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THE SCMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the ends Thou A?ns't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." TUE TRUE SOUTHBCO?, Established June, >?i9 Consolidated Aug. 2S188L SUMTER. S. G.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 31. 1907. Sew Series-Vol. XXYI. So 53 Published Every Wednesday, -BY OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: 1.50 per annum-in advance. Advertisements: One Sobare first insertion.$1.50 Every subsequent insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced ratea All communications which sub? serve private inter*, ^ts will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged lor. THE CHARLESTON LIQUOR SITUATION. DIVERGENT COMMENTS AS TO LETTERS PRINTED BY NEWS | AND COURIER. Some People Inclined to Criticise the News and Courier for Informing the City ?s to the Manner in Which South Carolinians Elsewhere are Talking, But Others Generous in Their Approbation. From the News and Courier. Ther*. was a buzz of talk in Char? leston yesterday anent the publication in the News and Courier of letters from its correspondents in all parts of the State giving the views of the people of their respective communi? ties on the liquor situation here. Some of this talk was highly com? mendatory of the action of the News j and Courier, but candor compels the statement that there were some who voiced their condemnation in more or less vigorous and impolite language. .This was to have been expected. "rhose who approved the course of the I'ews and Courier-and of ^ach there was a goodly number-did so. as t'.iey said, because they believed it tr be the duty of this newspaper, occupying the. position it does, to in? form the people .of this city as to the. attitude" oZ the outside public toward Charleston. Many citizens of Charles? ton lay great stress upon the value to this city of the good will of the peo - pie of South Carolina living outside of Charleston, They think that Char? leston should cultivate the friendship of the people of the rest of the State. -It is their opinion that this city can? not pibsper as ?t ought to prosper un? less this is done, unless Charleston ians are kept informed as to the drift of thought in the State and show a decent respect for the opinions of their fellow South Carolinians. Those who entertain this view were frank hi saying yesterday that, in pre? senting in concrete form the thought of South Carolina upon this most im? portant subject the News and Courier has done a highly praiseworthy thing. There were others, however, who, overlooking the fact that the letters published yesterday showed clearly that the people of the entire State are already keenly alive to the situation, that they are already thinking and talking about Charleston's liquor problem.-, said that it was most u.iwise . to have called attention ft) the sub- ' ject now; that to agitate the question of whether or not the law should be enforced would do no good; that at any rate the matter was being brought to the front prematurely: : that it might "hurt the town." It is remarkable how many persons : are afraid of "hurting the town:" Mayor Rhett was visited by a repre? sentative of the News and Courier, but declined to make a statement. He had. he said, expressed himeslf fully in the two interviews recently printed in the News and Courier and he was still standing upon what he had then said. I Not Ready for Judgment." Editorial Charleston Evening Post. It is. of course, inevitable that sen? timent in South Carolina , adverse to Charleston's ultimate interest will de- . velop from a course of open violation of or complacent indifference to the county dispensary law which was en? acted by the efforts of the friends and political allies of Charleston. We have held from the first that the wise as well as the right thing for Charles- 1 ton to do was to insist on an enforce? ment of the law, as. otherwise, it would be impossible to get even so much as a hearing from the rest of the State on a plea for a modification ? of it to meet the peculiar conditions \ of the community. The county sys- i tem has been in operation now for ; about three months, and the law of j ; its enactment has not had that de- . gree of enforcement which, upon an- j : alysis, would meet with the satisfac- j tion of the rest of the State nor pre- , vent the development of unfriendly : ?opinion of Charleston, with a conse quent hostility which would effectively bar our hope of reaching a satisfac? tory system of liquor control. But the last word has not been spoken in Charleston on the subject. Indeed, scarcely more than the first has been said. The mayor is making an earnest effort to work out a prac? tical solution of the problem. We are fully persuaded that he is moving along a path that can only lead him to greater and greater difficult?s, and we have said so frankly. There are also a good many stiff necked and re? bellious people . in Charleston, to whom the very name of the dispen? sary :s s^> obnoxious that they can? not yet bring themselves to view it calmly,' even in its local habitation and habiliments, nor to admit its legal existence, though it is a creature of the statutes of their State. But we believe that the mayor will find his purely utilitarian methods impracti? cable and impossible, and that the stiff necked and rebellious folk-at least some of them-will learn the error of. their ways in time, under the b?n?ficient preachments of the press, .and we think the time has not come for the people of South Carolina to take judgment upon Charleston in this dispensary matter. It is not yet possible to say what is Charleston's attitude toward the county dispensa? ry. It has not yet been defined. Therefore, any opinion of an ob? server outside of Charleston upon the liquor conditions here must necessa? rily be uncertain and the expression of it an unripe utterance. There has been comparatively little, said about conditions here by the press of the State, though there are not lacking evidences of wide interest in them and general desire to see Charleston work out a satisfactory conclusion of the situation which has so long vexed us. Any attempt to stimulate ex? pression at this time cannot but be regarded-from the standpoint of friendly regard for Charleston-as ill advised, since it cannot produce other than premature and valueless opinion. The proposition is not yet ready for submission to the judgment of %our friends. We have only just begun to argue it among ourselves seriously Tiie Cause-Not the Tactics. Editorial News and Courier. There is abundant room for differ? ence of opinion as to how best a \ wholesome agitation for the enforce- , ment of the law against illegal sales of whiskey in-Charleston may be stir? red, and the News and Courier and the Evening Post are at one in the belief that agitation is desirable. Hence we do not step aside to discuss whether or not the views of South Carolinians outside of Charleston are "unripe and valueless" or whether or not it be wise to solicit their expres? sion, preferring to hold the main is? sue, the enforcement of the law, in sight and willing to defer in large de? gree to such direction as may com? mend itself to the sagacity of our neighbor. Public discussion of the tactics of a campaign can contributo little to its success. Some two weeks ago the present agitation was started by the News and Courier and it has attracted a serious attention from the ' thinking people of the community de? cidedly encouraging and supporting hope for material results. Meantime, we are convinced that nothing that any newspar r is likely to say or do will add to the.interest 1 in the Charleston "liquor situation," 1 an interest already more active and intense outside of this city than in it. The time is not auspicious for an os? trich policy. However, to arouse the people to insist on the enforcement of * th? law is the thing, and a decision as ] to whether outside opinion be ripe or 1 green is not a condition precedent to 1 progress. BATTLESHIP GEORGIA'S CREW. _ 1 Commended for Bravery in the Re- 3 cent Disaster. Oyster Bay, July 27.-President Roosevelt today made public an ex tract from a letter written him by ^ Admiral Brownson, which commends in the highest terms the bravery of the battleship Georgia's crew imme- . diately after the tragedy. To this let- . ter the president replied, congratul?t ing the officers and crew of the Geor? gia upon the way in which, without , delay, they went back to work. Uprising Agitated Against American r Domination. ? Havana. July 29.-Efforts to incite j an uprising against American domina- < tion in Cuba are actually being made < in Santiago province. One clash has . already occurred between Rurales ; and would-be revolutionists. T<? check the agitation and prevent armed up? rising, rurales are being concentrated in force at Guantanamo. Palace orri- j cials deny any fear of an uprising, ; but the precautions made to prevent ? trouble have alarmed citizens. j t NO GO WITH GOV. GLE?X. Assistant Attorney General Sanford Talks Over Situation But To Xo Avail. , Asheville, N. C., July 26.-The re? turn of Assistant Attorney General Sanford from his futile conference with Gov. Glenn at Raleigh, a succes? sion of conferences between the offi? cials of the Southern Railway, their counsel and counsel for the State, in? dictment and reported arrest of the Southern ticket agents at Marion and Old Fort, the hurried departure of Mr. Sanford from this city, presum? ably for Washington, and a clam-like silence on the part of the railway magnates and counsel, are the main features of today's and tonight's de? velopments in the railway rate im? broglio. Specials from Marion this afternoon confirmed the report that the ticket \ agents of the Southern Railway at Old Fort and Marion had been indict? ed by the grand jury for violation of the new rate law, but up to a late hour it was stated that they had not been arrested. Judge Lyon, who,in structed the grandjury of McDowell county to indict the agents, will open the superior court term here next Monday, and it is reported on good authority that he will instruct the Buncombe county grand jury to the same effect. When General Counsel Thom, of the Southern, was asked tonight for a statement concerning Mr. Sanford's mission to Raleigh and its failure, he said that he had nothing whatever to give out. Asked what he thought of the loss of 3 1-4 points in Southern preferred stock today, Mr. Thom said that he had not heard of it. He de? clined absolutely- to make any further statements, as did ali the other offi? cials who were approached. In the event that the Marion and Old Fort ticket agents are arrested, they will be brought here, in habeas corpus proceedings before Judge Pritchard. From an authoritative source it was learned tonight that the course of procedure will be the same as in the cases of Ticket Agents Wrood and Graham^-of1 this cit?. When Judge Pritchard was asked tonight if any application had been made to him for habeas corpus wric for the'Marion and Old Fort agents, he stated that none had been made. The judge said that he had heard that presentments had been made at Marion, but had received no notifica? tion nor had any mention been made of a writ of habeas corpus. A. B. Andrews, second vice presi? dent of the Southern, H. E. Spencer, Sith vice president and P. H. Humph? reys, general counsel, left here at 9.45 tonight on a special train for Raleigh Xone of the party would make any statement in connection with its de parture. Ofiicials of the Southern Railwa here contend that the governor's de mand that they should put the 2 1 ;ent rate into effect at once involve the company's surrender and the sur render by. the United States court o the protection of the interlocutory in junction, which means that the gov? ernor of a State can control or limi ?.he process of a United States court ind that the governor can dictate to litigants in the United States court the measure of relief which they have the right to apply for, which means a lim Station by order of the governor of :heir constitutional rights. It is pointed out by the officials of the road that if they put into effect the rate and win the case the differ? ence between the old rate and the new rate during the pendency of the case is a dead loss, and the State has no more right to take away thir part of more right to take away this part of :he property. Under the present ar? rangement of giving a obupon if they ose the case the public is entirely protected, getting the advantage of he lower rate through the cashing of the coupons. Assistant United States Attorney General Sanford coferred today with ?ailroad officials and with Judge Pritchard and left here late this aft ?rnoon. He will report to Washing ion that his visit to the State capital, n an effort to restore peace, was fruitless. Several superior court judges have gnored the subject of a conflict be :ween the federal and State courts md Judge Fred Moore advised Lgainst further indictments of ticket igents. but Judge Lyon at Marion ex? pressed himself in the"strongest pos? sible terms. He declared that the tick? et agents were viola-mg a criminal statute and should be indicted "like i pig er horse thief." Th?? first bab- of new cotton in Georgia was sold Tuesday at Albany "or 25 cents a pound by Dean L. lackson. a negro farmer of Dougher :y county. Jackson has brought in : 0 :h>e first bale for the last ten years. i o RAILROADS CAN'T RI LE. Gov. Glenn Declares They Shall Not Run North Carolina. Asheville, N. C., July 25.-Pending the return of Assistant Attorney Gen? eral E. T. Sanford, from Raleigh, where he was in consultation with the governor this morning, a number of conferences were held here today, and tonight between the Southern Rail? way officials and their counsel. Noth? ing: tangible, however, resulted there? from, although it was persistently ru? mored tonight that the railway people wrould accept the governor's ultima? tum to put the new passenger rate into effect pending further litigation. Railway officiais who were seen to? night stated that no action had beer tafcien and that there was nothing to give out. Asked how they regarded the governor's threat to call an extra session of the legislature, one of them ?tated that he did not think that there would be any necessity for an extra session. The governor was called over the long distance telephone tonight and he declared that he "did not propose to "let the railroads run the State of North Carolina, and if I did so," he said. "I would not be true to my oath of office. I have to uphold the laws of the State and I propose to do it." Assistant Attorney General Stafford will arrive here from Raleigh shortly after- midnight and he will present Governor -Glenn's proposals to the railroad officials at a meeting to be held tomorrow morning. NORTH CAROLINA WINS. Southern Railway Agrees to New Rail? way Rate Law-New l?ate Effective Beginning August 8. Raleigh, N. C., July 27.-The Stace of North Carolina has won in its fight to have its passenger rate law r>f 2 1-4 cents observed by all the rail? roads, pending an appeal to the courts by che roads of the State which propose to fight the law. . The promise of obedience to the law by the Southern and the Atlantic rjoast Line railways, which, since Bray 1, che date set for the rafe law to go into effect, have been violating the law, was given late today, at a conference which the railroads sought with Gov. Glenn, who has scated that is a precedent to any agreement he might make that the 2 1-4 cent rate must firsc be put into effect. The conference was a private one. newspaper men being excluded at the request of the railroad attorneys. Af? ter the conference Gov. Glenn states :hai at thc beginning of the confer? ence the railroad representatives stated that they were ready to agree to the I 1-4-cent rate, lacer to be tested in :he original injunction case before Judge Pritchard, an appeal if neces? sary to be taken by the State to che United States supreme court, while :he railroads would appeal the Wake sounty case to the North Carolina su? preme court, and if necessary take :he case on writ of error to the Uni? ted States supreme court. The only rouble in the conference was a selec :ion of the date at which the 2 1-4 :ent rate should become effective. The *ailroads wanted a longer time than :he State was willing to grant, but ina Hy the 8th of August was agreed ?pon, as the railroad representatives .tated that it would be impossible ?corer to make the preparations at heir various ticket offices to supply') ickets and fix rates. The conference was harmonious throughout. The State was repre? sented by Go^. Glenn, State Treasurer Lacy," and the special counsel engaged )y the governor, including Former J o v. C. B. Aycock and Hon. E. J. rusti.ee, speaker of the house of repre? sentatives. The railway representa ives were Alfred P. Thom of Washi? ngton, and Judge Alexander P. Hum? phrey of Louisville, general counsel >f the Southern Railway company: Uexander Hamilton of Petersburg. Ta., general counsel, and George E. Dllictt of Wilmington, X. C., assistant reneral counsel of the Atlantic Coast -line, and George Rountre? of Wil nington, N. C.. counsel for R. Nelson Buckley and other stockhlders of the atlantic Coast Line, who had obtain d restricting orders and an interloc itory order from Judge Pritchard .gainst the Atlantic Coast Line put? ing the 2 1-4-cent rate into effect. Vaslungton Officials Have Nothing to Sar About the North Carolina Set? tlement. Washington, July 21?.-The depart nent of justice officials today declined o discuss the North Carolina rate set lement because of its bearing on the 'irginia situation, where appearances ridicate the probability of a struggle etween Federal Judge Pritchard and he State officials similar to the differ nces just compromised in North Car? lina. THE HAYWOOD TRIAL. i The Jury Instructed in a Most Volum ?nous Manner. Boise, July 27.-Judge Wood to? day instructed the jury in the Hay? wood murder trial. On the surface the instructions would seem tb favor the defense, but in real fact are in favor of Idaho law. The instructions are the most voluminous in criminal history of this county. The jurors listened attentively to the reading of about fifteen thousand words. He said before the jury could lawfully convict, the jurors must be convinced of the defendant's guilt beyond all reasona? ble doubt. He then analyzed what reasonable doubt was. The court in? structed that each juror must be sat? isfied that the defendant is guilty be? er ? fore consenting to a verdict of guilty. The jury was instructed that as to j Orchard's claims that he had an ac? complice in the commission of the offense charged in the indictment: Under the statues of the State a per? son cannot be convicted of crime up? on the testimony of an accomplice unless corroborated by other evidence. The jury in order to ascertain whether the testimony of accomplice was cor? roborated as the law provides, should eliminate from the case the evidence of* the accomplice and examine the evidence of the other witnesses with the view of ascertaining if there is evidence tending to connect the de? fendant with him. If there is, the ac? complice is corroborated. Unless there is some evidence other than the evidence of Orchard there can be no conviction. Determining whether circumstances tend to show such con? nection it is your duty to consider all such circumstances in the light of presumption of innocence if they so appear. And corroborating evidence under the law need not be founded upon facts directly connecting the defendant with the commission ol the offense, but it is sufficient if cor? roboration consisits of circumstantial evidence tending to connect the de? fendant. Ur.d'-r the indictment in this case the judge said the defendant may if the. evidence warrants, be convicted of murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, manslaughter, or may be acquitted. At 2. 20 p. m. the Haywood jury retired to cinsider verdict. After a Long Trial the Leader of the Western Miners (?ors Free. Poise. Idaho, July 2S.-In the bright sunlight of a beautiful Sabbath morning William D. Haywood, secre? tary and treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners, walked a free man today, acquitted of the murder of Former Gov. Frank Stunencerg. Probability of acquittal was freely predicted after Judge Fremont Wood read his charge, which was regarded as strongly favoring the defence In its interpretation of the laws of conspir? acy, circumstantial evidence and the corroboration of a confessed accom? plice. It was also freely predicted that, in the event of Haywood's ac? quittal, the State would abandon the prosecution of his associates, Charles H. Meyer, president of the federation, and George A. Pettibone of Denver. Statements from counsel and from Gov. Goodings, issued today, dispel this view of the situation. Gov. Good? ing said: "The verdict is a great surprise to me and I believe to all citizens of . Mano who have heard or read the evidence in the case. I have done my duty. I have no regret as to any ac? tion I have taken and my conscience is clear. As long as God gives me strength I shall continue my efforts 1 for government by law and for or ganized society. "The State Will continue a vigorous 1 prosecution of Moyer and Pettibone 1 and Adams and of Simpkins when ap- { prehended. There will be neither hes- A talion nor retreat." Applcation will be made to Judge Wx>d tomorrow to admit Moyer and Pettibone to bail and it was tonight t stated, as to Moyer,' against whom j the State is admitted to have its t weakest case, a favorable considera- ?. tion would not be unexpected. t Xot the least interesting comment made today was that of Harry Or? chard, the confessed murderer of Steunenberg and the witness on whom the State chiefly relied to prove I its charge of a conspiracy among cer? tain members of the Western Federa? tion of Miners. When told at thc State penitentiary that Haywood had j c been acquitted, Orchard said: j \ "Well, I ha\e done my duty. I have ! t t< id the truth. I could do no more. ; r I am ready to take any punishment 1 that may be meted out to me for my s crime, and the sooner it comes the r * better." j r It was after being out for 21 hour>= c. that the jun-, which at first had been ; 1 divided eight to four for acquittal and fi then seemed deadlocked, at ten to two, .finally came to an agreement shortly after the first faint streaks of the corning day showed gray above the giant hills which wal! Boise to toe north and east. The weary, snow bearded baliff, who had kept an all night vigil before the door of the jury room, was startled into action by an imperative knock from within. Events moved rapidly enough after this, and when at last the pricipal actors in the trial had been gathered into the court room, at a few moments before 8 o'clock the envelope handed by the" formean to the judge was torn open and the verdict read. Trial of Western Miners. Boise, July 29.-With Secretary and Treasurer Haywood a free man, the fight is already on for the release of President Moyer and Executive Committeeman Pettibone of the Western Federation of Miners, accus? ed together with Haywood of com? plicity in the assassination of Former Gov. Steunenberg. The federation's lawyers appealed to Judge Woods to? day to admit Moyer and Pettibone to bail, the prosecution ' bitterly oppos? ing. Kaywood, whose iron nervo gave? way immediately following the verdict, is himself today, the hap-* piest man in Bois?. MUST ENFORCE THE LAW. President Williams of Carolina Savings Bank Says Charleston Must Enforce Law or Suffer. Charleston. July 28.-Mr. Geo. W. Williams, president of the Carolina Savings bank, returned to the city on Friday from his summer home in Xacooche, Ga. He says the people of our sister State are thoroughly work? ed up over the prohibition fight and! it is the one topic of conversation throughout the State. He confidently believes the Georgna legislature will enact a stringent prohibition law. Mr. Williams; in an interview given out yesterday, made an announcement which has caused no little comment throughout the city. E? comes out. bo!d'y for a strict en-" forcement of- the Carey-Cothran law in Charleston and warns the people that if the law is not better enforced/ Charlestonians may have occasion to> regret it. He says: *" '"South Carolina has given Charles? ton an opportunity, as an experiment, to handle the whiskey* business in some other way than general prohibi? tion. If this city fails to carry out the law of the State, then let us not look for any more compromises. If the authorities permit blind tigers to exist here then our voices must be? hiished when we are no longer per? mitted to have a say in the control cf* the whiskey traffic. "I am out and out for a faithful" compliance with the law as it has - been enacted, and I think it time that the business men in the community' should manifest interest enough in the situation to take a stand and help* the creation of a sentiment against compromises above the law. Let us all do our best to give the Carey Cothran measure a good trial, and not invite, by too great independence, radical legislation in the near fix? ture."-Tile State. AX 3S00.OOO FIRE. Long Beach Hotel and Cottages de? stroyed. Long Beach. Long' Island, July 20. -With the flames still raging and threatening to destroy every habita? ble place at the resort, Long Beach Hotel and several, adjoining cottages A-ere destroyed by fire today. Tho ives of eleven hundred gusts were inperiled, b::t no casualties occurrecL ^ottages are being dynamited to pre? sent the spread of the flames. Loss 5800,000. With the loss of a million dollars :he fire was controlled this afterrdkria ifter the hotel and half a dozen cot ages were in ruins. Dynamite ch ?d the flames. Two persons are ee?c*rfc >d missing. MOB VEXGEAXC?L )cad Body of a Murderer Burned" a? Stake. Crisfield, Md., July 29 -The body >f James Reed, the negro murder~s' >f Policeman Dougherty, who wse >eaten to death and afterwards st-ran?5 o a telephone pole yesterday ty a nob of three thousand, and which ind been prepared for burial,, TS? ?tolen last night by a mob of enraged nen who burned the body after satm ating it with oil. A large post was-. Iriven into the ground and the body ashed to it. Cheers were- sisecu sts [ames devoured the lifeless mass^