same, a misdemeanor. Mr. Blease moved to strike out the h enacting words of the bill. After debate by Messrs. C. L. Blease, Carlisle, Biake and Brooks, the question was taken on agreeing to the motion of the senator from Newberry, on which the yeas and nays were demanded ol-an T.aon 1 H r> o- Q C fnllnws: ClUU LQACU, i^ouxviu^ . Yeas?Messrs. Bivens, Blake, C L. Blease, E. L. Blease, Brown, Carpenter, Davis, Hardin, Hay, W. J. Johnson, Marshall, Von Kolnitz, Walker and Warren?14. Nays?Messrs. Bates, Black, Brice, Brooks, Butler, Carlisle. Douglas, ^ Earle, Hood, Holliday, Hough, Hudson, W. E. Johnson, Manning, McGowan, Mclver, McLeod, Raysor Stackhouse, Talbert, Wells and Williams?22. So the motion was lost and the senate refused to strike out the enacting words of the bill. Next Day. Senate Journal, Thursday, February 15, 1908. Same bill under consideration. Mr. Von Kolnitz moved to postpone debate on the bill. Carried, 20 to 16.?Spartanburg Journal. Highest prices paid for beef cattle 5* H. G. DELK, Bamberg, S. C. PROFITS IN PECAN GROWING. i Agricultural Expert Shows Value ( Nut Culture. Washington, Aug. 7.?For man [ years it has been the constant er deavor of the federal department c agriculture to instill in the minds c the agriculturists of the country th . necessity for diversification of crop i and to have them realize the impor [ ance of nut and fruit growing, whic , not only prove interesting, but . nmncriv handled most Drofitabh ? ?r i Among the nuts which could h . grown with profit in almost all se< tions of the United States is the p< ; can. i When C. A. Reed, special agent i nut-culture investigations in the d< partment of agriculture, was aske I to-day to tell something of the peca tree culture and the possibilities c I profit-sharing in this industry, h i said* ; "The pecan is one of the most in portant of the nut-bearing trees no1 grown in the United Staes, an within the area thought to be adapte i to its culture no other agricultun > or horticultural product which ha , appeared during recent years is a. tracting greater attention or bein more widely exploited. It was nc l found by the early botanists neare ! the Atlantic coast than western Ah bama in the South and central Ter i nessee and Kentucky in the Nortl . but with the progress of agricultur f in the South the species have bee i carried eastward and widely distrit uted with apparent success over th eastern Gulf and South Atlanti States. It has also been sparingly ir troduced into many of the Norther States, including Ohio, Michigan, Ne1 York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Dek i ware, New Jersey, and to a slight ej i tent into the lower New Englan States. In the West it has receive but little attention. A few plante ; trees may be found here and ther from Washington to southern Cal fornia, but pecan growing has nc i become an important industry wes of the Rocky mountains. "The figures of pecan productioi according to the census of 1910, hav not yet been published, but from es i timates made by a number of whole salers the annual crop of the Stat i of Texas alone during the past fiv years has ranged from 135 to 66 carloads, or from .3,645,000 to 17 820,000 pounds. The prices to th producer have ranged from* 4 to 1 cents a Dound. During the past fiv years the average mid-season pric has been from 7 to 9 cents a pount Estimates derived from the sam source indicate that, beginning wit Louisiana, next to Texas in quantit of production, and ending with Ind ana and Illinois, each producin about ten cars, the remainder of th average crop is apportioned amon the other pecan-producing States i about the following order: Louis ana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansai and Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee l Mississippi, Indiana and Illinois. "Commerically speaking, orcharc grown pecans have not yet been pre duced in sufficient quantities to affec the general market to an appreciabl degree. The demand for pecans c the named varieties created by nui serymen for use as samples, or b fancy confectioners, tourists and o< i casionally by seedsmen, has caused very wide range in prices which ca not be expected to reach a norms basis until the cultivated nuts reac the general market in sufficient quar tities to compete fairly with wil nuts. At the present time practicall the entire American consumptio comes from Mexico." Dr. Hallman on Judge Jones. i Greenwood people will read- wit , interest the article below which i ; taken from the Spartanburg Heralc Dr. Hallman was for a number c i years pastor of the Lutheran churc in this city and has many friend Here: i Some days ago a prominent educ* tor of the city met the Rev. S. 1 , Hallman, D. D., on the street and er i, tered into conversation with this d vine touching his estimate of Judg Jones, when the facts were brougt out substantially as follows: "Yes," said the doctor, "I hav . known Judge Jones now over 4 years; we were in college togethe: and he was always a manly boy,bright, straight, clean; a fine sti dent; thoroughly honorable; warm, sympathetic friend, and a ma of dignity and of undoubted relic bility. "In the years of our college assoc ation at Newberry, before the colleg was temporarily moved to Walhalk I do not recall a single complair ever being made against him by pr( fessors or students. He was alway in his place, and his bearing in th classroom and on the college campu was of so excellent character tha in all the years since, I have carrie with me the image of a fine, manl young man, deserving my highest es , teem and worthy of the honors whic have been so properly bestowed upo him." Rub-My Tism will cure you. TANK GIVES WAY, THREE DIE )f Dozen Others Injured in Pittsbur, Accident. y Pittsburg, Aug. 7.?Three girl l- were killed and a dozen injured to >f day when a water tank on the top o )? the Union American Cigar Company' ,e building crashed through the roo >s and the sixth and fifth floors, t- A score of other persons wer h slightly hurt. Water was bein, if pumped .nto the tank for the firs g. time when the accident occurred >e The dead are: > Agnes Niedzelska, aged 17; Iv i- Lawton, aged 17, and an unidentifie* girl of 20 years. Of the twelve younj n women seriously hurt, is is believe* several will die. d When the supports gave way th< n tank, holding about 3,000 gallons o >f water, crashed through the roof an* e carried away the seventh floor, whicl was unoccupied. The tank and heav; l- debris shot to the sixth floor, wher w over 150 employees, mostly girls d were working. Those not caught b; d the debris rushed for the stairs. Up il wards of 500 other employees work is ing on lower floors heard the eras! t- and screams. They, too, rushed fo g the exits. Within a moment th >t stairways were choked and man; sr were crushed. J The Hand-Maid of Cupid. 1( Last night I was alone in my stud; e and I heard a gentle step, and look n ing saw a being, as lovely as Mil )_ ton's "Daughter of the Dawn," am e I said to my lovely visitor that sh [C had made a mistake. "I make no mistakes," said she n "I am the hand-maid of Cupid, am tell the fortunes of your friends t_ Hand me some names, and let me se if I can tell you their fates." d Four names were scrawled upon ; d tablet and handed her. d "Vena, is first, I see. The horc e scope of her is very plain. The mis i- to her name will be soon lost in mat )t rimony, as a giant is soon to Carte 5t away." "And Mell comes next, i, A Grecian sculptor saw in stone e An image that he wished his own; 5- He chiselled out a perfect fay Which is a wonder to this day. e He never dreamed that flesh am e * blood 0 Could give to life such womanhood But time has broke the lengthenei e spell, 6 And given earth dear, lovely Mell. e She guards her secrets as a maidei e her honor, as a Mason his vows, bu 1. strong efforts have been made t e Turner, but Cupid and her counci h have her case under advisement." y "Next you have is Ettie. i- And like Prometheus from the skie g She stole the azure of her eyes, e Eyes sparkling like the morning stai g Or brightest gem of Istarxar. n "For a long time her ideal wa i- high and lofty as the tower of Babe 5, itself?looked like she was going t 5, the top round of Jacob's ladder, bu fearing she might grow giddy i: I- ethereal heights, she is now mak )- ing daily and nightly invocations t :t Cupid for her ma and pa to adop e another Goodson." if "Ha! ha! ha! The last is Sudie r- pretty and popular, and 'as sweet a y the honey and the honey-comb' o > Solomon, the Temple builder am a woman worshipper. The horoscop n here is very plain. She will neve >1 hp a 'foolish virein.' Her lamDS wil h always 'be trimmed and burning l- for she has the Wichman at her com d mand. Her boat will never drift to y far from shore, even though her cabl n break, for she has in one a lastin Stay(cey.) She can treat all of he friends almost daily to (Brab)haiE and if there is no other way of tak k ing her friends out riding, they ca: . at least be ridden on Arail! Cupii j nor any of us do not accuse her o j being a Carrie Nation wielding wit] k great force a broadax or hatch et, but she can Hugh to the line a close as any one. And if the dinne bell is gone, and the old horn is ou , of place, she can fall back on a (Roa ' coe) Conk (ling) at any time. A . present she is making a special stud; of the poems of Father Ryan, no lt that she is wild over martial verses but she does love the poet's name Ryan. For the love of the Lord q don't say anything to her of a gin rindke, this drink of Holland am horrors, for it is sure to make a fel low Jacob-like, not wrestle with ai angel, however, but with the. afore said gin-rindke, and the latter get ting in the best of the wrestle ever; pop. Goodnight." DREAMER. 1_ Sisters Found Murdered. Weaverville, Cal., Aug. 8.?Kat Gould, 13 years old, and Elba Gould 16, sisters, were found murdered a their home at Stelney's Flat, nea 'S Douglas, to-day. They had been shot The cabin showed that the olde IS girl had made a desperate struggle ' The body of the younger girl wa found fifty feet away. The girl f were daughters of Mrs. William Lo ^ renz by a former marriage. Georg Lorenze, brother of William Lorenz was left at home with the girls yes terday and could not be found afte the discovery of the bodies. I. TILLMAN ON JONES. g Says He is Eminently Qualified fc Governor. s Some few days ago Mr. Jas. I i- Sims, editor of the Orangeburg Time f and Democrat, in writing to Senate s B. R. Tillman on general matter if and the political campaign now goin on in our State, inclosed the lette e published below and requested th g Senator to give his views on th t question asked therein. In his answe I. Senator Tillman says "no sensibl man in the State believes that Judg a Jones is in favor of social equality, 3 and that "he would make a goo g governor, for he is emine. tly qual: 3 fied." The senator says Gov. Bleas shrewdly "muddied the water." H e did this for the purpose of keepin f the discussion from going into th A 1 i i V? A AO YV\ r\n 1 ArTS O ^ 4" V) J. i cai issues* ui luc v.aiupaigu auu ?.u h exposure of his own shortcomings a y governor of the State. e Mr. Sims's Letter. Here is the letter Mr. Sims wrot y Senator Tillman: Office of the Times and Democrat " Orangeburg, S. C. ^ Senator B. R. Tillman, Washing r ton, D. C.?My Dear Senator:?Man e of the reformers who were with yo y in the nineties and who still believ in you, and are doing all they can t have you returned to the senate, ar supporters of Judge Jones in his rac for the governorship and hope to se him elected. As you doubtless kne ^ Judge Jones has been charged wit being in favor of social equality be cause he with many other good mer when in the legislature, vote ^ against a law providing separate car for the races when you were goverr or because of the unconstitutionalit e of such a law under the constitutio ? of the State at that time. Othe 3. charges have been made agains Judge Jones because of his acts as legislator and Justice of the Suprem Court, which we need not mentio ' as they are familiar to you. Judg Jones was speaker of the house c representatives when he vote against the bill providing separat cars for the races, having been eleci ed to that position by the reformer! who afterward elected him associat ^ justice. We feel that these charge against Judge Jones are a reflectio ( on all reformers, as they made hii ^ associate justice after he committe the act, for doing which he is charg ed with being in favor of social equa ity. The same may be said of th other charges against Judge Jone: As you were the head of the refori o j movement and was governor whe Judge Jones voted against the sepai ate car act, we would like for yo to say whether you consider Judg ? Jones an advocate of social equalit because he voted against that la\> ' and whether in your judgment h would make a good governor of th State. With great respect, I am, Very truly yours, 0 JAS. L. SIMS. n Senator Tillman's Letter. Here is Senator Tillman's answc o . to Mr. Sims: United States Senate, Washingtoi D. C., Aug. 3rd, 1912. Hon. James L. Sims, Orangeburs 3 S. C.?Dear Mr. Sims:?I have you ^ letter of July 29th for which pleas accept my thanks. I have been sui 8 prised that Judge Jones has allowe j Gov. Blease to put him on the d( fensive and made him explain som( ' thing that needed no explanation for no sensible man in the Stat ? believes that Judge Jones is in favc 8 of social equality, and Gov. Bleas ? has laughed in his sleeve to see ho1 r shrewdly he has muddied the w* l' ter. In other words, he has playe politics more adroitly than the judg< Tn ranlrr f/-v vnnr rmpctifm ! "AS VO 1U 1 IV JVUA were the head of the reform mov( f ment and was governor when Judg Jones voted against the separate ca " act, we would like for you to sa a whether you consider Judge Jons r an advocate of social equality becaus he voted against that law,? an whether in your judgment he woul * make a good governor of the State? I answer: I do not consider tha * Judge Jones was an advocate of sc '' cial equality because he voted agains that law, and I believe he woul ^ make a good governor, for he is err inently qualified. I say this mor ^ willingly because it cannot be cor strued as my taking sides as betwee ^ +Viy-v man T onrtnnnod last fall thfl Hi'C H1VU, X auvuuvvu AMWW I would not do this, and thus far have seen no reason why I shoul ^ change my attitude. If the newsps pers keep on publishing such stu as Grace's attack on the governor an the dictagraph "slush," they will cei tainly make Blease governor again. ^ Very sincerely yours, r B. R. TILLMAN. How Hid She Mean It? r !. 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