Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

IK HMDEFILED DOCTRIWE. aKHJSR LEADER TKLLS WHAT DEMOCRATS WILL 1X>. Sharp Williams Discusses Pres Rooserelfs ?ut Sp*vU?l Me* ?ad Points Oat the Recomm.n That Democrat? Will Sup 8*sd VYItlctrThey tfc 111 Oppoee. Washington. Msrch 21.? Reureson tatlve John Sharp Williams of Mil* ppl, as loedet of the minority In house of representatives '^nlsht to the press a written state* form In* precisely the sttitude ?sff the Democratic party In the house lesjtolation urged by Prcsl Roosevelt In his message to con at the presssnt session, statement describe* what Re psjhllcsn !es1 Nation tho Democrats eW support, whst they will oppose fssi what oor^eeeston they demand on part of the majority as the price eaf retraining from an o/sjanised fill r througtttout the remainder of Mr. Williams opened his 4 ay* saying: aae things to the president's re are so Immediately Im to the interests of the entire is to pass the bounds of par Ip and to- make It excusable If necessary for me to say sotne coeeemlne; them, wtth the view feftosj ,tae president hlm?%1f ind ??aagy melin+d Republican mem? bers cf the htfuse and the eouniry of the support and endoreement or the easy a si Don of the Democratic rr Inert ? t?. |n so far as the things urged by tarn preeldeat are pood things I would assre the country to know that all he lane ts do is to Jeltvee SO or ?B Re Iran hcose erase la favor of th?m ceettfersed with the so'.'d Dem i de voese will pat them through M p'. Mr WMisasse **?ee the 'o lowing esses ernten win "com id etmalhv the solid Democratic lemaaJUBtloaaf lines:4 pahHeatkm of. easapalgn prohibition of child hv %** In the District of Columbia and. a^e las Utes las; an employers liability laser, drawn to eonform to the recent ?astolon es? the supreme eourt; fed? eral tyebJrtty to government employes; to prohibit the Issuance of In without notice to the party ejsxpisned: removal of vhe jtarfffen wood jaths, and printing paper; Impost, ttoai ot; % federal charge for every ,*/a toe power right granted an a naslga I Those principles and m ?saure* irg hy the president with which Mr. ee minority leader, takes are enumerate aa follows: penalising ef the boycott; the of the attorney general to nora Feoelseis when a common ear? ls thrown Into the hands of a rc saodtiloatlon of the Sher aatl-trust law so as to permit n limitation the maintenance of and , the making of trade ate bstween combinations of SSrprUI; ths appetntmcrCof a commit to prepare data tor a nvision of ? tirtsT. Mr Wilhams frankly stetee that he ?et know whether a maj' r.ty of minority r?v>rs the creation of a sal waterways comnds?tort. aV?f* rrrag to theh president's d-tU teat child labor ought to be letted throughout ths nation, and recommendation that "at least a child labor bill ahould be pass fbt the District of Columbia." Mr. aaye: ?Child labor ahould be prohibited rousrhout'the nation, but the States i the *ile authc rities having conni 1 power to prohibit It. If those could protect the children on ths d, end through them the genera s te some, would waste lees of time In the useless agitation for tsrealtd and unconstitutional federal toajlslatlon and would Jevete more of r rime In the several States, It iM be better for all. But the pres? et right In saylnt that we can ?ot for the District of Columbia, .,nd Per the Territories as Well, and that ere ought to do It" Commending ths president for his reroirme nd.?U >n of the "Immediate reenartment of an employers' liabil? ity law," Mr. Williams aays: ?"Thero Is no excjso for the dedav on the part of the Republicsns of the house Judiciary committee to report an employers' .lability law. Their delay at least arises. If it doe* not Justify, a suspicion that they are hav? ing a lot of uaeloss hearings simply for the purpose )t using the btl' as s hoffer to pre.vent the serious consider? ation of other bills b? fore the com anlttee. For exampls the Clayton bill to put an end to temporary rewtrlin? ing orders .f courts Intalllating State laws, and tho various bills thi-re pending to recugilxe the police p ?w ssrs of the Htntcs In dealing with al? coholic stimulants when Introduced Into prohibition territory. I have given, notice In the house that no legislation I be enacted by unai iftsajsaaj con t until an employers' llablliry bill to at least report?d for the considera? tion of the h<tu?e " Respecting the pending bill, t ? pre t the Issuing of Injunctlcns wlth prlor opportunity fer ths enjoin* I |y to be heard the minority leader ?Of ?ouree. I Like It that no body wlU understand the president or me to mean tbat there should be any limit upon temporary restraining or? der* when intended to prevent the im? mediate destruction of property, life of limb. When I *ay property 1 do not mean judicially construed 'prop? erty right*' " One of the most vigorous portions of Mr. Williams' statement regards the boycott. After quoting the presi? dent's declaration that "nothing should be done to legalise a blacklist or boy? cott ?hat would be Illegal at common law," Mr. Williams says: "It Is a sad commentary upon this utterance of his that while the fed oral courts have held that a boycott is a' combination In restraint of trade and therefore Illegal, they have vir? tually upheld the employer In his as? sertion of a right to blacklist; because the federal courts went so fa* as to say that because tit i emploter h id a right to discharge without giving anv notice fit all? therefore he had a right to discharge because the discharged, man was a member of a labor union. It Is a poor rule that does not werk both wave. Another decision of a federal eouit?-the decision of Judge Gould? has gone so far as tc say that a !abor man's newapaper should not publish the name of a Arm under the heeding 'We Don't Patronise' A man has a right to nation lie if n??t pat? ronise anybody, according to his itwn sweet will, and be therefore h'*s the right to publish those wli -m he does not patrcntse." The president's recommendation of a law to place wood pulp on the free list, "with a corresponding reduction upon paper made from wood *pulp, when they come from any country that does not put an export duty upon them,-' meets with Mr. Williams' ap? proval, "except that It does not go quite far enough. Not orly ought wood pulp :o he placed upon th* free list." he says, "hut print paper ought to be placed there also. The publish? ers will not he very much benedtted by the placing of wood pulp upon the free lie* If there be only a slight reduction ot the duty upon print pa 'There are other things In th? pres? ident's message," says Mr. Williams "Which one might naturally expect, considering hi* education In the hn?. of Hamiltontsm and his t n.ktndes toward federalism, canno* meet with Democratic approval. One la his Idea that the attorney general mpresent 1ng the government should hate the right to nominate receivers wbfi* * common carrier Is thrown In to the hands of a revolver. That right ought to n st In a court?not In the exocu ?.*e. 'The president's utterances con* cemir.g the anti-trust law are an In? dication of hin Inability to see that wtUeh will appear nlaln to a Demo? cratic mind, to wl That anything /approximating a p. /ate monopoly is Intolerable and undesirable In a free governtnent. His attempt and that of others to classify trusts ao g ?od trusts and bad trusts is abhorrent. There can be no euch thing as a good trust There may sometimes be a good tr*ast magnate who uses his powers benevolently, but the power Is too much fraught with danger to be vested In a few men. We ought sim? ply to provide that organisation* of labor and of worktngmen for the purpose of securing shorter hours of labor or higher pay or more equitable ireatmert shall net be construed to m*H within the Inhibition of any exit? ing law. "The president's Idea of letting tho substantial part cf the antl-tnt-t law remain as It I? but giving t< seme brinch of the executive government authoiity to determine when a trust is n good trust and when it is a bad one ?In effect to license one and to re? strain another?4a so very vicious in its ultimate effects if adopted that it would seem that no friend of a well ordered government could stand for It "As to the president's proposition for tariff revision by consideration at the hands of a commission composed of members of the house and senate and so-callled 'experts,' it Is both cumb ?rsom? and useless. The very best possible tariff commission is a com? mission consisting of the representa? tives of the people selected by the people In the Interest of the people. Evtn ttu-t body has too manv men selected by private interests 'n the Interest of private interests. If the Republican party canrot furnish a ways and means committee with suf? ficient intel'igence to revise the tariff then it will surrender the relne of power to us of the mlnorltv and let us 8S3 whether we can cr not." Death Was on Ills Heels. ?Ji'hsc P. Morris, of Skippers, Va., had I cl ise caU In the spring of 1301. Ho rays: "An attack of pneumonia left me so weak and with such a fearful cough thut my friends declar? ed consumption had me. and death was On my hooks. Then I was por Huaded to try Dr. King's New Dis? covery. It helped m.? imme liatelv, and after t.iklog two and a half bot? tles 1 was a well man again. 1 found out that New I >ixe< > verv is the best remedy for cougl a and lung disease In all the world." Sold under guaran? ty- :it Slbert's Drug Store. $0e. and II. Trial b>ttl? free. Private rights must yield to public convenience In case of necessity AN IMPORTANT DECISION A CIRCUIT .JUDG<; CAN .PlTXltll FOR AN INTERFERE*'!'*:. Supremo Court of South Carolina Holds It is in Jurisdiction to Handle Cases Tempering With .lim-r?. The supreme eoi rt rend.if 1 Ml i littfUffatt) i1?*chh*n 'in* v holding the right of a circuit judge to pun? ish (' r ooriempt anv one v.h> at? tempts to improperly influence, by personal means, the conduct cf a petit j Juror. The case was that of L. J. | Moore and T. J. Blalock, of I.aurens countj, who were accused of attempt- | lng to Influence jurors In the casa of O. Wash Hunter, on trial for murder. It will be recalled that afb r several trials In Laurcns county, where both Hunter and his victim have large family connections, th's case was re? moved to Greenwood and the trial there recently resulted ;n a conviction, It seems that In the Spring of 1307 J. K. Templeton was drawn as petit Juror in Laurens county for the ap? proaching term cf court at whfch It was expected that the Hunter case would be tried. Templeton made an affidavit which was presented to the trial judge, Judge Watts, at that term of court, thc.t caused the judge to issue a rule to show cause wrry L#u dle J. Moore and Thomas J. Blalock should not be attached for contempt cf court for Interfering or attempting to interfere with a Juror in the dis? charge of his duty. The order was msde returnable bafcie the judge presiding at the next term of co'irt for Laufens county and whs argued before Judge Faruo/t -."tary. who ad Judged Moore am! Ill iloek guilty of contempt and Imposed a fine of fifty dollars on each and In default of pay? ment Imprisonment in jail until they had purged themselves of contempt. An appeal was taken to the supreme court. The supreme court, in the opinion by Justice Jones, declares that this is a prccee ling in criminal contempt and the court cannot review the questions of fact; that It must only Inquire as to the jurisdiction of the court and as to whether there was error of law. T*ie jurisdiction of the court, however, wae not disputed, and the court than directs Its attention to the question, show contempt; for If there was no such evidence, there was er? ror of law. The affidavit of J. K. Templeton is >reproduc-a<T in the opinion of the court. He swears that he was drown as Juror for the May term, 190;, and tliot he was approached bv Tom Mtalcck and asked to favor Blalock's friend, O. Wash Hunter, on hii trial for murder; that he replied that he did not know whether h ? w ?nld be on the Jury but that he would listen to the1 evidence and go theretv. Later tudle Mcore approached him anl ais-? ?ked him to do all he could for Hunt? er and he made the same reply as to Blalock. The supreme court holds, from this affidavit, that there was evidence of nn attempt to Influence a jurot, cal? culated to obstruct justice. Such conduct, says the court, is punisha? ble as contempt -it \n not Essential that this conduct be made in sh<r pres? ence of the court It was contended for the appellants that this 1s an In dlctable offense and that appellants are not amenable for contempt but should have been given a trial by jury. The court holds that the statute In question forbids an attempt to cor? rupt a Juror by presents or bribery and does not strictly apply to an attempt to exercise personal Influence The offense punishable under the stat? ute Is not the precise offense in this case. Therefore the judgment of the lower court Is affirmed. II) Got What H? Needed. ?"Nine years ago It looked as If my time had come," says Mr. C Farthing, of Mill Creek, Ind. Ter. " was so run down that life hung cn a very slender thread. It was then mi druggist recommended. Electric Bit ters. I bought a bottle and I got what I needed?sttengtti. I had one fne-t In the grave but Eleccric Bit ters put it back on the turf agnin and I've beer; well evsr since." ?old under guarantee at Slbert's Drug Store. 60c. A mar. may have one foot In the grave end ItlH do a lot of kicking with the other one. "One Touch of Nature Mokes tls Whole World Kin." ?When a rooster finds a big fa worm he calls all the hens In the farm yard to come and share It. A ?rfmlHr trait of human nature, la to he observed when a man discovers somt thing exceptionally good?he Want all his friends and neighbors to shar the benefits of his discovery. This is tho touch of natura that makes the Wholt world kin. This explains whv people who have been cured by Cham? berlain's Cough Remedy write letters to the manufacttiroiT. for publication, that others similarly ailing may also use It and obtain relief. Behind ev? ery one of these letters is a warm hearted wish of the writer to be of use to someone else. This remedy is for sale by all druggists. There are nearly 1,000,000 sub? scribers' telephones In operation in the United States. 0| one for every 18 persor.s '.n the country. Let your relations be manful. FOR AUTOMATIC DIVORCE. FTench Senate Concurs in Bill Pass? ed by Deputies. Paris, March 24.?The Senate ha* concurred, by an overwhelming ir.ai ority, in the bill recently passed by the Chamber of Deputies to convert automatically a decree oi sepgration into a divorce at the end of three years when either party in tho separa? tion requests it. The const mtly growing number of divorces in France ?ince the restora? tion of the divorce law in 18S6 (n.ar mariages having been indissoluble throughout French history except from the beginning of the revolution to the <bf-toration on 1816) has bee i tnoh subject recently of an Intensely ir teresting and latter controversy Paul Bovrget, as the champion of the traditional indissoluble union, pr? eipitated it with hit problem p'ay. "A Divorce" in which he pottrayed the wreck following the sop iration of parents. Tho dispute to ?k wide ran**- In l>o newspapers and a "referendum" ?va* held e.t the theatre where the rlay was given. A statement attributed, to M. Briand, now minist? r of Justice, in favir of "trhy marriages,' but which the minister repudiated, add ??[ p* ??. ar.cy to the controversy Mt;n tint1 women?married, unmarried an-1 di? vorced, old and young, car;'c fforwftt I gml tcld pathetic stc rles of life trage? dies ir jupp ?rt ->f their c? Mention*. In the end the fr?-nds of irrealer freedom of union and disunion had the better of it In Purl! in * nt. tho "referendum" and the public prints. M. Bourget, v/hile reaWi-mag his irreconcilable opposition to the prin? ciple of divorce, says he is not surpris? ed either at the Senate's a*tl:>n or the expression of public opir.'on. ' A* a student of moril sclent*.** said. "I long ago foresaw what Franko was comnir.g to. Wo are hurrying to wnrd 'free,urion.' France as demon? strated by the polemic which has just closed is divided lntc two camps? one, the fcobhr, opposes dlvrco; iho the other. th4 st* mger favors free union. The r.ew law voted by the Senate is the first step, f ?r it freukly es? tablishes divorce upon the demand of husband or wife?a principle not only contrary to morality, but con? trary to the rules of society "As a Frenchman I am profcundly grieved to witness this further ster. into the abyss." Chamberlain's Has the Preference. ?Mr. Fred. C. Hanrahan. a prom? inent druggist of Portsmouth. Va? cays: '-.For the past six years I have sold and recommended Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, it is a great remedy and one of the best netent medicines *on the market. I handle oome others for the same purposes that pay me a larger pro At. but this remedy is oo sure to effect a cure, and {ny customer so certain to appreciate my recommending It to him, that I give it the preference." For sale by all druggists. A lovebird, no larger than a ca? nary, has taught ?tselff to speuk as ilu ently and as dlstlctly as the best of talking parrots at the village of Am blctlde.?London Dally Mall. For Constipation. ?Mr. L. H. Farnham, a prominent druggist of Spirit Lake, Iowa, says: "Chamberlain's Stomach and . Liver Tablets are certainly the best thing on the market for constipation." Give these tablets a trial. Tou arc certain to find them agreeably and pleasant In effect. Price 25 cents. Samples free. . For sale by all druggists. We live ar-d leam until we are forty, and then we ll\e and unlearn. A Healing Salve for Burns, Chapped Hands and Sore Nipples. ?As a healing salve for burns, sores, sore nipples and chapped hands Chamberlain's Salve Is r >st excellent. It allays the pain of a burn almost in? stantly, and unless the Injury is very severe, hee.ls the parts without leav? ing a scar. Price 25 cents. For sale by all druggists. A man isn't absolutely a fool un? less he can be fooled the same way twice Rheumatic Pains Rollet ed. ?Mr. Thomas Stenton, postmn^ter of Pontypool, Ont., writes: "For the past eight years I suffered from rheu? matic pains, and during that time I used many different liniments and remedies for the cure of rheumatism. Last summer I procured a battle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and got more relief from It than anything I have ev.^r used, and ch?erfullv recom? mend this liniment to all sufferers from rheumatic prdns." For rale by all drugg.'sts. it is possible for z y>ung man to be so fast that he never gels to the front. Plenty off Trouble * Is caused by stagnation of the liver and bowels TV get rid of it and headache and blltouenesj and the poi? son that brings jaundice, tak-> Dr. King's* New Ufa Pills, the reliable pu? rifiers that do the work without grip? ing. 35c at ?Slhert's Drug Store. He who doeth Iniquity shall net have equity. ?Folcy's Ortno Laxative Is best for women and children. Us mihi action and pleasant taste makes It preferable to violent purgatives, such as pills, tablets, etc. Cures constipation. Sl bert's Drug Store. I'MimtMiimiimiiiiiimiiiiiiiiniiinii'iimiiiMiiMiiiimiiiiH nnimMiBiimuHiiiiiiiimrniMHriiiiMiwuiuiniiiini?iiiii"iMni!iiiii"i;'iiii ?Vege table Preparation for As - similatirtg ttj?ToodandRe?ula^ ting the Stomachs aMBowels of Imams < hildhi \ Promotesl^estion,Cl?rfij! ness arvd BesLContains neither OpninirMorphine nor Mmeral. Kot Narcotic. a perfect Remedy for Constipa? tion, Sour Stoniach.Diarrrjoea, Worms .Convulsions Jeverish oess ami Loss of Sleep. Yac Sunde Signature of NEW "YORK. AI I) iiiiinllts < > 1 d OS1 s IMS EXACT COPTOT WRAPPER. CftSTORIA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA Y*? OINTAUR ?MMNV, NCW VMM ?TT. 4 I> Upen gar? situation! Columrla, Match 25.?There wa* much speculation today as to, the ef? fect on the South Carolina d*?pensnry case of the decision of the United States supreme court, published to? day, in the North Carolina and Min? nesota rate cases. The attorney gen? eral was not In the city today and his view of the matter could not be ob? tained. While the cases which went up from North Carolina and Minne? sota are different In several respects from the South Carolina case now pending before Judge Pritchard, it li evident that the decision of the feder? al supreme court in thc*.?i cases dis plays a tendency of that court to broaden the powers of the federal ju? diciary and to disregard the matter of State's right3. The protesting ml-( nority opinion of Judge Harlan brings out that fact veYy cUarty. It is al6o most lkely that whatever the legal ef? fect of the decision may ce, *he moral effect is not going to be fa>oraole the position assumed by the attorneys for the Stale, an I It is n it now con side red likely ths< Judge Pritcluud will recede from his position. Tho motion to vacate his orders is to be argued before him at A-dievnle on the 27th in.?Unt. and his lec'fclon cn the motion may be ixpected without de? lay as the other matters Involved are to be argued within a few d?vs follow ing'ng this hearing if the orders are to stand. Counsel for the State have already Infc rmei Judge Pr:tcliar I that if he does not vacate his orders they will advise the dispensary commission, or what is left of the commission, to obey the mandate of the State su? preme emit, i:d not tha: ??| th" fed? eral clrcu't cocrt, in which case the members of the commission will place thrmselves in contempt ol Judge Pritchard's court, and if the proced? ure in the Minnesota case is followed the at.torne\s may thems* lve.3 be In contempt, as the attorney general was In that case ruled for contempt of the federal court because of his hav? ing instituted in the .State court a mandamus proceeding to compel oft*. ? cere of the State to vl date the ordt|s cf the federal court. Attorney Gen? eral Lyon has taken much rhe same position in this case. Of course, the fundamental uueettoll is whecher or not the. federal court has jurisdiction at all, am! the <on:?n* tlon ot the St*e ef South Carolina is that the federal court has not Juris? diction on the ground that the ac? tions instituted by the whiskey, houses are sui s agi'nst th? State On this same ground Justice HarAn protested against the decision of the majority In the^e other cases. Another point ? f dlTere*K>? is that the act of the legislature in the South Carolina case ha* been construed by the State supreme court, and it is held the feJsral supreme court fellows the decisions of the Stat? supreme courts in construction of State laws, vrherosyi in these cises from North Carolina and Minnesota t'.'.e cases did not go before the State supreme courts, but before inferior State tribunate. It is also generally recognised that while the decisions published today Indicate the supreme court's tendency to get away from the doctrine of State's rights, thai tendency will be still further emphasized if the su? preme court should uphold the Posi? tion of Judge Pritchard in thtt South Caroll.m case, as admittedly there is better grovnd for Invoking the doc trine in thlr case than in the others just decided.?Correso>i Jenes News and Courier. A STRONG STORY. 1 An Onion That is Not an Onion, Sine* it Lacks the BisUnct and Offensive Odor. "Wing Hop, a Chinese gardner, who owns a snail truck farm near Fresno. Cal., has made the startling announce? ment that he has out-Purbanke t Burb&ak, and produced an odorless onion. , For years Hop, who form* rly werk - ed for Burbank, has been experiment? ing to produce an onion which would ha\e ill the taste and Dther qualifica? tions of the normal vegetable, but would be free of the disagreeable [Odor offensive to many persons. Now he asert* he has succeeded, and his contention is borne out by the state? ment of his neighbors. For You. If you are in the market for a Pi? ano, Organ or Sewing Machine see or write me, and I will give you more for your money than any od* else. Call and see "The Best** Beautiful Upright Piano from Slit up. New Home Sewing Machine from $27 up. Organs from $30 up. Old pianos, organs and sewing ma chines taken in exchange. New ones sold on easy terms. Repairs of all kinds done, and sup. plies of all kinds furnished. Write for prices. Office telephone No. 181, resident telephone No. 162. M. B. HANDLE, Manager, 10 West Liberty Street, Sumter, S. O. 9-25-ly KILL the COUCH and CURE ths LUNGS with Dr. King's New Discovery PRICE * * $1. eJajS j and all throat an 0 lung troubles. FOR CSHgl"8 t^W~ GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY OR MONEY REFUNDED. PATENTS PROCUREDAND DrrKNDCD. drawing or photo, for expert search and tree reporv Free adVloe, how to obtain patent*, trade marhn, Copyright?, etc. |N ALL COUNTRICR. Business dirert with Washington saves time,] money and often the patent. Patent and Infringement Practice Exclusively. Write or come to a* at ft IS Hlnth Sir?*, opp Vattea States ***** 0Ac?, WAgMINQTON, D. C._ GASNOWJ