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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.
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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
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tter newspapers and printing offices, in the latter of which we are most directly
interested.
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yourself while helping us. You will also be helping your neighbors by inducing them
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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.
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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. *
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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