Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m rnmii mil WHO ROBBED STATE OX CAPITAL CONTRACT COX VKTEtt. >Ve?ejsjtn?y Proved That HtUc Ofacial* ahsi CVs*rti?tee Con*pirr<d T??gcUirr to IVfraexl itvr stale of at l<ea*t s\y eua.eeo lleafcmun Pvnailiiuent bt v 4mmy Two Yea**. >larrtsburr. Pn. March 13.?The ; Jpvy |tu the ftrtt of the oapltni con '?aawacj cam* to be tried gave a vcr mm, #t g ulhv a* to avery one ?f tho j^MtPmaa who heve'befn on trial hor ? 'ilbf fee kost seven week* toniaht. \ eta hour*' deliberation. There Cwp? ballots taken, but the jury ; 4M gad come Into court until two ! hours ue)cr reaohlag a ooocluslou Ylhygeea found guilty are: John H. satraotor; Wae? P. Snyd audttor general; W. JL. former mate treasurer, and . IhhgeeJtsjr, former super* pt eubllc. belldlnga and for new trials were made (#1 fnto coert at 1:11 rwreesaa Jmnute that fuey be 1 sorted upon ( 1% wee read In the court ( The hyy wee net the else* read /the ) leu sect lag art ef conspiracy, gase h? assent by a nod. Cuukle thanked the Jurymen patjeacoand the ears given ^ae%^ -4Hatuea^A0Qu)cgf wu^^eJe ^(T?%et thasJM of the court. sisVeisd tnjeei' Wete ^fbr the e>'fandest* would ?ay rejsssFfjgjffaj, | on la punishing thj cost the flute ?pH is team which at which the centra* - l// J i ;fvf of the alleged A1 liMlaaVof the pottlM th Pennsylvania In IUI tu the ileedte of Wm/ a Democrat, and ?t?te tre? ihe fall ef that yeas lAeew open the hoeVs ef thf use raswset woe move ??bt of the was Iaht baters the atser l?se etsn eats wer?? ? eey ACherel and isulotsn feuaf tgatesf 14 Hfesua. pending ie f'?or, pay sous who wer? e>day arc concluded th-) laues win he held. The tuet there ere fraud* to nearly ic.eee.m m lg of the cepitol. MOrTstXC caeuuluu* Alsa, who BUsea . t**e mtaintu, row*!*** of Mur* * Auf fte use Phut Deaeee. I Col. starch It ?Us thre T* Theas wane the only keu hy Oiucepue Alle when hy fhtsipYutsg Mattee that him guilty of murder aad teed the sen* after firing the snot t death to Father Fran Mahirlshs at the elter In St. 'e CUlhotte church while In Act of administering the imly sac this wauderer from Italy and suf not provoa aoar^hint im the court room nut three bt >ck? the churth where he committed huf crime aad within the sound >f the chimes which he seid drew him to that sasrch Alia rccetvsd the Julg geeat delivered by the jury. the fury had been poikd thn thanked them for, having done fusty duty and expressed his approval eg the vtrdk t Attorney Wlddeeombe ef the defense made a motion for a uew trial and was granted five davs hi ?Auch to file papers. The pr'.4>ner was then ord* red to be returned to the courty jail pending thie section. Under the lows of the mate Alia can tanged within ?0 days of th* of tl act he reedert.>g of the verdict. ?Do you think Mars Is Inhabited?" esked ths scientific person! "I really ean't say that I t-are much whether It Is or not.' answered Mies Cayenne TN re ire a*readv -n iugh r.etghbor* to talk about."?Washington Star. Nicholas Murray Butler, president af Oolosrsbea university. New York. It to deliver e oounse of lectures at the University of t>> pen hege h next Buueember. Ktnety-three per cent, of the theo I mini heat ef coal Is wasted, and eery It pef t> of that ef orl. comes in like e hoe; pill It nee e nature fake T-*-Kew jviMJR i\ riiAxcK wrote opin? ion. Straiitre iii-o Brought to Lip lit 1? Tennc?Mce. A pi> rial from Chattanooga .-nys: A remarkable story has Just come to tight of an ofmiti n of the Supreme Court of Tennessee affirming the il*.vt:\ ecteuctce ->f Andrew Wiliinu.p. coko^ed, In 1870. The. opinion \vw written by the Chief Justice of tho Suprem* Court when he was in a sunconsclous condition, a trance, or in the mlt*?t of a somnambulistic state and th3 remarkable thing >vnp that hU opinion was throughly sound both as to the law and the fact*. a~>d one of the reported opinions, being print? ed, and an Authority to thH day cn the technical law points involved. Justice Nicholson was the man who wrvte the opinion, and Peter Turnoy, afterward Governor of Tennessee, saw him arts.- from the bed, write the lengthy document and again retire. Next d&y justice Nicholson had no re collection of the incident. The elabo? rate opinion covered all the facts, cited numerous court decisions, and ended with an affirmation of the court below. Letters from the lato Oov. Torney, rn tie possession of one of Chatten iota's most pre mi no nt at? torneys, corroborate the foregoing *orr Vary DISPENSARY TROljBLE BREWING Former Clerk to WUhaansbaig Board Klngstree, March 12,?It eeerns that there is hound to he trouble wilr. ,e llqvor husines* under the dlspen irumagemept lor some tirric past there have been rumors of irre Ci{ltles in the county dispensary rd'df WNIamsburg. Finally ore oL the board wrote,to ths dispensary aJdltor. 'Mr. West, tetlirig hita 'that fjyess rofu>rs. of |r*e|rufcrltdef wbre afloat, and asked for an investigation. Thts |itv*sti*silp? (is* ffcg; ,**( been had. but is to take place in the near future. About the same time the clerk, oft the boejrd. ^ho firfd lately bean discharged, wrote to Mr. West, d*pWty audfco* aUjmado esWrgfs wlUi facts and figures taken from the gsfcOHuv o* the board Itself. This sal ter has, It Is said, bean referred to Oov. Ansel. JKmfr l?t <> Meanwhile the American Bonding Company.,surety >n the bpn?? of raeto>ert of trie county dtspen -Wry hoard, learned of these rumore and esv and filed sf notice with the county hoard of commissioners de? manding that It be pleased from Its -suretyship, and ths steps necessary to afford such relief have been taken. Whether more is anything hi the charges or not rot as Ins (to be seen, hut the bonding company has petitioned for relief, and an less new bond* are filed within thirty day* from date of notice the office of the members will be declared vacant by the governor. ? i i TWO KKW SOLICITORS. Vacsnrie* In Third and Fifth Circuits Casts-d by Additional Circuits to Be rule* 1 Columbia. March 10.?Oov/ Ansel ha* r^jrelved a number of applies* tior.o f?ir the appointments of solici? tors in the third and Fifth judicial circuits, the placet hems/ made va? cant by the creation: of two new clr calls by the last general Assembly. The appointments will bold good un? til the November eleotlcna. In the Third circuit R. H. Stoll of Kings trov Senator Clifton of Sumt-r, T. M Woods of Manning snd J. B. Mc? Laughlin of Blshopville have been recommended. In ths Fifth circuit among those mentioned are R. E. Carwlle, B. P. MeMaster and P. T. Youmane. all of this city, and B. B. Clark of Cam dsn. Oiv Ans-M wli; probably announce he appointments about the flr*t of April ?The State. ,' On Shares. A captious traveler in Northern Arkansas stopped by a fence to criti? cise a sear corn field which met his disapproval "Mighty small corn you have there!" he shouted to the man who was superintending the growth from a shady corner, says the Phila? delphia Ledger. "Yep." said the Arkansan. ' Plant -1 the small kind." "Lo3k? mighty yellow to me tor this tlmt of year." "Yap Plantod tho yellow kind." "Well." said the traveler, severely, "I can't understand your method of farming. You w>n't get half a crop there." "Nope," said the Arkansan, cheer? fully. 'You are shore a good guesser stringer. He'f a crop exactly, that's mine. I planted tils on share*." Mr. Bryan proceeds to flay the four Kentucky Democrats who refus? ed to support Beckham for the senate and v>ted for Bradley, the Republi? can. This doeu not alter the situa? tion that under Mr. Bryan as leader the party goes on losing first ors pawn and tresi another m the great game of politics.?Staunton Dispatch. DEMOCRATIC CURRENCY BILL WILLIAMS IIA* SLTlSTTITii: ron FOWLVft mkashu: Dcmocrolic Members of House Com? Mitt *o on linking ?ml Currency AgCCC on ,i Minority ltc|K>it Point? ing Out i.iaiiiijf Delect* of Fowler , Bill, Washington, March 9.?The Demo? cratic members of the house commit? tee on banking and currency .today ugreod to repoit ihe minority curren? cy bill, introduced by John Sharp Williams, as a substitute for the ??'owler bill. In the course of their report the ml ji ?rity say: "we oppose the bill becaube it vir? tually takes from the government aU powir to regufate and safeguaid the nalicjnal banks of the country and wholly gives over the control of such institutions to a board of managers which Is selected by the banks them? selves." The minority also takes exception to the provision of the bill requiring the retirement of greenbacks; com* plains thht it makes banks tho agents of thy government for the trunsac tlon of all its business and urges the Inadequacy of the Interest charge, it is also charged thaf under the ope latlon of the proposed law all State banks ar d savings and trust com pa? nes would Inevitably be driven out of bus* ins??. y ' ^WltU the banks organised under cne system, enjoying sole and com? plete power to issue all nrjieys as they deem proper,' will there not be great danger either from contraction or ? inflation of the amount of money in Circulation?" ;?he> ask: "Will it not be in the absolute power of these banks or thilv boards of managers to moke m?? ey scarce or plentiful; to make the rate of interest high or make It cheap: to cause a depression or to produce a relaxation? Surely con? gress is being asked to delegate to thf banks a most dangerous and won? derful power in giving them absolute control cf the medium of all values, money, and in conferring the1 sole power to Issue money In such quanti? ties as they think wise. ?The minority members of the com? mittee vay emphatically \ ihat this country is not ready to delegate such dangerous powers Without doubt the most serious proposition with which congress has had to deal in many years is the regulation and control of the great corporations that have ggown overpowerful and beyond the loniro! of the government, frm while we are planning ways whereby we may wisely and justly subject these great interests to government reform, we are asked by the Fowler bill 4o create a banking system all-powerful, with complete and undisputed author? ity to issue the circulating medium of the country In quantities, In manner, and at times to please those fortu? nate enough to enjoy this great spe? cial privilege." , The minority conclude by urging the acceptance of the Williams oill as a substitute for the Fowler bill. Of the Williams bill they say In part: "The minority members of the com? mittee commend .the bill herewith presentee as being practical, conser? vative and safe, and believe it comes nearer tc adjusting the financial sit? uation than any measure, submit? ted." -: TAWNKY FIGHTS APPROPRIA? TIONS. Hays Bigger Navy and Public build? ings Won't Go Through. N Washlrgton, March 12.?Represent? ative Tawney, chairman of the appro? priations committee, had a long talk with the president yesterday and then declared himself unutterably opposed to the administration's big battleship increase plan. \. "I am going to do my best to keep the appropriations for the whole gov? ernment down to the mark of the present year, which is 1920,000.000. If they put In a naval bill calling for four big battleships, that will be $40, 000,000 more and if a public building bill goes through that will be any? where fiom $15,000,000 to $100,000, 00?) m >re. But neither the greater naval nor the public building bill will go thriugh if I car. help It." ? Insurance Commissioner McMaster has announced thaat Mr. H. B. Rich? ardson has been appointed his assist? ant under the act creating the insur? ance department. Mr. Richardson has for a number of vears been the clerk in the comptroller general's office charged with the insurance matters, and he Ss entirely familiar with the insurance laws and requirements, and will be a valuablo help to the new commissioner. There is a rumor which seems to come frcrn semi-official authority that the Southern will in the near future take off trains Nos. 27 and 28 on the Charlotte, Columbia tnd Augusta branch. t_ Every fcol liken his bauble. French. WRANGLING OVER SPOILS. LAW YE1IS roil WHISKEY HOUSES FIGHTING FOR FEI.S. Payment of Claim* by Wind-Up Com. mission Starts a lively l>otv lie twocn Liquor Houses ami Their Lawyers Over the Division of the Rooty, Columbia. March. 12.?The attor? neys representing the whiskey houses which heve claims against the State dlspennary are now in a pretty row among themselves as to the division of the fe.es on the money which was last week paid out by the dispensary commission. Some of them have gone into the United States court and ask? ed Judge Pritchard to compel the liquor houses to pay them the fees claimed. Yesterday the fcllowlng order waj served upon the commission, signed by Judge Pritchard, but it canto too late, the commission already having paid the money in these two cases: It is ordered by the court that the amounts severally due to the Belroy Distilling company and H. A. Thler man & Co., by the State dispensary board of South Carolina;, this day di? rected to be paid by the* court upon petition of the said Belroy Distilling company and the tald H. A. Thier man & Co., and others, shall be paid to Lawrence Maxwell, Jr., Esq., attorney filing said petition and held by him until said Belroy Distilling company and said H. A. Thierrran St Co. have made satisfactory settlement for fees due to. Merrick & Banard, attorneys, in connection with their said claims against sold dispensary board, or the further order of the court, it having beeri made to appear satisfactorily to the court that said Belroy Distilling company and H. A. Thier man & Co. have heretofore employed said Mer rick St Barnard as attorneys at law to represent them in collecting said claims/' WORK ON CREDIT. Novel Counter Proposition 1 Made to Railroads by EinpK>>ew. i ; ' ' ? i'" August a, Q a., March 10.?- It Is un? derstood here that the engineers, con? ductors and firemen of this division of the Southern railroad have made a proposition to the railroad officials, counter to that under consideration to reduce wages, and that this latter proposition will be submitted, to the mediation committee In Washington today or tomorrow. The Southern's employee propose to true railroad that they will accept the proposed reduc? tion in wages on account of the ma? terial decrease in earnings of the roads all over the country as a loan. In other words, that the employees receive in their regular monthly pay ments at this time 10 per cent leas cash, but they had to be credited on their account with 10 per cent due them; that when the road is in a po? sition to again go back to the present wage scale the employes will have claim again*t the railroad for what? ever the accumulated 10 per cent, amounts to, without interest. It Is understood that this plan orig? inated with the committee of engi? neers of the Atlantic Coast Lino. NEGRO BURNED /TO DEATH. r Was Inmate of Lee County Almsliouse, Which Was Burned. Biahopville, March 12.?One of the small alms houses on the poor farm, about one mile frcm town was burn? ed yTuaeday night and one of the two inmates therein was ^urned almost completely up. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is supposed to have been wood rolling out of the fireplace after the inmates had re? tired. There were two negro men in mates occupying this house and v. hcn it was discovered on Are one of them eschped out of the window, leaving th^j othei, Cupid Mingo, who was burned to death. It Is supposed by Mr. L. H. Peebles, the 3Uperinten te"pdent, that these negroes went to i.leop leaving a Are bui nir g in the chimney. Some time ago these same two negroes went to sleep leaving the fire burning, and when the superin? tendent made his last inspection be? fore retliing found that a piece of wood rolled out of the chimney and was burning the floor. The coroner view? ed the situation and found it unnec? essary to hold an inquest. The build? ing was insured in the State sinking fund. We do not know what will develop between now and the primary, but unless there is a mighty change, revolution, as it were, of public senti? ment, the action of the general as? sembly has made* E. D. Smith the next United States senator.?Manning Times, The b/>ard of visitors of the South Carolina Military Acadmey met in Charleston and discussed plans for renovating the oil police station te cently purchased by the State. There are very f?w big guns in pol? itics that ars either smokeless or noiseless.?Washington Post. KN0XV1LLE UNDER PROHIBITION HSIXFSS PROPERTY I\ KXOX VILLE NOT IS.il iu:i>. Prohibition Has Not Caused- Desira ble BnflditifB to (io Begging ami Business is Promising. Despite reports to the contrary that are being: sent out over the country ?>y interests antagonistic t> jCnoxville D.nd to the cause of prohibition, that business property has been materially injured by the closing of ?iloons and thot a larpe number of business houses in this city are vacant, a care? ful Investigation of properties that were used ^ for saloons and Wholesale liquor concerns shows but a smJI per cent, vacant at the close of four months of prohibition, although Knoxvllle, as well as every other city In the country has been passing through a four months season of financial and business depression In the territory, with Central street on me east. Second street on the west, the Junction of Broadway and Central street on the n.vtn and the Tennessee river on the south, there were tlxty three wholesale and retail liquor es? tablishments, exclusive of hotels. Bus? iness of one kind or another is being conducted in forty-three .of these places; thus leaving a net twenvy va? cant. Of the twenty vacancies, three places were occupied until very re? cently as "soft drink" stands. In this same district there are only three store rooms that are vacant be? cause of business having been re? moved to buildings formerly occupied bv saloons. Of these three, only one is on Oay street Less than three weeks ago the owner had an offer to lease this with two adjoining stores that, are now occupied, for a term exf 10 years at $5,000 a year, .plus taxes and insurance. The other two of these three vacancies are west of Market Square. On the other hand three places that were vacant about the time saloons closed, which had pot been used for saloon purposes, have been occupied by new business thus offsetting the three vacancies caused by removals into saloon buildings. Furthermore, two new stores are now being completed on prince street. A lease for one of them "was closed about 10 davs ago. ,> Of the vacant liquor places only three are on Gay street; Two of those are in the same block, between Jack sou and Vine avenues. The third was occupied as a "soft drink" stand until less than a month ago. Three others are on Depot avenue,in the vicinity of the (Southern railway passenger sta? tion, entirely removed from the down-town business district. Two ure on Market Square. Of these, work of remodeling one has not been fully completed, but the ownor says he has had a number of applications to rent it already. One other is on Vine ave? nue between State street and Gay street. Six are scattered along the One saloon proprietor has opened a fruit store in a place formerly a pool room and has placed a restaurant in the saloon building adjoining. One of the barber shops moved into a saloon room to permit a remodeling if its former place. Another barter shop moved out of its former place. An? other barber shop moved out of a basement under a saloon Into another saloon building and a drug store is now occupying both the saloon room and 'basemant in the vacated building. The hardware store, grocery store, feed store, butcher shop, furniture are entirely new business enterprises. In the outlying districts, where sa? loons were operated the locations of tho buildings are in many instances undesirable for other businesses However, many of these are occupied by good businesses. A night scnool is conducted In one, a Sunday school is in another, several are occupied as butcher shops and others as grccery stores.?Knoxvllle Sentinel. SUICIDES IN CHARLESTON. DlHchirg-f d Engineer and n Town Bum Kill Themselves. Charleston. March 11.?The coroner held two Inquests today, one over the body of Joseph Hutson, ^ Southern railway locomotlv* engineer, who, los? ing hi) job, committed suicide, and ancther over William Keriigan, a wel! known character about town. Hut son died last night in efarful agony, having taker, half a box of rat poison. He leaves a widow and five children, the youngest being only five days old. Keirigir. is supposed to have fallen asleep drunk on Union wharf and rolled overboard and been drowned. He wa* an orphan house boy, wa* pre ml.lent in politics in 1876 and in the days of the old volunteer fire department. He enlisted in the nav> and returned to Charleston last De? cember with a r<K>d sum of money for his mother. He found her dead and si no.* then, he has been spending hl*? savings largely in liquor. Tho road through a difficulty may be rougher but It is alwa.b safer than the road around it. shop and fruit stand in liquor Men flatter merely to protect them? selves from women who flirt. NEW YODK FOB BRYAN? PKKEIV i iil.MOXT THINKS PFAf OCRAT8 CAM CARRY ST A TI T. Republicans in Srramiriv?He Say* the Chicago Meeting Will be* a Ouu.* \ our ion of OnVlholdliS Only. 1 Washington, March 8.?Hon. Perry Bthnont. former congressmen from New York, declared today that tho race for the Republican presidential nomination had degenerated into t.r* "olfieoholders' scramble," and he pre? dicted that the Demoe.ats will carry New York in the Nov^rncbr electior. When asked this evening whom ho thought the Republican national con -ention would nominate Mr. Belmont seid ? "There will re no genuine Republi? can naticnal convention thi? year, it has already degenerated into an of- \ ficeholders' corvention, and I do not know what particular officeholder ihy officeholders* convention at Chicago wili nominate. It looks now like Mr. Taft, whose attractive personality and conceded qualifications are colled up? on to bear an alrtfost crushing handt cap. A year ago In a published inter? view I said: *Gov. Hughes and Secre? tary Taft have devoted their lives to their profession, the law; neither la a politician, both have been prematurely forced into candidacies for the presi? dency and weakened thereby m their respective States by Mr. Roosevelt, ac? tive in the game of politics since hin graduation from college, fco profes? sional politician ever announces his candidacy for the office he covets. Mr. Roosevelt's inability to keep his hands off indicates'to1 many the purpose cf tk stampede'in the'convention to over? throw his*4 declaration that he would neither SeCk rior* accept a nomination." "The president even now is said to. be declaring to' his immediate sur-N rounding that if the Chicago conven? tion does not "accept his choice he will take the nomination himself! I "Not only Secretary TaXt, t ut who-, ever may be the candidate of the ,Chi? cago convention' will be"subjecY to a very heavy' handicay. last June I said: 'A blow at credit strikes at tho vital energies' of the nation. If tho administration carries out what if la pleased to call 'policies,' in reality tho facing-both-wnys policy with * a sin? gle eye to political advantage, the, poor will remain 4oof, the rich1 will be? come poor and only the officeholders will bo satisfied.' " Asked who he thinks the Democrat? ic candidate will be, Mr. Belmont soldi he thinks It will be Bryan, e "The election of a Democratic pres? ident, whoever he may be." he said, "will bring about a most desirable change In party politics of great ben* efit to the country; for the first tlmo In many years the party inv power would find lined pp against it a strong opposition in congress, the senate be? ing two-thirds Republican. This would] start a most healthful political battle. Any proposed legislation would havx* to run the gauntlet of strong opposi? tion and debates of intense interest from a national standpoint. (* Th-2 State of New York is air. ad>k lost, to the* Republican party In the---, approaching campaign, and if the> en- - couraging example of 'he Democracy - of Greater New York in sirking sajnor - differences under the brood hanasjr. of Democracy is followed by Demo? crats elsewhere?as I believe it sure? ly will be?the Democratic party will be invincible when lined up fur |he presidential J>aitle,?Baltimore Sunx i v NEGRO SHOT IN WIIJilAMSTON. Conflicting Stories Told Concerning the Affray. Willlamston, March 11.?Tom Son? ders, a negro, was shot and seriously wounded by Mr. John Darnell Sunday moining There are two stories concerning the difficulty. It seems that Mr. De veau French, who runs a livery busi? ness, had an account against Darnell, and went Saturday, accompanied by the negro, to collect it French la said to have been drurk and insclent and Darnell resented his manner of ap? proach and struck him, whereupon the negro drew a pistol on Dirnell. Sunday morning Sanders returned to Darnell's place and attempted to ad Just the matter with him, when, ac? cording to one report, Sanders picked up a rock and tried to strike Darnell, when the latter shot rr*m. Another story says Darnell shot whtlt the ne? gro was yet sitting on his herse. The States cf Georgia a*id South Carolina might, at least, save some expense by turning their affairs over to Judges Speer and Prttchard en? tirely.?Augusta Chronicle. When there is no fish in one spot cast your net in another.?Chinese. Eaten bread is soon forgotten.?Ir? ish There were 9,914 new books pub? lished in 1907, or 1,311 more than for IPN. The "first robin" fllto from city so city as lightly as Mr Secretary Taft. ?Washington Herald.