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SVMVKK WATCHMAN, Estnblh COBMilMated Auk. 2, 1881. C)u $lifebman anb 5outbron ?BT? MTECN PUBLISHING COMPANY. ?UMTS*, t, a Tessas: ll.lt par annum?tn advaasa, aVrjar* first insertion.$1.M subsequent Insertion.a# Contract! for thraa months, or ?gar win ba mads at rsftaaad rataa AH oomraaaiaaUona wawaa aaa? private interests will ba tar aa advertlsamsata, Owttuarles and tributes at anal aa charged far. TROUBLE AMONG T?aX HKAM OF SOUTH CAROLINA l*>D\. Of Um (V It Uu Not ,1 mmlaH Ian vilk. Dae IS.?White officers tha Paraaara* an Ion, aavth Caro di vision, are ant taking tha gen? eral public into their confidence, It la very evtdi?nrt from notices and orders have saade* their appearance re Uw newspapers that all Is and smooth as It as Use sag association, thare appeared in the notices of n State meeting ta ha haw* m Colombia oa December It* saui tad ay another notice makes Us aawiaiejic* cslltng off "the per snaietuons can/- As waa noted at tha lim? tho call for the meeting wa3 not signed by the president of the ?a?Udtvtak?n. Mr. O. P. Goodwin St Mrtni. but bore the signature of 'B. P. Sarlt. secretsry and treasurer r said r*ate scent. T. T. ivakefietd. vice hs ar saldent. and W. U Aadtrson, sec re L^eary of the executive committee. The hi which tha proposed State Is called off is signed by Cooawla and four of the HSiWa?^am^S: ' t|?e chairman. Fvnm the?e contrary notices It ap? pears that there Is seme Meclded dls sen^oa smong the Stste official* in South C?rol oa. It is very likely that there will he somebody on ban ' in Columbia o i the date fixed for tho meeting and a big fight can be ex? pected. Pr?bably an effort will b made to oust President Goodwin and other officisis. but whether tho sec retary-treasurer and those allied on his wide will b.? able to control the meeting ren ?Ins to be seen. President Goodwin vpent yesterday in Greenville and while here had a conference with four members oT the executive committee, it was at thl* meeting that the following notice. aalllf*f off the Columbia meeting, was adopted and ordered published: "Tn the members of tlm Farmers' Union. Sojth Carolina Division* "We. the State president and tho following members of the State ex ecutive con-Milt tee. in session assenv bled, hereby cell off the presdnvptu ous call sent out by one L. A. Watson a private n.ember of Greenville, by circular an ) later sent out through the publft p ? calling a State meet? ing ef the "armer.?" Educational on. Cooperative Union, of \merica. t convene in Columbia on Dec. 18 signed by T. T. Wakef.eld, vice presi dent State ''armer.?' Union; B. F Karle, secre'ary-treaaurer. and W. L Anderson, u.ember stste executive committee. ??Any sctlon taken by said meeting will bo null snd void and will not be recognised >s tro South C arolina dl vtatan or the national union. (Signed) "O. P. Goodwin, * President. ? J. B. rickett. Chsirmsit Executive Committee, "W. C. Brown. \V. L. Kennedy. "John T. Hoggs, Executive Commlr?e." Following !*? the call Issued by the gather faction of the Farmers' onion: To lb- Members of the F. E. and C U. of A. s c. Dsvlaion: Wti reas .1 large majority of the county unlorn of the F. E. and C. V of A. 8. C. division, have uanlmousiy pt#i' l a re#< lutlor. colling for a State convention to meet In the city of Co* lumoU. 8. C . on the ISth day of De eesaber. 1*07, and. Whereas most of the counties liave already elected delegates to represent them as said State convention: Now therefore, you sre hereby no? tified thst tha Stste convention of the F. ?. snd C. U. A. 8. C. division, will an held In ths city hall of Columbia. 8.^r*ajfw?a,r'r,n* at 11 a m' I)p(,,'m hsr II. 1107. for the purpose of adopeUm a ttste constitution snd as hcd April, 1M0. , 'He Juat ar 8?MT ILDfjlGH OH RESOLUTIONS. REPORTS OX THOSK ADOPTED BY FIXAXCK COMMITTEE. (ulberson ami Clay Resolution-, Eni* Mulled In One Set?Moil il??l a mi Adopted by the Senate. Washington, * Dec. II.?Senator Aldrich today reported to the senate the folio* !ng resolutions from the committee on finance as the result of the committee meeting called to em? body the Culberson and Clay flnan :lal resolutions into one set: "Revived. That the secretary of the treasury be. and he is hereby, direct ?d to transmit to the senate the fol? lowing Information. "First, a statement giving names und location, classified by States, of ill United States depositories and the imount of public money on deposit daily in each, from Oct. 1, 1907, to Dec. ft, 1907, iwth amonut and char? acter of securities therefor and an ex? planation of Important . changes In either amount or location of said de? posit * "Second, a statement showing in detail the condition of the national hanks on Aug. 22, 1907, and Dec. 2. 1907, and the amount of the national bank notes outsa.ndlng from time to time during such period. Third, an abstract of the proposals received by the secretary of the treas? ury for the purchase of Panama bonds and X per centum certificates of Indebtedness authorised by the treasury circular of Nov. IS. 1907; the amount of such bonds and certi? ficates Issued, to whom awarded and the reasons for their Issues. "Fourth, a detailed ststement Of any Information he may have as to the amount of clearing house certifi? cates Issued by the clearing house as? sociation!! of the principal cities from Kov. 25. 1907. ta, Dec. 3, 1907; the character of sack certificates and the purposes for which they were used. "Fifth, any Information In his pos? session as to th? movement of cur ritwjy tw?t?*i'iT <nV ?irraieiu si*tTOhT| *f the countrv during the period from Oct. 1, 1907, and Dec. 3, 1907, com? pared with the previous year, and especially of shipments of the treas? ury or otherwise, from New York and Washington to points south and west "Sixth, a statement showing the amount of gold imported and export? ed from Oct. 1. 1907. to ?ec. 3, 1907." Senator Aldrich in presenting the resolution announced that It received ihe unanimous vote of the committee. In the senate, after the resolution was reported. Senator Culberson address? ed a query to Senator Aldrich in re gird to the date in the paragraph re lai'ng to clearing house certificates, which resulted in an amendment changing the date from Nov. 25, 1907. to Oct. 25, 1907. The resolution thus modified was adopted. Work has been started on the Betts railroad to go from Goodwill to Sum ter. It U. said this line will open up a very fine section of country and will mean much for the commerce of Sumter. James Odell. father of Miss Tillie Odell, a well known actress. Is dead at his home at Eeaufort, where he was proprietor of the Sea Islam1 Hotel. Bishop Morrison, who presided over the Source Carolina conference thinks ministers should enter poiitlcls to root out whiskey. The ll\ery stables belonging to Ihe Kershaw Mercantile and B inking Co. vcre destroyed by fire Sunday after? noon. Th- citizen* of Clarendon county have instructed the delegation to the legislature from that county to w?>rk for a new court house building. governor Ansel Is engaged in pre laiiag Ml annual message to the leg? islature. jmiv ronie before the meeting, and you are hereby notified that in ease ynu have not already elected fiele? K>it? m to said eaav ntlaa, that y< u ssaai nt the earliest posslb'e day T ? wit: December 14. 1P07, at your u*ual place of meeting for your coun? ty union and elect delegates to tb?' said convention. The basis of representation Is one delegate at large for the county and one delegate for each 100 members or a majority fraction thereof. 1> ?n-. this the 9th day of I > ec m I < e I? 1907 at the principal plo? | Of busi? ness of the t, E. and C. It, of A. S. South Carolina, at the city of Ander? son, 8. C. B. F. Rails, Secretary-Treasurer and State Agent. T. T. Wakeneld. Vice President, W. L. Anderson, Secretary Executive Committee. t id Fear not?*Let all the ends Thou Aln ER. S. 0 . WEDNES: EX-GCV. BLACK HITS TEDuY. ?j_ SCORES ACTION'S OF CHIEF EX? ECUTIVE IN MANY WAYS. Spit It of Unrest Aided by Popular IMu>s For Applause, He Declares? Why Bulletins on Honesty? Cpncord, X. H., Dec. 13.?Former Gov. Frank S. Black, of New York, was the principal speaker at the an? nual meeting o fthe New Hampshire Bar Association held in the supreme court room in this city this afternon. Vice President Edwin F. Jones of Manchester, presided. M. Black beganby reviewing the unrest and "apparent dissatisfaction with national law as applied to pres? ent conditions." He then spoke In part as follows: "Are liot these changes in line with the direct tendencies of the latest policies and agitation? Am I wrong when I say that the constitution seems less regarded as a guide anA shield, and more In the nature of a hindrance? "Am I wrong when I say that the conduct and teachings of the most powerful Influence In the country are expressive of Impatience and con? tempt for this ancient safeguard? "Where is the end and what will it be? "In a time of such success and plenty as has never aeen its example In all the ages of the world the spirit of unrest now stalks abroad, and Is any man so dense he does not know unrest to be the seed of revolution? "The public Is headed down the road and the new type of public of? ficials strives only to place hlmsellf at the head of the crowd. "His cry is not justice, but popu? larity; not fair play, but power. He acts not to command respect, but to draw the crowd. Thero is only one test of right and wrong for him, vis. What does the majority want? No matter what may come tomorrow if ho can be cheered today. "And how grievously that man errs who "Deile'ves all" appfinise synony? mous with popplarity. Applause may come from fear as well as love. The knee^ bend* just the same to gain a favor as to show respect. "A demonstration quite as often follows the grotesque as the intelli? gent. Men seldom seek lnstrutcion where they go for "iitertainment. "But what Is the reason?or, if there is no red*son. what is the ex? cuse?for the wild and undigested proposals now fluttering from so many lines? "We have read that tht president of the United States is in favor of a law making employers liable for in? juries to their employes, no matter how the injury' results. "That prdposal arouses greater wonder than respect. It cpuld serve only to open a new field to the Indo? lent vicious. It would mean that any servant might submit to such injury os he chose, Its extent and character being always within his own control, and the employer, without fault or knowledge, should make compensa? tion to his faithfless employe. "We have read with astonishment and ismay the criticisms from the same high source of the conduct of Court?. Was this because those courts had proved recreant to their high duties? Had they failed to per? form the vital functions they were ereated to perform Not in one in? stance. They have hewed to the line with that integrtiy and learning winch has characterized the Ameri? can eourts from the birth of the re? public. "Why is the clamor so persistent, for the (nactment of new laws and the bestowal of more power? Have the ,dd laws proved ineffeetive? One ?Ingle illustration is enough. "In July. 1800, tin- so-called Sher? man anti-trust law was enacted. It stands on the b<>oks today and the most substantial checks administered to the trusts have been applied under Its provisions. The Northern Securi? ties case, the Joint Tratlle Association cases, lb.- action against the Beef Trust- all under the Sherman law of 1890. The Sherman law Is a criminal statute. it provides that persons commuting the acts therein enumer? ated shall be tleemed guilty of a mis? demeanor und on conviction thereof shall be punished by fine or impris? onment, or both, In the discretion of the court. "If the law is plain and ample and yet no malefactor Is disturbed, is there any way to account for this rank neglect except by tho Insincerity of those who make the threats? "Integrity In public office has been the rule In the United States and not the exception. Why has it become necessary in late years to sing the iis't at be thy Country'3, Thy God's ai: DAY. DECEMBER H GALL IS NOT SECRETARY OF UNION TAKES IS SUE WITH PRESIDENT. A Reply to the Statement made By President of the Organization?Co? lumbia Meeting Still to be Held. Greenwood, Dec. 13.?Mr. W. L. Anderson, secretary of the executive committee of the Farmers' union of South Carolina, handed your corres? pondent the following communication today: To the Editor of The Stat?: I yish to make a ptatement in re? ply to the card of Presid -nt O. P. Goodwin and others, whicn appears in today's State. We have 18 organized counties in this State, 13 of those have elected delegates to the conven? tion which is to be held in Columbia on the 18 th. We believe two of the remaining counties will elect dele? gates tomorrow and we have good reason to believe that every county will be represented at the meeting which will be held on the 18th, Presi? dent Goodwin to the conti ary not? withstanding. On November 30, ten county unions petitioned President Goodwin to call this meeting, I have sent the petitions to him myself and I know that he reiceved them on that date. He has ignored this request and is now trying to defeat the will of a large majority of the member? ship of the union. However for the information of the counties which have elected delegates, the meeting will certainly be held at the time ap? pointed. (Signed)] W. L. Anderson. ?The State. FUND FOR POOR LARGER THAN EVER BEFORE. Mass Meeting 'Well Attended?Sun? day Schools. Lodges, and the Public Contribute Liberally For Christmas Choi r For the Poor. The mas? meeting at the Presby? terian church Sunday afternoon was" well attended and the pro? gramme, as previously arranged was carrried out. Tho collection taken up was a good one and the money appro? priated by the. various lodges of the city and the public generally will nfake this fund for the poor the largest ever received. The committee, of which Mr. Ii. I. Parrott Is chairman, will meet In the grand jury room of the court house at 11 o'clock on Wednesday. Miss Gibson the city nurse, is requested to meet with the committtee. Chairman Parrrott requests that all persons desiring to contribute to this fund will please turn in their con? tributions to him between now and Christmas. Any cases of need or des? titution in the city, the committee will be glad to have reported to them at once. The following are the committees appointed: L. I. Parrott. chairman; First Baptist Church, Mesdames M. A. Flowers and A. C. Gordon; Pres byterlan, Mrs. R. S. Hood and Miss Leila Miller; Episcopal, Misses Honor Lang and Martha Wilson; First Meth? odist, Misses Kate Durant and Madge Burdell; Magnolia Street Methodist, Mrs. Tisdale and Miss Dennis; Luth? eran, Mrs. W. G. Stubbs and Miss An? tonia Kopff; Congregation Sinai,Miss Jessie Moise; Bartlettt Street Baptist, to be appointed. The following were the amounts received for the fund an/1 the sources from which received: Collection at mass meeting Jr. O. IT. A. M. Young Ladies, Schwartz Bros, Claremont Lodge, No. 64, A. F. M. Hi.OO Hollywood Camp, W. O. W. 86.00 Monaghan Hose Co. 10.00 Delgar Reel Squad ln.oo Wade Hampton Aerie, Eagles. 25.00 Qnmecock Lodge, K. of p 15.00 Suinter Lodge, B. P. O. B. 50.00 $1 S2.70 5.00 13.11 r>.oo Total.$:J55.M constant song of official rectitude? "What is the need for a public of? ficial to begin each day with a bulle? tin to the public that he still con? tinues honest? These habits which I describe and condemn have had a most unsalutary influence on the pub? lic mind. 0 "While I feel sometimes disheart? ened by the tendencies that so plain? ly now prevail, yet I believe that they will prove to be only eruptions in the course of orderly government; that ' our senses will be restored and we 1 shall again resume our unmatched, but sadly interrupted, progress." The first anniversary of Omar Temple of the ancient order of Shrlners will meet in Charleston Dec 30. ill Truth's.' THE TKt S 1M7 New Si TIMMS FINANCIAL SPEECH. "PITCHFORK" SENATOR GIVES VIEWS ON SITUATION. Ills Si>eecli Was Characteristic And Pointed aa Usual?Wants Good ??Greenbacks"?Discusses Cortel you's Action. Washington, Dec. 16.?A charac? teristic speech was today delivered in the senate by Senator Tlilman. Mr. Tillman spoke on his resolutions di? recting an Investigation of the recent bond Issues and clearing house certi? ficates, but he took occasion to com? ment on a good many matters con? cerning the financial affairs of the country. "I must confess I have not studied finance very much from the books," began Mr. Tillman, apologetically, "my own labors in that direction having been confined to my own ex? penses." Mr. Tilllman said he did not know [.whether the criticism of the chair I man of the house committee on 1 banking and currency, Mr. Fowler, I had caused the secretary of the I treasury to halt in the issuance of I bonds, but a change of plan seemed I to have been made and he had not I been able to learn how much of the I proposed bond Issue had been put I out He expressed the opinion that I the secretary had violated the spirit I of the law if he had not violated the I law itself. I "If we' are not in the midst of I panic, we are in the midst of a chill, I produced by the danger of a panic," I declared Mr. Tillman. I The treasury, he said, has "dump led" Its money in Wall street, and the I country has praised the patriotism of IJ. P. Morgan "In aiding the country I to get a grip on itself and not let I i verybody go crazy and precipitate I further loss and horrors on the I country.V Speaking of a published interview Ivwlth the president by Mayor Dahl I man of Omaha, in which the presi I dent Is alleged to have said ?hat If h? I was responsible for the panic he was I glad of It, a ? it had brought to view I the rotten conditions of the country's I finances, he said: I "I fear that Mr. Dahlman is in im I minent danger of joining the Ana? I rtlas club. Perhaps somebody her? I will use the telephone and find out I about that." I He said that he would not worr> I about the panic, but he found so I many facts coniu-etmg th<> treasur> I lepartment, even the senate and thl I house of representatives, with Wall I street that he was obliged to receg I nlse them, and especially as the far I mer, the cotton planter and tlu I manufacturer were affected. He said I he wanted to know "who struck Bib I ly Patterson." I He spoke of the manner in whicr I the financial stringency bad operat? ed. "And," he added, "the presidem I says he is proud of it. I can not be I Uevs he said it. He has said manj I things lacking discretion, but I dc I Dot believe he Is so callous as to fee] I any pleasure in the condition of pai a I lysis which confronts us. l boliev? I he is a patriot, though he lias per* I baps shown it badly at tine s." The senator h Id aloft a banking I house certificate, and in loud volc4 I called upon the senate to look at it. "Here is a specimen." ha declared I "Looks like what you call Oonfeder I ate money?shin-plaster?and yel they are issued by national banks Look at it?T am going to have it en? graved if it can be done without do* stroying it and put in The Oongres sional Record. But I don't proj os? tc have it destroyed and lose a dollar JiiBt to enlighten you on the cur? rency." He wanted only good BTCenbi ekfl and in rasping tones, speaking of the necessity of money, lie said: "You will have to go to tin- 1 >ne yard if >?>u can't get it." As between Hie "shin-plasters" in the form of clearing bouse cerri!l cates and greenbacks, be said he would prefer greenbacks based <>n railroad and other stocks and bonds, although they were, in hid opinion, blled with water. He was, he said, daily In receipt of Utters from people who think they know all about the currency and have schemes for currency reform. "But I don't even read them," he said. "It had been alleged." he said, "that the bonds recently issued had not been sold to the highest bidders and he read a newspaper copy of a letter by Mr. Schram of New York saying he had bid $103 1-2 on $50, 000 of the bonds but had not reeeiv? ed any of them, although they had been sold aa low as $102. The com IE SOUTH HON, Established June. 184? eries?Vol. XXVII. V2I KENTUCKY'S TOBACCO WAR. TOWNS l'NDKH QU ARD FOR PRO TEUT/oN PROM "NIGHT RIDERS." Mine Troubles May Make Conditions More Serious?Situation at Hop? kinsviile and at Henderson. Hopkinsviile, Ky., Dec. 13.?With Company D. on duty and a largo number of citizens guarding every road leading into the city, Hopkins? viile passed another 24 hours without an attack by "night riders." Rumors df an invasion are rife and people are preparing to defend \the city with their lives. On account of threaten? ed labor troubles at the Hopkins County mines, the Burlington mili? tary company has returned home. Adjutant General P. P. Johnson of Lexington will arrive in Hopkinsviile to investigate the situation. Henderson, Ky., Dec. 13.?A note of warning against the further re? ceipt of tobacco was found tacked on the door of the Imperial tobacco fac-' tory and some windows were broken out of one of the Gallaher houses. John Hodge, a tobacco buyer, receiv? ed a warning letter and has placed \ heavily armed guards at bis house in I Henderson, Madison vi lie and Staugh tersville. The * Dibrell Glove Factory, inde^ pendent, also ha* engaged guards. Mayor Harris has sworn in all the men asked for by the tobacco men. TRAGEDY IN THE STREET. Alabama Town Seexie of Killing Growing Out of Alleged Wife Mur? der. Mobile, Ala., Dec. 13.?A special from Townsvllle, Ala., says that J. T. Keirman was shot and killed yes? terday afternoon by W. H. Lindsey. Lindsey was arrested while on his way to give himself up. and has been locked up in the county jail. The killing created excitement and was seen by, several eye witnesses, who say the description of the trag- | edy dofts not accord with the self defenie claim made by the prisoner. Kierman was a witness against Lind? sey in a case charging .the killing by Lindsey of his wife. Mrs. Lindsey was ' I found In the back yard of their hom.\ The coroner's jury failed to find a verdict against the alleged ox ricid ??. but he was later indicted by the grand jury and was out under $5,000 bond. It appears that Keir? man had made remarks on the sub 1 I ject of the death of Mrs. Lindsey and bad blood lad sprung up -between the. two n en. Yesterday afternoon Keir? man was in the front of a store when* 1 I Lindsey approached. It is said that . the man made an effort to get away, and started to cross the street. Lin l I j sey drew a pistol and shot Mm four times. Lindsay is a veterinary surgeon and t I repairer oi v.atches, clocks an ! guns, The Paptist convention made ob-? ) j jection to Aiken board of control I j opening a dispensary at North Au? gusta against the wishes of the ma? jority of the citizens. mittee on finance, he added, could tind out whether that, is true. The comptrollers of the currency, he said, are su complaisant and polite while they are in othee that ''almost every one of them has graduated into the presidency of a hank. ' The officials about the president, he said, go or.t to join the k<ngs of finance. "The president turns on the li^ht. why don't It1 turn on the hand cuffa when lie finds somebody steal? ing? He goe> through the country and makes speeches and destroys the confidence of the people, ?>ut w?t do not find him putting anybody in pris? on." He referred to a resolution he had introduced in the senate ?) yeas* ago for an Inquiry lato the failure of the bank of which John R. Walsh of Chicago was the fremdem. but a year nnd a half bad pone by before the trial had boeani. As Walsh is un? der trial, he said, he would noi com? ment further on that subject. He had on Saturday telegraphed ihe district attorney of New York asking about recent oank failures but that official had replied that he coaM not give out the information regarding the in* vestigatlon that Is being made. "I expected to be put off." declared the senator. "That set aas to %e the policy of the department cf justtce and the treasury department." Mr. Tillman said he only intended to bring these matters before the committee on finance as questions for them to answer. When they should answer them he said be would ash j more questions.