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fit SCMTER WATCHMAN, Eetablls Con undated Hug*. 2,1881 Cbt ??atrbman aitb .Sautbrou. PubUehcd Every Wednesday, ?BY ? OST EE M PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTKR, 8. C, Ttrmi: ll.lt per Annum?In advance. Advertisement* | One Square first insertion.$1.00 ?very aubeequent Ina?rtJon.50 Contract* for three montha, or longer will be made at reduced ratea. All communications which sub? serve private Intereata will ba charged far aa advertteement*. Obituaries and tributes of respects Will b< charged for. COST OF BATTLESHIPS. tsjcisMiri Newberry Estimates Main Expense of Each First Veasel at f I0*.8*t Annually. Washington. Fsb. t.?Responding to a resolution Introduced by Senator Clay, a report was sent to the senate today by Secretary of Navy New berry saying that It costs f lot.861 to keep a first class battleship In repslr and good Condition for one year. This figure was obtained by taking the average of ths cost of keeping 17 battleships la repair for the fiscal year 190?. It dees not tncluds extraordinary re? pairs lacldsnt to taking a ship out of eo mm lesion for remodeling or recon? structing It. Ths cost of coal uaed on battleships for the fiscal year 1908 was $3.16 3.902 gad this smount was Ihoreaeed by traaspsrtationjpgid storage charges to $1,644.946 The coal was bought from Id eampanlee at priese varying from ft.?# to $?.76 per ton, the variations being dne to the state of the market, the number of tons per contract and the distance of delivery. MEN ON CALHOUN JURY After Foot Weeks of Effort, Owe of Being Completed. Feh. I.?After four i ll ctttssns have onal to try Patrick Calheua, preeldtnt the United railroads, on the Atrst of 17 Indictment a charging bribery of public officers. Frederick O. Wilson, the 11th juror, was added to Ute pan si today and it Is believed that the box will be filled during the week, af? ter w^lch peremptory challenges may be eat d. A tenth venire of 10 eili? ges been ordered for next Wed 19. PUTS BOUNTY ON BABIES. j?-im ha Jowa to Pay Mothers $1 Per Baby. Dos Motnea. Iowa, Feb. S.?One dol will be paid to the mother of ey baby born In Iowa, If a bill Intro aad by Representative Full tarn to? ts snade a law. The bill provides that every mother II be paid II by the county trees upon receipt of a birth certificate by the mother and the attend physician. Representative Pulllam la a prac physician of Muscatlne. FIRE AT SCR ANTON. Store and Residence of Wtsnsow Wright Destroyed, With No laaarance. Scranton, Fab. I.?The Bank of Scran ton. the two story brick atora and reoldence of Mr. Wlnalow Wright, was tt tally dsstroyed by fire last night Mr Wright's loss is estimated at $t0 000. No insurance. Ths firs started in the store and It is not known how tt originated. This was oia of the largest mercantile ea tabllshments In Wllllamaburg county. NEI.ROF.N ATTACK SHERIFF. Horb?*? Kurf Riot Is Feared at Houston, Mlmdswlppl. Hoeuton. Miss., Fab. 8.?A mob of neeroe? sttscked Sheriff I. M. Hoff at Humble today and he narrowly es? caped death. He was knock?-.I down aad fired at fifteen times. Hoff as csped by cutting hla way through the mob ? Ith a knife. A serious riot Is If eared. A large po?s* Is forming to mak? wholesale arrests. The* sheriff ltad gaae to Humble to arrest a negro charged with murder. f Oongrennman Lever has nrranvrd frith the department of agriculture o eetabllah a drug farm at St. Mat theWa. In t'alhoun County, with J. E. Wannamaker in Immediate charge of It. The department of agriculture will furnlah all of the expert advice and supervision and Mr. Wannamak ?r will contribute tha land and labor. lied April, 1860. 'Be Just an I. 8UMTER KILLED GAME WARDEN. PROMINENT MEN AKBESTED BY SI I EMI FE OWENS OF DOR? CHESTER. Held In Jail at St. George on War? rants Accusing Them of Assassina? tion of Game Warden. Columbia. Feb. 6.?News was re? ceived here yesterday to the effect that four white men of prominence In Dorchester county had been arrest? ed yesterday on the charge of being Implicated In the assassination of Pressley Reeves on the 23rd of last September. Oov. Ansel, with the cooperation of Mr. R. Lon Weeks of St. George and Solicitor P. T. HUdebrand, has had secret service men at work on the case for some time. Their report was sub? mitted last week and thereon were Is? sued the warrants which caused the arrest of these persons yesterday. The nature of the evidence could not be learned last night, but It appears that It Is quite strong. The 'phone message stated that the men under arrest are E. O. Arrant, A. H. McAlhaney, Thomas S. Falrey and L. E. Reeves, the latter being a distant relative of the deceased. They were arrested by Sheriff Owens and special deputies from Columbia, who had been sent down to assist In case of trouble. The arrests were made upon warrants sworn out by the fath? er of the assassinated young man, who based his charges "upon Inform? ation and belief." The sheriff and deputies and their prisoners arrived In St. George in the sfternoon and the men in arrest were placed In the county jail. They will '.nslst upon having a preliminary at once, but It Is doubtful If they can get it before Monday. It is stated that they have employed as counsel Mr. J. A. Heirs of St. George. The killing occurred 10 miles north? west of St. George in the Cattle Creek section. The town of St. George is said to have been greatly stirred over the arrests yesterday, and public sen? timent Is reported to be strongly in favor of finding and punishing the as? sassin of Pressley Reeves?if the guilty man can be found. E. O. Arrant Is a man 52 years of age, and is said to have had stood well In his community. The others are young men of about 30 or 36 each. It is stated that a warrant was to be served on C. D. McAlhaney and that he could not be ft: und. but that he will be apprehended Saturday. The State's correspondent at St. George says that there has been a kind of feud in the Cattle Creek neighborhood for a number of years and that Reeves was not at all pop? ular there. Furthermore, when he received the appointment as game warden, it aggravated and Intensified the feellmr against him, for there has been on the Edlsto riven an utter dis? regard of the laws regulating the catching of fish and Reeves was warn? ed that his life would be put in dang? er if he should make himself active in the effort to enforce the law. A gent eman In Columbia who is familiar with the details of the killing yesterday gave The State the follow? ing summary of the case: Some time ago six men were seen walking across lands cultivated by young Reeves. He gave them warn? ing not to do so any more. However, It was but a few days later that some of the same persons stole his watch from his coat, which was hanging on a persimmon tree, while Reeves was in the field. A negro saw the theft, It Is said. Reeves was greatly Incensed and had the men arrested. Just about that time he got his appointment as game warden from the State of South Carolina and that served to Increase his unpopularity, for he was active In the effort to enforce the law. On the afternoon of the 23rd of September he had taken a wagon load of cotton pickers home and was re? turn Ing to his hone, While some dis? tance f-^m his home he was met by an assassin, who, from behind a tree, poured into his body a death-dealing load of buck-shot. So close was the assassin to his victim that the wad? ding from the shells was found In tic wounds. It was further found that the wadding corresponded with that in shells of an unusual kind bought at St. George by two Of the nun whom Refves had warned away from his place and later had had arrested on the otJier charge. When he was shot b> the assassin, for there appears to ha\c been but one man who did the actual deed Of stealth, Reeves fell back dead In his wagon and the mules carried hhn home. It was not difficult to find where In the road he was shot, and close by was found the tree behind d Fear not-~Let all the ends Thou Aln . S. O . WEDNESDA" which the assassin stood. Thence the assassin walked 100 yards to a place where his mule was tied. Dogs trial ed the man, but would not take the trail of the mule. It could not be learned what evi? dence the officers of the law have, but among other circumstances are threats which are said to have been made. The arrest of these men was not an entire surprise to them, for, they did know that they were under suspicion, and it has been rumored that they would try to present an alibi defense. THE CHUM NOMINATION. Democratic Senators Determined to Prevent Coiitirmat ion. Washington, Feb. 5.?Another long session over the nomination of Wm. I). Crum, the negro collector of cus? toms at Charleston, S. C, who was re appoini.ed by President Roosevelt, was held by the senate today, and no vote was reached. Just before adjournment the Dem6 tratlc tnembers made It clear that they did not Intend that the appoint? ment should be voted upon at the present session. Senator Tillman continued his read? ing of President-elect Taffs recent speech at Atlanta, where he discussed the race question. Mr. Tillman would read a few paragraphs, often only a few sentences, and then comment at l?ngth concerning Mr. Taft's expres? sions. He told many anecdotes, and In this entertainment was aided by Senator Johnston and others. Among the Republicans who spoke were Sen? ators Smith, of Michgan; Dixon and lieveridge. The debate was confined t > a discussion of the race question, hi which ('rum's qualifications did not enter to any marked degree. WOULD CURB SENATORS. Vice President Has Rules to Stop At? tacks on President. Washington. Feb. 5.?Two striking amendments to the senate rules, both of which were prepared by Vica Pres? ident Fairbanks, were introduced in the senate today by Mr. Lodge, and were referred to the committee on rules. Their effect Is to prevent s senator from referring offensively to either the president of the United States, the courts or the house of rep? resentatives, and to put an end to the rending of documents which haw; no bearing upon subjects under discus si >n where the reading Is for the solo p a* pose of advancing a filibuster. The proposed rules are as follows: f 'When the reading of a paper Is called for and objected to, or when the reading of a paper by a senator is rejected to, such objection shall be determined by + vote of the senate Without debate. "No senator In debate shall refer offensively to either of the other co? ordinate departments of the govern? ment or to the other branch of the congress." FOREST FIRES CAUSING HAZE. Vast Tlmberland Tracts and Turpen? tine Farms In Georgia Burning. Albany, Ga., Feb. 4.?Today will be long remembered as "smoky day" throughout Southwest Georgia caused by the raging fires which sweep vast timbered tracts and turpentine farms. An unprecedented drought has pre? vailed for six months. Ponds and swamps that have not been dry In the memory of living man can now be trodden dry-shod. Everything is so tlnder-dry that train crews are com? pelled to make frequent stops to ex? tinguish cross-ties and wooden bridges. Ploughing has been aband? oned. Wells are drying up In rural communities and many families are forced In some sections to use the same well, carrying water many miles. TORNADO CAUSES DEATHS. Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Property Lost?Area Affected Ex? tend from Tennessee to Texas. Louisville. Ky? Feb. a.?Death for probably ? score of persons, Iohscs of hundreds of thousands of dollars in property and the crippling of many telegraph wires resulted between noon und dusk today from a Series Of small tornadoeSi which swept, the south Central B?ltes from the Tennessee line to the Texas Panhandle. The storms i ue-e accompanied In most cases by . ball, darkness, terrific lightning flashes and sheets of rain. , Most of the towns where loss of life occurred are off the railroads, so that news from them has been coming In slowly. is t at be thy Country's, Thy God's am ST. FEBRUARY 10, U JONES FOUND GUILTY. ! RECOMMENDATION FOR MERCY ACCOM PA NIES VERDICT. Union PIuliter Acused of Causing the Death, by Poisoning, of His Wife Last July, is Convicted by the Jury Aftar Eighteen Hours Spent Almost Continuously in Deliberation?Mo? tion for New Trial to be Argued Next Friday. Union, Feb. 6.?"Guilty of murder, with a* recommendation to mercy," was the verdict in the case of the State vs. W. T. Jones, rendered here at three minutes after 3 o'clock this afternoon, the jury having deliberat? ed since 8.4 5 last night, in all eight? een hours and eighteen minutes. The law has answered affirmatively the question propounded last July, "Did W. T. Jones force his wife, Ma? rian Jones, to take strychnine?" Thus has ended one of the most interesting criminal cases ever heard in this State, and by far the most remarka? ble in the history of this county. To some the verdict was a great surprise, the jury's lengthy deliberation giving j I promise, and to some hope, of a mis- j trial. However, reliable information is to the effect that the jury hesitated between an extreme verdict and the one rendered, there being for some time nine members in favor of inflicting the death penalty. I At 11.37 this morning Judge Mem I mlnger ordered the jury brought be? fore him, and asked whether the diffi I culty in reachting a verdict was based j I on the facts in the case or the law air I expounded from the Bench. The I foreman replied that the disagree j ment was on the facts, whereupon the I Court proceeded to further charge I and enlighten the jujry. The element of suicide having been injected I through argument of counsel for the I defence, the Court explained the law I in reference to suicide, saying that a I person who aided, assisted or in any I manner caused another to commit j suicide by providing the means for I the consummation of such unlawful I act, was guilty of murder under the {laws of this State. The Court also fully explained the I law of circumstantial evidence and I impressed upon the Jury the great im I portance of reaching an agreement land not leaving this duty to 12 other I citizens, who would sooner or later I have to decide the matter. Reference I was also made to the great expense I attached to this trial, and which I must be borne by the county, al I though the Jury was cautioned not to allow this to influence them. At 12.40 p.- m. tne jury again re I tired, and remained ? out until 3 I o'clock, having announced a short I while before that a verdict had been I agreed upon. The jury was polled I and .as the clerk of Court prepared to read the verdict a death-like stillness I characterised the assemblage, which crowded the Court room. As the I fateful words were uttered the prls I oner perceptibly paled, all eyes being I fixed upon him. For a few moments I he stared vacantly into space, seem I ing unable to comprehend the fate I that awaited him. Then, in a whls I per, he spoke to one of his counsel, I Mr. James Munroe, who sat beside I him, perhaps to inquire the signlfl I cance of what he had just heard. The most dramatic moment of the I entire trial was when the clerk read the first word of the verdict: "Guilty," then hesitated, for the one word I would have inflicted upon the convict? ed man the extreme penalty. When the rest of the verdict had been read there was evident in the countenances of the defendant and his counsel ex? pressions of a certain degree of relief, although the jury's finding was a dis? tinct disappointment to them. The Judge thanked the jury for their patience and forbearance dur? ing the trial, which lasted more than three days, and discharged them. The Jury showed signs of great fa? tigue. While they were made as comfortable as possible during the time they were kept together and perhaps suffered comparatively little discomfort, physically, still the men? tal strain OA used by a realisation of tbolr Krave responsibility \v;is evi? dent? It is not known upon What l'ea tures of the testimony tho Jury based its verdict. Two hours after the verdict was rendered, the Court being occupied In the meantime with hearing motions of appeals in several minor eases, w. T. jom s was placed in the prisoner's dock to receive the m ntenoe which the law provides. Before sentence was passed, Col. George Johnstone, who made a val? iant fight for his client's life and lib? erty, entered* a motion for a new trial. Counsel for the defense stated that, d Truth's." THE TRUI )09. >ew Serie i being very much fatigued and wish- ! ing to secure a transcript of the testl- j mony in this (rase, and also to consult j authorities bearing on same, they : l i j would request the Court to postpone I the hearing of arguments on the mo? tion until some time next week. Mr. J. H. Nelson, of counsel for the State, interposed an objection, but the court granted the request of the defense I and fixed next Friday as the day l or hearing argument, unless otherwise ordered. The motion will be argued here, as the Court of Common Pleas will be In session. Sentence was sus? pended pending the outcome of the motion for a new trial, and the pris? oner remanded to jail. During most of the day, \V. T. Jones, now convicted of perhaps the most heinous crime in the criminal category, the murder of the wife of his bosom, the mother of his oily child, and that in the most insidious manner conceivable?the administra? tion of a deadly poison?sat by his counsel. The appearance of indiffer? ence and unconcern, which was no? ticeable during the previous days of the trial had given way to extreme nervousness, which he apparently made no effort to conceal. However, shortly after the verdict was announc? ed, adverse though it was, the prison? er seemed relieved, and when taken back to the jail, had apparently re? gained his remarkable composure. This case is not yet ended, for "Tee" Jones is a man of wealth, and not until every legal resource Is ex? hausted will he become a Penitentiary Inmate. The verdict meets with the general approval of the people of this com? munity, and, with few exceptions, all feel that justice has been done, but there will be a 3ad sequel, the con? templation of which has elicited in? numerable expressions of sympathy, and that is the effect it will have on the innocent, 14-year-old son. LEGISLATURE ELECTS BOARDS. Several Vacancies rilled at Joint As? sembly Yesterday. Columbia, 4?eb. 6.?The joint as? sembly yesterday and last night dis? posed of a r umber of elections for various vacar cies on the board; of State institutions. For member of the State colored college board Capt. Claude E. Sawyer of Alken was elected without opposi? tion to succeed Mr. A. Kibler, resign? ed. Capt. Sawyer was a member of the legislature In 1876, the famous Wallace house. Mr. W. H. Glenn of Anderson was elected without opposition to succeed Mr. R. F. Thomas, resigned, as a member of the State penitentiary board. For other places on this board there were some contests. The terms of Jno. G. Mobley of Fairfield, A. K. Sanders of Sumter and J. M. Sml:h of Colleton expired. These members were all re-elected over J. R. Harrison of Greenville and J. H. Brooks of Greenwood, the othfers nominated. To succeed the late D. B. Petrlfoy of Saluda on the same board Mr. J. T. Deas of Kershaw, Mr. J. M. King of Columbia and Dr. W. C. McMillan of Columbia were nominated. Mr. Deas was elected on the first ballot, receiv? ing 66 votes, Dr. McMillan receiving 49 votes and Mr. King receiving 14 votes. There was :no opposition to the re? election of Capt. D. J. Griffin as su? perintendent of the State penitentiary and he ^as elected unanimous: y by the general assembly for a term of two years. Mr. B. H. Rawl of Lexington was elected member of the Clemson col? lege board, to succeed Mr. L. A. Sense, resigned, over Representative J. C. Greer of Greenville by a vote of 97 to 58. MR. MOHDECAI IN WASHINGTON. Says Dispensary Case Will be Taken Up by Supreme Court on February 23. Washington Feb. 5.?T. M. Mor decal, attorney for some of the liquor houses holding, claims against th i dta pensary, was her?- to da} and called to sec the clerk of the United statt ? Su? preme Court. He found that the I UM would be taftcen up for hearing Feb? ruary as s ?on as the court assem? bles again, recess now being on. Mr. Mordecal said there had been n> new developments recently, and thai peo? ple In South Carolina were generally familiar with all the details of the case, it will be s hard legal fight, however, when the court takes it up. "Ever been in jail?" "Countless times. But that's no detriment to a man In my business." "And what is your business'"' "I'm a chaufeur. * ?Louisville Courier-Journal. C sill I'lIIION. Established June, IMS 8?VoL XXVIII. 3d 27 PITT8B?RGJI1??II0N TENSE. only police yigilanci-: i ci: vents RACE CLASH. Reports of Attacks and .Utetnpted At? tacks by Negroes on While Women And Girls Making Feeling More andt More Acute?Se\eral Alleged At? tempts at Assault Yesterday. Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 5.?To bring; Justice to the perpetrators of the many recent attacks on white women and girls in the Herron Hill, Law renceville and South Side districts of this city, and to take steps to prevent a recurrence of the crimes, the better element of the negroes have issued as call for a general mass meeting to her held next Tuesday night. The feeling between the wh'te peo? ple and the negroes is becoming more acute as each day brings its quota of attack* and reported attacks oa white girls by negroes. The populaee of the affected districts is highly wrought up over the existing situa? tion, and only the most careful vigil? ance on the part of the double force of policemen prevents a serious clash* between the races. Blanche Smith and Rose Serock, re? siding in a suburb, were attacked by negroes today, but their screams frightened the assailants, who escap? ed. Two negroes, accused ef being; those who attacked the girls, were later arrested and sent to the worfc. j house for three months. John Stokes, a negro, aged 32, war arrested on charges preferred by Mrs Jane Thompson, of the South Sidev who alleges he entered her home and the room of her daughter, but was frightened away by the screams of the girl. The man will be given a hear? ing tomorrow. CENSUS BILL FIGHT. President Roosevelt Making a Grand Stand Play Against Congress Spoils System. Washington, Feb. 8.?It is believed: that an attempt will be made by Con? gress to pass over the President's veto the Census Bill which the President regards as a measure looking to? ward the return of the spoils system. Just as quietly and as adroitly as pos? sible a clause was slipped into the bill which provides that three thousand census enumerators and clerks for Oio coming census-taking of the country should be appointed outside of the Civil service and Mr. Roosevelt. wh^> is a blatant civil service advocate, is> determined to balk at thaT clause and veto the entire bill. Congress so Jealous of ita lately crippled prerogatives de? clares here and there, that It will pass the bill anyway and there is promise* of an exciting contest when R cornea* to the point of raising the two-thirda vote of that body, which will be necessary to pass it over his veto. Congress, of course, has something* more than the vindication of Hs dig? nity in mind in this matter. Three thousand places ready made into which hungry constituents may he slipped without civil service qualin? tion and its requirements is quite ar nice little pork barrel and it is not strange that our Representatives should be inclined to reserve the prf* Uege of dipping into it for themselves*. They are arguing that it will be diffi? cult if not impossible to fill these* places under the Civil service since the appointments are temporary and wBt last for only two years, but the President will not lose sleep over that contingency. As a matter of fact If the appointments were only for a month there would be hundreds of applicants for each place and a twe> years' job at Government pay is at? tractive enough to bring out at least ten times as many aspirants to it a? can possibly be required. Another" objectionable clause in the bill which* the President may be trusted not to overlook provides that the printings of the censu* report.* shall be done outside of the Government PrtntVnpr Office, which means name more j:?tcy plume for Congress to dtetrtbatat not the President doesn't pioposc to let either of thr?se propositions slir> through over bis signature and a live? ly fight is expected. ship in trouble. Wilmington, N. ('.. Feb. S.? In re I sponse to information from Oak fcs> land Life Saving Station, off Cob*.' i Fear I ar. the WUmlngtOSs nor Blanche, rapt I)oslv?r. this n f fern?. ?? j went to the assistant e of an uuivI.uavij I schooner reported eight miles toggle* ! east of rteldhead light, partially dis? masted and practically all sails gOSM The tug had not returned to So?jth> port tonight, and is believed to- have* ! the disabled vessel In tow off the bar