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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.
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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.
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?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.
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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
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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.
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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.