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V V uy>) Makes I No alum? ft from Royal G MOURNS HER SON South Carolina University Takes Action on Death of Dr. Carlisle HER GREATEST ALUMNUS Prof. Moor? Bays I>r. Carlisle's Life is "Worth Mor? to the State ot Booth Carotin* Than All the Mom>y Spent on the South Carolina University. The State says the names 01 great won emblazon the pages of the] recorde of the South Carolina university. Of these nam??b there ia none more revered than that of Carlisle?Jas. H. Carlisle, who fell asleep In SpaTtanburg after a long, long day of life filled with effort and of self-denial. So pure was he, bo lofty in his principles and his conception of life that many had thought of him a.s a minister. But a minister he was ' not, although it is said that at one f time an effort was made to get him to become a minister so that he might be made bishop. It 1h also declared that he could have been president of his alma mater, but he preferred to live on at Wofford, where the salary was but little more than half what he could .have received. The Method&t denomination of this tSate revered . him, and it appears that he was well worthy of that confidence and of that esteem. It is recalled that oace when there was talk of vacancies In the United States senate, the people of this ^ State clamored for the uppointruuut of Dr. Carlisle to one of those places ?iv<v? Waiim he uaw trained for that kind of service, but because they wished his n^ble lite to be perpetuated more broadly in41 State history. Rev. 8. C. Mitchell, I). D., president of the South Carolina university. went to Spartanburg Friday to convey to Wofford Dollego the love and sympathy of the alma mater of this great and good mau. Dr. Mitchell had had for weeks an Important engagement which he canceled. The student body of the university was Saturday morning addressed by Prof. Andrew C. Moore, a native of Spartanburg and the vice president of the university. The following telegram was sent Thursday: "President H. N. 8nydor. Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C. 1 "The University of South Carolina I mourns her illustrious ftlumnim, [ whose soryicee and example have blessed all our people. President I * Mitchell will attend the funeral on behalf of the university. "For the Faculty, "Edward H. Joynes." Prof. Andrew C. Moore, Friday night in speaking of the deceased great Carolinian, said: "In the death of Dr. ium^ It. Carlisle the University of South Carolina has lost a distinguished alumnus and devoted friend. No man has ever been sent out from the old college who haa had bo great an influence in raising the Intellectual and moral standards of the State. At a time whea all young men of promlso entered one of the learned professions, young Carlisle chose a calling which gave no promise of pMtferment. That was characteristic of the man. i h a an I Un (/ ! r% il'h l/>h 11U CUV*7l^\i V**u ?M ?' U?vt? ho couM bo of great Horvice and forgetting hlmttelf 'In that service grow groat la apito of himself. Humility and uaselflahuoea a ere his chief characteristics, but bigger still In heart, I)r. Carlisle was a giant i SUBS! V ? 4 * / HUhil.. . . ? i 'flfli'ffrfciltfli fi Baking Powder is the gj :est of time and labor rers to the pastry cook. M momizes flour, butter fjj eggs and makes the fj ' digestible and healthful I 0V4L1 MwTvWunp nost healthful food fi p -no lime phosphates jj - baking powder made ft rrape Cream of Tartar S , f among men without being couhoIous 3 of it himself. ) "One the 23rd of February, 1812, ' James Henry Carlisle entered the 1 sophomore class of the South Carolina college from Kershaw district. He became a member of the Kuphradian society and after tho lapse of 0 years of the centenial celebratlon of the college held ii\ Charles- 1 ton. December ID. 1DOO. his portrait was unveiled as that of the society's nost distinguished alumnus. "lu 1K4 4 ho received the degree ,)f A. H. v, tt_h the second honor of uls elasH, the first honor hoi or won ' by Patrick Henry Nelson. Th?> dis- 1 tlnpulshed professor of history tn the University of Berlin, Frederick 1 von Haunter, who w;n> visit Ins Columbia ot the time, attended the coui- 1 ineneeirunt exorclM'b of the college ' and in hi? 'Letters' making mention of the speakers, one "of them belli'* Mr. Carlisle. An old and yellowed program, dat^d. the Oth and I Otli of May, 184 4, shown that the seventh and last speaker on that occasion was J.II. Carlisle, irfcoso aubjoct was "The Causes Which Have Ltni to the Decline. of Practical Power in the United Provinces.' "Yourik Carlisle taught ,school( In Columbia from 1843 till 18o4. when | ho was called to the chair,of m^th| eitoaticfi In the young Methodist college at Spartanburg. From that tljne till his death the career of Dr.- .CarUhIo was synonymous with the hlsto ry of Wotford college. In I87f> he \ bK'anio president and la 11102 president emeritus of thy college. In un | article prepared by him upon the oe[ can Ion of the celebration of the centennial of the South Carolina col! tyigd. Dr. Carlisle says of President it. W. Barnwell and Hev. Steven El! Liott:. i " 'The young men ptivlleged to i bo under these in?t motor* u.'?m r have been groatly Impreased, partly 3 by what these men taught, but ohisf- r ly by what these mou wore..' c These words may bo aptly used in 1 speaking of I>r. Carlisle himself ' The young men who enjoyed the priv- 1 liege of Hitting r?t. biH foot wore l most deeply impressed by what he ; was. ltyipjrej by him some choice I young men wore directed into distinguished careers in the fleld of t scholarship, but all were made bet- i tor men. His ideal was to make men .s tlrst and scholars afterwards. His ( great sympathy tor and faith in o young men gave him a hold upon v, jthein for life. ?i "Dr. Carlisle's work was not con- r lined to the clans room nor to the I college walls. lie was a public c spirited citizen, always taking an active Interest In every movement <] lirwilf t r? tr t/> J ..1 I ? * .rv.....n vw iiiwii'Tvum ana moral improvement. His activity was not v oonllend to bis own communtiy, not I even to hfl? own fSlato. For many t yearn he was associated with the b great chautauqun movement. Though 1 not a minister, his own church rec- u ognized him as a leader. He was ca member of the lirst general con- m fercnco of the Methodist Kplscoprl t church to which laymen wen* adniittod and was elc-ct?xl to each sue- !i ceedlng Ion fere nee. "Ho was a member of the Seees- n slon convention and haves behind n only one survivor of that memorable d convention, Mr. Itobt. A. Thompson f< of Walhalla. After one of (ieorge n McDutne's brilliant speeches before p the State legislature Judge Hugor 'I sold that if the South Carolina col- d lege had done nothing but produce n that man, she would have amply re- ii paid the State for every dollar ex- u pended by the State. Dr. Carlisle's v life Is worth more to the State of c South Carolina than all the money u which has boeu expended on the v college." * - ^ ^ 4? C The democracy of the country has r no nnrtl/>i?1nf ..u.. n> , tui iiiiiiinany, out i It Is amused at thoso assumptions t of virtue from the Republican ring I that has halved thlm?H up with old r Tlge for many years. I iRIBE Nl WON'T ATTEND enator Tillman Refuses to Participate in the Taft Luncheon. WOULD NOT BUY TICKET .n Ho IVoon Not Bolk^To in That Kind of PuJd*for>in-Advum'e Hok* I>utility, aau intimates That J Columbia Should l'uy for the Frolic or Cut It Out. The following correspondence exluina itself: Secretary's Office, Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Columbia, H. C., Oct. 22. 1909. Ion. II. H. Tillman, Trenton, S. C. Pear Sir: In order thnt the comii it tee In charge of the arrangements or the visit of President Tuft may ompleto plana now pending, will *ou kiudly Inform this olflce If you vlll be present on that occasion and f you expect to attend the luncheon o bo given in his honor. Yours very turly, (Signed) C. YV. Moorman, Secreta ry. Trenton, S. C., Oct. 23. 1909. Mr. C. W. Moorman, Secretary Chamber of Commerce, Columbia, S. C. pear Sir: I have vour letter of tie :ober 'JU. I replied yesterday to a previous letter explaining the slumion in regard to my acting on th? "i oeption committer on November tj. ind I await your answer to that before deciding whether 1 will go to Columbia fit all or not. As for attending the luncheon, ! *eo? ived au invitation acme days igo, signed James A. Hoyt, to attend ho luncheon, accompanied with an nvitatlon to send a check tor $10. PhiH may be a ne w way of Conduct tig entertainments in South Carolina hat- will find favor in the future. bn?t t Ih wholly contrary to nil ideas >f courtesy and Self-respecting hos>it?lity that I have ever heard of In he State, and I do not propose to end any aid or countenance to it f the city of Columbia is too poor o entertain the president decently t ought not to attempt it; If it wants o ask contributions from outsiders, hat is a different thing; if It wants iptfilders to bear the expense and nslders ertjoy the glory, ' that is mother thing. I have known Mr. Tat't very pleusantiy some eight or en years, and I have dined with him juite often, both as a guest and us ? host, and i do not feel like encouriging the departure from South Car mion s reputation for decency unci lospitality which thin transaction In'olvos. I did not respond to Mr. loyt's Invitation, but treat<xl it with .ilont contempt. Hut Inasmuch its ou have asked the point blank inestion, and it scomfl to bo the; dticial scheme to ask men to moot ho president and huvo them pay the iXpeusea, I tell you emphatically; ^o. I will not attend the luncheon. Very respectfully, (. S1 n -ci) It". K. Tillman. The central committee, arranging or the reception in Columbia for 'residt nt Tuft, consists of Gev. An el, Mayor Reamer and William E. ionzales. The governor Is out of the :lty, und Mr. Gonzales was luto Satirday night called up at his r?*silonce, Senator Tillman's letter wsus end to him over the telephone, and ie was naked for a statement of the ommitteo's position. "The committee will engage in no llscitselon of this matter," he said, 'until the guest of honor on Noember 6 has coroe and gone. Couruhln will welcome the president, >ut Columbia Is not assuming to tells ho-.t at luncheon. The identical nvitntioQ wua sent by the chairiu?n of the invitation committee to lenator Tillman as was sent to the ;overnor and the other members of he central committee. There is no free ikimh' for the hosts; the dendiead list i? suspended. "The letter from Secretary Moornan. to which Senator Tillman has irade this answer, was sent at the llrectlon ot' the central committee . or the excellent reason that the oora- J ultteo, In recognition of his otlicial ! oaition, planned to have Senator | MUman accompany one of the presi- j lent's party In an automobile ai.ul J ci as nw eocort Into luncheon, and j i could not perfect its arrangements j intil It know whether Mr. Tillman j would t*< proHent. His right to de-t lino In unquestioned, and the decli- j ifttlon will cause uo embarrassment j whatever. "Neither the pooplo of Cola in hi a j tor the people of South Carolina who , Imrish the honor of city and State . irtHl have any fear that lu the en-j ertalnment of Mr. Taft In Coluiu-j da thei" will bo locking dignity, food taste or evidence of good breedug." IW TO FOUND GUILTY Bighara and Avant Convicted of Maoslaughter and Sent Dp for THREE YEARS AND A HALF It Will be Remembered That Avant and Hicham Stud and Killed Hi^hum's Who ou the Kvcnlng 01 September I IuinI, at Murit'll'M Inlet. Throe years and hIx months Imprisonment in the State penitentiary was the sentence passed hy Judge Watts Friday afternoon at Georgetown upou W. It. Avant and G. C. Bighatn, for the. killing of Mrs. Ruth Crisp Itigham. the jury having rendered a verdict jf guilty of manslaughter after two hours' deliberation. Thus ends the story of a d?-ed that has shocked the people of the entire State. The correspondent of the State | says the majority of tin* people are indued fo think the sen ten c extremely light. In spite of the verdict, though, the killing of Mrs. lllghajn has not been explained, mystery still enshrouds the affair. The light tor the accused men centered II Tomtit tl\4? fillet lll.'ll lllllf A/lllolrl..Piwl the "object," which proved to t>e .dl's. liigham, si trespasser and that there wan reason for suspicion. This was ably coin bulled by the State, although the prosecution wus ut disadvantage in uol having reply to Mr. Ragsdale. Considerable surprise was created when the defense permitted the case to go to the jury without offering any testimony. The State touched another phase of the case when in the testimony of M. J. I'earco of Waterloo, Uun'un county, it was shown that Mrs. lilghuro* while on a visit to her old hopiv in August had received a letter and telegram from her husband, the contents of which caused her to weep The matter of unhappy married r??Isfions was merely hijit*nl at in this manner. Mr. I'earco had seen this letter and the tears of the deceased w orn an. Mr. A. C. I^onard, one of the Htato's witnesses, was on the boat to Georgetown, with Mr. and Mrs. Avnnt, after the killing. . Avant had told him "It was a sad occurrance, but. i believe any one else would have done it under the excitement and fright. Dr. Dlgham doesn't blame me; he told ine to shoot." That word "excitement" played a great part in the argument by counsel, particularly in that of Mr. Ha^sdale.. Attorney ?!. W. Wingate opened for the defense, speaking but 10 minutes, dealing 'largely with the duly of jurors. i Le was followed by Solicitor Cooper of Laurens, who spoke for 30 minutes. Mr. Cooper dealt somewhat at length with the law on trvBpUHB. Mr. Cooper pointed out that according to the testimony Mrs. Hicham whb Hitting on the bench when Hhot, tha.t there wua no suspicious action or moveuiout, that t?he men did not hoil h?*r as she passed tiehouse. He argued the complete absence of any circumstance that would v arrant suspicion; he showed an intention on the part of the defendants to shoot and contended that they weis* therefore guilty of murder. Solicitor Wells argued that sino<? the defense was baaed on a specific statute, section 2. the burdou of proving the fitness and applicability 01' this statute rested on the defense. Then he attacked this plea with muli vigor, making a tilling impression ou the Jury, fie endeavored to show that because these men were ' frightened was no sufficient excuse for the act. "The law doesn't exempt theui because they are arrant cowards," said he. Mr. U?. gsdalo, for the defense, closed the arguments, making a powerful appeal to the jury iu behalf of his clients. He endeavored to show an absence of any motive for the kiliiug, a fact which the State has not attcjupled to establish. Me. ridiculed much of the State's t<-s tiniony and sought to discredit some of its witnesses. While the appeal wan eloquent, moving the Uonrts of many In the audience, strong and forceful, in terms elegant and refined, Htill It 1 was sear oly more than an attempt to play ou the HyropathleH of the jury. He attempted to show that by the tuHtlrnouy, It wan durk when the shooting occurred, that Avant and Hicham seeing thin auspicious looking person on the premises were only acting in defense of their homes and loved one*. Several times duriug Mr. Kagsdnlo's Hpeech both the defendants, Avant and Higham, wore moved to tears and sat sobbing, THE Hi GROOM SLAYED BRIDE WOMAN HKKLKTOX I-Xil'ND HAS 0 IIKKN 1DKNTIF1KD. I*c>lic? Think th4> Murder Wiw Committed Mure Than Vcar Ago and Are Searching for the Murderer. Followlug tho receipt of diypatchen from Hamburg, Ckrmany, saylug that tho young woman whose body way found at Islip, Long Inland, last Sunday night was that of Anna Latter, of Altonu, a suburb of Hamburg. a number of points In tho mystery have been cleared. Tho Identification la conaldered correct and tho police are now seeking to locate t| Otto Mueller, who la aaid to have married the girl in Newark. N. J.. on February G, 190H. r For Hcvoral mouths previous to t that time It is said that Anna Latter v had been employed an a maid in the t, home of Isaac Seligmnn, u New York j banker. Shortly after the wedding f Otto Mueller took his bride to 10u- ( rope, whe&e they visited her rela11 yea in Germany and then hurried t back to Now York. They apont a ( few days in Newark visiting friends, d while Mueller made excuralouH to ( New York to find an apartment. , Suddenly the couple wan lost track | of. and although inquiries were made f by many, the mystery of their dls- , appearance wan aoon forgotten and remnlped ^o until the disclosure of ] the fact that the' Bkeleton found at j Irtllp might >>e that of Anna Latter. t It has been the belief of the po- t lice that the murder waa committed more than a year ago. The girl could then have boon but a bride of a few f months when she met her death, t Mow she came to it is still a myw- ^ tory. The discovery of a pair of j automobile goggles near the skeleton strengthens the theory that the j girl was taken to the woods in a j motor car. A rondhouse-keoper near- \ oy nas told the poliV; that two men \ ind a woman came to Iuh ho?ho In r an automobile lust fall, and after ( quarreling ov^r money and real es- j tate they hurried away, and the two ? tneu returned to the house later \ that night without jlhe woman. Anna letter was said to have been ^ a pretty girl. She had worked as t -\ maid In wealthy families in Den- r ver. Chicago and New York. In the p Seligmun household, where she work- j (d for two years, who had been con- a sidered a girl of unuauul good taste \ and refinement. Mueller met her at r Faf Uocknway Beach while she was enriug for nu invalid there. He had ( represented hiinaelf to Anna Latter i and her friends as an architect and i had said he owned twelve lots in j Jamaica. Long island, where he plan- t ned to build n home. The police are , looking for Mueller for further In- . formation. *' ? ? ( Mysterious Shooting. 1 Although he has a bullet wound H in bis abdomen from which the hos- ( pltal physicians say he probably will f. die. Frank It a nose will not tell the r police who siiot him. He was found i In Fast Fourteenth street, New York, t ' arly Friday suffering greut pain, but V would not say a thing about the r circumstances of the shooting. > ? t Vesuvtous iu Kii u|>tiou. I The cruptlous of Mount Vesuvious, which became alarmingly active Thursday, apjH'ara to be decreasing. The villages in the vicinity of the c volcano are filled with strangers. c uroatly foreigners who had hasten t ed tliere to witness the phenomena. I ' r their faces buried in their hajids. > Judge Watts' charge was short < but to the point, touching only those v phages of the law that might apply In thla case. On murder and manslaughter the Jury were thoroughly Instructed and section 2 was especial- t ly brought to their attention. Crlm- c inal carelessness or negligence, u dia- f regard of human life, were also u touched upon at the request of Bo- 1 licilor Wells. \ Judge Watts told tho jury that t] If the testimony satisfied them that the "persou" were acting in a suspicious manner and tied when halted, then tho defendants were acting ^ within their legal rights, as indicated in the section. Tho clause "floes when halted," which hud been fc*Cr<*ascd by Solicitor Cooper was defined ?>v In/ii/.i hh not necessarily "running uway, j Nut that a person might H*hj and yet j not move faster than in a walk. I Many havo questioned th?* matter ! . of both defendants being principals In the commission of the cimal, some thinking that Avunt, who admitted dring the shot, was or ought to be morn responsible than I)r. lllghnm. 1 Judge Watts cleared un the mat- ? tor In his definition of principals uiul J r accessories. "A person who Is pros- { ont when h felony is committed, en- c eolimbing, Hiding, inciting or ain't-{ f ting is equally guilty with the per- ? son who aUualty commits the crime," ( said Judge Watts. 3 IBRY HE COOK'S STORY" i ?f Going to the North Pole Confirmed by Noted Explorer COOK IS NO SWINDLER S .iiKinusMfn, tho Dttuish-Ksklmo K\* plorvr, Has Talkixl to Many Rskiinos and Tlit*)' All TfHtlfy as to th?? Movi'iiHMitM of I>r. Cook m Told Tliom by Ills Companions. A dispatch from Copenhagen says lie Greenland stumer Godthaab, !n omnuiud of Capt. Sohobeye, has arIvod them. Capt. Schobeye reports hat Kuud Kasmusscn, the explorer, k'ho Ih now in Greenland, after examining IIG Capo York tOnkimos who tad Been Dr. Cook'a JCskinio toinmnlons, Ih quite convinced tliat Dr. 'ook r*mch??d the pole. He H.ay? that Kuhimuhhoti is willing o coino to the L'nlttyi States with ho two KalciinoH, ItukaHhoo and \helah, who were Dr. Cook's sole om par ions in the latter port of his xpedltlon. UaBtuuHson. however, ho captain Htates, had not hluiself mhmi ItukaHhoo or Ahelah, who are low hunting. The steamer brought a letter from Itasmusaen to his wife at Copenhaten In which ho contlruia what Is mid above and gives details of his :alks with the lOskiinoa. I The letter "is quite long and go**? Into dotuiltv, find ends by Haying he Eskimos think that Cook reached he goal, and that he, during the royugo, showed great uerve and oner<y. They are at the same time very troud of 1-took-u-shoo and Ah-p*uh us it is their conviction that Cook vould never have reached the goal vithout thom. The above facta nust l>e looked upon aa strong conirmation for Cook. UrtsniusBcn says >ersonally he wants to express his inreserved admiration for Dr. Cook, vho. he says, can call a swiudlo. HasinuBseu half Eskimo. He ?ns made extensive researches into heir ethnology. Kasmussen was a nember of the Danish lltorary fcx>editlou. whikh left Copenhagen eary In 190U and ap^nt two yearn iroong the surviving tribes of Eskinos for the purpose of studying tbelr acini history. In August,. 1OOC, Rasmussen left Copenhagen for Or?M?nland, intend* ng to be gone six years to complete ?is researches into the ethnological md social hahita of the Kaklmoa, he tour as originally planned to cov r the entire north coast of North Vmorica as far as Alaska. For this work Katunusaen is pr??'ulinrly fitted, as he is part Eskimo ilmself. HJh mother U? ft South aroenlnnd Ksklmo. 11 1h father is Jhristlan Tt.lflTnusKen. a Danish cier:ym?n, who spent over twenty years ih a missionary among the natives of Southwest Greenland. The results >f his early association with his iluHfolk, Hupplemented by his more nature studies of 1902 and 1903. vore published in Danish under the itle of "The New People" and "The ?a?h of the North Wind." Klrown's Bad BrOak. An Atlanta dispatch says the final ihapter In one of the most noted rlmlnal trials in the history of O>orria wus recorded today when Gov. Irown commuted to life Imprisonment the sentence of John Harper, vho was to hsng for the murder >f Sheriff Keith of Murray county, vliich occurred two years ago. Caught at Last. After twenty-two years of biding, oflowing an alleged murder comultted near Hendricks, Ky., in the all of 1887, Alox. McFarlund, was rrested Friday close to the RaleighCanawha border lino by a poese of Vest Virginia and Kentucky ofIcers. * Shortages >lodo Good. A compromise was effected on Krilay between the Attorney General >nd the National Surlty Company /Ith reference to the alleged shortRe of ox-County Treasurer Iwvneord t?f llajnptou,* whereby the Surety 'ompany paid the State $20,000 ?*d 4 to be reimbursed by what U can ocover from Lungford and any banks hat may be .sued in connection with he shortage. Hlibd ?im1 in Prison. At Patterson, N. J., when Wiliani Fuson, a blind negro. was deilod a drink In a saloon he drew a evolver and fired promiscuously trouud the barroom. Although he ould see nothing, hie bullets kill d two men and wounded two others. As a penalty, the court has Just tv-?? ? ? mm r i?,wn must spend forty o4?r8 hi Stato's prison. RALO