Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I CAN'T SCARE HIM ? (toon Men of Wasbingtoo Discussing Gomper's Challenge LABOR CHIEF DEFIANT ? (.rcvil Gd'cilng for C?omporK, VMift hImn .IukI Hciunied I'roni n THp to Wun?|h??Ho M?kv-N n (iii'ftt SikhhIi, la Whirl) llo V)?l) IH-IVmls tlio <>1' Sp?HVh and l*n*ss. The Washington Herald says the Kuignts of Labor of that city, after participating in one of tin? most remurknblo (lemon.stralions over accorded a returning leader on Wednesday ol JaHt weok, are now awaiting a d??c?sion ol the court of appeals in : ;?e noted Gompers-Mitcholl-Morri..mi contempt case and in discussing ne virtual challenge lx> the courts ell* red l>y Saiuucl Gompors on the piiittorui at Convention hall Wednesday night. After Hpeaking of the ikVjior candidates in Kurope. Mr. Goinpers said: "Mnt we are passing through a crucial period in our own country. i refer to the instance possibly in your own minds tonight. One ot the speakers, 1 believe it was Mr. <>o Nodrey, referred to an itn|H?nding court decision. Welt. I was tinfir.m <1. . i i . . It... I If.!., .. .. In u?;? tiu 41 i? |' * o^IIVII % II civ vum ^ n.i k*J KcV taMtdered u week ago, but ' understand thaf bereavement In the! family of one of the honorable judges delayed it for one week. I (nought that wwk to have been up today. Hy ono of our papers I see that probably the decision Is to be! .... rendered tomorrow. "All 1 can any, and all any one can any with bosoming dignity and understanding of the gravity of the J HiUiation and the care with which owe must uee words, is that I am o.urb that nothing I might utter tonight would Influence in nay way a decision which probably has already w?en reached and for the delivery of w hich the judges are but awultingi an .opportune moment. "1 have the greatest respect for the Judiciary oL our country. 1 have confidence in their integrity, no matte/ what their decision may be. I Know that they are ^nen, nil man beings, and just as liable to err as any other man on earth, and I say this with respect not only to the three justices of the district court of appeals who have no doubt already reached their declslou,. but with reference to the Judiciary generally. ' I have no hesiU'ncy iu saying that It'Ik my conviction that not only did Judge Wright err, but that he was prejudiced against the men who were before him. "It has been hinted that higher courts may take cognlr.anco of all the facts iii the cuso and treat it, If so lies I red or (loomed proper, in the nature of oHffinnl proceedings,, modifying tiu' sentences of tho lower court. "I do not want to be a hero or a ?nw-bero; I have no desire to tie 4?ombuoUc or defiant, but I say this 4KK*ibC<l-ty and with knowledge of the full responsibility it convey. <hnt in ko far us 1 am concerned, and 4 .-think 1 also sj>eftk Tor John Mitchell' and Frank Morrison?I believe 4ue Imposition of n lighter sentence will not alter the cum* one jot: Kithor we have free speech and free press in this couutry?or we have not. The imposition of a fine of one cent or imprisonment of one hour for the utterance of a mini's conscience and fAUb would amount to u denial of thb right of free speech aud free press. "I ahull not attempt to argue the case. I content myseit jwiih tho k>1 <1, plain utterance ttujdt the constitutiohul guarantee of free a pooch and free prose wore put in tho conatitu Hon for a purpose. II una not necessary that wo bo given this privilege tfhr tho purpose of alnglng the praises Of the powers that be. No mar needs a constitutional guarantee in IluBHia to sing the praise* of the c?ar. "The history of tho human raci was full of tyranny and the denin to the people oT the right of express iftg by mouth or in press their opin ions. When our people establish Cd a government they rememberer these and recalled that they ha< ohittted this vital question in fram trig our constitution. Therefore, tie flmt amendment to I hat InKtrumen #as that guaranteeing the right o freedom of speech and press. "That means something. We d' not need this right to please thos in authority, thofcte entrusted for th f Ivyi/j (r u-if h f he ai?l k/vrll ir a 4 VIIIIV ir.illlf) T* iM* til*? fVIIVIIVJI IV/ U government. It whh guaranteed. ttia men might feel free to say thing that dlaploaaed. and (lemaud for re form coming from tho people lb gen orally always* diaiadtoful to thoa entrusted with govern moot al author H/. "Wo do not want to bo immun from responsibility for our atatc raottlH and If that haa been aald whici to treason or libelous, then try u for what we haVo haI<I ; but we denj to hlng or to court the riglu^ J.< enjoin ua In advance from express 4h'g the views wo havo. ''Whether the court of appeal) tffrWft AUHtuIn the ap[*oal or whether t dttalt hot will make a vast difference If our contention Is maintained, we shall have fought over again and shall have?to use an Americanism ? 'cinched* the right of free speech and free press for all time. "Should the court tuke a different view and sustain even in part the sentence of Judge Wright-?it doeH not make any difference whether the sentence is for twelve months, nine months, six months or three minutea, two minutes or one minute?the light must go on until freedom of sjsM'ch and press is obtained. We cannot stop it if we wanted to and I we do not want to stop. i tun tin uiHtiiuri, aim wui cm | tbis attempt to seal the 1 i(vs of the i meu of labor I believe will come good. I h<h? n silver lining to the clouds Anil a bright star ot' hope in the heavens, and I see ultimately the spirit of humanity, justice and tin* brotherhood of man in the minds and hearts of the poople of this country. I.Ike Jefferson, I am willing to trust the jM'oplo, and I have hopes of th?*ir final triumph. We have gone too far In the march of human progress for any sot of men to drive us hack iuto slavery." MINK KXI'LOSION. Terrible Disaster in Oklahoma .Mine Near Hartshornc. Ten miners are dead, two are injured uud one Is missing us a result of an explosion in mine No. 10. of t h<* I took Island Coal Mining Company Near Hartshorue, Ok la. Nine bodies were recovered. The men are believed to have gone beyond a "dead lino" with lighted lainns in imi I i?ri n is thu mini' tin- I lamps igniting escaping gas. The fact that Dan Hughes, a nub-boss, was with the othi r men, suggests tin theory that the men were arranging the air courses to carry out the gas when one or more of the men passed over the "deinl line." Hughes was alito when taken from the mine, Imt never regained consciousness. This Is the third largest catastrophe in the history of the MoAlaster Mining district. In the Dengun mill** ueur Wilburton. in 1906, nineteen uiou were killed. Tw* nty-nino men were killed on August 2t>, 190 8, in the Halley-Oia Mine near lialleyville. * A I'IMUITIVK CALCJIIT. t \ Murderer, Wanted in Chester, Arn'st^tl in New York. A special dispatch from New York to The News nnd Courier Hays Chal mors Barber, n young colored man for whom an alarm was sent out last August from Lnudsford, near Chester, S. C., for the shooting and killing of a man named Collins .Judge, on August 20, was arrested at Houston street and Broadway Wednesday afternoon by Headquarters Detectives Conroy and Mcllhugy. Barber is 19 years old and says he has bc?-n living at 66 Kast 132d Street. He had obtained a Job as mert^enj?er fr?r n llrnndanv hut ufnre The prisoner was locked up nt police headquarters aa a fugitive from "justice, wad Sheriff I). K. Colvin, ot Chester county, South Carolina, wuh notified. * t'IKKl> liV TIIK ttOVICllN'OIl. The lK>rvhe.ster llourtl of llegistration Kemovcd. Ify a proclamation made public Wednesday. Governor AuseJ summarily removed from o!!\ce lOltfts Doar ,*\nd It. iyt. I.lmehouBe, members of the I>orchester county registration board, for oitsconduct In office in registering negrooa and others from lists furnished thom without examination and for Issuing certificates to a number clearly not eutitled to registering because some could not ' resd and others had uot paid their taxes aa required by the Constitution. The Governor's action was taken after a full investigation, Including personal intorviews with the men deposed. A. W. Humph, the 1 third member of the l>onrd, "who is 1 an old man and in ill health," will 1 l>e allowed to realgn. * SIGNAL K1-1 K.N' TOO LATK ? , ' AihI He Was Crushed to Death I'ikU* Ilngino Wheels. j John Larber, an engineer on the I Kflo and Jersey railroad, was killed ? at CJoshen a few days ago by a train 0 while making an effort to signal the / engineer. f Whether Larbor hsd been assaulted by some enemy In the darkness r) or had been struck and severely in(jljured hy another train Is not known, c but vfhcn a train on the Montgomery ,f branch of the Krie won near ng Go?h^ i,\n Ith engineer wn? startled to nee H a man partly rl?e from the track just ahead and ?lgnal him to atop. Kvery effort w:ih made to atop the train, (J but It was too late, and the locomotive crushed Larbor to death. ^ Will Hang for Murder. y- At. I<a Orange, (|a., Dr. J. M. Klliot h of Macon will l>e executed next Frib day for the killing of Oeorge L. f Rivera, a hotel man, unless Gov > Rrown Interferes. 'i he prison coin 'nflaafoi hiyA refnsod to upaet the verdict of the courts. From Chattak Qooga, the old home of the Rlliott*. t a strong petition was pr?>.n l to . the commission In his heha t. SOUTH SHOULD UNITE AND WORK FOll HKiHKlt COTTON liUCKH THIS SKASO.V The Unwisdom of Forcing Down Price of Cotton Shown and Scheme ^4' L'M.*.!!. L LI..1 ? . * ui riiaHiinii n|iiiun'|-n U. , In discussing the cotton situation the MauufactUTers* Itecord Bays un less all resource's of information in regard to the cotton crop are thoroughly unreliable, the yioid this year will be very short. Considering the rapid increase in the world's consumption of cotton even during such a period of uepresslon as that of 1007-1908, it may be accepted almost without question that with the wonderful prosperity which is now coming upon this country aud which from this country will spread more or loss to all other lands there will be a very great increase in the consumption of cot tou goods. The very geueral claim made by mill owners that higher prices win lessen consumption may prove a fallacy. Last year it was very dillicult to Had a market for la,000,000 tons of pig iron when iron was selling on the basis of $10 to $11 in Birmingham. Now the market is consuming pig iron at the rate of 30,000.000 tons, though prices are on the basis of $ 1 f? ut Birmingham. With double the porduction of last year now going on, with prle*'t> at an advance oL about 3'd por o? tit, buyers aro eag?-r for Iron which lasi your they worn unwilling tu accept at the lower prices and while pioduc-j tlon way just about one-half of what it is now. it is, therefore, not altogether sate lor spinners to count on a reduced demand for cotton goods by reason of higher prices of the raw material. If general business revives commensurate with the revival In the Iron trade, and it seems that this is absolutely certain, then the world will be ready to consume oil the cotton goods that can be produced out of this year's crop, even though prices for the raw material should rule higher than nt present. The Knglish spinners, as usual, are playing a very shrewd game. Home years ago a leading cotton manufacturer in the South wrote to the Manufacturers' Record that he was opposiKi to any invitation being extended the spinners of Kngland to visit this country, because, said he, they are the ablest merchants in the world .and he was opposed to their guining by personal study any knowledge of the cotton conditions iu the South. He did not want them as competitors to any greater extent than they then were, aud he was afraid that a visit to the South would enlarge their knowledge of cottou production and cotton manufacture in this section. The Knglish spinners, however, are shrewd enough to thoroughly under stand those conditions without a personal investigation. They and the spinners of the Continent are making a great outcry at present about the high price of cotton add are endeavoring to Induce the cotton spinners of the world to curtail production in order to force down the market for the raw cotton, or to force up the market for cotton goods; but, while doing this, they are vigorously at work buying cotton as rapidly aa It can he had. American mills, on the other hand, are limiting their purchases, hoping to secure lower prices. Considering the decrease in the yield, prices which ordinarily might he counted as good, would this year be dlSAHtrouu te SrintVu>pii ?'n ...j .. .. ^ ,.w .w VIIV/I U ( *M ILIT'I O an ?i whole. Iu some Htntes, especially the Carolinas ami Georgia, the crop 1h fairly large and the growers lt? those HcctloiiS will be enriched by the high prices duu to the shortage in the Southwest. Taking the situation U8 a whole, however, it ought to be the aim of cotton mill people of the South, as well an of every business man in this section, to do all in their power to secure for the beneUt of the tfouth a high range of prices. The policy which would attempt to force down the price of the raw staple is unwise from every point 01 view. Ho Important iH cotton lu tlu trade relations of this country and In onr financial rolatinos with Kuropt that every industry in the country it iHMietltted by the prosperity whicl Hows from the prosperity of oof tor grower*: while many industrial would bo greatly hampered and thoii prosperity curtailed by low price* i for cotton. The South has u prucii cnl monopoly of cotton. Nature has forced upon this sec tlon this year a very short crop. 1 Is the South opportunity, If not it: i duty, to unite in securing the ut most benefit of this monoj?oly ?m - compel the world to pay a price com monsurate with the world's need . for cotton goods and with the short age in the crop. The cotton mil owner In the South who takes an; other view of the situation Is dentin: with the problem from a narrow ' point of view, rather than from tha of the best interest of all the peo pie of the whole South. Must Quit Opium. Cttao' Tink Chun, -yIco presiden of the Chinese minister of interioi has been ordered to retire, owiu to his opium hablta. K1L1.F1> IN WllKCK. i f'uNHWij^T ami I* reiglit Tviiliis Collido Friday. Mix peraons wore killed In a wreck on the Panhandle division of the IVnusylvanla railroad, near Collinsvllle, Ohio, Friday, when u southbound pnKM'DK,ir train ran iuto a freight train ou au open aiding. A relief train with mod leu 1 aid whs seut from Richmond. The passeuger train, which does not atop at ColMnsville, was said to huvo been running f?0 miles an hour when the crash cumo. According to reports, the switch was open and the nassentrer uml l'r??'trht tnilnw o/il Ilded head-on. j The dead: K. O. Webb, Richmond, fireman on pasaeuger train; O. O. Raines, Kokomo, tnal! clerk; Louis Marshall. Richmond, engineer of freight train; K. H. Hatfield, Oreena Fork, mail clerk; Klmer llrown, I.ogansport, Ind., etiglii* or- of pussenger; C. A. Johnson. Katon, Ohio, mail clerk. Ih Is said that none of the passengers was killed, but that several men in the smoking car were injured. * TYPHOON PLAYS HAVOC. l.oss of IJfe Ln the Archipelago .May Ps> Heavy. A dispatch from Manila says a typhoon of unusual severity swept Northern and Central I.u/.on on Hunday. \\ ire communication beyond Lugupun and l.urou is cut oil and details are larking. One m'tr.sa^e from San Fabian says that the lost, of lite is considerable and that the da mag* to property was heavy. At Hongkong many cnsulatios attended the typhoon that played hav oo with native shipping and damaged otb^r vessels at various points on the coast during the night. At Macao the f ortugucwo gunhoat Patria was lifted from its moorings and cnrrlod up the canton rlv t, whore It was stranded on a Hooded rice field. Many houses were blown down in the cicinlty of Macao, where Junks and fishing smacks in large number foundered, involving many casulaties. * KLKCTION RIOTS AND FIGHTS. Fhr>t JVimary at Gary, lud., Attended With Murder. One murder, two riots, scores of street fights between citizens, and the seterunoe of thrve business partnerships is the result ot' four day^ of intense political strife at Ga?*y, Ind., attendant ujhxi the elation of the first Mayor of the "steel ci.y " The mutilated tody of Rodu ivieich, one of the participants in lh > primary riot ot' Monday last was found at daylight lying in middle of Gary's principal streets. Ivauich had been shot with a revolver through the back of the head. His face was then beaten into an almost unrecognizable mats. Two men are being held as suspects. Following close upon the disclosure of the Ivanieh murdvr, it wat, announced that three business firms had dissolved partnership's beause of nnlmosith-s growing out of the bitter Mayorallty canrpaigu. * .VfUiUO DKSPKRAIK) KJl.LHI) After Shooting a Magistrate ?nd a Negro Child. At Sumter Wednesday while Maoist rate Douglus Jenkins and Ik'puty Charles Jeukins were attemptlug to arrest a desperate, negro named Geo. Mitchell, the latter tired upon and seriously wounded Magistrate Jenkins and the negro's stray shot caught a negro child in the neck, crippling it for life. The ottUvr. returning the tire, killed Mitchell Instantly. The coroner's jury exonerated them. There was intense excitement for a time, the Jeukins being prominently conn?*ct?>d. , Tb>< universal verdict is that Mitchell got exactly what he deserved, and that the community in which he lived Is better olY withi out him. M 1 v ?. A (told llobbor. > In view of the acorea of passengers I on the Chicago to New Orleans Illi> nois Central train, two highwaymen t held up and robbed Conductor iniv1 Ison Wednesday night, when the limi it?'d train stopped at. Harvey, a 4 Chicago suburb, for water. * r ? ^ Homicide Charge <1. Hd Bollinger, colored, has been committed to Jail on a warrant of - Magistrate Hills, of John's Island, t for homicide.. He is reported to have K killed nuothor negro named Single* ton. * 1 ? It was In this very cott from Birmingham, Ala. died of Fever. They had son's Tonic cured them t * The two phyntoiami here had 8 very oba vroro itaU&nH and lived on a creek GO y month* standing, their temperature rangt thing In vain. I persuaded thorn to let re ed matter and let t^e medicine go out lu n ? toct In all three caaea waa immediate and ; vi> tdrwoiwisuot ot the Kever. S Writ# I# THC iOMNftON'S CHILI >end for oui d, ??,?. OBTJHIB kinds of Ladies* m/ jj/Bm and Gentlemens* B*/VK^y WK DYK T<) I.I VK, Southern States #BI7T KB Machinery ~J -^y^viirtwrrnii in < P[um bin a COL.U M E CLASSIFIED COLUMN II?h1 Polled Cattle?Berkshire Hogs and Angora Goats. Bleeders. W. U. Clifton, Waco, Texas. For Kale?My tarm In Garden spot of Georgia. $s0 crop this year on $ I f> land. 1 GO A. 60 cultivated. Box 27, Fender, Ga. Don't Ship until you get a free list of reliable produce dealers in 29; h ading markets from the National league of Commission Merchants. Dept. O Buffalo, N. Y. IV?*tty KiiiMwaiM delivered prepaid l'or If88 than muterlul costs jt?u. Suup for lady agents. Pree samplfK. Horr M fg. Co., Dept. N. US06 Downing street, Dfnvor, Colo ^Typewriters?- Special low prices on, rebuilt and second-hand machines, all kinds, for full trade. Write for price list. General Supply Company, Dept. O, Augusta, Ga. There is money in it. The Gloria Instantaneous Hollow Wire Ga^-. oli Lighting System. Write W.J A. Hi'die, Hale* Manager. 1L'?41*1 Washington Boulevard, Chicago, III. Cabin," Silk Kemnimt*?All boautifu) colors, sol'da, plaids, strip*^. dofa, extra long. wide' pieces, large package, 10 cents, postpaid. Barrett's Art Exchange, I'hoenlxville, I'r. For Sak?? Pure bred Ou^rnwy bulls, , -all ages. from ancestors of dU-1 tlngulsh-cd milk and butter record. I Ha vo been first premium winners wherever exhibited. John G. Mobley, Winnsboro, B C. Wnnu?d?Your name and address; postal will do. if you are interested in Haw Furs, our illustrate "Trappers Guide" mailed free; j write quick: Sumter Junk. Hide & Fur Co.. Sumter, S. C. .Ittonta?Stop peddling? Try our plan of dealing ..with merchants only. Steady work. Workers easily earn $10 daily. Write quick for attractive plan, free. J. W. Dilworth, Gisbonvillo, N. C. Ladies, Make Your Own IVrfiunoi? By using "Bradley's Concentrated] Floral Oils." Samples (on cotton)) and full particulars sent fr?-e on request. T. 11. Bradley, 402 Jewett avenue W at, New UrightoQ. N. Y. i Make Your Own Will?Without th. aid of a lawyer. You don't need one. A will is n<*cessary to protect your family and relatives. Fortm and ooh of instruction, any State one dollars. Send for free litem ture tolling you all about It. Mot fetts* Will Forms, Dept. 40, 804 Hroadway, Brooklyn, New Yorl City. PECANTREES Budded and grafted from choicest varieties. Lowest prices. KAGI<K K'KCAN OOMPAXf, IMttavftcw, Ala. Things That Draw a Orotrrt. A man lllllng a slot machine with chewing gum. The daily drop of the Western rnion time ball. gfc A strong blast, with IMTLL A -Tiii i J v i' i n 1111 The ideal pot V COLUMBIA SUPPL age in Brookside, 15 milet , that three Italians nearlj I been sick 3 months. John quickly?read letter below 'W* hrooVsH?s Ala., May 4, HMt. tlnato casri of continued Malarial Fever. A: arcis from my store. These cases wore of thro ng fronPlOO to 1CI. The doctor? had tried every 16 try J< hnson's Tnolc. I removed all the prtn< plain bottle aa a regular proscription. The el permanent. They recovered rapidly and ther R R. SHIKLETT. , A rcVER TONIC CO.v'SavaiMiali, Ca / * Price List. ^ Coat ' f)Suits dyed all ' colors. Mouro^ t..a;ks ^ ^NOBTEMSAND ETHEHtOOXLIKEHEW | * AM) IJVK TO DVB. Supply Company ajm CM ' Suj>r>iies SVHH ?iii mi riaiiiiiiii i Sut>t>llet* Vw ftffltf 'lit*t . B I A ? B. O. Young I^ulie* and rIs over 14 years i of uge cun secure stoady and profitable employment und be taught to make cignrp. Will bo paid while learning, good, cheap board can l*? secured near the factory. Any girl can make from $6 to $1K per week (home much more) after learning. We need C?00 young lodi*H iinn)ed?-aUdy. Apply to Holdenburn A Co., Opposite Cuion Dopot, Charleston, S. C. WE BUY the following. Submit samples, state type you have, amounts and price. ?SKKP AiM'l.H r??T? ? -* v ? ii uu OlQ4>r Oafs. ?SKK1> COl'TON SKKD, fancy, pore type. ?COW I'KAii?Wo buy largest amounts Oct. to July. Writ** us. N. L. WILLET SEED CO. aggcsta, ga. ? (I *> (: 0 * 0 <1 * * # DHt.ANS. ? Wo have u few slightly aaed v ${>0 organs, will close out at a big reduction. If you are want ^ing an organ uow Is the time to I " buy ooo of the Is-st organs made * at a groat bargain. Write at *' once If you wish to secure one t of these organs, tor such bar I *' fains don't last Write for illustrations of ? tluw organs and for terma. MAIyONTCS taCtilO HOU8H ? Colombia, S. C. c Call on us during the fair. < ? or rtoo ? W-^D.IWON '/uSoSlrA, 1UX INTO STKEKT CAJB Which was Demolished and Two L?~ dies Were Killed. ^' v At Columbus, Git.. Mrs. W. O. Murcer and Miss Strickland were killed 1 and another **Womnn was 'seriously j hurt Tuesduy by a Central of Geor Kia engine that ran into and demolish^ a street car In tho railroad yards. Tho motornxau and conductor were unhurt. The crew of tho shifting engine and tho conductor and motormon of the street car wore arreted and placed In jail, later being granted bond in tho sum of $500 each. I Joe Palmer, the railroad flagmam ^ ar the crossing where the collision occurred, was captured after a Uveljr chose by the oflxeors. WRITE US It' you are a Vnll ? a >?. tKMIII .T'W'T Full V'etcla Sower Fall I Vac la Orchard Sprayer! Our "Weekly Ourent Price L4?t," and our vnHoua T'uinphlota ota above will greatly help you. 'Twill cast nothing. l>o it today. N. L WILLET SEED CO. AlXilTKTA, GA. Our idea of h wi?o man Is one who dooeu't dlapente free advice. A man's failure Is alwayn due to the fact that he .ildn't succeed. J little effort, can l>e procured with a XO 625 FORGE table forge for out<l(x>r work Write tor priren Y CO., Cohimbk, S. C.