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IHK SI Ml KU WATCHMAN, Eaubl . onsol Idated An?. 2,18* 1. . . . Cbf WbtcuAan anb Sontbroii. I*uhll-.he<l \Vt<diw?day ami Saturday ?BT? OSTEEN P UBLISHING COMPANY IUMTIR, 8. C. Terms: tl 10 per annum?in advance. Advertise* rtente: One Square ftrst insertion.$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion.60 Contract* for three months, or lonj.-er will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interesrs will be charged for aa advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects erill be charged for. SEMITE TIKES IIP PROHIBITION BILL 4 ALI ED VP AT 10 O'CLOCK LAST XIGI1T. Amendment Offered Providing for an ejection After the Dili ttoe* Into Eire* i?Senate lie roses to Vote on Motion to Adjourn Frit lay. _ Columbia. Fsb. 14.?The prohibi? tion Aght was begun In earnest In the State senate tonight. The bill was called up for discussion at 10:10 o'clock, and aeveral speeches were made, a recess being taken at 11.10 until 10 o'clock tomorrow. The first proposition that was placed before the Senate was the withdrawal by Senator Llde of his referendum measure In or- | der to allow Senator Rogers to pro? pose his amendment, which had been Introduced and was laid on the deska In printed form. This amendment was the one to provide for an elec? tion In both wet and dry counties, and to provide for t. ten per cent, en? forcement fund to be paid from the profits derived fn?sD the sale and manu ttfacture of liquors In this State. The Carey-Cothran Act to obtain where the whiskey was not voted out. and prohibition where whiskey was voted out. la the nature of a substitute for that amendment. Senator Appelt of fsrsat the proposition which had been framed up by some of the local op tlonlats during the afternoon. This proposition was somewhat like the one offered by Senator Rogers. Sen? ator Appelt esplalned hla proposition, saying that It would give to all coun? ties aa rqu.nl right to vote upon the question. Before the senate tonight reached the consideration of the prohibition Mil. through a move of motions and discussions, Mr. Garrls's bill "To In? crease the average length of the school terms and to Improve the ef? ficiency of the public schools of this State." was taken up and considered for two hours, debate being Anally ad? journed until tomorrow, after several similar matters had failed. When the bill was Arst taken up. Senator Rogers and Senator Otts agreed for It to take up Aftern mini tee' time, but the va? rious motions consumed, together With the discussion, about two hours. The bill brougr t forth a great deal of discussion, snd It was hinted that there was s'?m? filibustering thereon. Senator Mauldln moved to continue the bill, which was lost by a vote of 11 to li. Senator Rogers offered a substitute for the bill to the effect that there shall be an appropriation of IIS.0S0 for the purpose of aiding schools where in addition to the regu? lar school fund sn additional amount equal to one-half the fund to be glvm to It. to make up the deAclency. shall be raised It shall come under provi? sions of the Act. There were a number of amend? ments provided to this bill. It called forth a vigorous speech also from Sen? ator Walker as to the Importance of this bill as compared with the whls key qalnOen. Senator \ Walker was sur? prised that the great question of edu? cation of chll Iren ?hould be consid? ered of less Importance than such things as the liquor question. Debate mm the bill will be continued tomor? row. The senate tonight refused to take a vote upon the question of adjourn? ing Friday after consld* Table dlsxqge> slon apaa Senator Splvey s r-**oiutlon to that effect. Debate on th?? resolu? tion was adjourned until Friday at noqo by a vote of is to II. Senator Splvey wished for some definite 1 - > be set for adjournment In or.I. r that the senators might be In i ( tton to know what was to ?>e done. I He did not think it was rlg-it to go I ahead with the work unless the *enat?? I knew what day sn adjournment ? would be taken. Senator Mauld'n leailed attention to the fact that the Lenste has yet the appropriation and Lupply bills to consider, also that the legislature could have adjourned more Khan a week ago. but now an ad Kgsjrnment Friday seeemed Impossible Knlese the bills are disposed of very April, 1850. if otchmon mtta ?Bo Just and Fear not-^Let all the ends Thou Alms t at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth'H." SUMTER. S. C . SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 27. 1909. -!? Our Premiums. ON" another page will be found our Premium List for agents who solicit eubscrip. tions for the Twice-a-Week Watchman <fe Southron Every article in the list is useful and the best of the kind and price to be had. In the matter of premiums we are practicing what we have been preaching for years?patronizing home industry by purchasing the premiums from Sumter mer? chants. By pursuing this policy we are keeping our money in circulation at home and at the same time guaranteeing that our premiums are first-class articles. By sending out of town to some mail order house we might get these articles cheaper, but we do not believe in that way of doing business. We want to know what we are getting and who we are getting it from, but the principle is the most important consideration after all. We believe in preaching and practicing the doctrine of patronizing home enterprises, and thereby helping those who help us. If every man, woman and child will do the same thing, South Carolina will be a better State, Sumter will be a bigger and better town, with better and more pros? perous merchants, better and more prosperous workshops and factories and bigger and better newspapers and printing offices, in the latter of which we are most directly interested. This is the point of the whole sermon. Take the hint and get to work as an agent for the Twice-a-Week Watchman & Fouthron. By so doing you will help yourself while helping us. You will also be helping your neighbors by inducing them to subscribe to the best county paper in the State. Osteen Publishing Company TILE Sew I soon. 8enator Laney did not think It was right to tie the hands of the senators in this manner. Columbia. Feb. 25.?There Is n deadlock over the prohibition bill In the senate, which spent the entire day In a talkfest. There Is no change from last night, when the prohibition? ists declined the local option proposi? tion for a compromise. Unexpected opposition very strong? ly developed to Dlxon's resolutions warmly commending Taft on his At? lanta speech about Southern appoint? ments. Ayer, on account of the Flor? ence negro postmaster. Sawyer on ac? count of Georgetown's negro postmas? ter, and others on account of Crum, spoke against the extravagant lang? uage of the resolution. They wanted to see what the Taft administration vould finally do before "slopping over" about Taft. Finally on Mr. Dlxon's motion the resolution was continued. The house today gave final passage to the law making It a misdemeanor to issue a worthless check and not make It good in thirty days. The house continued the Carlisle bill relating to Hens for labor and , material. HKCOHD CHANGKS HANDS. Mr. James A. Hoyt Secures Col urn Mi a Afternoon Newspaper. Columbia. Feb. 24.?The Kecord this afternoon has this announcement: "Negotiations, which have been go? ing on for sorne time, looking to the purchase of the controllng Interest in the stock of the Record Publishing Company, which had been held by <?eo. H. Koester. the founder of the Dally Record, and associates, were completed today, and said control will on the 1st of March pass into the hands of Mr. James A. Hoyt and asso? ciates. As to his plans, Mr. Hoyt will make his own announcement. Mr. Koesters valedictory, so to speak. Hill appear In the Record of the 27th of this month, which will be the last Issued und? r his management. The transfer was an entirely amicable ar? rangement, and the m w management will start with the heartiest wishes of the p esent management of the RtO ord. It will be recalled that Mr. Jas. A. Hoyt was the promoter of the com? pany which was to publish the after noon*Sun in competition with the Record. The city of Columbia will be spared a war In the afternoon newspaper field." SALARY Bill REDUCED. SENATE AMENDMENTS RIDDLED AND REJECTED. Increase of Pay for President, Vice President, Speaker and Federal Judges Denied, and the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropria? tion 1)111 is Sent Back to Conference. Washington, Feb. 24.? In the course of a lively debate in the house of rep? resentatives today on the conference report, on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bills, Messrs. Underwood, of Alabama, and Clark, of Missouri, criticised the sen? ate Increases, especially in reference to salaries. Mr. Clark In particular was emphatic in his objections to what he said were the "continual imposi? tions of the senate in the matter of appropriation bills." Messrs. Ringham, of Pennsylvania, Gillett, of Massachusetts, and Living? ston, of Georgia, the house conferees, strenuously defended their report, which ins??fur as there was no dis? agreement, was adopted. When the discussion turned on the increase in the salaries of the presi? dent, vice president, speaker of the house and judges about which the conferees could not agree, Mr. Clark declared there was much misinform? ation about the amount the president receives, and said that instead of its being $50.000. it actually Is $291,000 per annum. By a vote of 57 to 102 the house refused to accept the senate amend? ment Increasing the salary of the speaker. The Increase proposed in the presi? dent's salary from $50,000 to $100. 000 a year was rejected, the vote be? ing yeas 141, nays 168. Before the announcement was made Speaker <'annou directed that his name be re curded in the alllrmative. An unusual scene followed. Mem? bers were on their feet In a general crumble for recognition for motions Of one sort or another, The speaker. unruffled by hit* beselgersi held that a motion by Mr, \Vatt:on. of Indiana, to recede from the amendment and amend It so ns to make the salary $75.0110 was preferential. The previous question was ordered, and on the vote being taken on the adoption of the amendment It was carried, 163 to 149 amid Republican applause. The effect of the amendment will be to leave where it now Is the presi? dent's salary, added to which will he the $25,000 heretofore appropriated for traveling expenses, but which the bill strikes out as a specific item of transportation, etc. THE FLORENCE POSTMASTER. Representative Ellerbe Announces That Taft Will Not Reappolnt Ne? gro. Washington, Feb. 24.?Representa? tive Ellerbe 'announces today that he has now been definitely assured that Joshua Wilson, the negro postmaster at Florence, will not be reappointed by Mr. Taft and that a white man will be appointed in his place. Who this white man will be, Mr. Ellerbe will not state, if he knows. There have been several prominent candidates for the position.?The State. t QUAKES TERRIFY SPANIARDS. Whole District of Ellolie Experiences Shocks?Congregation of Church Panic Stricken by Tremors. Alicante, Spain. Feb. 21.?Severe earth shocks were experienced throughout the whole district of EI lohe this morning. The shocks be? gan earlyw the first occurring at about 4 a. m. The most serious disturb? ance, which came while the people were assembled at mass in the village church, caused a panic among the congregation. Furniture In houses was overturned and crockery and window panes broken. At Crevillente theer were two se? vere shocks between 8 and S.30 a. m Houses rocked and swayed at an alarming angle. The people are now camping in the open fields. TAFT COMPLETES C A HI NET. franklin MacVeagh, of Chicago, To He Secretary of Treasury. New York. Feb. 24.?President? elect Wm. H, Taft today completed hli cabinet i>y the offer of the treasury portfolio and Its acceptance. That the offer was made to and accepted by Franklin MacVeagh of Chicago, is as near a positive statement of What is believed to he the fact as may be made In the face of an absolute re? fusal by Mr. Taft to throw any light on the situation. PROHIBITION IX DARLIXGTOX. Solicitor Spears Says He Has Evidence Of Reports of Violation of Laws by Promiiieiit Business Men. Darlington, Feb. 24.?A sensation was sprung in court this morning when Solicitor Spears arose to make a statement to the grand jury that had just filed in the room to make some presentments. Mr. Spears call? ed attention to some articles which had been published in his paper, the Darlington Press, in the months of October and Xovemeber last, signed "Vox Populia." These articles said that there were being circulated in tills county rumors; to the effect that in some towns of the county liquor was being dispensed by some leading merchants and business men. Mr. Sp*?ars went on to sta'e that he did not stand for the truth or falsehood oC these rumors, but only he id that they should be brought to thi atten? tion of the grand jury, and if true, such Investigations made as would be necessary to bring the guilty parties to justice. Mr. spears then stated that in every sense of the word he stood personally responsible for those articles and that be. vas not only pre? pared to give the grand Jury the names of witnesses who had been cir? culating such reports, out that he pro? posed to do so oday To these articles of "Vox Populi" the Messrs. Coker of Hartsville took exception and wrote asking the editor of the Darlington Press to state what towns were referred to and what mer? chants in those towns by "Vox Pop? uli." This the ed.tor refused to do, and in an editorial made public a let? ter received from Maj. Coker and gave his reasons for refusing his re? quest. Judge Cage charged the grand jury that there were two issues. They were not to consider the personal element, that is any feeling that might exist between the author of "Vox Populi" and the Messrs, Coker. u they found, however, that the report* aald to have been circulated did refer to Elajrtsvllle and to the Meters, Coker, and if there was any truth in such rumors, than the Messrs. Coker were Indictable, if. However, they found that the reports had not been circulated and the ar? ticles by "Vox Populi" did refer specifically to Hartsville and the Messrs. Coker and were maliciously published, the author of "Vox Populi" was liable for libel. IB SOUTHRON, Established Juno, 1S?? ss?Vol. XXVIII. No 31 * i thejowerjri/ilT col. cooper was on thi: stand all dav. State Brings Cp Details Dealing With His Paq?Attorneys for Defense FlChfl in Vain Against Kvhlenoe Re? garding Cooper's Irregularities in Off ce. Nadiville, Tenn., I?eb. 23?The sixth day of actual testimony in the ease of Col. Duncan B. Cooper and Robin J. Cooper and John D. Sharp, charged with the murder of former Senator E. w. Carmack, closed with the aged defendant, Col. Cooper, on the witness stand. His own counsel were questioning blm, and when court adjourned they intimated that they were about half through. They had taken him over the trouble, com? mencing four years ago, and brought him down to the start from his son's office to the governor's mansion. It was during this walk that the senator was killed. Col. Cooper made an excellent wit? ness. He appeared very cool, collect? ed and almost disinterested. The only time he showed emotion was when counsel were reading the editorials which led up to the killing. Then his already florid face flushed more deep? ly and the scarlet stole up over his bald head, accentuating the white? ness of what little hair is left him. That the State will'grill Col. Coop? er on cross-examination to the limit of counsel's ability goes without say? ing. Possibly, too, this is why the defense did not conclude direct ex? amination of the colonel today. Following the announcement of Gen. Garner that the State did not care to further cross-examine Sheriff Sharp, the defendant was briefly questioned by counsel for the defense. Gen. McCarn of counsel for the State followed with a few questions. Sharp said he made no statement about the shooting until called to the witness stand yesterday. He said he had no engagement at the governor's man? sion when asked to go there by the Coopers on the day of t ie shooting, ( having merely agreed to accompany them. Nashville. Tenn., Feb. 24.?After a day replete with exciting incidents the session of the Cooper-Sharp trial for the murder of former Senator Car mack closed with the aged defendant, Col. D. B. Cooper, still upon the stand"!" The dir* ct examination of the colonel, which began early yesterday morning, lasted until nearly noon today. Almost the first thing the State did on cross examination was to announce that it would try to prove that Col. Cooper was a defaulter to the extent of over $100.000 while clerk and master of chancery in Maury Couniy. This pre? cipitated a bitter fight between coun? sel, during which harsh words were ? used and much anger displayed, de- 2 spite the efforts of Judge Hart to hold v the reins tightly. The State won a partial victory and *. straightway sprang another surprise. ^ It resurrected some old legislative rec? ords concerning an investigation into alleged defalcation of State Treasurer IL T. Polk in the early '80s. They offered to prove that thousands of dollars of the State's money was in? vested by Polk with Col. Duncan B. Cooper and others in a Mexican silver mine scheme, a walnut log scheme in North Carolina and a scheme to buy the Nashville American. Col. Cooper admitted that there were irregularities in his office of clerk and master in chancery, but said they were due to bad manage? ment and poor bookkeeping and that every dollar was made good. He ad? mitted that Polk was his partner in the ventures named, but dec't \red that he (Cooper) never handled a dollar of the money and had no knowledge that It was taken fiom the State's strongbox. Col. Cooper made an exe? - t wit? ness, but one hard to handle 9J% n by his own counsel. Repeatedly be urged Judge Anderson to let the State ask "any question on any sub.eit." and at tlm? s answered over ell own attor? ney's objections. Now and then he displayed great heat, but he Aid not contradict himself upon any point. When court adjourned the cross-ex? amination had reached only the com? mencement of the trouble, the early editorials. Tomorrow the State should ft ach the actual killing. It is likely from the length to which the State is going on the colonel's cross-examination that the witness will be on the stand all dl y tomorrow. Cheating the Government out of tariff money by false scales is one form of trust economy that has not beer, featured by the promoters.