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The Marlboro Democra ..DO THOU, GHBAT LUIBBTY, ?NHPIHH OUB SOULS AND MAKIO OUB LIVI3S IN IliY POSSESSION HA PPT OB OUB DSATHg GLOBIOU8 IN THY OAU8M." VOL. XXXIII BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1908 uro. 4 To Be Held In the State House at columbia. HOW MEMBERS VOTED On (ho Question, Which was Adopt Jt ?Ml by a Largo Majority.-Tho Molnbers Decido That Usc of Hall of Repr?sentatives Should bo Glv 611 Only When Thoro Will bo No Removal of the Carpet. The house ol' representatives de cided Thursday that tho now furni ture should not bo removed, espec ially tho new carpet, which means that the South Carolina club must hereafter seek now quarters for their annual ball hold during tho Stale fair. The action of tho houso wan not taken until thoro had been considerable debate, but from tho vote ol' tlie members it could bo seen from tho start that all parliamentary ?moves to defeat tho exclusion of tho ?-Club would be of no avail. Mr. Lane's resolution refusing tho use of the hall of the houso for any purpose that would necessitate tho removal of tho carpet was taken up. Mr. Hanks by the ways and means committee thought that tho resolu tion should bo killed. lt would af fect, the South Carolina club and their annum ball held in Hie State houso for years and while lu? did not. dance himself he thought thal il would be very small ami narrow on the part of the members of lue house lo object to tho use of thc hall by others. Mr. Hacker spoke along tho same lines. On motion lo strike out. the enacting words by Mr. Hanks, the house refused by a vote of 60 to GI. f. Mr. Howell Morrell then spoko in favor ol' Hie resolution, following the explanation by Mr. Lane. Tho latter did not think tho house should turn over the use of the hall to any body for any purpose. Mr. Morrell thought that it was wrong to use tho hall for balls, oven though they were attended by some of the leading cit izens of tho State, including the gov ernor. t ?j Mr. Porter Mc.Mastor spoko in fav Vor of Mr. Banks' motion to kill ile. resolution as did so voa ri others. Af ter it was soon that the hill would pass an effort, was made to exempt the South Carolina club from the provisions of Hie var ious paragraphs. The house, how ever, killed this by a vote of 64 to -15. It was decided, however, to al low the desks to be removed in case of a convention. Motions to leave the entire matter With the secretary of state were killed willi little dis cussion and finally tho clincher on tho resolution was put on by Mr. Sharpe. The vote on the motion to strikt! out tho enacting words of tho Lane rosolution was as follows: Ayes -Speaker Whftloy, and Mes sers Ayer, Hanks, Hoattio, Brantley, K. M. Bryan, Cannon, Carrigan, Car son, Co th ran, Courtney, Cox, De vore, Dick, Dingle, Doar. Dowling, Fraser, Frost, 'larris, Hall, Hailey, Harmon, Hughes, Hydrick, John stone, Kershaw, Lawson, Legan-, Little. McColl, McMnstor, Nash, vn-hols, Nicholson, Patterson, Rich ardson, Hacker, Save, Scarborough, Sbipp, Kurtz P. Smith, Splvey, Still well, Tompkins. Vernor, Walker, Wingard, Woods, Youmans-BO. Nays Messrs. Arnold, Hailey, Bul? entine, Bethune, Boyd, T. s. Brice, \V. D. Bryan, Carwllo, Clary, ciink ?cales, Der h am, Dixon, J. H. Dodd, Douglass, Kpps, Cause, J. P. Gibson, goodwin, Creer, Gyles, Hardin, Har ris, Harrison, Hinton, Jones, Kolle '. Kirven, Lane, Lester, Leltner, Jor, Miller, Morrell, Nesbitt, Niv or, Norton, Harker, Heaves, Rich ards, Robinson, Scruggs, Sellers, Sharpe, Salughter. D. L. Smith, J. 10. Smith, Stubbs, Tatum, Wade, Wannamaker, wiggins, Wlmborly, Wyebo, Yeldoll -60. Those who voted on the amend ment Introduced by Mr. McMftstOr, which exempted the South Carolina chili from the provisions of tho roso lutlOU, were: Ayes Speaker W haley, and Mes srs. Anil Hoattio, Brantley, Cannon, Carey, Carrigan, Cllnkscaios, Cox, DoVoro, Dick, Dingle, Doar, Dowling, Fraser, Frost, Harris, Hall, Harley, Hannan, Hughes, Hydrick, John atone, Kershaw, Lawson, Legare. Mc coll. McMnstor, Nichols, Nicholson. Patterson, Richardson, H?cker, Sayo, Scarborough, Sh I pp, Slaughter, Kurtz H. Smith. Splvey, Stillwell, Thomas, f-'.'1ompklns, Vor nor, Wingard, Wood? Nay '. Messrs. Arnold, Ayer, Hail ey, Ballentino, Hanks, Bethune, Boyd, 'I', s. Brice, VV. D. Bryan, Qni'HOn, Carwilo, (Mary, Courtney, Borham, Dixon. .I. I'.. Dodd, .I. 11. Dodd. Douglass, Rpps, (lause, J. I'. ciiison, w. J. ciiison, Goodwin, Greer, Gyles, Hardin, Harris, Hin SEVERAL ARRESTED. Dispensary Investigation Results in Sensational Airest Goodman, Black, Towlll ami Boy Ich? Arrested and Warrants Aro Out for Others. AH a result of tho investigation which waa conducted by it on Wed nesday, Thursday and Friway of last week the stato dispensary commis sion has Caused a blanket warrant, alleging conspiracy to def rand tho state, to be sworn out against about. Hf toen persons, two of whom have al ready been arrested. Tho first arrest under this war rant wan that of M. A. Goodman, a representative of Ullman & Co.. who was taken In charge Thursday eve ning und la.or released by Magistrate .las. A. Fowles, Jr., under a surely company's bond of $25,ooo. Friday morning former Dispensary Director John Black, of Columbia, learned that ho was one of tho per sons named in tho warrant, and carno at once lo Magistrate Fowles' oil)CO and surrendered himself. Ten minutes afterward be wan released on bail tn tho sum of $10,000, tho bond being Justified by a number of his fnmily and by Mr. Wm. L,. Ca liffe, who is understood to be worth moro than $50,000. Warrants for former Director .lohn Dell Towill und D. W. Boykln have been Kent to Lexington for service, lt is supposed thal Sheriff Cor loy, of Lexington county, will serve these upon tho defendants ut. their homes in Ha tosh ii rg. Warrants are out for other whis key men and for other former dis pensary Olli Ci a 18, but these cannot bo mentioned because to do so might int orel i e with t ho officers in their attempt to apprehend tho persons named. Tho blanket warrant, und?r which these arrests ure to bo mudo was sworn out boforo Magistrate Fowles by Mr. Avery Patton, of Groonville, a member of tho dispensary com mission. In tho work ol' developing those eases the altornoy general hus the assistance ol' Col. T. D. FotdOr, GOO. Clifford li. Anderson and Mr. Hil), all of tho Atlantic bar. t SOME SENSATIONAL A lt BESTS Of Several Old State Dispensary Olli einis by the Commission. Tho issuing of warrants for cer tain gentlemen formerly connected with the State Dispensary in various official capacities created somewhat of a sensation in this city, where several of the accused are well known. The following are the par ties named In the warrants as tar as they have been made public: The Indictment against Messrs. W. O. Tatum. J. N. Rawlinson and .1. Ii. Towill is brought by Mr. Avery Pat ton and charges that "the parties named herein between the dates March 15, 190G, and Jan. 30, H*07. sold beer to the State board of dir ectors of the South Carolina dispen sary at a price largely above the true value thereof, with intent to divide the excess among themselves, in this way these parties unlawfully and fra nd nient ly conspired and agreed together lo cbOUl and ile fraud the State." Lach of the accused was put un der $10.000 bond, bul Magistrate FowlCS declined to give the name of the sureties. A telegram was re ceived from Chester stating that Joe D. Wylie had boon arrested there. A telegram from Kershaw county slated that li, \\. Boykln was out on a hunt, but that as roon as he gut got back he would come to Columbia to surrender. The parties under indiclment held executive positions ai the state dis pensary, W. O. Tatum was commis sioner; Joe. H. Wylie, Jodie M. Haw linson and John Rlnok Were dire tors in the last regime Rawlinson being Chairman. John Bell Towill an I L. W. Boykln were directors sever al years ago. Hoy kin before that time having been an inspector l.ive Improvement Society, la small centers of population where noni' but the most general laws govern, il is necessary to lorin an Improvement society to look af ter tho health and WOll being of the people as a whole, ssvys the Los An gelos Times. Tho laws of hygiene must bo observed. Roth sewers and Htirfaco drainage should be provided by the people as a whole, and where no city government exists this is a splendid work for a live society for civic betterment. ton, Jones, Kellehnn, Ki ryon i Lane, Lester, Leilner. Little, Major, Mc Koowa, Mann, MI loy, Miller. Morrell, Nash, Nesbitt, NlVOr, Norton, Par ker, Reaves, Richards, Robinson, Scrugggs, Sell H'S, Sharpe, I). L Smith, J. IO. Smith, Stubbs, Tatum, Wade, Walker, Wannamaker, Wig gins, Wlmborly, Wyobe, Yoldoll, Youmauu --C4. t MEETS AGAIN. Tho General Assembly of South Carolina in Session AND IS HARD AT WORK. Legislature Will Visit Winthrop Sat urday, Going to Rock Hill by Spe cial Traill-Lee's Birthday to bc Celebrated by Solons at Hu* Col lege-Two Judgeship Races Grows Interesting, Tia? (!('ncrr ' Assembly convened at Columbia at noon on Tuesday and each bouse was in session only a sborl time, as there was no business to be transacted beyond swearing in new members and reading tho an nual message of Governor Ansel. The members spent (heir lime Tuesday getting their stopping places and Bottling down. They lingered, however, in (ho lob bies after the adjournment ot the two houses and mingled in tho ho tels, talking about tho prospects In tho races for the two Judgeships. There is much interest in Hie race for tho place on the Supreme bench hold by tho Hon. IO. H. Hary, for Which the (incumbent and the Hon. T. V. Cot bran are the candidates. Tho race for Ibo position of Judge of the 2nd circuit is also attracting a great deal ol' interest especially among the members from thal cir cuit. Tiie candidates are tho Hon. Robert Aldrich, Senator Kates and Solicitor Davis, of Barnwell, and (ho Hon. Claude 10. Sawyer, of Aiken. The General Assembly will not be in session Saturday, as an invitation has been accepted to visit Winthrop College, and the trip will lie made on a special train provided by tile board of trtistccs. Tl is usual to ob serve Leo's .birthday, January 1!), as a holiday, but Hie dato falls on Sun day this year, and tho 18th will be observed Instead and thor? '.ill 5?:; appropriate exercises at that time at Winthrop. Proceedings in tho House. The House of Representatives was called to order al noon by Clerk Hamer, who called the roll by coun ties, When tin- clerk announced that a Quorum was present, Speaker Whtlloy took the ?bail- and tho pro ceedings were opened with prayer by th?! chaplain, the Rev. lt X. Pratt, who prayed for Divine guidance up on tho work of the House. Mr. Sharpe announced that Mr. N. n. VVannamaker, elected to succeed th?! late J. M. L'pting, of Lexington, was pre;.cut and ready lo be sworn In. Mr. Von KolnitK announced Mr. I<\ M. H ryan, ol' Charleston, successor to the Hon John Marshall, present. Mr Clary announced Mr. M. W. limden, of Cherokee, successor to the Hon W. V. McArthur, of Cher okee, presen!. Mr. Yeldoll announced Mr 3) M. Major, td' Clroonwood, successor to the late jas. wiiiie, of Greenwood, present Messrs. Wannamaker, Bryan, Har den and Major presented themsolvos at the bar of the House and took lin eal h of ellice. A message was sent to tin- Sen ate by tin- Clerk that the House was road y foi business. A committee Consisting ol Messrs. Nicholson. Hanks and Heattie Was sent to In form tin- Governor that the House had met and was ready to receive any communication he might wish to make 'Che Governor's message was shortly presented by Iiis private secretary, lion A. J, Bethen, and was Immediately read by Reading Clerk Wit hers. Dr. Save, of York, presented the invitation of Hie Winthrop board (d' trustees to visit the College on Sat urday, (he board furnishing a spe cial (rain for the visit. Dr Save moved thal the invitation be accept cd and a committee of two be ap pointed (o make arrangements for Hu! trl|?. Tills was agreed to. Proceedings in (he Senate, Sergeant al Arms Schumpcrt Came up IhO main aisle ol' (he Senate and placed tho "sword of Slate" on thc reporters' table Then (he Lieuten ant Governor, Mr. T c. Mci.coi!, called the Senate to older and ready for business. Gen. Rober! II. l?ornphlll, who ba: for years called (he Senate roll and hoon il:; olllcial (derk, called the roll. TIlO Rev. Alex NT. Brimson delivered Ha- opening prayer and then Lieut, li am Governor McLeod In a brief talk wished I ho Sonnie ami thc stat?- weil; spoke with feeling ol' the companion ship and good Ilia? resulted from Hu mooting of the members. Ile SpOllC ol' tho lian!-, and viewed the present sit ualion with favor. Mr. McLeod made the appointments for Hie present session as follow:;: Journal Clerk. G IO. Moore, lionet Path. WAS HELD UP A Columbia Man Assaulted by Two Boid Highwaymen. Boforo Ho Know He Was in Danger He Had Been Bobbed of AH Be Hud. The Columbia State says as Mr. Kiah Doat, Jr., of that etty, was going at ilvo o'clock Monday morn ing to open np bis meat market be was held up und robbed by two un known men. Tho amount taken from Mr. Dont was $19.50, tho money hoing kn ono $10 bill, nine one-dol lar silver pieces and a half dollar. There is absolutely no clue to the identity of the two men and Mr. Dont Himself does not know whether (hoy wore white or colored. Mr. Dont was going to his work as usual and was on Dumber street within ono und a half blocks of Malu street. As ho was walking with his hands In his overcoat pockets ho was suddenly approached from behind and before he could realize what, was happening ho found him self on the ground wit li two men up on him. As tho wind was very high. Mr. Dont did not hear the approach of tho mon. When he did realizo what had happened he felt one of the men sitting on his head und the other holding him down by the feet with ono hand and going through his pock ets with Jho other. As Mr. Dent's head was hurled on one slJo in tho mud that had accumulated on the street from the recent rains, he could not see either of the men. As his pockets were being rifled tho coat was torn off of Mr. Dent's buck and th?' shirt he wore was torn in several places by tho men lu their haste. When the men had taken the money and a hunch of keys from the pockets of Mr. Dent they picked np his hat that had fallon off and made away ar fast as they could. For a few moments Mr. Dont was unable to collect his thoughts sufficiently to get up mid when he did he could not soo tho men a^ Iiis eyes wore blinded willi V .'O' Mr. Dent wns unable to soe in which direction they had gone but ti gentleman who was coming Up -licet at tho same time saw tho af fair from a distance and said that tile two men turned up Assembly street. With no clues to work on the police have been unable to catch tho highwaymen who committed the as sault upon Mr. Dent A FINK COUBT II DUSK Hut the People Huve to Pojf Well For lt. Mr. T fl Tatum, member of the Legislature from Loo County, gives notice that he will introduce at tho present session of the Legislature a bill to issue bonds for the comple tion and furnishing of the Lee conn ty conn, house. This bill, In all probability, will provide for an ad ditional issue of $35,000 to completo tho court hons?', which will then be rt building costing, in the aggregate, about $75,000 and will be one of the handsomest ami most m ?dorn cou?*t houses in the State. The nd va lore th tax, which will probably be provid ed in tho supply bill for Leo county, will be about live and threo-qhaitor mills. COLD Ht sn IIEUINS. A 'lent City Springs Pp Near Valu able Strike. A great rush ts on to the new gold strike near Mnnvcl, San Hordlno, county. California, where employers ot Tex Rickard on Christmas day opened up surface ore that assayed as high as $120 to a ton. The strike is just over the Nevada line. A tent City bas sprung up, streets have been laid OUt, comer lots sold, and water supply arranged for. The town is only three miles from the Santo Fo tracks Hill clerk, tile Rev W. S. Stokes, Spartnnburg. Secretary to president, .1 T. Mee han, Columbia. Doorkeepers. Peter Sanders.C ca tenary. S. C.i M. H McDonald. Col umbia: J. c. Prown, Chester. Mall Currier. N. O, Pyles, Colum bia. Pages. J. P Doerhnm, Jr., creen Lea; Carl A. Dreher, Lexington. Laborers, Jack Presley, lOdge flold. ;Robt. Caldwell, Newberry, and Abe Poster. Laurens. Tho usual exchange of messages be tween the House and Senate and the Oovorilor were had. Senator Raysor thought that con ditions had changed and that many bills had berni rushed on tho Calen dar without (till consideration, nod suggested thal all bills on the Calen dar bo reconsidered. The commlltot could hear arguments if thOJ thought best. WANTS BIGGER NAVY. The United States Should Have Two Great Navies Says Justice Harlan, Who Predicts a Groat Conflict Soon Hctwcen tho Yellow and tho White Races, A great conflict between tho yel low and tho white races was tho prediction made by Justice John M. Harlan, of tho United States su preme court, In an address at tho third annual dinner of tho Navy League of tho United Stales at the Now Willard in Washington recent ly. Justice Harlan said, In part. "if I had the opportunity I would vote for an appropriation of $50, 000,000 Q year for a period of ten years for a larger navy. Tho groat importance of a navy is shown In tho constitution, which restricts tho appropriation for the army, but sets no limit for thoso for the navy. There is no such thing as friendship be tween nations as between men. Na tions make no sacrifices to preserve friendships, and don't forbear to do certain things because it does not meet with tho approval of another nation. "I don't care how large a navy wo have, but I want to soc a navy largo enough to take caro of the Pnclllc and Atlantic oceans and our ports on those oceans. "Tho trend of Immigration of tho white people in the past have been from East to West. There has been none from tho West. Just across tho water there ls a country with an im mense population, whose commerce ' we are socking. Wo refer to the people of Asia as tho yellow race. 1 There are 4 00.000,000 Chinese, as 1 good physically and mentally as ? we are. There is over there another '. nation whose people aro progressive ? und ambitious. Wo may some day 1 see a skilled anliy of Japan of 5,00 0, 000 to 10,000,000. They will say: 1 'You claim Europe as your country. This is ours. Get out!' I don't think 1 they hilve any such Idea now, and wo 1 have no hostility, toward them. Put 1 1 acre will bo U conflict butweou tho : yellow race and tho white race that 1 will shako the earth. When it conies ' 1 want to seo this country with a ' navy on both oceans that will bo 1 strong enough. ' TUR LABOR CONTRACT LAW. _ , i Declared Unconstitutional by tho ' Court Kn Ihme Thursday. | The judiciary of the state, sitting sn bane at Columbia has declared j unconstitutional tho labor contract ' law. This is In effect the same decls- ' lon rendered in the opinion by ( Judge Brawley of the federal court, , govern! months ago, and puts an end j to any speculation as to tho validity , if tho statute. Tho court was divided on tho ques tion before it. Tho majority opinion , was written Dy Associate Justice Woods and' was concurred in by Chief Justice l'ope, Circuit Judge Watts, Cage, Wilson, Cary and Mom minger, as to tho general contents i)f tho opinion, and by Judge Dantz- , 1er aa to the result. j The minority opinion was written by Associate Justice* Jones and was , concurred In by Circuit Judges . Idough, Prince and liydrlck. Associate Justice (iiiry tiled a sep arate dissent, as follows: "I dissent ;>n the ground that tho constitution ality of the slatute is not before tho court on a habeas corpus proceed ings." t Tin: DEADLY AUTO. Newspaper Man Kllbni by Collision ' With Street Car. At Houston, Texas, on Monday, In ' in enduranc.o race In which sixteen lutomoblles participated over conn- ' ry roads covering 11 '/ miles, an ac ildcnt occurred on the tlnal round In ?hieb John Trontom, sporting editor >f tlu> Houston Post, was killed by a ..elliston With a stroet car, Drown Holts was injured Internally and Hay Weiss, general sales agent of a hun ier company, was badly injured. Pron tem was in a car which had lost i Uro. Tho wheel without a ire caught on a street car track and tho automobile was thrown against in oncoming car. Trontein was In stantly killed. The others wore in jured liv tho cai hoing turned over. MARCH OF THE UNEMPLOYED. l'on Thousand Union Members to Make Great Demonstration. At a canVOhttoh of delegates from labor unions at Heal I le it was decid tul that a monster demonstration bo made on Monday to enforce tho de mands ol tho unemployed for work av food and shelter. Ten thousand men will assemble and march to the city hall. whOfO they propose to camp until tho city council takes favorable action. t A VILE PLOT. Brazilian Police Discover Sehe rn? to Destroy American Fleet AT RIO DE JANERIO. Foreign Anarchists Aro Deeply In volved.-All tho Conspirators Fled to tlie Interior.-Every Precaution Will Ile Taken to Provent Injury to tlie Ships of the! Fleet, and tho Police Say AH D?nger Is Over. A dispatch from Rio do Jnnoiro, ?razll, says that the polico have dis covered an anarchist plot having aa its object tho destruction of part of tho American fleet now lying In tho harbor. The conspiracy, while cen tering in Rio de Janorlo and Petropl lis, has ramifications in Son Paulo and Minas Geraes. An individual named Joan Fedher, who resides in Petropolis, was tho chief conspirator at Rio do Janorlo, although lt is understood that for eign anarcnists are deeply involved In th o plot. Fedher has fled to, Sao Paulo, and tho polfco who know him have boen sent to that place for tho purpose of apprehending him. One of the detectives, who was woll acquainted with Fedhor, hav ing served on the polico forco at Pe tropolis for some time, returned from that place Sunday, after hav ing made investigations there and had a long conference with tho chief of police at Rio do Janorlo. Tho latter let it be understood later that tho Sao Paulo police aro JU tho track of tho arch conspirator [ind expected to arrest him soon. In in official note which the chief of police sent to the correspondent of Lhe Associated Press he says: "Some time before tho arrival <x Lhe American fleet at Rto do Janeno. the Brazilian government received from Washington and Paris advices that anarchists of .different nation alities intended to damage ono or io /oral of tho sh ipa el' thc American loot. The names and addresses of tho conspirators were indicated by Information which tho polico had re ceived previously from France and germany. Tho police of this district ire working with the polico of Sao Paulo and Minas Geraes and I am sure every precaution will be exer cised and the most rigorous vigilance (bsorvod both on land and at soa to prevent any injury being done." The chief of police, after having made this ollleial statement said that, ho did not feel he should go into any further details with regard to tho conspiracy, but he authorized tho statement that the plot was organ ized by Fedhor and he added that; tho people of tho United Statos could rest easy, as all of the conspirator? had taken refuge in tho intorior. The people of tho interior aro ig norant of the details of the p?ot to io injury to the visiting vessels, al though there has boen some slight Inkling Of the matter. Tho impres sion which the exposure of this plot will make will bo profound, because lt is tho first anarchist conspiracy that lins ever been known in Brazil. The police of Sao Paulo have sent word that they aro on tho track of tho malefactors, who, they declare, will not bo able to come to Rio do Janorlo. VESSEL A WRECK And tho Crew of Thirty Souls Aro Probably lost. Tho British Bhip Hartflold, Cnp nln Slndson, from Liverpool for Vnl [inrlso and Soattlo, io doubtless a wreck on Vancouver Islnnd, with, in ill probabilities, tho loss of 30 odd ives. Wreck ago from tho vessel PlQVDJtm,. po>i..ittui H)\iocmiji 'pxva Liverpool, have washed ashore on ho wost coast of the islnnd, aceord ng to a wireless message received in Seattle. Only a meagro account is ilvon of tho find, but tho news of ho ship is such to warrent that sho vas pounded to pieces on tho treach erous reefs of the island. If any of ho crow of 3 0 oscnped alive, news of inch survivors should havo been re solved ero this. t EIGHT MURDER TRIALS rt'III Take Placo at Anderson This Week or Next. The spring term of general ses dons court convened at Anderson Monday with Judge Klugh presiding. Ti nc bills wore returned on eight indictments for murder as follows: Will Guyton, Press Lewis, Tom An lerson, John Dill, Houston Trlhblo, i). B, Barnes, Theodore Walker and Wayman Norris, all nogices. Nino lither true bills were returned, two ni which were for housebreaking and larceny, two for assault and bat tery with Intent to kill and llvo min or charges.