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WOULD JAIL HARRIMAX.
Senator Cull um. After Talk With
Roosevelt, Cells Railroad Man a
RascaL
Washington, March 21.-"I told the
president," said Senator Cullom of
Illinois, as he emerged from the
White House today, "that if I could
have my way and there was a law to
do it, I would put Harriman in the pen?
itentiary for his work in the Alton
deal, and keep him there long enough
to make him pay the full penalty for
looting the road and bringing about
conditions for which the bondholders
will have to suffer.
"He certainly milked the road dry.
There is no doubt about the rascality
of the deal. The people who are
swindled are of course not the citi?
zens at large, but the folks who
bought those bonds. It there is noth?
ing behind the paper it cannot of
course be worth much, and to sell it
is nothing more nor less than a swin?
dle."
The venerable senator was asked
what reply Mr. Rosevelt made to
these views of his.
*T don't think he made any com?
ment said Mr. Cullom.
"I am afraid, though," continued
the senator, "that there is no law by'
which Harriman can be reached now
for that deaL It ought to be possi?
ble, however, to prevent such things
in the future, now that there has
been an exposure, and I am glad to
notice that Gov. Deneen has prepared
a bill to prevent overcapitalization
and assure investors in stocks and
railroads chartered under the State
laws of the exact purpose for which
every dollar authorized is to be ex?
pended.
"I feel the outrage in this Alton
; deal most keenly because . the Lroad -
"finn's through 'my town. It was a fine
property, but it has been drained dry,
and the bondholders must suffer from
the despoiling of the road simply to
gratify the looting proclivities of Mr.
Harriman. Haring lined his pockets
by looting the property and disposing
of the bonds for several millions of
dollars to innocent purchasers, I do
, not suppose he cares what becomes
of this particular line or any other
which he has exploited. The whole
business is outrageous, and I find it
hard to express adequately my feel?
ings over it."
Senator Cullom called at the White
House on business not connected with
railroad problems, but as is the case
with almost all the president's visit?
ors nowadays he soon found himself
engaged in a discussion of the ques?
tion that is uppermost in the presi?
dent's mind. That led to the expres?
sion of opinion about Mr. Harriman,
and the punishment he should re?
ceive.
The incident has served to revive
the sugesti?n that Mr." Rosevelt in
his talk with Gov. Deneen and At?
torney General Stead of Illinois last
week sought information as to the
opportunity for proceeding against Mr.
Harriman under the State laws.
Those who are in a position to know
the feelings of the President in the
matter have no doubt he would be
quite well satisfied to have an exam?
ple made of Harriman that would
have a lasting effect on any who
might be disposed to imitate the Al?
ton exploit.
Senator Cullom was on the commit?
tee which handled the La Follette bill
for getting the physical valuation of
railroads. The committee did not do
anything with the bill. Since then,
however, the president has taken up
the subject, and when Mr. Cullom
was asked about it today he was
much more inclined to think there
was something in it than when only
the friendless La Follette was its
sponsor. >
"I believe," he said, "the govern?
ment ought to make a valuation, but
there are many more obstacles in
the way of that programme than
most people know of. Unless the ap?
praisement is made all at once the
appraisers will have to begin all over
again when they get through, for by
that time the values will have chang?
ed. It must be done just like the
census, a'l within the space of a few
; months. If it isn't, the figures ob?
tained won't be worth anything at
all."
Senator Overman of North Carolina
also called on the president. He said
as he came out that he hoped the
rights of the States would not be in?
terfered with any more.
"Trenching upon the rights of
States," he said, "is growing to be a
dangerous thing, and I hope to see it
stop. When the States are deprived
of the rights given them by the con?
stitution paternalism will follow, and
the death of the republic will be the
next thing."
The text of the interview with Sen?
ator Cullom was read to Mr. Harri?
man last night after his return from
the dinner he had given at Sherry's
to his Boys' Club. - His only comment
was:
"If Senator Cullom said that he
could not have been sober."-New
York Times.
STATE BASEBALL LEAGUE.
fleeting Being Held in Columbia To
day to Perfect Reorganization.
Mr. W. Bultman, vice president of
the State Baseball League, went to
Columbia this morning to attend a
meeting of representatives of the
towns that propose to reorganize the
State Baseball League. The meeting
was scheduled to assembled at noon
today with representatives of Sumter,
Darlington, Camden, Orangeburg,
Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson and
Union present. From advices re?
ceived by Mr. Bultman within the
past few days he had reason to ex?
pect that all of- the towns mentioned
would be represented and he felt en?
couraged to hope that the meeting to?
day would result in a reorganization
that would strengthen the State league
and insure better ball playing and a
more successful season in all re?
spects than the league nad last year.
The outlook for the State league is
really brighter now than at any time
since the efforts to perfect a reorgan
zation were first set on foot.
The difficulty all along has been to
enlist the interest and co-operation of
a sufficient number of towns to make
the league an assured success.
Georgetown and Manning, which
were members of the league last year,
announced at the close of the season
that they would not join this year,
and for a time here was some ques?
tion as to whether Camden and Dar?
lington would play ball this season,
but at last accounts they had both de?
cided to come in. But this gave only
four clubs and to make the league a
success at least six-and preferably
eight-clubs were necessary. As a
result of a trip to the up-country
made by Manager Guy Gunter of the
Sumter team, interest was aroused in
baseball and it now looks like an
eight club league.
The following reports from Ander?
son and Greenville indicate not only
interest but enthusiasm:
Anderson's Money Ready.
The basball canvassing committee
has raised $1,500 toward the baseball
fund to place a good team in the
State league. The committee is still
at work and hopes to have at ?east
$2,000 within the next three days.
Mr. W. E. Earle, Jr., has been se?
lected as the representative of Ander?
son at the meeting in Columbia to?
morrow to perfect the organization of
the league. He will leave here on
the 7 o'clock train. The meeting is
scheduled at noon at Columbia ho?
tel.
The Anderson people mean busi?
ness. They want to have a winning
team in the league and if $2,000 is
raised, there is no doubt ojL.this"city
having a "team that will give all the
other teams in the league a run for
the pennant.-Anderson Mail, March
25 th.
Greenville to Join League.
Greenville, March 25.-The base?
ball fans of the city are determined
to take advantage of the opportunity
to get into the State league and on
toda\ a committee will begin a can?
vass for funds with which to put a
team in the field. It is believed that
the required amount will be easily se?
cured. A representative will be sent
down from this city to the meeting of
the directors of the league to be
Meld in Columbia on Tuesday. The
representative will be selected today
and he will be instructed to notify
the directors that this city will en?
ter.
Anderson has decided to apply for
admission and "it is practically cer?
tain that Spartanburg will have a
team in the field. It depends on
Greenville now and it seems that
Greenville will rise to the demands
of the ocasi?n and place a team in
the lague and thus insure the suc?
cess of the organization. It is neces?
sary to raise only $1,000 and it cer?
tainly seems that this amount can
be easily raised in the city.
THE CHINESE FAMINE.
The Situation is Desperate, Thousands
Dying From Starvation and Dis?
ease and No Adequate Relief in
Sight.
Shanghai, China, March 23.-Re?
ports indicate that famine conditions
are so serious as to threaten to ex?
ceed in horror the great India fam?
ine. Hundreds are dying daily, dis?
eases are spreading rapidly, killing
people like the plague. The civic
committee is preparing to send an
appeal broadcast to the world. In
the great territory affected there is
such a small supply of food that it
must soon give out entirely.
Money for Relief.
New York, March 23.-The Chris?
tian Herald, which yesterday for?
warded to the state department in
Washington $50,000 for the immedi?
ate relief of the Chinese famine vic?
tims, has received a cable message
from the missionary committee at
Chinkiang saying the situation is
desperate. Rioting and sickness pre*
vail and there are only bark, weeds
and straw to eat. American money
has already saved thousands from
death. The Christian Herald has re?
mitted a total of $150,000 to the Red
Cross Society through the State de?
partment.
MORE C ?UNGES IN PANAMA.
Municipal Governments To Be Abol?
ished by Executive Order.
Washington, March 22.-President
Roosevelt has signed an executive or?
der providing for wholesale changes
in the local government of the Canal
Zf-ne and Richard Reed Rogers, as
general counsel, will go to the Canal
Zone with Secretary Taft to put them
into effect. Five municipal govern?
ments, which now exist, will be re?
placed by four administration dis?
tricts, under the direct control of the
canal commissioners. The municipal
governments are very unsatisfactory.
REQUEST BLANKS.
Dispensary Auditor Gets Ruling From
Attorney General-AH Violations
Detected by Mr. West Must be Re?
ported to the Governor for Action.
Columbia, March 21.-Attorney
General Lyon has given Dispensary
Auditor West an important opinion
regarding the use of request books in
county dispensaries. The opinion
answers a query submitted by Mr.
West some time ago and shows clear?
ly that while county boards may ob?
ject to the use of these books on the
ground that it interferes with business
during a rush, it is the duty of the
board to see that the law is carried
out and if not it is the duty of the
dispensary auditor to report each vi
olation of the law.
The opinion is as follows: ?
Mr. W. B. West, Dispensary Auditor,
. .Greenville, S. C.
Dear Sir: Responding to your let?
ter handed me recently, I will say
the provisions of section 49 of "An
act to declare the law in reference to
and to regulate the manufacture, sale,
etc., of liquors, are manadatory and
can not be legally disregarded by a
dispenser. The printed or written re?
quest for liquors must be used be?
fore a sale can be legally made. Sec?
tion 45 provides: "If any member of
the county dispensary board, any dis?
penser, clerk or assistant in their em?
ploy, violate any of the provisions of
this act, he shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall be removed
from office." Section 29 provides:
"Any person detected in the act of
violating any of the provisions of this
act shall be liable to arrest without
warrant: Provided a warrant shall be
procured within a reasonable time
thereafter." Section 33 provides:
"Upon conviction of any person for
the violation of any provision of this
act, where punishment is not pro?
vided for, such person shall be fined
or imprisoned at hard labor in the
discretion of the court: Provided the
fine shall not be less than $100, and
the imprisonment not less than three
months."
I call your attention especially to
the above sections of the law in order
that_you., .may., know.-the penalties
that may be imposed upon a dispen?
ser, or other dispensary official, who
disregards any provision of the pres?
ent law. It is your duty, as auditor, to
ascertain if the law is complied with.
You have no authority to require and
enforce the observance of the law
further than to call the attention of
the offending party to the breach
thereof. In addition to this you
should report the offense to the gov?
ernor, who will direct you as.to your
course thereafter.
"The request shall be signed by the
applicant, in his own true name and
signature." These are the exact
words of the act and must be com?
plied with. If the applicant can not
write his name, he may make his
mark. The applicant must sign the
request in the presence of the dispen?
ser or his clerk, or he must acknowl?
edge his signature in the presence of
the dispenser or his clerk, in order
that the required attestation may be
made. The dispenser or his clerk
may use a rubber stanmp bearing his
signature, in attesting, if he so desire.
Yours truly,
J. Fraser Lyon,
Attorney General.
Corporation Tax Decision.
Comptroller General Jones has re?
ceived several inquiries as to the ef?
fect of the recent decision of the su?
preme court in the case of the Brit?
ish and American Mortgage Compa?
ny, in which the foreign corporation
secured an injunction against the col?
lection of the corporation tax from
that corporation by the comptroller
general. The decision applies only to
the company which brought the ac?
tion, and, while its effect may be to
stop the ocllection o fthe tax, it will
be necessary for some other company
to go into court and secure an order
before any of them can claim exemp?
tion from the operation of the fran?
chise tax act of 1904. The injunction
granted in this case referrer merely
to the collection of the tax from the
British and American Mortgage Com?
pany. If the other companies take
up the matter the State will under the
decision in this case lose at least
$75,000 of expected revenue this year.
THE HOT WAVE BROKEN.
The Weather Bureau Predicts Several
Weeks of Cool Weather.
Washington, March 24.-The
weather bureau tonight announced
that the hot wave has been broken in
the east and throughout the Ohio val?
ley, though the summer-like weather
will continue in the south and south?
west for several days. According to
official advices received at the weath?
er bureau, it is snowing today in Al?
bany, X. Y., and in many parts of
Xew England. The highest point
reached by the thermometer here to?
day was S5 degrees at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon and at 9 o'clock to?
night the mercury had dropped to 55
degrees. Prof. Frankenfield predicts
that there will be several weeks of
cool weather.
WILL AFFECT JUG TRADE.
i -
; Superintendent Sadler, of the South -
J ern Express, Informs Governor
Ansel of His Position.
Columbia, Maren 23.-Superinten?
dent O. M. Sadler, of the Southern
Express Company, was here yesterday
from' Charlotte in conference with
Governor Ans?l and Attorney General
Lyon, regarding his company's hand?
ling of liquor under the new dispen?
sary law. There has been complaint
from several quarters that the express
agents are aiding the tigers and giv?
ing them succor in order to in?
crease the business, the agents' pay
I being based on the volume of busi?
ness.
Mr. Sadler assured the governor
and the attorney general that it was
the intention of his company to in
every way aid the officers in carrying
out the law, that any agent or other
representative of the company found
acting otherwise would be promptly
dismissed. His company had to ac?
cept such shipments, and his patrons
had to be served, but the express
company wants no business that has
to be gotten at the expense of the
spirit of the letter of the law.
The attorney general, after the con?
ference, wrote the chief of police of
Williamston, who had complained
that the agent there was delivering
to tigers under cover of night and on
Sundays, that if there was any farther
conduct of the kind to report it to
the express officials, who had promis?
ed to discharge such employes.
The agreement reached affects a
large and steady, but steadily grow?
ing jug trade with Georgia and North
Carolina points.
CABLES HEYWARD TO COME.
Col. Watson Sends Him Word That
He is Badly Needed at Bremen.
Columbia, March 21.-Ex-Govern?
or Heyward today received a cable?
gram from Commissioner Watson in
j which he urged Mr. Heyward to sail
for Bremen on the 26th. The cable?
gram, reads: "Sail 26th all hazards.
Need you badly." It is doubtful,
however, if Mr. Heyward will be able
to get away at that time, as he has
some matters of great importance to
the immigration movement which he
has not yet been able to get in shape
for presentation to the North Ger?
man Lloyd Company in reference to
the permanency of the immigrant
line to Charleston. There are also
personal matters which might pre?
vent Mr. Heyward leaving next week,
but he would endeavor to put these
aside if the other affairs were in
shape for presentation. It is likely,
therefore, that he will not sail until
?tir?" boat leaving New York on the
2d of April, and when he goes he will
be prepared to make a strong pull for
the interests of the whole, south in
general and Charleston and South
Carolina in particular.
Governor Heyward has just re?
turned from Atlanta, where he went
on business, and while there he had
the pleasure of renewing his ac?
quaintance with Governor Terrell,
whose interest he has enlisted in the
immigration movement. He also had
a talk with President Finley, of the
Southern Railway, and put in a good
word for Charleston, of course. Mr.
Heyward found Mr. Finley very
friendly to the port of Charleston as
well as to the whole immigration
! movement for the south.
COAST LINE TO TEST ACT.
I Constitutional Question Involved in
THO Damage Suits Now Being
Heard.
Charleston, S. C.. March 22.-The
United States circuit court was en?
gaged today with hearing the dam?
age suits of former Engineer . R. O.
Dunning and Fireman Edward Myers
against the Atlantic Coast Line for
$4,000, each growing out of the acci?
dent at Salkehatchie swamp some
time ago. The cases were transferred
to the State court. It is being heard
by a jury of ll men by consent of
counsel, the panel having been ex?
hausted.
raise the question of the constitution
The defendant corporation will
ality of the act of the legislature
which allows employes of railroads
benefitting by relief associations to
recover damages for injuries.
BIG DA.MAGE SUITS.
Former Coast Line Employes Award?
ed $2,500 and $1,000 in Suits for
$40,000 Each.
Charleston, March 25.-In the Uni?
ted States circuit court this morning
immediately upon convening the seal?
ed verdict in the big damage suits of
former Engineer R. O. Dunning and
Fireman Edward Meyer against the
Atlantic Coast Line, found on Satur?
day evening, was opened. Damages
to the amount of $2,500 were given to
Dunning and $1,000 to the fireman.
They each asked for $40,000 for in?
juries received. Dunning was much
the more injured than Meyer and the
jury took cognizance of this fact in
reaching its verdict. The suit was
specially interesting from the fact
that large damages were asked, the
case tried together by a jury of ll
men, by consent of counsel, and an
effort was made to have the federal
court charge the jury to find for the de?
fendants on the ground that the State
law permitted beneficiaries by relief
associations of corporations to re?
cover for injuries. The court did not,
however, so charge and the question
of the constitutionality of the law
was not passed upon.
?Gov. Ansel has declined to appoint
a commission to examino into the
sanity of Thomas Harris, the white
man who is to hang ar Gaffney next
Friday. Harris was convicted of the
killing of Mrs. W. J. Morgan some
months ago and several efforts have
been made to secure a commutation
of sentence on the ground of weaken?
ed intellect.
GIVE it food that will not irritate or
retard the performance of its natural
functions, and it will reciprocate in a way
agreeable and comforting.
No single ingredient contributes sa
largely toward wholesome, nourishing,
agreeable food as Royal Baking Powder.
Royal Baking Powder's active ingre?
dient, Grape Cream of Tartar, is the
most healthful of the fruit products.
This is why Royal Baking Powder
makes the food finer, lighter, more appe?
tizing and anti-dyspeptic, a friend to the
stomach and good health.
Imitation Baking Powders Contain Alon
"The use of alum and salts of alumina in
food should be PROHIBITED. The con?
stant use of alum compounds exerts a
deleterious effect upon the digestive
organs and an irritation of the internai
organs after absorption.
"EDWARD S. WOOD, M. D,
??Professor of Chemistry
??Harvard Medical School, Boston."
ROYAL BAKING FOWDCR CO., NEW YORK
Watchword-"On to Richmond."
General Order Xo. 18.
Greenville, March 20, 1907.
Dear Comrades: The United Con?
federate Veterans* Reunion will be
held in Richmond, Va., May 30th to
June 3d, inclusive. Richmond has ex- |
tended an invitation to every ex-Con- j
federate in this land to attend. To i
how many will this be their last reun?
ion on this side of the river; how fast j
are the dear old boys of the "6O's"
passing away? Only a few more re?
unions and they will be a thing of the
past. At each annual meeting of the
camps, when the roll is called, there
are some who fail to answer; some
comrade will answer instead-dead.
Let me urge every camp to meet and
elect delegates both to State and gen?
eral reunions. No camp will be al?
lowed representation unless dues are
paid. The dues are very small-only
10 cents per capita to the general
headquarters, which should be sent
direct: to Gen. Wm. E. Mickle, Adjt.
Gen., P. O. Box No. 1197, New Or?
leans, La.; and 5 cents per capita to
J. M. Jordan, Adjt. Gen., Greenville,
S. C. These dues should be paid at
once. The State reunion will be held
in Columbia in May, the date will be
announced later through the daily
papers. The general commanding
takes pleasure in announcing that he
has appointed two of South Caroli?
na's loveliest daughters as sponsor
and maid of honor, Miss E. Louise
Ehrlich, sponsor, and Miss Sarah H.
Lyles, maid of honor, both of Co?
lumbia, S. C.
The commanding general also takes
pleasure in announcing the following
additions to his staff:
Lieut. Col. Thos. W. Brice, Asst.
Adjt Gen., Woodwards, S. C.
Maj. P. D. Gilreath, Asst Commis
ary Gen., Greenville, S. C.
Maj. J. C. Fleming, Asst. Qr! Mas?
ter Gen., Laurens, S. C.
Maj. D. F. Bradley, Asst. Inspector
Gen., Easley, S. C.
Maj. Chas. T. Lipscomb, Aide-de
camp, Columbia, S. C.
Maj. T. J. Mauldin, Aid-de-Camp,
Pickens, S. C.
Ey order
Thos. W. Carwile,
Maj. Gen. S. C. Division U. C. V.
J. M. Jordan,
Adjt. Genl. and Chief of Staff.
CALIFORNIA BRIBERY.
Grand Jury Has Sworn Statement of
Attempt of Telephone Company to
Buy Franchise.
San Francisco, Cal., March 25.
The grand jury will hear a sworn
statement today how the Home Tele?
phone Company tried to bribe the
famine stricken city with food, after
the earthquake, to grant a franchise,
how the money disappeared and how
the company didn't get the franchise,
but the "double cross," instead.
Prominent capitalists from Los An?
geles will give the story in detail.
Rou? Still Still Fighting.
Washington, March 25.-A. B.
Browne, local representative of Abe
Ruef, the San Francisco boss, an?
nounces that he will ask the United
States Supreme Court to dismiss the
rule for writ of error. It is expected
that other proceedings in behalf of
Ruef will be instituted at the same
time.
! THE REY. 3. G. BECKWITH DEAD
After an nincss of Several Days tber
Pastor of Bethel M. E. Churcli
i Charleston, March 26.-After an
i illness of several days, during- which*
j time he was confined to the River
i side Infirmary, the Rev. John George
\ Beckwith, pastor of Eethel M. E..
! Church, and one of the most popular"
I divines in the city, died yesterday af- ;
j ternoon. The funeral services willi
be held in Bethel Church this after?
noon at 2 o'clock and the remains
will be taken to Florence this after?
noon for interment it having been ihet
expressed desire of the late Mr?
Beckwith to be buried beside the
grave' of his little girl, who died in.
Florence some time ago.
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SHOT BY NEGRO WOMAN- ' |
Dr. W. L. Linder Receives Serious?
Wound While in His* Office.
Union, March 25.-Dr. WiH L. Un?
der, one of Union's well known pliy
sicians, was shot this morning in M?
office by a negro woman named Lucy
;Lipsey.
The shooting came as a great sur?
prise to everyone including Dr, Un?
der, and caused considerable sensa?
tion, particularly as Dr. Linder vas?
shot in the hack and without wara^
ing. The ball, which was a. 3 2-cali
bre, entered the right side, striking
the eleventh rib, diverging and Iodis?
ing in the muscles of the back. TMs?
afternoon Dr. S. S. Linder,, his father^
said that while the woundj ss.
bad one he did not consider itt neces?
sarily fatal.
FLRE AT SPARTAN MILLS,
Hundreds of Operatives are Homeless
-Sixty-one Buildings Destroyed
Spartanburg, March 25.-Firer
which started this morning at II
o'clock destroyed 61 houses and left:
325 people homeless, causing a loss:
of about ?75,000. Sixty of the houses?
destroyed were the property of the
Spartan mills and one the property ofT
P. L. Shipp. It is said that about
$50,000 insurance was carried on the?
buildings by the Mutual Factory In?
surance company.
There were no fatalities, but sever?
al people were painfully hurt by be?
ing hit with bricks from the failing:
walls.
SHOOTING AT GREENVILLE.
Greenville, March 23.-W. D.WEiS
mire, a former State constable, wa^P
shot at a carnival here tonight uys?
negro named Charley Johnson- Mr
Whitmire was not seriously hurt-The'
negro denies having done th?' shoot?
ing. He was being attacked" by sev?
eral drunken white men on ffter s?ovr
grounds and Mr. Whitmire went up?
to try to separate the coartiatants^
when the shot was fired.
This is the second shotting scrape
that has taken place at the carnival
during the week and people here are;
glad the shows are getting ready to
leave. The city would not permit the
carnival to occupy the streets;- But et
vacant lot was used instead.
Passes Away.