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t*HB SUMTUi WATCHMAN, Establ Consolidate Hug. 2.18* MB" Cbr ?dtatcbmau anb Soutbrou Pabiisfcsd Wednesday and Saturday ?BT? NTICEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTEK, a a la.10 per annum?In advance. Square first Insertion.$1.09 ?van subsequent Insertion.10 Contracts for three months, or longer will be mads at reduced rates. All communications which sub* ?sere private interests will be charged for is advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects srin >e chargsd for. qEgggg-? i ? i _!? itfSHELFS LIBEL SUIT. TRr* B1IAS RETURNED AGAINST THE PUBLISHERS. lease evert, President-elect, C. P. Taft, Hess, Morgan, Robinson and Crom weS Behind the Proposed Pros* Wltahington. Feb. 17.?Bsnch war? rant* were issued Ute today for the arrest of Joseph Pulitser. proprietor, and Csleb M. Van Hamm and Rob? ert H. Lyman. editors of the New Tors World, and for Delavan Smith and Charles R. Williams, owners of the Indianapolis News, for criminal libel in connection with the publica? tion In those newspapers of charges of Irregularities in the purchase by the United States government ef the Panama canal property from the French owners. The Indictments on which the war? rant* were based were returned today by the United State* grand Jury, alt ting in this city, and the wan ants were hrraed later by the clerk of criminal court No. 1. The warrants - are directed against all five of the natural defendants of the two news? papers. The summons requires the corporate defendant (the Press :?ub rtog? Onrnpaay of New Torn) b>e#-J In eeurt forthwith to answer the [ ssstst XHstriot Attorney Baker protably | < Will not send the coplee of the " <>nch wan ant? and the certified coplts of the Indictments to New York or to Indianapolis for a day or two. They wan placed late today In the hands of ttto United State? marshal here and he vtll proceed with them In accord? ance with the directions of Mr. Bsk Tlieodore Roosevelt. William H. Tart. flSllhu Root, J. Plerpont Morgan. Charles P. Taft, Douglas Robinson and William Nelton Cromwell are named in the Indictment as the per? sons alleged to have been vllllfied by the stotlee appearing In the two news? papers. Copies of the summons and of the Indictment were served this evening upon the Press Publishing Company by service on Otto Csrmlchael. Us agotit In this Jurisdiction. The certi? fied coplee will be filed with United Stales Commissioner John R. Shields In New Tork. who will issue warrants for the arrest of the natural defend? ants of the New York World, who will be brought before him to show oaute why they nhould not be extra? dited to this Jurisdiction for trial. Failure of an attempt to blackmail htm. says William Nelson Cromwell.'| was the reason for the publication of the stories, whlct. he declared today, wete "predicated and made with free knowledge of their Infamous source and after specific warning by me of their faulty." "The stories." he added, "were con? cocted more than two and a half yes re ago by unscrupulous partlee In New York, some of whom have crimi? nal records. In an attempt to black mall me." He said that he was asked to pay IS 1.000 to have the stories suppressed. * I do not believe The World was a pally to three attempts, but It was dst.ling with the same gang. The In? dictment of the New Tork World and the Indianapolis New? Is not an In? dictment of the press of the United Stetes, as they would like to make It appear to obtain the support of the general press of the country. I am In favor of a free snd uamussled press." WUI Figtit Extradition. radlanapolls. Ind.. Feb. 17.?Delav? an Smith and Charles R. Williams, owners of the Indianapolis News, who were Indicted by a Federal grand Jury In Washington today announced that tht v will contest extradition to the Dfcitrtct of Columbia for trial on the hp uind that If any offense was com? mitted. It was committed in Indian? apolis, the plsce of publication of The Newa. A thin bush Is better than no shel? ter?Spanish. HtMl DUO Uehed April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Alms t at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." SUMTER. S. C . SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1909. THE Sew Agents Wanted An UiYusvial Opportunity For Those Who JHotve Sp?tre Time. E will appoint one agent in each neighborhood. ? T An energetic boy or girl can secure a sufficient number of subscribers to the Semi-Weekly Watchman & Southron by working a few hours in the after ternoons and on Saturday to pay handsomely for the time devoted to the work. Next week we will annouucement a list of premiums to be given agents. The boy who wants to earn a Shot Gun, a Repeating Rifle, or any one of a dozen or more other prizes, should apply at once for appointment as our agent* Those who prefer cash will be paid a liberal commission on each subscriber. The Semi Weekly Watchman k Southron is the best, biggest and cheapest twice a-week county paper published in the State, and it should go into every home in Sumter and adjoining counties. It is a clean family paper, all home print, live local, State and gen? eral news, and is interesting to every member of the family, from the oldest to the youngest At $1.50 a year it is the bargain ovf the newspaper field. The Agents who get to work first will reap the greatest rewards. Apply at once for an agency, watch for the next issue, select the piize you wish and then get to work. ?Osteen Publishing Co. ? DETAILS OF FILIBUSTER. DESCRIPTION OF NIGHT SESSION IN HOUSE. How the Local Optloulsts Proceed to Defeat Plan to Force State-Wide Bill Through the House-?PoUlleo ProhlMUonlet* Block All Legisla? tion, Columbia. Feb. 16.?When the houee met tonight it was found that the committee on conference had been uable to agree. The representa? tives of the two wings worked for two hours, but they were unable to agree on any programme. The state? ment is made that the prohibitionists proposed that the agreement be made on sandwiching the bills; that Is. to take' up the magistrates' bill and then a prohibition bill; take up the supply bill and then another of the series of prohibition bills. This was refused. The local optlonlsts, It is said, suggested that the prohibi? tionists agree to take up the supply bill and pass it and fix a day for adjournment, and they would agree to anything else. They would let the prohibition bill come to a vote after the supply bill, but wanted a day fix? ed for adjournment. There seemed to be no hope of agreement, as the pro? hibition leaders Insisted on a vote on one of the prohibition bills before let? ting the supply bill come up. Tonight there was a new symptom of a willingness to take up the supply bill. When the house met tonight th ? merry fight continued and the com? mittees were about to meet again. Mr. H?cker wanted to call up the supply bill. Mr. Richards and Mr. Rucker were exchanging compliments as to who was responsible for the de? lay. Mr. Rucker said Mr. Richards had promised the house that the sup? ply bill could be passed tonight, and that would give ample time for ad? journment Saturday. Mr. Richards said when he made hie statement that he had never expected the house would still be In a filibuster. The house, he said, had spent ten days do? ing nothing, and he never expected such a condition, and he for one ob? jected to the minority dictating what hills should he taken up. Refore any vote could be taken Mr. M. L. Smith moved that a recess be tak?n. He did not say so, but the evident purpose was for the commit? tee to again try to reach an agree? ment. The committee could not agree and the house came back to work. Noth? ing could be done and the conference wae without avail. Mr. H?cker tried to take up the supply bill and upon a yea and nay vote the house refused to take up the I bill by 59 to 52. When the house refused to take up the supply bill af? ter the failure of the conference, Mr. Bryan arose to a question of personal i privilege and defended his votes and the light he was making. Mr. Blchards moved to take up the prohibition bill and then Mr. Sawyer | moved to adjourn and then there was a roll call. This was followed by a motion to take a recess for an hour, and on this there was the chronic roll call. The filibuster kept up. Mr. H?ck? er moved to amend the motion to take a recess. This involved a roll call, and then came a motion to re? consider. Mr. Brice thought this was out of order, but the speaker held that the I I motion was in order and here came another roll call. Mr. Mann argued that the motions were out of order and wanted the speaker to rule them out of order The speaker held that he had to fol? low the printed rules. Then Mr. Dix on began an exquisite reminiscent speech to mark time and give ample time to the next roll call. He proved to be an excellent mimic. He wus willing to take his medicine. He was no fiiibusterer. and Insisted on ma? jority rule. / Mr. Brice Insisted that the motion to reconsider a motion on an amend ment to a motion to recede is not in order. The point was overrruleJ. The local optlonists said that nil they wanted was to prevent a vote on the State-wide prohibition bills dur-1 ing the normal length of the sess'on. Mr. Rucker at 10:30 o'clock again urged that the county supply bill be taken up and passed tonight. Mr. Richards held that the motion was I out of order, and he objected to the I supply bill being taken up. Then then were a few more recess motions. I and Mr. Richards moved to take up I Bill 85 out of Its order. Mr. Sawyer moved to table this motion, nnd on I this motion, Mr. Browning called a yen and nay vote. The house was closo up to Bill 85 1 when Mr. Mars got the floor nnd made a vigorous defence of Abbeville I County, and that Mr. C. A. Smith had no right to attack Abbeville County. I Mr. Richards held that Mr. Mars waa| not talking on a question of personal privilege. Mr. Whaley held that he had no way of telling what was in the mind or heart of a member, and he had to leave it largely to a member whether the 1 speech was on personal privilege or "not. Mr. Sawyer tried to his hand on the qustion of personal privilege, and made a corking good talk against the effort to force a vote. Mr. Richards said Mr. Sawyer might as well quit talking, as there would be a vote on the bill tonight before adjournment. Meanwhile Mr. Sawyer kept the floor and said he sin? cerely wanted to see the whiskey bus? iness properly restricted. Mr. Sawyer was getting well work? ed up and talking well when several matters came over from the senate. Mr. Richards offered a motion to change the rules by a majority in? stead of a two-third vote. The rules now provide for a two-third vote to change the rules. The notice has to lay over for a day. The evident pur? pose is to change the rules, but the two-third vote to change the rules will be difficult to get. Mr. Richards then in disgust moved to adjourn. He expected to get a vote tonight on the prohibition bill, and tried hard to do so, but gave up in disgust. The fight will be resum? ed tomorrow on the motion to change the rules so that no notice of changes will have to be given, and they cn be changed at will by majority vote. The house adjourned at 11:46 o'clock. Proposition by Local Optionist?. Columbia, Feb. 16.?The local op tionists made this proposition today to break the filibustering and agree upon a programme: "Take up supply bill immediately and pass to third reading, opponents of prohibtion bills to cease all par? liamentary tactics aimed at the pre? vention of a vote on said bills. With the understanding on the side of both parties, friends and opponents of pro? hibition measures that they lend their aid to secure adjournment of gen? eral assembly on Saturday, February 20, 1909." It was rejected by the prohibition committee. Columbia, Feb 17.?The local op tionlsts' fiilibuster in the house against the Richards State-wide pro? hibition hills came to an end this morning, the opposing factions, after a week's hard fighting, reaching an agreement in a signed statement which was sent to the chair, whereby the county supply bill is to be taken up first, to be followed by the consld reatlon of the two prohibition bills, which are in turn to be followed by the magistrate's bill, "all three b 11s to be disposed of this day." This means that the house will p iss the prohibition bills, but there is no hope of getting them through the senate. The filibuster has accom? plished about all that the local op tionlBts moiit desire. The session will end with no change in the present system anc the referendum bill has been sidetracked. SENATE WORKING SOME. Columbia, Feb. 17.?The senate made the appropriation bill the spe? cial order for tomorrow. It also passed Senator Stewart's Dill giving Winthrop the thirty-six thou? sand dollars which the house refused, but the house will kill the bill The Croft resolution to add a fifth member to the Supreme Bench and Increase the terms to ten years pass? ed the senate. Senator Sullivan's resolution for sine die adjournment next Saturday went over. THE WOMEN'S MONUMENT Columbia. Feb. 17.?The house today passed the Richards bill appro? priating $7,500 for a monument to the Women of the Confederacy on the State House grounds, the appropria? tion to be available when a similar amount shall have been raised by popular subscription. The bill will have to wait until next year to get through the senate. The vote was 65 to 42. LOCAL BILLS PASS. Several of Senator Clifton's Bills Get Through the House Today and Will Become Laws. Columbia, Feb. 18.?Among the uncontested bills to get through the house today were two by Senator Clifton ejtending the freight claim law to canes of loss of baggage and the other providing for referees in counties having no office of master in equity. Senator Clifton's bill providing for the election of cotton weighers in Sumter City and County got through the house today and will become law, as will Senator Kelley's bill requiring the opening of certain roads in Lee County, aid Senator Bass's bill reg? ulating tobacco warehouse statistics. E SOUTHRON, Established June, isft _ t 8?YoL XXV1H. as 2^ PtOtlllTfO? ItlL PASSES. VOTE FI NX ALLY KEACHElv AF TER CONFERENCE. By Ballot of 58 to 40 the Statewide Bill Passed?By Vote of 52 to ? The Test Vote Was Taken for Clos? ing Dispensaries. Columbia, Feb. 18.?The house last night passed the State-wide prohibi? tion bill and the bill providing for the closing of the several county eKa pensaries. The vote on these bills I was taken after an agreement be? tween the local optionlsts and the> prohibitionists. The passage of these two bills was not secured until there had been five days of determined fight on bothi sides, and while the result was not si surprise, it Is generally believed that no agreement would have been reach? ed but for the fear of the members that they would not have been able to go home Saturday. The stand taken by the prohibition? ists that the supply bill should not pass until the prohibition bill bed been disposed of was dropped and the position taken by the local op tionists that there would be no vote on the prohibition bill before Satur? day was receded from. Thus both sides conceded points; but not until the bill had reached a stage when it was impossible for it to pass the senate unless the members* stayed over next week. The vote on the passage of bfll *5V which was the test bill and provided for the closing of dispensaries of the State on July 1, 1909, was 85 to 4oV the passage of the general prohibi? tion bill was 52 to 35. It became known early in the morn? ing session that there would be an agreement reached, and the vote wear not a surprise to either side. The only question confronting tne members was the adjournment Saturday, and upon this the majority on both sides were insistent. Therefore., they were willing to give the prohibition bfll right of way If the supply bill could be passed, and realizing that every county in the State was interested In the supply bill and that an extra ses? sion would be necessary should it not be passed, an agreement was reached. Columbia, Feb. 18.?There are in? dications of a continued fight on pro? hibition in the senate, although when the local optionlsts in the house agreed to allow a vote taken yester? day it was generally thought that the General Assembly would quit worst Saturday. In the Senate however^ important bills are being held up In order to learn the strength of the? State-widers. In the House all is peace and hat? mony. No objection was made today to the passage of the prohibition bills to a third reading and these were ear dered sent to the Senate after M\ I*. Smith had the clincher applied. It is stated that both sides are willing for a referendum, but differ as to* the kind. The prohibitionists faror a referendum between a state-wide law straight and the Ansel idea. The other side favors same referendum with such moderation of the Ansel idea as would not disturb the present dispensaries in case those counties afterward vote in disp? nsaries. The senate spent most of the mun^ ing debating the lien law repeal bUit which got to the third reading bis* night. The senate refused to kflt the bill and cut out Senator Clifford amendment. The opponents of re? peal tried in vain to get exemption and then county referendums. Ffnsl ly the debate was adjourned until to night. ADJOURNMENT SATURDAY. The House Has Continued Until Next Next Year All Second Rcadtnc Bills. Columbia, Feb. 18.?On the motion of Mr. Fraser the house, looking to sine die adjournment on Saturday, to? day continued tr i next session als sec? ond reading house bills nnd toeer eg* only uncontested State bills. THE CENSUS BILL PIGEONHOLE!*. All Attempts to P**n it Over FsssT dent's Veto Abandoned for m Ihne At Least. Washington. Feb. 11.?All attempts to pass at this time the census bill over the president's veto were nhaa doned today by leaders of ttwe tobest* and senate. In conformity with this decision the hou^e committee on e?JB sus considered the subject for a few minutes and then adjourned to> meet at the call of the chairman. The bfft will probably remain pigeonholed^ fet the committee for the remainder eC the session. i