Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WKMOTHATH CONCEDK THAT BRYAN WILL BK NOMINATED. iC Haosilng Rooeevett on' the floor of C?> agrees hi ? Pipali.* r?tm of t mi Pre**nt?Represent aitve RealTe Contribution Wo* l.n %M4aftniii?,?Bryan Make? a Hli With the Irhvh. Washington March II.?Tho house Ihto week wa* tho scene of a severe at Maate witty arraign merit of the president, delivered by Represent? ative Beall of Texas, who declared that It were better that no legislation ha passed, cr that legislation as crude aa the railway rate bm when It went from the he use to the senate be plac g*wd area the Ma totes than that the ^ f real dent should usvrp the legislative functions of congress and dictate the Coarse of the majority la the national legislature. Mo declared that congress area no longer a legislative department ?I tho government, but had deg.-ne ^rated hrto "a machine to record the ^VlM the men at the other end of the avenue" After reviewing the tkn to which the preslrHnt driven his party In ccng"?*?. and showing the Incapacity and unwilling oeea of the Republican leaders In ? ?CBgrvaa In carry oj? the win n ihe I people. Mr. Beall said that "A more disgraceful exhlbiUon of the abdica Moo of power by one *>t the great de pertmenta of tho government was nev? er given to the people, and 4 more eUeg tasting usurpation of power was ?over witnessed by any nation." Oon p^Oiadiag. the aloqueut Texan para ah mead the book of Solomon, saying among other things of the president "Me te both a broncho boater and a rnaet hostet, the difference being that whea ho break? a broncho ho bllnd _ faads the horse arid whan ho starts to P tee* a trust ho b'tndfolda himself. Ha la nolle la his affections. In tho White Roase oode book of 1104 Xlar thaaart'a name waa donation;' in 1101 at m 'damnation.' - see Representative . John Sharj Wll " Haan? announced his purpose, one day that week, to Introduce a reeduiicn of Inquiry to Investigate the extent to which the are*t*lent had hauled Renr reeentalrve Di^k-ima or Michigan over tho eoala because of tho character of aha repeat* which a sub-committee ^ of which afr. Dtekama la chairman had made In tho case of Judge Wll fley of tho United tea tea court of It has aeon reported In a local paper that this report severe I v aaoavrsi Judge WlMey aad later that tho president had severely scored tho chairman of the sub-committee. Mr. Dtekaaaa arose In tho house, how? ever, and declared that tho president had not hauled him over the coals at all hot had merely called hla alien - teen to the* fact that If Judge Wll* auy were acored It would ao Injure hla prestige In China as practica!! y to and his usefulness there Tho fact Is, every unprejudiced observer believes that Judge Wllney doairvta the high? est con mm Watlon, Instead of **eo ante for hla course In China, but Mr. Williams took the ground that entire ty agaart from the merits o fthe caaa, the president should do nothing t? coerce the members of a ?)etml*te? of con areas a point which earn ?t be controverted. Mr. Dlekama's expla? nation that the newspaper story waa tali a however, cleared the situation, see Wlljftam J. Bryan la In Washington and] ho has made a great hit with the Irish by attending a banquet given by the Ancient Order of Hibernians at which he spoke, boasting of the fact that his ancestors were Irish and giv? ing high pralae to the Catholic church for Its benlAcent wotk la this ard oth? er countries. To the politicians the moat Interesting nSd significant fea? ture of Mr. Bryan t visit was his long conference with Bourks Cochran with whom he walked to the Capitol. Mr Bryan would throw no light on his conference with the eloquent New Yorker who has just been read out of Tammany Hall. The Peerless Lead? er vlsted the house and his coming was the occasion of an enth:*stu?tlc the ugh 'nfcrmal reception In the room reserved ft r the recoptl-r? of members of the press, on the Demo? cratic sid? ? f the hoaae. I g ? There la comment In some quartets away frcm Washington because thtre \m so little wr'tt ?n from here of Democratic politics, but there Is n al? ly very little to write. The Demo? crats In congress seem to be aln.tst unanimously ?f the opinion that Mr. Bryan will be nominated ind th*i reports which reach here from the va? rious ntstes certainly show a remark? able rtrength f >r the gTeat Nebras? kas occasionally, of course, there Is talk ?f corns other candidates. A Mln n ceo tan will talk enthusiastically of Johnson, or a New Yorker of Grey, and because there Is ao llttie doing in a political way, their interviewe re? ceive a promt nonce In the prrta to which they are by no meuns entitled. There la. obvtowaly. a faction In the Democratic party whose cry. la 'Any one but Biyan," precisely at in the Republican psrty there I* a faction whose cry la "Anyone but Tnfi," but fa both parties It la the same sor: of ^-'-. a faction, the conservative, let-well* cncugh-alone crowd, and this seems to be a bad year for that aort of a crowd. The Democrats tri 3d the con? servative candidate fo.ir ve:irs ago when they accepted Judge Patker at the dictation of the .Mew York lead* rs, but they do not teem dispos-1 to re? peat tho experlmtnt. For a time it lookid as If It w.is anv man's game In the Republican party and certainly the antl-Roosevelt, anti Taft faction did Include some of the loudest sh outers In the party. But as the days go by they demonstrate that their capacity ends with shouting t nd that they are not the men who control tho party or who can capture the delegates. Senator Foraker still talks of his showing- and of the num? ber of delegates ho will have, but sen tiblc men only listen and laugh. NO PI.ANTATIOV IIT FortLICXERS Augusta Receives Denlul From Eng* l?<ul of Rumor That Immense Plan tatlon Was to Be Established In This Country. The British Cotton Growers Asso? ciation, of Manche..ter, Eng'.a-.d, has Leen making an adc for the past two : ears over the fact that ?voy are go? ing to buy a large area of many thousands of acres to grow cotton %j supply England. The as.-nci-.tion is largely made up of Manchester mill c wners. Recently the ar.nouncsment w;is made In an English paper tint thla plantation would be established In Mississippi, on the ilver. Mr. N L. Willst, if this city, who has b.en In touch with the association, wrote to thfin recently to know the trut.'i of the matter. He received the fol? lowing latter a far days ago; ??Manchester, Eng., March ?. 1908.? Mr. N. I* Wlllett?Dear Sir-. The pro? posed plantation la not likely to be established. signed) "Arno Schmidt, "Secretary. "22 St. Mary's Gate." , The cotton growers of the South have viewed with some apprehen? sion the fact of some wealthy concern like the British Cotton Growers' As? se elation coming to America and en? raging In growing cotton on a large hcala. Int view of the fact that these X*oplo were Jmmersely wealthy and had sent agents to America and an? nouncement had been mada that a plantation had pten bought, the above letter from England becomes a mattsr of most general interest.?Au? gusta Chronicle. MAY KILL JUG TllADF Y1T Senate Commit! * Ftntls Solution of Perplexing Question. Washington. April 1 ?The rub* committee of the senat* judiciary comm'mttee thinks that it has mi last de vise 1 a plan which will seriously in* terftre with the shipment of l<qu**r from another state tnt.? a prohibition Ptat-v The committee has practically agreed to ro^ort a bill, the gist of which la that express companies shall le restrained fr ?m handling liquor shipments contlgncl to prohibition Staiee. This Is sought to be accomplished by making It unlawful for ezptess t >mi??nl ?s to act as agents either for the consigner or the consignee. 3omo States already have a law of this kind, ft is held t>at If express companies can be prevented from transportin-; lottery tickets they can also be in? hibit* 1 ftom carrying ?Iquor. Thj eiib-Jud'clary committee concluded some time ago that shipments of l|. Quor Into prohobitton States could n ?t r??* prevent**J by sul j^cilng such ship* ments to the pollee r?gulall*<ns'*Df t>3 ?late* j?nd K1 a revolt ail hill* pre? dicated Up? thai principle were rs > C?ed. MOI1E 1NDISCHKET TALK. Lyon's Comment on Judge IVtteliard' Course. Savansvah, March 29.?Attorney General J. Fr?ser Lyon, of South Car? olina, cams to Savannah yesterday for a conference with Hon W. W. Os borne and Hon. Alex. Lawrence, who are representing some of the claim snts In the Se uth Carolina dlsi>3,ijary wrangle. The nature of the confer ence Is not made public. Referring t<? the action of Federal Judge Prllchard In taklrg possession of the funds appropriated for the use of the attorney genet al's office In fer tettng out the dispensary trouble, and In placing them In the hands of receivers, Mr. Lyon said: "Nothing suits the grafters better, and the action of the judge In thus interfering with tho affairs of the State has so encouraged then and given them more backbone that It has In? jured ocr cause greatly. I feel sur> the supreme court of the United States, ttlll not uphold Judre Prltchird in his Interference with the dispensary fight" "The longest sentence 1 ever heard.'' said the reminiscent old con? gressman, *wi?s in an a Idress by? "Evaxts, of course." "It wns-n't b* Evarts, but a judge that 1 knew " "And how long was it? 1 ".?? or life.*' ? Philadelphia Ledger. GOeiD WOJtK BY CI.EMSOV. Fht Investigations of Contagious und Infectious Discuses of Animals. The majority of st:'k owners dc not know that this State provides for the Investigation of contagious and infectious diseases and consequently there la an unnecetsary ioss of many animals each year. Some of these animal diseases are also communica? ble and fatal to man, and, therefore the appearance of any disease of suspicious character should 'bo promptly reported to tho State vet? erinarian. All letters asking for in? formation regaiding non-contagious diseases of animals will bo promptly* answered, but owners are requested to fully describe the symptoms of the disease. Observe the following rules in reoacstlug Investigations: Rule 1 All notices of contagious or infectious diseases sh&'.l be sent to* Vet-rlrafian, clcmson College?, S. 0." Rule 2. When two or more reputa? ble eil Isens of any county in thin State ?.hall notify said vcterir%iian that any animals In their count/ are af? fected with a contagious disease, the tendency of which Is to cause the death of tuen animals, he Will investi? gate the samo or cause in Invrstiga lion thereof to be male Such no? tices should also state the numb-r iff animals sick, the number exposed |u the Infection and the numter d? ad. or It should contain such other in? formation ns may Indicate that the disease in question is contagious or infectious and one that pan be legal? ly Investigated under tho law. Rule 3. When said notice shows that the disease Is contagious or in? fectious an investigation will b?i made. Investigations will be made in the order notices are received when this 's practicable; otherwise hey will be made In order of importance c r according to locution. Rule 4. Persons requesting Inspec? tions should hold tb< animals in read incas. awaiting the arrival of the vet? erinarian or assistant veterinarian, und be present to give the required information and assistance. Ru!o F The veterinarian, when re? quested, will furnish blanks on which to make reports. All letters of In? quiry asking for lrformation ?egvd ing animal diseases will be answeitd as soon after their receipt as may be found practicable. Rule 6. In accordance with Sec tlon 5, of 'he act of Fob. 9, 1901, Clemson College will pay the neces? sary exrjenees of the veterinarian, or assistant veterinarian, In making in? spect to na where animals ore affected with contagious diseases. The owner is expected to provided transportation to and from the railway station and furnish all necessary labor and focc. while the animals are being tested or are in quarantine. Rule 7. If an Inspection has ?eeu rcquested and the sick animals dl? or recover before the arrival cf the in? spector, tho person requesting the in? spection must notify the veterinarian \NTI-SsDOON TEAGCE He v. Mr. Jfarley Chose n Superintend? ent of the Organization fn South Carolina?W ill Attuuie Duties at Oace. Spartnnturg, March 30?Rev. J. L Harley it the South Carolina Me tho cist conference, und pat tor of St Paul,* church at Greenville, has been elected surerlnttmU nt cf the At ti Saloon league of South Carolina and will take up his work in this connec? tion at once. Bishop ;.!or ism ?f the Methodist church haa approved his accepting the work, authorising him to take up his new duties as soon as elected. His election was by the ex? ecutive committee of the Ar.tl-Salpon league at a meeting, held in Green? ville this afternoon, and his commis? sion comes from the national organi? sation. State-wide prohibition is the purpose of the organization lr. this State. Mr. Hai ley, who Is in Sj artanburg tonight, says his first work will ba e'one in Union thfs week. He will move his family to Spartanburg. COLEMAN LODGED IX JAIL. Negro Who Shot Mr. A. L. Orrell, at D ittinv'te. t. Caught bv >e-yrn. Darlington, April 2.? Sam Coleman, tho negro who day before yesterday fchot Mr. A. L. Crrell during a scuffle e ver the poss?-ssl ?n if a pit-vd, was M)*ietM?*d l?-lay and I? n^w in Jt.*1 st ttlti place. Incoming tired anc* hungry the ne gri wein t?i a gegro house tear where the ej. s. and N. II, II, OtmasuS Pet-Dee River this in Tiling and Mkod for I Something to eat ar.d for permlseion ? to sleep during the day. The negro j woman grrlll a messago h>' her dateght ,ct to Mr. Clinton?, sicthm f ?r?man for ||h.i Attanlic '??a-t Line Railroad I Ceonpanv. wh ? Wk1 at vv??rk on the raili. aJ n??t far aw.tv. Informing him ? ?f the presence of the negro in her house. Grant Tit it-*, one ?f the ne gro?'s w irking for Mr. iltttmorWi i?ff?*r ed t'? effect the cap*, io if the fui;l ttve If given a pistol, wbleh era* i done. CRITICAL PHASE IX NFC.OTIX TIOXS REACHED. Our Relations With Venezuela Strain? ed?Correspondence in Affair Laid Before the Senate?Tentative Pro? grumme Arranged by Committee. Washington, March 31.?The long expected correspondence between America and Venezuela respecting pending American claims against the latter country was submitted to tho senate to-day and almost certain tu create a profound impression. It will be difficult to digest the vast mass of material which Secretary Root ha* placed before congress, but even a cursory inspection of the documents makes it evident that the negotia? tions have reached a critical place. The president's rellzation of that fact is ahown by his transmission of the matter to the penate without any com? ment regarding the corespondence and especially Secretary Root's strong presentation of the American ca&e as sufficient to enlist the attention of congrtss. All the correspondence and docu? ments were refered to the senate commute on foreign relation*. Those members if the committee who have already familiarized them r? ives with the situation have arrang? ed tentatively a programme which consists jf three propositions, as fol? lows: Place a prohibitive tariff on Vene? zuelan coffee, the exports of which constitute 54 per cent, of the entire Venezuelan foreign trade and 90 por cent of the coffee Is taken by the United States. Exclude all importation of nsp.ialt from Lake Bermudez, the product of which ahs been taken almost entirely ty the United States. Authorize the president to exercise the general pow? er Invested In him to take whatever ktops he may consider necessary to treat with Venezuela in the future. nl a letter to Minister Russell on Fob. 28, 1P07. Secretary Rooct re? viewed the difficulties enoount. red by the various American claimants and instructed Mr Russell to demand remedy and redress Tho letb r con? cluded with this statement. "You arc instructed to bring t!.es several causes o' complaint to the immediate and serious dttentten oi tho Venezuelan government and to Insist that the government to which it u are accredited shall give each und cvoiy demand herein *et f rtr. immediate consideration." COTTON HELD IN ANDERSON. Farmers of the County Said to Hnv? 23,000 Bales on Hand Now. Anderson, March 31.?Mr. T. T. Wakefleld, manager of the Farmers' Union Cotton Warehouse, has receiv? ed a letter from a farmer in South Georgia asking as to the truth >f a report circulated In that aection to the effect that the farmers of South Carolina, and of Ardcrson county In particular, had become discouraged with holding their cotton and w*r.? throwing their cott?n on the m*wk?t at hte present low price. Mr. Wake mid replied at once that there wa-? no truth in the report. "We have now 5,000 bales In the Union Warehouse. In addition to tMa ihero is a lot of *?otton **cred In mill warehouses in the city, aome of the mills allowing their farmers to use their warehouses. There are al? together a little more than 10,000 bales of cotton stored In the ware? houses in this city. "And many farmers have cotton, on their farms. You can see cotton piled around many gin he uses in the coun? try and around many homes on the farms The farmers of Anderson county have on hand Oday about 23, (00 bales Df cotton or about one third of the last crop. And there ?oes not seem to bo the sllghtej-t dis? position to sell until the prlo goes up." SENATOR DAVIS FINED. rays 9Wk In Little Rock Police Court fur lh-tuibliig Hie l'i *i??'. Mut? R"ck, Am.. April 1.?Untle-I Stut-s Senator Jeffries Davis was fined 525 in police court lor'ay fo? disturb ing the peace. Tire fine was added for the senator's action in gitting a pis lol and appearing on the streets yes lerday evening. wh? re he haJ he* i attacked and beaten a few minute* tefore by Thomus Helm, leputv pros icutlrg attorney. It is alleged D*?Vl? Nourished the revolver aud n-^d ?hreats of taking a sh ?t ?t his fttitdg* mist, who hai vanished. Helm wa ?Ine 1 $10 for ajMUlt. Sampson Jones, colored, fell two ? torles while going up In the elevator cf the Clinton cotton mill,'now being constructed Monday afternoon. Hj ?\as dangerously injured in the head, trm ai> I b "te two men with him wt injured resident Roosevelt and that's to write ssage.?Jacksonville 500 Mile State Family Tickets $11.25 Good over the Atlantic Coast Line in each state for the head or dependent members of a family. Limited to one year from date of sale. 1000 Mile Interchangeable Individual Ticket $20.00. Good over the Atlantic Coast Line and 30 other lines in the Southeast aggregating 30,000 miles. Limited to one year from date of sale. 2000 Mile Firm Ticket $40.00. Good over the Atlantic Coast Line and 30 other lines in the Southeast aggregating 30,000 miles; for a manager or head of firm and employes limited to five but good for only one of such persons at a time. Limited to one year from date of sale. 1000 Mile Southern Interchangeable Indivi dual Ticket $25.6o. _ Good over the Atlantic Coast Line and 75 other lines in the Southeast aggregating 41,000 miles. Limited to one year from date of sale. All mileage tickets sold on and after April ist 1908 will not be honored for passage on trains, nor in checking baggage (except from non-agency stations and stations not open for the .sale of tickets) BUT MUST BE PRESENTED AT TICKET OFFICES AND THERE EXCHANGED FOR CONTINUOUS TICKETS. 15 Cents. Saved in passage fares by purchasing local ticket from our* Agents. ATLANTIC COAST LINE W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITE, Passenger Traffic Manager. , General Passenger Agt. WILMINGTGN, N. C. THE Bank of Sumter. Capital, $75,000 -:- Surplus, $47,000 i Does General Banking Business. Four Per f~ Gent. Interest, payable Quarterly, on Deposits_ in Savings Department -:- -:- -:- -: PROMPT ?ND COURTEOUS TREATMENT GUARANTEED. RICHARD I. MANNING, MARION MOISE, W. F. RHAME, President. Viet President. Cashier, CABBAGE AND BEET PLANTS. For the next few weeks I will fill all orders for cabbage sad beet plants at the following prices 11000 to 4000, $1.25; 6000 to 9000, $1.00; 10,000, 90c Special prices on larger lots. Cash with order or C. O. D. if prefered. We guarantee satisfaction and asfe delivery of plants. ^ I have nil of the leading varieties. The Early Jersev Wakefleld, tbe most popular early variety; The Charleston Wakefleld. a few daya later but very desirable for garden planting. In the later kind* I have Succession and Tbe Late Flate Dutch, both producing large flat heads. Plants now ready for shipment, uiy personal at attention given to all orders. W. F. CAKR, Meggetts, 8. C. , CANNON AFTER PAPER TRUST. ''peakcr Introduces Resolution Call? ing fir Information. Washington, April 2.?Speaker Can? non, as a member of the House, to i*ay Introduce! resolutions di'?H-tin/ lbs Attorney General and the Socre tary of Labor and Commerce to Inform the House wrhr.t rteps have been taken ty those departments to Investigate ihe action of the International Paper Company, of New York, and othei . -?rporailons supposed to be engage I in an effort to create a monopoly in print paper. In a statement Mr Can? non i*aid if the claims of tbe p.ib'i.'h (rs are correct the manufacturers of 1 aper are subject to penalty an I "theh trust" can be dissolve! in ihe United States courts. LaVr in the day Representative Chan>p 'Mark, of Missouri d?-n -un^ed Speaker Gannon and the twelve HlvRl* btra >f th? committee on \vu?s and means for peisistine in theii r? fu*al to bring in a bill placing w ?<? I pulp and white pri.it paper on ih?- fr e lift. He seid that the Kepi.b'n-m ilitors and publishers 'if they were worth the powder and shot t? kill them." would lash the Speaker, Chairmen Payne; ai.d th- Minr luhllcati? ?f the commits "if invv don't do it, he e?clulaied 'tl ? v ?ugtll to h ild their poac* and v?te tot ur In November." When a man rays to you, "Hera** tho political situation In a nutshell.** >ou are pretty safe in aettling ba k foe an hour's nap.?New York Mail Improved Cotton Seed Has your Cotton Seed ran ool? Are they nearly nil black need? Ds> you want seed that will add 10 to ? per. cent to yonr yield another year? Then write for circulate of Phillips* Improved seed. _ J. L. PHILLIPS, Orsugeburg, a a I $ tare DR. JOHN H. MORSE. VETERINARY SURGEON. OFFICE?111 1-2 W. Liberty Street. Office 'Phone 471. RESIDENCES?111 N. Main Street. Residence 'Phone 78. 9-25-9m _ CtASTORIA For Infants and Children. Tbe Kind You Hate Always Beef* Bears the Signature of 3STOTICE. A1J persons are hereby warne-t against trespassing on my lanis ei? ther walking or rid'ng. f 4-8-St A. J. GOODMAN.