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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^