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PART ONE VOL. 1. NO. 1. Weekljr, K t WUhe4 1860;Doily, Jan. 18, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C. TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 13, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PEF ANNUM. WILL ASK h TO REDE TO PUNISH MURDERERS OF AMERICAN RANCHMAN, CLEMENTE VERGARA MYSTERY CLEARED Remains Returned by Expedition Arranged by Relatives of the Deceased (My Associated Press.) "\ Laredo, Texas, March 10.?That the Mijxican who led the party which re covered the body of Cl?mente Ver gara from the Hidalgo, Mexico, cem etery bad told a circumstantial story of witnessing the execution of the American ranchman to state investi gators was learned . tonight. The identity and whereabouts of this man, us well ns the others of th-j party which exhumed tie body, bad not; fco?n' diE -losed. ... Federal and state investigation,?' being conducted here had not been concluded tonight. So far the Inves tigations have disproved the carller report that.,.the nun's band showed evidence that he had been totturet^ with Are before he was put to death' and developed the fact that Mrs. V^r gsra **rr?ini?cu for the ^xpcd?tlos. into hfcxlco of the ten meb who brought tho body to'the United States. J. S. itiil, Vergera's brother in law, stated today that he organized the party at the solicitations of Vergera's wi dow. Evidence being- gathered here will be presented iu Secretary Bryan and ?.?dvernor Coiquitt. American Consul Garrctt and Henry Hutchlngs, State Adjutant-General, are working In con Junction, ascombling evidence. Expedition Arranged By Vmmm9? Wsjdojf (By Associated Press) > ,,WuaUiagtaritfijUreh JLO.-r-^omprehenr ] ?Ivo rcnoiifTfflTOWte. .General Blls? -lalht' American Consul Oarrett.et La redo todey (leafed up the mystery which had surrounded the delivery, of the body of -the American ranchmen demente Vergara on American soil. The reports satisfied offlcalB that no act had been committed by national or state agents'' In violation of Mexi can sovereignty, and that If there wero any offense In the removal of the body from Mexico it was committed by individuals, bo the matter could not be made an International issue. I Sccr?3?sry Bryss stated tfcst he would not undertake to prosecute the. perBons who obtained the body, even ' if he knew their Identity, which he did Oehera! Bliss' report that they were; civilians and probably Mexicans. Finding of the body of Vergara has liarf thA 'result c? "'.?s the prc::c cution of the claim against the govern ment'of General Huerta ten* reparation and today Secretary Bryan transmltt-i cd the telegraphic report from Consul Garrett to Charge O'Sh&ughnessy in Mexico City. It la understood that the primary j purpose of this is to disprove the ori ginal allegation of the Nouvo Laredo Mexican federal commander that Ver-, gara had made his escape from capti vity and joined the constitutionalists. With the body In evidence, as soon' as further tacts as to the character of VergaraVwounda are developed by Governor Colquitl's Investigation, Mr., O'Shaughnessy Will be pcrnitted to call upon General Huerta to redeem | his promluu to punish the slayer of Vergara. . CONFISCATION IMtDEB "?t?iVOlfcEB El Paso. Tesao. March lOth; Gcneral Villa today revoked the order or confiscation against the ranch of General W. B. Synman, a British sub ject, In the state or Chihuahua. The news was received In a telegram from ' Culvert Q. Scobell, British vice-coa -ul at Chihuahua. The commission appointed by Gem' erai Carranxa to Investigate the kill ing of William 8. Beaton is still in Juarez. It did not go to Chihuahua, where Benton's body la- said to hare been buried, as reported. I Constitutionalists officers today said that reports from: Torreon were that tin situation was quletl DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS Fort Worth. Texas, March 10th.? Governor Colohttt, addressing the Texas Cattle Reisers' Association here today, declared he had formed tho policy of opening negotiations direct ly with the Mexican authorities for the righting of wrongs to Texans. ANOTHER- ftftlTON ?URBE?ED Douglas, Ariaona, March 10.?F T. Cromwell, a mining man from Van Couver, B. C, dUappearod In So nors, Mfexico, last, Decimber accord ing to a letter received here today from Wrs, Croat *?sUr whs asks that a search be made for her husband. Cromwell was last seen in Tucson, on December He wrote to hla wif? that he intended to go to Sonore,' WERTA m PROMISE \_ MANY BODIES ARE I YET UNRECOVERED [And No Satisfactory Explanation Of St. Louis F-e Has Been Found (fly Associated Pres?) St. Louis, March 10.?Ten bodies I had been recovered late today from ' the ruins of the Missouri * Athletic . Club building which was destroyed , by fire early Monday. Three bodies were found today. The other seven were recovered yesterday. Twenty bodies are thought to be In the ruins, making the total death thirty. j Days will probably elapse before the ' ruina are explored completely and it is feared many bodies never will be {recovered. Ftrpffjjhlef Swlngley to day said the fire. department's work . was.about finished and suggested that otner city departments remove the debris. , . I. No satisfactory explanation of the fire has been .found. Explosions j heard during the fire were attributed by the Chief of the Pire Prevention Bureau as gas escaped when the meters melted under the intense heat O.Hcials of the club, after entering the ruins and recovering oDce re cords tonight, increased their esti mates of the dead to 45 persons. They j could add no new names to the list of missing, however. One hundred \ -men will begin digging out the' ruins early tomorrow that the bodies of the dead may be recovered as quick ly as possible. The city council tonight ordered an Investigation with a view of fixing the j responsibility. ! "Exchange j HEARINGS END, f'i it I hi P^pLmP^- ! Mr. UriterrneyerV Measure <K>. jected to Because ?5 U Ineffective Washington, March 10.?Hearings on the pending stock exchange regu lation bill were concluded by the sen ate banking and currency commit- j tee with Samuel Interne**.-, who I dre.w the measure at the conclusion of the re?eat "money ?rast" investi gation bearings, as the lone witness, i tu\\ Uutemeyer appeared with a for-] ami brief in support of the bill, hut j got little chance to reed fror It. Sen- J ator Hitchcock insisted over Sena-, tor Owens' protest on inquiring into] the past activities of the witness as ad organiser of corporation. j 'Senator Weeks objected to the pend ing bill as falling to provide a reme dy for dishonost manipulation of the inarltet. Senator Reed asked-Mr. Untemyer if he did not believe alt gambling transactions .on stock exchanges could, be prohibited. The witness replied that the bill limited these but that, it would take a.brave.man to off?:, s more drastic ope. FUTURES CONTRACT SYSTEM IS VALID? Is Practically Soatanted By The Supreme Court Deelsion Atlanta, Ga., March 10.?According ' i to information received here tonight by H. N. Randolph, member of a local law firm, a decision, which in effect,'. sustains the validity of *be futures ' contract system of the New York cot ton exchange, was handed down to-, day by the U; S. Court of Appeal-- at [ New Orleans. The decision was entered in tb<s case < of Haven and Clement, cotton brok- : era of New York, against D. W. James of Blakely, Ga, on an appeal by the, defendant from the verdict or the lower court ?galast Mr. James for! IS.OOO. The appeal chiefly was based ' on the claim tfaat'WsV Ii ansactlon in volved lB was a deal.In f??nros and ; thsreforo void. - [ . Th'i shit originated at Colutabuu,' Ga.. about 1Q years ago and has been i stublWaiy contested since that time. { GOV?RHOK WON |< Closed the Beaufort Blspeuaartes far ! A ?*W Days I ; Orttatabla, March io. r? Governor! Bl^ase closed ^he Bcsurort dispensary J for a few days becauoe the leglsftaV-rt < OVwtrode h?i? V?'>*i b? i?M ??v??t riMVf?iBK i to pay the dispensary constable out s of dispensary profits. Th* constable i has been paid and the dispensaries ,i are open. . , ' GREAT WHITE WAY TO BE STARTED ! Council Grants Permission for the! Improvement of the Plaza Anderson gcto the first unit of lier new Great White Way. By unanimous vote the city council accepted the proposition mado by the Civic Association of Anderson, as pre sented by Sec. Whaley of the Cham ber of Commerce, to council last night. The acceptance of this means that immediately a beautiful White Way will be erected ?round the plaza and also a first-class side-walk, will he laid. The Civic Association will do it. The aftermath will be, as pointed out I at the council meeting last night, that Anderson will get as a result thereof, ultimately, a beautiful White Way over the- entire business district of the city, snd on prominent resi dential streets. It was a constructive move and The Intelligence^ congrat ulates botb the C|vi? Association and the city council. The proposition sutimutest by the Civic Association was that they would pay the entire cost of putting in the Wiittc.Way add the cement side-walk and fill they wanted the city .council to do was lq agree to j light it. Mr. Wha??^ Stated , fhat he thought such a plan Wduld be satisfactory to the Lea gue, and that he, did not ask the city to stand the coBt of Installing and wiring the white way, as was origi nally S8ked several months ago, when the first propOoltlou was made. The change in the offer was made because in, conversation with an alderman that gentleman stated to Mr. Whaley that the funds of the city would not per mit council to pay the cost of the in stallation, as much as he would like to see the city do so. It was brought out, too, that the property owners around the square would be among the chief benefici aries, though everybody would enjoy it. Mr. Whaley stated he was confi dent that the ladles would agree to pay the installation cost, and under the circumstances thought the city was rlg^t In the matter.. There will be no trouble hi secur ing funds tor. installation. The Intelligencer is informed f in. street from : street favor a great ?^?fcthat U is believed that immediately ?f?er the construction of ih.rfc?asa Wfcit? Way, that a plan will be Worked out to push an extension of the Main street plan. This plan wll be carried through to successful consummation this summer. FRANK OPTOMISTIC Confident Than Ever Before Of Obtaining A New CBy Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ca., March 10.?Leo M. j Frank, today declared that hn more, ymfident of obtaining a new trial than, at any time since bis com vlotlon od, the >charge of having mur* dered Mary Phagan. An extraordi nary motion lor a now trial or tu? caao will be'.filed some time before April 17. the date recently set for'th? execution. It is expected about April the sevonth. k prank's per? hopefulness l? beUev bffito bo the result of activities by his counsel and agents in concerted effort to unearth new evidence. The activities are more pronounced tfow than at any tlmo since tbe young fao tory superintendent's arrcsL MB. WiLLETT P. SLOAN Biraa a itieasaat Trip on Account ef >. Business This week's issue of Tbe Insurance | Field, has the following item of in terest to the Anderson people: "Seeobd Vlce-Presldent W. H. Woot ton of the Maryland Life, of Balti more, announces that Wlllett P. Sloan of the firm of D. P Alban & Son, gen eral agents at Anderson, S. C, has completed a trip to the homo office won tr/ him as the mult of agency exceeding the quota assigned for the month o?diuB February ?0. nie Marylaad ' Life enterel South Caro lina some 18 raoaths ago and In that time th<* Sloans bave bullt up a first claas 'agency or the highest charac ter, produc??s a business especially eatable for the small percentage of] dedlnatloes. rTiW Hot Include Maters Washington, March P.?Couture an nual febofts of the census bureau nn tht ooantitv nf (cotton (Tinned, will not, ?? .frifetofore, Include tbe quan tity of Unters In the total produc tion, but will relate only to lint cot ton. Thtfl change will be effective with -.thjfSsext report, March 20. In formation as to the production of iint r*rs, however, will be. given in a foot aot'j. eo that comparative figures rosy be computed on ths basts of reports In prevlods. years. eighi '-fl, C MEarch 10.?Thomas <ea, of Newborn, was tonighi ohairmsn \ of the D?mocratie t?us 5?s?ei???>w o?ra?n?tt~-j to succeed Pharles A. Wfebb ef Ashevtlle, who \ resigned -because of his appolntmeut'< im United States Marshal, of the es-| tcr^ district of North Care! inn. j. MPO???S HAVE NOT INCREASED UNDER THE LOW TARIFF LAW ENACTED BY DEMOCRATS , f 1 A SLIGHT DECREASE Competitive Condition? Exist to The Good of the Public -V (By Associated VratB.) Hart fury. Conn),, March 10.?Wil liam C. Kcdfleldf secretary of com merce, addressing the Sate Busiiiess Men's Association of Connectlcutt hore tonight, asked wIth a smile what had become of the threatened flooding of American markets with foreign made goods, attracted by the new tariff schedules? "All men are witnesses that the flooding of our markets with the pro ducts of the so-called pauper labor of Europe has not occurred." he said. "Nay the imports ofr the entire I period since the tariff came into ef [ feet, actually are less than for a like nsricd o yoo?" ng?_* What has become of the millions upon millions in value of goods awaiting to be unloaded upon us whereby the power to purchase more cheaply was to bring disaster and distress upon'. American . indus tries? instead as editors and speak ers look over the cold, hard facts of our foreign trade,' their remarks about the flooding of the markets must come to their thought as those things one would rather not have said. "Meanwhile they/fcurrent has run strongly the other %way, and particu larly ta this true loi the shape of fully finished, materials,] Our foreign trade In this continues f* grow despite the normaiH?sja?tH?ttfaEU.,from. month to month fepBHfc ion %aalness. Those U'lm!?#,aMilMP. the ?*#tttfo*W jmdcp imports rose to^ss^IarsjsssV'? ev?r known, 7 ri^me^f^Mmust ham expe?ej?BF'a rude shoe* when ira?k>rta ?o? jftnuary Tell off more than. )00,000-,?>,1a8 even to be leas by ul 3I f9;00OJ000 than the month of Jan r 1913;/ ''We expect a growth in the Imports of manufacturers under the new ta riff' that competitive conditions may exist to the general good. We expect that as great or larger, growth will take placo in the exportation of manu facturers. Of our foreign commerce. Mrs. Red Celd said he did not share the belief that "Big Businees" could claim the ilohls share of credit for creating and holding trade in other countries. FINAL ACTION ON ALASKA ft R. BILL President Will Sign Bill Immedi ately Upon Presentation To Him T (By Associated Press) Washington, March 10.?The Alaska railway bill, providing for the con struction cf 1,000 miles of railway by, the government and the expenditure' of 135.000,400, was ready for Prosldent Wilson's signature late today as the senate adopted the conference report already adopted by the house. President Wilson has Indicated his intention of signing the bill, yost as soon as It reaches the White bouse, and tentative plans for construction of the first railroad of the government had already been considered by the interior departmetn. Secretary Lane Is prepared to go ahead with the pro ject as soon as tb? president gives the word. Final action came in congress after a long debate In the senate, the report of the conference committee appointed to settle the differences between the two houses being adopted 42 to 27. The measure authorises the construction of not more than one thousand miles of railroad to connect Alaska's coal fields with the coast, Ute route to be selected by the president. He is also to decide Whether or not the terri tory shall bo purchased as a part of the* government system, and whether the road is to be operated by the gov ernment Itself or leased. ECLIPSE OF MOON Washington. March 10.?There will be an almost total eclipse of the moon tomorrow night, vlsiblo prom all the Eints In .western Europe, North and uth America, and Western Africa, The shadow of the earth will not cover entirely tb* moon, -oat at the middle of the eclipse, more than aine iehf^/ of the moon's diameter will be In ti.e shadow. - The moon la duo to enter the shadow, according to the precise reckoning at 9:14 o'clock to morrow night, standard time. FIRST VISIT IN 14 YEARS Young Man From Calhoun, In An dersro Yesterday, Had Not Been to Anderson One of the most interesting visitors Anderson has had the pleasure of en tertaining in quite n tlnn; urrived In. the city yesterday morning in the pen;on of N. M. Boggs, a well known young businoss man of Calhoun. Not withstanding the fact that Calhoun is only about 18 miles from Ander ten, Mr. Boggs has not visited the city In over 14 yoars, according Uj u con versation a reporter from Tl'o in telligencer had with him yesterday. Mr. Boggs sail that he did not know exactly whv ne had not vlBitcd the city in all that tin: < but he supposed it was due to 'he fact that he had been too busy to care much about running around. Wlien askod by the reporter if he expected to sc? as largo a place with as much business activity as he ob t?rvcd yesterday, Mr. Boggs said that h? was not much surprised,, that he had been given to understand that An derson was a mighty tine, town, but that he would admit that it was a little busier, than he had anticipated. Ho said that on his last trip to An dorson workmen had JiuH begun tlm oxcaTBtlon for the Anderso n Court house and that the work of erecting the building had not actually begun. He Bald that the only familiar thing that he could 6Ci any where around thq town was the plaza, that it look ed familiar, but nothing else did. The visitor came to Andersen in an automobile, entering the city by way North Anderson and be said that as soon as h~ sa~ North Anderson he ' knew that he was going to like the rest of the city very, much indeed. -Am i going to wait another 14 years before I. come back? Not on vour lifo," said Sr. Boggs. I have been too well pleased with this trip and have enjoyed my stay too wall. I expect that I may be back almost any day to spend a few hours with you nnw." BABCOCjjyjtAY STAY ! . v*4uiabia^.Mi*y-10^^^ "regents for the Stale Jfospltal for. tho Insane will ni cot Thursdfo-<4*is re ported that Dr. Babcock will not leave the Institution: BIGGEST TRUCK IN ALL THE STATE Bought by the Briasey Lumber Company and Unloaded Yesterday Of courte, as was to be oxpocted, W. L. BrlHsey - would not lot anybody | else 'get ahead. of him, so when he : ordefid a truck, he got the biggest! sod Sie best in the .whole stats. It is a Packard. ,4Tton machine, and so it sailed up Main street yestorday nr tcrnoon, attractvd ;; ejreat deal of at tention; it v/a?? drive? by Clarence Li Rawls, of Columbia, who-has figured In a p.urpiber of thoao. hair-raising au tomobile, races on . the fiat-bottom tract at the state fair .grounds. Raws also figured in aeronautics, and as r? side line,.takes moving pictures. This truck was shipped, direct from the factory and was shipped through Mr. John J.O. Sadler of this city and the, Olbbes machinery company' of Columbia. Mr. Rawls says it Is con ceded to be the blggost truck in the state. Tho wheels are 4 feet In diam eter. It would easily carry 75 per sons on a joy ride?oh, Bill? England and France Discuss Situation London, March 10.?The death at Juarez of William ,8.. Ben ton came up for discussion . In the. Houe? of Com mons today. Sir Edward Urey, for eign secretary. was asked whether it was not possible to refer the ques tion of redress to The Hague for arbi tration. He replied that technically and theoretically it was, and contin ued: "In practive, however, and at the pre?eat ne>iut>i|t> ihm-? is no satisfac tion to be obtained by arbitration, and I am not prepared to admit that in this case arbitration will be the most fitting method for.securing re dress. Paris, March 10.?Premier Poumer gue, In the Chamber of Deputies to day allnded to the grave results of tho civil war in Mexico upon French In terests. Ke said: "We have sustained from interven tion In the Interior of Mexico, Wo have faith in the government at Washington, wbleh is the nearest neighbor of fVJaxlco. but that we shall not fall to ask, when tho mo ment comes, satisfaction fc;. the In juries suffered by Fronet, interests." Washington, March 10>-Andrcw p*rp??th prMUw of t?e !*ttrsct ional Seamen's Onion, told the house merchant marine committ. that tee average we>gei;p4?eeatnen the world 6v?r bad been - stationary' the past GO years. ItILLMAN Al PRbBE OF AN AGREEMENT TO ASSASSINATE JUDGES Indiana Carpenter Held On Charge Alleging Such Conspiracy (Hy AHtiociat"(l I'r"ss) Tori" Haute, lad., Mirch lo.?Bert W. Dickens, a. carpenter today w?a arrested on an indictment churglng conspiracy Ui kill Judge Charles 11. j Fortune, of the VIgo County Circuit {Court, Felix . Rlnnkenbzaker, special Judgi hearing election fraud cases, and Joseph r.oach, special prosecutor In the trials. It la alleged In the jn I dlctwuts that Dickens entered Into an agreemont with .perrons not natu led, to kill the* throe court officials, I either by throwing bombs at them or by placing dynamite under their homes. MJXK OFFICIAL'S'WRATH I Advise 5fe:i*to Arm Themselves nml I'roteH- Home Denver, Co!., March 10.?The of ficials of the Unite! Mino Workers of America were wroth over the tearing down of strikers' tents at Forbes to day. They Issued a Statement de claring that if hotnsB of striking mir ners were wantonly destroyed, we are going to advise every man to arm him self, und proiect and defend his home whether it be from the attacks of mine owners, hirelings or the Colora do state militia. USE PHONOGRAPH i INWEtF/?ffiWORK New Plan Being Tafts*^ Mill Library By \ Supermen, dent Causey In the extension of welfare work at the Drogon mills, Supt. C. W. Causey, \ has hit upon an idea that h? hopes l will bring great results. He has do- ; noted to the library a handsome Edi son talking machine?one of the new ( kind?with a diamond pointed needle ! and Imperishable dice records. This ' machin? will also have an attachment ' by which Victor-and Columbia rec- ' ords may'be played. I Mr. Causey believe-:; ihat this will' ( be one of the best ways of all tc stir i the ambition of young people. There < will be e ler^s, apd carefully selected insortment of .sacred music, populur airs, lecfourea ana addresses. The. I mill paid half the cost and Mr. Cau^ I eey secured the remainder in person al, subscriptions. lV The machine will ij h? placed I in the . 1. ./ iry and used for 1 the delecntloo: and improvement ! Of 'I I the people. >:.. fm COLUMBIA VOTED $500,000 BONDS To Extend Sewearge and Water . Works System Into Annex Special Correspondency Cctumbia. March 10.- The qualified ) electors or Columbia- voted $600,000 J In bonds Tuesday to extend tho sew- 1 age and water works system into ter ritory recently annexed to the. city. 1 The issue carried by a vote of 251 to t S3.' The bonds will be a tien on Co- i lumbm's water works and sewerage < sytems. j < ? au illll>/M\Al nriAm.f ??? j f ivic i KuruLi l twv ID \t ALLEGED A TRUST |* Against the Big Tobecco Company c ft Attorney General Preparing Suit i r e i (By Associated Press.) It Washington, March 10 ?Attorney j General McHeynolds tonight dccled to ? prepare suit against the Metropolitan f Tobacco Company of New Vcrk, under h the Sherman anti-trust act; {v \ The chief complaint against the Me-t a ropolitan company Is sMeged dlscrlmt- n nations against Independent dealers, o who have charged th?' MetropQllfaa S Cr.rr.pM?y'r> ??o?? Qus?ness ,ot h Greater #ew York; 'Long Island and s New Jersey is so'powerful"t^?t'.th'ey p are in worse coaolfloe than before the o dissolution of the oldAmerican To- o bacco~ Co. ! WOCATES RAILROAD WISHES TO LEARN IF CHAR LESTON IS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BY~THE SOUTHERN Which It Doing Nothing to Build Up the City by the Sea mm <Uy Associated Prems.) Washington, .March io.-~Ct ?. ging that the Sout'icrn Hallway w?i dom inated by men not financially inter ested in coal minus in its own terri tory, but in minas elsewhere and that for this reason Uio Southern was qot allowed to move coel through port at Charleston, ?. c., Senator Tin man today introduced ?, resolution lor a special investigation by the Na val Affairs committee into Charles ton's advantages aa a permanent point for coal distribution as compared with Norfolk and other Chetepeskh Bay ports. The committee would be cllrocted to Investigate the character and the proximity of the coal supply, rates ob tainable on coal from kids near to Charleston and Norfolk: i llations h*. tween railroads leading li to Charles ton and other South Atl yatlc ports, and between those railrop is and cvscr ers of bituminous f.oldr in Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsj 'vanla, Ten ????? and Kentucky and whdltions of > ownership of wharfago property in Cbarl??ton and Norfolk. Senator Tlllman sot r?.**- <* appears from numerous c >mpu...>* before the Interstate commerce com mission, as well aa from other sour ces, that the power and influen?a of the So-called trust is being norstat cotly used, through the management of the railroads reaching Charleston to prevent the free movement of coal not belonging to the cpsl UUBt." Mr. TlUrpan declared ta. his reap- . lut Ion that is view of .t,h* early com pletion of the: isthmian canal and of .4ai>s>tsass to the- UultHKWW 1 Navy afld the - natlonbl defense ?en- . erslly, to the development of an Am erican' merchant marine and to the development of trade with Central America and South America, the es tablishment of coal supplying facti tabllshment of adequate coal supply ing facilities south of Caps Katteras Is deemed Imperative add the only available harbor having sufficient depth for the modern battleships and larger merchant vessels as well as extensive water frontags for the pro-. Br handling of coal Jr. looted at the port of Charleston, S. Arguing that the efficiency or the American fleet and the us^fulnosB of Charleston as a coal distributing cen ter, depended upon facilities of pro ducers for reaching tUat bort. Sena tor Till nmn decjaredt *ii< ' , II?miiiHied by Financiers "The Southern railway is dominated by11 financiers who are not financially Interested Itf the coal mines of the territory traversed by the Southern . railway, hut who are interested in , soii properties elsewhere, and due to lie power and Influence of these men, It 1s believed that the Southern rail tray is not allowed to move coal through the port of Charleston, which :oai might become competitive to their larger interests elesewhere. "As an example of Ute a use of the ,)ower, the Southern railway, having tad for ten years Its own raits reacti ng from Cahrleston to the great de veloped coal fields of Virginia, Ten lessce and Kentucky, and reaching de veloped mines with annual capacity >f from twelve to fifteen million tons >r coal, which has no other outlet to lde water, baa moved no coal for out et at that port and has made no pro vision for docks, notwithstanding hat it controls Its own riparian pTlvi eges for Charleston. "It la believed that efforts sre now >elng made by individuals acting for he so-called coal trust to acquire the dght for coal docks sad terminal fa duties in' Charleston so as to monop >lixe tlva terminal facilities that s in he same way that the big interests low dominate New York harbor. Phll idelphia, Baltimore and the ports on lie Chesapeake Bay. it Is believed that the so-called loal trust is using other railroads sading to the coal fields la a sltnl ar msnnitr, not oaly to destroy pri nts property, but in many. Instances vholly against the Interest of the ullroad thus used and tyrannically iniast to the country in vrhich theso all roads sre located and from which hey receive their revenues and. pro* action. ' "It is believed these railroads are 11 being dominated by the same In luence, maintain a secret rate-making fody of men In defiance of the law. irho construct, farm out the territory nd make freight tariff* to such mar** er as to be free from every element f. competition, and who have prectl* ally destroyed the n*?r??j??-M ?* the itcrostate- commerce commission I? o. fay'as its affects the average shtp ' and tho small shippers on account great expense and the extra y delay brought about hy the of the railroad.**