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FUNDetST THINKS OF IT.
eot again In many
wat the people of South Carolina, have
wtta dum a mnai who la tho hand of
es ajlajantaa an undertaking as will bo
asass wann Jsmee Wilson, seore
of Anrleiiltare, goes to Sumter on
May I oa tho occasion of the msstlns
of Uta Travulers* Protective ? Aaaocta
stated In this corres
Mr. Wilson promised Oon
Lever several days ago that
weald go to ?umter. At first he
saying that ale pressing en
won id not permit him to
.leaves Was hl nerton while congress le la
and theft besides If he accepted
aavltatlon he wonld he wanted at
# an aaaasal commencements to come off
thee year. air. Lever, however, would
not take no for ale answer. He aeed
every aipusaest to persuade the eec
i rseai-yv ta viert South Carolina aad wag
Sanity auocesafuL
tStse vaaftt la really no ordtaary mat- I
?ea/ Mr. WUeasjl eta Hear atly dceUneo
alt ssjah ravitarleaej and has promised
%s ps to Sa aster only Mrjapei of the
that exJeos bstweea aim
tr. Lever. It wtH be a big
fbr the " Oasne Oeok- city,
large oowd should he oa hand.
Representative Lever has been
greatly aileata from his aceuetomed
peace In the house during the past
wee%. Hie enforced absence haa been
noted by many people, who have ask?
ew where ths little congressman from
South Carolina has gone. Wham told
Hait he wee 111 there have been aaaa
aapi Castons of regret aad sympathy.
Mr. Lever Is the friend of the nowe
and all of the southern
pease boys know there will be some
worth writing about when he to
He likes the newspaper men.
are fend of him. Hs has
reached the state whan he felt
too proud to come oat of the house
it for an aay that ha had ro
asked for It If he had none,
ever sent a newspaper man
aeray feellag aay other way than bet?
ter tor having seen him. Ha Is the
correspondent's friend always- P H.
McO. la The Newa aad Courier.
PARK ?1LL NOT DEAD.
of the Messsare Hope That
WS Tat
Waahlagton. April II.?Although!
reports have gone out that ths house!
eomssSttee on the Judiciary has voted
to kill ths Appalachian ark bill, they
ere erroneous and a decisive vote on
the project will not be taken until
next Wednssdsy. according to the b*st
Information that could be secured to?
day.
Ton may say." stated W. L Hall,
of ths forest service, 'that the bill is
not yet dead by any means. I hsd a
talk todsy with Congressmen Brant
ley, of Alabams. and Currle, of New
Hampshire, both enthusiasts on the
subject of having congress set favor
ably on the matter, and they said that
s decisive rote would not be tsken be?
fore ths mktdle of next week. It Is
also reported that Representative Lit
tlefleld. of Mains, has made an unfav
orabls report on the bill, but that also
la erroneous.
"Ths vote, when taken, will be
close, but I sm Informed that we still
have a good chance to win."
This statement dispose* of the many
reports that hsvs been sent all over
the country to the effect that the bill
was dead. A majority of the com?
mittee on Judiciary may vote against
It when a vote Is taken, but It cannot
be said untl\ auch action ta actually
had that ths measure la certainly
knocked oat.
While Chairman Jenkins haa made
ao eafevoreble report for himself It
le sot a committee report,
ISM. 'Be Jost ax
BUM
mm IT fill BE TEDDY.;
CONVENTION' FORECASTS MADE
IV WASHINGTON.
'^resident of League of Republican
Clubs Declares People Want Roose?
velt for Another Tenn and that he
will be the Unanimous Choice of
the Cfeftontro Convention.
i
Washing-ton, April 20.?The speech
of Senator Foiaker made a few days
ago on the Browne*Me matter has
made two things apparent to present
day of students of politics. Those two
things are that the Republican party
Is further from nominating Secretary
Taft for the Presidency now than It
has ever besn, and the other is that
unless all signs fall President Roose?
velt will be named to succeed himself
In the White House despite the mi.ny
denials to such effect made by him.
It is not hard to see. If one will fol?
low ordinary events, that it will be al?
most Impossible to nominate Secretary
Taft unless he can patch up a truce with
practically all of the other Presidential
candidates, and little If any of that
sort of work hag been done up to this
time. On the contrary, all the Antl
Taft men are persistently fighting
ham now as they have ever done, and
though the Taft managers are ' still
making their week-end reports of an
optimistic nature they must be discoun?
ted to a very large extent. Taft canot
get any help from the camps of oppo?
sition, and the beat that could happen
at Chicago, should he still maintain
hla lead until that time, would be a
deadlock. That would bring Roosevelt
to the front as the man who could pro?
bably stem the tide that will undoubt?
edly sebln for Johnson, Gray or Bryan,
k Discussing this feature of the Chic?
ago Convention Jona A. Stewart, of
New York, president of the League of
Republican Clubs, takes an optimistic
view of a Republican ticket with the
names of Roosevelt and Fairbanks up?
on It for first and second place, re?
spectively, i
"A month ago." said Mr. Stewart
Er, "the people of New York were
iff JKtle else than Tg/r and Huges.
the oaly avame heard is , Roose?
velt's. They want Hug es for Governor.
They say he has some problems to
work out problems that are not nat?
ional and that it Is hla duty to accept
another term.
"While I believe that any one of the
Republican candidates that have been
mentioned, Taft, Fairbanks, Cannon,
Foraker, Knor or Follette?could be
elected, there la only one man in the
party who can with certainty remove
New York State from the Hat of
doubtful states, and man la Theo?
dore Roosevelt. There Is no doubt in
the world that the people want Roose?
velt to serve another term. The sent!
ment o fine New York convention wa
for Roosevelt; the sentiment of tht
Massachusetts convention was for
Roosevelt; so waa that of the Mis?
souri Convention, the Virginia conven?
tion and the North Carolina conven?
tion. I- firmly believe, therefore, that
the ticket win be Roosevelt and Fair?
banks?-as It was four years ago. The
one must go against his Inclination
and the other smother his ambition1
for another four years.
"I will admit that at this time it
germs probable that Secretary Taft
will be nominated. He Is In the lead
of all the candidates. He 1* a big, fine,
able and likeable man, who would
make a great president, but when the
I peopl* want a certain man for pregl
'dent they are going to have him, and
they want Roosevelt.
Effort to Free Ttiaw.
Poughskeepslo. N. Y., April 20.?
The first step In proceedings looking
to the release of Harry K. Thaw from
the State asylum for the Insane at
Matteawan was taken today * James
|Q. Graham 6f Xewburg appeared as
Thaw's counsel before Justice More
chauser of the New York State su?
preme court ut White Plains and ap
I plied for an order directing the su
i perlntondent el the asylum to permit
Tha** to sign an application for a writ
of habeas corpus. The order was
promptly Issued and it probably will
be served at once. According to the
usual procedure in such cases Thaw
will sign the application for a writ of
habeas corpus, which will then be sub?
mitted to a Justice of tue supreme
court, probably Justice Morschauser.
Huch writs are always granted and
the date when the writ is returnable is
fixed to suit the convenience of the
parties concerned. Then Thaw will
appear before a Justice of the supreme
court for a hearing to determine
whether he should be released from
the asylum as ssne. ' Probably this
hearing will be held before Justice
Morschauser at Poughkeepsle.
id Fear not?Let eil the ende Thou Ali
TER. S. C WEDNE
ALDRIGH BILL TABLED.
MEASURE WILL NOT BE REPORT?
ED TO THE HOWE.
House Committee on Bankin?; and
Currency Rejects Senate Bill and It
Will Probably be Sent, Togtner With
Vreeland Bill, to Committee of Con?
ference.
Washington, April 18.?The Aldrlch
financial bill will not be reported to
the house. The committee on bank?
ing and currency, which has had the
measure under consideration since It
came from the senate today unani?
mously voted to lay it on the table.
The discussion in committee was
tsfJef. It was 10:40 when the commit
tee*, was called to order and adjourn?
ment was taken at 11:30. The only
point debated was whether the com?
mittee should make a formal report
giving its unfavorable action, and the
conclusion finally reached was that no
'reasons should be given. Consequent?
ly the committee's report will be a
mere statement of the committee.
A DINGY ROMANCE.
Negro Won White Girl Then His Black
Wife Tried to Blackmail Her?Was
In Army as a White Man.
Washington, April 18.?Represent?
ing himself to be a white man, a negro
three years ago enlisted In the United
States Army Hoapltal Corpa. Meeting
a young white girl, he wen her affec?
tions. Following an estrangement be?
tween the white girl and the mulatto,
the negro and hla black wife who did
not appear In the case until a few
days ago, attempted to blackmail the
white girl by threatening to ruin her
among her frlenda. Such Is the story
brought cut by the girl's appeal to the
Washington police, who, because the
case was Settled out of court, refuae
to divulge the names of the principals.
The young woman, who Is pretty
and about 24 years old, called at one
of the precinct stations last night and
appealed to the officer In charge to
protect her from the blacks. She told
her story as follows:
'I met this man about a year ago,
before his enlistment In the hospital
corps was out. He was then a non?
commissioned officer. He asked per?
mission to call on me, and after talk?
ing to him for a while he told me that
he belonged to a good family in the
southwestern part of the country, and
hinted that he had left his home when
quite a boy. Hla story was very plau?
sible. After he had called upon me
several times we became attached to
each other, and he gave me his photo?
graph. Then came a quarfel, and I
did-not see him for some time. j
"Imagine my distress when yester?
day a coal-black negress appeared at
my house, and, calling for me, de?
manded that I relinquish her hus?
band's photograph. I denied know?
ing anything about her husband until
she told me his name, and then the
whole terrible truth dawned upon me.
"I was powerless to comply with
the request, for when 1 went to search
for the picture I could not find It. She
then threatened to go to my friends
and expose the fact that I had nearly
married a negro?and a negro with a
black wife at that.'*
The police official had no authority
to arrest the man, but he sent for him.
When the negro arrived, he was put
through a course of sprouts. He
looked like a white man, and would
probably deceive the casual observer.
The police official plainly said to him
that, In enlisting In the hospital corps
as a white man, he had committed
perjury, and that unieas he ceased his
persecution of the young white woman
he would be arrested.
"If I ever hear of you so much as
looking at the girl aguln," said the po?
lice officer, who Is from Virginia, "I'll
send you to the penitentiary, and do
my best to get your wife a Jail sen?
tence."
And so another of the many strik?
ing cases which rarely see the light of
day was settled out of court.?Balti?
more Sun.
T1LLMAN IS IMPROVING.
Condition of the Senior Senator Se?ins
To Im? Steadily Improving.
Atlanta. Ga., April 20.?Senator B.
R. Tlllmar. Is feeling In splendid con?
dition today. He took his usual morn?
ing walk, about three blocks, and has
spent most of the day on the plasaa
out of doors. His Improvement seems
to be steady. ,
?That' the Answer?"Why Is your
husband so Irritable at home?" in?
quired the amaxed visitor. "Because
he knowa It's safe to be." answered
the long-suffering wife.?Kansas City
Journal.
SD AY. APRIL 22. 19
CZAR CANNON SUSTAINED.
REPUBLICANS UPHOLD HIS RE?
CENT ACTION.
Williams' Resolution Tabled By a Vote '
Of 146 to 119 it is Held That No
Breach of Privilege Was Commit?
ted.
Washington, April 20.?With the ex?
ception of Messrs. Cooper and Nel?
son of Wisconsin (Republicans) the
house of representatives today by a
strict party vote declared that the ac?
tion of Speaker Cannon last Saturday
in summarily adjourning the house
was not " a breach of the privilege of
the house affecting its safety, dignity
and the integrity of its proceedings."
The declaration was made when a
resolution by Mr. Williams, holding
such a breach to have been commit?
ted, was tabled, 146 to 119. The vote
was preceded by statements by both
Mr. Williams and the speaker. After
disclaiming that as a result of the epi?
sode there would be personal breach
between him and the speaker, Mr. Wil?
liams maintained that the action was
an unprecedented parliamentary act.
On the other hand Speaker Cannon
called attention to the dilatory tactics
of the minority leader for the past two
weeks and said it was the speaker's
privilege and his duty to sweep aside
a dilatory demand and declare the
house adjourned.
The Republicans put through an
amendment to the rules making any
day "suspension day" and substituting
a majority for a two-thirds vote to
pass any measure. Messrs. Williams
and DeArmond bitterly opposed the
rule. Mr. Dalxell, Its author, notified
the Democrats that they could trust
to their imaginations for any legisla?
tion they would get this session.
Following the adoption of the rule,
several conference reports were agreed
-to and one or two bills passed. The
Democrats forced repeated roll calls
during the day.
At 5:13 p. m., the house took a re?
cess until 11:30 a. m., tomorrow.
SHUT DOWN OF YARN MILLS.
Spinners* Association Takes Drastic
Action to Restore Market to a Fair
Price Level.
Charlotte, N. C, April 18.?Al?
though resolutions were adopted at
the meeting of the Southern Hard
Yarn Spinners' association held here
today to withhold from the public the
conclusions of the conference, it is
learned late tonight that a virtual
agreement was reached to shut down
all plants for a period of ?0 days. At
the end of that time another confer?
ence will be held to consider the situ?
ation and decide whether further cur?
tailment is necessary. Approximately
1,500,000 spindles were represented at
the meeting, which was harmonious.
Nothing but a complete shut down, in
the opinion of the mill owners, will
place the market on a fair price level.
The abut down will throw thousands
of operatives out of employment and
work great hardship to them and in?
directly to large business interests as
well.
Resolutions bearing upon the cur?
tailment plan and also relative to the
prices of yarns were adopted at to?
day's meeting, but these the secre?
tary refused to make public. The ac?
tion taken today Is In line with the
resolutions and decision of the execu?
tive committee of the North Carolina
Cotton Manufacturers' association held
here recently.
STATE WILL BORROW MONEY.
After Pensions Are Paid, Out There
Will be Nothing for Ordinary Ex?
penses.
The list of pensioners who will re?
ceive their share of the State appro?
priation this year is being rapidly com?
plete^ and will be ready for the va?
rious county boards shortly. As a re?
sult It will be necessary for the State I
to borrow about $300,000. There is at
present enough in the treasury or due
from the franchise tax collections to
pay the pension appropriation, amount
l?g to $250,000, but the ordinary ex- I
i
penses of the State amount to about
$60,000 per month and on July 1 there |
Is the semi-annual Interest on the pub
lie debt, amounting to about $85,000, i
to be paid out. This will make a loan
necessary and until taxes are sent in
during the fall months the State will
have very little to pay the ordinary
running expenses. A large loan will
give a lower rate of Interest and it is
probable that It will be about $300,000
this time.
Miss Roosevelt may run an engine
and be made an holorary member
of the union, but papa's attitude to?
ward the railroads remains unchang?
ed, whatever it is.?New York Mall.
d Truth'*."
THE TRTJ1
08. New Serf
ANTI-DISPENSARY FORCES LOSE
BY FIFTY-FIVE VOTES.
A Hard Fight Was Made But With
Three Small Boxes Yet to be Heard
From the Vote Stands 877 to 822.
Alken, April 15.?The election, held
here today a* to dispensary or prohibi?
tion, resulted in a victory for the
county dispensary by a very small ma?
jority. With all but three small boxes
heard from the dispensary has a lead
of 55, and. It is probable the other
three boxes will run the majority up
to 100 or more.
Great interest was taken In the elec?
tion all over the county. Although the
weather was threatening a large
crowd was around the polls in Alken
all day, among whom were many
ladies. About the time the returns
began to come in it began to rain but
notwithstanding this large crowds as?
sembled around the bulletin boards
and waited for the returns, which
came in rapidly. It was a close elec?
tion.
MR. CANTEY SARCASTIC.
Complaint Filed Against Northwestern
Railroad by Attorney of Summerton
Makes Strictures Upon Acooinmoda
tions.
Columbia* April 20.?Mr. J. J. Can
tey, counsellbr-at-law, of Summerton,
makes some drastic strictures upon
the Northwestern railroad, In a letter
to the railroad commission. He says:
"I desire to call your attention to
the fadt that Northwestern continues
to charge three cents per mile, despite
the fact that other railroads in the
state are charging only 2 1-2 cents per
mile for passengers. I desire also to 1
call your attention to the fact that the
two passenger coaches, the coach for
white people and the coach for black
people, are not only dangerous but
hardly decent. Some time in March
this road put on a very respectable
coach for white people, but even this
has been taken off.
"Now I wish to say that I do not
think anybody objects to 'paying three
cents per mile railroad fare, brt it ap?
pears to me If the Northwestern is
allowed to charge more per mile for
railway fare than the other roads in
the State, the Northwestern should be
made to put on safe and decent pas?
senger coaches for both white and
black travelers. What do you think
about It?"
Mr. Cantey's complaint will have
due attention at the next meeting of
the commission.
The Northwestern Is one of ihe,
small roads exempted by the commis?
sion from the Vrequlrements of th?a*n/5
1-2 cent tariff. Its total averages \a
only 71 miles, as follows: Sumter to
Wilson's Mills, 38 miles; Mil lard to St.
Paul, 4 miles; Sumter to Camden, 30
miles. Col. Thomas Wilson, of Sum?
ter, Is president and superintendent.
The road's gross passenger earnings
last year were only $19,630, this in?
cluding mall, baggage and express. ,
MR. LYON IN WASHINGTON.
Attorney General at National Capital
??Refuses to Talk Dispensary.
Washington, April 17,?Attorney
General Lyon , is in Washington today
but will not discuss the dispensary sit?
uation.
South Carolinians residing in Wash?
ington as well as those who come here
Ffrom time to time are greatly Interest?
ed In this matter and are watching for
future developments. Mr. Lyon was
at the Capitol this morning, and as
stated, Would not talk for publication.
TOLAND BOYS CONVICTED.
Tried at Special Term of Court In
Ijcxlngton.
Lexington, April 14.?Ned and
Brack Tolmd. tho two negro boys
who killed Mrs. Frances BHisor at
Cayce, across the rlv*r from CoClUM*
bla, on Wednesday, February 26, were
convicted here today of murder In
the first degree and Judge James W.
DeVore sentenced them to hang on
Friday. May 1. The defendants prac?
tically admitted their guillt. though
i an effort was made to put the weight
of the responsibility on Ned, the older
of the two. The defendants were ar?
raigned at 10 o'clock and received
sentence at 5:40 this afternoon.
BISHOP CAPERS WEAKER.
Columbia. April 21.?At 1 o'clock
this morning Bishop Capers was rather
weaker and is believed to be steadily
sinking. The tax upon his strength
during the past few hours has been
great and unless there Is a rally it Is
not believed that he can last many
hours longer.
_
C SOUTHRON, Established Jane, ISM
es?Vol. XXVII. NoS~
BIKER ELECTED PRESIDENT,
SUMTER PHYSICIAN HONORED BT
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
The Sixtieth Annual Convention of the
South Carolina Medical Association
Adjourns After a Successful Sessioa
In Anderson?Dr. Cbeyne Redacted
Secretary.
Anderson, April 16.?At 6 o'clock
this afternoon the 60th annual con?
vention of the South Carolina Medical
association adjourned. The next con?
vention will be held in Summerville
and will be presided over by the new
president, Dr. S. C. Baker, of Sumter.
A session of the convention was held
at 10 o'clock this morning when Dr.
Richard C. Cabot of Boston delivered
an address on "Psycho-therapeutics/*
This address was pronounced the beet
ever delivered before the society and
at its conclusion the association mads
Dr. Cabot a life member and voted
him hearty thanks. A number of scien?
tific papers were read and discussed
this morning. The following doctors
submitted papers: E. w. Carpenter of
Greenville, W. C. Black of Greenville,
T. L W. Bailey of Clinton, Julian
Carroll of Summerville and a. B,
Patterson of Barnwell.
The house of delegates met at noon
to elect officers and to decide the next
meeting ?place. Invitations for the
next convention were received from
Laurens, Orangeburg and Summer?
ville. Summerville won on the first
ballot.
Folowing were the results of the
elections of officers: President, S. C.
Baker of Sumter; first vice president,
H. R. Black of Spartanburg; second
vice president^ W. H. Nardin, Jr., of
Anderson; third vice president, A. T.
Baird of Darlington; secretary, Walter
Cheyne of Sumter; treasurer, C. P.
Aimar of Charleston. The following 1
were elected members of the council:
First district, J. T. Taylor, of Colleton;
third district, O. B. Mayer' of New
berry; seventh district, F. M. Dwight
of Sumter county. The following were
elected members of the examining
board for licenses: Second district,
Harry H. Wyman, of Aften; fourth ?
district, H. L Shaw of Fountain Inn;
sixth district, J. L Napier of Bennetts
vllle; members at large, Mary L Baker
of Columbia Dr. C. F. Wyche of
Prosperity and Dr. Walter Cheyne oct
Sumter were elected delegates to
American Medical association conven?
tion in Chicago. Dr. F. L. Potts of
Spartanburg, Dr. J. T. Taylor of
Adams Run and Dr. Walter Cheyne of
Sumter were appointed as eemmittee
on scientific work Dr. W. A. Boyd of
Columbia, Dr. LeGrand Guerry of Co,
lumbia and Dr. R B. %2pting ?f Union
were elected members of the public
policy and legislative committee. Dr.
J. L Dawson of Charleston was ap?
pointed chairman of a committee te
organize a branch of the National as- -
, tf-tuberculosis league. " Jw.
COAL STRIKE SETTLED: 5
Two Hundred Thousand Striking
Miners to Go to Work Monday,
Toledo, Ohio, April 19.?Two hun?
dred thousand idle miners will go to
work next Monday. An amicable
agreement between miners und opera?
tors was reached today by members of
the scale committee, and thin agree?
ment was later ratified by the joint
meeting of miners and operators. Both
sides are satisfied with the results of
the conference and they adjourned
with the best of feeling between the
parties. The tsgrcement provides for
a general resumption next Monday,
the adoptioii of the old rate of 90
cents a ton for mining coal, a referen?
dum vote to be taken by districts and
a call of the ooaaautttsa to receive the
returns of the vote, pve referendum
being on the proposition to make the
agreement to hold for two years, an
eight-hour day, the referring of all
local differences e,s to prices and con?
ditions to the districts for settlement,
an invitation to Illinois operators to
join in the next Inter-State conven?
tion, and that the next Inter-State
conference be held in Toledo in Feb?
ruary, 1910.
BISHOP CAPERS' CONDITION.
Was No Better Yesterday Although He
Did Not Api>car to l>o Worse.
Columbia, April 20.?The news from
the bedside of Bishop Capers last night
was a little more encouraging. He had
had a sinking spell about daylight
Sunday, but rallied during the day.
However, his rest is secured by the
administration of pain-relieving
opiates and it is feared that unless a
miarked change takes place dissolution
will be a matter of a few days. It
may be said that while he Is no worse
than he was Saturday, yet he is no
better. i