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HOI sWMTlbli WATCHMAN, EMI) Cocwlldated Aug. 2.188 Cbt (fiRatrbmrtn anb <8outbroii ' Pa slutted Wednesday sad Saturday ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTlflK, & C. Mssti III! per annum?In advance. ^ Advertisements: One Square first Insertion.$1.00 ?very subsequent Insertion.SO Contracts for three months, or Ion tor will be msds st reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will bs charged fat aa advertisements. Ohltasrle? and tributes of respects Win ha charged for. mrs tau mm. f TRUST BCWILNC IS NO LONOEK ad Oil Wins Out In Rebate Case And the $19,140,000 Fine Is sseroJy an Unpleeeam Memory of Tettdy s Fevered Reign. Chicago. March 10.?The Standard Oil Company of Indiana was today found* not guilty of accepting rebates frasa the Chloago * Alton railroad on shipments of oil from Whiting, lad., la Maat St. Louis. ML The vsrdlct was returned by a jury in the federal court on Instructions of Judgs A. O. Anderson, who averred that hs fol? lowed the circuit couit of appeals' de? cision SS to ths verilet returned at the former trial of ths same case and i n which verdict Judgs Ksnssaw Hsuntala Land is assessed a fins of! ut.ate.ooo. Judge Andersot's dacisfon was not aa ha rssteiday told the, t prosecutors that ths gastC relied on at ths first trial was Ussaasotcot. It was with something of an air of | that District Attorney a* id his ssslsUnu attempted to oa to prove tha exist et tos of fa VsjaJ rata of It seats, which vac a| vttaJ point m tha government's son* . tent Ion ' It was after Assistant District At? torney J. H. Wllkerson had argued tor two hours and In the end admitted that the prosecution could hot furnish tha further proof deemed necessary by tha court fo* a continuation cf ths case thaf Judge Anderson announced jhls decision. Mr. Wllkerson said oat ths govern? ment sould proceed no further and euggseted dismissal of ths case. At? torney John 8. Miller, chief counsel In ths eass for the oil company, Imme liste)y moved that there be aa In r i true ted verdict of not guilty. ' Ths court so ordered and the Jury, which had been excluded during ths argu? ments by ths attorneys, wsa cajled In and charged. The decision of Judges Oroscup. Baker and Seaman of ths United States circuit court of appeals, re? vere Irg Judg? Land Is. together with the actloa of the United States su prsris court in refusing to rsvlew the decision of the court of appeals, was assigned as authority for today's decl I eioo. Judae Anderson quoted from the opinion of the appellate court Judges. The strongest sxpresalon In fsvor of Ids view, he said, was the statement lit that dschilo* hat "ths most we can say at thi t the question la one upon which Judges, after full discus? sion, might very reasonably disagree.' Continuing Judge Anderson said: "Ths dsfsndsnt is chsrgsd hsre by Indictment. It is a criminal offense. The defendant Is presumed to bs In? nocent until proved to bs guilty be? yond all reasonable doubt, and before thla Jury would be Justified In return? ing a vsrdlct upon a single one of these counts. It would hsve to be sat? isfied beyond all reasonable doubt to such s degree of certslnty as to over corns this presumption of Innocence wh'ch surrounds this defendant. It would have to bs satisfied beyond all rsasonsble doubt that there wsa definitely fixed IS-cent rate. The court of appeals has said upon this same evidence, after having consider? ed It in sll Us relstlons. after the evi? dence which was given, that they can not say that these two papers (tho railroad tariff sheet No. 14 and the Il? linois classification) really fixed any ll-cent rate." Judge Anderson then ordered the jury, under authority of the decision of the higher court, to which he said he slso was obedient, to return a ver? dict of acquittal. The verdict of In noceaoe was formally signed by the foreman of ths Jury, entered In the court records, acid ths famous case wss finally ended. Whether prosecution on seven oth? er Indictments still pending sgnlnst ths oil company will bs Instituted. i?fttdhTUttt an? 'Be Jost and Fear not-~Det all the ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's.' 8UMTER. S. Om SATURDAY. MARCH 13. 1909. ??ifi Our Premiums ON another page will be found our Premium List for agents who solicit subscrip? tions for the Twice-a-Week Watchman & 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?patroniziug 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 tha 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 Croui merchants, better and more prosperous workshops and factories and bigger and tter 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 & Southron. 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. Osleen Publishing Company * District Attorney Sims would not ex? press an opinion. He said the ques? tion rested entirely with the United States attorney general It Is ths opinion of the federal at? torneys that Judge Anderson's ruling will invalidate class tariffs and will make It Impossible to convict a ship? per for violation of class tariff regu? lation. Judge Peters Oroscup, who wrote the opinion of the United States cir? cuit court of appeals, said: "The thing for the government to do Is to do away with classifications in ths regulation of tariff rates and make the railroads Ills tariffs that specify the rate on each commodity without regard to classification. This might mean a great cost to the rail? roads, but I know nothing of that Changing of tariffs, however, means but particular changes to meet con? ditions and means no more of a com? plete change than Is made in differ? ent editions of a telephone directory." MANNING NEWS NOTES. Knights of Pythias Hold an Interest? ing Meeting. Manning, March 10.?This evening at a largely attended meeting of Clar? endon Lodge No. 173, Knights of Pythias, the Esquire rank was con? ferred upon Messrs. W. L, Rodgers, formerly of Laurens. and Clarence afathla This rank was conferred in a ve?> touching, beautiful and solemn manner. KU LS HIMSELF WITH SCISSORS Passenger on Train In Georgia Gets Violent and Stabs Himself. Savannah, Oa,, March 10.?Becom? ing violent on a Southern train last night betweeen Atlanta and Jesup, and claiming he was being shot, Dr. R. T. Balrd. of Frederlcksburg, Va? stabbed himself in the chest with a p \lr of scissors, then attacked the ne gio porter and other trainmen. He was found dead this morning in his berth on the arrival of the train at Je' un. it ?* presumed he was under the Influence of some drug. The body was taken to Jacksonville. The State Baptist Convention, col? ored, will meet at Trinity Baptist Church in Florence on the first Wed? nesday In May next, at which time there will be several hundred minis? ters and laymen tu attendance. RAINS FLOOD MONTGOMERY. Heaviest Precipitation In Over 90 Years Causes Much Discomfort, In? convenience and Considerable Damage. Montgomery, Ala.. March 10.? Heavy and continued rains have wrought great damage here and to? night the situation is serious. Several homes In North Montgomery have been abandoned and inmates carried to places of safety In boats. The Grand theatre, handsome new structure. Is flooded and the damage will be heavy. v The water in the business district, Dexter avenue, presented the scene of a wide creek. In The Advertiser building the wa lef damaged paper valued at approxi? mately $1,000. The press room was flooded. The street railway company sus? pended traffic and the city is in total darkness. The weather bureau estimates the rainfall, which ceased shortly after 7 o'clock tonight, to be 5 1-2 Inches in as many hours, the highest record for Montgomery in over 20 years. TO BUILD THREE-MILE TRESTLE A. C. L. Awards Contract for Big Un? dertaking Near Florence. Florence, March 10.?The contract i for the putting in of the concrete piers and steel girders in the Atlantic Coast Line's trestle across the Great Pee-Dee river, twelve miles north of Florence, on their main through line, between the North and South, nas been let to the Phillips & Allsport contracting Arm, and material is al? ready being placed on the ground for the work, which will be commenced at once. The new trestle will be three miles in length, and will be an Immense undertaking, but when com? pleted, It will be one of the finest pieces of work of its kind to be found in the South and will prevent a rep? etition of what occurred last sum? mer during the great flood that swept away moat of the trestle and tied up traffic for more than one week. The entire trestle will be raised five feet above high water mark, as obtained in the great freshet last Au? gust and September. The Santee and Savannah river treaties well be alter? ed in like manner, so that traffic will never again be Impeded by high wa? ter in these rivers. NORTH FEARS NEGRO TROOPS. Trouble At Backet Harbor, New York, With 24th Infantry. Washington, March 10.?The col? ored troops seem to be as unpopular the northern section of the United States as they were down at Browns? ville, on the Rio Grande. The Army and Navy Journal says: "Owing to many complaints against soms of the colored soldiers of the 24th United States Infantry by citl sens of Sacket Harbor, N. Y., Col. William Paulding, commanding the regiment which Is on duty at Madison Barracks, issued an order on Feb? ruary 27 forbidding the enlisted men from entering that village without first having secured a pass. A reward of $100 has been raised by the mem? bers of the regiment for the capture of the assailant of Edith Gambley, providing he proves to be a member of the regiment. The self-respecting men of the 24th are anxious, it is said, to aid in bringing to justice any men guilty of assault or other crimes. Miss Gambley was brutally attacked recently by a colored man in a sol? dier's uniform, and alleged to be a member of the 24th infantry. Other women have been held up, it is said, and the citizens have become so in? censed over the situation that the meg of the village organized a vigil? ance committee to protect themselves and families. "Private Philip Allsbury, of Com? pany B, 24th Infantry, was captured by William Brill, Jr., a citizen, on February 23, and waa held for an ex? amination. He was taken to Water town and was arraigned on the charge of attempted burglary in the second degree. "For the last two weeks women living on the outskirits of the town, it is claimed, have been kept in a con? stant state of terror on account of ne? gro soldiers peeping in windows, try? ing doors and demanding admittance. Complaint was made by citizens to the war department. The mall pouch stolen from a mail car at Denmark was found cut into shreds near Denmark several day-* ago. The pouch was enroute to Au? gusta. The Imperial Phosphate Works near Charleaton was damaged by fire to extent of $70,000. Jacob Sharp, a watchman at the plant, died from excitement over the fire. - ?^???i??m I TROUBLE FOR EAGLE HUNTERS. Audubon Society President Has War. rants Issued as Result of James Island Episode. Columbia, March 10.?Mr. W. W. Campbell gave The News and Courier an interesting story about the capture of two eagles on James Island. The card in The News and Courier gave the names of the soldiers, who made the raid on the eagle's nest. This morning Mr. Ben F. Taylor, president if the Audubon Society, of this State, read the article, and he promptly swore out arrest warrants against the; soldiers named in the article. These warrants will be sent to tin p\ 'per officials in Charleston for service. It is stated that the destruction of eagle's nests and the disturb^.& of .lie young in the manner described is elef.rly against the State law*, a.id Mr. Taylor expects to push the ?\r.sc PRIEST SLAIN IN HIS STUDY Pastor of Polish Church at Newark Assass|natcd. Newark, N. J., March 10.?Three men whose features appear to have been concealed by their heavy over? coats and slouch hats, walked into the study Df the Rev. Erasmus Ani son, pastoi of the Polish church of St. Stanislaus, this morneng and open? ed fire upon him. Three bullets from their three revolvers hit the atteet, killing him intsantly. ri he trio turned to make their es? cape and found their way blocked by Mrs. Anisen Sewrzytska, the house? keeper. Cne of the visitors turned his revolver upon her, inflicting a wound which is likely to prove fa'al. Then all three made their escape. The polh e were put to work on the case within a few minutes of the mur? der and by noon had rounded up four suspects, one of whom the housekoen er, now ir St. Barnabas Hospital, thought bore a resemblance to the leader of the trio who had done the shooting. The others she was unable to Identify. All four denied any knowledge of the affair. The bottling plant of S. N. Sowell, at Rock H 11, was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $[>.00U. Jake Summers, a weak minded ne? gro, of Orangeburg County, killed his wife by knocking her in the head with an axe. 'E SOUTHRON, Established Jone, IM? wies?Vol. XXIX. 6 THE COOPER TBIAL~ GEN. GARNER SAYS ROBIN'S WOUND WAS INFLICTED BY FATHER. Attorney for Defense Attempts to> Justify Killing on Ground That Cooler's Reputation Was Defamed By Editor. Nashville, Tenn., March 10.?Two things stand out in today's develop? ments in the Cooper-Sharp trial for the murder of former United States Senator Carmack. One is the theory of the State as to the wounding of Robin Cooper. The other is the de? fense's defense. The State announced through At? torney Garner that it would contend that Col. D. B. Cooper fired the shot which wounded his son and that Sen? ator Carmack, if he fired at all. fired wildly. Gen. Garner first declared that it would be a physical impos? sibility for Carmack to have shot Robin, as the Coopers swear he did. Next he declared that the reasonable* solution of the problem was that Col. Cooper opened fire on Carmack, as* Mrs. Eastman believes he did, ancT that a bullet from his pistol struct the telephone post, was deflected anct entered Robin's shoulder. He con? tended that this theory is corroborat? ed by the course of the bullet which* penetrated the flesh only to strike at bene. A .38 calibre ballet fired point blank at a range of three o- four feet; v. o:10 have gone deeper hi the floahv than an inch and a half. Gen. Garner made a brilliant and logical ar^vm^nt tnd 't was with dif? ficulty that demonstration was pre? vented. The -court officers, however, were aided in this by the sudden* fainting of Mrs. Carmack. The au? dience's attention was insantry divert? ed to the widow of the murdered mac and quiet was maintained. 11 became? evident from the argument of Gen? Washington of the defense, who fol? lowed Gen. Garner, before the jury? that the defense proposes to rely ver^ strongly upon a plea of justification' as well as upon the plea of self defense. Gen. M-.-eks p<ived the way for It in his argument yesterday wheur he came out boldly in favor of the application of the unwritten law to editors and declared that the murdor of Carmack by the Coopers was no* the first time that a Mamille editor had been slain for criticising some? one. Gen. Washington did not take such a decided stand, but he devoted the entire two hours of his argument this> afternoon to a denunciation of Cm* mack, "the man with the poison of * scorpion in his pen, the sting of n wasp in his words and the venom of the rattlesnake under his tongue.*^ He interpreted Carmack's words und editorials as he said they were meant: and as Col. Cooper Interpreted themv tnd declarcc1 that th? colonei had no? rec>uT*e in the woriu. He had no* finished his argument v-hen court ad? journed and he will conclude it to? morrow. Judge Anderson, also of the defense, will follow him and Attor? ney General McCarn will close the. case for the State. * -7 TO GET A WHITE RHINOCEROS*.' Ko'>?evelt Is Reassured by a Bostoi Seer. P>ston, March 10.?Let all the? d.>uh?e-horned white rh'nocerl tar Africa run far away. The fates have e'ecreed that former President Roose? velt will nab one of them At least that is what a Boston palmist. Wil? liam Smith, prophet, seer and psyehte reader, saya. This man, who gets the news he fore it happens, is no novice. He says> that President Taft will die of apo? plexy within two years; thai Ytee> President Sherman will succumb So appendicitis shortly after, and that, eventually it will be President Knot who will preside over the destinies efi? the country. There will be no war for 10 yearn.. Of this Mr. Smith Is certain. But as? ter these 10 years there will be a. scrap between England and her col? onies and then England will be nc more. There will be no more earthquakes; but trouble is coming to the United States, and Mr. Smith feels it is hte> duty to warn the cuontry at large, al? though he remains silent as to the* nature of it. There is in prospect th*> installing of an ice plant here soen. A gentle? man from Pennsylvania was here ana. day last week, representing a coneem. that manufactures ice making ma? chinery. He made a proposition which. I is being considered.?Manning, Ti